A Down-and-Out Merchant’s Daughter Gets Rich Selling Food

Synopsis

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Su He'an, a chef, transmigrates into another world.

The bad news: She has become an impoverished merchant's daughter. Her widowed mother and younger sister can no longer keep the family's steamed bun shop running.

The good news: Cooking is how she has always made a living, and she has also been bound to an upgradeable handcart.

Su He'an: Well, well. It's just going back to my old trade, isn't it?

Red-oil wontons, spicy and sour liangpi, taro milk tea, cream cakes, steamed fish with rice flour... With my cooking skills, my prospects shouldn't be too bleak.

[Based on customer satisfaction, you have earned 5 points.]

[You can spend points on a lottery for a chance to unlock new ingredients!]

[Once the Host has accumulated 150 points, the handcart can be upgraded into a small eatery.]

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Everyone thought the young lady of the Su family was in trouble. Her family could never get their eatery off the ground, and who knew what sort of family would take her as a bride?

Some waited to laugh at her misfortune, while others hoped to take advantage of it... But they waited and waited, and Su He'an never fell on hard times. All they got was the mouthwatering, spicy aroma wafting from the Su family's eatery every mealtime.

They watched Su He'an go from pushing a little handcart to opening an eatery, then a restaurant.

Later, she even opened a whole food street in the prefectural city. Aunt Chen, who had once looked out for her, went there too and opened a little shop selling braised meats.

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Eventually, the Su family's restaurant even opened a branch in the capital and received an imperial plaque.

The handsome waiter who had once bustled around after Su He'an personally brought people to deliver it to the Su family restaurant!

1. An alternate-world transmigration story with many original details.

2. The System doesn't play a major role.

3. This is my first novel, so it has many flaws. Thanks for being understanding. Feel free to stay or leave without telling me.

4. My writing isn't great, and I may reuse certain adjectives too often.

5. I decided the original formatting didn't look good and changed it. The pre-VIP chapters have now been reformatted, but the chapters after that still use the original format.

6. This is my first novel, and my style is still immature. It changes over the course of the story, so I recommend buying one chapter at a time.

7. My pacing isn't great, and cooking takes up a large part of the story.

8. The plot logic isn't great either (┳◇┳)

My next novel will be Marrying the Cousin of the Man I Love.

The heroine falls in love after marriage; the hero has been plotting for a long time.

A radiant, passionate woman who loves and hates boldly x a cool, restrained, unattainable beauty

[The hero's identity is set before the story begins. The premise and characterization won't change.]

Synopsis:

Everyone in the capital knew that Tan Silang was the Third Prince's childhood sweetheart.

At her coming-of-age ceremony, Silang accidentally overheard the Third Prince chatting with someone. He said he disliked her innocence, her willfulness, and how she laughed and cried freely, wearing every emotion on her face.

What he wanted, he said, was the pure, bright moon.

Behind the curtains, Silang's eyes reddened. She bit her lower lip hard and stared wide-eyed, holding back the tears that were about to fall.

"Did she really want him that much?!"

Then someone behind her offered her a handkerchief embroidered with green bamboo.

Silang turned around, but all she caught was the faint, bitter fragrance of eupatorium.

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Tan Silang got married.

But not to the Third Prince, her childhood sweetheart. She married his cousin, Xie Jing.

Xie Jing was brilliantly talented and as graceful as a spring willow, yet aloof and indifferent to romance.

No one approved of the match.

Even though Xie Jing himself had gone to the Tan residence to ask for her hand.

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The Third Prince knew he had never liked Tan Silang. Her warmth annoyed him, and he found her noisy.

But at a palace banquet one day, when he heard her laughter again, he suddenly found himself missing the sparkle in her eyes.

He wanted to call out to her.

But he saw his cousin Xie Jing turn toward her, seemingly to kiss the peony tucked by her temple.

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Tan Silang thought her marriage to Xie Jing was nothing more than a transaction of mutual benefit.

Until one day, she caught sight of an unsent letter on his desk...

[On the timidity and fearlessness of love]

1. One true pairing, with a four-year age gap.

2. A sweet, everyday romance.

3. My own fictional setting. Please don't nitpick the details.

4. I'll make some minor revisions to the synopsis before the story begins.

Theme: Use your talents to change your fate in the face of adversity