Lu Ye, a retired special forces soldier suffering from PTSD, is living in a border town. Until he walked into the "veteran canteen" that was about to close down, ate a bowl of lard dregs and soy sauce mixed rice, and got a good night's sleep for the first time in many years. The owner Su He, a gentle woman with old injuries on her hands, can always make food that reaches the depths of her soul. He left his helper behind for a "life-saving meal", but gradually discovered that she was stitching his broken soul together with dishes that recalled the memories of the battlefield. When the demolition order came together with the shadow of the past, she decided to hold a "beacon fire banquet". And Lu Ye knew that this was not only to save the canteen, but also the last battle he had to face - to work with her to regain the "home" and "heart" destroyed by the war in the smoke and fire.
