Slow-Paced, Cozy Food and Farming Novels 细水长流温馨美食/种田文

1. 1 唐 A Little Physician from the Tang Dynasty 唐朝小医娘 Pine Snow Pastry松雪酥Romance797k WordsCompleted In her previous life, Le Yao had finally opened a clinic for the blind and earned enough to support herself, only to die in a fire. When she opened her eyes again, she had transmigrated to the Tang dynasty. Then she heard a cold voice ordering someone to dig a pit and bury her. Le Yao: "...W-wait! Don't bury me just yet!!!" She desperately reached out and grabbed the man's robe. Looking up in alarm, she unexpectedly met a pair of eyes clear as snow on a mountain. The original owner was the daug 120.6kFavorites135.1kClicks/ch306.8kGifts

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   A rare and enjoyable novel about traditional Chinese medicine.

2. 2 码 A Little Eatery by the Wharf [Gourmet] 码头边上小食肆［美食］ Steamed Bun on the Rooftop屋顶上的小笼包No CP916k WordsCompleted Shen Piao, a descendant of imperial chefs, collapsed after staying up night after night. When she woke up, she had transmigrated into the body of a nineteen-year-old woman with the same name, who had cried herself unconscious after her engagement was called off. At home, all she had besides her little brother and sister was a two-story house by the river. Her little brother kept his distance, and her little sister knew nothing about the world. Shen Piao had no time 39.3kFavorites55.7kClicks/ch77.5kGifts

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   I love food

3. 3 汴 The Little Noodle Shop in Bianjing 汴京小面馆 Pine Snow Pastry松雪酥Romance729k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication. Follow @Haochide Songxuesu for publication updates.] Shen Miao transmigrated into the role of a discarded wife, cast out by her cruel mother-in-law. Her birth parents had died early, leaving behind only a burned-down, bankrupt noodle shop. And two younger siblings who had nearly starved to death. Everyone said she had a miserable life. Her ex-husband's family was eager to watch her make a fool of herself. But Shen Miao, whose grandparents, parents, and children had all b 186.4kFavorites236.1kClicks/ch335.7kGifts

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   It's so good I can't believe this is the author's first piece. You can tell the author did a lot of research; the depiction of everyday life is very well done.

4. 4 在 Opening a Snack Shop at the Imperial College 在国子监开小卖部 Pine Snow Pastry松雪酥Romance494k WordsCompleted [The print edition is now on sale and available on all platforms. Thank you for your support!] Yao Qizhao, Libationer of the Imperial College, was a man of impeccable character, upright and honest throughout his life, never making a single mistake. Then one day, he suddenly broke off his granddaughter's engagement in the street and beat up a court official. His reputation was ruined, and his health rapidly declined. He lived frugally all his life. His family assets amounted to just over twenty 155kFavorites187.4kClicks/ch167.4kGifts

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   I even want to go and browse around Ruyi's little shop.

5. 5 食 A Feast for Every Taste 食全食美 Little Sweet Potato少地瓜Romance944k WordsCompleted [Negative reviews from jealous haters. Comments are closed.] Shi Yanxing, queen of the food service industry, transmigrated. A leaky, dilapidated house. Broken windows letting in the wind. Old folks and little kids. Their entire fortune amounted to eighteen copper coins. What to do? Go back to her old line of work! From the Great Lu dynasty's first boxed lunch to her hundredth chain restaurant, Shi Yanxing created another food-service legend! A career-minded straight woman who has no interest i 154.1kFavorites310.8kClicks/ch340.1kGifts

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   This author writes really good food articles.

6. 6 人 The Hearth of the Human World (Food) 人间灶（美食） Sanshui Xiaocao三水小草Romance885k WordsCompleted “The Luo family sets the table in Yangshui, and for a thousand miles along the river, no banquet can compare.” Luo Tinghui, third-generation heir to the Luo family, is a prominent figure in Weiyang City. Not yet twenty, he has not only revived the Luo family's Shengxiang Tower, but is also about to become the leader of Weiyang City's restaurants and teahouses. He is a welcome guest in salt merchants' halls and a favored visitor behind courtesans' curtains. He can speak as an equal with the newly 50.1kFavorites43kClicks/ch151.2kGifts

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   Sanshui Xiaocao needs no introduction; her writing skills are profound, and her descriptions of food and strong female protagonists are particularly excellent.

7. 7 渔 The Fisherman's Seasonal Delicacies 渔家四时鲜 Xiu Yue Shiwu朽月十五Romance571k WordsCompleted Blurb: When the blue waters of Wanghai turned red with rampant algae blooms, fish and shrimp floated belly-up, and Haipu Town gradually fell into decline. The fishing folk could barely make ends meet. Jiang Yingzhi, head chef at a seafood restaurant, lost her job. Heartbroken and at a loss, she prayed to the Sea Goddess to restore Wanghai to the way it used to be. The next day, she transmigrated to Haipu Town a century earlier, in the late Ming Dynasty, and saw Wanghai as it once was. The wat 41.4kFavorites48.7kClicks/ch41.8kGifts

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   It's incredibly good, with a comfortable writing style, and the female protagonist leads everyone to wealth and prosperity.

8. 8 她 She Has an Orchard 她有一片果园 A Bowl of Egg Wine一碗蛋酒Romance428k WordsCompleted [My next novel is Zombies? Burn Them for Compost, an apocalypse farming story~ Interested readers, feel free to visit my author page and add it to your list~] After graduating from the agricultural college, Tang Yiyi found herself a job: leasing an orchard in the countryside and growing mostly grapes. When Tang Yiyi, a young woman on her own, first arrived in the village, the villagers suggested she get a dog for safety. She looked around and saw that her neighbor had a big wolfhound. It seemed 39.3kFavorites83kClicks/ch55.2kGifts

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   This author is particularly good at writing about gardening.

9. 9 自 The Ancient Life of a Vending Machine 自动售货机的古代生活 Jing Long镜泷Romance727k WordsCompleted After dying in a car accident, Sheng Jun traveled back to ancient times with a supermarket management System. She thought she’d be running a supermarket in the past, but it turned out that she herself had become the supermarket. Actually, not even a supermarket. She hadn’t upgraded yet, so for now she was just an ordinary vending machine. She could only hope to get home by selling goods, earning money, and accumulati 34.9kFavorites82.8kClicks/ch28.9kGifts

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   I haven't finished watching it, but the premise is quite novel.

10. 10 穿 Reborn as the Widow Who Was to Bring a Comatose Man Good Luck 穿成给植物人冲喜的寡妇 Mu Yao Rao木妖娆Romance507k WordsCompleted Lu Yuan has been single for twenty-five years. After transmigrating one day, she becomes a widow fleeing famine with two daughters. In her original body, she was on the brink of starvation and death when an old farmer's wife saved her. The old woman told the widow she could stay, but only if she married the old woman's unconscious grandson to bring him good fortune. The widow agreed so she and her children would have somewhere to live. But the marriage did not bring good fortune. The widow fe 31.7kFavorites42.6kClicks/ch26.6kGifts

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    The female lead has a very likable personality.

11. 11 江 A Jiangnan Tailor's Journal 江南裁缝日志 Xiu Yue Shiwu朽月十五Romance651k WordsCompleted Synopsis: Lin Xiushui was a tailor in her previous life. In this life, she's a tailor in the Song dynasty. Being a tailor isn't easy. First she works at a ready-made clothing shop to earn enough to get by, then she sets up a mending stall. To survive, she'll take any job, no matter what it is or how strange it may be, respectable or otherwise. The respectable jobs include mending holes in clothes and sewing all sorts of little things. The less respectable ones include making clothes for a m 30.2kFavorites35kClicks/ch55kGifts

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    The female lead's sewing skills are amazing; she can mend not only physical objects but also people's hearts.

12. 12 开 Dinner Is Served! [Food + Light Mysticism] 开席啦！[美食+轻玄学] The Crow and the Song鸦与歌Romance509k WordsCompleted Upcoming: "A Little Snack Shop at the Song Dynasty Border" and "The Disfigured Actress" Blurb: Rural feasts, cooked for the living and the dead. A lighthearted slice-of-life story~ It's only natural that a female chef from the old era would be amazed by modern ideas, and that a modern villager would be stunned by the lost skills of an imperial chef! Gan Cui'er was born into a family of imperial chefs. But at the end of the Qing dynasty, her father was beheaded, and her grandfather spent the fami 11.1kFavorites22.2kClicks/ch8.1kGifts

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    After watching this, I want to eat a rural feast.

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