After her grandmother's passing, the Nanxiang Community Canteen faces closure. Li Xia signs an application to become its temporary manager, taking on the 28-day deadline to make the required improvements alone. She brings back Master Chef Cheng Yan, who left three years ago after rumors forced the canteen to close, and invites him to take charge of the kitchen again. She makes the kitchen, accounts, and purchase records public, putting every dish out in the open. Even during the days without water or electricity, the neighbors refuse to leave. More than 500 households pool their money to purchase meal vouchers, saving the canteen. Once the turmoil passes, Cheng Yan clears up the misunderstandings of the past, and the two become business partners, keeping the canteen going and serving hot meals to everyone in the neighborhood.