Returning to the 1980s, the young girl Miao Miao and her laid-off father make a living by setting up a stall with a pot of self-serve white porridge at the factory gate. The mockery and suppression by peers, baseless frame-ups, and the seizing of the stall are all resolved one by one by her with calmness and adherence to the rules. Academically, she studies advanced courses on her own, taking top scores in all three subjects across the county in the middle school entrance exam. The business expands from white porridge to braised food, and the family opens the Su Family Food Shop in Yongcheng, studying and operating at the same time, putting down roots in a new life through hard work and integrity.