A story set in the past + System + sweet romance
The heroine, Su Wan, a modern pastry chef, unexpectedly transmigrates into the 1980s as a new widow with a timid four-year-old son, nicknamed Tuanzi, who is constantly bullied by his awful relatives. The original owner was weak-willed. After her in-laws drained her late husband’s compensation money, they kicked her out. On the very night Su Wan arrives, she moves into an abandoned cowshed at the entrance to the village with Tuanzi. She has modern baking skills and unexpectedly binds herself to the “Heartwarming System.” Every time she makes Tuanzi genuinely smile or improves his life, she can redeem flour, sugar, and even the occasional meat coupon.
But just as her life starts to improve, Lu Zheng, the village’s most formidable rugged veteran, begins looking at her in a strange way.
When local thugs give her trouble while she’s selling pastries, he kicks them flying. “Whoever I, Lu Zheng, protect, no one lays a hand on!”
When Tuanzi timidly calls him “Uncle Lu,” he stiffens and stuffs all the fruit candies he’s been saving into the boy’s hands. “Here.”
One day, Lu Zheng blocks her doorway. “Su Wan, I’m not good with words and can’t say anything sweet. But I can work, earn money, and treat you and your son well. How about giving it a try and teaming up with me?”
Su Wan looks at the tips of his ears, red with embarrassment, then at Tuanzi tugging on her clothes and softly saying, “Mom, Uncle Lu is nice.” Her heart skips a beat.
Later, everyone in the village says:
“What kind of luck did that widow Su Wan have? Not only has she raised her boy to be plump and rosy-cheeked, but Lu Zheng dotes on her like she’s a pampered young lady. Even the pastries she makes taste sweet.”
Tuanzi plants his hands on his hips and corrects them in a babyish voice: “He’s my daddy!”
The storyline is good