When restaurant manager Shen Zhaoning opened her eyes, she became the female shopkeeper of a shabby restaurant in Ping'an County: she only had 860 cash and seven buckets of old grain in her hand, but she was carrying a debt of twelve taels, and she had to repay four taels within twenty days. In order to keep the shop, she started with half a basket of leeks and a pot of hot porridge, and broke into the county government kitchen with a clear ingredient list and solid craftsmanship.
There were people trying to tamper with the accounts at every turn, including testing the kitchen, guaranteeing the goods, establishing the contract, and inspecting the accounts; behind a bowl of rotten vegetables, there was also a shortage of grain in the warehouse and a loss of four taels of silver. Xie Linchuan, the county magistrate who was ordered to audit the accounts, stayed calm and obeyed the rules, and she refused to take shortcuts by using his identity. The two went from testing each other to breaking through the situation side by side, protecting a hot meal amidst the fireworks in the market, and turning a marriage of convenience into a lifelong relationship.
Purpose: To establish a business with integrity in difficult situations, protect livelihoods with rules, and gain growth and true love through mutual respect and shouldering the responsibility.