Fields of Gold

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She transmigrated into the body of a little girl from a fishing village! Her father is honest and foolishly filial, while her mother is weak and ill. Moreover, her siblings are still young children.

Her father was the best fisher in the village and breadwinner of the entire family. However, when he got injured and was on the verge of death, her cruel grandparents and uncle kicked her whole family out. They were hungry and cold with nothing but an empty house…

But that’s ok! She has a multicolored stone that can accelerate the growth of crops. She was also an expert at preparing braised meat in her previous life.

Just watch as she, an eight year-old girl, challenges the taste buds of people who lived during ancient times. With improved high-yielding crops, she’s going to become the most famous farming expert in the world!

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农园似锦
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chande
chande rated it
June 1, 2021
Status: Completed
I really enjoy time travel / transmigration story and this isn't an exception. It's a bit time consuming though to read 700++ chapters but I still appreciate the author's effort because I know it wasn't easy to write that many chapters.

The story is quite unique because we don't only have one transmigrator but 3 of them at once.

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Of course one of them is our MC while the other are the current emperor and his grandfather, the previous emperor aka emperor emeritus.

Emperor emeritus was quite adorable for being a big foodie in his old age. He was a military officer in his previous life and successfully overthrew the previous dynasty and established a new era named Great Ming Empire.

Meanwhile emperor was a ship engineer in his previous life. He managed to build sturdy ships and made Great Ming Empire's navy known by many countries. He also a wise ruler and always think about his people. He's not perfect though. He almost snatched MC's cheat because of his greed but it wasn't enough for me to hate him. It's human nature after all and in the end, he also didn't have a heart to steal MC's cheat and even supported her wholeheartedly.

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I initially want to give this novel a full 5 starts but I decide to deduct 1 star because of MC and also many other factors.

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MC surely didn't have it easy. She was transmigrated into a weak girl from a farmer family and lived in poverty. Fortunately, she had a cheat that allow her to have easier life. Well, I dont mind she used a cheat to improve her and her family's life but later, she depended on her cheat so much and made me think that she was nothing without her cheat.

In fact, MC wasn't without capability. She was a great cook in her previous life and she managed to capture many prople's heart based on her cooking only in her current life. So, I think she was doing just fine without her cheat.

Her cheat also made her a bit too OP. She wasn't only good at cooking but also at medicine, farming, baking, and beauty routine. Her medicine and skin care were especially proved to be very effective but it was because her cheat. I wondered what would happened if someday her cheat went back to immortal realm? Her medicine and skin care will be less effective and her business more or less will be affected.

MC was also a bit Mary Sue so there were many candidates of ML thorough the story. 3 of them were Zhao Han, Zhou Zixu, and Zhu Junyang. Zhao Han was MC's childhood friend. Zhou Zixu was also considered MC's childhood friend but he was also her business partner. Zhu Junyang was the cousin of the current emperor. In the beginning, I really hope that this story doesn't end up as a cinderella story where she lives happily ever after with some prince. Too bad that's exactly what happen.

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ML was that exact prince, Zhu Junyang. I agree with the majority of the reviews here: MC and ML lacked of chemistry. Also, their relationship wasn't considered healthy. One was so submissive while other was so dominant. Don't get me wrong, MC was the dominant one.

Their relationship started from when she was still 9 or 10 years old while he's in 17 (pedhopil alert). I know that MC was already 30 years inside but in the eyes of other people, she was still a child. Honestly, Zhao Han and Zhou Zixu were more honorable than ML in this point because they actually didn't dare to court MC when she was still a child unlike ML who couldn't wait to marry MC right here and there.

After they confirmed their relationship, MC became more annoying. For example: MC loves to openly admire handsome men and makes ML jealous. When ML is angry because of it, MC accused him of being childish. But when there are some women who like ML, MC throws a tantrum even though ML never show any interest towards those women. So, who's the childish one here? And when ML makes a mistake, MC often makes a big fuss out of it but when she's the one who makes a mistake, she refuses to apologize. That's why I think their relationship is a bit toxic.

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Honestly, I prefer either Zhao Han or Zhou Zixu as ML because they were with MC when she was at her lowest point. Out of the 2 of them, Zhou Zixu was my favorite. Both Zhou Zixu and MC were ambitious and they're considered a great business partner. Together, they will be the richest person in Great Ming Empire. Too bad Zhou Zixu was too busy to handle his family affair and rarely saw MC. When he met MC again, ML already guarded her. As for Zhao Han, he was too gentle for MC and couldn't be any of help with MC's ambition. He also came too late because he was too busy to advance himself in his military career.

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The ending of MC and ML were considered satisfactory.

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They died in their old age at the same time and met again in her previous life.

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But I couldn't say it for the other character, that was MC's family archenemy, Madam Zhang.

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She killed someone for God's sake but MC and her family let her off easy. She just moved to prefectural city but she didn't lived miserably there. She even managed to buy shops and lands after years of saving.

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NadiaClover
NadiaClover rated it
May 23, 2021
Status: Completed
So, the male lead is ... more>>
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zhu Junyang

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This is the best romance story. So if you come because you think this is wuxia thing. No you are big wrong. If you like ancient foodie survival, and other romance transmigration. You will like this one. Albeit, this one is the slow one. But that's okay, because the sweetness will make you giddy. The irritable factor like scheme is only in first arc, so if you dont like the complicated story where many scheme, this is the pure bliss. Long romance story with doting male lead. Ahhh so sweatt. I really like ML. I hope I can get husband like him. He is so cute. <<less
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pimni
pimni rated it
May 2, 2021
Status: c733
If you love a slice of life/cooking/farming/transmigration to ancient rural time novel, then this should be on your reading list. The MC will pull you in and when the ML comes, their love story will make sure you binge-read it. The face-slapping is very satisfying, but the MC never actively tries to harm someone just because she doesn't like them. The people she goes against, deserve that. And most actually turn into better character, like her cousin. Yes, it may seem a tad boring and repetitive at times, but stick... more>> with it for that satisfying feeling of reading something good. Many readers complain about the age gap between the MC and the ML and the fact that he started liking her even when she was a pre-teen is actually seeing the ancient world through the modern lens. In fact, in certain Asian countries, even today, you look for a spouse who is 5 to 6 years older than you (at least girls in my generation did especially those who went for arranged marriage), so the age difference is not an issue for me. Yes, sometimes the MC is a bit OP and her cheat is Deux ex Machina, still, she is careful about the time she is living in and try to blend in as much as possible. What helps is that there are actually three transmigrated characters (and two of them powerful ones) that helps her to succeed in life. <<less
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mxdberries
mxdberries rated it
September 7, 2020
Status: c447
The translation is excellent, they're have a glossary and explain things in footnotes. The story is a good read, it's long but a good way to kill time. [Edit: I kinda hate the website change, I liked the old website and I hate that if I want to keep reading this book I have to get an account with WuxiaWorld. It's just troublesome ]

I do have to agree with many people, the drama with her uncle's was drawn out too long and I wish they'd show more interactions with her... more>> actual family - not just her adoptive parents. As you know the longer the story is the bigger the cast tends to be, it's hard too remember especially when the author gives every servants backstory & motivation even if they're only there for like a few scenes, meanwhile MC's actual family is barely seen save for her dad and the occasional mention of her twin (at least at the current era where she's mostly living in the capital). I feel like she's doing too much even for an OP protagonist. Too many business not enough farm or family time.

Prince Yang isn't the worst ML I've seen. He isn't that bad. Too stiff for my taste but he does care and protect her. The age difference isn't too bad and he's not pushing her towards anything but eventual marriage in the future.

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At this point in the book we know there's other transmigrators the former emperor & the current one. The old emperor is nice a bit spoiled but a foodie. The current one I'm not to hyped about him. Something about him is just unlikable to me maybe because I still expect him to be more modern even though he was raised in the era and adopted some of the attitude. The royal family is hard to like sometimes.

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elliemoran
elliemoran rated it
February 14, 2020
Status: c287
This is SUCH a good story, with such fun characters and interactions.

One of the reasons I enjoy this story so much is because of the way it flows - there are exciting, intense sections where I just can’t wait to read the next chapter, and then softer, more slice-of-life sections which are lovely but not at the same high level intensity,

I see some comments complaining about those slow parts, but I love the combination. Long stories full of cliffhangers and major action all the time are great, but can... more>> be tiring after a while, and slice-of-life on its own can get dull. In this story just about the time you might feel it dragging a bit, you can be sure some action is not more than a few chapters away.

It really is a good combo - and the translators are so consistent with their releases it makes this story even more enjoyable. <<less
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Krais
Krais rated it
October 20, 2019
Status: c143
it's a really good reading for me, I like the story of the daily life of the family while there is still the excitement from trouble coming in from outside, but what making me frustrated is that the MC parent is too softhearted and too filial to borderline extreme and its making me really want to smack parent rather than the one who is causing the problem.

anyway if you want find a daily life of a heart warming family then I really recommend it even though some time a bit... more>> annoying. <<less
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MysticDreams
MysticDreams rated it
September 15, 2019
Status: c118
Excellent translation, great food, and a non-OP female lead! Sure she has a cheat, but she still has to work for what she has, still has to think up of recipes and make business-smart decisions.
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amikyun
amikyun rated it
July 14, 2023
Status: Completed
Really deserved the rank, actually they may come out to be a good transmigration novel if the setting is more mature, the MC is the type of loved by many people although she labeled them as business partner, older brother or so, sometimes I wanna see herself fell into desperate love situation.. oh ya.. although the tag say this is sub-plot romance the romance is more than half of the novel, I feel MC was infuriating ... more>>
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when she keep slap ML bottom line (although author note say he doesn't have it) but yeah that's why it make this novel 3.9 I feel ML more love than MC love, although when ML gone MC show her love and concern, this many pro and cont, make me feel 3.9 is enough for this novel.. and... the second ml? He deserved it, idk why he abused himself not seeing the MC but keep thinking of her, the story say that he try to forget her.. but the effort for trying is just go further from MC and not stopping thinking and compare average girl with MC -_- dude u deserved to be alone, u make it ur own

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custodiom
custodiom rated it
February 25, 2023
Status: c568
I had to pause it because it is just way longer than normal novels I read (max of around 200-400) and it has grown a bit old on me by now.

It was ok, mostly enjoyable and quite funny, but I agree with some comments about plot loopholes and character inconsistencies. And even if I liked it, I don't love it that much to want to endure over 700 chapters of it at this point. Warning since this depicts a lot of animals being killed and eaten (and they eat a... more>> wide variety of it), so if you are more touchy on those aspects there are quite a few of those chapters here.

Maybe I'll get back to it when my mind is more relaxed and I can afford to waste more time. Maybe I'll skim the next few chapters before finally pausing, we'll see. <<less
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trash_generalist
trash_generalist
February 6, 2023
Status: Completed
This is a slice-of-life novel with some fantasy elements (a golden finger and some mysticism) and strong poor-to-rich sentiments. These kinds of things just so happened to be just my type, so I ended up enjoying this both during my first read and during my second read (which is now! I left the old review at the end for reference).

SUMMARY:

Yu Xiaocao woke up one day and found out that she had transmigrated into the body of a fisherman's daughter in ancient times. This little girl's father was extremely filial, and... more>> as a result, had been used and abused by his stepmother for most of his life, leading to a rather pitiful life for him and his branch of the family. Yu Xiaocao, the transmigrator, was the hardworking type who supported her family by working constantly in her previous life. So, even now, after ending up as an 8-year-old girl with no backing, she dares to dream of a better future for her current family. Fortunately for her, she transmigrated with a golden finger -- a divine stone that can produce water that can help ripen the growth of crops, increase intelligence in animals, promote better health, etc. -- which allows her to smoothly build a legendary life for herself, her family, and later, her husband (the ML, Zhu Junyang, who was plagued by inner demons since he was a child.)

THOUGHTS:

To be perfectly honest, this novel has quite a few flaws. The author was a bit careless when it came to developing the worldbuilding settings at times, and there were constant inconsistencies (thankfully, the translators pointed most of them out, but there were even more that I noticed that just slipped the radar.) It also introduced so many events and so many characters that many were forgotten until the end -- while I understand that the reason for this is to increase the pacing and allow the story to keep moving forward, it's a shame at times when certain interesting concepts would be introduced and quickly forgotten -- it would be best if they just weren't mentioned in the first place LMFAO.

But, well, these many flaws aside, taking account of my own personal enjoyment. I still rate this novel quite highly. Last time I read this, I stopped at around the 500s. This time, I persisted and read till the end, but I agree with most reviewers that it got a bit boring and repetitive by that point. What I recommend you read this for are the characters and the satisfying self-indulgent plot development. Here, one can say that the FL is definitely super OP. However, because of her personality, she never comes off as a complete Mary Sue. There are hints, for sure, but for the most part, because the author did a great job building her character in the beginning, she ended up being rather likable -- which made it easy to enjoy the story as it went.

OH. BTW. If you're looking to read this for romance, I don't recommend it. Although I loved the bickering couple, it takes a while for them to get there (the age gap is quite large, and they don't marry till she's of legal age). So, it's best to start with the intention of enjoying the slice of life, poor-to-rich aspect first, and just enjoy the unique romance in the middle.

RATING: 4.2/5

Although this rating should probably be lower (at least, if I based it on the quality of the writing itself), it wouldn't be too much lower. XD. I was even tempted to make it round up to 5 stars -- simply because I enjoyed it so much. But, ah, it's not meant to be. This novel is definitely not for everyone, but I think if you have similar tastes as me, it's one that's impossible to forget.

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OLD REVIEW: C523. 4/5!!! [Transmigration, Magical Spring (of sorts), Poor to Rich, Slice of Life] This was a lot better than I expected initially. It's a bit weird cause the MC starts of as 8yo and the ML 15yo (?). She's mentally over 30 and the attraction between the two is mostly pure until she's like 13 — at which point there are some chaste kisses, but it's still weird! The initial premise is that a woman is transmigrated into the body of a poor and sickly fisherman's daughter. As luck would have it, she has on her hand a mystical stone that acts as a spiritual spring, and with this, she has a certified golden finger that can help her run businesses and make lots of money.

I feel like some parts of the universe are a bit shaky and underdeveloped, but the characters are all pretty good and likeable. I wouldn't say that the story is perfect — the slow pacing is hell sometimes, but I enjoyed reading it. I stopped because I slowly began to run out of interest. The life of the MC is good now and even if she and the ML weren't strictly together together, they were already a sure thing — it's just her age keeping them apart... she was 13 and him 19-20 at the end. m (._.) m Worth rereading for the slice of life and poor to rich aspect. <<less
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nuu
nuu
November 22, 2022
Status: Completed
This is very much a slice of life story. There is transmigration, but really no cultivation -- some cultivation is heard about, but never really part of the story. The novel is a slice-of-life novel of a young woman with farming and cooking background growing up in alternate world China, improving her own life, then her friends and eventually the country, via adapting some farming practices, cooking, and business approaches from the modern world. A lot of complexities are streamlined or completely ignored, but for all that, the novel is... more>> more realistic than many typical cultivation stories. The world outside China (and especially "the West") is just an abstraction, but China (or rather, its Ming dynasty predecessor) is described with some detail.

A lot of the story is an idealized romance between a "bad boy" who becomes a complete simp to the FMC, and the FMC who is hardworking, intelligent, but nonetheless a bit quirky and generally likable. There are several other male characters who admire her, but fortunately there are no love triangles or other angst. The suspense is mostly about about waiting for the right time.

Despite several scenes of fighting, the main focus of this novel is food -- getting it, selling it, preparing it, and eating it. Sometimes, it feels like one of the food travel blogs. It's not a bad thing, but can get tedious once in a while. And, nearly everyone in the novel is a "glutton" -- that is strongly swayed by their favorite dishes.

On the whole, it's a well written novel with several likable characters. The FMC is a bit of a Mary Sue, but with enough limitations to avoid complete stereotyping. She has a "cheat", but it's of limited strength for most of the book, this creating some obstacles. A minor annoyance is the author breaks the forth wall periodically, often to describe the future outcomes of an event. I enjoyed this slice-of-life, slightly tedious farming-and-cooking novel, but those who seek more combat and/or strength progression may become bored. <<less
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ScriptWangfei
ScriptWangfei
September 10, 2022
Status: Completed
I love it. Especially the flow of the story. I've reread this novel for the third time in the past 2 years. I just can't get enough of this. 💜
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Loveboi
Loveboi
September 1, 2022
Status: 500ish
[Dropped]Honestly I really loved this story in the beginning. The MC is likable and its enjoyable seeing her try her best. I see myself rooting for her. It’s a nice slice of life of our MC trying to introduce modern stuff into the past (a rough explanation 😅) but it got... boring. I read and stopped around c400 or 500ish?

I’m don’t remember but I read a lot. I just feel like it was the same concept over and over again. She introduces something new and they go like oh wow!!... more>> She’s a genius!!!!” I know it’s a slice of life and that it makes sense why’d they react like that. But I got bored of it. I feel like the magic was gone. Another complaint is the ML he’s... okay? I wouldn’t really say a very like able ML. The romance seems forced something that made me slightly go “uh okay”.

Not a complaint but. The amount of names confused me a lot. I know it’s a Chinese novel with obviously Chinese names but save me ;-;-; I can’t remember.

Overall a 3/5 it’s a cool novel. But I guess it’s not my cup of tea (well the later part of the story) I know others will enjoy it so if you don’t mind this kind of stuff you can try atleast c10. <<less
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ikitty03
ikitty03 rated it
April 15, 2022
Status: c74
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Do not read you have log in to read and then later pay with your real money to read. This site is support be free to read not pay up.

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I never want read because of summary about this novel. I just give it a tried. I mean it's a finished novel, and can't hurt to tired. I don't regret it. To me this best time travel novel in ancient time. It's about a modern farm girl who also cook and travel in different world in the pass. Doesn't talk about being farm girl more making money and cooking. She finally want be a doctor. I can't wait to finish this novel.

Not much blood drama more her life and new family.
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ByleeM
ByleeM rated it
April 9, 2022
Status: c300
I really want to say it's a good slice of life since I enjoy the farming genre but it really isn't. It's not horrible but not good either. MC's dad has to be the most hateful in all transmigration history.

It's funny, I used to think those nobleman dad's who sold their daughters for power were the worst types but I finally found a type I hate more: The milquetoast man who claims to love his wife and children but will obediently watch his stepmother overwork his wife to near death... more>> and push his children to death all for the sake of filial piety.

I can accept the Mary Sue MC, the badly done reverse harem thing going on, the age difference between MC and ML even her propensity towards greed and self-centeredness; but I can't forgive the father for almost killing his entire family and having succeeded in the previous life but not being punished because "he loves them" <<less
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rhaanze
rhaanze rated it
March 13, 2022
Status: extra10
The story is nice with good development. Slice of life with a bit of fantasy. I like that the story is not much redundant. After I read it I feel good about the story. The first chapters are a bit frustrating but as the chapters goes you can find the changes and development.
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tenshineko
tenshineko rated it
March 2, 2022
Status: c1
Entertaining, and it stays slice of life - most stories of this length set in ancient china tend to be full of drama and ridiculous characters, but this one was fairly wholesome. No messy concubines everywhere. Filial piety was way overdone for quite awhile - really, before her ... more>>
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father nearly dies and they split from the rest of the family,

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it's pretty infuriating to read. You might skip to chapter 60ish if it's too much. The parents are foolishly doting, but completely ineffectual at protecting their children (it's great that you want to defy your mom to bring your kid to the doctor, but maybe you should work harder at preventing the kid from being starved, abused, and overworked to the point they need the doctor..?) - many people disliked them, but I think at least part of it can be explained by cultural norms and upbringing. Many people in abusive families don't really realize it or break away because that's their normal. Filial piety is no joke in ancient times. I found the MC a little annoying at times in the beginning, because she can be rather rude and bratty for her mental age. She settles down a bit, but I do think the author forgets her mental age.
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I liked the setup of having earlier transmigrators pave the way and bring some modern ideals (taking care of the people, equality, later marriages, etc) to this era before she came. This helps do away with some of the more realistic problematic aspects of suddenly being tossed in ancient times, where most modern people would probably get executed instantly. She maintains a fairly modern view throughout, and is considered a little eccentric but also inspirational to her friends and family. It's also funny how those other transmigrators love that she brought modern recipes with her, and run to eat at her house. I thought it would be interesting if in the end they also reunited in their modern world. The author apparently forgot that the emperor emeritus actually realized she was a transmigrator almost immediately - from a modern tongue twister she recited and her recipe.

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You have to overlook inconsistent or illogical details. The author has zero grasp of money or weights - when you look at the random costs for things, it makes no sense. It's like if I said $100 is enough for a frugal family of 10 to live on for a year, then a few minutes later said $150 will last that family a few months, btw an apple is $15, and a plate of food at a restaurant is $1000. A family of 12 wants 100 catties of vegetables DAILY or 500 catties are needed for a restaurant to serve a single table. And people are on the edge of starving to death, but apparently don't eat offal or any of that until she comes along. It's also pretty obvious that the author couldn't juggle very many characters at once. Important people would vanish for a while and then pop up suddenly as if the author forgot them. Sometimes their names would change, or little details about their family would be different. She has a pretty powerful cheat, but it's not around much during later chapters. Thanks to her knowledge of the future, she is able to make a lot of money (the author neglects to realize how much this should have impacted history). Then there would be some stuck up nobles, or it would go on about how you can see the nobility bred in her bones - as if the author forgot that the current imperial family and most of his officials were peasants until the retired emperor conquered the country. Despite the fact that the author explicitly said that at one point, then went on to talk about these nobly bred families again 🤦🏻‍♀️

Some things that might offend people:
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I was very unhappy when she introduced dogfighting as a money making endeavor to her acquaintance. C'mon author, that's not cool. There was a bit of anti-Japanese sentiment, but not too much. Although there was clearly a preference for "tender white" skin on women (this is a cultural thing but I know offends a lot of people), they also mentioned "wheat" and tanned skin as being attractive, particularly on men.

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Overall I enjoyed it quite a bit. It's not a masterpiece, but I liked it and it didn't infuriate me like so many novels do. The family (s) were doting and kind, and there wasn't a SML mucking things up. I rated it on the higher end because of the contrast to other novels with messy relationships and drama.

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Zhao Han's apparently enduring love for the MC was a waste of the bonus chapters. I think the author did that to add angst for no reason.

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nimeaano
nimeaano rated it
February 19, 2022
Status: c148
Most probably won't continue reading this novel. I wasn't sure how to give rating but I love family story so I guess it's fine if it's just till 100+ chapter or so.

Starting out fine, it was a slow story about transmigrator who used her culinary skill and *cheat* to continue thriving. Has a lot of focus in family warmth, so I like it at the beginning. MC not exactly OP but I predicted she will be in future chapter.

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As the story goes on, the importance of MC keeps getting bigger and bigger. Author keeps reminding that MC is not older than 10 years old, but everyone seems satisfied with her huge achievement just like that, without proper justification.

Sometimes I wonder if author forgot that MC has twin sister, because even when they are together, their acquaintances are so focused on MC and even greet MC only (not the pair of them), even though people supposedly can't differentiate between the two. Their brother was also teased for only caring for MC at one chapter but it was brushed aside and nothing changed.

The final reason on why I drop this novel was because I can smell reverse harem coming. Reading through other's review, seems like there aren't going to be much competition, but spending time to read 600 more chapter would be quite a chore.

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Anis16
Anis16
February 5, 2022
Status: Completed
I love this heartwarming story about farming family. Reading it feels like your heart is healing. I like how the author make the family become rich step by step, from selling cheap food at the harbor to building beauty salon and spa for aristocrat in the capital. The only downside is that the female lead adventure in some part is unnecessary for the overall story, and also illogical, for instance when she met the mermaid. I mean, is the aim for meeting mermaid under the sea in just... more>> to make up for the word count? Nothing happened after that meeting.

However, the overall story is excellent and it deserve rating 4.3 at the least. This is the best family-genre story set in ancient time that I've ever read so far! <<less
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Joh483
Joh483 rated it
September 3, 2021
Status: Completed
Well I do enjoy this story. I accompanied since it have a few chapters. It's basically a slice of life in old times with a hint of xianxia.

I like how the MC is, although she is a bit s*upid and naive and get a lot of troubles.... if wasn't for the ML and steward shu she would probably have a bad end (well not totally because of her cheat). I like how she was able to change fates not only from her family but also of all people around her... more>> (closely related or not). I confess I was a little curious about how would this world be developed in the future.... Because we don't have only MC who transmigrated, we have more people too, and all of them changed a lot the story of this world, with their actions.

ML I think he was quite good, if we take in consideration that this was ancient times, ML and his family was quite good to MC. Yes, he is childish and pettysh, also I fell like he want to monopolize her to much to be healthy.... but he control his urges quite well.... His father and brothers are the same so is probably a trait from his family.

I also saw people saying about pedophilia and I doesn't think it's true in the mc/ML relationship. Yes the ML took interest in MC when she was too young (like 10 yo). But he didn't convet her in a s*xual way, he even told her a lot of times that her young body didn't peak his interest and she should grow first. He likes her because it's her we can clearly see this in the spoiler I will let.

MC also is not useless without her cheat ok (also will put in the spoilers) she just lost her confidence because she was too dependant on it (even ML thinks that she shoul use her cheat less).

Spoiler

First: what made the prince look to MC first was: he couldn't read her emotions, she had clear eyes and he could fell calmer around her. Later he found her maneirism different and funny and start to fallow in love with her. He also respected her greatly, he was willing to take her probation period. He did pamper her and wanted to put a "mark" that she was his fast because he wasn't confidant to truly have her.... we can see that a lot of young lords have interest in her specially because she acts out of norm from normal girls in that time, and MC family also doesn't likes him because of his status, MC also was reluctant are first because she though he was just using her as plaything and because of his status. The two of them only kissed when she was 16, before they would only high each other or held hands (don't think this is the mentality of a pe*ophile). Also although MC had an adult soul I also doesn't think its pedophilia in her side because I think in this novel soul is immortal, they don't count the age of the soul and MC andp was a soul matching. Huge spoiler in the end she goes back to her old body and world and ML also transmigrate.... She is an hospital and he is her doctor, he reconize her immediately with the few hints she gave him about her past life, but decided to wait and see if it's truly her (in other to not scare her). In the end she calls his name when she saw someone with almost the same looks as ML in his previous life and he decided to tell her the true.... Yes MC is a sucker for good look people and this came from her last life lol. Although except from ML she look at the others good looking man as a fan girl look to their idol.

Second: after 670 ch we have a plot where MC and ML went to develop a rice plantation in the south.... but we have traitors who want to kill her because of her achievement is a stone in their way.... In this trip the divine stone officially could break his shackles and goes back to his world. MC stay really worried because she thinks she is not good enough without her cheat but ML tried to dissuade her because he thinks even without her cheats the food she cooks is really tasty (her hard work in the previous life wasn't for nothing), the medicine she makes is also quite good).... Later she was kidnaped (i told she was naively s*upid) by one of the traitors and was forced to produce a "immortal pill", she is starved a bit and had to work hard for many days to make. the pill (the divine stone reached her how to. make before he left but without his help it was harder to make because she had to pay attention in a lot of things that the stone helped her). After some days or month she is able to. sucefully make the pills without her cheat so yes she isn't useless just her cheat took away all of her confidence. She also is injuries in this ark and if wasn't for the Divine stone returning (with a hint of his goddess) she would be done for lol. It was one of the few chapter that actually described the ML torturing people.

Also we have few chapters in the end about her children... although MC is soft her son is black-bellied to max level and doesn't let pass the small grivances lol

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Overall it was an interesting story, I like it. <<less
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