Novels like Qingmu Food Tales
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Qingmu Food Tales, best match first.
- 101 Urban Spirit Planter: I Grow Immortal Fields in the CBD 都市灵植师：我在CBD种仙田 When the urban jungle of steel and concrete devours the last patch of farmland, he inherits the legacy of an ancient spirit-plant cultivator. Atop a skyscraper, he carves out a celestial garden, nurturing hearts with the spirit of plants and rebuilding the city’s veins with the grace of flowers. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Daily Farming Life with the Disabled God of War 和残疾战神的种田日常 [Two male leads + mutual healing + everyday family life + slow-burn romance + farming] As an ordinary office worker, Lin Shu never imagined he would transmigrate to ancient times, let alone be forced to marry a country bumpkin, much less discover that the man lying in bed, whom he had to support, was actually a hidden gem. Looking at the thatched hut, which was little more than a ruin, Lin Shu sighed. If he had to transmigrate, why did he have to start from scratch? The road to wealth and prospe 1.8kReads8.9Score24414d adds
- 103 Gourmet: The Dishes I Cook Come with Buffs 美食：我炒的菜有BUFF [Gourmet] [No CP] [Everyday Life] [Heartwarming] [Healing] [Perfect with a Meal] His broad palm gently patted the snow-white skin. Fine, soft hairs brushed over his fingertips and palm, their ticklish, tingling touch so intoxicating he could hardly tear himself away. He stroked, kneaded, and patted. Ripples spread across the skin, making the tender flesh beneath quiver along with it. His long fingers gathered together, reluctant to let go, and gave it one last pinch. Then he gripped the knife an 293Reads9.1Score—14d adds
- 104 A Food Blogger Builds Wealth in Ancient Times 美食博主在古代发家致富 [Two male leads + food and farming + raising kids] Food blogger Song Yuan transmigrates into a book, becoming the cannon-fodder elder brother in a farming novel. His parents are both dead, leaving him with three children. One, two, three children, all of them little villains. Song Yuan: Damn it, I'm going to lie flat. Fortunately, his portable space comes with a modern kitchen and an endless supply of ingredients in the fridge. No food? Tomato and egg stir-fry, followed by chili meat sauce, and 4.7kReads8.9Score59014d adds
- 105 The Tea Stall 茶摊 [No domineering CEO, no melodrama + slice of life + two male leads + first love + both are each other's first] A closeted programmer meets an unusual boss on an otherwise ordinary day. Over a bowl of wontons, the two gradually get to know each other, harboring secret crushes and feeling each other out. They sat by the door for a long time. The sun was nearly setting, its dusky light barely embracing the earth. Even the unruly weeds looked beautiful in the sunset, veiled in a thin haze like one 1.4kReads9.3Score22714d adds
- 106 The Tough Hunter's Substitute Bridegroom 糙汉猎户的替嫁小夫郎 [Two Male Leads + Farming + Food + Everyday Family Life] Yun Sheng is a poor soul despised by his family. His father shows him no affection, his stepmother beats and berates him, and her son often mocks him too. He wants to save up enough money to move out, but then his stepmother’s son gets engaged, and his intended is a hunter at the foot of the village mountain who supposedly brings death to his parents-in-law. His stepmother can’t bear to let her own son marry the hunter, but she covets the 1.3kReads8.9Score12214d adds
- 107 Exiled from the Start? With My Cooking Skills, the World Is Mine 开局流放？厨艺在手，天下我有 [Exile + Food + Farming + Business + Rugged Hero] Exiled from the start, with her biological father missing? Song Yuzhi has just won the National Cooking Championship when she transmigrates into the body of a frail, foolish young girl in ancient times. She rolls up her sleeves and uses her extraordinary cooking skills to build a good life, even in exile! She also has a handsome hunter for a husband. He's a man of few words, but dependable wherever he goes, and he treats her like his most preciou 3.5kReads8.6Score51714d adds
- 108 Golden Yams and Silver Beans 金薯银豆 Synopsis: Transmigration + fictional setting + farming + no spatial dimension + no golden finger + making money + gourmet food After transmigrating, the heroine discovers that her family is in a terrible situation, her village is in a terrible situation, and the farmers in this country are having a terrible time! It really is a case of fields lying fallow across the land while farmers still starve to death! She introduces sweet potatoes, potatoes, and chili peppers to make all kinds of delicious 1.2kReads6.6Score10814d adds
- 109 Gourmet: I Inherit a Little Shop and Take the Whole Country by Storm! 美食：继承小店的我火爆全国！ [No female lead romance + laid-back daily life + opening and upgrading a restaurant + lovingly detailed food descriptions and steady growth!] Su Baihang took over a restaurant from his parents. It was located inside a tourist attraction and was on the verge of closing. Luckily, the Strongest Culinary God System activated! Who says the food at tourist attractions can’t be delicious? Homestyle cabbage stir-fried with vinegar: sweet and sour, and even helps you lose weight! Red-braised pork: tender 1.1kReads8.7Score10214d adds
- 110 Fleeing Famine with a Pocket Dimension: I Transmigrated as a Young Man and Got Busy Farming 带着空间去逃荒：穿成哥儿种田忙 [Dual Male Leads + Spatial Storage + Fleeing Famine + Farming + Everyone’s Favorite + Building a Career + Cozy Daily Life] One day, Shishi An woke up as an unwanted young man in the Shi family. At eleven or twelve, he was so thin and frail he looked eight or nine. His father was hardworking but blindly obedient to his own parents, his mother was a pushover, and his two older brothers had been so bullied by their grandmother that they’d lost all their spirit! Before Shishi An had even had a few 1.6kReads8.6Score19314d adds
- 111 Reborn as a Villain's Cannon Fodder, I Farm and Build in the Beast World 穿成反派炮灰，兽世种田搞基建 After transmigrating into a book, Yu Sui becomes the villainous cannon-fodder bottom in a novel he’d just read. The original owner secretly loves Qi, the strongest warrior in the tribe, but Qi and Xu grew up together and gradually fell for each other. The original owner does everything he can to keep them apart, and is eventually driven out of the tribe. He dies a miserable death from cold and hunger in the winter. This continent is home to many different races. Yu Sui hasn’t even managed to pa 7.3kReads8.6Score97114d adds
- 112 The Puppy Is Overflowing with Teasing Charm, and the Aloof Sect Leader Falls for Him 小狗他茶香四溢，清冷教主动了心 [A bold, affectionate jianghu pup who dares to confess his love X a ruthless cult leader who spoils his little dog without limits] [Two male leads + 1v1 + both pure and devoted + sweet romance] The pup and the number-one cult leader in the jianghu accidentally fell victim to a love poison together. He thought they’d go their separate ways once the poison was cured, but who could have guessed… “Y-you! Why are you coming to see me again?!” The pup panicked as the cult leader climbed in through th 1.9kReads9.4Score28914d adds
- 113 A Frail Scholar from the Apocalypse Takes Down a Rugged Man 末世来的文弱书生把那糙汉拿下了 Sharp-tongued and scheming despite his gentle appearance, the scholar is the top; the rough-hewn bottom looks strong but is actually honest and kindhearted. A biology PhD in the apocalypse was betrayed and dragged everyone in his lab down with him, dying in a sea of flames. When he woke again, he had somehow arrived in the 1970s in the Dragon Nation, in the body of a frail young intellectual about to go to the countryside in place of his stepsister! After quickly figuring out everything about hi 4.2kReads9.1Score55314d adds
- 114 A Startling Fall in Late Autumn 惊落晚秋 [The audio drama adaptation is currently streaming] [Down-and-out, gentle record shop owner Ji Songlin VS righteous, romantic Xu Chenyu] [Two male leads + Quality novel + Literary + Mutual devotion + Professional conviction + Romance + Happy ending] There are dangerous places in this world. Some people dance on the edge of a blade, with a righteous and passionate heart beneath their romantic exterior. Others linger in the bygone days of a record shop, singing a solo ode to the Renaissance. Even 970Reads9.5Score17914d adds
- 115 Returning to Farm Life to Dote on My Childhood Sweetheart 解甲归田独宠竹马小夫郎 [Farming story + two male leads + sweet childhood friends romance + gentle and gradual + slow-paced story about natives] Three meals a day, four seasons of peace and joy. Song Jia looked up at Lu Ning, working nearby. The bamboo shed kept the sun out. Inside, Lu Ning was shaving a piece of wood, sending shavings fluttering onto his hands and legs. A breeze brought a hint of coolness. The sky screen was deep blue, with a few white clouds drifting past now and then. A puppy slept nearby, snoring, 3.3kReads9.1Score39114d adds
- 116 Age of Exploration: I Conquer Europe with Food 大航海时代：我用美食征服欧洲 [Two male leads + transmigration + food + infrastructure building + Age of Exploration + mutual pampering + 1v1] Min Xi has the bad luck to transmigrate to the Ming dynasty, and even worse, he isn't in the Ming Empire at all. He's in Europe. At this time, the Industrial Revolution hasn't begun. Europe is still in a primitive state of plunder and ruthless expansion, with chaos everywhere and might making right. Luckily, he's not alone: Yun Ji, a young master who can really fight and happens to be 4.4kReads9.1Score77814d adds
- 117 Transmigrate to Be by Your Side Forever 穿越之永伴此生 They were just arguing and bickering, and in a fit of pique, he left home on the first day of the Lunar New Year. But he really did “leave home,” and even managed to “leave” Earth! Waaah!!! This world has really turned fantastical! 605Reads9.1Score10614d adds
- 118 The Sweetheart Is Completely Wrapped Around Her Fatherly Childhood Friend 小可爱被爹系竹马狠狠拿捏了 Sharp-tongued, ruthless, older top × clingy, spoiled, adorable tattletale [Two male leads + both pure + childhood friends + sweet romance + a little groveling + powerful families + light discipline + two-year age gap] Original title: The Adorable Boy Is Thoroughly Dominated by His Daddy-Like Childhood Friend There isn’t much childhood content. One is mature and steady but also forceful, domineering, and possessive; the other is obedient, gentle, and highly dependent. When Jian Cong was five, 10.6kReads9.2Score1.3k14d adds
- 119 After Marrying the Sickly Farmer to Bring Him Luck, I Settle Down to Farm 给病娇农夫冲喜后，我安心种田 [Completed, two-male-lead farming novel] [The sweet, everyday life of a man who marries to bring good fortune and a sickly, possessive farmer] [Super sweet, no angst + pocket dimension and adorable pets + travels between ancient and modern times] [Gentle, straightforward husband-to-beard × possessive, sly expert; no female lead, and the leads dote on each other] The moment Bai Shuo transmigrated, he became a tool sent to bring good fortune to a dying man. His husband-to-be was gravely injured an 294Reads9.2Score10314d adds
- 120 The Prince Always Hears His Shadow Guard Reciting Purification Mantras Before Bed 王爷睡前总能听见暗侍在念清心咒 Qi Ci was framed, sold into a brothel, beaten and humiliated, and even infected with a Gu curse. He would die suddenly the very next day. His life was full of misfortune. In the midst of all this misery, he met Bian Zhonghua. After they met and Bian Zhonghua helped dispel the curse, he unexpectedly discovered that the young man he'd chanced upon was the prince who had gone missing among the common folk years ago! So Bian Zhonghua helped Qi Ci become a prince and naturally became his shadow guard 3.3kReads9.3Score71014d adds
- 121 An Ordinary Road to Wealth After Transmigrating to Ancient Times 穿越古代的平凡致富之路 I've endured more than enough hardship in the modern world, but Beichen has never bowed his head, no matter how difficult things got. His parents' deaths became the final blow that crushed him. One sudden transmigration, and who knows whether it's a blessing or a curse? Either way, all he can do is keep living! An ordinary, down-to-earth little life in a farmhouse courtyard. Maybe he'll cultivate immortality, maybe he won't. That's the initial idea, at least. Without readers, everything is just 181Reads—Score—14d adds
- 122 My Cooking Is So Good, the Entire Cultivation World Treats Me Like a Treasure 做饭太好吃，被整个修仙界团宠了 [Two male leads + cultivation + farming + food + street vending + devoted to each other] In his previous life, Yun Ci was a poor student. His parents signed him up for the New Chinese Culinary School early on, and he studied there for three years. Once he graduated, he was ready to show off his skills, but a car accident put a stop to that. When he woke up again, Yun Ci found himself in a world of cultivation. He had no golden finger, no System, and was just an insignificant cannon-fodder charac 10.1kReads9.0Score1.5k14d adds
- 123 The Tearful Young Husband Reforms the Landlord’s Little Brat 哭唧唧小夫郎改造地主家小恶霸 A young man fleeing famine transmigrates to a mountain village in another world, where men far outnumber women and there are no husbands at all. Every household hopes to have a boy who can become a spouse, since they are the most likely to awaken special abilities. The village is short on plants, and almost nothing will grow. People can only trade other goods at designated places for dry vegetables, rice, and the like. Then a beautiful young husband, as captivating as a demon, suddenly drops fro 35Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 Reborn in the 1980s: Making It Big in Shanghai 重生八零，我在沪市发家了 No CP!! She has a golden finger, and this is a lighthearted, everyday food story. Back in the 1980s, Lin Yueru finally understood how to live her life. Men may betray you, but the money you earn and put in your pocket never will! This time around, she kicks her freeloading scumbag boyfriend to the curb and uses a food sign-in System to build a culinary empire in Shanghai. Sign in every day, and all kinds of legendary recipes for Shanghai cuisine are hers for the taking. From pan-fried buns sizz 21Reads—Score11214d adds
- 125 Beast World: The Little Kitten Caught the Eye of a Wolf Clan Big Shot [兽世]小猫咪被狼族大佬觊觎了 Please add my new novel, The Dragon Has Its Eye on Its Beautiful Beastmaster! Sweet romance and feel-good wish fulfillment + farming and gourmet cooking. A pretty little cat-demon bottom paired with a powerful wolf. While enduring the tribulation to take human form, Bai Lou unexpectedly transmigrates to the Beastfolk Continent, where a huge wolf over seven meters tall carries him back to its tribe. The wolf is handsome and cold, and wants him to become the wife of one of the tribe’s unattached b 2.4kReads9.0Score31114d adds
- 126 After the Fussy Young Master Moved to the Countryside, the Village Tyrant Spoiled Him Rotten 作精小少爷下乡后，被村霸宠翻了 Lin Yang, a pampered young master who had been spoiled rotten since childhood, was sent to the countryside by his father to straighten him out after racking up a long list of offenses. When his father dropped him off, he warned him, “I’m telling you, Ah Jin was ruthless back when he was in the army. If he beats you half to death or kills you, don’t blame your old man for signing a letter of forgiveness for him!” Half a year later, Chairman Lin went to the countryside full of anticipation, ready 2.2kReads8.8Score28614d adds
- 127 Bringing a Tiny Kitchen to Cook for an Entire Ancient Army Camp 带小厨房在古代军营做大锅饭 Yun Shu, a modern food blogger, had finally worked hard for years to buy an apartment in the big city. But on the very first day after moving into her new home, she inexplicably transmigrated to a dynasty called Great Yan. The food here was plain. People only knew how to boil or steam their ingredients, making it a veritable culinary desert. Having grown up immersed in Chinese food culture, Yun Shu had no choice but to cook for herself and make sure she had enough to eat. To survive, she found a 4.8kReads8.2Score34314d adds
- 128 Sold from the Start: From Street-Corner Pancake Seller to Regional Tycoon 开局被卖，从卖饼小贩到富甲一方 [Food + business + imperial exams + farming + infrastructure + character growth + mutual first love] Food blogger Lu Yan died suddenly of heart disease and transmigrated into a novel about a heroine’s rise to success. The heroine in the book was the legitimate daughter of the prime minister, but her stepmother schemed to have her kidnapped and sold to a poor, remote village. An older man bought her and raised her as his own daughter. Before long, the heroine came across the fallen crown prince, 15.8kReads8.6Score1.2k14d adds
- 129 Text Invasion: The Villains I Write Go on a Killing Spree 文字入侵：我笔下的反派杀疯 Near future, 202X · Sporadic reports of “text anomalies” have appeared around the world, but most are dismissed as mass hallucinations or a new kind of scam. · The online literary industry is booming. Writing ten thousand words a day is standard for professional authors, and a huge number of works are slapdash and poorly made. · Three months before the Jiang Jinyue incident, a well-known author died suddenly. The key item “Eternal Pocket Watch” from their unfinished novel appeared at an auction 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 130 The Days I Was Scammed 我被诈骗的日子 A wild, imaginative science-fiction novel featuring artificial intelligence, a System, and a 99-death time loop. It begins with a scam and a debt, setting the protagonist on a path of revenge that changes both the virtual and real worlds. The AI protagonist fights against its creator. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 131 Painted Evil 画煞 I was once the youngest imperial painter of the Sheng Dynasty, but a forbidden painting got me stripped of my rank and reduced to a commoner. Strangely, anyone I painted would die a violent death within seven days. I put down my brush and retreated from the world, thinking I could escape the curse. Then, on a snowy night, the unfinished portrait of a lady I had never completed knocked on my door. The woman in the painting came to me in dreams night after night, weeping blood as she cried, “My lo 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 132 Gourmet: The Truth Is, I'm a Max-Level Chef 美食：摊牌了，其实我是满级厨师 [Completed] [Illustrated throughout] Xu Lai was a max-level chef who transmigrated to a parallel world, only to end up as a one-star vegetable washer. The restaurant got shut down? No big deal! My cooking is out of this world. I can make it anywhere. Worst comes to worst, I’ll open another restaurant! Buried in debt? No big deal! Win a cooking competition and you get a ten-million-yuan prize! Lost my sense of taste? No big deal... Wait, what? You’ve got to be kidding me. How can a chef lose his 3.4kReads9.1Score33814d adds
- 133 Transmigrated as a Young Husband, I’m Carried Home by the Village Bully and Hunter 穿成小夫郎，被村霸猎户扛回家 [Two Male Leads + Everyday Farming + Everyday Family Life] Shi Baiyu gets his head caught in a door and unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a young man who drowned after jumping into a river when his attempt to flee an arranged marriage failed. The young man has the same name as him. His parents died when he was little, leaving him dependent on others and with a tragic past. His uncle’s family sold him for twenty taels to a notorious hunter in a neighboring village to become his husband. 3.4kReads9.2Score43814d adds
- 134 In the Beast World, Burn Paper If You Need Anything 人在兽世，有事烧纸 [Cozy Vibes] [Food] [Farming] [Raising Kids] [Light Infrastructure Building] [Power Couple] Gray Wolf gong x White Deer shou (You’ve never heard the legend of the Gray Wolf and White Deer?! ಥ_ಥ) Outdoor streamer Bai Fan transmigrates into a beastfolk world after a livestreaming accident, becoming a rare sub-beast. He thought he had transmigrated, but in truth, his soul had returned to its rightful place. The moment Bai Fan opens his eyes, he is captured by another tribe and sold into slavery a 18.5kReads9.2Score3.4k14d adds
- 135 The Legitimate Daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo Rises to Greatness 镇国公嫡女的青云路 Su Qing, a top surgeon aged twenty-eight, transmigrates after a car accident into the body of Shen Qingci, the frail legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household, who is constantly bullied. Her birth mother died young, her stepmother makes life difficult for her, and her half-sister even steals her mother’s keepsakes and pushes her into the water, leaving her to die. When she opens her eyes again, the timid girl has become a bold soul of a doctor. The unassuming wooden bangle on her wr 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 136 Forced to Marry the Zerg Tyrant 被迫嫁给虫族暴君后 Ji Bainian transmigrated into a book and became a disposable character who was about to marry the tyrant of the insect race. He had refused to go through with it, even at the cost of his life, and as a result, humanity would be wiped out a few years later. Bound to a construction System, Ji Bainian decides to take a chance. Maybe the insect king wo 5kReads9.1Score62514d adds
- 137 I’m the One Who Calls the Shots 这事儿，老子说了算 Xu Haodong was a lecherous rascal, and nobody wanted anything to do with him. He figured he was probably doomed if things went on like this. Why not put his best asset to use and latch onto a wife? At the matchmaking table, he laid eyes on Fang Zheng, the handsomest man in town. He was more than satisfied. He slapped the table. “Give me back my underwear! If you don’t, you’re going to be my wife!” 165Reads9.4Score—14d adds
- 138 A Young Doctor Travels from the Present to Ancient Times 今穿古之小大夫 Someone who had long since made peace with life and death could face anything with complete indifference. But... Do you even know how to take care of a child? Look how scrawny this little one is! Can you even support a family? Look at us, so poor our house is completely bare! Do you know how to manage a household? Just look at those awful relatives! What? You can’t? Why didn’t you say so sooner? Move aside! I’ll do it! 1.1kReads9.2Score11014d adds
- 139 The Simpleminded Husband of a Hunter's Family 猎户家的憨子夫郎 [Two male leads + transmigration + sweet romance + farming + everyday family life. The gong transmigrates, has special abilities, and there are kids! Our adorable little ge’er is a sweet, lovable airhead and will not recover! Check whether this hits any of your squicks.] Since I couldn’t continue the story as a single volume, it has three volumes in total: Volume One: Shen Lin and Qing Yun Volume Two: Modern Apocalypse Volume Three: Son Yanqi You can read them as separate arcs; the details are o 8.4kReads9.4Score91714d adds
- 140 Please! I Really Don't Want to Fall for a Straight Guy 拜托！我真的不想喜欢直男 [Male Author + Truly Straight Male Lead + Strong Bottom + A Gay Man’s Guide to Romance] “Straight? Isn’t that just someone who gets you interested, then takes one step back and walks away without a care?” “Please, stop hanging around in front of me all day. I really don’t want to fall for a straight guy!” A story that begins with a secret crush. But our Le Ye knows how to love fiercely and hate fiercely; he’s no doormat. This isn’t a Mary Sue story, and the straight guy really is straight. Don 8.1kReads9.5Score93814d adds
- 141 Live with Me, and You'll Never Go Hungry 跟我住，管饱 A super-sweet, slice-of-life food story. [Two men + both have no past relationships + cozy, sweet romance + mutual devotion + fast-paced + no angst + not a story about the rich] Qu Xiang is a private chef who cooks in people's homes. Before meeting his love, all he wanted was a simple life. As it turns out, fate takes pity on him and gives him a wonderfully dependable, caring partner who pulls him along as they build a better life together, one steady step at a time. Cheng Yijian is an ordinary 7.2kReads9.1Score1k14d adds
- 142 After Transmigrating Into a Shady Profession, I Lead Everyone to the Straight and Narrow 穿成不良从业者后我带全员从良 The second version of the animated series is now live. Search for "Yanhuo Fanlou". An alternate world + food + farming + the rise of a bankrupt brothel madam + female solidarity. (Slow-paced, not a power fantasy. Neither the male nor female characters are perfect; they're ordinary people with emotions and desires who eat, drink, and use the bathroom. If that's not your thing, don't read.) Lu Xinyi never imagined that simply wanting to celebrate her thirtieth birthday would send her into another 5.6kReads8.8Score70114d adds
- 143 Doomsday Island: I Pick Up a Big Shot and Start Farming Together 末日孤岛：捡个大佬一起来种田 [Island Farming] + [Slow Pace] + [Max-Level Expert] + [Cozy and Healing] + [Good Food] + [Sweet Romance, No Angst] Three hundred years ago, a cataclysm struck Earth, leaving the world with nothing but countless isolated islands. Floods, scorching heat, extreme cold… Humanity has been reduced to primitive farming and hunting. While survivors fight over half a moldy loaf of bread at sea, Mu Yao is reclining on a beach chair on her own island, enjoying chilled lychees from her refrigerator. She pos 3.4kReads8.4Score45314d adds
- 144 Transmigrate to Ancient Times: Farming and Supporting My Family with Delicious Food 穿越古代我靠美食种田养家 [Two Male Leads + Food + Farming + Pocket Dimension + Raising Kids + Building a Career + Cozy Daily Life] Rich heir Gu Linchen transmigrates into another world, only to become a thug with a bare-walled home who is uneducated and beats his husband and children. Looking at his family, all skin and bones, Gu Linchen can only hold his forehead in dismay. Fortunately, the pocket dimension from his previous life came with him. But just as he rejoices, he learns that the luxury goods he had collected i 3kReads9.3Score28014d adds
- 145 Call Me Big Brother 叫哥 [Audio drama now available] I’ve been trying to figure out how to write this blurb, but maybe we should keep it simple. It’s the story of a little hoodlum forced to raise a child. Then add a little spark, a little drama, a little help from the side, and some background music. Naturally, the ending is exactly the sort of thing the hoodlum would love: he gets pinned down in a ridiculously melodramatic, utterly predictable way. A coming-of-age story, but not a wish-fulfillment power fantasy. A brot 1.6kReads9.4Score18414d adds
- 146 I Became a Ge'er in Ancient Times, Made a Fortune, and Found Myself a Husband 我在古代当哥儿，发家致富养汉子 [Devoted Couple + Mutual Pampering + Bottom Lead] Orphan Ji Youyu worked hard for ten years and finally paid off his loan and got a place of his own. He barely had two days to enjoy it before a pressure cooker came crashing down on his head, sending him right back to square one. He died. And yet, he didn’t. He woke up in the body of a young male spouse in the Great Yong Dynasty, the only child in the family after his mother had died early and his father had just passed away. He’d been all alone 4.6kReads9.1Score54714d adds
- 147 The Shy Little Husband Who Fell From the Sky 从天而降的小夫郎不知羞 [Farming + devoted couple + transmigration with the body + food | An optimistic, cheerful, thick-skinned young cook x a taciturn hunter who always looks grumpy] Bai Tao was chased into a river by the village “bully.” Just before he drowned, he somehow fell into a hot spring. In his panic, he grabbed the nearest lifeline, and was surprised by how good it felt. The arm was firm and well-defined, with beautifully toned muscles. Bai Tao couldn’t help but exclaim, “What a fine arm.” Pei Zheng had 3.1kReads9.2Score36714d adds
- 148 The Hunter's Sweet, Handsome Husband 猎户家的乖乖夫郎好貌美 [Two male leads + farming-life story] Watch two husbands build a happy, prosperous life together. On the winter solstice, his stepmother sends Hemiao out to gather firewood. He gets lost in the mountains and happens to meet Lu Xing'an, a hunter who has also lost his way. So the young man and the hunter spend the night warming themselves by a fire in a ruined mountain hut. Word of it soon spreads through the village. Hemiao's stepmother never wanted him around in the first place. So she seizes th 6.7kReads9.3Score78114d adds
- 149 Gourmet: My Little Shop Is Famous Around the World 美食：我的小店，名震全球 [Gourmet] [Opening a Restaurant] [No Female Lead] [System] [Perfect with a Meal] [Heartwarming] [Everyday Life] [A Different Menu Every Day] [Affordable Prices] [Ensemble Cast] Lou Yuanzhou has eaten so many ready-made meal packs that he actually gains a Chef God Gourmet System! As long as he opens a restaurant and completes all kinds of bizarre missions, he can earn rewards! Steaming hot wontons, springy zhajiang noodles, and the legendary lamb stew... all made by Lou Yuanzhou himself! Once his 9.6kReads9.0Score79614d adds
- 150 Shanghai People Eat Rice Porridge 上海人吃泡饭 In the middle of the night, Wang’s Granny was being beaten so badly she could barely move, and could only call for help. Uncle Huang was still fuming over how she had humiliated him during the day, so angry he couldn’t sleep. He heard what sounded faintly like a cat meowing, but when he listened more closely, he realized it was a cry for help coming from Wang’s Granny’s house. He was about to go save her when his wife grabbed hold of him... 491Reads8.1Score—14d adds
