Period: Laying Low in the Kitchen When a Widow Comes Knocking

A hot-tempered young chef from a modern bar transmigrates to the resource-scarce 1960s, becoming an assistant cook in the cafeteria of a steel mill in the capital. Just as he thinks he'll have to survive the famine and upheaval on bran and pickles, the System arrives...

“Ding! Cafeteria supervisor Meng Hao will frame the Host for theft in half an hour. The Host will be disciplined and sent down to clean toilets.”

“Ding! System shop unlocked. The Host can spend 10 points to redeem 2 jin of pork, 5 jin of wheat flour, 5 jin of rice...”

“Ding! The pretty widow Liang Hongyu will come over tonight to ask you to keep her...”

In an era when a full meal is the greatest happiness, Chen Qisheng has no grand ambitions for promotion or wealth. He just wants to lie low in the cafeteria, relying on the System to avoid misfortune and bring himself and those around him a comfortable, happy life. But as time goes by, he realizes things seem to be drifting away from his original plans, and happiness has taken on a different meaning.