The Beggar Girl Starts Over

The story follows the heroine, an unnamed little girl beggar. By chance, she is found by the young lady of the Li family. The girl is willing to do anything for food, so the young lady brings her back to the household, where she starts out doing menial labor. Everyone calls her Little Beggar. After learning about the family’s tea business by watching and listening, the girl asks the young lady to let her study at the workshop. Given a chance, she is named Li Shengsheng by the workshop manager. From then on, she works hard and gradually rises to a management position. She clashes repeatedly with the young manager at the workshop, but Shengsheng uses her own unconventional methods to help the business weather several crises. The manager begins to see her differently and finally casts aside his prejudice. He discovers her beauty and strength, and marries her, giving her a warm home. The Li family has been in the tea business for generations, weathering one upheaval after another. Everyone is caught up in its changing fortunes, and truth and pretense, deep affection and tender love intertwine in a heartwarming, inspiring, funny, and lighthearted story.