Novels like The Ancient Life of Madam Xu
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- 1 After We Both Transmigrated, My Ex-Husband's Brother Rushed to Steal Me for His Bridal Sedan 双穿后：前夫弟弟连夜抢我上花轿 [Swapped marriages | Rugged man | Getting rid of scumbags | Feel-good story | Devoted husband] Transmigrating into a farming couple alongside her cheating ex-husband? Anxin immediately kicks the scumbag to the curb, then switches her marriage to his wicked-but-righteous, menacing younger brother, and gets doted on by the rugged man! . In her previous life, her scumbag husband relied on his modern knowledge to copy poems and curry favor with the powerful, enjoying a glittering rise to success. Wh 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 From the Start, I Had a Peppercorn, So I Went Back in Time to Sell Hot Pot 开局一粒花椒，我穿回古代卖火锅 [Ultimate face-slapping + wildly satisfying comeback + food business] The heroine is fierce, and she never goes easy on scum. All that matters is the satisfaction! After transmigrating into the body of a poor village girl in ancient times, she finds her mother timid, her younger brother foolish, and her father and stepmother eager to bleed them dry. Lin Wei slams the table: “I’m done living like this! We’re splitting the family! We have to split up!” With her only two loved ones by her side, she —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Transmigrated to Marry a Sweet Young Wolfdog 穿越之再嫁小狼狗 [Transmigration + historical setting + ordinary life + face-slapping + daily life + building a fortune + raising kids] [Straightforward, clever, kindhearted and attentive transmigrator heroine × devoted local man who dotes on his wife and gets things done. A simple, heartwarming story of everyday life in an ancient town.] Su Yan nearly drowns. The good news is that she transmigrates; the bad news is that she ends up with a truly awful family. An evil mother-in-law, a scheming cousin, a spiteful 709Reads7.0Score10114d adds
- 4 Hooked on Cases 案上瘾 [Transmigration + marriage first, love later + devoted to each other + gourmet food + sweet romance + entrepreneurship] A sunny, charming chef-princess versus a seemingly aloof, seemingly impartial prince who is actually cunning Nan Yu was a highly sought-after head chef for state banquets in the 21st century. Little did she know that after one meal, she would transmigrate into the body of a notorious foreign princess. On the journey to her political marriage, “she” mysteriously disappeared. R 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 The Xu Family's Little Life Gets Better and Better 许家小日子，越过越红火 [Family Life + Ensemble Cast Growth + Everyday Business + Slow-Burn Comfort + No Awful Relatives] A down-to-earth, slow-paced ancient farming story. It isn’t a fast-leveling, high-conflict power fantasy built around face-slapping and crushing villains. A few things to know: The heroine is a local, with no transmigration, no rebirth, no System, and no modern knowledge to give her an unfair advantage. She’s an ordinary young woman, not a forceful, larger-than-life heroine who can handle everyt 2.4kReads—Score23014d adds
- 6 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 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Divine Chef: The Delicious Young Wife Comes to Bring Good Fortune 神厨农女：美味娘子来冲喜 After transmigrating, a modern young cook becomes a little maid sent to bring good luck to a sickly young master. With her space and her excellent cooking skills, Lin Wan'er is determined to help her sickly husband and his troublesome little brother build a fortune and reach the peak of success! But who could have guessed that, in the dead of night, her sickly husband would be so vigorous and press her at every turn... 40Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 8 Little Yan's Springtime: Warm, Simple Joys on the Farm 【小燕逢春，农家清欢暖】 The hardships of life wore away her innocence, and a lifetime of tribulations shattered her tenderness. A fleeting dream of a butterfly sent her spirit soaring away on feathered wings. She escaped the countless pains of the mortal world and shed the scars it had left behind. In the end, she abandoned its turmoil and suffering, following the longing in her heart to reunite with her loved ones and find a home filled with warmth and the comforts of everyday life. There would be no more bullying, no 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 The Xu Family Girl’s Pinduoduo Eatery 徐家小娘的拼夕夕食铺 Xu Qingqing transmigrates to ancient times and becomes a penniless orphan girl in a village near Qingshan Town. She looks at the empty rice jar, and before she can squeeze out a tear, she's struck by the "Pinduoduo Ready-Made Meal System"! Can picking wild vegetables earn points? Ready-made meal packs? High-tech seasonings? From then on, a remarkable little food stall appears in Qingshan Town. Fragrant braised pork rice, pan-fried dumplings with thin wrappers and generous fillings... Delicious a 20Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 10 Gourmet Delights of the Northern Song: I Made a Fortune Through Food 北宋珍馐录，我靠美食发家赚万金 [No romance + alternate Northern Song setting + native-born heroine + food + ensemble cast and everyday life + gradual, steady pacing + building a fortune] A new eatery has opened in Daming Prefecture. Its proprietor is a young woman of fourteen or fifteen, always greeting everyone with a smile. People all say she’s kind. But Chen Heniang doesn’t think she’s a good person. Growing up in a family that favored boys over girls, she stole eggs from the neighbors at seven, learned to cry and lie at e 21kReads8.6Score3.2k14d adds
- 11 I Transmigrated to Ancient Times, and I’m Going to Eat My Fill 穿越古代，我要吃饱饭 [Transmigrate + Farming + Pocket dimension + Cozy daily life + Slow-paced + No CP] Zhang Shinian transmigrated into an ancient world. He had expected a story about struggling to support a whole family and dealing with endless drama. But who could have guessed that his original body's mother would finally stand her ground before she died and insist on splitting up the family? Well, since he's here, what else can he do? Zhang Shinian can only use his pocket dimension to secretly watch videos and l 261Reads—Score10014d adds
- 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—14d adds
- 13 The Amnesiac Young Master I Picked Up Became My Handyman 捡来的失忆贵公子，成了我的帮工 | Cloth Shop Owner × Amnesiac, Jealous Helper | Angsty Push and Pull | A Bustling Neighborhood Cloth Shop | Love Grows Over Time | The Everyday Lives of Ordinary People in an Ancient City On a country path, Lin Wanfu found and rescued the gravely wounded young master of the Pei family. As fate would have it, he had lost his memory. This once-privileged son of heaven had fallen into her hands. The clever little owner of the cloth shop put on an act and coaxed him into believing he had once lef 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 After the Frail Girl Awakens, Her Whole Family Rides on Her Coattails? 病弱女开悟后，全家带我躺赢？ (Fast-paced, no dragging) [Farming] + [System] + [Imperial Examinations] + [Infrastructure] + [Strong Female Lead] + [Family Bonds] + [A Touch of Political Intrigue] The day Lin Wan was reborn in the body of a sickly girl, her family was holding her funeral. In the pouring rain, Lin Wan shoved open her coffin lid, terrifying the entire village out of their wits. After recovering, Lin Wan’s temperament changed completely. She often pestered her older brothers with talk of “ingenious inventions.” 7Reads7.3Score214d adds
- 15 A Chang’an Food Entrepreneur’s Diary 长安美食创业记 The spring breeze stirs the willows, and apricot blossoms glisten in the misty rain. Behind the counter at the Wonderflavor Restaurant in Chongdefang, the proprietress stands poised, eyes lowered. One hand moves the abacus while the other writes and sketches on a sheet of paper. Lin Yuxi: Buy a house and land, settle in Chang’an, and live a wealthy, carefree life with fine food and wine for company. Qin Yue: I’ve established my career. It’s time to start a family. (A transmigration story in an i 198Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 16 Making a Fortune Selling Fast Food in Ancient Times 在古代卖快餐赚翻了 ♥Food♡Farming♡Nurturing♡No golden finger♡No idiots♡Childhood sweethearts♥ Lin Tuan never imagined he would end up in the body of a three-year-old brat. From then on, he lived the life of a lazy salted fish. No, no, no. It was more like the life of a hardworking salted fish. 319Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 A Bountiful Barn in Lean Years: I Farm to Feed My Family 荒年好大仓，我靠种地养全家 After an accident, Yun Ya thinks she's transmigrated into a Mary Sue novel she's read. The good news: She knows the plot inside out and has even received a golden finger from the God of Transmigration! The bad news: She's not the heroine blessed with a halo, but the cannon-fodder cousin who serves as the heroine's stepping stone! "So what if I have a bad start?" Yun Ya clenches her fists. "My fate is mine to decide, not the plot's!" Faced with her biased grandparents and her greedy, hypocritical 57Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Spring Mountains After the Rain 雨后春山 The rating has only just been posted, so it will go up later. In spring, they forage for wild greens; in summer, they harvest sweet potatoes; in autumn, they gather chestnuts; and in winter, they hunker down at home. In a simple little village, a simple family lives its quiet life, counting out one copper coin at a time. 2.5kReads7.3Score26514d adds
- 19 The Borderlands' Little Cook: General, Care for a Hot Bowl of Soup? 边关小厨娘：将军来碗热汤？ [Happy ending + exile + food + business management + guarding the border with a young general + devoted to each other] Modern food blogger Lin Weiwei travels into the body of a woman in ancient times and becomes the daughter of a disgraced official, exiled to the frontier. The frontier is cold and harsh? No problem, her cooking will help. Fragrant, steaming lamb offal soup, scallion pancakes, braised snacks, and grilled lamb skewers... She’ll use modern food to cheer on the frontier soldiers! Wh 715Reads7.1Score10014d adds
- 20 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
- 21 The Pocket-Dimension Farmer Girl: I Become the Beloved Darling of Ancient Times 空间农女，我在古代混成团宠 «Completed» (Ancient setting + farming + building wealth + family darling) Jiang Channing was an ordinary office worker in the 21st century, and she couldn't understand how something as trendy as transmigration could happen to her. Faced with a bare-walled house and family members who never got enough to eat, Jiang Channing could only sigh: “Since I'm here, I might as well make the best of it!” By chance, she activated an invincible System. Now that's a proper cheat! She picked up a fairly hands 735Reads8.8Score10014d adds
- 22 A Bountiful Farm: A Country Girl Becomes a Landowner 锦绣桑田：农女当家做地主 [Ancient Farming] [Alternate Dynasty] [Neither Lead Is Reborn, Transmigrated, or Has a Pocket Space or Golden Finger] [Rural Life in Ancient Times, Slow and Steady] [Marriage Before Love] The initial rating has just come in. Let's see if it can climb from here. Please leave lots of comments! This story has no lords and ministers, no courtly intrigue. It is about the everyday lives of ordinary people, not a face-slapping power fantasy. The main story follows a farming couple as they work the la 2.1kReads6.4Score19414d adds
- 23 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—14d adds
- 24 The Jiang Family Restaurant: A Day-to-Day Story 江家食肆经营日常 Jiang Zi opened her eyes and found herself a village girl in ancient times. Her family had nothing; her mother was bedridden and frail, her older brother worked himself to the bone to earn money, and her youngest brother was only five, thin and weak. At least they had no awful relatives, and the whole family was doing their best to get by. What was there to fear about being poor? A person with a skill could make a good life anywhere. They earned money, built a house, bought farmland and shops, a 1.1kReads6.5Score15114d adds
- 25 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 2kReads8.7Score16214d adds
- 26 A Physician Couple's Handbook from Ancient Times 古代夫妻行医手札 [Farming + Traditional Chinese Medicine expertise + no System + building wealth + devoted sweet romance] Bai Ying, a modern master’s graduate in traditional Chinese medicine and gynecology, opens her eyes to find herself an orphan living in a leaky thatched hut in Niujiao’ao. She starts out in hell mode: the house is bare, the damp cold has seeped into her bones, and her pockets are emptier than her stomach. No System? No pocket dimension? Bai Ying calmly taps her head. No problem. The Treatise 2.3kReads8.4Score28414d adds
- 27 So Much Joy in Ordinary Days 寻常岁月多欢喜 [A Country Girl’s Everyday Growth + Family Life + Food + Local Color] The everyday life of Sun Jiabao: Playing with cats and dogs, running around everywhere. Eating, sampling food, and chatting about everyday things. Her life is full of all kinds of flavor, with plenty of everyday joys. 138Reads—Score1514d adds
- 28 Your Shop Is Really Busy 贵铺真忙 In a moment of greed, Jiang Ruyi took in Ji Shisan, a mysterious injured man, and agreed to pretend to be his wife until he recovered. She thought of it as hiring a free temp for her cosmetics shop. Who could have guessed he’d get into character so quickly, turning into a doting husband who showered her with praise every day and made a show of their affection at every turn? “My wife can make rouge and powder, and she’s an unparalleled makeup artist, too. I’m so proud of her!” “My wife is wond 362Reads9.2Score5614d adds
- 29 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 2kReads8.4Score26814d adds
- 30 The Fragrance of Tea: The Shopkeeper’s Wife Seeks a Husband 茶韵飘香：掌柜娘子要招婿 Married first, love later, food and everyday life, devoted husband, raising children Ji Yunshu took Qin Lang as a live-in husband, originally just to have a man to support the household. She never expected him not only to be strong, but to cherish her like the apple of his eye. When she wanted to start a tea-ticket business, he went to the docks to establish his reputation and become her strongest support. When she wanted to learn the finest tea-roasting techniques, he trained his hands at the M 600Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 This Is Ridiculous! I Transmigrated to Ancient Times and Ran into My Late Mom? 离谱！穿越古代遇上过世的老妈？ No pocket dimension, no System, no wealthy-family power struggles, no princes or nobles! A cozy, everyday story + farming and business, all about a peaceful life and being content with modest prosperity. Lin Xi, a wage slave working late into the night, unexpectedly transmigrates to an impoverished farming family in ancient times. The biggest surprise is that she reunites there with her mother, who passed away long ago. No golden finger, no lucky breaks or shortcuts. She relies on the little cle 210Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 With My Superb Cooking, I Blaze a Trail Through Ancient Times with Delicious Food 厨艺超高的我在古代用美食开道 [Transmigration + alternate world + food + business + opening a shop + farming + golden finger] Food is the focus, with no awful family members and few unpleasant characters overall. * The heroine is neither foolish nor naive, and she's no lovesick fool. She's kind but not a pushover, and she keeps a clear head. The hero won't appear until the later chapters set in the capital. No palace or household intrigues, just plenty of delicious food! * An alternate-world setting! Some systems are based o 186Reads8.9Score—14d adds
- 33 I Opened a Restaurant Selling Prepared Meals in Ancient Times 我在古代开餐馆卖预制菜 When the kitchen’s back door becomes a portal through time and space, Li Ming’s ready-made meals become a hit as “Immortal Banquet” Li Ming runs a restaurant in the modern world, selling ready-made meals, but business is terrible and his debts are piling up. Then one day, he discovers that his kitchen leads to an alternate ancient world. So Li Ming starts trading delicious food between the two eras. Modern, precision food-processing technology gives his “cooking” an overwhelming edge in the anci 1.4kReads6.4Score14314d adds
- 34 The Struggles of the Baozi Beauty 包子西施奋斗史 [Transmigration + Food + Building a fortune + Cozy everyday life + Life among ordinary people] Shen Yu transmigrates, but her start couldn’t be worse: she’s unlucky enough to have broken off an engagement and become a jinx, and she’s poor and miserable. Give up now? No way! She takes odd jobs, sets up a stall, and opens a little eatery. The whole family works together to build a fortune, and life gets sweeter by the day! But whose son, with a county magistrate for a father, can’t even get meat a 3.3kReads8.8Score34114d adds
- 35 The Side Character Strikes Back: A Thousand Ways to Feed a Yandere 女配翻身：投喂病娇的千种方式 Yun Zhimiao finds herself inside an old novel about a fake and a real heiress. She thinks she has landed in a family-intrigue drama, but it turns out she has been bound to a Food System. To avoid being erased by the System, she diligently cooks and saves up points. Crispy rice cakes, fried fresh milk, lobster-tail noodles, cheese-filled crispy chicken cutlets, Thai-style cured seafood, fragrant spicy rice crackers, sweet-and-sour pork tenderloin, Guobaorou, pudding tarts, jasmine iced rice. The 379Reads8.4Score10914d adds
- 36 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—14d adds
- 37 A Maid’s Daily Life in the Northern Song Dynasty 北宋丫鬟日常 [Slice-of-life + ensemble cast + a little family intrigue + slow burn + no romance] Mingzhu transmigrates and discovers she has arrived in a family of officials in the Northern Song dynasty. Her father is the chief steward of the outer household, her mother manages the inner household, and her elder sister is a first-class maid in the eldest young lady’s rooms. She has plenty to eat and wear, and people to wait on her. Among the servants, she has one of the best backgrounds. Mingzhu had planned 8.2kReads7.2Score97714d adds
- 38 The Great Qian Dynasty's First Lady Scholar 大乾第一女先生 A new story. The System is just a tool and doesn't appear much~ A cozy, everyday tale, mostly about women. Jiang Zhi gets divorced, takes her daughter, and leaves her ex-husband's family in utter chaos. Back in Jiangzhou, she opens a curious teahouse. The pastries here are unlike anything people have seen, the rules are unusual, and the stories she tells... are even more unheard-of! A monkey causes havoc in Heaven? A scholar falls in love with a female ghost? And a dark-faced judge named Bao can 3.1kReads8.5Score34114d adds
- 39 The Foodie Heir and His Charming Chef 吃货世子俏厨娘 Her parents are both dead, and she has only two old servants by her side. Their money is stolen and their house is burned down. Where can they go from here? It's time to unleash her inner power! Watch her gather herbs in the mountains and turn junk into treasure, then fish in the river and enjoy a bountiful harvest year after year. Others keep cats, but she keeps a leopard. Watch her adorable pets cause a stir in the capital: Some glutton: “Fat cat! Put down that piece of meat. It's mine!” The l 349Reads8.9Score10114d adds
- 40 The Whole Village Thrives Thanks to Its Beloved Little Lucky Star 团宠小福星，种田基建旺全乡 [Fictional World] [Transmigration] [Pocket Dimension] [Cherished by the Whole Family] [Farming] [Building Wealth] [Infrastructure Development] In the modern world, Su Nian'an was plagued by illness and spent her whole life confined to bed. She watched countless videos about intangible cultural heritage crafts, but never got the chance to try them herself. One day, her soul returned, and she became the fifth daughter, a foolish girl adopted by the Su family of Shiqiao Village. A red thread binds 36Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 The Days I Spent Farming in the Village 在村里种田的日子 The rating is low because it was just released. Give it a try if it sounds like your thing. Sang Wan, a maid in the Li residence, offended one of the household's esteemed guests and was handed over to a slave broker. He took her from Jiangzhou Prefecture on a winding journey, and by a twist of fate, sold her to a rough soldier who had just returned home to the Du family. The eldest son, Du Yu'en, had coarse features and a fierce look in his eyes. He spoke in a gruff voice, and whenever he shoute 889Reads8.7Score10014d adds
- 42 The Farm Girl's Delicious Kitchen 农家美味小厨娘 Su Mian was a well-known food blogger. After a car accident, she transmigrated to a rural village, where she got a dark, rough complexion, a scrawny figure, and a carpenter husband, all while a famine was underway. Su Mian was devastated. She’d thought she’d been lucky enough to be reborn, but instead she’d drawn the bleakest farming-life script imaginable. Luckily, she discovered that her little kitchen had come along too. With her golden finger in hand, Su Mian pursues both love and a career, 139Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 43 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 159Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 44 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—14d adds
- 45 A Battle of Wits in Bed: The Brutal General’s Obsessive Love for His Young Husband 榻上博弈：暴戾将军痴缠小夫郎 Plenty of chapters are ready, so feel free to start reading. [Double male leads, historical BL + sweet romance + the top yields in bed + 1v1] Short-tempered beagle general seme + clear-eyed beauty uke The night Xu Yunqi was sent to Xiao Zhiye as an apology gift was an utterly ordinary one. He thought that once he got through this ordeal, he would be free. Little did he know that fate had tied him to Xiao Zhiye, and he would stay by his side through the whole of his remarkable life. From the age 1.6kReads—Score13414d adds
- 46 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 2.6kReads9.0Score37814d adds
- 47 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—14d adds
- 48 I Opened a Restaurant in Ancient Times 我在古代开饭馆 Ye Xiaowei inexplicably transmigrates into the body of a farm girl in ancient times. Her family is struggling, so she uses her own hands to build a fortune, one step at a time. She starts out selling scallion pancakes at a street stall, then opens a little diner, and eventually builds a chain of grand restaurants. Her life gets better and better. What? The little beggar she took in has a truly impressive background? And the handsome young man she found, who had lost his memory, leaves without a 1.4kReads8.2Score12014d adds
- 49 The Little Restaurant in the Capital 京城小饭馆 Tender green bamboo shoots, fresh crucian carp sashimi, and Xindu mugwort Glossy green oil, fragrant scallions, refreshing wine, and slender, jade-white hands A little eatery has opened on East Street in the capital, where every inch of land is worth its weight in gold. And the owner is a girl of only fifteen or sixteen? Everyone who hears about it shakes their head and calls it foolishness. Isn't she just throwing her money away? The proprietress, Gu Nianxi, insists she doesn't care about makin 1kReads8.1Score14714d adds
- 50 Reborn as the Villain's Stepmother, Win Hearts with Good Food! 穿成反派后娘，攻心就用美食吧！ [Marriage First, Love Later + Adorable Baby + Food + Family Life + Humble Households] [Constable + Little Chef] Pu Jiaojiao discovers that she has transmigrated into a book she once read, becoming the villainous stepmother. The stepmother in the story abuses the children in every way imaginable and is utterly inhuman. Remembering the stepmother’s tragic ending, Pu Jiaojiao can’t help swallowing nervously. If she wins them over with delicious food, can she keep herself alive in the future? Watch 2.7kReads8.5Score22714d adds
