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- 1 Transmigrated to the Late Qing Dynasty: It All Started with a Plate of Guobaorou 穿越到清末，从一盘锅包肉开始 Jiang Lin, an emergency room doctor, may have died from overwork. He isn't sure. What he does know is that when he opened his eyes, he had somehow arrived in Harbin, Northeast China, at the end of the Qing dynasty. Armed with modern cooking techniques and transmigration tips he'd learned from short videos, he saved a restaurant on the brink of collapse and turned it into a thriving business. His enterprise continued to grow, gradually carrying him into high society. Just as he thought everyth 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 My Takeout Shop Connects to Ancient Times 我的外卖店通古代 [Past and present connected + female lead with no romance + building a fortune + transmigration + food business + healing and heartwarming] After quitting her job without notice and returning home for the New Year, Shi Ran unexpectedly inherits a magical country inn from a distant relative. Every night, its back door opens directly into the ancient world. Unfortunately, Shi Ran is no great cook. But that doesn't matter. If her cooking falls short, technology and all sorts of handy additives can 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 The Leisurely Life at Home 居家的悠闲生活 No CP, alternate setting All right! It’s the everyday life of an utterly ordinary beauty: living with her best friend, recreating dishes from ancient times, opening a restaurant together, and traveling with their friends. Taking life one day at a time. 81Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 After Failing My Tribulation, the Immortal Venerable Grew Vegetables and Made a Killing 渡劫失败后，仙尊种菜卖火了 I've started a new book! I hope you enjoy it! (Farming story, no romance in the main story, romance in the extras) After failing her tribulation, Immortal Venerable Ling Qingxuan is reborn as an orphan girl and bound to a Spirit Field System, beginning a leisurely life of growing vegetables and cultivating. Tired of the endless competition for resources and factional infighting in the immortal realm, she sets aside the airs she once had as an Immortal Venerable and settles down to farm and culti 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Transmigrating to Ancient Times with a Help-Seeking System 穿越古代之我绑定了求救系统 (System + transmigration + farming + everyday life + comedy + no romance + ancient setting + building a fortune) Just moments after the hospital told Xu Zhiyan she had cancer and only a few months to live, she went out and saved someone. As she lay at death's door, thinking she'd at least die for a worthy cause, she opened and closed her eyes and found herself in ancient times. You've got to be kidding me, sir. I don't know how to build rockets or cannons! And this family is so poor they can —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 The Socially Anxious Top Student Farms the Wilderness 社恐学霸开荒种田 [Farming × Countryside × No pocket dimension × No System × No CP × Modern farming] Fang Ziyi is a bona fide top student. She skipped grades all the way through and graduated from college at nineteen. She landed an internship at an internet company and performed exceptionally well. But her health problems led her coworkers to push her out. The top student becomes a social recluse overnight. She escapes the city and returns to her hometown. And sets out to reclaim wasteland and start farming. 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 A Taste of Memories 寻味记 The warmth of everyday life is what comforts ordinary hearts most. To Lin Xi, that warmth means wild grape wine, osmanthus wine, candied hawthorns, chicken wings braised in a three-sauce hotpot, old hen soup with astragalus and red dates, sweet soup made with white flour, tofu with bear’s paw mushrooms, sweet-and-sour yam balls, braised pork knuckle, crystal pork knuckle, shiitake mushrooms stuffed with meat, and daikon and egg soup... Savor the colors and flavors of everyday life, And watch the 148Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Endless Ingredient Mystery Boxes: From the Start, I Ran a Little Restaurant 无限食材盲盒：开局一家美食小馆 Unemployed, broke, and down to just 200 yuan, Fang Yue bai bound herself to the Infinite Ingredient Blind Box System, thinking her big break had finally come. Instead, her starter pack was a shabby fifteen-square-meter shop with peeling walls, and a Level 1 privilege that could only draw “ordinary eggs + wilted cabbage.” System notice: Ingredients may not be taken outside the shop. Looking at the wilted cabbage in her hand, Fang Yue bai gritted her teeth. Fine, then. She’d use this old wok and f 1.6kReads6.7Score21414d adds
- 9 Returning from the Cultivation World to Modern Life: Farming and Raising Kids 修仙界回现代种田养崽生活 [Cultivation Return to the Modern World + Farming and Selling Vegetables + Feel-Good Story] When Tao Xin tried to break through to the Golden Core stage in the cultivation world, she failed to survive the heavenly tribulation and died, body and soul. She thought she was doomed, but unexpectedly returned to the modern world. The first thing she did was quit her job and move back to her hometown. Luckily, there was spiritual energy there, so she could still cultivate and use it to draw talismans a 350Reads8.0Score10014d adds
- 10 A Basket of Potatoes from the Start, and You Want Me to Open a Restaurant? 开局一筐土豆，让我开饭馆？ [Food] [System] [Healing] [Alternate World] [No Romance] [Congratulations, Host, you have successfully bound the Chef System. Now, please start cooking~] Xu Yuan somehow got bound to the Chef System, but all it provided was a basket of potatoes. What could she make with potatoes? Crispy and delicious hot-and-sour shredded potatoes, appetizing red-oil potato slices bursting with flavor, fragrant wolf-tooth potatoes... With these three potato dishes, she successfully opened a "Tasty Inn" in a myst 973Reads—Score15014d adds
- 11 A Late Marriage 晚婚 [Lighthearted Sweet Romance + Shameless Wife-Chasing + Adorable Baby Assist + Hilarious Mother-in-Law] Ye Xiaoxia had imagined countless times what it would be like to see Lu Yicheng again, but she never expected to run into him after eight years while she was leading a huge boar around. What she never expected even more was that what she thought was an accidental encounter was actually part of Lu Yicheng's long-planned campaign to win her back after selling his company. To get closer to Ye Xia 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 12 I Went Back Home to Farm and Took the Internet by Storm Selling Vegetables 回乡种田，我靠卖菜火爆全网 Modern-day imaginative fiction, farming, transmigration, raising children, building wealth, healing, everyday family life, with a male lead. Song Xinyue worked diligently at her company for several years, only to be framed behind her back by her best friend, who colluded with company executives and accused her of stealing her friend's design. Her heart was completely broken. Then she thought of her family situation: her father had terminal cancer, her mother was frail and sickly, her grandmother 732Reads6.1Score10614d adds
- 13 Let's Farm in the Demon Realm! 种田吧！在魔界 [Farming + Infrastructure + Transmigration + Management + Ensemble Cast + Subverting Expectations + Feel-Good Power Fantasy] Lin Xiaoman, a PhD in agricultural science, transmigrates to the demon realm and nearly becomes a skeleton soldier’s snack from the start. Looking at this barren land where everything is withering, and a horde of demons willing to kill one another for a bite to eat, the village official in her springs into action. Fighting and killing? No, her specialty is farming! Using m 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Unemployed Dad: I Become a God of Cooking with the Gourmet System 失业奶爸：靠美食系统封神 Food + System + street-stall cooking + devoted dad + one female lead + comedy + daily life + heartwarming Lin Yifei is an unemployed father whose life has hit rock bottom when he unexpectedly awakens a Divine Food System! His points come from his daughter's smiles, and his cooking skills are boosted by the System. From a little roadside stall at the night market to a food brand beloved across the country; From fumbling through childcare to raising a son and daughter in a happy family. Cooki 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 15 After Opening a Cafeteria, the Ancestral Dragon and Phoenixes Became My Top Supporters 开食堂后：祖龙二凤成我榜一大哥 [No CP + food story + lighthearted comedy + historical what-if + emperors bonding] After Shen Tingxue died, she was bound to the “Come Again” space. From the start, she made Meng Po cry with craving by bringing out a bucket of braised beef noodles. After becoming the owner of the underworld cafeteria, the place gradually went completely off the rails. The First Emperor and Taizong competed every day to be the top donor. The First Emperor (Ying Zheng) came by daily to wait for tomato beef noodles 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 16 Possessed by the Chef God: Uh-Oh, the System Keeps Glitching! 厨神附体，坏了，系统时常抽风！ [Food, no female lead, everyday life] Chen Huai has a bad temper, and the System is just as unusual. This human and this System, two beings from different species, have tastes that match perfectly. Whenever they see someone they dislike, they make them eat food that tastes awful, until the person starts wondering if something is wrong with their taste buds. “Is this even the same dish? Why does it taste so different from everyone else's?!” From then on, food tastings at Chen's became sharply div 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 After Reincarnating as a Poor Noble, I Conquer the World with Desserts 穿成穷鬼贵族后我用甜点封神 [Transmigration + System + strong heroine + building wealth + food + sweet romance] A Michelin-starred chef transmigrates into the body of a down-and-out noble buried in debt. Is the sky falling? Not a chance! She has a dessert magic System! One soufflé brings the icy Duke to tears, one macaron sends the nobles of the royal capital into a frenzy. She opens a chain of shops, saves up gold coins, and gathers a crew, using modern culinary know-how to build a top-tier dessert empire, one step at a t 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 18 Why Mess With Her? Looking to Get Cursed Out and Beaten Up? 惹她干什么？想被骂找打啊！ [Transmigration + Farming + No Romance + Daily Life + Building Wealth + Light Ensemble Cast] Xie Meimei transmigrates to poor, barren Xie Family Village, where her family owns nothing but the bare walls of their home. Her parents have a terrible reputation, the neighbors never stop gossiping, and their family life is a complete mess. With never enough to eat, Xie Meimei can only think of ways to earn money and buy grain. Her parents leave to search for rice seeds and meet with an accident. When 481Reads—Score12714d adds
- 19 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
- 20 I Fired My Boss and Went Home to Build a Utopia 炒了领导鱿鱼，回家建桃源 He earned a pittance while working like an ox. After arguing with his supervisor, he quit his job. Then an accident awakened a pocket dimension, and he went home to live like an immortal. 181Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 21 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
- 22 Might as Well Go Home and Farm 不如回家种田去 [Farming] [Gacha] [Gourmet] [No CP] [Everyday Life That Just Keeps Getting Better] When she graduated, Xu Yu had three mountains weighing on her: student loans, fraud-related debt, and no job prospects. Her vision went black. She couldn't see a future at all. But then, just as she was about to give up... She was bound to a Farming System. [Congratulations on binding to the Farming System] [Beginner's Perks: 20 free draws, one bottle of Spirit Liquid, and 1,500 quest points] [Unlock limited seed 58Reads—Score13514d adds
- 23 Bound to a Food System, My Little Shop Is Packed Every Day 绑定美食系统，我的小店天天爆满 [No CP + daily life + food + opening a shop + street vending + entirely handmade, no AI] After binding to a System, Peng Jie hopes to get rich by cooking and reach the pinnacle of life. But it turns out every dish he’s rewarded with must be practiced, and his cooking mentor is a senior administrator at KK Park. Every time he receives a new dish, he’s bound to get electrocuted. After making the whole street a hit, his greedy landlord raises the rent and forces him to leave South Street. Back in h 22.9kReads8.1Score1.9k14d adds
- 24 I Became the Villain's Real Mother and Changed My Family's Fate 穿成反派亲妈，我来改变全家命运 [Farming + raising kids + food + business + devoted, sweet romance] After Xu Qiaoyuan died unexpectedly, she transmigrated into a world with a ramshackle hut open to the elements and two gaunt children. She thought she'd landed in a hopeless situation from the start, but then realized she'd transmigrated into a book and become the villain's wicked mother. The little villain was five years old. His father was missing, dead or alive unknown; his mother was lazy, greedy, and quick to beat and scold 11Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Flirting with a Soldier While Building a Resort 一边勾搭兵哥哥，一边打造度假村 [Lottery Win + Modern Farming + Returning Home to Build Wealth + One-on-One Romance, Both Leads Have Had No Prior Relationships] Wen Nuan had been a wage slave for three years, drifting through each day and using every trick in the book to wrangle her boss for a salary of three thousand yuan. Just as she thought she'd have to live like this for another fifty years, her luck finally changed. A lottery ticket she'd bought at random on the way home won her a hundred million. Faced with this huge 623Reads6.4Score10714d adds
- 26 I Transmigrated, Yet I’m Still a Corporate Drone 穿越后我依旧是牛马打工人 Ning Xiaohan transmigrates and strikes a deal with the System to fulfill a wish from her previous life. Before she can even start making her way in this new world, she is already five million yuan in debt and stuck with the life of an overworked wage slave. Follow Ning Xiaohan as she struggles to make a living in another world, breaks free from her awful family, pays off her debts, and builds a happy life of her own. 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 You Kicked Me Out With Nothing, Now I'm a Street Vendor and the World's Richest 让你净身出户，你摆摊成全球首富 “Since you’re useless, let’s get a divorce.” Facing his wife’s contempt and pressure from the rich and powerful, Lin Fan left with nothing and raised his five-year-old daughter alone. Luckily, he awakened the Gourmet Master System and started selling food from a street stall, beginning with a plate of [Soul-Stirring Egg Fried Rice]. On the first day, passersby complained about the price: “Fifty yuan for fried rice? Are you crazy?” On the second day, they couldn’t get enough: “Boss, please fry me 29.3kReads7.6Score2.9k14d adds
- 28 The Day I Was Kicked Out, I Had a Shopping Bag in My Pocket 被赶出家门那天，兜里揣着购物袋 The rating has just come out, so it may go up later~~ [Farming + getting rich + raising children + no romance + food + family life + transmigration] Granny Zhao: “That good-for-nothing woman will starve to death sooner or later!” Lin Xiaoman: “Made 138 taels today. Tomorrow, I'll buy a mountain.” As for marrying again… Lin Xiaoman pats the banknotes in her arms. “No time. I'm busy counting my money.” After my husband passes away, my harsh in-laws keep pressuring me, doing everything they can t 887Reads6.8Score10214d adds
- 29 The Retired Savior Sells Desserts in Bellflower Town 退休救世主在风铃镇卖甜品 My name is Alicia. Before I transmigrated, I was a sophomore majoring in botany. After transmigrating, I somehow became the most powerful witch in this world. Other people transmigrate and build harems, scheme for power, and become queens. I transmigrated and traveled the continent alone, doing research, tackling pollution, and driving a revolution in magical technology. It took me ten years to pull this world back from the brink of destruction. Then I “died.” That is, I secretly ran off to o 24Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 The Heiress Has No Ambition, She Just Wants to Farm 豪门养女不思进取，只想种田 Perhaps to make up for He Xi's first twenty years of loneliness and helplessness, in her second life, Huai Xi has a warm family. Her father is stern but not rigid, and dotes on her; her mother is gentle and loving, indulging her in everything; her eldest brother is refined but secretly sentimental; her second brother is flamboyant and haughty; and there's the one who's always quietly watching over her! 145Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 31 The Farmer’s Daughter’s Road to Prosperity 农门娇女致富记 [Alternate history + farming + business + strong female lead + no romance + a touch of martial arts] After work, Xia Qingli had just reached the company entrance when someone slammed into her, sending her tumbling down the stairs and knocking her unconscious. When she opened her eyes again, she found that she had transmigrated into the body of a thirteen-year-old girl with the same name in a small village in the southern part of the Great Yue Dynasty, an imaginary dynasty. And on top of that, sh 2Reads—Score—14d adds
- 32 After a New Lease on Life, I Raised a Bunch of Little Melon Heads 重获新生后，养了一群小苦瓜 [Reborn to raise children + no CP + improving living conditions + healing domestic drama + character redemption] Gu Huaian had just landed an offer from a major company when she was diagnosed with a terminal illness. Her life was effectively sentenced to death. At the moment she closed her eyes in despair, a fluffy creature she'd once saved transformed into a little immortal and gave her the chance to live again. When she opened her eyes, she was in a mud-brick house under a ragged quilt, wit —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 33 My Mother-in-Law Is a Money-Making Genius! 婆婆她真的超会赚！ [No Romance] + [Making Money] + [Farming] + [Portable Space] Feng Xi never imagined that one day she would transmigrate. Other people became princesses or empresses, but Feng Xi ended up as a shrewish mother-in-law in a house with bare walls and nothing to her name. She did nothing but bully her son and curse her daughter-in-law, and she couldn’t stand her little granddaughter either! Fine, fine, so that’s how we’re playing it! No money? Then she’d make some! She’d make enough to become the rich —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 I Have a Vegetable Garden 我有一个菜园子 No romance, just a pure farming story with no melodramatic twists. All it has are childhood friends, a kind grandmother, best friends who help each other heal, and friendly neighbors. They all look down on me, and I have no one to blame but myself. No one will help me reach for the clouds, and I can't get there on my own. If I had even a little talent, I wouldn't be completely talentless. Rather than push myself harder, I might as well give myself a break. Why must people always strive to climb 9Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 After Quitting My Job, I Raised Chickens and Reached the Peak of Life 辞职后，我靠养鸡走上人生巅峰 [Farming + sweet romance + countryside + everyday life + fantasy romance] As a 997 corporate drone and a veteran anime fan, Shi Nianlin had one goal in life: Become a rich woman and keep a handsome man. Who could have expected that she’d be diagnosed with cancer one day, crushing her dream? To fulfill one small wish of her parents’ before she died, she quit her job and returned to her hometown. On the first day, she met a talking squirrel and a haughty rooster. On the second day, she discovered 20Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Back in the Village to Farm: My Bracelet Holds a Pocket Dimension 回村种田：我的手镯带随身空间 [Livestreaming + Farming + Pocket Dimension + Rural Prosperity + Slow Burn + Romance + One-on-One, Both Pure] Right after graduation, Jiang Zhi found herself in a nightmare scenario from the start: her mother was hospitalized for surgery, and she hit a wall at every turn in the big city. She made up her mind: No more rat race! She'd go back home, take over fifty mu of wasteland, and become a carefree farm owner! She thought she'd be stuck in a backbreaking life with her face to the soil and her 2.8kReads6.8Score33414d adds
- 37 The Real Heiress Flaunts Her Wealth, While the Fake Heiress Farms Her Way to Fortune 真千金炫富，假千金种田成首富 [Modern farming + family life + System + building wealth + no romance] Yang Sui spent twenty-two years as the Shen family's eldest daughter, only to be kicked out on the day she graduated from college. The real daughter, Shen Yunluo, stood at the entrance to the Shen family villa, eyes reddened, and timidly called her “Older Sister.” The Shen family sent Yang Sui back to a poor, remote village overnight. Her start couldn't have been worse. Her father had died in a car accident, her grandmother h 32Reads—Score10614d adds
- 38 I Sold Dog Food at My Stall, and It Sold Out. I Never Said People Couldn’t Eat It! 摆摊卖狗饭被抢爆没说人不能吃吧 Shen Yi transmigrates to a parallel world and binds himself to a rather unreliable Food System. Every week, the System assigns him a random street-stall mission: Sell boxed meals inside a haunted house that's about to close, sell milk tea in a nursing home that's going under, sell hamburgers at a weight-loss camp that can't attract any customers... Worst of all, it even tells him to sell homemade pet food at a pet shop that can't make a profit. Every dish leaves customers drooling, and once they 59Reads—Score10314d adds
- 39 After Quitting My Big Tech Job, I Returned to the Countryside to Transform 大厂辞职后，我回乡下改 Attention!!!! The full title of this book is I Quit My Big-City Job, Went Back to the Countryside, Renovated My Old House, and Decided to Lie Flat Synopsis: Jiang Wan didn’t want to get caught up in the rat race. After quitting her job, she took her puppy back to her hometown to renovate her old house and lie flat. She worked hard to lose weight, made an effort to fit into village life, and gradually grew closer to Jiang Ye, the town electrician. Jiang Wan fell in love with Jiang Ye and with th 530Reads—Score10214d adds
- 40 Bound to a System, I Went Home to Farm and Help My Country 绑定系统我回家种地还帮助祖国 [System] [Planes] Tong Qiqi couldn't stand her boss constantly making her come up with proposals like this. One day, she finally had enough and refused to do it! Her awful boss threatened her? She yelled right back! After giving him a piece of her mind, she quit and went home, where she was bound to a farming System. After binding to the System, she started selling things from a street stall. She sold watermelons and drove off a rude old woman who was making a scene! What? Your dad owns a superm 121Reads7.3Score—14d adds
- 41 Transplanted to a Poor Mountain Village: An Agronomy Master's Road to Wealth 穿到穷山沟：农学硕士发家致富 New book: Live Streaming: I Heal the Entire Galaxy by Farming [Transmigration + farming + infrastructure development + gourmet food + no romance + building a career + everyone’s favorite] Also known as The Countryside: Farming and Family Life in a Mountain Village (Content warning: Since she transmigrated before birth, this is probably a cute-kid story. If that’s not your thing, please go easy on it.) The Chen family’s merchant guild was richer than a nation, and the life of its leader, Chen Tut 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 My Parents Don't Care About Me, So I Returned to the Countryside to Farm 爹妈不亲，我回老家种田搞农场 Farming + slow-paced + no awful characters + occasional livestreaming Bai Wenxi is about to graduate from university when her parents hand her 200 million yuan and tell her to take the hint and keep in touch less from now on. Bai Wenxi figures that a blood relationship without affection is just a pure financial arrangement. After all, her parents are both incredibly rich! With nothing else to do, Bai Wenxi remembers the 100,000 mu of mountain land her grandfather left her back home in H Province 53Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 43 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
- 44 After Transmigrating, She Becomes County Magistrate and Helps the Villagers Get Rich 穿越后，当县令她照样带村民赚钱 A farming story with no System The heroine, Gu Niannian, is a village official in the modern world. Her consciousness transmigrates to ancient times, and through a twist of fate, she takes her brother's place as magistrate of Qingshan County. Drawing on her knowledge and experience, she reforms farming techniques, writes books, teaches, solves cases, and overcomes one challenge after another. She leads the local villagers to prosperity and meets like-minded people along the way, while encounteri 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 The Legend of Jiuning 九宁传 Ji Lei was once a special forces soldier. During a mission, a thunderstorm rolled in, and a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky. He lost consciousness. When he woke up, another bolt from the blue awaited him: he had become a woman. Whether from pain or shock, he cried out, “Ah...” The original owner of this body was only nine years old, yet had already lost both parents. Her father had been the mighty Prince of Nanjiang, but three years ago, when the emperor abolished the system of regiona 145Reads6.7Score—14d adds
- 46 Reborn in the 1980s as a Little Chef: Cherished After Divorce 重生八零小厨娘：离婚后被宠上天 This novel is absolutely perfect for reading over a meal. Slurp~ A Michelin-starred chef travels back to the 1980s. Freshly divorced, she turns her life around with her cooking! She revamps a traditional stove, sells noodles at a street stall, and recreates a hundred classic dishes from Recipes from the Garden of Contentment: crab-stuffed oranges bursting with flavor, milky-white mutton soup, and Wensi tofu sliced into strands as fine as silver thread. The little stall at the town entrance draws 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Reborn: I Clear the 1980s with the Help of a Leveling System 重生后，我靠养成系统通关八零 [Reborn + period setting + food + System + pocket dimension + card draws + putting scumbags in their place + plot-driven] After being betrayed by everyone in her previous life, Ye Miaomiao died and ended up in a pitch-black alternate dimension. She was also told she had to complete the main quest set in the 1980s before she could return to her original world and take revenge. All right, then. Bring it on! It was just a matter of clearing a quest. With the fury of her previous life burning inside 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 I'm Done Being a Wage Slave. Isn't It Better to Go Home and Farm? 社畜不干了，回家种地不香么 [Farming + space + livestreaming + koi luck] When her grandmother falls seriously ill, her boss refuses to let Gu Wenyin take time off, so she quits in a fit of anger. When she returns to her hometown, she discovers she has unexpectedly bound herself to a lucky space and won ten million yuan. She pays for her grandmother’s surgery, leases a mountain and farmland, opens a small shop, and watches her farming business thrive. Soon, she’s living a relaxed retirement, lying flat. The lucky-space koi, 401Reads8.7Score10614d adds
- 49 The Little Chang'an Eatery 长安小食肆 [Food Business Comeback + Clear-Headed Heroine + Everyday Food and Drink + No Romance, but Plenty of Suitors] In her previous life, Jiang Yuan was a chef in the Imperial Kitchen, bound to a mission. For ten years, she treated Crown Prince Zhao Heng's food aversion, prepared soups for him, and soothed his mind, giving him everything he asked for. The day he ascended the throne, he rewarded her with poisoned wine. She drank it with a smile. Mission complete. The System unbound, and at last she was 270Reads6.8Score10814d adds
- 50 A Seventy-Year-Old Woman Carries the Whole Village to Victory, Her Descendants Had Better Come Home 七旬老太带飞全村，子孙们快回家 (The rating has only just been posted, so it’ll go up later. This is a warm, healing slice-of-life story. If you’re passing by, don’t miss it!) Lin Jiaojiao was once a powerful cultivator. After failing her tribulation, she wakes up in the modern world as a seventy-five-year-old woman with the same name and blood ties to her former self. Her children are all away working. Only a few days after arriving, Lin Jiaojiao gets a call: her son and daughter-in-law, who work at a construction site, have 378Reads7.5Score10414d adds
