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Qian Wandeng transmigrates to a border-trade town near China's border in 1991. Thanks to her excellent cooking, she gets a job at an inn that serves meals to guests staying there from all over the country.
Because the owner runs the business poorly, the inn closes before long.
Qian Wandeng has always dreamed of owning a shop of her own, so she takes it over and transforms the plain old inn into a small, elegant guesthouse called "A Lamp."
She becomes its owner and head chef.
Choose the scenario she might encounter below.
Scenario A: On the first day of business, one guest gets rich overnight gambling on jade, while another loses everything. Heaven and hell are sharing a room, and trouble is about to erupt. What will Qian Wandeng do?
Scenario B: A mother checks in with her child. The next day, she vanishes without a word, leaving behind a piece of jade and her child. What will Qian Wandeng do?
Scenario C: A guest has been staying at the inn for half a month. One morning, someone knocks on his door, but there's no answer. They use the spare key to open it and find him lying on the bed, dead. What will Qian Wandeng do?
Before opening the guesthouse, Qian Wandeng imagined she was a business prodigy: recoup her investment in six months, double her profits in a year, open a branch in two years, and go international in five.
After opening it, all kinds of strange problems crop up one after another. Every time she makes a little money, she's either patching up one financial hole or filling another bottomless pit.
Qian Wandeng finally breaks down and screams at the sky: "Heavens, I won't dream big anymore! Just let me make a little money!"
[Reading guide]
1. The story mainly follows the female lead's career and love life.
2. Nothing is based on real events.
3. Neither lead is perfect; each has their own flaws.
4. The story is set in a border-trade town in Yunnan in the 1990s. The national border runs along the street. In 1991, a border-trade economic zone was established, with a Sino-Burmese trade street built at the border monument. Residents from both countries trade directly on the street.
5. I hope you enjoy reading.
Theme: Nothing matters more than a good, filling meal
