Novels like Su Jixiang, the Frontier Cook
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- 101 After Xiangchao Went Viral, I Made It Big with Yongzhou Cuisine 湘超爆火后，我靠永州美食出圈 (An unconventional food story + urban fantasy + women's growth. A slow-burn, steady-paced story with simple writing. If you only want pure food descriptions, this may not be for you.) At thirty, an age when even dogs find you annoying, Zhao Min lost her job! She was already frustrated about being unemployed, and the thought that she might also face even more intense pressure to get married only made things worse! When she was feeling utterly dejected, her best friend called: "Minmin, come bac 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 102 The Good-for-Nothing Legitimate Daughter Cooks Her Way to the Top 废柴嫡女靠厨艺卷成首富 The Good-for-Nothing Legitimate Daughter Cooks Her Way to Becoming a Tycoon 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 103 Why Not Add Another Bowl of Rice? 不如添碗饭 [Farming + Food + Healing + Growth + Cozy + Lighthearted Comedy] [Cheerful, lively little cook × Arrogant, childish young lord Pei Qun of the marquis’s household: a bickering couple] A young woman who sells wontons in Jingzhou City finds an arrogant, childish man at her doorstep. She takes him home and stuffs him full of food, but the next day he sneaks away. The young woman saves up to open a restaurant and takes a job as a cook in the marquis’s household. Then one day, she discovers that the a 131Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 104 The General's Delicious Wife 将军的美味娘子 She transmigrates into a farming family, where there's never enough to eat or warm clothes to wear, and she also gets a paralyzed husband and a whole crowd of awful relatives thrown in for free. Xia Yuechu counts it all up on her fingers. By any reckoning, she's the one getting the raw deal! But she's got her cooking skills to rely on, and with her clever hands she can whip up countless delicious dishes and make a fortune in no time, rising straight to the top! The better life gets, though, the 236Reads8.6Score10414d adds
- 105 Shocking! The Lin Family’s Snack Street Made Even the Emperor Drool 惊！林家的小吃街把皇帝都馋哭了 [Alternate Universe, No Romance, Food Fiction] On her way home from work, Lin Qing is killed by someone jumping from a building! She survives the disaster only to transmigrate into the wealthy Lin family, and at first she plans to simply coast through life. Who knew her father would have such high hopes for her that he’d hand over every vacant shop on an entire street! With no other choice, Lin Qing gets to work and turns the place into a food street. From luosifen to fried chicken to dry-pot bu 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 106 Opening a B&B! My Food Has the Ancient Kids Drooling 开民宿！我靠美食馋哭古代小孩 [Business + food + farming with a System and pocket dimension + light fantasy + alternate world + easygoing] A few things to know: There is a romance! It's a shopkeeping story focused on running a food business. The female lead doesn't hide her pocket dimension, and she uses modern goods in the ancient world. This isn't pure farming, but a light fantasy story with a big imagination! If you can't accept these elements, read with caution!!! [Pocket dimension activated. Time until transmigration: 113Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 107 The Good-for-Nothing Junior Sister Conquers the Cultivation World with Food 废柴小师妹靠美食征服修仙界 (Beloved by All + Gourmet Food + Farming + Fantasy + Relaxed) Lin Shiman, a famous food blogger, accidentally transmigrates into a cultivation world and becomes the good-for-nothing junior sister of Yun Tian Academy. Why is the cultivation world so desolate? Evil creatures run rampant, malevolent plants spread everywhere, and the land is barren. Everyone takes fasting pills. Ugh, why do they taste so awful? Which genius came up with these? They eat spirit fruit raw. Wait, is it illegal to cook i 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 108 Shocking! The Prime Minister’s Legitimate Daughter Wins Over the Entire Capital with Her Cooking 惊！丞相嫡女靠美食征服整个京城 Modern chef Su Yuwan transmigrates and nearly gets taken out by ancient “cuisine” the moment she opens her eyes! Overly sweet pastries? Greasy meat? What kind of awful place doesn’t even have potato chips or spicy strips?! “This dump isn’t fit for pigs!” When she realizes that life among the nobility is truly dull... “Heh. Time to show you what a whole different level of competition looks like!” She fries golden potato chips from potatoes meant for pigs, and the emperor secretly tucks them int 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 109 Gourmet: Selling Meals at a Highway Rest Stop During Lunar New Year, I Bring Traffic to a Standstill 美食：春节服务区卖饭，高速堵疯 [Food + Power Fantasy + No Female Lead] Gu Rui transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to a Food System. At the start, he draws a location for his business, only to get a tiny highway service area! And the ridiculous task is to sell three hundred boxed meals in a single day? Just as Gu Rui is at his wits’ end, a male streamer shows up at the highway service area by chance. After one meal of dumplings, the streamer hugs him and keeps calling him “Mom”! Travel surges during the Spring 171Reads8.2Score2214d adds
- 110 Amazing! I Made a Fortune in Ancient Times with Modern Cuisine 惊！我靠现代美食在古代发家致富 (Transmigration + alternate world + farm space + devoted couple + food + farming and business + making a fortune + cozy, peaceful daily life) Lin Qiyue was punished with transmigration for wasting half a steamed bun. She arrived in an ancient village, in the poorest household around. Her eldest brother was disabled, her younger siblings were little, and the family had neither enough to eat nor clothes to keep warm. Lin Qiyue was close to tears, but luckily there was always a way out. She bound h 184Reads—Score—14d adds
- 111 A Noblewoman's Fit and Delicious Life in Ancient Times 古代贵女的健美食光 Mu Nanjia was a moderately well-known fitness blogger. One day, after eating a huge amount of crawfish before a livestream, she pushed herself through an exhausting workout stream and transmigrated to the Great Ying Dynasty, where she became the fourth young lady of the Duke of Dingguo’s household. She adapted quickly, then noticed that people’s standards of beauty seemed a little twisted. Young women wanted to be as thin as sticks, while men wore makeup and flowers in their hair, looking neithe 370Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 112 The Little Chef: Daily Life Running a Shop in Ancient Times 厨神小娘子：古代开店日常 After transmigrating to the Southern Song Dynasty, Ji Zhitang just wanted to lie flat in peace. But with her family dirt poor and creditors knocking at the door, what could she do? No big deal! Braised meat wraps, spicy shredded chicken frames, deep-fried baby crabs, stone-pot bibimbap, seafood feasts... Modern dishes were just what it took to win over ancient palates! From a roadside stall to a wildly popular fast-food shop, from Taoyuan Town to Lin'an's top-tier star, her food business flouris 5.7kReads8.4Score61814d adds
- 113 The Cute Chef with a Gourmet System 美食系统之萌神厨娘 Ye Yun is a food streamer with a beautiful face, a sweet voice, and an elegant air. By a twist of fate, she transmigrates to ancient times. Before she can figure out what’s happening, the thoroughly confused Ye Yun is married off in her older sister’s place to the dying eldest son of the Rong family. She also finds herself saddled with a baffling food System. “The Minister of Revenue wants Dongpo pork? Have him book a month in advance.” “The little princess wants ice cream? No way. She stole fru 24Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 114 The Internet’s Most Polished Girl Is Setting Up Stalls Everywhere? 网络精致女孩她居然到处摆地摊？ [Gourmet] [Street Stalls] [Farming] [No Romance] [Light Technology] Yang Xiu binds to a trending food System, which assigns her one online video-shooting task every so often. She drives the utility vehicle provided by the System, wears its exquisite outfits, and disguises herself so thoroughly that even her mother wouldn’t recognize her, all to complete the food challenges the System assigns. She takes a mini old-timer car to a highway rest stop to cook century egg and pork congee, drives an RV 74Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 115 From the Start, All I Had Was a Bowl of Luosifen: My Goal Is to Make a Hundred Million 开局一碗螺蛳粉，目标挣它一个亿 [Restaurant Management + Food + System + No Romance + Light Livestreaming + Grow and Prosper + Helping Farmers + Going Global] A bolt from the blue! Mu Xiaoxiao was unjustly fired by her company the day before she was due to become a permanent employee. Well, if there’s no place for me here, there’s a place for me elsewhere! What’s done is done. First, I’ll have a bowl of luosifen. As she slurped the noodles, she couldn’t help shouting inwardly, “If only I had a luosifen shop of my own!” [Host’s 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 116 Reborn in the Tang Dynasty With a Gourmet System 重生唐朝美食系统 Top modern chef Lin Xuan opens his eyes and finds himself dumped from the kitchen of an international culinary competition into a dilapidated hut outside Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. With nothing but four bare walls around him, he is starving and freezing, with only a broken knife, half a bowl of cold rice, and a life hanging by a thread. Just as he thinks he is about to starve to death, the Chinese Cuisine System quietly binds itself to him. Cooking earns points, selling meals rai 1Reads—Score114d adds
- 117 The Clever Little Chef: Running a Canteen in Ancient Times 锦心小厨娘：我在古代承包食堂 The dining hall at the Imperial College was a complete mess. Then one day, a new cook arrived, and an endless array of delicious dishes followed. The dining hall became not only a place the students flocked to, but also the dream destination of countless food lovers. “Son, go buy your father two meat-stuffed flatbreads from your dining hall today. Otherwise, I won’t have the strength to attend court.” Even the emperor was getting restless. “I hear the food at the Imperial College is delicious, b 274Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 118 Eating and Cat-Wrangling in the Tang Dynasty 我在大唐吃饭撸猫 [Historical romance + transmigration + food + sweet romance + devoted 1v1] You Xiu transmigrates into the body of the second daughter of the wealthy You family in the Tang dynasty. She has money and free time, is young and beautiful, and has both parents in a happy family. As long as she doesn’t do anything stupid, she’s guaranteed an easy life. On top of that, she gets bound to a System during her transmigration. It’s incredibly powerful: any recipe, seed, or cooking utensil from anywhere in th 93Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 119 A Foodie's Diary in Bianjing 汴京城美食日志 The rating has just opened, so it’s a bit low. Dear readers, please don’t pay it any mind. [Gourmet System + Transmigration + Historical Romance + Golden Finger + Pocket Dimension + Semi-Alternate History] A slow-burn story focused on working hard and making a life. A heroine who grows over time. After transmigrating, Jiang Yue Bai had planned to quietly run her little food shop and live out her days. But fate had other plans (not really). A System appeared out of nowhere and pulled out all the 23Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 120 After I Transmigrated, I Started Selling Egg Pancakes on Dad’s Way to Work 穿越后我在爹爹上班路上卖鸡蛋饼 This story is set in a fictional world, so many things may not make sense. Please be warned!!! Liu Siling, a worker stuck in a notoriously useless major, transmigrated one day and finally became the daughter of an official in the imperial capital! Think she could finally enjoy the good life? Think again. Her family was so poor they were nearly out of food. Somebody save her! No worries: the divine goddess of egg pancakes will bless every child who loves good food! From selling food at a street s 4Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 121 I Started Out as a Side Consort and Won the Crown Prince Over with My Cooking 开局穿侧妃，我靠美食馋哭太子 Ye An'an transmigrated and became the Crown Prince’s concubine, but the Crown Prince was famous for being both a picky eater and a germaphobe. He ran away on their wedding night, becoming the laughingstock of the entire capital. The good news: she brought all her modern cooking skills with her, so she was living the good life! While everyone else was fighting for favor in the palace, scheming against one another, Ye An'an was making jianbing in the little kitchen, the delicious aroma carrying fo 8.7kReads7.3Score39014d adds
- 122 The Gourmet Princess: The Prince Is Delicious 美食王妃：王爷很好吃 Shen Yinan never dreamed she would transmigrate into the body of a foolish princess consort who was bullied by everyone. Fortunately, she was a food blogger, and her greatest talent was using delicious food to take care of her own appetite. To survive in the prince's manor, she had to roll up her sleeves and provide for herself. Every now and then, she also had to deal with concubines and fend off scheming women. Who could have guessed that her food would be so delicious it would win over the ap 71Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 123 The Petite Gourmet 美食小娇娘 Shen Yue transmigrates. The moment she opens her eyes, she finds herself lying in an open-sided thatched shelter with straw covering her. Heavens, earth, she’s the heroine, for goodness’ sake. Why couldn’t she have been given a life where she could just laze around and enjoy free meals? Worst of all, every meal is either leftover grilled fish bones or the fish she’s on her way to grill. Does this world have nothing but fish? They call delicious beef, pork, and mutton wild beasts, mistake all kin 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 124 The Divorced Woman’s Guide to Winning Over the Emperor: Wild Grass, Stay Back 和离妇的自我攻略皇上野草靠边站 “Chunsheng! If you don’t divorce that jinx, I’ll kill myself!” “Mother, Suxin is still the wife I married properly. I’ve only just passed the county-level scholar exam. Divorcing her now would be rather heartless.” “My foolish son, you’re far too softhearted! She’s been part of the Liu family for five years. She’s eaten our food and drunk our water. Even a pig should have given us a piglet by now to repay us! But she’s just a hen that eats without laying eggs! We’re doing the Bai family a favor 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 125 Transmigrated to Ancient Times as a Street-Food Chef 穿越古代摆摊小厨娘 - Modern identity: A 21st-century snack enthusiast who loves experimenting with recipes for all kinds of viral snacks. She is optimistic and practical, handy, and quick-witted when it counts. She is intensely driven to make money and get rich, stemming from her modern-day office worker’s desire to escape the 996 grind. - Ancient identity: An orphan who transmigrates to Qingxi Town in the Great Jing dynasty and inherits the original owner’s body. She relies on her modern cooking skills to make 16Reads—Score314d adds
- 126 The Imperial Kitchen Maid Comes to the Modern World: A Small Shop's Rise 御膳厨娘闯现代：小店逆袭记 [Gourmet business + cozy everyday life + ancient times to modern day] Please note: This is a fictional setting and includes many original worldbuilding details. In a single twist of fate, Su Tang goes from being the star chef of the Imperial Kitchen to a woman with nothing: her father is dead, her mother is gone, her boyfriend has cheated, and she’s lost her job! Even worse, her two younger siblings have been tormented by cruel relatives until they’re skin and bones! Everyone is waiting to see 389Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 127 After Calling Off the Engagement, I Got Rich Selling Sweet Drinks 退婚后我靠糖水暴富了 [System + Dessert Queen + dessert lover + other delicious foods included] [This isn't purely a career-focused story. The male lead appears later, and romance develops in the second half.] Renowned pastry chef Shen Chuhe had just been crowned the "Queen of Sweet Soups" when she got into a car accident. She woke up in the body of a woman notorious for being a menace across the surrounding villages: She was the one who stole her little brother's school fees and kept him from attending school. She w 308Reads8.5Score—14d adds
- 128 Gourmet: The Easy Life of a Little Restaurant at a Highway Service Area 美食：服务区小饭馆的躺赢人生 [Gourmet] [Shopkeeping] [No Male Lead] [System] [Cozy] [Everyday Life] [Affordable Prices] Jiang Banxia unexpectedly inherits a fast-food shop at a highway service area. She thinks the location seems pretty good, but it turns out the highway is remote and sees very little traffic. Just as Jiang Banxia is at a loss about how to keep the business going, she learns that there's a traffic jam on the highway not far away! So Jiang Banxia heads out onto the highway carrying boxed meals to sell. H —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 129 Quick Transmigration: Selling Gourmet Food in Ancient Times to Build My Fortune 快穿：我在古代卖美食发家致富 Synopsis: [Foodie fiction + transmigration + ancient farming + alternate setting + comeback] Song Qingge is a popular food blogger who unexpectedly transmigrates to ancient times and into the poor Song family. Her fiancé breaks off their engagement, and she struggles to get by in a leaky thatched hut. Though the Song family is poor, her parents dote on her, her eldest brother looks out for her, and her younger siblings are sweet and well-behaved. After transmigrating here, she discovers she has 160Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 130 You Want Me to Do Chores? I'll Stun the Glorious Tang Dynasty with Modern Cuisine 让我打杂？我用现代美食震惊盛唐 [No Romance + Spirit Spring Space + Gourmet Farming + Feel-Good Story + Palace Intrigue + Leveling] Reincarnated as a lowly kitchen maid tending the fire in the Tang imperial palace, Pei Xuan wields the God of Cooking's space and takes on the palace's finest chefs. A spirit spring, mystical fields, and spirit fire: she has it all. Chili peppers, strawberries, coffee beans? Grow them all! Fried chicken, cola, spicy hot pot? Make them all! Ovens, woks, microwaves? Use them all! Modern cuisine coll 509Reads8.6Score10214d adds
- 131 Shocking! The Wealthy Family's Fat Wife Is a Max-Level Spirit Chef 惊！豪门肥妻竟是满级灵厨 (The rating was just posted and will rise later.) [Transmigration + healing through food + sweet childcare romance + cozy daily life + one-on-one romance + love that grows over time] The moment she opened her eyes, Shen Zhigeng, a renowned culinary cultivator from the cultivation world, had become a wealthy man’s fat wife, mocked by the entire internet. Her parents favored her sibling, her younger sister was a poisonous flower, her CEO husband looked at her with disgust, and everyone online was 6.4kReads8.0Score67514d adds
- 132 What? Which Factory Cafeteria Charges Five Thousand for Meals? 见鬼！谁家工厂食堂伙食费五千？ [Slow-paced + everyday life + lighthearted + relaxing + food story set in an electronics factory] Ruan Xiuqing transmigrates to a parallel world and takes over the canteen of an electronics factory that's on the verge of going under due to poor management and lax oversight. After activating the cheat System, she receives [Master-Level Cooking], [Master-Level Knife Skills], and [Skill: Three Heads and Six Arms] from the start. Turning the canteen around is just a matter of time! Braised pork bell 284Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 133 Getting Rich Selling Glutinous Rice Balls in Another World 在异世界卖糯米饭暴富 [Business + food + transmigration + Western fantasy + low magic + ensemble cast + nonhumans + 1v1] Lin Wenyi inherits her grandmother’s breakfast shop and unexpectedly gains the ability to travel between the real world and another world. She decides to open a shop and do business there. A devoted admirer of good looks, she hires one gorgeous employee after another: a handsome fish-man who can sing, a cat beastman who’s a great cook and fighter with the nurturing instincts of a househusband, and 152Reads—Score10114d adds
- 134 Heaven's Favorite: She Conquers the Ancient World with Food 天道团宠她在古代靠美食鲨疯了 [Historical Romance + Transmigration + Food + The Whole Family Dotes on Her + Farming + Getting Rich + Lucky Charm + Sweet Romance + Food Pocket Dimension + No Nasty Characters] All about delicious food and getting rich! That’s right, Li Li has transmigrated again. As if that weren’t enough, this time she discovers a huge secret: she isn’t the biological daughter of her heartless parents. They stole her! Her real family is even poorer, their home so bare that “four empty walls” hardly does it ju 29Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 135 Laid Off by the Imperial Court, I Set Up a Stall in the Capital 被朝廷裁员后，我在京城摆摊 Su Jinnian transmigrates into the palace kitchens as a maid. She thinks she can put her culinary skills to good use and earn a promotion and a raise, only to get laid off the very next day. With ten taels in severance pay, Su Jinnian says, “It’s fine. I still have my skills.” So she sets up a little stall in the capital, selling braised pork rice, minced-meat noodles, crab roe soup dumplings, and more... Business takes off, the customers keep coming, and even “Young Master Gu,” who queues up eve 1kReads6.7Score11014d adds
- 136 Transmigrated to Open a Noodle Shop: My Husband Takes the Exams While I Strike It Rich 穿越开面馆，夫君科举我暴富 [Transmigration, food, imperial exams, sweet romance, and warm neighborhood life] Food blogger Shen Qinghe transmigrates into the body of an orphan with nothing to her name. From the start, she also happens to pick up a down-and-out scholar who has been beaten half to death. Her neighbors laugh at her: “Keep feeding that sickly freeloader and you’ll both starve to death on the streets!” Shen Qinghe rolls up her sleeves. “I’ve got skills. What have I got to fear?” Before long, the irresistible ar 2.3kReads8.0Score28414d adds
- 137 No More Hiding My Cooking Skills: The Chef Begins with Country Banquets 美食不装了厨神从农家乐席面开始 Luo Fan has just graduated from college when a sudden Gourmet System transforms his rustic banquet dishes into something extraordinary. What used to be simple country cooking becomes a culinary destination that diners clamor to visit. Steamed stinky tofu with minced meat: pungent yet fragrant, it leaves diners hooked after just one bite. Napa cabbage stewed with egg dumplings: its lingering flavor is like a taste of home. Rabbit in savory sauce and spicy diced pork are fragrant, tender, and deli 9Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 138 Serving Meals at a Massage Parlor, and You Call Me Improper? 按摩店卖饭，你说我不正经？ [Gourmet]+ [System]+ [Devoted Husband and Daughter]+ [Cozy Daily Life]+ [Running a Business] Just before his massage parlor was about to go under, Chen Sheng bound himself to a Gourmet System for massage parlors. One braised-food combo was enough to make a campus beauty who lost a game of truth or dare cry, “I can’t take any more!” and ask to extend her session. One Emperor’s Egg Fried Rice had a middle-aged man who’d sneaked in for a massage behind his wife’s back exclaiming that he couldn’t ta 272Reads—Score10014d adds
- 139 Transmigrated to a Farmhouse: Big Sister’s Delicious Cooking 穿越农家：长姐美食嘎嘎香 To everyone who keeps reading, you’re all treasures. May you strike it rich, rich, rich! I made that up! Transmigration + food + business + romance One day, Gu Qingqing, an overworked office drone, caught the transmigration trend and woke up as the eldest daughter of a farming family. Her parents had died young, her younger siblings were still children, and no matter how much she cried for help, no one answered. To make matters worse, the family owned nothing but four bare walls. What was she su 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 140 After I Transmigrated, I Opened a Shop and Got Rich Through Farming 穿越后，我靠种田开店致富 After a flowerpot hit her on the head, Lin Yao transmigrated. She ended up in a dirt-poor family, starting from the beginning with a dilapidated farmhouse and two undernourished little ones. Though life was hard, Lin Yao relied on her own two hands, took her younger brother and sister and the stray husband she’d accidentally picked up but couldn’t get rid of, and together they reclaimed wasteland, farmed the land, developed the mountains and forests, made every delicacy under the sun, opened sho 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 141 Gourmet: Boss, You're Bold to Run a Street Stall 美食：老板你摆摊真任性啊 [Everyday Life] [Gourmet] [No Female Lead] [Comedy] [Heartwarming] [Perfect with a Meal] Ming Xuan unexpectedly awakens a street-stall System, and from then on, starts a life of randomly slacking off, no, running a stall. He sells flatbread and fried dough sticks in front of the DD Building, noodles at a middle school gate, and zongzi outside a university. What? The reward is 996,000 yuan. Why is the number so oddly specific? Wait, something's not right. Why is it 996? Is there something cursed 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 142 The Lucky Farm Girl Is Busy Farming: Why Are You Crying After Betraying Me? 农家福女种田忙，背刺我后你哭啥 [Lighthearted comedy + no CP + System + daily life + wish fulfillment + putting scumbags in their place + food + farming and business] Meng Jiao, a modern-day food streamer who can eat astonishing amounts yet is so thin she's practically friendless, transmigrates. Not only has she become a chubby little girl, but the little dumpling she's been feeding for years has turned around and decided to climb the social ladder. Meng Jiao isn't the sort to meekly accept her fate! If you want to leave, then 19Reads—Score—14d adds
- 143 I Just Want a Quiet Vacation, but Good Food Keeps Winning Hearts 只想低调休假，奈何美食抚人心 [Farming + food + business + a little political scheming] Qian He thought she could enjoy a comfortable vacation in an ancient world. Who knew she'd find herself in a house with nothing but four bare walls, having to earn money to support the family? On top of that, she had a System that was constantly clamoring to be fed. And she even had to help people solve their relationship problems? The more she did, the more she wondered: How did I get so good at this? —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 144 Transmigrated to the Tang Dynasty: No Scheming, Just Running a Little Eatery 穿唐不搞事，只想开好小食肆 I'm nearly 500,000 words in, and my stats are still absolutely terrible. Can someone please save me? Sisters, even just leaving a nudge to update or writing a review would be the greatest support you could give me 😭 Can you believe it? The coal stove exploded while I was closing up and doing the accounts. I opened my eyes and found myself in the Tang dynasty, in a family drowning in debt! They owe loan sharks, live in a rundown house with a cold stove, and their shop is stuck in a corner of the 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 145 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, So Selling Barbecue Is Perfectly Reasonable 穿越古代，我卖个烧烤很合理吧 I Make Gourmet Food and Sell Barbecue at My In-Laws’ Home, and They Praise It to the Skies! Pure romance + getting rich + peaceful, cozy life + food + transmigration + no angst + no rivalry between women + no golden finger + putting scumbags in their place [An earnest, wife-protecting hunter hero x a clever, fiercely protective heroine] Liu Hui transmigrates to ancient times, only to find herself with parents who favor boys over girls. They even name her Zhaodi, meaning “bring a younger brother. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 146 The Fat Princess Wants a Divorce: I'd Rather Be a Royal Merchant Than a Princess 胖王妃要和离：不做皇妃做皇商 [Strong female lead + transmigrating into a book + comeback + satisfying read + court intrigue and business rivalries + a husband chasing his wife after losing her] #No romance in the main story; the bonus chapters will even things out. Lin Yueran, owner of a dessert shop, transmigrates into a novel as the fat, ugly cannon-fodder Princess Consort of Prince Jing. She plans to lie flat, but it turns out being cannon fodder isn’t easy. The prince favors his concubine over his wife, while a scheming 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 147 A Taste of Culinary Wonder for the Ancient World 给古代来点小小的美食震撼 Yu Enhe is an all-around food blogger who enjoys a quiet life in a small country village. She never expected to wake up and transmigrate to another world. She becomes an orphan of unknown origins and gains a handsome husband. Since she's here, she might as well make this dynasty a little more familiar with the wonders of food. Rice bowls topped with savory dishes, hot pot, delicious pastries... From street stalls to grand restaurants, from the countryside to the capital: with food this good, who 129Reads—Score—14d adds
- 148 This System Is So Stingy! Only Ten Bucks a Day? 系统也太抠了！每天只给十块？ [Farming + System + transmigrate + business + strong female lead + satisfying read + building a fortune + face-slapping] A modern-day corporate wage slave works harder than a 996 schedule, yet has to use her earnings to support her family. Her parents favor sons over daughters and constantly make excuses to ask her for money. Years of scrimping and saving leave her with stomach cancer. Furious and full of resentment, she takes out a revenge loan for 500,000 yuan and travels the world, treating h 5Reads—Score114d adds
- 149 Little Peach's Foodie Travelogue 小桃子的美食寻味日记 Food + sweet romance + mutual devotion. A healing foodie story Targeted by a food critic Xu Xiaotao is a young blogger who loves food. She runs an account called “Xiaotao’s Food Trail,” attracting plenty of followers with her lively, adorable style and sincere descriptions of what she tastes... —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 150 My Street-Stall Food Is So Bizarre, Customers Think I've Gone Mad! 摆摊太抽象，食客们以为我疯了！ Other street vendors hawked their wares, competing over cooking techniques and recipes. When Chen Yanyu set up his stall, he first had a heart-to-heart with the ingredients, then cheered on the batter, and even had to calm the griddle down so it wouldn't lose its temper. After activating the All Things Empathy Abstract God of Cooking System, the more absurd and outlandish his cooking methods, the more heaven-defying the food tasted! His prices were outrageous, and his behavior was downright biza 25Reads—Score—14d adds
