Chen Wowo, nicknamed Mantou, was the sole heir to a large chain of steamed bun shops. The thing she'd eaten and seen most of in her life was steamed buns! She'd dreamed of getting away from them.
Until one day, she excitedly headed home to tell her father that she'd passed the recruitment process at a university. She could finally change careers and say goodbye to the steamed bun shops once and for all.
Before she could get home, she was in a car accident. When she woke up... it was the year 1960...
Chen Wowo stared wide-eyed as a thin woman before her lovingly stuffed into her mouth a lump of wheat bran mixed with wild greens and sorghum. It wasn't even formed into a proper bun. It was probably called a wo tou, right?
...This wo tou wasn't anything like the ones from her family's shop.
Gag! Resisting her instincts, Chen Wowo struggled to swallow it under the woman's expectant gaze.
She saw a child beside her licking their fingers and watching her enviously, and a man looking on with relief. Chen Wowo gave a bitter smile.
The dark, cold wo tou on the table could knock your teeth out. Suddenly, she felt that steamed buns were actually pretty great...
She'd once owned a steamed bun shop as big as this whole village, providing buns for half a city. She hadn't treasured it, and now she was completely dumbfounded...
Fortunately, she discovered that the steamed bun shop she'd once disliked had come along with her. Steamed buns... they're so good!
Theme: What you once despised, you now long for more than anything!
