Xiaoman's Road of Flowers Is a Little Salty

After doing poorly on the college entrance exam, Su Xiaoman also fails her graduate school entrance exam. The boy she has a crush on has found a girlfriend he loves. Then, after a string of setbacks, she learns that her mother, nearing fifty, is pregnant. With her father overseas working on an aid project, she has no choice but to become a full-time caretaker at home. She can fry, braise, and stew with the best of them, and before long she has eaten her way to becoming undeniably overweight. But after her little brother is born, she has no work experience and no impressive academic credentials, so she has no choice but to embark on a difficult job hunt...