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  1. 1984: Starting with a Sichuan Restaurant 1984：从川菜馆开始 Softly Speaking of Jianghu轻语江湖Urban4.8M WordsOngoing Also known as Sichuan Flavors, Human Life [Period piece, food, everyday life, farming] Food blogger Zhou Yan is reborn in 1984. From the start, he takes over a bankrupt Sichuan restaurant. In this era of scarce supplies, he'll give diners a taste of truly exceptional food! Qiaojiao beef, couple's lung slices, mapo tofu, Dongpo pork knuckle, rabbit cooked in boiling water... Stir-fried, seared, braised, steamed, deep-fried, boiled, marinated, smoked... Sichuan cuisine has a hundred flavors, with 39.1kVotes651.2kRecs994.7kFans
  2. 1996: Starting as an Executive Chef 1996：从行政总厨开始 Snowstorm Angler风雪钓鱼人Urban1.8M WordsOngoing [Food Novel] + [Period Novel] + [Multiple Heroines] + [Kitchen Workplace] Chen Zhi Hu, once the leading master of modern fusion cuisine, was reborn. Looking at the dilapidated rental apartment before him and the IOUs on the table, he pondered for a moment before preparing to go out and look for a job. “Hello, are you hiring an executive chef?” Wen Lan was speechless. Someone in his early twenties was applying to be an executive chef? Was he joking? “I am sorry, but we have very high requ 1.6kVotes53.7kRecs276.1kFans
  3. Back to the Prosperous Years to Live an Ordinary Life 回到红火岁月做俗人 Tool Superhero工具超人Urban4.7M WordsOngoing A glutton transmigrates to an era of scarce food and clothing, and strives to live as an ordinary person with plenty to eat and drink. A sensible story, with little brutality and characters who have their wits about them. No multiverse, no double transmigration, no System, no farming space, just a portable warehouse that could starve a mouse to death. No copying, pasting, or plagiarism. Entirely handwritten, not produced by a studio. A slow-paced slice-of-life story that reflects the era. Aside 788Votes204.5kRecs410.3kFans
  4. Reborn in 1987: Starting with Selling Pancakes Stuffed with Vegetables 重生87，从卖烧饼夹菜开始 Greedy Little Kitty馋嘴小猫咪Urban445k WordsOngoing [No System, One Heroine, Mutual Devotion] Liu Zhicai, who runs a snack-making school, is reborn in 1987 after suffering a heart attack. Faced with this era of sweeping change and endless opportunity, he decides to use the snack-making skills he honed in his previous life to give his family a better life. Stuffed flatbreads, savory pancakes, rolled cold skin noodles, layered pancakes, scallion pancakes, pan-fried buns, golden-thread beef pies, crispy fried dough sticks, beef pot stickers, teppany 570Votes15.8kRecs27.3kFans
  5. The Little Dining Hall of the Dali Temple 大理寺小饭堂 Wandering Back Slowly漫漫步归Ancient Romance4.0M WordsOngoing In the dead of night, Wen Mingtang dreamed of the fate of the pampered golden songbird kept in a gilded cage. When she awoke, with a new soul inside her, Wen Mingtang decided to take a more down-to-earth path... At the end of last year, news broke of personnel changes in every government office in the capital, excluding officials. The Dali Temple public kitchen topped the list with the remarkable record of going through twelve cooks in six months. From then on, the Dali Temple public kitche 504Votes289.8kRecs154.4kFans
  6. The Chronicles of Song Tan 宋檀记事 Song of Thorns荆棘之歌Modern Romance4.4M WordsOngoing Synopsis: My new book, Su Su, is currently being serialized! After transmigrating back from the cultivation world, I returned to my hometown to farm, livestream, and sell vegetables! After failing to form her golden core and survive the tribulation, Song Tan returned to the modern era, only to find herself at the scene of a pileup. She escaped death thanks to a benefactor who saved her life. Then what was there to consider? Don’t be a corporate wage slave. Go back home and farm instead!!! Relyin 500Votes2.6MRecs633.6kFans
  7. Starting with Fish Pickled in Sauerkraut in 1987 1987从酸菜鱼开始 Sword Sunk in the Yellow Sea剑沉黄海Urban46k WordsOngoing In 1987, after someone reported the family, Zhou Xiaonian’s father lost his secure job as a cook at a state-owned factory and was forced to go into business, opening a tiny, grimy restaurant. If nothing changed, his business would fail, he would be buried in debt, and his younger sister would die young. But then the unexpected happened: Zhou Xiaonian had a vivid dream, and memories of the next fifteen years appeared in his mind. He swore to protect his family, help his father run the little rest 478Votes5.5kRecs523Fans
  8. 1985: Starting in the Xing'anling Forestry Camp Canteen 1985：从兴安岭林场食堂开始 Running Panda奔跑的熊猫Urban478k WordsOngoing Back in 1985, the Greater Khingan Mountains are buried in snow and ice. Wu Wei becomes an apprentice in the cafeteria of a state-run forestry station. At this point, it is four years before the 1989 ban on hunting wild animals. [Ding! Top-grade ingredient detected: hazel grouse (flying dragon), collection progress 1/10] [Complete the collection to gain the ability to perfectly recreate this ingredient!] If he fills out the Greater Khingan Mountains’ wildlife collection during these four “golden 304Votes5.2kRecs17.5kFans
  9. Tokyo: This Showa Izakaya Is a Complete Shura Pit 东京：这家昭和居酒屋全是修罗场 The Kid Who Grills Eel烤鳗鱼的小子Light Novel499k WordsOngoing A famous hair stylist transmigrates from modern times into the body of a Tokyo high school student in 1985. He inherits a run-down izakaya saddled with a massive bank loan, and juggles school with running the restaurant. With help from a System, he goes from a complete novice in the kitchen to a master chef, drawing more and more customers. Among the restaurant’s many volunteer helpers are loan officer Suzuki Kaoru, history teacher Nakayama Masaaki, and neat-freak academic ace Ishihara Chika. Th 278Votes2.3kRecs16.2kFans
  10. Reborn in 1991: Starting After Getting Fired 重生91：从被开除开始 The Madman in the Next Room隔壁房间的疯子Urban500k WordsOngoing In his previous life, his boss dangled empty promises in front of him for decades, and he spent his whole life under his wife's thumb. When a serious illness came along and threatened to cost hundreds of thousands, he simply pulled out his own tubes. Reborn, he was fired from the factory for standing up for an orphan. But so what? He has a nose that can identify scents and flavors, and access to information thirty years ahead of its time. He knows which streets will be demolished and redeveloped 240Votes47.3kRecs30.3kFans
  11. A Cook on the Margins of the Worldline 世界线的边角料理人 Qin Burang秦不让Urban802k WordsOngoing This planet is all we have. Three years new, three years old, then three more years of patching things up. As the saying goes, anything with horns gets rendered for fat, anything without horns for grease, and creatures with scales, feathers, or fur all end up as kindling Wait, a person? Where did this little lady come from? Yes, yes, I know I might look irresistibly delicious, but could you stop drooling first? Bo Caiyan’s diary: New Year’s Day. Damn, I made it through another day. Survived a ca 219Votes7.8kRecs1.1kFans
  12. Have You Ever Seen Glowing Food? Then Why Draw a Gourmet Anime? 见过发光料理吗，你就画美食番？ Huohuo Yao Xianghuo Huo火火垚想火火Light Novel3.4M WordsOngoing [Food + wish fulfillment + fantasy cuisine + new book (I'm Drawing a Passionate Anime in a Depressing Anime World) is out. Please follow along] Xu Zhou transmigrated to a parallel world and once again became an independent anime artist. He drew his own manga and made his own animations. After uploading the first chapters of Food Wars! and Cooking Papa, he awakened a Gourmet System. As long as he earned enough recognition, he could recreate the dishes from his work. “Wait, I'm a manga artist. Why 216Votes59.7kRecs167.6kFans
  13. A Very Unusual Food Novel 非正常美食文 Gulp Gulp Gulp Gulp Gulp吨吨吨吨吨Urban2.6M WordsCompleted [Player name: Qin Huai Atlas unlocked: 0/12 Skills: Dough proofing (Intermediate): Your dough-proofing skills have beaten 99% of breakfast shop chefs nationwide. (0/10000) Filling preparation (Advanced): Your filling preparation skills have beaten 100% of breakfast shop chefs nationwide. (0/100000) Rating: A rookie just starting out] The moment he stepped into the cafeteria, the protagonist of a food novel got his System up and running. Qin Huai: A food novel? You should’ve said so earlier. 206Votes1.1MRecs680.8kFans
  14. Who Let This Evil Cultivator Cook? 谁让这个邪修做饭的？ Red Bean and Taro Ball Souffle红豆芋圆舒芙蕾Urban2.7M WordsOngoing [A premium food-and-city competition novel, priced at over 8,000. Come on in and enjoy!] [Global cuisine + variety-show competition + mind games + ruthless killing + demonic cultivation] Xia Ming, a cook for the Blood Saber Sect, a demonic sect on the Jiuzhou Continent, opens his eyes and finds that he has transmigrated into the body of a barbecue restaurant owner in the city. Now, he is competing on the variety show "Fame Through Food" alongside 85 contestants from all over the country. The win 181Votes22.6kRecs75.2kFans
  15. Simultaneous Transmigration: Unstoppable in Battle, but a Foodie 同时穿越，开无双但美食家 A Thousand Turns千回转Light Novel123k WordsOngoing [World-Hopping Together] [Gourmet] Become the Mala Tang Immortal in the world of Food Wars! Cook monsters in Delicious in Dungeon and speedrun the dungeon. Compete with Xiangling in dark cuisine on the continent of Teyvat. Be hailed as the greatest gourmet and breeder in a city of Pokémon. Includes worlds from anime, games, novels, and more! 178Votes2.7kRecs1.4kFans
  16. Gourmet Adventures Across the Heavens, Starting with Legendary Beast Meat 诸天美食，从获得宝石肉开始 The Moon Is No Dream月非梦Light Novel1.5M WordsOngoing He obtained a manor that connects the Myriad Worlds and gained control of the Gate of Worlds. From then on, he would journey across the worlds in search of the finest delicacies! Jiang Yan stumbled upon a manor connecting the Myriad Worlds. Using the Gate of Worlds as his key, he embarked on a cross-dimensional culinary adventure. His first stop was Toriko, where he obtained Jewel Meat and awakened Gourmet Cells. He returned to Food Wars! and honed his cooking skills at Totsuki Academy. Then he 173Votes21kRecs112.3kFans
  17. The Interstellar Realm’s Number One Botanist 星际第一种植师 Busy with Flowers in Spring V春为花忙VSpace Sci-Fi1.3M WordsOngoing What would it be like for a seasoned foodie from China, raised on the eight great culinary traditions and all kinds of delicious food, to transmigrate first into a natural-disaster apocalypse, then a zombie apocalypse, and finally into a food-scarce interstellar era? Jiang Wu's vision went black. She flew into a helpless rage: Damn it, do you even know what “three strikes and you're out” means? Transmigration should happen once, and once is enough. What kind of decent person gets sent across wor 172Votes15.1kRecs19.8kFans
  18. Russian Farm: How Beer Is Made 俄国农场：啤酒是怎样炼成的 Quiet River of the Sea静静的海河Urban659k WordsOngoing Farming, ranching, cooking, fishing, brewing, running a business, and Siberia! At this farm, you'll find: Farming in the literal sense. Driving tractors and harvesters, working fields of wheat that stretch as far as the eye can see. A farm run by a brewing madman. Hops, starfruit, and barley, all grown right on the farm. Livestock raising that's authentic and fun. Chickens running wild, animals working like beasts of burden: not a single creature on the farm is easy to manage. It all began w 162Votes3.2kRecs26.3kFans
  19. Making a Fortune in 1983, Starting as a Pastry Chef 致富1983，从面点师开始 Wandering Traveler游方旅人Urban985k WordsOngoing Wang Xiangyang is a Western and Chinese pastry chef at a five-star hotel. He opens his eyes and transmigrates to 1983, becoming the unemployed son of a worker at a state-owned pastry factory! If he’s a worker’s son, why won’t they let him take over his parent’s job? He pulls out baking techniques forty years ahead of their time and makes a batch of sponge cakes that leave even the master bakers green with envy. Everyone begs him to stay, but Wang Xiangyang just waves them off. “A job at a state- 160Votes3.4kRecs24.1kFans
  20. The Tang People's Dining Table 唐人的餐桌 Jie Yu 2孑与2Historical4.2M WordsOngoing The author's previous works, Tang Bricks, The Wisdom of Great Song, Silver Fox, Han Village, The World Under Heaven, and I'm Not a Savage, are all classics. Welcome to read them. The people of the world and all its affairs are nothing more than dishes served at the tables of the people of Great Tang. Though raw ingredients have their own rustic charm, Yun Chu believes that the most delicious food must be cut, cooked, prepared, and finally served at the table. Only then is it truly suited to the 152Votes3.4MRecs2.4MFans
  21. Forest Ranger in the Greater Khingan Range: A Tigress Crawls into My Bed at Midnight 大兴安岭护林员，虎妈深夜钻被窝 Liang Buzui梁不醉Urban201k WordsOngoing Sun Lin returned home to become a forest ranger in the Greater Khingan Mountains. He quite enjoyed the solitude of spending most of the year deep in the mountains, but one night, a tiger mother crawled into his bed with her cubs, cuddled him like he was one of them, and insisted on nursing him. How could anyone handle that?! But then again, as Sun Lin looked at the tiger's impressive belly, he pondered a question: What does tiger milk actually taste like? Maybe he should give it a try? 141Votes509Recs58Fans
  22. Back in the Village to Lie Flat, but the Ancients Insist on Hiring Me 回村躺平，古人非要给我打工 Sheep at My Left左牵羊Urban493k WordsOngoing His business venture failed, his girlfriend ran off, and his company went bankrupt. Back in his old mountain village, Wei Chi just wants to lie flat and coast through life. But after he burns incense to the ancestral Earth Mother Stone, he somehow ends up with a little deity who only knows how to say, “Mm, mm, mm.” The little deity is innocent and clueless, and knows nothing at all. It only knows that when someone is overwhelmed by grief and prays to Heaven, granting their wish earns it offering 130Votes8.1kRecs13.4kFans
  23. I Was Only Cooking, How Did I Become the Protagonist of a Game? 做个菜而已，怎么成游戏主角了？ Windless Boat不系风舟Gaming528k WordsOngoing Nan Xu, a professional player of the virtual online game Culinary Soul, has been unable to reach the heights of the game because both his hands are disabled in real life. One day, he wakes up with the memories of a level 90 Culinary Immortal from the future, transmigrated back to six months before the game launches and transformed into an NPC with a player interface. In this high-martial world where culinary skill decides everything, food is power, and chefs have become the most respected profes 126Votes3.9kRecs11.8kFans
  24. Starting a B&B With a Card Draw 开民宿从抽卡开始 Nine Cat Treats九个猫条Gaming435k WordsOngoing After failing the graduate school entrance exam, Meng Jia returns to his hometown to take over a rundown seaside guesthouse on the brink of closing. He activates the Guesthouse Management System. Complete management tasks to unlock the card-drawing pool! [Congratulations, player! You obtained an Item Card: Diving Equipment ×10] [Congratulations, player! You obtained a Building Card: Mysterious Theme Park ×1] [Congratulations, player! You obtained a mysterious fragment of an unnamed sea chart: II 122Votes1.9kRecs6.7kFans
  25. Raising a Beast Husband in My Spatial Farm, the Villainess Becomes Everyone's Favorite 带着空间养兽夫，恶雌成团宠了 Auspicious Snow吉祥瑞雪Fantasy Romance2.7M WordsOngoing [High-quality male rivalry + beast husbands who are all sexually inexperienced + adored by everyone + healing abilities + from universally disliked to universally adored] Su Muyao transmigrates into a beast world, and from the start, she is in the middle of abusing five extraordinarily beautiful beast husbands in an exiled tribe. She has just transmigrated and is already at the scene. It is said that she originally had a noble identity and ten beast husbands, but five of them would rather cri 114Votes33.9kRecs201.5kFans
  26. What Are Adventurers Eating Today? 冒险者今天吃什么 Good Luck, I Don't Want to Work Overtime大运不想加班Western Fantasy183k WordsOngoing [You ate a delicious fried steak. Your constitution has improved slightly.] [Recommended: fried steak with all the sides, preferably with a refreshing beer as well.] Gavin, who had transmigrated here, rubbed his belly as he lay beside the bed. “Finally, I'm full.” In a world crawling with monsters, Gavin can grow stronger by eating. He has only one wish: To have a full stomach every day! [Road-trip adventure] [Lighthearted] [Gourmet] 112Votes485Recs79Fans
  27. Food Wars!: Starting with the Gluttonous Wolf Pot 食戟：从装备贪狼壶开始 I'll Deliver Takeout to Support You我送外卖养你啊Light Novel457k WordsOngoing Soma Yukihira, Rindo Kobayashi, Tosuke Megishima, Satoshi Isshiki, and more... The Jewel Generation of Food Wars! A galaxy of stars shines bright! And then there’s Xiang Ji, who unexpectedly arrived in the world of Food Wars. After inheriting the family’s heirloom Greedy Wolf Pot, passed down through generations, he suddenly discovered that this world concealed an even more dazzling era of cuisine! In this world where food reigns supreme, what kind of storm will Xiang Ji, equipped with an invent 108Votes3.6kRecs21.8kFans
  28. Back to the County Theater Troupe of ’77 重回77年县剧团 Great Waves, Full Bow and Blade大浪满弓刀Urban581k WordsOngoing [Qinqiang Opera] + [Farming] + [Nurturing] + [Gourmet] + [Daily Life] + [Lighthearted] In his previous life, he spent his entire career as an extra and a stagehand. Reborn once more, Chen Xiangdong wants to try something different. The county opera troupe is still thriving in 1977. To make a name for himself here, he first has to secure a permanent position. “An actor who can't cook isn't a good musician. This time around, I'm going to enjoy life!” 108Votes3.1kRecs12.8kFans
  29. Who Made Him Take the Fall! 谁让他背锅的！ Little Bulbasaur妙蛙小子Urban213k WordsOngoing The South Island is one big stage. Come if you've got the guts! I, Lin Xingmu, am a trainee deity. The Heavenly Crafts Register is the divine realm's job-order System, leased to Haotuan Food Delivery. As an operator, unfortunately, I became the freebie. But! My talent lets me grow stronger by taking the blame. When a coworker dumps a problem on me, I get to draw a reward. When my boss dumps a problem on me, I get to draw a reward. And so began my career as the scapegoat. At first, becoming a god 102Votes807Recs14Fans
  30. Hogwarts’ Magical Food God 霍格沃茨的魔法食神 Flaming Whiskey火焰威士忌Infinite Myriad Worlds788k WordsOngoing Poor wizards. What do they even get to eat? Roast meat and potatoes, pies and cakes, and little else. When Lucas discovers that Britain's magical world is just as much of a culinary wasteland as the Muggle world, his dream shatters. Furious, he ties on an apron and vows to bring a little culinary shock and awe to the wizarding world. … “Oh, Severus.” Dumbledore blinks merrily. “Try this freshwater balloonfish soup, improved by Lucas. It'll remind you of everything wonderful in life.” Snape rega 90Votes4.3kRecs42.1kFans
  31. A Little Restaurant by the Road, With Ingredients From Another World 街边小餐馆，我的食材来自异世界 Hmph Hmph Won't Hmph哼哼不哼Western Fantasy331k WordsOngoing Spicy stir-fried goblin ears, slime jelly, red dragon meat in sour broth... Seeing these dishes on the menu, everyone assumes the restaurant owner is just being ridiculous. Little do they know that every ingredient in the restaurant was hunted down in another world by the owner, Xia Yi, himself... With Xia Yi’s careful cooking, unique ingredients from another world become one extraordinary dish after another. The little restaurant on the street corner goes from unknown hole-in-the-wall to an int 82Votes2.1kRecs8.4kFans
  32. Eat Before You Lose Your Sanity 掉San之前先吃饭 Resurrection Monster复活怪Sci-Fi511k WordsOngoing The world has been polluted, with cognition as its foundation and memory as its anchor. When no one in the world remembers you, your sanity will run dry and your existence will vanish. Getting others to remember you and making yourself your own anchor is the law of survival here. To keep from being forgotten and to stabilize their SAN, people have no choice but to work themselves to the bone and show off. Some awaken the “Good Person Anchor,” ensuring their good deeds are always remembered. Some 82Votes5kRecs5.5kFans
  33. Traveling Through the Water Margin: Starting with Rescuing Wu Dalang 穿越水浒：从救武大郎开局 Calling to Heaven叫天Historical175k WordsOngoing Zhao Yingjie travels through the Water Margin world. When he is hungry and cold, he gets two cooking cakes from Wu Dalang. When he learns that Wu Dalang is going to arrest a traitor, he immediately stops him. With his help, Wu Dalang finally came to the end of his hardships, became rich and gained status... Wu Song returned home uneasy, fearing that something might happen to Wu Dalang, but he didn't expect... In this Water Margin world, because of Zhao Yingjie's time travel, the fate of many peo 78Votes416Recs41Fans
  34. With the Myriad Worlds System, I Made a Fortune as a Middleman 手握万界系统，我当中间商赚翻了 Er Qian二谦Ancient Romance853k WordsOngoing With both parents gone, a young brother to care for, a biased grandmother, unscrupulous uncles, and a fiancé who wants to break off their engagement, Yu Qing is driven to the brink. Then she gets bound to a headhunting System. [Suitable job openings detected.] [Job 1: Temporary worker at a bean-curd workshop. Shift: two shichen. Pay: five dou of rice.] [Job 2: Miner. Shift: four shichen. Pay: two shi of rice.] At first, Yu Qing doesn’t dare take a job, afraid she’ll never make it back. But l 78Votes5.9kRecs3.9kFans
  35. A Skeleton's Frontier Farming in a Foreign Land 种菜骷髅的异域开荒 Love Ends Like Flowing Water情终流水Light Novel4.5M WordsOngoing A thousand years after the Undying Empire vanished, the little skeleton who used to grow vegetables was still tending his farm, until the summoning portal opened again. “Are you hungry? I’ve been growing vegetables for a thousand years. I’ve got a tiny bit of food saved up.” “Are all these fields abandoned? Can I grow things here?” “The princess’s city is up in the mountains, so I can’t grow vegetables there? Then I’m not going.” “They’re going to tax me and won’t even let me grow vegetables? Wi 76Votes751kRecs638.4kFans
  36. A Slice-of-Life Game 生活系游戏 Gulp Gulp Gulp Gulp Gulp吨吨吨吨吨Urban2.5M WordsCompleted [A poorly presented plate of kung pao chicken] Jiang Feng’s life was turned upside down the moment he accidentally discovered that he could see notes attached to the dishes his dad cooked. … 1. This game offers a high degree of freedom. Explore at your own discretion. 2. This game will not interfere with any of your choices. Do your best to unlock achievements. 3. All explanations are the property of the game. Main group: 781556033 New verified-author group: 483090458 76Votes2.6MRecs1.3MFans
  37. Mixing It Up in the World of Elves, Starting with Selling Candy 混在精灵世界，从卖糖果开始 A Plump Little Wildcat是只胖乎乎的狸猫Light Novel1.6M WordsOngoing A quick introduction to this book’s elements: daily life, farming, management, a lighthearted tone, spirits, Pokemon, Trainers, and a game-and-anime mashup world setting... As a pastry chef, Wei Bai transmigrates into the world of Pokemon. He initially thinks this profession, which seems useless beyond setting up a roadside stall, will have little value. Unexpectedly, in a world where Pokemon food consists only of Pokemon food and Pokéblocks, it gives rise to entirely new foods made for Pokemon. 75Votes2.6kRecs10.3kFans
  38. 1990: Starting Out as a Village Cook 1990：从村厨开始 Hamster in a Hat戴帽子的仓鼠Urban762k WordsOngoing Shen Guoping had spent his whole life working tirelessly in the kitchen. Then, in one moment, he was reborn in 1990. That year, he was just twenty, full of ambition for the future. By chance, Shen Guoping took over his father’s village banquet business and awakened the God of Cooking System. When diners tasted his food and gave it a good review, he earned approval points. He could exchange those points for all sorts of chests containing dishes, items, and skills he had never even heard of. And s 74Votes2.5kRecs19.2kFans
  39. The Little Lady Who Savorued Fine Food 食锦小娘子 Ru Zheng如铮Ancient Romance964k WordsOngoing She was born the eldest daughter of a scholar’s family, but the household had nothing but four bare walls, a cold pot, and a dead stove. Her mother had run away with a peddler; her father still clutched his books and bobbed his head while reciting classical phrases, as though books alone could fill their stomachs; her younger brother and sister were skin and bones; and she, the eldest sister, had already fainted from hunger. The onlookers all said: “That girl is probably going to starve to death 71Votes2.5kRecs4.7kFans
  40. My Father-in-Law Is Kangxi 我的公公叫康熙 Yan Jiu雁九Historical6.8M WordsOngoing Everyone says being the emperor's wife is hard. Actually, being the emperor's daughter-in-law isn't easy either, especially when the emperor is still in his prime! With my hapless husband in tow, I get an immersive front-row seat to the Nine Dragons' Succession Strife. (A slice-of-life story, focused on everyday living.) 68Votes1.9MRecs475.6kFans
  41. Dungeon Monster Food Guide 地下城魔物美食指南 Aswang Sade阿斯旺撒的Western Fantasy2.6M WordsOngoing Sewer rats, cesspit slimes, graveyard mold, corpses nourishing dead fingers, wood-ear mushrooms growing out of skulls, rotting flesh piled up and oozing grease, tumors feeding on excess flesh... You can eat this stuff? Sure. You can eat all of it. Li Ang is a chef with the ability to turn the rotten into something miraculous. These things may look inedible, but with Li Ang’s careful cooking and thoughtful preparation, a little sincerity, a little “I reckon,” a touch of inspiration, and, most imp 67Votes9kRecs34.3kFans
  42. The Fragrance of Pears on the Stove 炊梨香 Warm Tea茶暖Ancient Romance683k WordsOngoing A pregnant little cook searches for her husband, makes a fortune on the frontier, and takes down scoundrels. Modern-day food blogger Jiang Qingli becomes a pitiful pregnant bride, just two months into her marriage, clutching a divorce letter as she heads to the frontier military camp to demand an explanation. Sweet soups, fried dough twists, and radish cakes; she uses her cleaver to tear into the scumbag. She cooks delicious food and builds a career. Jiang Qingli is determined to rip her fa 66Votes14.5kRecs7.3kFans
  43. A Concubine Branch Builds a Family 庶房兴家 Bamboo Hedge, Clear Tea竹篱清茶Ancient Romance298k WordsOngoing The Shen family unexpectedly transmigrated to the Great Jing dynasty and into the household of Shen Qingzhu, an investigating censor. They became the low-born third branch of the Shen family. Just before the original Shen Qingzhu was due to marry, her legitimate cousin inexplicably stole her wedding match. The whole family was so humiliated and furious that they chose to die together in revenge against the main branch. After sorting things out, Shen Qingzhu was utterly speechless. When the main 66Votes1.9kRecs3.3kFans
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