欧萱饰演 - 黄菊香（母亲）
黄菊香自幼聋哑，长得漂亮。自小在母亲调教之下，煮得一手好菜，珠绣手艺也非常特出。她外柔内刚，不愿嫁给奸商当填房，离家出走，受尽磨难，后来嫁给一日 本摄影师 洋介（戴阳天饰），产下女儿月娘（欧萱分饰）。后来洋介被逼从军，黄菊香独立抚养女儿。日据时代，她不幸死于战乱中。
欧萱分饰 - 山本月娘（女儿）
月娘和母亲黄菊香长得如一模子印出来，她也继承了母亲坚忍不拔的性格。母亲死后，她寄住在外婆（向云饰）家，学得一手好厨艺和女红。虽然月娘在黄家饱受欺 凌，她却乐观以对。后来，她爱上名门之后陈锡（戚玉武饰），但却被逼嫁给流氓头子刘一刀（姚玟隆饰）。怎知道她反与刘一刀结成兄妹，学做生意有成，还反过 来挽救破产的家族。
Jeanette Aw as Huang Juxiang and Yue Niang
She has to portray two different characters in the drama – Huang Juxiang (Mother) and Yue Niang (Daughter). Huang Juxiang is not easy to play because she is deaf-mute though very pleasant looking. Huang Juxiang is also a virtuous woman who is excellent at cooking and sewing. Later in the show, she marries a Japanese photographer (played by Dai Yang Tian) and gives birth to Yue Niang (also played by Jeanette).
Yue Niang looks exactly like her mother and takes after her positive traits. Also a good cook, she stays at her grandmother's house (played by Xiang Yun) after the death of her mother. Her love interest is Chen Xi (played by Qi Yuwu) but was forced to marry Liu Yi Dao instead (played by Yao Wen Long). Unexpectedly, she becomes sworn siblings with Yi Dao and helped to save the family's declining business