Number of episodes: 34 Telecast: From Nov 25, 2008, Mon – Fri, 9 - 10pm on Channel 8
From Dec 15, 2008, every Mon 8 – 10pm
The story begins from the 1930s, spanning over 70 years till modern day.
Juxiang is born into a big Peranakan family where her mum is a mistress. She is gentle, beautiful and a fantastic cook. Born deaf-mute, she is ostracized by people. Right before the Japanese Occupation in Singapore, she is forced to marry a rich Peranakan as a mistress. Juxiang resists the marriage and runs away from home. She then meets a young Japanese photographerand after many obstacles, they finally get married and Juxiang gives birth to a daughter Yue Niang. During the World War, Juxiang is tortured and both her husband and her dies leaving behind their 8-year-old daughter.
Yue Niang is passed around families and eventually ends up at her grandfather's house. Under the supervision of her grandmother, Yue Niang learns to cook Peranakan dishes and sewing. She grows up looking exactly like her mother and is exceptionally beautiful. After the war, her maternal relatives who ran away to England to seek refuge during wartime return home. Yue Niang then leads the life of her mother – always discriminated, beaten up and tortured. She puts up with all these in order to protect her grandmother.
Yue Niang's pretty looks incurs jealousy from her cousin and attracted many rich Peranakans to chase after her. However, she only has eyes for penniless driver Chen Xi.
Chen Xi actually comes from an educated and wealthy family. He hides his identity to be with Yue Niang. Yue Niang's kindness, pureness and persistence move Chen Xi and he loves her deeply too. Unfortunately, their relationship is filled with many obstacles and difficulties. Under pressure from his family, Chen Xi is forced to marry Yue Niang's cousin instead. Yue Niang is then sold to a butcher, Liu Yi Dao.
Yue Niang is unwilling to accept the fact that her life is always manipulated by others and decides to end her own life. Yue Niang's strong personality impresses Liu Yi Dao and they become sworn siblings instead. Yue Niang decides to choose her own path in life. She begins learning how to run a business and in the process, she is framed and ousted from her business. Although she is badly hit, she manages to overcome the odds and save her declining family business. Sadly, her love life has yet to begin a new chapter with no news about her lover, Chen Xi.
集数：34集
播映日期：2008年11月25日启播，8频道，周一到周五，9-10时
12月15日起，每逢周一 晚上8-10时；周二到周五，9-10时
故事从30年代展开，横跨70年，直到现代。
菊香出生在一个土生华人大家庭，是出身低下的姨太太的女儿，温柔漂亮，自幼从母亲身上学到一手好厨艺和女红。天生聋哑的她，备受歧视，在日军南下前夕，被安排嫁给一富有峇峇当妾。菊香反抗逃婚，遇到一日本青年摄影师。经历一番波折，两人结婚，诞下女儿月娘。动荡的大时代，让她饱受折磨。她的丈夫死了，她也死了，留下仅仅8岁的月娘。
月娘辗转回到开始走向没落的外祖父家。在外婆的督导下，月娘学习传统娘惹的厨艺、女红，长大后就像她母亲一般漂亮。战后，逃难到英国的外祖父一家回来了，月娘就像当年的母亲一样，被歧视、毒打、折磨，为了保护外婆，她忍辱承受。
月娘的美貌引来表姐的妒嫉，也引来了有钱的峇峇头家、出洋归国的富少、甚至英俊潇洒的英国军官的垂青，但她独爱一个“身无分文”的小司机陈锡。
陈锡其实是个名门子弟，隐瞒身份和月娘来往。他被月娘的纯真、善良和坚强感动，深爱上她，然而二人的恋情碰到重重阻难。在各方的压力下，陈锡被逼娶了月娘的表姐，月娘则被卖给杀猪贩刘一刀。
月娘不甘自己的一生由人摆弄，宁可结束自己的生命。她的刚烈，反让刘一刀敬服，与她拜为兄妹。月娘决定走出自己的路。她开始学做生意，过程中，她被陷害、被驱逐、被打击，但她都一一挺过来了，最后还重振已经衰败的家族生意。然而，她的感情却没着落。她深爱的人，依然渺无音信…
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