Novels like The Humble Origins Chef
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- 1 The Chu Family Cookbook 褚家食单 In Furong Town, Jiangnan, Chu Lanxin once thought her days would pass like a pot simmering gently on the stove, quietly cooking up an ordinary life. But when her family fell into decline and their former splendor faded, all she had left was her family’s culinary heritage and a small stove of her own. A plate of shredded pork and snow bamboo shoots with noodles in a clear, richly flavored broth was her first step toward making a living among the common folk; A serving of orange stuffed with crab, 20Reads6.2Score—Shelves
- 2 The Qing Dynasty Imperial Weaving Bureau: A Nimble Hand Embroiders the World 大清织造：锦心绣手绘乾坤 Beneath the Hall of Golden Chimes in the Forbidden City lies another empire: the Imperial Weaving Bureau. It forges no weapons, yet oversees the royal family’s prestige and the economic lifeblood of the empire. Su Jinshu, daughter of the Suzhou textile commissioner, is forced to enter this splendid battlefield. Amid the stormy struggle among nine princes for the throne, armed with a ledger no one else can decipher and a flower-embroidered needle, she seeks a way to survive in the narrow space be 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 3 A Step-by-Step Ascent Through the Palace: I Ascend the High Seat with Your Heart in Hand 宫阙步步，我以君心临高台 [Emotional mind games + prominent families + a touch of forbidden romance + winning hearts and minds + both leads are romantically inexperienced] [Clear-headed, calculating beauty X gentle, sinister emperor] Xue Yunshu, eldest legitimate daughter of the Grand Tutor’s household, entered the palace and died in childbirth three years later. Everyone said she was fated to die young, that her baby was too large and the delivery took both their lives. But Xue Yunheng remembered clearly: her elder sist 69Reads—Score114Shelves
- 4 Longing for the Palace 念辞宫阙 (Pure Palace Intrigue + Contrasting Personalities) Beauty's Gambit: The Phoenix Rules the Realm Jiang Nianci is breathtakingly beautiful and delicate, yet she is the most deeply hidden player in the game. To investigate the mystery behind her elder sister, the empress's sudden death, she enters the imperial palace, using gentleness as a blade and fragility as a shield as she navigates the harem. Mu Jingcheng, emperor of the Great Dynasty, is cunning and ruthless. He loves her intelligence and b 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 5 Warmth Beneath the Kitchen Smoke 炊烟问暖 In the coldest season, she used the warmest cooking fires to keep a family alive and warm a heart. In Qinghe County of the Great Ning Dynasty, Shen Qinghe, daughter of a scholar, faces a cruel choice after her father dies and her family falls into ruin: cling to her “good name” and starve, or set her pride aside and find a way to survive? She chooses the latter. Drawing on the cooking skills her grandmother taught her, eighteen-year-old Qinghe starts beneath an old locust tree by the docks. S 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 6 Glory for the Empress 荣女为后 Not a one-man-one-woman romance, and includes a harem. Enter at your own risk. In the year of the imperial selection, Rong Xingwan, the Prime Minister's legitimate daughter, enters the palace by imperial decree and is named a Fifth-Rank Beauty. On her first night in the palace, Rong Xingwan says, “Now that I've entered the palace, naturally I intend to rise above everyone else.” From then on, the inner palace gains a seemingly innocent and vivacious Beauty Rong. With her guileless eyes and charm —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 7 Drink Today, Be Drunk Today: The Empress Dowager Wants to Sleep, but Can't 今朝有酒今朝醉，太后想睡不能睡 Not a chaste heroine, slow burn, a touch of an ensemble cast, a light and satisfying read A slight lift of the wineglass, and no one can match her wealth. Her heart belongs to the red-clad guest beneath the flowers, her hand to the horseman roaming the grasslands, and one cast of her fishing rod reels in the ultimate catch. Xiao Baiyang transmigrates into a script and becomes the "wicked woman Bai Xiu." But the original owner was fated to die young. So she makes survival her priority and 1Reads—Score—Shelves
- 8 A Bride in His Place: A Gentle Roughneck and His Fiery Wife 替嫁娇妻：温柔糙汉，暴躁媳妇 (Neither the male nor female lead has a high status. They just want to live a good life.) Space + spiritual spring + better living + sweet rural romance What a disaster! Su Yao stayed up all night reading a novel, and when she woke up, she'd transmigrated! A vicious stepmother, a scheming stepsister, a spineless father, and poor little her! Now her stepsister wants her to take her place in an arranged marriage. What is she supposed to do? Hmph! Just because I don't fight back, you think I'm a pu 163Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 9 Transmigrated as a Farmer's Little Chef, I Lead My Mother to a Better Life 穿成农家小厨娘，带着母亲奔小康 Farming + delicious food + no romance + System + pocket dimension Late one night, Yan Wanning was lying in bed playing on her phone when a charger she had bought on Pinxixi suddenly burst into flames. When she opened her eyes, she had become Wang Xiaowan, a ten-year-old farm girl in Dayun Village of the Feize Dynasty. Her paternal grandparents favored some grandchildren over others, her father had died young, and her mother and Wang Xiaowan struggled to get by. Fortunately, after the family spli 22Reads—Score—Shelves
- 10 A Banquet of Clear Delight 宴清欢 [Traditional Palace Intrigue + No Transmigration, Rebirth, or Golden Finger + Not a Pure Romance + A Scumbag Emperor + Clear-Eyed Heroine + Lightly Female Ensemble] Shen Qingyan never imagined that Li Yunqi had been plotting against her since she was very young. She couldn’t escape or hide from him. From the very beginning, she was nothing but Li Yunqi’s prey. Winning favor, losing favor, entering and leaving the Cold Palace, seeking revenge, bearing a child… She will climb step by step to the h 316Reads—Score—Shelves
- 11 The Legend of Luo Yunyu 洛云妤传 Originally titled The Tale of Luo Yunyu [No transmigration, no rebirth] [Palace intrigue only] [Not a pure romance] Spring, third year of the Zhenyou era To expand the imperial harem, the court began accepting candidates, including all young women aged thirteen to under twenty. Luo Yunyu, daughter of a third-rank Court Attendant of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, was naturally among them. She had hoped to live a quiet life in the harem, minding her own business and staying out of trouble. But 5Reads—Score—Shelves
- 12 Zhou's Food Shop 周记食肆 When Zhou Youwei opens her eyes, she faces utter poverty, a sick mother, and a younger brother still too young to fend for himself. She has no foresight from being a transmigrator and no cheat like a magical spring realm. All she has are the heavy responsibilities resting on her fourteen-year-old shoulders, along with a local’s keen appreciation for food and an unwavering dedication to it. The river crabs everyone else scorns become “crab roe butter,” worth its weight in gold, in her hands; Ord 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 13 The Tough Wife from a Poor Family: A Legendary Rise to Wealth 寒门悍妻：逆袭致富传奇 This is the legendary tale of Lin Weiwang, a modern CEO and master chef who transmigrates into the past as a bride sent to bring good fortune. With her intelligence and abilities, she leads her struggling family to turn their fortunes around despite their poverty, ultimately finding success in both her career and love. 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 14 The Crane-Cloaked Robe Stirs Your Heart 鹤氅动君心 [High-IQ harem intrigue + rise from humble beginnings + no romance-obsessed characters + ensemble power struggles + no transmigration, no rebirth, no golden finger] Amid the interwoven ice and fire of the imperial palace’s secret gardens, how can one win the emperor’s favor? How can one survive in this gilded cage? A distinguished family background? Beauty capable of toppling kingdoms? Or schemes and manipulation? Unfortunately, none of these are Wen Zhihao’s strengths. Instead, she comes from a 3Reads—Score—Shelves
- 15 The Chang'an Pastry Chef 长安甜品师 Shen Molan transmigrates to ancient times, where the dessert chef is dirt poor and buried in debt. Without missing a beat, she fires up the stove and bakes mooncakes, cakes, and cookies… Before she knows it, she’s become a wealthy woman in Chang’an. Five-nut mooncakes, egg-yolk pastries, rich and fragrant cookies, almond tofu, fresh-flower tarts, fondant cakes… Neighbor on the left: +50 fans. Neighbor on the right: +100 fans. Her fan count rises steadily, and the day she can go home is just aro 573Reads8.6Score114Shelves
- 16 Radiant Phoenix: The Favored Noble Consort's Fearless Path 凤仪灼华：恃宠无恐贵妃路 In the end, childhood promises could not withstand the cold machinations of imperial power. Wen Jinshu, the second daughter of the current prime minister, Wen, was once the emperor’s favorite. Because of their childhood bond, she willingly accepted the position of Noble Consort, believing they would travel the vast kingdom hand in hand. Only after the child in her womb quietly slipped away did she realize what a snake lay beneath the empress’s gentle, virtuous mask, and that the emperor she had 1.8kReads8.1Score143Shelves
- 17 The Poisonous Consort Goes on a Killing Spree: The Tyrant Begs Her to Go Easy 毒妃杀疯了：暴君求轻虐 [Strong heroine + revenge + palace intrigue + satisfying read] Six years ago, Qin Qingqian's father stumbled upon a scandal in the imperial palace, and the Empress ordered his entire family wiped out. That night, flames soared into the sky, and blood stained the place where she had grown up. She narrowly escaped, but from then on carried an overwhelming grudge of blood and vengeance. She concealed her identity and lay low in the darkness. Six years later, the Emperor fell gravely ill and took to —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 18 A Cat Napping in a Teahouse on a Spring Day 春昼狸奴卧茶坊 [Alternate Universe]+ [Gourmet]+ [Adorable Pets (Cats!)]+ [No Romance]+ [Lighthearted]+ [Slow and Steady] Han Zhenzhen had no peerless beauty, no prestigious family background, and no exceptional intelligence. The first job she got after graduation turned out to be a huge mistake. Her boss was deranged and planned to dump all the unsold domestic cats at the cat café. Han Zhenzhen rushed forward to stop him without a thought for her own safety, only to get hit by a car and die. When she woke agai 3.1kReads8.1Score998Shelves
- 19 She's Just a Chun Yuan 不过就是个纯元 [Empresses in the Palace fanfiction + palace intrigue + scheming + meticulous detail + rebirth] The palace struggle isn't against the people from my previous life, but against everyone in this one. As the old saying goes: Every man for himself, and the devil take the hindmost. "Either you're one of my people, or you're one of my ghosts." Yinzhen and Yixiu are both reborn. Is this a story of remorse or slaughter, of putting the greater good first or choosing love and family? What would it take fo 53Reads—Score—Shelves
- 20 The Deep Palace: Locked in Autumn's Clear Embrace 深宫，锁清秋 Jiang Yingxue is the most beautiful princess of the Li tribe. She grows up leading a carefree life and is in love with her childhood friend, Wen Zhuqing, the young master of the Wen family. But when the new emperor ascends the throne, Jiang Yingxue is forced to marry the current sovereign, Dugu Jionghua, and even the person dearest to her is killed as a result. No matter how unconditionally Dugu Jionghua dotes on her, Jiang Yingxue still hates him and resents him, refusing to grow close to him. 18Reads—Score113Shelves
- 21 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 238Reads8.6Score104Shelves
- 22 Scheming for the Realm: The Powerful Prince’s Consort from the Cold Palace 凤谋天下：权王的冷宫妃 She was the least favored concubine-born daughter in the Chancellor's household. After her stepmother plotted against her, she was sent into the Cold Palace as a consort. For three years, she endured and bided her time, waiting for a chance to escape. As power struggles raged through the palace, she bloomed like a lotus in the mud. The cold-faced prince wielding power seemed heartless, but secretly protected her, and amid their tangled schemes, affection gradually took root. At first, she was an 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 23 The Riverside Little Chef 临水小厨娘 [Farming and Food + Lighthearted + Daily Life + Romance + A Fictional Jiangnan Water Town] Su Mo, a modern culinary prodigy, transmigrates into the daughter of a small eatery owner in Linshui County. When she opens her eyes, the restaurant is on the verge of closing, and her parents are weighed down with worry. Watching her father ruin the ingredients with his cooking, Su Mo silently picks up the family's heirloom iron ladle. Just wait and see: she'll make this eatery bigger and better! 6.6kReads8.2Score661Shelves
- 24 Transmigrated as a Farm Girl Selling Fern Cakes 穿成农女卖蕨饼 After transmigrating into a farming family, she finds a courtyard lined with two rows of thatched cottages that leak whenever it rains. Her father was taken away by conscription three years ago, leaving her mother alone to raise two children. The family has only their last mu of land and the money their mother occasionally earns from embroidery, with almost no savings. They're so poor they can barely eat their fill each day. Luckily, Yun Hua knows how to earn money and support the family. She se 148Reads8.6Score—Shelves
- 25 Reborn, Noble Consort Shu Wants Only Wealth and Glory 重生后，淑妃只想荣华富贵 [Reborn] [A heroine pursuing her ambitions] [Palace intrigue] [A clear-eyed heroine] Reborn, Xiao Qinglan finally saw how heartless the emperor was. The position of empress? She didn't want it anymore. The emperor loved someone else, and made her and Consort Rong fight until the heavens and earth were turned upside down, dragging both their families into the turmoil. To avoid the same fate as in her previous life, when her family was wiped out, Xiao Qinglan knew she had to give some things up. H 211Reads6.9Score—Shelves
- 26 Crafting a Phoenix: From Consort Jin to Empress Dowager 匠心谋凰：从瑾嫔到太后 [Palace intrigue, alternate setting, a vast harem with many ranks, not a one-on-one favorite, most characters are clever and ruthless, a few are reckless fools, and the heroine stays clear-headed from beginning to end. A satisfying story with a touch of ensemble cast.] Tang Yuan is the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Works, sent into the palace by her father as a lucky charm to prove his loyalty. But that’s fine by her: Her ambitious and capable father earns her steady promotions in the e 1.3kReads8.0Score149Shelves
- 27 The Ugly Woman Only Wants to Farm 丑女只想种田 [Slow-Paced Farming + Taking Down Nasty Relatives + Both Pure + Cozy Family Life] [No golden finger, no System] I open my eyes in the body of an ugly woman with a face covered in acne. The original owner forced a refined, scholarly candidate into marriage, and Meng Jiuhe is left with a long face, drunk and bleary-eyed after being plied with liquor, unable to voice a single complaint. What? The story starts on my wedding night? My husband looks cold and aloof, but he's got a nice figure and a dec 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 28 After I Was Divorced in the Book, I Led My Whole Family to a Better Life! 穿书被和离，我带全家过好日子！ [Transmigrate into a Book + Farming + Devoted Couple + Raising Kids + Pocket Dimension (Barely Used) + Building a Fortune from Scratch] Li Yulian opened her eyes on the very day the original owner was cast out by her husband. After receiving the original owner's memories, Li Yulian was stunned. How could anyone be so shameless? The original owner had worked herself to the bone to support her husband until he became a scholar, only for him to catch the eye of a wealthy landowner's daughter as soo 37Reads6.3Score—Shelves
- 29 I Became the Villainous Big Shot’s Foolish Wife 穿成了反派大佬的极品傻妻 Qiao Wan goes from being a popular food blogger who lives well to a complete airhead in ancient times. On the very day she arrives, she’s sent to the bridal chamber of the disabled Lu Chengan. Qiao Wan: “You’re broke, and I’m an airhead. Since we’re married, let’s make a go of living together.” Lu Chengan, who only wants revenge: “Don’t fall in love with me. It won’t end well.” Qiao Wan makes pottery, writes short stories, builds a vocational school, and opens factories. After finally getting hi 53Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 30 The Zhou Family's Daughter Has Come of Age 周家有女初长成 [Fictional setting, ensemble cast, everyday family life and a slow, steady pace, no rebirth, transmigration, or golden finger] The Zhou family goes from prosperity to hardship, then finds rebirth after their home is shattered, weathering the rises and falls of the dynasty and the world around them. With hearts full of ambition, yet beset by wolves and tigers, they learn that standing strong and relying on themselves is better than fleeing and seeking refuge. Through one girl's growth, we witness 592Reads—Score112Shelves
- 31 Little Notes from Pocheng 婆城小记 One-sentence synopsis: After transmigrating to a small town, she sells wine to support her family and rises through the imperial exams, bringing the Ming dynasty to life as husband and wife build a humble, lively life together. Chen Jian and Qin Yueyuan, along with their two children, unexpectedly transmigrate to the Jiajing era of the Ming dynasty. Faced with an unfamiliar world, the couple struggle to survive at first, then gradually settle into everyday life among the townsfolk. Drawing on h 3.2kReads8.8Score410Shelves
- 32 I Ran Away from My Wedding to Sell Wontons, and Made the Emperor Drool 逃婚卖馄饨，居然把陛下馋哭了 [Farming + Food + Chef + Transmigrate + Heartwarming, Beloved by All] Food blogger Yun Shu unexpectedly transmigrates into the body of a cannon-fodder concubine-born daughter! She can’t get her hands on a happy life, and one headache after another comes her way... They try to force her into marriage? She plays the obedient fool, then really runs away from the wedding, teaching the Duke of Zhenguo a hard lesson. Life is tough? She sets up a food stall, and her competitors can only cry, “There are 77Reads—Score—Shelves
- 33 Four Years After Her Death, the Crown Prince Brought Back a Substitute 她死后第四年，太子带回一个替身 [The short drama is now available] [Palace intrigue, rebirth, adorable child] [The heroine has renounced love / the crown prince pursues her after losing her] When the crown prince falls from power and is imprisoned in You Tai, he contracts a plague and teeters on the brink of death. She stays by his side without ever abandoning him. After returning to the Eastern Palace, the crown prince marries her half-sister as his crown princess. As for her, he orders that the mother be killed and the child 1.2kReads8.7Score108Shelves
- 34 Gourmet in Another World: I Started by Conquering the Elves' Appetites 异世界美食：从征服精灵胃开始 [Healing + Gourmet + Business Management + Everyday Life] When I inherited my grandmother's shabby old shop, my best friend and I had planned to lie flat. Who knew that a newly installed wooden door would become a gateway to another world! The front door opens onto a fantasy continent of swords and magic; the back door leads to a bustling modern city. Elves lose all composure at the aroma of spicy hot pot, while dwarves go wild for barbecue skewers and beer. Could a picky old dragon really be mo 390Reads—Score—Shelves
- 35 This Palace Maid Doesn't Want to Be Famous 这个宫女不想红 A modern fitness trainer transmigrates into the body of a palace laundry maid about to leave the palace. With her knack for postpartum recovery, she fights her way to the top, rising from an ant trampled underfoot to a woman feared even by the empress and desired even by the emperor. —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 36 A Matriarch’s Guide to Taming Husbands: A Female Doctor Builds Infrastructure With Her Four Husbands 母系驯夫记：女博士带四夫搞基建 Note: This isn't a mindless power fantasy, but trust me, it gets better and better! Lin Nian accidentally transmigrates, and ends up far in the past, in the late stages of a matriarchal society. Other people transmigrate with a pocket dimension or a System, and some even have supernatural abilities. All she brings is a backpack with a few seeds and a brain full of knowledge. She doesn't know a soul here, so she has to make her own way in life. Fortunately, the people of the tribe are kind enough 65Reads—Score—Shelves
- 37 The Empress Is So Cunning, Her Political Rivals Are Doomed 娘娘心机太深，政敌要被玩死了 [Female-Led Political Intrigue, Workplace Power Fantasy, Ruthless in the Later Stages, Interlocking Cases] Just how satisfying is a truly career-driven female lead? She takes an eighth-rank county deputy and raises her to a third-rank official, and turns a palace maid who swept floors into the head of the Six Bureaus. A maid in her service is getting married? She gets a lavish wedding outfit and a procession stretching ten miles! Want to build a career? Pick any prime shop in the capital! The he 98Reads—Score—Shelves
- 38 Milk Tea in One Hand, Fried Chicken in the Other: The Princess Travels Between Past and Present 左奶茶右炸鸡公主她穿古今 [Food + master chef + System + lighthearted everyday life + comedy + perfect mealtime reading + pocket dimension + traveling back and forth] Lin You, the most outstanding master chef of the twenty-first century, accidentally transmigrated into an ancient era and became a useless princess mocked by the entire court. Lin You turned and smiled. “Bring me everything: luosifen, fried chicken, milk tea, and all eight great cuisines!” Her casual braised pork filled the entire palace with its aroma. The 137Reads—Score—Shelves
- 39 Field Notes from Village Life 野村生活手札 [Food + raising children + gathering + business + farming + fictional setting. A slow-paced rural life, with a female protagonist who has no golden finger and improves her life through her own wit and hard work. There is a romance, but it doesn’t get much attention. She isn’t love-struck, but clearheaded and independent.] Yang Sisi, a modern-day food lover, dies in a car accident and transmigrates into the body of a seventeen-year-old girl of the same name in Shipozi. She discovers that the orig 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 40 From Palace Maiden to Empress Dowager: The Beloved Consort Rules the Realm 从秀女到太后：娇娇娘娘母仪天下 Jiang Wanzhen was merely the daughter of a minor sixth-rank official, forced by circumstance to enter the imperial harem. Luckily, the emperor was young and handsome, so he wasn't too hard to stomach. The women in the harem were all cunning schemers, but Jiang Wanzhen fought her way through every obstacle, tore down paper tigers, and took on the fake sweethearts. She nursed her best friend, had children, and before she knew it, she had risen from an insignificant low-ranking consort to the most 101Reads8.5Score—Shelves
- 41 Are You Kidding? You Call Her a Little Farm Girl? 疯了吧，你管这叫小农女 After being humiliated, Xiang Wanshu finally woke up to who she was! She collected manure to make fertilizer, planted corn, and rallied the whole village to join her. She set up a barbecue stall that even attracted the county magistrate, and taught a group of refined scholars the proper way to eat skewers! She bought a bully’s mansion and turned it straight into a barbecue restaurant, making it a popular local hot spot. She carved out a world of ice and snow by hand, drawing visitors from far an 15Reads—Score—Shelves
- 42 After I Was Widowed, I Raised My Disabled Son with My Cooking 守寡后，我靠厨艺养残儿 Her husband is dead from the start, and her short-lived husband has also left her with a disabled stepson. Everyone in both her birth family and her husband's family is wicked. He Taoyao's life begins on the hardest difficulty, but she isn't afraid. Through perseverance and hard work, she builds a warm and fulfilling life. No System, no pocket dimension, no golden finger. 258Reads9.3Score—Shelves
- 43 The Farm Girl’s Road to Riches in Ancient Times 穿越种田之农家女的致富路 Transmigration, farming, building wealth No System, no space, no nasty villains Born with the Midas touch One day, village official Li Yun transmigrates into the body of Li Yunniang, an orphan in an ancient farming family. Her parents are both dead, and her uncle and aunt pressure her into a marriage to bring good fortune, marrying her off to Tan Wenting, a sickly young man from the same village. Who could have guessed that good fortune would follow the Tan family after Li Yunniang arrived? The 491Reads8.4Score—Shelves
- 44 I Started Out in the Mountains Amid Chaos, So What Have I to Fear with My Peach Blossom Haven? 乱世开局进深山，我有桃源怕啥？ [Pure Farming + Family Life + No System + Fleeing Famine in a Time of Chaos + Infrastructure Building + Transmigrate into a Book + Business + Stockpiling Food] Tian Xiaomai was a newly minted office drone from the 21st century who devoted her life to her desk. When she opened her eyes again, a twist of fate had turned her into a child bride bought by the He family to bring good fortune. Once she adjusted to her new surroundings, everything began to seem familiar. Wasn't this the plot of a novel 21Reads—Score—Shelves
- 45 A Harem Palace Survivor's Guide to Living to 120 人在后宫，只想活到120岁 The rating just came out, and it's really low ꈍ◡ꈍ #Quick transmigration heroine + multiple male leads + ends 1v1# Yun Jianxue died. Thanks to her accumulated good karma, she chose to become a civil servant in the Underworld. Calling it civil service is a bit of a stretch. In reality, she travels through various small worlds to complete missions. Along the way, it's inevitable that she attracts a few souls. Yun Jianxue swears: she really isn't doing it on purpose. 1.1kReads8.4Score100Shelves
- 46 A Handbook for Raising Kids in Chaotic Times 乱世养崽手札 Ji Xiang transmigrates into the body of Ji Wanxiang, a wicked mother. The original owner's two little ones, both her biological children, are always trying to knock her out and sell her to a child trafficker for money to buy stuffed flatbreads, the kind with meat filling. · She intends to devote herself to raising the children and serving her mother-in-law. But after four years on the run, her good-for-nothing husband returns home to escape the war, bringing the original owner's younger sister a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 47 The Little Chef Takes on the World 小厨娘闯天下 Female lead: Shen Cao (her name has a special meaning). Male lead: Ji Lingfeng [Transmigration + food + business + making a fortune + slow-burn development + sweet romance] After becoming a master chef, Shen Cao falls off a cliff while gathering mushrooms and transmigrates into the body of a village girl who shares her name. Her parents love each other, her brothers are on good terms, and even her younger sister looks up to her. The only problem is that her family is so poor they can barely affo 1.4kReads7.7Score158Shelves
- 48 After Becoming a Master of Chinese Cuisine 变成国厨大师后 [Gourmet + System + no romance + cozy + funny + perfect with a meal] On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God ascends to heaven, and fragrant aromas fill every home. Lin Fan, working overtime on New Year’s Eve, unexpectedly binds to a System. And that’s only the beginning. Dumpling feasts, egg cakes, grilled chicken wings, crayfish, roasted pig trotters, spicy chicken skewers, stinky tofu, river-snail rice noodles, red-braised beef stew with potatoes, vinegar-fried ca 337Reads8.1Score104Shelves
- 49 The Orphan Girl and the Scholar 孤女和秀才 [Traditional farming life + Orphaned at three + Her sweetheart breaks off their engagement + Takes down the wicked + Marries a penniless scholar + Devoted husband] Qinglian’s father was a scholar in Qingxi Village, and her mother was a renowned beauty. Sadly, fate took both of them too soon, and they died in an accident when Qinglian was three, leaving their daughter Wan Qinglian an orphan. Brother Hai was betrothed to Qinglian from the time they were in the cradle. Unfortunately, his sharp-tong 125Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 50 The Widow’s Brother-in-Law Lives Next Door 寡妇隔壁住着她大伯哥 The frost came early, and she hastily married; when the heavy snow fell, she was a young widow. Li Changfeng pinned her beneath a dead tree, his breath burning hot. “You can smile at him, so why can’t you smile at me? He can, so why can’t I?” Gu Yu pressed against his chest, every word sharp as a thorn. “Anyone but you. I can marry anyone else, but I can’t marry my former brother-in-law!” From Li Changfeng’s perspective: The day he stood in for his younger brother at the wedding, he fell in lo 1.2kReads7.1Score101Shelves
