An overworked 996 programmer from a major tech company transmigrates overnight and becomes an unfavored concubine-born daughter. From the start, she is set to marry an impoverished, sickly young master to bring him good fortune.
There is no food to be had at home, and Cong Wenxi is hungry and dizzy every day.
She hears that her husband's family owns a restaurant, but business was so bad it had already closed down.
Cong Wenxi's eyes light up. "Quick, help me up!"
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Customer needs? Research them!
Run-down restaurant? Fix it up!
Competitive advantage? Premium Chinese yams!
Jujube and yam cakes, sesame yam sticks, yam with smoked plums, yam and pork rib soup, yam and fox nut porridge, goji berry yam wine...
Word is, the Eight Directions Inn has started serving "Recommended for You" dishes.
What? They must be guessing blindly!
Wait!
Boiled beef in chili oil, spicy hot pot? How did they know I love spicy food!
Sweet-and-sour crispy fish, Guo Bao Rou? How did they know I like sweet and sour food!
And signature snacks? Grilled lamb skewers, golden sesame balls, pickled radish, milk-flavored twisted dough sticks, pears stuffed with eight treasures...
Word is, the Eight Directions Inn is doing so well that it's opening a chain.
What? They're hiring delivery guys!
Wait! Sign me up!
Open for business, welcoming guests from every direction and happily bringing in wealth from all corners.
Cong Wenxi rolls up her sleeves and makes the restaurant thrive.
Then she turns around and realizes that her frail, sickly husband has somehow recovered, and the way he looks at her is growing more and more unusual.
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When Jiang Yuezhou was six, he narrowly escaped death during a palace coup and went into hiding in Jugning County.
On their wedding night, he pretends to be ill in bed, only to see the person beside him, his new bride, tossing and turning as she stares at him with bright almond-shaped eyes.
Jiang Yuezhou quietly reaches for the dagger by his pillow.
# She's getting close to me for a reason
# Running a restaurant is no match for winning me over
# My wife looked at me one extra time today!
Theme: Work hard, and fear no storms
When my wife is the first to comment, good looking wife, come on