In the 1970s, Lu Changqing, a cafeteria chef at a state-run machine tool factory, offended the procurement group leader because of a pot of problematic meat, and accidentally uncovered the dark secrets of long-term short weighting, fake accounts, and favoritism procurement in the cafeteria. A little cook with no background, starting from guarding a mouthful of rice in the workers' bowls, step by step withstood framing, supply cutoff, and suppression, and fought a comeback battle belonging to a small person in the state-run factory relying on the big ladle in his hand and a set of tough backbone.