
Her mother-in-law snatches the life-saving red date cake meant for her sick daughter and kicks both her and the child out. Fang Qing moves into a dilapidated house with her young daughter, penniless. Relying on an ancestral pastry recipe, she starts from scratch with a pushcart stall. She exposes a competitor's frame-up and foils her rival's tricks, building her own pastry factory. She earns back her dignity and a complete life.