Yun Niang died with half an orange in her mouth.
The crab-stuffed oranges on the table have been eaten up, but the one Shen Qingwu made for her is still in the food box.
So, who sent the oranges on the deceased's table?
Shen Qingwu runs a snack shop in Nanxiang, which has only four tables, a stove, and a handbook passed down for three generations. She knows how to pick crabs and simmer soup. She also knows how many hands can go through a meal from buying ingredients to putting away the bowl, and how many lies can be hidden.
A food box that was delivered by mistake, a jar of unclaimed wine, a New Year's Eve dinner that had long since waited for the owner... She followed the stove fire and the aroma of the rice to investigate, and Pei Yue, the local surveyor, asked her about the unfinished words.
The cases were investigated one after another, and Nanxunlou gained new dishes but also lost business. Some people can finally eat in peace, and some people can no longer wait for the bowl of noodles they promised.
Shen Qingwu gradually found people who were willing to save food, and his father's old food relief case also became suspicious at this time.
And Pei Yue's name was actually in that old volume.
