Everyday Farmhouse Cooking

When I saw that they were exchanging 10 kilograms of salt, I didn't want to look anymore.

Go for it! ^0^~^0^~

I initially thought the premise was promising and was interested in reading it, but the rambling, diary-like writing style, the cliché of exchanging a chicken for ten pounds of salt, and the constant infatuation with the male lead made it unbearable. The author seemed to be focusing on the beginning but neglecting the details, resulting in a disjointed and incomplete narrative. So I dropped it.

Is the male lead Chen Cheng? Will he have an ambiguous relationship with Mei Zi?

The author wrote it very well and it was quite heartwarming. The female lead is just too kind and perfect. Taoyuan Town is a place with a huge trade difference with the real world, and the male and female protagonists in the novels we are used to can make money through this trade difference. But the female lead is different. She insists on being honest and straightforward.

I think it's better to marry someone from outside the area. First, there's a greater shared understanding and less of a generation gap. Second, in the information age, having a place for the woman to store her belongings makes it easier to accept. Third, at least she won't be alone and without support.

Ten pounds of salt deterred him

Hmm... Seeing that a chicken there can only be exchanged for one jin or one jin and two liang, giving ten jin for one is a bit excessive, isn't it? That's ten times the original price. Don't you understand the principle of "a small favor is appreciated, but an excessive one breeds resentment"? Even exchanging for two jin would be too much.

All I want to say is, even being straightforward doesn't have to be like this. Exchanging one chicken for ten pounds of salt, when it should only be one pound at most, why is the price so high? Doesn't anyone question what's going on? Or is this town just catering to the female lead?

The last few chapters are just a pure chronological account.