In the winter of 1972, Su He faints from hunger in front of the stove.
When she wakes up, her five older brothers take turns carrying her out to dig for wild vegetables.
“Little Sis, don't touch the cold water!”
“This spoonful of pork cracklings is just for Hehe!”
She turns rotten vegetable leaves into fragrant pickled fish, drawing even the military district commander to come sample it.
The tall, stern officer Zhou Zhanjiang blocks the kitchen doorway. “Come with me to my post. You'll have white flour at every meal.”
Her in-laws look down on her for being from the countryside?
He hands over his passbook on the spot. “My whole salary belongs to her. Any objections?”
Years later, at a state banquet, the commander points to the head chef and introduces her: “This is the wife General Zhou won by coming first in the whole army's martial arts competition.”
