A Taste of Memories

The warmth of everyday life is what comforts ordinary hearts most.

To Lin Xi, that warmth means wild grape wine, osmanthus wine, candied hawthorns, chicken wings braised in a three-sauce hotpot, old hen soup with astragalus and red dates, sweet soup made with white flour, tofu with bear’s paw mushrooms, sweet-and-sour yam balls, braised pork knuckle, crystal pork knuckle, shiitake mushrooms stuffed with meat, and daikon and egg soup...

Savor the colors and flavors of everyday life,

And watch the years pass as the world carries on.

Put simply, there are no children to raise, no romance with princes or generals, and no convoluted, unbelievable backstory. She won’t build a chain of shops or become the richest person in the country. All she has is the food she lovingly cooks by hand each day.