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- 51 Stockpiling in the Modern Era, Spending in Ancient Times: I Lie Flat in the Mountains During the Apocalypse 现代囤货古代花末世我苟深山躺平 [Calamities in ancient times + no romance + no princes + not a wish-fulfillment story + slow pace + no saintly heroine + reclaiming farmland in the mountains + food + cozy family life] Lin Ge grew up in a modern orphanage. After finally graduating from college, she got a job and saved a little money, then unexpectedly acquired a pocket dimension. Plagued by nightmares every night, she was a big fan of post-apocalyptic stories and immediately began stockpiling supplies in preparation for the end 769Reads6.7Score10214d adds
- 52 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 3.1kReads8.1Score94614d adds
- 53 A House Full of Warmth, A Lifetime of Peace 一馆烟火，一世长安 [Farming + Transmigration + Making a Fortune] Clever tavern owner VS cold-faced constable Starving after transmigrating into a farming family? No problem, I’ll make money and open a tavern! Village bullies causing trouble? Don’t panic, the cold-faced constable will keep me safe! A bizarre case too hard to crack? Easy. I’m the constable’s secret weapon! Qin Lin: Shopkeeper Xia, marry me! I promise I won’t interfere with your business after we’re married! Xia Nian: Constable Qin, I hate marriage a 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 54 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 33Reads—Score414d adds
- 55 The God of Cooking Brother Raises a Future Scholar from His Street Stall 厨神哥哥从摆摊开始养出个女状元 [Male protagonist + Coming-of-age + Golden finger + Food-focused story + A few awful characters early on] He wakes up to find himself transmigrated into ancient times as Jiang Ling, the exceptionally handsome eldest son of a farming family. His father is drowning in gambling debts, his mother is bedridden with a serious illness, his older sister has been sold off as a sacrificial bride, and his younger siblings are starving and gaunt. He quietly brings out his golden finger: an all-purpose pocke —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 56 My Cat and I Transmigrated: My Golden Finger Is a Cat 我和我的猫一起穿了之金手指是猫 [Transmigration + gathering herbs and hunting in the mountains + pocket dimension + slow-paced life + street stall + spirit pet] Jinxiu transmigrates into the body of a dirt-poor country girl. Their home is bare as can be (Jinxiu’s thoughts: It’s not actually that bad, okay!) The family has a few mu of fields and her grandparents, who depend on each other for survival. At least her cat came along too. Kun Kun is a Ragdoll cat with a sharp tongue. When they go up the mountain to gather herbs 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 57 So Addictive! I’m Getting Caught Up in the Cutthroat Competition of Ancient China’s Restaurant Business 香懵了！我在古代餐饮业搞内卷 [Farming + food + business + raising children] One day, Jiang Yan, a mature single food blogger, transmigrated and got her wish of becoming a mother without the pain of childbirth. She became a widowed mother of three. Not having a man around was fine, but what was with all this debt, huh? And she was supposed to sell her daughter, too? Jiang Yan hugged her sweet, soft, adorable daughter close. This was the dream child she’d always wanted. Selling her was out of the question! So how was she goin 457Reads8.5Score10014d adds
- 58 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 73Reads—Score—14d adds
- 59 Amazing! I Made a Fortune in Ancient Times with Modern Cuisine 惊！我靠现代美食在古代发家致富 (Transmigration + alternate world + farm space + devoted couple + food + farming and business + making a fortune + cozy, peaceful daily life) Lin Qiyue was punished with transmigration for wasting half a steamed bun. She arrived in an ancient village, in the poorest household around. Her eldest brother was disabled, her younger siblings were little, and the family had neither enough to eat nor clothes to keep warm. Lin Qiyue was close to tears, but luckily there was always a way out. She bound h 184Reads—Score—14d adds
- 60 This Food Streamer's Niche Is Way Too Weird 这美食主播的赛道过于邪门 [Gourmet] [Video Blogger] [Livestream Variety Show] [No Female Lead] [Ensemble Cast] [Unhinged Protagonist] [Goofy Daily Life] [No Romance] [No Romance] [No Romance] We’re saying it three times because it’s important. Beautiful women and delicious food are the most tempting things in the world. Bai Yu is a man who gives off a strong sense that he’s up to something. That only gets more complicated after he awakens the Borderline Gourmet Blogger System. Among gourmet bloggers, he has the best body 55Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 61 The Cook Takes Charge: I Use Food to Crush Villains and Become a Legend 厨娘当家：我靠美食虐渣封神 After transmigrating, Su Qiaoqiao, a twenty-first-century chef, wakes up in the body of a girl from a poor farming family in ancient times. From the start, she's in an “epic” mess: her parents want to sell her sister to pay for her brother's education. Faced with her self-important brother's disdain and her parents' obsessive devotion to their son, she lets out a cold laugh and goes berserk on the spot. “Sell my sister? Think bigger! Why not sell off you, the tender-skinned scholar, to become a 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 62 The Alleyway Cooking God: Starting with S-Rank Turnip Cake 小巷厨神，从S级萝卜糕开始 (Urban setting + food + no female lead + everyday life + slow burn. Not a street-stall story: they open a restaurant.) In a bustling city, an old neighborhood left untouched by redevelopment for one reason or another sits on an aging street. In this urban village, surrounded by the central business district, a young culinary genius makes his home. After his parents die in a car accident, Fang You resolutely drops out of school and returns home to take over the breakfast shop they ran for over tw 20.2kReads7.2Score2.1k14d adds
- 63 After Taking Over the Cafeteria, I Became the Galaxy's Treasure 承包食堂后，我成了全星际的宝 [Interstellar + System + Food + Livestreaming + Running a Cafeteria + A Lone Female Lead] Tian Miaomiao, a modern woman who spent half her life working hard without ever getting the life she wanted, transmigrates one day and not only gets a Food System, but also accidentally becomes the darling of the entire interstellar world! Sweetie Streamer is the sweetest! Sweetie Streamer, come to our school! Get lost, upstairs! Sweetie Streamer, take a look at our school! Come look at our school!!! Our co 142Reads6.2Score—14d adds
- 64 I Transmigrated and Made My Fortune with Crayfish! 穿越，从小龙虾开始发家！ When a modern jack-of-all-trades transmigrates into the body of a poor farm girl in ancient times... What, you say? A water bug that wreaks havoc on the village? Ever heard of spicy crayfish? The traditional hierarchy puts merchants at the bottom? They have no status? Ever heard of the Four Great Inventions? Emperor: Reward her! Reward her! Reward her handsomely! Ennoble her! Ennoble her! Give her another title! The general slams his hand on the table. “You favor civil officials and look down on 9Reads7.4Score—14d adds
- 65 A Chef at Your Door, Healing Countless Diners 男厨上门，治愈万千食客 After losing his job and running out of options, Lin Zhaonan unexpectedly binds to the “Record of a Hundred Flavors” culinary System. From then on, he sets out on a healing journey, soothing hearts with food and comforting ordinary lives with the warmth of home cooking. As he heals others, Lin Zhaonan heals himself too, and finds love as well as a restaurant famous far and wide. 39Reads—Score—14d adds
- 66 Transmigrated into a Tragic Novel as Cannon Fodder, I Turned the Tables with Food 穿成虐文炮灰，我靠美食逆风翻盘 [Food + System + business + healing each other + obsessive, scheming male lead] Yun Shu, a descendant of imperial chefs, opens her eyes to find she has become a doomed cannon-fodder character in an old-fashioned tragic romance. Not only did she spend her life giving the heroine resources and taking the blame for her, but even after her death, she became part of their PLAY. They really used her to the very end. Why should the whole world’s lives be sacrificed just so their love story can be passi 31Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 67 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
- 68 I Opened a Food Shop in Bianjing 我在汴京开食铺 Su Tang opens an eatery on Majia Street in Bianjing. Every day, she's either experimenting with new dishes or going out to visit friends. In autumn, there's tea brewed over a brazier, osmanthus sweet-bean paste dumplings, and roasted milk tea with osmanthus honey dumplings. In winter, there's plum-blossom soup noodles, plum-blossom honey, boiled meat and vegetables, and candied hawthorn skewers. In spring, there's osmanthus cake, spring platters, wontons with bamboo shoots and bracken, green ric 707Reads—Score10114d adds
- 69 The Food Blogger Who Built Her Fortune at a Street Stall 美食博主她靠摆摊发家致富 [Transmigration + Street Vending + Food + Beloved by the Whole Family + Making a Fortune + Heartwarming + Sweet Romance + Family Life + Face-Slapping + No Awful Relatives] When Gu Mingyan wakes up, she discovers that she’s the only girl in the Gu family for eight generations. The family has next to nothing and is dirt poor. Fortunately, they’re a warm and loving family. Her grandparents and parents dote on her, and her four older brothers and two younger brothers are all completely devoted to th 46Reads6.4Score—14d adds
- 70 Gourmet: Setting Up a Stall in a Snowy World, The Whole Internet Begs Me to Stay 美食：冰雪世界摆摊，全网求别走 Food + Everyday Life + Lighthearted (Selling lamb soup at the Ice and Snow World from the start, making the little Southern potato tourists drool) Qin Rui transmigrates to a parallel world and activates a scenic-area stall System. On his first day, he sells lamb soup at the Ice and Snow World. The little Southern potato tourists, who’ve been dancing in the cold wind, are freezing and at a loss when they suddenly spot Qin Rui’s lamb soup stall. A cute girl with rabbit ears says, “Boss, I’m from S 57Reads5.7Score—14d adds
- 71 After Transmigrating, She Became the Mountain Man’s Little Chef 穿越后，她成了山里汉的小厨娘 Su Yingying, the owner of a chain restaurant in the 21st century, falls into a river. When she wakes up, she finds she's transmigrated into the body of an ordinary country girl. On her wedding night, the groom doesn't even lift her veil. He leaves her a handful of copper coins and walks away, leaving her alone in their new home. With a house that's bare, not enough to eat or wear, and a scrawny, sickly-looking younger brother-in-law, Su Yingying recalls the saying, “Make a living off the mountai 46Reads—Score—14d adds
- 72 First, a Bowl of Lychee Cream 先来一碗荔枝膏 [Transmigrate + build wealth + imperial exams + everyday life + career-focused] [A slow, steady story. There are bad people now and then, but no cartoonishly awful villains.] Lin Qishu, founder of a modern Chinese tea-drink brand, transmigrated to the Great Liang dynasty after being targeted by online harassment. The moment she opened her eyes, she found herself orphaned and responsible for raising her younger brother. To make matters worse, unscrupulous competitors were watching her, ready to f 2.6kReads8.2Score40214d adds
- 73 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 219Reads—Score—14d adds
- 74 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 23Reads—Score—14d adds
- 75 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 236Reads8.6Score10414d adds
- 76 The Farmer’s Daughter, the Heir Apparent’s Dearest 农家女世子爷的心尖宠 Synopsis: (farming story + no golden finger + no pocket dimension + no awful relatives + building a career) Jiang Xiaohua transmigrates to Daqingshan Village. She has no golden finger, just the everyday squabbles of family life. See how she leads everyone to prosperity, then travels a thousand years into the future, meets the one she loves, and becomes the apple of his eye. 1.1kReads8.4Score12014d adds
- 77 The Shop Has Another New Crop! 铺子又有新作物啦 [Farming + Everyone’s Darling + Cozy Vibes + No Nasty Characters + Space + System + Devoted Couple] Su Mu, an orphan, worked hard to earn a fortune. Just as she was sleeping soundly, a meteorite hit her, and she transmigrated into the body of a farm girl. There’s never enough to eat or wear, the silver box is empty, she has no savings, and she’s frail and sickly. The only meat they have comes from the dog’s hunt! Luckily, she has a warm and loving family. Her grandparents dote on her, and her pa 295Reads7.1Score—14d adds
- 78 Redeem My Freedom and Head South: Our Little Fortune Is Just Right 赎身南下，咱家小富刚刚好 The rating has just opened, but it’ll go up later~ [Northern Song Dynasty] + [Commoner life] + [Building a business and getting rich] + [Cozy everyday life] + [The warmth of ordinary life] + [Family affairs] After the new emperor abolished slavery and introduced tenancy, Song Zhaohe and her family of six were finally freed from their status as slaves! They headed south to Pingjiang Prefecture. Starting by renting a small courtyard, the whole family worked together to make a living! Their father 11kReads9.0Score1.9k14d adds
- 79 You Asked Me to Cook Vegetarian Meals, So Why Is My Incense Offering Exploding? 让你做斋饭，我香火怎么被干爆了 [The rating has just been posted and is sure to rise] (System) (Food) (Everyday Life) (Lighthearted Comedy) Lu Chen used to be an overworked corporate drone, but after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, he was fired. Just as he was waiting to die, he unexpectedly obtained a Divine Incense System and bonded with Tianlin Temple. As long as the temple receives incense offerings, Lu Chen's lifespan increases. But Tianlin Temple is about to go under! Lu Chen can only use the divine cooking skills 4.2kReads6.7Score40714d adds
- 80 Opening a B&B! My Food Has the Ancient Kids Drooling 开民宿！我靠美食馋哭古代小孩 [Business + food + farming with a System and pocket dimension + light fantasy + alternate world + easygoing] A few things to know: There is a romance! It's a shopkeeping story focused on running a food business. The female lead doesn't hide her pocket dimension, and she uses modern goods in the ancient world. This isn't pure farming, but a light fantasy story with a big imagination! If you can't accept these elements, read with caution!!! [Pocket dimension activated. Time until transmigration: 113Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 81 A Happy Family 合家欢 After being reborn, I excel at both studying and making money, and retire at thirty Synopsis: [Farming + Food + Business + Slow-Burn Slice of Life + No System] A farming story with no System The focus is on a gentle, steady pace No ridiculous relatives How did the Lin family's youngest daughter, once a bit slow on the uptake, suddenly become a business tycoon? Lin Wanwan: Who do you think you're looking down on? I can hold my own in the parlor and in the kitchen. I can cook, run a business, grow 14Reads—Score—14d adds
- 82 Shocking! The Prime Minister’s Legitimate Daughter Wins Over the Entire Capital with Her Cooking 惊！丞相嫡女靠美食征服整个京城 Modern chef Su Yuwan transmigrates and nearly gets taken out by ancient “cuisine” the moment she opens her eyes! Overly sweet pastries? Greasy meat? What kind of awful place doesn’t even have potato chips or spicy strips?! “This dump isn’t fit for pigs!” When she realizes that life among the nobility is truly dull... “Heh. Time to show you what a whole different level of competition looks like!” She fries golden potato chips from potatoes meant for pigs, and the emperor secretly tucks them int 2Reads—Score114d adds
- 83 After Transmigrating, My Little Tavern Goes Viral in Another World 穿越后，我的小酒馆在异世爆红了 [Healing + Food + Golden Finger + Western Fantasy Otherworld + Farming + Game Mashup] Ye Linna transmigrates and takes over a tavern on the verge of closing. She plans to keep her head down, cook for a living, and wait for the end. But then... She brews a batch of liquor and hatches the Lord of Water. She roasts some meat and attracts the Lord of Fire. “Vodka... One more glass...” The Lord of Water leans drunkenly on the bar, tracing melancholy poetry on the glass with frost gathering at his fin 15Reads7.5Score—14d adds
- 84 The Wicked Farm Girl Is Kind of Sweet 农门恶女有点甜 [Food] [Sweet Romance] [Adorable Kids] [Street Stalls] [Farming] [Troublesome Relatives] Su Wan, a modern-day female special forces soldier, transmigrates one day into the body of a pitiful farm girl. Her father is missing, her mother is gone, and she has two burdensome little kids to care for. She even nearly gets sold to a brothel! Su Wan says: This plot is all wrong. Give me a do-over! She whips up a fortune with her wok, drives off her awful relatives with her fists, and even brings home a h 27Reads—Score—14d adds
- 85 My Wicked Aunt Was Reborn and Stole My Marriage? I Split from the Family and Went Off to Make Money 恶婶重生抢姻缘？我分家赚钱去了 [Transmigration + Farming + Food and Business + Splitting Up the Family + Rebirth for Two + No Spirit Spring Space] Shen Qiao, a 22-year-old college senior, opened her eyes to find herself in the body of a farm girl whose parents had died. Her mother's keepsakes were stolen. Her older brother went to town to do a day's labor, but when he got home, his second aunt took the money he'd earned. His second aunt also stole the marriage proposal that had originally been meant for Shen Qiao, then accept 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 86 Making a Fortune with Good Food, Backed by the Mountain 背靠大山，靠美食发家致富 [Farming and Food + Making Money + No Romance + No Villainous Relatives + Everyday Life + Healing + Building a Fortune] In the modern world, Chu Wanning worked as an assistant to a food blogger. One night, she died suddenly from overwork and transmigrated into the body of a farm girl in a fictional dynasty who shared her name. In this resource-poor village in the middle of nowhere, many people can barely get enough to eat, let alone stay warm. With only the family’s tiny plot of land to rely on, 320Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 87 The Snow-Hidden Road Home 雪隐归途 In the winter of Yongchang’s seventeenth year, an accusation of treason reduced the illustrious General Zhenyuan’s household to ashes in an instant. Zhao Xuening, the general’s only child, became the center of her family’s swirling intrigues on the eve of disaster. She watched with her own eyes as her grandmother, who usually spent her days praying and abstaining from meat, contorted her face and clutched her mother by the throat, demanding some “thing” Zhao Xuening knew nothing about. She also 21Reads—Score—14d adds
- 88 From Kang Bed to Kitchen Stove: My Clever Wife Makes Her Way as a Farmer 炕上灶下：娘子妙手跃农门 A chef accidentally gets reborn as a farm girl? Her house is drafty on all sides, and they’re so poor they can barely afford to eat! Food is a problem, her reputation is in tatters, and she has to support her mother and younger siblings! Food is life, and she’ll use her incredible cooking skills to win everyone’s palate over and lead her whole family out of poverty! Little does she know that just as her purse starts to fill, someone sets their sights on her... 114Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 89 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! 6.6kReads8.2Score64614d adds
- 90 A Foodie's Diary in Bianjing 汴京城美食日志 The rating has just opened, so it’s a bit low. Dear readers, please don’t pay it any mind. [Gourmet System + Transmigration + Historical Romance + Golden Finger + Pocket Dimension + Semi-Alternate History] A slow-burn story focused on working hard and making a life. A heroine who grows over time. After transmigrating, Jiang Yue Bai had planned to quietly run her little food shop and live out her days. But fate had other plans (not really). A System appeared out of nowhere and pulled out all the 23Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 91 Reborn as a Cast-Off Concubine, I Feed My Mother Meat at Every Meal 穿成下堂妾，我带着娘亲顿顿吃肉 [Farming + no System or pocket dimension + young cook + marriage first, love later + building a fortune + cooking delicious food + devoted couple] After a landslide, Shen Xiyue, a renowned chef, thought she was dead. When she opened her eyes, she was dressed in an ancient wedding gown and about to become an old man’s concubine? Thinking of her modern mansion and luxury car, she flew into a rage. She escaped home, beat up her greedy, black-hearted grandmother, and kicked her spineless, blindly fi 27Reads—Score114d adds
- 92 The Little Farm Girl of Guiyun Village 归云村的小农女 Guiyun Village is a remote little settlement in the Great Xia Dynasty. Its villagers have farmed for generations, and the village nestles among mountains beside a river. Yun Qi was born and raised in Guiyun Village. Orphaned at a young age, he grew up eating meals provided by the villagers and learned to hunt from an old hunter, becoming highly skilled. Lin Jin was bought by Yun Qi for five taels of silver to be his wife. Looking at the little thatched cottage near the foot of the mountain, she 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 93 A General Store Transformed Into an Ancient-Style Snack Shop 杂货铺爆改古代零食小店 [Just started getting ratings. Read it, and maybe the score will go up!] “A laid-back shopkeeping story focused on snacks. The pace is slow, so skip it if that bothers you.” Jiang Yun transmigrates into ancient times and inherits a grocery store on the verge of bankruptcy. Faced with a difficult situation, she relies on a System in her mind containing recipes for modern delicacies, gradually turning the little shop into a famous establishment. Her secret-recipe spicy strips bring the county magi 777Reads8.2Score11014d adds
- 94 A Widow’s Busy Night-Market Food Stall in Bianjing, and She Won’t Remarry 深夜食摊搞钱忙，汴京寡妇不嫁人 Reader’s guide: [ensemble cast + food business + heartwarming everyday life of ordinary people + no romance + fictional Northern Song setting] Wang Chunhua and Zhang Taonian were “mortal enemies” at the same company, bickering every day. After an accident, the two find themselves in Bianjing, the Northern Song capital, a thousand years in the past. And they become sisters-in-law in a family of street vendors at Zhouqiao Night Market!? The original family was devastated by swine fever. All the me 6.7kReads8.9Score1.2k14d adds
- 95 I Opened an Eatery in Ancient Times and Picked Up a Child Bride Along the Way 我在古代开食铺，顺带捡个童养夫 (The rating just came out, but it’ll go up.) [Alternate world + Food + Business + Daily life + One couple only + Happy ending + Love grows over time] Ren Qingwu was born into the body of a newborn baby in one fell swoop, becoming the only daughter of a hunter’s family in the southwestern part of the Great Yong dynasty. Her parents died young, leaving her with a penniless household and a little food stall that barely kept them alive. She resolved to break through with good food: Kneading dough an 3kReads8.1Score35114d adds
- 96 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—14d adds
- 97 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
- 98 The Fake Heiress Returns to the Village to Farm? Stockpiling Food and Raising Kids to Become the Richest 假千金回村种田？屯粮养崽成首富 The animated series The Fake Heiress Builds a Fortune with Her Kids is now streaming~ [Farming]+ [Gourmet]+ [Building wealth]+ [Everyday business]+ [Real and fake heiresses] Qi Miaoyi accidentally enters a novel and becomes the fake heiress who was switched at birth with the Song family's daughter. When the real heiress returns, the first thing she does is demand that Qi Miao leave the home she supposedly stole. Remembering how the fake heiress in the novel dies with her eyes open, Qi Miao grabs 22kReads8.2Score2.1k14d adds
- 99 The Farmer’s Daughter Chef: Beer Falls for Crawfish 农家俏厨娘：啤酒爱上小龙虾 A clueless dad, a meek mom, and awful relatives who will stop at nothing to exploit and squeeze them dry: Ye Xingjiao finds herself saddled with them all after transmigrating. So the little chef Ye Xingjiao sets out on the road to outsmarting her awful relatives, opening a shop, making money, and leading her parents to a comfortable life. Along the way, she even takes in a live-in husband. 210Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 100 The Farm Girl’s Little Kitchen 农门美食小厨娘 Scallions tossed with tofu, garlic-fried pork liver, red-braised pork tenderloin, and sweet-and-sour ribs. The moment He Jingjing transmigrated, the kitchen sprang to life with a constant clatter, and delicious aromas drifted across the whole village. The family is so poor they can barely afford to eat? There are only a few grains of rice left to cook? No problem. There’s nothing that can’t be eaten. With her incredible cooking skills, she opens a restaurant and makes money, setting herself on t 193Reads5.6Score—14d adds
