During the Republic of China, wars broke out everywhere and the situation was treacherous. On a night filled with fireworks, a sudden gun battle broke the brief peace in the city, and also kicked off the intertwining fate of the protagonists.
The female owner Gu Mingyue is talented, beautiful and bright. After the decline of her family, she took over the management of the spice shop left by her ancestors. By chance, she met the calm, restrained, gentle male protagonist Shen Zichen. One in literature and one in martial arts, one in light and one in darkness, they not only fight for their respective families and careers, but also find in each other an inseparable support.
The story uses people's livelihood industries such as spices, cloth and restaurants as clues, interspersed with the overt and covert struggles of various factions. The Gu family and the Shen family not only have to maintain their business in the flames of war, but also need to survive in the complex world of people and partisan contests. After liberation, the world changed, and the old intrigues and business wars became a thing of the past. However, Gu Mingyue and Shen Zichen still stood at the forefront of the times, writing unyielding chapters in their own way. Their small stories bear witness to the ups and downs of the great era.
Intent: This is a work about the feelings of family and country and individual struggle. From the perspective of ordinary people, through the tenacious spirit of women to break free from feudal shackles, it shows the glory and struggle of human nature in wars and changes. The ups and downs of the little people's fate and the choices and trade-offs of the big people interweave together a group portrait of the troubled times of the Republic of China.