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- 51 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 76Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 52 I Transmigrate into a Book and Open a Restaurant That Makes the Whole City Smell Amazing 穿书后我靠开食肆香遍全城 The heroine transmigrates into a book and opens a restaurant. The story focuses on the day-to-day business of running a food shop, with no awful relatives or angst. It's warm and comforting, so enjoy without worry~ The male lead appears later and doesn't have much page time. He's a puppy-like guy who follows our little Hua around everywhere (the male lead of the transmigration novel), and he's blessed with a protagonist's halo: getting close to him brings good luck. (Hugging the big shot's leg.j 3.7kReads8.1Score32414d adds
- 53 Everything Costs Two Yuan, and My Desserts Make Billionaire Tycoons Drool 全场两元，我的甜品馋哭亿万首富 Modern Romance Fantasy + Food + Business + System + Romance (War Hero) Jiang Mianmian took over a tiny shop that was on the verge of closing, starting out in debt, but unexpectedly became bound to the Super Dessert Master System. The System leveled up through prize draws using customers' “satisfaction.” It wasn't interested in making money, only in building a dessert empire. So Jiang Mianmian charged just 2 yuan for everything. Top-quality tiramisu, 2 yuan! Molten cheese tarts that burst with fi 374Reads7.1Score10314d adds
- 54 A Beautiful Chef Wins Hearts with Her Cooking Alone 貌美厨娘，纯靠美食俘获人心 [Farming + gourmet food + making a fortune + alternate setting, no transmigration] The Wen family is confiscated, and on the way to seek refuge with relatives, they run into bandits. The matriarch, Madam Wang, pushes Wen Li forward to offer her to the bandits in exchange for her own safety. Wen Li is furious. Damn this matriarch, she has her own mother! The whole family are leeches. She’s done serving them, so she decisively takes her mother back to their old home in Jiangzhou. No money? What to 32Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 55 I Became a God-Tier Tycoon by Running a Street Stall, and My Customers Chase Me All Over Town 摆摊成神豪，食客追我满城跑 [Food + Tycoon + Comedy + System + No Romance + No Heroine + Daily Life + Comfort Food + Wish Fulfillment] Li Hai is a wage earner who longs to get rich. By chance, he binds to the Food Tycoon System. From then on, he sets out to run street-food stalls. The locations and dishes are random. Every time he completes a stall-running task provided by the System, he receives a generous reward. [Congratulations, Host! Task complete. Reward: ten million yuan.] [Congratulations, Host! Task complete. Rewa 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 Foodie Card Draws: I Reach the Top as a Chef by Setting Up Random Stalls 美食抽卡：我靠随机摆摊登顶厨神 [Food] [Random Pop-Up Stalls] [No CP] [Cards] [Daily Life] [Healing] [Funny and Lighthearted] [Ensemble Cast] Jiang Yan, who has a laid-back attitude and what seems like a cheat-code life, binds to a Food Card Draw and Random Stall System and declares: "I’m going to become the God of Cooking!" One draw a day, and the food transforms in all kinds of ways. S-rank cards shine with golden light again and again. (The System will upgrade, and the protagonist will unlock new abilities. Later on, he won 1.6kReads—Score18414d adds
- 57 The Dessert Maker of Lin'an 临安城的甜点娘子 [Fantasy transmigration, food, slice-of-life business, love that grows over time, sweet romance, and an entrepreneurial rags-to-riches story] Daily life is styled after the Song dynasty, in an imaginary dynasty and fictional places, with a small ensemble cast. Jasmine sponge cake, rose steamed cakes, peony cream buns, mugwort mille-feuille, salted egg yolk pastries, pomegranate cloud rolls, hibiscus crystal cakes, jade mung bean drinks, peach blossom bird's nest soup, kumquat honey soup... The 206Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 58 Transmigration: After Quitting, the System Helps Me Open a Restaurant 穿越：辞职后系统带我开饭馆儿 [System] [Gourmet] [No heroine] [No romance] [Cozy] [Everyday life] Zhang Yang is an orphan. After finally learning to cook from a master, he is transported to another world by an explosion. When he arrives, he discovers that he is still an orphan. What? Am I cursed with bad luck? Do I not deserve parents? Just then, his phone chimes: @Zhang Yang, please come to the finance office tomorrow to complete your resignation procedures. Before he can reply, a dialog box pops up on his phone: You have b 650Reads8.0Score10214d adds
- 59 A Chili Sauce Stall from the Start 开局一个辣酱摊 A pot of hot oil and a handful of scallions and ginger: she transmigrates into the body of a poor girl whose engagement has been broken off, with nothing but a shabby account book and half a sack of brown rice. No one knows how the girl, who used to do nothing but bury herself in bookkeeping, suddenly acquired such nimble hands. The neighbors say a deity visited her in a dream. She just smiles and says nothing. The little shop on the back street opens, and its enticing aroma fills Yunyang County 1.2kReads—Score19114d adds
- 60 The Fat Woman Fights Back and Makes a Fortune, Just You Wait! 肥婆翻身把钱赚，要你好看！ What?! A beauty who just slimmed down to 88 jin has transmigrated into a huge 160-jin woman?! Her fiancé looks down on her for being fat and ugly, humiliates her, and breaks off their engagement. No matter. This chubby girl can shine all on her own! She can lose weight and make money at the same time, trading life as an illustrator for work in ancient times. She transforms in style, leaving scumbags and fake sweethearts in the dust. Come one, come all, noble ladies and young misses! My slimming 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 61 One Stall from the Start, Great Food All Thanks to the System 开局一个摊，美食全靠系统 Chen Fang had spent over half a year stir-frying rice noodles, yet he was so broke he couldn't even pay rent. Then the System arrived. A garden in a pocket dimension, a spirit spring, ingredient exchanges, recipe unlocks, cooking skill upgrades, and surprise prize draws. He thought he could finally turn his life around, but the System said: He had to get “genuine praise” from three special diners within a week, or it was goodbye. The first was the belle of S University. She devoured two portions 11Reads—Score11814d adds
- 62 The Li Family’s Eldest Daughter: Daily Life as the Breadwinner 李家长女养家日常 [Alternate History + Reincarnated in the Womb + Family Life + Business and Prosperity + No Golden Finger] Li Jinzhu is reincarnated in the womb as the eldest daughter of a scholar in the city of Shuzhou, in the Great Yu Dynasty. Watching her unreliable parents grow more and more outrageous while the family’s finances dwindle, she decides to take control of the household purse strings. With the little silver the family has left, Li Jinzhu takes them to set up a small stall in bustling Shuzhou. 922Reads7.2Score10514d adds
- 63 We’re Just Having a Meal, So Why Are You Eavesdropping on My Thoughts? 吃饭就吃饭，怎么还偷听心声 All I want is to quietly be a chef, but my inner thoughts are way too loud! I thought I’d make a living selling food in ancient times. Who knew I’d become the center of food gossip, making all the civil and military officials tremble in fear? “Ding! The Gossip-to-Get-Rich System is bound! Mock Minister Zhang for being cuckolded and earn one serving of [God-Tier Egg Fried Rice]!” System: “Host, look! Consort Li is causing trouble again! Gossip energy +10,086! Hurry over and watch her get face-sla 44Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 64 Fired for Rejecting Premade Meals, I Become a Master Chef with the System 拒预制菜被开除，我靠系统成厨神 Chen Feng, head chef at a five-star hotel, is fired on the spot after standing up to his boss and refusing to use premade food! Who would’ve thought he’d be bound to a [Culinary Inheritance System], receive the Golden Egg Fried Rice recipe from the start, and take over a run-down 50-square-meter neighborhood shop? With his authentic, no-nonsense cooking, one bowl of fried rice brings the whole street to tears! No artificial tricks, just top-quality ingredients, from egg fried rice to Kung Pao ch 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 65 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
- 66 1970s Criminal Investigation: My Badass Psychologist Sister Is Unstoppable 七零刑侦：我家心理女神飒爆了 [The rating has just opened and will rise! Seventies transmigration + solving crimes with criminal psychology + devoted husband + no awful relatives + patriotism] [Genius criminal-psychology expert heroine x brilliant, handsome, devoted police captain] (The leads both have surprising sides: he's a fierce guard dog outside and a sweet puppy at home; she's a goddess outside and a needy little sweetheart at home.) In her previous life, Wen Qiao was a renowned criminal psychology professor in China 7.6kReads7.2Score83314d adds
- 67 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 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 68 Content with a Little Wealth: A Jiangnan Chef’s Journey to Fortune Through Food 小富即安，江南厨娘美食发家记 [Gourmet + two female leads + ensemble cast + no transmigration, rebirth, or golden finger + set in Jiangnan during the Yuan dynasty + cozy slice of life] Jiangnan under the Great Yuan seemed little different from the days of the Zhao Song dynasty. There were taxes, but they weren't too harsh. Life was tight, but manageable. In Gui Chao Alley, in Wushan Market of Qiantang County, lived the Wu family. They weren't wealthy, but they took their meals seriously and lived with dignity. There were lit 1.3kReads8.1Score21414d adds
- 69 A Food Blogger's Guide to Getting Rich in the Great Liang Dynasty 美食博主的大梁致富记 Su Li, a rising star in food livestreaming, transmigrates one day into a “fallen heiress” in the Great Liang dynasty. From the start, she finds herself in a dilapidated hut, with her whole family so poor they're in tears. Luckily, she has her cooking skills: she can whip up wild herb rice balls, hot-and-sour noodles, and Chinese hamburgers with ease, winning her family over one delicious bite at a time. See how she conquers ancient palates with food, leads her family to prosperity, and finds war 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 70 Boss, Have You Eaten Today? 东家，今日吃了吗？ [Food + farming + everyday life] Chapters 1–23 cover her childhood; the male lead appears in Chapter 23, and she heads to Shaojing in Chapter 34. The whole story is about 200,000 words. Good riddance, rotten tomatoes. Tu Ling has been a picky eater since childhood, but fortunately her grandmother dotes on her, her mother protects her, and her father spoils her. She grows her seasonings from seedlings, starts handling the spatula as a toddler, learns to cook in the dining hall, and gets her resta 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 71 The Xiaoman Chronicles: Surviving with the Disgraced Prince 小满纪事：我与被废皇子相依为命 Food + ensemble cast + lighthearted daily life + ordinary people’s lives Once a prince brought low, once a humble palace maid. The two were cast out of the palace and relied on each other to survive. They sought neither wealth nor glory, only steady meals and a peaceful life together through the ordinary days. 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 Making a Fortune with Food in Bianjing 我在汴京靠美食暴富 [Farming + Food + Transmigration + Slice of Life + Love That Grows Over Time + Building Wealth] After transmigrating through time, Sheng He discovered that the Song dynasty she had arrived in was nothing like the weak and impoverished one described in history books. Instead, it was a golden age, with envoys from countless nations paying tribute and Bianjing flourishing like a dream. The markets bustled, people of many backgrounds mingled, and the air was filled with the enticing aromas of spices 19Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 73 From the Start, I Had a Spatula, and the Big Shots Kept Chasing Me for a Meal 开局一把锅铲，大佬追着我干饭 [System + quick transmigration + food and business + reborn + pocket dimension + feel-good power fantasy] Bai Yuxi was an ordinary office worker in the imperial capital. Desperate to achieve financial freedom and buy a home in her hometown as soon as possible, she worked herself to the bone, only to die suddenly from overwork. Then, against all odds, she was reborn? This time, she decided to live life on her own terms! After giving her exploitative boss a piece of her mind and securing severance 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 A Sweet Young Wife for the Hunter: A Farming Romance 种田之猎户家的乖乖小娘子 [No System, No Pocket Dimension, No Golden Finger, Not Feel-Good Fiction] Historical Romance, Sweet Romance, Farming, Mutual Devotion, Alternate World, Everyday Life After transmigrating, Tang Wanqiu finds herself in an unfamiliar time and place. She is anxious and uneasy, always afraid someone will discover she is not the original owner of the body. Just as she finally starts to adjust, her family tells her to get married as soon as possible. She has no choice but to pick someone who seems rea 137Reads6.6Score—14d adds
- 75 My Whole Family Cooks in a Giant Pot and Goes Viral in the Western Han 我全家炒大锅饭，爆红西汉 [The whole family transmigrates + ordinary people + food and business + everyday family life + an alternate Western Han dynasty] The rating was just posted, so it’s a little low right now~ No contrived drama, and there’s a romantic pairing (the male lead barely appears, so feel free to ignore him; the heroine and her family are focused on building their business). A slice-of-life tale about ordinary people in a frontier town. The three members of the Lin family, village-feast chefs, transmigrate 2kReads8.4Score25614d adds
- 76 The Little Chef's Rise to Wealth 小厨娘的富贵逆袭 After transmigrating, Jiang Qianxia becomes the owner of a shop in a plane-spanning merchant guild. What should she do when a military camp cook secretly sleeps with the general, gets pregnant, and her husband's family refuses to let her through the door? Throw money at them! She throws enough money at her brother-in-law to make him willingly become her manager, leaves her wicked mother-in-law wailing and stripped of her authority, and gets the entire household to raise her to the position of ma 11Reads7.2Score—14d adds
- 77 A Little Country Bride: Husband, You're in for a Treat 农门小娇妻，相公你有口福了 [Farming + food + transmigrate into a book + light, sweet romance] Jiang Zhiyu was hit by a car while walking on the sidewalk, then nearly drowned right after transmigrating into a book. She dares anyone to claim they are more unlucky than she is! Being transmigrated as a top-tier cannon-fodder character is no big deal. With enough hard work, even cannon fodder can turn their life around! First, she sets a modest goal: open a food street and make a hundred million! There's no problem food can't 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 78 The County Magistrate's Daily Case Files 女县令破案日常 [Historical Romance + Mystery and Investigation + Ensemble Cast] After dying from overwork, modern-day office worker Jiang Ye is reborn in the womb of a wealthy, carefree family in ancient times. She decides to lie flat and spend her life as a lazy loafer. Unfortunately, bad luck follows her everywhere: her father dies when she is ten, her mother the following year, and then the family falls into decline. Just when she finally reaches eighteen and her twin brother Jiang Ye passes the imperial ex 1.1kReads8.2Score15214d adds
- 79 The Cook Takes Charge: I Use Food to Crush Villains and Become a Legend 厨娘当家：我靠美食虐渣封神 After transmigrating, Su Qiaoqiao, a twenty-first-century chef, wakes up in the body of a girl from a poor farming family in ancient times. From the start, she's in an “epic” mess: her parents want to sell her sister to pay for her brother's education. Faced with her self-important brother's disdain and her parents' obsessive devotion to their son, she lets out a cold laugh and goes berserk on the spot. “Sell my sister? Think bigger! Why not sell off you, the tender-skinned scholar, to become a 42Reads—Score—14d adds
- 80 The Wealthy Little Cook 富贵小厨娘 Lu Azhuo, a superb cook, transmigrated into an imperial-examination novel, where she was destined to become the male lead's short-lived first wife. Her husband's family and her own would be ruined because of her. Another title for this story: Death Comes Calling. When she woke up, she could uproot a willow with one hand and wield a kitchen knife with the other. No one within ten miles dared provoke her. They said she could silence a crying baby just by showing up. She was making a fortune with h 300Reads7.1Score10114d adds
- 81 You're the God of Food, Yet You Want Me to Cook a Banquet? 身为食神，你居然让我做大席？ Countryside + Gourmet + Heartwarming. The simple comforts of everyday life are what soothe the human heart. Chu Ci is reborn in a rural village in a parallel world and unexpectedly obtains the God of Food System. But the very first task the System gives him is to cook a feast for a crowd? But I don’t know how! Yet, looking at the kind, honest smiles of his family back home, Chu Ci has no choice but to take the job. Light the stove and get the dishes moving! Turns out, cooking a feast like this i 335Reads8.6Score—14d adds
- 82 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 23Reads5.2Score—14d adds
- 83 The Private Kitchen of a Little Farm Girl 私厨小农女 [No romance; the heroine loves only money and just wants to earn enough to laze around. There is a secondary couple.] Ji Shu was a sought-after private chef and small-business owner in the modern world, but after being born into this era, she had to eat boiled vegetables for thirteen years?? Ji Shu can't take it anymore!! She'll use delicious food to reach a comfortable life: set up a street stall, then buy a shop, buy a house, and make money. What is love? It's just an optional seasoning in lif 164Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 84 A Bowl of Lard Rice Had the Entire Army Drooling 一碗猪油拌饭馋哭大军 [No System + Food + Farming + Business and Development + Frontier] Su Qingwan worked herself to the bone for half her life to support her husband's civil service exams, only to receive a letter of divorce and hear him say, “You're not worthy of being the wife of an official.” She didn't cry or make a scene. She took her meager settlement and headed for the rough-and-tumble frontier. The winds here were fierce, and people died often, but the locals were straightforward and fiercely loyal. She 1.8kReads8.2Score23614d adds
- 85 Random Cuisine, Diners Beg Me Not to Close Up! 随机美食，食客求我别收摊！ [Everyday Gourmet] [No Female Lead, No Romance] [Warm and Healing] [Lighthearted and Wacky] Unemployed young man Fang Mu unexpectedly binds himself to the ultimate Gourmet System! Random stalls! Random dishes! Fried rice today, pig trotters tomorrow. It all depends on the System's mood! Fang Mu's food is unbelievably delicious. One bite is enough to blow your mind, and everyone who tries it gets hooked. But he never keeps a regular schedule, and when he closes up, he leaves whenever he feels lik 191Reads5.8Score10014d adds
- 86 Old Tales of Huacheng: I Lead My Whole Family to Conquer the 1980s 花城旧事之我带全家创飞八零 [Period transmigration + building wealth + Cantonese charm + family life + no golden finger] Cheng Baozhu, a nobody of a web novelist, transmigrates from 2025 to Flower City in 1980. She has landed in the infamous “cancer village” of the future, and Cheng Baozhu does not want to die young... She makes a proposal to her family: “Grandma! Mom! Dad! Big Brother! Little Brother! Pack your bags and run!” Her dad, who has just been fired from the diesel engine factory, and her mom, who has just been f 62Reads—Score—14d adds
- 87 Gourmet: Have I Really Been Trained to Become a Chef God? 美食：我被培养成厨神了？ [Food Wars! + no romance + food + Little Chef] Mo Yu transmigrates into the world of Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, and is born there. At first, he doesn’t realize what has happened. He simply wonders why people in this world have more refined palates than people did in his previous life. It is only after his parents die in an accident and he moves to Japan to live with his uncle that he discovers he is in the world of Food Wars. At the age of five, he officially binds himself to the System and 460Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 Ding! The God of Cooking Is Being Held Hostage by the Time-Space Cuisine System 嘀！厨神他被时空美食系统硬控了 [A wild idea] + [System] + [Gourmet] + [comedy] + [time travel] (plot-driven, not mindless feel-good Gourmet fiction) When Zhou Yang wakes up, he discovers that he’s somehow been bound to a high-tech system called the “Time-Travel Gourmet System.” A windfall from the heavens: his max-level cooking skills are unlocked! But before he can even celebrate, he discovers that the restaurant he spent his entire fortune building has been knocked back to square one overnight. The luxurious restaurant and 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 89 You Transmigrate and Still Study Law? I’ll Sell Fried Noodles and Offer Legal Advice 穿越了还学法啊？炒粉炒面送咨询 [Gourmet] [Short Legal Stories] [Everyday Gossip] [Travel Journal] [No Romance] The core competitive advantage for law students entering the workforce: stir-fry noodles, fry rice noodles, and offer legal consultations on the side. After transmigrating to another world, Xu Wenyun knew this principle inside out. But with countless delicacies out there, shouldn’t he try more delicious things? Even eating needs technique. Every bite deserves something better! In the first week, he sells pork rib 33Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 90 Transmigrating with a System to Farm, I Make Gourmet Food in Ancient Times 带系统穿越种田，我在古代做美食 [Gourmet Food + Farming + Countryside + Transmigration + System Space] On her way home from a late-night shift, a modern young woman transmigrates into the body of Liu Shuxi, a peasant girl in ancient Pear Blossom Town. She gains a portable space and a shop that rewards her with upgraded cooking skills. She starts out selling food at a stall and builds her fortune through cooking. She thinks she’ll be able to enjoy a leisurely life in ancient times just by selling luosifen and grilled meat skewe 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 91 Building Infrastructure in a Full-Dive Game 穿进全息游戏搞基建 (Transmigration + food + street vending + infrastructure development + apocalypse + online game) Yun Zhou accidentally transmigrates into a full-dive online game, and it's a zombie apocalypse, of all things?! But while everyone else is chewing tree bark, Yun Zhou opens a little restaurant right in the middle of a zombie horde! Steaming buns, fragrant roast chicken, freshly made braised pork... With an endless supply of flour and ingredients in his System storage, he becomes the apocalypse's most 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 92 A Fierce Great Demon? I Trained It Like a Dog with Wild Vegetables from the Immortal Realm 大妖凶猛？我用仙界野菜训成狗 [Urban fantasy + farming + passage to the immortal realm + understanding animal speech + great demons + street food + lighthearted comedy + getting rich + everyone's favorite + livestreaming] The sky is falling! Shen Jun has just graduated, her father was driven to his death over three million yuan in debt, and her mother needs money for dialysis! With nowhere else to turn, Shen Li pushes open the back door of the old family home and steps straight into the immortal realm! Armed with her max-lev 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 A Max-Level Social Butterfly Gets Rich in a Period Novel 满级社牛，在年代文里暴富 [Transmigrate into a Book + Food + Everyone's Favorite + Farming + Business] Oh no! Tian Cheng went to sleep and woke up as the vicious supporting female character in a period novel. She has a sweet face but a bad-tempered, unpleasant personality, and she has a crush on the male lead. Jealous of the heroine, she targets her at every turn and eventually dies a miserable death, leaving everyone sighing over her fate. But Tian Cheng is a food lover, and she has no plans to repeat the same mistakes. 9Reads—Score114d adds
- 94 Growing Fruit, Growing Fruit, Growing Fruit 种水果种水果种水果 (Farming + Management + Infrastructure Building) (Slight Ensemble Cast, No Romance) (Slow-Paced, No Infighting) Ten years ago, the fruit grown in the Xia Kingdom began to shrivel and taste sour. At first, the people didn't mind. They had plenty of meat to eat, and could enjoy it until they were stuffed. But little by little, they began to find it greasy and sickening. Only when everyone started craving fruit did they suddenly realize that from then on, this land would have no tasty fruit left to 8Reads—Score—14d adds
- 95 Head Chef in an Eagleland Prison: Inmates Beg for Longer Sentences 鹰酱监狱当主厨，犯人集体求加刑 [Gourmet] + [Comedy] + [No Female Lead] + [Perfect for Mealtime] + [Recipes] + [Don't Read Late at Night] After an accident, Li Xiang becomes the head chef at an Eagle Sauce prison and acquires the God of Cookery System. Inmates: “I don't want to stay in this dump another day! I'm breaking out!” “Exactly! They serve us food even dogs wouldn't eat! This bread's hard enough to use as a brick!” Then Li Xiang arrives... “My God, this is so delicious! I don't want to leave! I want to spend the rest o 20Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 96 Granny Tian's Rebirth: Late-Night Cafeteria Livestream 田老太重生记深夜食堂直播间 The feisty, capable 95-year-old Tian Caigu is reborn in 1987. At 55, she quits her job and opens a late-night diner that becomes a refuge for countless migrant workers. She spends her days bustling amid the smoke and steam, serving customers warmth and comfort. She also has a livestream that connects to the future. 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 97 Gourmet: I Only Set Up a Food Stall, I Never Meant to Become Emperor 美食：我就摆个摊，没想当皇帝啊 [Food] [Street Vending] [No Female Lead] [System] [Some Infrastructure Building] [Farming] A former imperial banquet chef transmigrates into a down-and-out prince and gets bound to a food System. Random locations, random food, just push the cart and go! Grilled sausages, cold skin noodles, soup dumplings, chicken wing burgers, stinky tofu... Mandarin fish, steak, Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, braised lion's head with crab meat... Instant noodles, dried noodles, frozen dumplings, self-heating hot p 75Reads—Score—14d adds
- 98 A Feast for the Senses: The First-Class Chef 食色生香，一品美味小厨娘 She transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a fat, ugly farm wife, hated by everyone in the village, even the dogs. Her husband is incredibly handsome, but they have nothing to their name, no money or food, and they’re bullied by all sorts of awful relatives. Liang Shiqi does the math and can’t help feeling she got the short end of the stick. At least her parents-in-law are reasonable, and her little brother-in-law is sweet and adorable. So be it! She has her cooking skills to rely on, and wi 52Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 99 A Happy Family 合家欢 After being reborn, I excel at both studying and making money, and retire at thirty Synopsis: [Farming + Food + Business + Slow-Burn Slice of Life + No System] A farming story with no System The focus is on a gentle, steady pace No ridiculous relatives How did the Lin family's youngest daughter, once a bit slow on the uptake, suddenly become a business tycoon? Lin Wanwan: Who do you think you're looking down on? I can hold my own in the parlor and in the kitchen. I can cook, run a business, grow 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 100 The Night Market King: Sausages from the Meng Family Stall Are Flying Off the Grill 夜市一霸：孟家小摊的烤肠卖爆啦 One-line summary: After transmigrating with a refrigerator, she starts building a fortune by selling grilled sausages from a street stall. [Farming + minor golden finger + family life + heartwarming + rags to riches + no awful characters] On an utterly ordinary night, Meng Qi had just gotten home from work. She opened the refrigerator, planning to make herself tomato-and-egg noodles, and the next moment, she transmigrated without warning, refrigerator and all. Meng Qi: “Wait, do people transmigr 1.4kReads—Score14914d adds
