The Smell of Fireworks in the Alley

After quitting her white-collar job in a big city that was extremely involved, Su Nian returned to the old alley full of childhood memories with exhaustion and took over the old Suji Sweets Shop left by her grandmother and on the verge of bankruptcy. The mottled wooden doors, dusty clay pots, incomplete ancestral secret recipe notes, as well as the landlord's notice to urge rent, and the aggressive customer grabbing from the dessert chain became all the problems she faced after taking over. The sweet smell of sugar water that once filled the alley has been overshadowed by the sweetness of fast-moving desserts. The market delicacies that the older generation insists on are about to disappear completely. Without strong funds or a strong background, Su Nian relied on her longing for her grandmother and her obsession with this old taste to recreate the denseness of tangerine peel and red bean paste, the smoothness of ginger milk, and the mellowness of double skin milk, repairing the incomplete secret recipe, and improving new low-sugar products. She has encountered malicious mischief, faced rumors and slander, and resisted capital suppression, but she has always adhered to her original intention of "real materials, carefully crafted taste". Gu Yu, a food blogger who met by chance, was moved by the fireworks hidden in the alleys and accompanied her through all the obstacles. From being empty to being crowded with guests, from being ignored to being an intangible inheritance, Su Nian not only kept her grandmother's sweet shop, but also kept the memory on the tip of a generation's tongue. Amidst the fireworks, she gained a career, encountered warmth, and understood the most precious beauty in ordinary life. The old alley remains the same, the fragrance of sugar water and the fireworks in the world are the most soothing to ordinary people's hearts.