The Substitute Canary

Northeast Love Story 1990

In 1990, Su Xiaotang fled a forced marriage and hid in a narrow alley in Northeast China. By accident, she opened a Malatang stall, and her decades-old bone broth made her the “Alley Beauty.” But Chen Mo, the owner of the song and dance hall who frequented her stall, was actually the homeless boy she saved ten years ago—half a steamed bun she gave him became his lifelong obsession. To protect her from the marriage seekers, Chen Mo proposed a “fake marriage” agreement. However, when Su Xiaotang found a stack of old diaries titled “Tracking Xiaotang” in his drawer, she realized this “collaboration” was a ten-year plot: even the empty spot for her stall was rented by him in advance, and the sweet garlic she loved was pickled by him after three months of learning at the vegetable market. Some guardianship, it turns out, has long been brewed into a broth thicker than Malatang in the years.

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