# A Little Mood for Love

A Little Mood for Love (Chinese: 小敏家, lit. Xiaomin's Home) is a 2021 Chinese romance drama television series based on Yi Bei's novel of the same name, directed by Wang Jun and starring Zhou Xun, Huang Lei, Tang Yixin, Tu Songyan and Liu Lili. It aired on Hunan TV and Youku on December 11, 2021. It is also available for streaming on Disney+ in selected regions on February 1, 2023.
According to the National Radio and Television Administration, the series was the highest rated prime-time drama in Chinese satellite television channel in 2021.

## Plot

Wang Sumin single-handedly raised 2 daughters, Liu Xiaomin and Liu Xiaojie, unexpectedly both of her daughters after the age of 30 were divorced. The husband of the eldest daughter Liu Xiaomin had an affair, she came from a small town to Beijing to find a place to work and got to know Chen Zhuo, who was also divorced like her, they decided to remarry. But Xiaomin and Chen Zhuo both have an uncomfortable ex, their children are growing up and the adults in the family are all over 60 years old, how to get the approval of the other's family and integrate into the family? Each other's life has become an insurmountable obstacle for the two of them.
The youngest sister, Liu Xiaojie, got married vaguely, divorced because her personality did not match her husband. She used to think not to remarry, but she met a talented young man, Xu Zheng and was seriously pursued by the other party. But Xu Zheng is younger than Xiaojie, he is a virgin, and their love encounters fierce opposition from his parents. Liu Xiaomin and Liu Xiaojie, under the guidance of their mother, used love and tolerance to solve the dilemmas in love, finally found happiness in life and began to grow up.

## Cast

* Zhou Xun as Liu Xiaomin
* Huang Lei as Chen Zhuo
* Tang Yixin as Liu Xiaojie
* Tu Songyan as Jin Bo
* Liu Lili as Wang Sumin
* Qin Hailu as Li Ping
* Zhou Yiran as Jin Jiajun
* Xiang Hanzhi as Chen Jiajia
* Han Tongsheng as Chen Tianfu
* Fan Shiqi as Xu Zheng
* Feng Lei as Hong Wei
* Wu Bi as Qian Feng
* Qi Yi as Lisa
* Jeremy Qu as Tong Bing (Xiaojie's ex-husband)
* Liu Fang as Tong Bing's mother
* Bao Da Zhi as Xu Zheng's father

## Production

Filming began on March 8, 2021 and concluded on July 8, 2021.

## Ratings

* Highest ratings are marked in red, lowest ratings are marked in blue
| Broadcast date | Episode # | Hunan TV CSM63 city network ratings | Hunan TV CSM63 city network ratings | Hunan TV CSM63 city network ratings | CSM National Network | CSM National Network | CSM National Network |
| Broadcast date | Episode # | Ratings (%) | Audience share (%) | Rank | Ratings (%) | Audience share (%) | Rank |
| 2021.12.11 | 1-2 | 2.455 | 8.53 | 2 | 1.85 | 4.18 | 2 |
| 2021.12.12 | 3-4 | 2.693 | 10 | 2 | 2.01 | 4.55 | 2 |
| 2021.12.13 | 5-6 | 2.4 | 9.42 | 2 | 2.19 | 2.35 | 3 |
| 2021.12.14 | 7-8 | 2.534 | 9.98 | 2 | 2.26 | 4.62 | 3 |
| 2021.12.15 | 9-10 | 2.26 | 9.12 | 1 | 2.45 | 5.02 | 3 |
| 2021.12.16 | 11-12 | 2.084 | 8.03 | 3 | 2.42 | 4.86 | 3 |
| 2021.12.17 | 13 | 2.018 | 6.482 | 5 | 1.66 | 3.23 | 4 |
| 2021.12.18 | 14-15 | 2.373 | 8.338 | 2 | 2.34 | 5.26 | 2 |
| 2021.12.19 | 16-17 | 2.410 | 9.019 | 2 | 2.38 | 5.41 | 2 |
| 2021.12.20 | 18-19 | 2.612 | 10.311 | 1 | 2.68 | 5.34 | 3 |
| 2021.12.21 | 20-21 | 2.325 | 8.932 | 2 | 2.58 | 5.15 | 2 |
| 2021.12.22 | 22-23 | 2.372 | 9.039 | 2 | 2.69 | 5.28 | 2 |
| 2021.12.23 | 24-25 | 2.423 | 9.299 | 1 | 2.71 | 5.42 | 2 |
| 2021.12.24 | 26 | 1.865 | 5.980 | 5 | 1.91 | 3.79 | 4 |
| 2021.12.25 | 27-28 | 2.297 | 7.801 | 3 | 2.66 | 5.9 | 1 |
| 2021.12.26 | 29-30 | 2.381 | 8.523 | 3 | 2.77 | 6.18 | 1 |
| 2021.12.27 | 31-32 | 2.512 | 9.665 | 2 | 2.79 | 5.62 | 2 |
| 2021.12.28 | 33-34 | 2.436 | 9.352 | 2 | 2.85 | 5.78 | 3 |
| 2021.12.29 | 35-36 | 2.374 | 9.117 | 3 | 2.72 | 5.52 | 3 |
| 2021.12.30 | 37-38 | 2.492 | 9.12 | 4 | 2.73 | 5.46 | 3 |
| 2022.01.01 | 39 | 1.815 | 5.88 | 5 | 1.96 | 4.4 | 3 |
| 2022.01.02 | 40-41 | 2.532 | 8.96 | 1 | 2.69 | 6.09 | 1 |
| 2022.01.03 | 42-43 | 2.77 | 10.49 | 1 | 2.91 | 5.72 | 1 |
| 2022.01.04 | 44-45 | 2.79 | 10.06 | 1 | 3.07 | 5.92 | 2 |
| Average ratings | Average ratings | | | | | | |

## Broadcast

| Region | Network | Dates | Notes |
| China (local) | Hunan Television | December 11, 2021 - December 31, 2021 (Update 2 episodes Every night at 19:30 from Saturday to Wednesday, and update 1 episode at 19:30 every night on Friday) | Original |
| China (local) | Youku | December 11, 2021 - January 19, 2022 (Exclusive broadcast on the entire network, members will update at 22:00 in the evening, and non-members will update 1 episode every day from the next day, and the first 2 episodes will be updated.) | Original |
| China (local) | Guangdong Television | Starting from March 12, 2022 (available every night at 19:30) | Original |
| China (local) | Southeast Television | Starting from March 18, 2022 (available every night at 19:30) | Original |
| China (local) | Shandong Television | Starting from March 21, 2022 (available every night at 19:30) | Original |
| China (local) | Tianjin Satellite Channel | Starting from July 21, 2022 (available every night at 19:30) | Original |
| China (local) | Heilongjiang Television | Starting from July 27, 2022 (available every night at 19:30) | Original |
| China (local) | CCTV-8 | Starting from August 19, 2022 | Original |