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Reading Notes: Food, Farming, and Stockpiling 美食种田囤货文扫文记录

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Grade: Level A
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1 Agriculture and Animal Husbandry in Luoyang 洛阳农牧事 Red Bean Soup绿豆红汤Romance854k WordsCompleted Fu Ruyi transmigrates to the Northern Wei dynasty, landing in Luoyang, where nomadic and agricultural civilizations are deeply intertwined. She lives in the countryside, a place lacking in literary culture but rich in military strength. In the Northern Wei, different peoples live side by side, with Xianbei and Han cultures mixed together. In the countryside, farming is backbreaking, and taxes and labor duties are heavy. Fu Ruyi is trapped in the hardships of primitive farming and despises the 82.1kFavorites90.1kClicks/ch186kGifts
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It's absolutely gorgeous!!! Everyone should worship our Ruyi King! [Laughing]
2 A Foodie's Guide to Making It as a Master Chef 吃货厨神发家指南 Bear's Day熊的天Romance739k WordsCompleted Song Moyu transmigrated. The original owner was the daughter of a butcher named Song. She'd jumped into a river in a fit of anger because Li, the scholar, wouldn't return her love. Being lovesick is no good. Wouldn't it be better to cook delicious food and eat your fill? Luckily, her family's tavern had come along with her as a personal space. It had every kind of pot, bowl, and cooking utensil, along with all sorts of seasonings! It even came with a miraculous medicinal cuisine shop. "Dad, do 13.5kFavorites36.1kClicks/ch9kGifts
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3.5 Stars The food-themed plot is well-written, but some parts are really exaggerated.
3 A Little Eatery in Chang'an 长安小饭馆 Cherry Cake樱桃糕Romance336k WordsCompleted "Completed in September 2019" For information on the reprinted edition, please visit Weibo @A Jin Jia De Ying Tao Gao Fine rain and a gentle breeze, a little shop with a blue banner, a beautiful foreign barmaid. Fine wine from Xinfeng, tender greens and bamboo shoots, golden pickled fish. Lin Yan, Assistant Prefect of the Capital, turns his attention to the landlady, whose skin is as white as snow and whose eyes are like apricots. It’s truly sad and pitiful for a highborn lady to have fallen s 307.6kFavorites626.6kClicks/ch170.5kGifts
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This is a truly classic food article—I feel like anyone who loves food articles should have read this one (?).
4 Daily Life of Farming and Raising Kids in an Ancient Mountain Home 古代山居种田养娃日常 Sui Yunxi随云溪Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Published. For details, follow the Weibo account @Jinjiang Sui Yunxi.] This novel is also known as Transmigrating to the End of a Dynasty and The Daily Struggles of Commoners in a Chaotic Era. It leans toward realism and features a small ensemble cast. Sang Luo transmigrated, starting out with a dilapidated thatched hut and two children so starved they looked like skin and bones. Being poor wasn’t scary, and being a wid 177.4kFavorites302.9kClicks/ch378.6kGifts
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A really good farming novel! ^ ^ I love watching their daily lives deep in the mountains! [Laughing]
5 Stockpiling Supplies to Survive in a Doomsday Star House 末世星屋生存囤货 Nan Ling南绫Romance1.7M WordsCompleted A completed Apocalypse novel set in the same universe: My Space Is a Camper [Apocalypse], Space Storage / Apocalypse Escape / Everyday Life / Food / Feel-Good Fiction Apocalypse Disaster · Space · Stockpiling · Infinite Flow · Feel-Good Fiction [Complete! Please leave a five-star review. The VIP chapters are frequently revised; the complete version is only on Jinjiang.] [Typos may be corrected, so please ignore updates.] Tsunamis, earthquakes, zombies, meteor showers, collapsed bridges, hailsto 176.3kFavorites306.2kClicks/ch411.9kGifts
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If you enjoy post-apocalyptic stories about hoarding, don't miss this one, and don't miss this author either!
6 The Imperial College Cafeteria 国子监小食堂 Pale Green Mountain青山白白Romance764k WordsCompleted [Coming soon: Raising Little Ones in Ancient Times Again (Food), please add it to your reading list~] Meng Sang was born into the world and raised in the mountains, where she lived a carefree, happy life with her parents. One day, she went to Chang’an to find her maternal grandfather. Unfortunately, she couldn’t find him, and first had to figure out how to make a living. By a twist of fate, she ended up at the Imperial College and became an “ordinary” little cook. The Imperial College was 164.8kFavorites333.7kClicks/ch136.1kGifts
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A very heartwarming food article, definitely worth reading!
7 Three Meals a Day 一日三餐 Duo Li多梨Romance337k WordsCompleted [The print edition goes on sale September 23 at 7 p.m.] A slice-of-life story about married life Xia Jiao and Wen Chongyue went from meeting to getting their marriage license in less than twenty-four hours. - On the first day of their blind date, they sat across from each other. Xia Jiao placed her hands properly in front of her, like a student answering a question in class, and said timidly to Wen Chongyue, “...It’s been a long time.” ...What’s it like to go on a blind date with someone w 122.1kFavorites216.1kClicks/ch68.2kGifts
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Simple and beautiful
8 Global Flood Apocalypse: I Have a Safehouse on the Water 全球水灾末日：我有漂流安全屋 Nan Ling南绫Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Complete] Apocalypse · Stockpiling in a Safe House · Everyday Survival · Escape · Upgrades · Infrastructure Building · Food Storms, tsunamis and hurricanes, thunderstorms and hail, aquatic creatures mutating... The world has grown unstable. Floodwaters swallow cities, waterspouts ravage rivers, rioters invade residential compounds, mysterious creatures appear in small towns, blizzards force people to flee the countryside, and underwater volcanoes erupt... One day, Shu Fu wakes from a dream and 107.9kFavorites179.8kClicks/ch207kGifts
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A post-apocalyptic stockpiling story, and the author maintains their consistent quality, except for two really annoying male supporting characters that you just can't shake off [vomiting blood].
9 Feeding the Frail Male Supporting Character 投喂病弱男配 Cola Ginger Soup可乐姜汤Romance297k WordsCompleted [The physical book Spring Never Ends is now available. See @Jinjiang Kele Jiangtang for purchasing details.] Lu Yunchu transmigrated into a book and became a vicious supporting female character obsessed with the male lead. She tried to drug him and force herself on him, but by a twist of fate, she ended up setting up the male lead's nominally sickly younger brother instead. In the end, she had no choice but to marry him. In the book, this nth-tier supporting male character was nothing but a plo 90.1kFavorites169.8kClicks/ch30.9kGifts
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As the saying goes: Insecurity is a man's best dowry! This is a food-themed, heartwarming story. The author doesn't dedicate much space to describing the food, but it all feels natural and not forced in. The only drawback is that the later parts feel rushed and somewhat disconnected from the earlier, more slice-of-life, heartwarming scenes. [Chin resting on hand] Overall, it's about two people struggling together, finding warmth and healing in each other; I'd still recommend it!
10 Even Chefs Have Homework to Do! [Food] 厨神也要做作业[美食] Pork Belly Hot Pot酥肉锅Romance678k WordsCompleted [Complete] [The author has several completed period dramas and food-themed novels. Feel free to follow!] Wen Fan, a female imperial food official of the Great Xia Dynasty, died. In the treacherous imperial court, even with her extraordinary culinary skills, she never found out how she died. After death, a story unrelated to her flashed before her eyes. When she opened her eyes again, she had become the story’s ridiculous third wheel, tangled up between the hero and heroine. She neglected her s 79.1kFavorites110.4kClicks/ch213.8kGifts
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It's alright, but the pace is a bit fast.
11 My Space Is a Camper Van [Apocalypse] 我的空间是房车[末世] Nan Ling南绫Romance494k WordsCompleted [Complete · Extras are everyday-life snippets; buy with caution] · Spatial hoarding · Apocalypse · Farming · Escape · Road trip · Food · Feel-good power fantasy · Family, friendship, and human nature In her dreams, enormous scarlet birds rain down from the sky, their blazing wings setting fire to the world she knows. Stiff, terrifying walking corpses pour out of the ruins of buildings; Yellow sand fills the entire sky; Torrential rain melts towering buildings, turning the city into a wasteland; 72.5kFavorites133.5kClicks/ch67.2kGifts
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A slice-of-life post-apocalyptic novel where the male lead is the female lead's cheat ability. I really like this author's post-apocalyptic novels; they all center around the female lead.
12 Divine Beast Little Canteen [Gourmet] 神兽小食堂[美食] Mo Eryu墨尔玉Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Polished Complete Version Available Only on Jinjiang.] [This is a food novel about a nonhuman running a restaurant. My new column novel, I Livestream Fortune-Telling in the Human World, is looking for follows~] Blurb: In an era of spiritual qi revival, newly awakened monsters are struggling to get by. Luo Huai'an is a mythical Pixiu, but she still has to work hard like everyone else. When she hears that a nearby university is hiring cafeteria ladies, she pats her completely empty wallet and de 62.5kFavorites162.5kClicks/ch88.9kGifts
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It's alright, but the later parts mostly focus on career paths.
13 Divine Chef System, But Just a Canteen Worker 厨神系统，但食堂打工 Black Substance黑质Romance666k WordsCompleted [System + food + ensemble cast + comfort reads + lighthearted daily life] After Chen Ran loses her sense of taste and is kicked out of her home, she gets a Cooking God System. As long as she works at different places, she can regain her sense of taste and learn better cooking skills. How could she pass up a deal like that? Let's go! [Working at a kindergarten] Not only do the children get their appetites back, but their parents do, too. A child who's more than two hundred months old tries the k 61.3kFavorites94.6kClicks/ch115.2kGifts
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The female lead is very well-developed, and the food descriptions are also captivating. It's a very enjoyable food novel!
14 The Junior Assistant Minister of the Court of Judicial Review's Daily Life 大理寺少卿饲养日常 Lotus Seed Boat莲子舟Romance919k WordsCompleted [The novel After Carelessly Taking and Then Abandoning the Coolheaded Chief Councillor is currently serializing] Sweet romance and everyday life | Food and mystery-solving Shen Fenghe was born in the countryside, but the family of an assistant director of the Imperial Library found her and brought her home. She was then sent to marry Lu Jin, a Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, in place of someone else. Lu Jin was a gentleman of exquisite grace, renowned throughout Chang’an and top 53.5kFavorites50.6kClicks/ch23.6kGifts
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A suspenseful detective story about food. Although it's described as 1V1, in some ways it's more like 1V2 since the male lead has two personalities. [Doge emoji]
15 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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This is a very good story; the author's descriptions of the food are incredibly mouthwatering. The romance is so-so, but it's good enough for a food-themed story.
16 Diary of Feeding Cats 喂猫日记 Jian Xi煎溪Romance452k WordsCompleted [Signed for publication. See Weibo @YiTiaoXiaoJianXi for updates on the print edition] [Thank you all for your support! Please leave a five-star review!] [Pirated versions are severely incomplete and have no rice. Check the content warnings first. Please be sure to enable paragraph comments starting from Chapter 65.] 1v1, SC, HE Awkward, slow-to-warm-up, introverted beauty x carefree, uninhibited, sexy cool guy PhD student in Chinese literature x food blogger Love and food | A balanced diet | Se 40.8kFavorites42.7kClicks/ch31.4kGifts
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Delicious food + sweet romance + bittersweet family affection (but the male lead is a bit cheesy).
17 Food Influencer Check-In App 美食网红打卡APP Curly-Tailed Pig卷尾巴猪No CP887k WordsCompleted A serving of grilled fish costs 108 yuan, a bowl of beef noodles costs 23, a boxed meal costs 20, and delivery for hot and sour noodles is 30% more expensive... He Aichi is so broke she can barely afford to eat. She wishes meals were free, preferably with a little money thrown in too. Then a strange food-influencer check-in app appeared on her phone. [Food Mission: Visit any restaurant and try its food, then write a review. Rewards: meal reimbursement + one prize draw. Users who visit after re 29.1kFavorites38.8kClicks/ch49.9kGifts
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This is a truly delightful story, a tale of a food blogger's journey to stardom! The premise is quite novel (most food stories I've read so far feature female protagonists cooking), while this one follows the protagonist's travels to various places to sample local delicacies. The author's writing style is gentle and understated, and the descriptions of food are spot-on. I feel the author's food sense is definitely superior to mine; how can they write about food so captivatingly? [Laughing emojis]
18 Sweetheart's Honeyed Delight (Food) 酥心蜜意（美食） Lotus Seed Boat莲子舟Romance666k WordsCompleted When Wei Jinyun transmigrates to the Northern Song, the original owner of her body has been dead for less than half an hour. White mourning cloth hangs everywhere. At home, only her elderly grandmother and two young sisters remain. Her uncles and other relatives put on a few fake sobs, then turn red in the face arguing over how to divide the family's old tiled house. Her grandmother has a tiled house that came with her dowry. It stands by the river, right in the heart of Pingjiang Prefecture. T 27kFavorites30.3kClicks/ch17.7kGifts
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It's so good! The food scenes are a little lacking, but the romance is well-written. I'll continue to support the author (provided, of course, that the author only writes male-centric stories [doge][doge]).
19 Starting a Restaurant with Fried Potatoes 开家饭馆从炸土豆开始 Clouds Become Floating Lanterns化云浮灯Romance336k WordsCompleted [Completed] Office worker Shu Wanwan unexpectedly acquired the Gourmet Road System and opened a restaurant called Shu's. Starting with street snacks like wolf-tooth potatoes, cold noodles with shredded chicken, bowl cakes, dan dan noodles, chilled rice cakes with ice jelly, and brown sugar glutinous rice cakes... Then moving on to famous dishes from China's eight major culinary traditions, including spicy chicken, West Lake vinegar fish, Dongpo pork, mapo tofu, and poached fish... Every dish w 18.7kFavorites56.4kClicks/ch7.5kGifts
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It's a decent food-themed novel; the female protagonist starts from a street stall, and the career storyline is fairly well-developed. Overall, it's not bad and suitable for killing time.
20 A Little Song Dynasty Eatery 宋朝小食店 Xiu Yue Shiwu朽月十五Romance424k WordsCompleted [Blurb One] The Zhu Family Eatery is tucked away in a small alley in Bianjing. The eatery opens only at night. It is small, and its chef is a young woman with slender wrists who can nevertheless wield a heavy cleaver and toss an iron wok. Though young, she can cook by any method: stir-frying, roasting, searing, deep-frying, boiling, stewing, braising, steaming, curing, candying, skewering, pickling, and more. The Zhu Family Eatery brings together dishes from every corner of the land. Crucian 18.2kFavorites29.3kClicks/ch6.9kGifts
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A slow-paced, everyday food article
21 The Townsfolk 小镇人家 Xiu Yue Shiwu朽月十五Romance304k WordsCompleted Blurb: A Xia is a girl from a small town. She's never left Longshui Town. Her whole family lives in town. Her uncles say the towns beyond are livelier. But A Xia likes the simple, quiet life of her hometown. Her father is a kitchen assistant, and every so often he brings her food from banquets: crystal pork, Ba lung soup, shrimp with Biluochun tea, salted pork and fresh bamboo shoot soup, and crucian carp braised with scallions. Her mother and great-grandfather are both skilled with their h 15.4kFavorites21.6kClicks/ch5.3kGifts
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This is a slice-of-life food story. The author's descriptions of food are quite good. Reading a few chapters before bed each day helps me fall asleep.

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