Shen Qiutang was tricked by her gambling-addict husband into signing a “fake divorce,” leaving her with nothing. She took her seven-year-old daughter and ended up on the streets. No matter: with her family's generations-old braised-meat recipe in hand, this former opera star rolled up her sleeves and took over the farmers' market! Not only did she make her scumbag ex-husband weep and beg her to remarry him, but she also drove her awful relatives and unscrupulous competitors wild with jealousy, grinding them into the chopping board one by one.
But then Gu Yan, a ruthless ex-soldier who monopolized three markets and made local thugs tremble, fixed on her like a hungry wolf. Everyone thought the market boss was about to wreck her stall. Instead, the rough-edged man cornered her in the back alley of their apartment block and, eyes reddening, offered her everything he owned.
“Qiutang-jie, the money is yours, and my life is yours. Will you let me be Niannian's dad?”
When the dark lacquer was scraped off an old Republic-era sign from the braised-meat shop, they were stunned to discover that their meeting had been no coincidence. It was a destiny set in motion half a century ago...
