Food blogger Qin Xi transmigrates and becomes a young farm girl in Cangyun Village.
Her mother is gravely ill, her younger sister is still little, and only her father is left to support the whole family by working from dawn till dusk.
The earthen walls are cracked, the roof leaks, and after days of eating nothing but sweet potatoes, Qin Xi looks at her penniless family and suddenly rolls up her sleeves.
With cooking skills in hand, the world is hers!
First she'll find a way to make money, then open a food stall. She's going to give it everything she's got!
At first, when people hear Qin Xi plans to open a food stall, they think it's the biggest joke they've ever heard.
The villagers come to watch, thinking that this perfectly nice young girl must have hit her head to want to open a food stall.
Until they see it for themselves:
Buckwheat noodles, cold noodles, dan dan noodles, and clear, flavorful vegetarian soup noodles;
Sweet cakes, sponge cakes, and jade-belt cakes, with bowls piled high with flour-dusted treats...
The Qin family grows more prosperous by the day, and their little food stall gradually moves from the village entrance to the town, where it becomes a small restaurant.
The villagers who once looked down on the Qin family change their tune completely and come forward to ask:
"Young Mrs. Qin, are you hiring?"
"Could you teach me your cooking skills?"
She's made enough money, but what about Qin Xi's marriage? The Qin family is worried.
Who could have guessed that Qin Xi would smile and point to the village schoolteacher. "That blushing teacher seems pretty good to me."
Lu Zhi takes his friend's place as the village schoolteacher in Cangyun Village, where he meets a bold young girl.
The girl is steadfast and improves her family's life through her own hard work.
She also loves bringing him all kinds of food, claiming they're new recipes she's come up with and asking him to taste-test them.
At the same time, she always asks him one thing: "Teacher, there's a poem that says, 'The way home along Qingxi runs straight.' My name is Qin Xi, and yours is Lu Zhi. Doesn't that mean we're a match made in heaven?"
The first time, he thinks: How rude!
The second time, he thinks: She's crossing the line again!
Later, he thinks: There might be something to what she says.
Her lively eyes keep turning and turning until, before he knows it, they've found their way into his heart.
In the end, he thinks: My wife is always right!
Shameless, doted-on little chef x handsome, easily flustered young teacher
Note: "The way home along Qingxi runs straight" is from Wang Ji's poem "Returning to Dongxi at Night": "The way home along Qingxi runs straight; by moonlight, I sing as I return."
Theme: The finest taste in life is simple contentment
