Rebuilding a family without blood ties: amid misunderstandings and conflict, how can love transcend blood and bring warmth back to a broken home? Six months after Xiaoyan's mother died, Lao Lin brought Zheng Qin and Xuanxuan into the house. Xiaoyan smashed the porcelain bowl her mother had loved most. As Zheng Qin crouched to pick up the pieces, she smiled and said, “This bowl is just like me. It doesn't take much to break it.” Xiaoyan was taken aback. On her first day cooking, Zheng Qin turned Hakka stuffed tofu into a “tofu dregs project” and joked, “Looks like Qingliu's local ways haven't accepted me as its new daughter-in-law yet.” ...
