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Read the main story, and up to extra epilogue chapter 12.Light-hearted, historical novel about a family fleeing famine/drought, building a cooking/restaurant business, and eventually succeeding in the capital.Pacing was good (better than Fields of Gold), FL was an OP cook (modern girl transmigrated into ancient times as a beautiful girl, then dreams of the next 7 years if she is sold as a maid, aka rebirth), and ML was likable (icy, abstinent, handsome, lethal, powerful, but usually very respectful of the FL).The villains are fairly simple (greedy/lustful/jealous, especially the crazed sister), some loose threads (but I'm still waiting for the last 8 extra epilogue chapters, hopefully we find out who gets the throne next), but still a very good read.I did like that the extras (I've read 12 of 20) follow up with the other family members, the paternal relatives from the beginning, and the various employees and businesses that were from earlier in the novel.If you like ancient china, fleeing famine, foodie/restaurant stories, I think you'll like this one.
