short series

Early Spring in Lingnan

share time: 2026-03-03 12:30:22

Lin Xiaoman, who stumbled in her career, flees back to her Lingnan hometown to take over Grandma's "Chunhui" sweet soup shop. But right after reviving the sign, she clashes with A Yue, the tea farmer next door—her "new-style ginger milk" with lemon is criticized by A Yue as "ruining the old flavor", and their quarrel escalates from the alley entrance to the end, even drawing the fish-seller aunt to mediate. Worse still, developers plan to demolish the old alley for a cultural and creative park, and the shop's title deed is in the hands of her missing grandfather. Xiaoman searches Grandma's old items for clues while being forced to cooperate with A Yue to make "tea-flavored sweet soup" to attract customers; A Yue complains about her trouble but secretly keeps the shop open late for her and even mortgages his tea garden to raise money for her. When kapok flowers drift into the shop window, they realize what truly needs guarding isn't just a shop, but the warmth etched in the old alley—yet the demolition team's red paint has already marked the doorpost...

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