A young female film director followed in the footsteps of her ancestors and returned to her hometown to find out her roots. In front of the ancestral graves where the tablets remained, she heard from Tian Shun, the old man who guarded the tombs, about the events that took place decades ago. Previous story: Shopkeeper Yang Mingquan invited a Feng Shui master for his new Dejuquan Roast Duck Restaurant. The Feng Shui master said that this is a treasured Fengshui land. As long as the old name of Dejuquan is changed by one word and called Quanjude, it will surely prosper. developed.
So, there was Quanjude in Beijing. But shopkeeper Yang developed a grudge against Hua Yingkui, the young boss of De Juquan. At that time, roast duck restaurants all over the capital were braised in ovens. Yang Mingquan created his own brand and spent a lot of money to hire famous Qing palace chefs Sun Tiezhan and Wu Yishao.
Sun Tiegang combined the methods of duck and suckling pig roasting, and created extremely crispy hanging oven roast duck. His reputation spread, and Quanjude's business became prosperous. The head of the house, Zhang Bashan, is a talented poet and welcomes many wealthy guests. But he offended the roast duck master Zheng Dapao.
Although shopkeeper Yang asked Zheng to be the second shopkeeper, he still grudged his mind. Zheng Dapao and his assistant Feng Gui continued to provoke disputes with Sun Tiezhan and Wu Yishao. Hua Yingkui took the opportunity to collude with the evil master Shao Ji. There was a disturbance in the store, causing heavy losses to the store. Yang Mingling couldn't bear it. Fire Zheng Dapao and Feng Gui. Shopkeeper Yang's business life is very difficult and he is also in emotional pain. His sweetheart, Mrs. Yuhuan, earns money from shoe soles to support her disabled husband and cannot marry him. The clerk Tian Shun deeply sympathized with Yuhuan's sister-in-law and often helped her. Sister-in-law Yuhuan also liked this boy very much, but Tian Shun hated Yang Mingquan very much, because if Yang Mingquan hadn't forced Erniu to fill the water tank on a snowy night, Erniu would not have fallen to death. The kind-hearted Sister-in-law Yuhuan was heavily in debt for the favor of Yang Mingquan for the death of Erniu, and she painfully agreed to live with Tian Shun. Yuhuan's husband couldn't bear this kind of life. Suicide. At this time, Mrs. Yuhuan was pregnant again with an unknown child. This made Tian Shun fall into deep self-blame, and also made Yang Mingquan furious and wanted to abolish Tian Shun.
The fortune teller asked him to get married to avoid disaster, so he forced Yuhuan's wife to marry him. Dressed in heavy mourning and holding a baby in her arms, Mrs. Yuhuan became a bride again.
On the wedding night, Sheriff Huang suddenly took Hua Yingkui, Ji Gongzi and others to escort Zheng Dapao and Feng Gui, claiming that they and their associates were hiding big cigarettes. Then, a tragedy broke out: Poor Yuhuan's sister-in-law was killed in a random shooting, and Quanjude was engulfed in a fire.