Zhao Chunyan is a skilled kitchen worker who has spent many years working in restaurant back kitchens, and she is also the core character of the story. She is decisive, able to endure hardship, and has a strong sense of responsibility. For her daughter's boarding school and household expenses, she resigns from the Lanxiang Restaurant, where her monthly salary was 3,800 yuan, to move to the Jinmanlou, which boasts a salary of 5,200 yuan. After experiencing salary splitting, temporary overtime, shifting of responsibilities, and wage arrears disputes, she gradually learns to ask clearly about wages, working hours, duties, overtime, and risks before taking a job, and insists on writing down agreements. Changing from "agree first, ask later" to "ask clearly first, then decide."