In Lantau Island in 1982, the sea breeze carried the smell of fish, and there were also old rules - women were not allowed to board ships, let alone do business in public. Lin Wanqiu's life hit rock bottom on the day her husband disappeared at sea: she was kicked out of the house by her husband's family, who called her "Kefu", and only held her sister-in-law who had a high fever in her arms.
In a desperate situation, she found that her hands could "read" the ingredients: touching the oysters, she knew whether it should be served with minced ginger or chopped green onions; touching the hairtail, she knew how many minutes it would take to steam it to make it freshest. Relying on these "magic hands", she set up a stall at the pier. Her bowl of seafood porridge and a plate of salt and pepper shrimps were praised by the fishermen who returned from the sea.
But criticisms also followed: "Women show up in public and have no shame" and "Kevin's life is still in vain, and he still wants to make dirty money." Lin Wanqiu did not bow her head. She expanded the small stall into a small restaurant, turned the home-cooked dishes from the fishing village into the island's signature, and even brought in the neighbor's widow to make money together. When her husband, who had been missing for three years, returned home with his illegitimate child, and when an invitation for cooperation from the county came to her door, this woman who had been pushed into the mud by fate finally managed to hold her own in the wind and waves - it turns out that living by the sea depends not only on strength, but also on the willingness to venture and fight.
