Novels like The Humble Origins Chef
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- 51 A Servant’s Nature 奴才本性 In Lin Bin’s eyes, Zhou Mingchen had three different faces. One was the impeccably proper man he usually was, responsible and dependable in both word and deed. Another was the servant who followed her around, as doglike as they came. She’d heard there was a third side to him, one that relied on his master’s power to throw his weight around, though few people had seen it. All three faces revealed his nature as a servant, and yet he was her husband... The heroine transmigrates and has the original 2kReads8.7Score162Shelves
- 52 Reborn in Empresses in the Palace: I Outshine Zhen Huan and Become Empress Dowager 甄嬛传重生：力压甄嬛做太后 The heroine is a true villain, with tons of original plotlines and characters. No frustrating nonsense, no out-of-character writing. You won't regret picking this up. P.S. The early chapters have a lot of plot beats, so the story focuses on the ensemble. The heroine gets more and more screen time starting in Chapter 39, and a flood of original characters arrives from Chapter 80 onward. The proper synopsis: Consort Hua's temperament, Pure Yuan's looks, a wealthy family, and a background that pose 365Reads—Score—Shelves
- 53 Wanted for Cooking with a Wok in the Immortal Realm 在仙界支锅炒菜被通缉了 Li Xiaochu is a modern-day food streamer. She’s drooling over a Beef Wellington. She closes her eyes, then opens them, and she’s gone! She opens them again, and, would you look at that! She’s taken the place of a lowly fire-tending fairy in the Immortal Realm? From the start, she’s at the peak. Other people transmigrate into immortal cultivation harems as heroines and enjoy sweet romances! She transmigrates into a wanted criminal in the Immortal Realm? The reason: she polluted the realm with sti —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 54 Surviving Without Cheats: The Country Girl Cuts Ties and Reclaims the Wasteland 无挂求生，小农女断亲开荒记 [Play the pig to eat the tiger + no cheat powers + farming story + coming-of-age + no romance + family and village life] A mature modern woman’s soul lands in the body of a fourteen-year-old farm girl. The original girl was exploited by her awful relatives. You might put up with that, but I won’t! I’m flipping the table in a fit of rage! My grandparents are old and bedridden, and everyone else treats them like garbage. I’ll care for them tenderly. After all, an old person in the family is a trea 28Reads—Score—Shelves
- 55 My White-Eyed-Wolf Sister and I Were Reborn and Swapped Souls 我和白眼狼妹妹重生后灵魂互换了 A cunning, ruthless heroine versus a twisted, obsessive hero In her previous life, Su Yu'er enjoyed the emperor's favor without end, until Shen Ningyue and the empress conspired to frame her. Reborn, she and Shen Ningyue switch souls. Now in Shen Ningyue's body, she initially plans to pretend they've made peace and team up with Su Yu'er to get revenge. But that plan falls through, so she lies low at Lady Zhaohua's side and stokes conflict in the harem, sowing suspicion between the empress and L 8Reads—Score—Shelves
- 56 A Modern Restaurant in Ancient Times, Making Everyone Drool 现代美食店，在古代馋哭所有人 [System + food + opening shops + no romance + a powerful golden finger] Office worker Lin Xiyue transmigrates one day and binds herself to an ancient food prosperity System. “What? You want me to spread delicious food throughout the ancient world?” And so Lin Xiyue begins opening all kinds of food shops. This is mainly a food story, a lighthearted tale about opening shops. Drink shop: iced orange juice, strawberry milkshakes, classic milk tea, passion fruit double-bubble tea… Fast-food shop: roa 127Reads6.1Score—Shelves
- 57 Transmigrated as a Kitchen Maid, I Win Over the Devil Prince with Viral Dishes 穿成厨丫，网红美食拿捏魔鬼殿下 A food blogger transmigrates and becomes an obscure kitchen maid in the Third Prince’s household! Her immediate superior is the notoriously fussy and difficult Third Prince, a devil who beats and berates the staff whenever a dish fails to please him. No problem! This modern food blogger’s skills are the real deal! Milk tea, cream-filled pastries, and creative snacks make their way to the table one after another, and before long she has the icy Third Prince completely wrapped around her finger. H 20Reads—Score182Shelves
- 58 Forced to Marry a Bully from the Start, She Cut Ties with Her Family 开局被逼嫁恶霸，她反手断亲 Jiang An'an transmigrated into the body of a widow in ancient times. Her husband had just died, and she had only just given birth. The widow, Jiang Xiaohe, had a pitiful life. Not long after delivering her baby, her family shoved her into a sedan chair and sold her as a concubine to the “evil landlord” in town. The widow refused and accidentally fell into the water while trying to escape. That gave Jiang An'an the chance to transmigrate and be reborn. After pulling herself together, Jiang An'an 1kReads8.6Score156Shelves
- 59 The Mighty Goddess Conquers Ancient Times with Delicious Food 大力神女用美食闯古代 (Cozy farming, getting rich through food, family squabbles, System shop) They say that in Lengzhan Village there was a girl named Leng Yuan, born with tremendous strength, yet so foolish she didn't recognize her own relatives or know the difference between the five grains. “Hey, have you heard? That silly Leng girl has gotten better lately!” Everyone was astonished. “Wasn't she a fool for nearly ten years? How did she suddenly get better?” “Ah, I heard she saw blood and suddenly passed out. Whe 647Reads6.8Score—Shelves
- 60 The Farmer and His Wife 农家夫妻 They thought their love had long since been worn away by marriage. Who could have guessed that a sudden car accident would take this divorcing couple together to an unfamiliar world in ancient times... 3.3kReads8.9Score298Shelves
- 61 You Act, I Act, and the Empress Leads the Grand Performance 你演我，我演你，皇后带头唱大戏 #Clear-eyed heroine + realistic palace intrigue# In the third year of Kangning, a palace candidate named Jiang Lingyao is pushed into Yingyue Lake and drowns. By a twist of fate, Jiang Lingyao gets a second life in the dead woman's body. The good news: Jiang Lingyao has ghosts all over the palace acting as her spies, so none of the harem's schemes can escape her notice. The bad news: Though she manages to claim the empress's throne in one fell swoop, her paternal aunt, the empress dowager, loath 55Reads8.1Score—Shelves
- 62 My Restaurant Connects to a Thousand Worlds 我的食肆通万界 Quick Transmigration + No Romance + Gourmet + Everyday Life + Shopkeeper Stories World One: Total War of Resistance (Complete) World Two: An Lushan Rebellion (Complete) World Three: Human Apocalypse (Ongoing) Xin Yi, a recent food science graduate, has always dreamed of opening a restaurant of her own. She unlocks all kinds of gourmet recipes and connects multiple parallel worlds. In every era and place, people suddenly discover a simple little shop that wasn’t there before, its air filled with 24Reads—Score—Shelves
- 63 Farming in a Fishing Village: The Lucky Carp's Sweet, Tender Bride 渔村种田，锦鲤甜妻软又娇 Food blogger Li Ying opened and closed her eyes, and found herself in ancient times, suddenly a mother... Her mother-in-law was unkind, her brother-in-law overbearing, and her husband indifferent... With a pocket dimension and one hundred thousand coconuts, Li Ying flipped the table. She was done with this! She was taking the kids and running away! After ending up in a small fishing village, Li Ying’s eyes widened. Those seafood products being sold for next to nothing could all be turned into de 57Reads—Score—Shelves
- 64 Tell Me, Tell Me, Will History Remember Her Beauty? 知否，知否，青史载红妆 In The Story of Minglan, how did the concubine-born girl who lost her mother at five learn to hide her talents and survive amid bloodshed? No transmigration, no golden finger, no cheat codes. With nothing but patience and restraint, she navigates the rivalry between the legitimate and concubine-born children, plotting her mother's revenge without getting blood on her hands; With nothing but her keen eye, she rises from a back courtyard in the Sheng household to become the matriarch of a marquis' 1kReads—Score—Shelves
- 65 A Scheming Childhood Friend Charms the Coldhearted Emperor into Surrender 娇媚心机青梅诱，薄情帝王沦陷深 [Pure palace intrigue + the leads are not each other’s first + no saintly heroine] P.S. The heroine is a villainess who takes the initiative. A bewitching, scheming beauty × a cool, heartless emperor An imperial decree made Chu Miaowei the crown prince’s secondary consort. With the little affection her childhood friend, Crown Prince Xiao Jinghuai, had for her, she could have lived a smooth and happy life. But she had no interest in love. She only wanted power. How could the position of secondary 642Reads5.5Score101Shelves
- 66 A Bountiful Harvest and Happy Days: The Farmer’s Wife Is His One and Only 良田喜事：独宠小农妻 I woke up in this miserable mountain village and married a hunter. Who says hunters don't own land? The finest fields are practically wild now, with more weeds than crops. No matter, I'll grab a hoe and get to work. Hmm, not bad. This rice variety has a higher yield. What, the villagers want to learn how to grow it too? Of course. We'll clear land and plant cotton, then grow other crops between the rows. Not bad at all. It's not as good as what I had in my previous life, but at least I won't hav 689Reads9.0Score103Shelves
- 67 Crown Prince, Your Crown Princess Says Hot Pot Is Ready! 太子，太子妃喊你吃火锅了！ Food blogger Tang Xiao transmigrated into the daughter of an imperial chef in the Great Xia Kingdom. That day, the Crown Prince's eating disorder worsened. The Emperor flew into a rage and threatened to execute the imperial chef's entire clan. In a desperate move, Tang Xiao grabbed two copper pots and charged straight into the palace. The aroma of hotpot wafted through the palace, and the Crown Prince's carefully cultivated image completely fell apart. A servant came to report, "Miss, the Cr 2.5kReads6.9Score325Shelves
- 68 The Green Tea Legitimate Daughter Takes the Harem by Storm 绿茶嫡女卷翻后宫 Su Yunqing was once the neglected legitimate eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo’s household. But she came out on top in the imperial selection and became the only woman bestowed with a title: Lady Rong. There is no true love in the imperial family. A woman is favored in the harem for profit or beauty, nothing more. Su Yunqing intends to use the emperor and become the most powerful woman in the Great Xi Dynasty. The harem has women who think they can share a hundred years of true love with th 74Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 69 Smoke Rises from the Kitchen in the Deep Clouds 云深炊烟起 After retiring, Old Wu digs out a yellowed ledger filled with twenty years of favors and gift money: who gave what, who still owes him, all meticulously tallied. He thought he would spend the rest of his life counting every penny, until he met a young man from Shaanxi crying by the roadside, an elderly woman named Zhao living alone, and Old Liu, who had broken his leg… He began to understand that some debts can be calculated, but some kindnesses can never be repaid. From then on, Old Wu keeps a —Reads—Score—Shelves
- 70 The Emperor Hasn't Even Drawn His Last Breath, and the Noble Consort Is Already Holding His Son and Ruling from Behind the Curtain 朕还没咽气贵妃已抱儿子垂帘听政 [Rebirth + palace intrigue + rise from the cold palace + a beauty with a dangerous allure + favored exclusively in the later story + kingdom and country + ruling from behind the curtain] On the day of the Crown Prince's wedding in her previous life, Xiao Duo raised an army in rebellion, seized the throne, and forcibly brought the Crown Princess into his harem. After the Crown Prince died, Xu Yuning wanted to remain a widow for his sake. How could she give herself to her brother-in-law? She refus 1.1kReads8.0Score119Shelves
- 71 A Record of Picking Up Chopsticks 拾箸记 The Marquis of Yongning’s household is suddenly destroyed, and Wen Qingyuan dies of illness, alone and helpless in prison. But after waking from a long dream, she finds that four years have passed and two dynasties have come and gone! Once a pampered young lady, she has fallen to become a lowly kitchen girl in the residence of the current chief minister. All she can do is work hard in the small kitchen to secure a place for herself. But… is this chief minister a sweets addict? 217Reads8.7Score—Shelves
- 72 The Great Female Chef of the Frontier 边关女大厨 The Tartars from beyond Shantong Pass came three times. The first time, Yuan Wuwei’s family’s lavish restaurant became a wonton shop. The second time, the wonton shop became a wonton stall. The third time, Yuan Wuwei lost her father, Chef Yuan. When it rains, it pours. Her stepmother, Bai Qiqi, tried to elope one night, only to be swindled, and ended up bringing home a chubby little bundle of joy. The little one had quite a background: he was the young master of the Cheng family, whose estate ha 2.6kReads9.0Score378Shelves
- 73 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 1.2kReads6.6Score108Shelves
- 74 How Did I, Heir to a Legendary Chef, End Up as a Suffering International Student? 我堂堂神厨后人竟沦为命苦留子？ [Don’t make me cook!! → Cooking is so satisfying] [Gourmet fiction + System + farming pocket dimension + hilarious and heartwarming] Ning Tangtang comes from a family of master chefs, but she has no desire to inherit the family business. Her lifelong dream is to escape the kitchen. What good is a perfect knife technique when milk tea smells so good? No matter how brilliant your cooking is, nothing beats lying flat! Her family thinks she’s “neglecting her proper duties,” so they pack her off abro 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 75 Selling Barbecue Outside a Temple, I Get Chased Across the Country by Foodies 寺庙门口卖烧烤，吃货追着我全国 [A new city every week, forced to set up a random food stall!] [Food + everyday life + comedy + comfort food + no romance + healing] Chen Mo accidentally binds to a random food-stall System. Every week, he transmigrates to an unfamiliar city and has to sell its local snacks. The results... He sells extra-spicy grilled skewers outside a thousand-year-old temple, juicy scallion pancakes by West Lake, and ice-and-fire pineapple buns at the foot of a snowy mountain! In every city he has “wreaked ha 234Reads—Score—Shelves
- 76 A Transmigrant’s Rise from Humble Beginnings 穿越小门小户发家史 A money-loving, sunny chef heroine VS a reliable, resilient, handsome constable Just after winning the Culinary Association’s “Golden Chef Award,” a chef transmigrates to the Great Ji Dynasty... Li Qiao’an says her greatest talent is cooking, and the thing she loves most is food! Poor? No problem! With a spatula in hand, the world is mine! And maybe I’ll snag a handsome husband to play house with! Crab roe noodles, boiled fish, sweet-and-sour ribs, caramel milk tea, whole roasted lamb... She’ll 205Reads—Score—Shelves
- 77 She Brings a Spiritual Spring to Her Marriage with a Rough Hunter, and He Dotes on Her 带灵泉嫁糙汉猎户，小娇娘被宠翻 (Spirit Spring + Devoted Couple + Sweet Romance + Hunter and Cook + Leisurely Farming) Gu Xianyun transmigrates with a cup of spirit spring water and marries a rugged hunter. Who would have guessed that the man the original owner refused to marry even at the cost of her life would not only be handsome, but would also spoil her rotten? They may be poor, but they have plenty to eat and wear. They grow crops and vegetables, raise chickens and geese, work from sunrise to sunset, and enjoy a warm, fu 1.4kReads9.0Score160Shelves
- 78 My Stepmother Has Delicious Food, So Surrender, Prince Daddy! 后娘手中有美食，王爷爹爹快投降 [Food + devoted one-on-one romance + adorable child + imperial palace + princess consort] Lin Youyou's greatest passions in life are gossip, food, face-slapping, and making money. Little Doudou has a wish: to find a beautiful wife for her exceptionally handsome prince father, someone who will dote on her, love her father, and be gentle and kind. But this young lady can cook delicious food! Really, really delicious food, including all kinds she has never even tried before. Little Doudou is torn. 1.5kReads8.5Score103Shelves
- 79 Ten Years as a Consort 为妃十载 [Palace intrigue + ruthless, formidable female lead and unhinged villainess + no golden finger, no System] Dongfang Li has always been a femme fatale. “If someone hurts me once, I’ll make them pay a hundred or a thousand times over.” “If I were plain-looking, that would be one thing. But Heaven gave me a beauty unlike any other. Why shouldn’t I fight and seize what I want?” Dongfang Li is an unfavored daughter born to a concubine, so from the moment she enters the palace, she treads carefully, r 16Reads—Score—Shelves
- 80 Fragrance Across the Nine Provinces: A Gourmet Legend 香飘九州，美食传奇 A food-focused transmigration story, light and cheerful, perfect for reading in the evening with a meal. Food is at its heart, but home, nation, the world, and a sense of duty are all part of the story. A legitimate-born daughter versus an overbearing heir: power struggles, business management, palace and household intrigue, and face-slapping. The male and female leads are both smart and capable, and bring out the best in each other... Charcoal-grilled matsutake, hand-torn roast rabbit, meat ske 17Reads—Score—Shelves
- 81 Eat, Eat, Eat! Come and Eat! 吃吃吃，都来吃 [Unconventional Food Story + Improving the Nation’s Health + Ensemble Cast + No Romance + System Pocket Dimension. Chasing Dreams, and the Heroine Means Business!] Wu Shuang, who grew up in an orphanage, had just graduated from college when a speeding car sent her flying. The good news: she was in great shape and wasn’t hurt. Even better news: she got a food System and a pocket dimension! Wu Shuang sighed: at last, the thread of her fate had grown thicker!!! From then on, Wu Shuang’s hot pot res 228Reads—Score106Shelves
- 82 Gourmet System: A Street Food Stall from the Start 美食系统：开局一个路边摊 [You have activated the Gourmet System. Would you like to bind it? Yes; No] During graduation season, Jiang Tiantian, an ordinary university student, hadn’t received a single suitable job offer and had only her last 500 yuan left. As she wondered what to do, she activated the [Gourmet Business System]. -New User Starter Pack-: Congratulations, Host! You’ve received a shop and unlocked your starting dish, sweet-and-sour cold noodles. Sell 10 portions to unlock the next dish. -Special Rewards-: Ev 3.3kReads—Score377Shelves
- 83 A Feast of Delicacies: Dream of the Red Chamber Cuisine Meets the Tang Dynasty 红楼美食适配大唐，饕餮盛宴 [Handcrafted Cultivation, Farming, and Food] [Supernatural Tales] [Sweet Everyday Life] [Vivid Characters] [Building a City] [Claiming Land as Immortal Territory] [Running a Cultivation Sanctuary] [No System] Wu Qingwen, a transmigrator with a Red Chamber space, always thought she was following the script of an ancient food-business story. Until one day, she saw a dragon in a well. * Steamed pork head meat with rice flour makes spring water gush from a dried-up sweet-water well. Honeyed Eight-Tr 2.1kReads8.8Score277Shelves
- 84 The Feast Records: The Simple Joys of a Flavorful Life 食案录：人间有味是清欢 [Transmigration + everyday cooking + running a neighborhood business + female chef] After becoming the cook at a small shop in ancient times, Lin Zhiwei doesn’t rely on reclaiming wasteland to survive. Instead, she runs a humble neighborhood shop with her skill at preparing all kinds of delicious dishes. Starting with a bowl of bone broth that costs four coins, she serves rice with lard, braised pork bones, and glutinous rice cakes, warming an entire street with one homestyle dish after another. 203Reads—Score—Shelves
- 85 Transmigrating to Farm and Raise Children 穿越之种田养崽 [Farming + Nurturing + No portable space + Few terrible people + No golden finger] [Career] When Shi Xinyu wakes up, she finds herself at the very moment she is being sold off as a child bride after transmigrating? Looking at her frail body and ragged clothes, she roars, “Heavens, how did I end up with such a disastrous start again?” This dilapidated home is dirt poor, and there’s a scrawny little chick of a child peeking at her from behind the door? With all the answers in hand, how could she p 94Reads—Score—Shelves
- 86 Listening to a Donkey's Thoughts: Daily Life Running a Restaurant in Bianjing 听驴心声：汴京美食经营日常 (The low rating is only because the book was just listed.) · Transmigration + Everyday food and life among ordinary townsfolk + Mind reading (the little donkey is called Xiao Ba, with “Ba” meaning gossip) + A gentle, leisurely pace + A large ensemble cast later on · A modern chef transmigrates to the Song Dynasty. In this paradise of food, she doesn’t just eat: she develops new dishes and brings ancient and modern cuisines together in a grand feast. The Shen Tinghe family moves from the outskirt 4.2kReads8.5Score517Shelves
- 87 A Corporate Drone’s Idyllic Farm Life 社畜的悠闲农家 [Farming + entrepreneurship + sweet romance + underdog comeback] After being driven to the brink by a 996 work schedule, Lin Yuming receives an unexpected gift after his grandfather dies: a rundown country guesthouse covered in cobwebs. [First day back in the village after quitting his job] Villagers gossip: “So the city slicker who went off to make it big finally remembered us? Don't come crying when you blow through your family's savings!” The guesthouse: weeds taller than people, a roof tha 2Reads—Score—Shelves
- 88 A Family in a Little Village 小村人家 [Farming + Food + No System + No Romance + Building a Career] When Li Yun wakes up, she is still Li Yun, but not quite the same Li Yun anymore. She has been reborn as Li Yunniang in Anyang Village. Her father dotes on her, her mother loves her, and her older brothers and sisters-in-law spoil her. She has plenty to eat and drink, but not a penny to her name. No matter. Let's see how Yunniang leads her family in farming and storing grain, then makes delicious food to sell at a stall. She builds wo 242Reads7.1Score—Shelves
- 89 Qing Transmigration: The Poisonous Beauty's Path to the Top 清穿：毒美人的晋级路 In her previous life, Su Jianjian was a lowly Han Chinese maid in the Qing palace. Her entire family was killed for no reason. In this life, Su Jianjian has returned as a Golden Core Grandmaster... And of course, she intends to repay every grudge and avenge every wrong! She'll also use Kangxi to forge her heartless Dao foundation, comprehend the Dao, and ascend to immortality. At first, the consorts thought: “She's just a Han woman. She's no threat.” Not long after: “...That lowborn Han wom 1.2kReads8.2Score100Shelves
- 90 Transmigrating to the Countryside: The He Family Courtyard in Hetian Village 穿越农门，和田村里何家院 [Transmigration] [Farming] [Building Wealth] [No Romance] Li Feifei woke up one day to discover that she had transmigrated into the body of an old peasant woman. She had gone from being a twenty-four-year-old young woman to a thirty-six-year-old matron, with children of her own and grandchildren old enough to run errands. Since she was here, she might as well make the best of it. If Heaven had brought her to this unfamiliar family, then she would have to make a good life for herself. Now let's s 94Reads—Score—Shelves
- 91 The Tyrant’s White Moonlight Is a Black-Hearted Lotus 暴君的白月光是朵黑心莲 The ratings have only just come in, and they’ll go up! The original title was Snow Seeping into the Bones of a Beauty. Updates are very slow. [A young emperor who is cruel, suspicious, and full of schemes × a bewitching, calculating villainess who ensnares his heart and plots to seize the throne | He has other women; she is faithful] “I am a demon who devours flesh and bone; you are a prisoner who drinks poison to quench your thirst.” The daughter of a powerful minister wears a beauty’s face as 24Reads8.8Score—Shelves
- 92 A Bewitching Beauty, an Emperor’s Devotion, and a Throne to Share 美人娇，帝皇宠，携手共掌天下权 Qin Shu, a top agent for a mysterious organization in the 21st century, was in a plane crash and came within a breath of death. When she opened her eyes again, her soul had crossed into another world, where she had been reborn as the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Dingguo's household in the Tianyang Kingdom. As the duke's only daughter, she was doted on by her parents and older brothers, and grew up pampered, living exactly as she pleased, carefree and at ease. That was until a new emperor a 2.6kReads8.6Score258Shelves
- 93 A Concubine's Rise to Power in the Imperial Harem 深宫庶女上位记 She was the illegitimate daughter of a fifth-rank official, and one day she entered the palace as a consort; The struggle was not confined to men. The battles between women were always the cruelest of all; These women were intelligent, beautiful, and well-born; For love, wealth, and power beyond compare, they fought each other to the death, even turning against their own sisters and leaving their youth and beauty amid the red walls and green-tiled roofs of the palace; 834Reads8.4Score105Shelves
- 94 Farming in Ancient Times and Outwitting My Terrible In-Laws 古代种田，和极品婆家斗智斗勇 A death notice saying she fell in battle is the worst possible start for Shen Nan after she transmigrates. Behind her are shameless relatives watching like hungry wolves, eager to devour her alive. Before her are two young children crying for food. No golden finger, no savior. She is just an ordinary widow pushed to the brink. From farming until the skin on her fingers splits, to setting up a stall on a bustling street corner, to running a little shop through stormy times, every step is soaked 27Reads—Score—Shelves
- 95 Two Stunning Sisters with Amazing Cooking Skills, Leaving Diners Squealing for More 绝色双姝厨艺妙，馋哭食客哇哇叫 (The rating only came out on February 8 and is slowly climbing) [Double-female-lead business story (pure friendship) + romance + both leads are each other's only partners + food + lighthearted] Yu Zhile and her best friend, He Sitian, were killed by an object thrown from a great height. When they opened their eyes, they had transmigrated to the Nan Yu Kingdom as two orphan girls. Their adoptive father had just passed away. The bad news: They had no one to turn to, were dirt poor, and had the wor 999Reads8.6Score167Shelves
- 96 Farming: My Handsome Husband Has Suitors Lined Up 种田：俊美夫君排队宠 [Pocket dimension, laid-back heroine, farming, no unreasonable relatives] A top female assassin's plane crashed while she was on a mission. She had actually transmigrated into a world where women were scarce?! Well, since she was here, she might as well make the best of it. This was a perfect chance to leave behind her blood-soaked life and live the way she wanted. She'd farm and support herself. So why were the gentle boy next door, the refined and aloof scholar, and the domineering, handsome y 814Reads8.7Score100Shelves
- 97 Goodbye, I'm Going Home to Run a Stall 拜拜了您，我回家摆摊了 [Gourmet + Slice of Life + No Romance + Heartwarming] Shen Huan was an ordinary office worker. The company was rife with cutthroat competition, and her direct boss kept making things difficult for her. After working diligently overtime for half a year, she'd finally had enough of his torment and quit. Who cared about this lousy job? In a fit of anger, Shen Huan quit without another job lined up, packed her things, and went back to her hometown. When she decided to start a street food stall, she 3.3kReads8.6Score242Shelves
- 98 Scheming for the Emperor's Heart at Every Turn! Her Majesty Climbs to the Top 步步谋帝王心！娘娘一路扶摇直上 (Not a pure romance with only one partner, palace intrigue, favored from the middle onward, and doted on exclusively in the ending) Wen Jing Tan went from a heaven-blessed darling to a confiscated palace slave, and had long since had enough of being beaten and cursed at. One day, she was framed and, by a twist of fate, sent to the emperor's side. From then on, she swore to become The Outcast, second only to one and above all others. She wanted His Majesty's favor, and her family to flourish! The 664Reads8.2Score107Shelves
- 99 General! I Really Thought of You as a Brother! 将军！我真拿你当兄弟啊！ Dual male leads + transmigration + farming + devoted to each other + happy ending + one-on-one + alternate setting (Older top, scheming puppy × gentle, fatherly type) [The rating just came out and will gradually rise] Lin Jiayan is killed by a falling brick and transmigrates to the unfamiliar Rui Dynasty. Gazing at the mud house with nothing but bare walls, Lin Jiayan sees nothing but a life of farming ahead of him. After finally scraping together a little money, he goes and buys himself a husba 223Reads8.1Score100Shelves
- 100 The Blessed Girl of the Farming Village 农门福女 No System + No Pocket Dimension + No Palace or Household Intrigue + Food A food blogger from the 21st century transmigrates to an unknown dynasty. She has a widowed grandmother and mother to support, along with twin younger brothers and a baby sister. Looking at their dilapidated thatched hut and her frail siblings, Li Qinghe rolls up her sleeves and gets to work, determined to lead the whole family to prosperity. Putting her past-life skills to use, she starts with a street stall, then opens a 685Reads8.6Score102Shelves
