The Little Nyonya does not have an archetype, the TV series is fictionalized and there is no real story, which takes place in Singapore during the war years. Their culture is between Chinese and Malay culture, so it's very special, Chinese and Malay married the offspring of the male is called Batu Batu female is Nyonya, also native Chinese, in Malacca, Singapore are more.

Plot:

Juxiang was born in a large native Chinese family, the daughter of an aunt from a lowly background, gentle and pretty, and has learned from her mother since childhood a good hand at cooking and women's arts. Born deaf and mute, she is discriminated against, and on the eve of the Japanese army's march to the south, she is arranged to marry a rich Bali woman as a concubine. Chrysanthemum resists and runs away from the marriage and meets a young Japanese photographer. After many twists and turns, the two get married and give birth to a daughter, Yueh Niang.

The turbulent times have left her tormented. Her husband died, and so did she, leaving behind only eight-year-old Yueh Niang. Yueh Niang returns to her grandfather's house, which is beginning to decline. Under her grandmother's supervision, Yueh Niang learns traditional Nyonya cooking and women's arts, and grows up to be as beautiful as her mother.