The Little Cook's Guide to Supporting Her Family

My completed novels: My Restaurant Keeps Me Alive, My Agricultural Supply Store Connects to the Interstellar World, and When the Culinary Ancestor Came to the Modern Era. Come give them a read!

Synopsis:

Su Qingli spent eight years becoming a renowned modern culinary master. Her dishes were so sought-after that no one could get a taste.

On the day she returned home in triumph to honor her ancestors, she transmigrated into the body of a namesake little fool in the Great Xia Dynasty...

And she was dirt poor!

Ancestors, you're really my ancestors! (collapses to the floor, sobbing.jpg)

Fortunately, her new family seemed fairly reliable.

Fine, she just had to make money, right? Surely a culinary master like her wouldn't starve to death!

Starting with a little roadside tea stall, she picked jelly grass and made a new treat. Don't be put off by its dark green color. It's delicious, cool, and refreshing!

Once the stall became famous, it was the go-to drink stop for traveling merchants and people heading out for an excursion or to burn incense.

Then the tea stall started selling snacks too, and business went wild.

Donghe meat pies were chewy and fragrant, rice rolls were springy and refreshing, and green rice cakes could hold "ten thousand fillings"...

The wealthy and powerful: Going to the temple to burn incense (and eat) today?

Once she'd made enough money to open a shop, Su Qingli was firmly in her comfort zone.

Pan-frying, grilling, steaming, deep-frying, stewing, braising, and stir-frying; delicacies, desserts, and cold dishes...

She wielded her wok and led the whole village to the peak of success!

Bonus scene:

Abbot of Qingyang Temple: (confused) Have fewer people been coming to burn incense lately?

Little Taoist: Yep. They've all run off to Lingshan Temple.

Abbot of Qingyang Temple: Oh, that bald bastard is stealing my worshippers! ...How's he doing it?

Little Taoist: He hired a young chef to make vegetarian food. It's delicious!

Abbot of Qingyang Temple: You went to eat there too?!

Little Taoist: ...It's really good.

PS: This is an imaginary dynasty, and everything is enabled by a golden finger. Enjoy

Theme: When life knocks you down, have the courage to start over