Deep in the bustling city, the "Hongjie Snack Shop" at the end of the narrow alley is a tacit and warm base for neighbors. The protagonist, Li Hong, guards this small shop of less than 20 square meters, starting from making the first pot of bone soup in the early morning and ending with clearing the last dining table late at night. She soothes the stomachs and hearts of city commuters with bowls of steaming wontons and plates of crispy fried food.
In its third year of opening, the snack shop welcomed a special helper - Zhang Xiaofei, a college student who had just graduated and hit a wall. One is a skilled and sophisticated shopkeeper, and the other is an ignorant young man with hidden creative ideas. From the initial run-in and collision, the two became tacit partners in the daily life of kneading dough, seasoning, and greeting customers, weaving a different kind of master-apprentice and sisterhood.
There is no earth-shattering plot here, only the diner's casual words "It still tastes the same", Li Hong's smile hidden under her apron; only Zhang Xiaofei's fuss when he mistook sugar for salt, and a glass of ice drink handed by Li Hong; there is only a lamp left for late returnees on a rainy day, and a bowl of hot soup shared on a snowy night. The fireworks in the snack shop hide Li Hong's tenacity for life, which also reflects Zhang Xiaofei's growth and transformation, and also embodies the most authentic fireworks life in the city.
