Jiang Xuan could see clearly that Tian Wenbo was holding an egg pancake in each of his hands, and one of them had a bite taken out of it.

She rushed over and grabbed his wrist. "What are you doing?"

Tian Wenbo was startled, then sat on the ground, kicking his legs and crying loudly.

Jiang Xuan was truly impressed.

This child is clearly spoiled.

Hearing her son crying, Sun Jianfang rushed out, buttoning her clothes as she went. Seeing her son sitting on the floor, she flew into a rage, yelling, "Hey, hey, hey, what right do you have to hit my son?"

"How can you lie through your teeth? I never hit him! Look at what your son did!"

Sun Jianfang helped her son up and wiped his tears with her sleeve.

Seeing the pancake in her son's hand, she said dismissively, "Did you buy this? The child is hungry, what's wrong with him eating some of your food? Why are you so stingy?"

In fact, Jiang Xuan felt that it was nothing for children to make mistakes, especially in this era of scarcity, it was normal for them to take food without being able to resist.

However, Tian Wenbo's behavior was wrong. Jiang Xuan's original intention was for Sun Jianfang to take this opportunity to properly educate the child and correct his behavior.

If Sun Jianfang is more polite and Tian Wenbo realizes his mistake, then this matter can be let go.

She can afford to deliver just two pancakes.

But seeing Sun Jianfang's attitude, Jiang Xuan said angrily, "I made this pancake myself, and I'm going to sell it for money."

"You made it yourself, how much money could you possibly make? I thought you bought it."

Jiang Xuan was too lazy to waste words with her. "Since you don't want to educate the child, then give me the money for the two pancakes."

Sun Jianfang smiled dismissively, lifted his shirt, and pulled out a few cents from his pocket. "How much? I'll give it to you."

"Two ham sausage pancakes, one yuan each, give me two yuan."

Sun Jianfang reacted as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world, taking a step back. "One yuan a piece? Are you robbing me?"

"What? You think it's expensive too, right? Then why do you say I'm stingy?"

"A steamed bun at the gate only costs ten cents, and you're selling this for a dollar? Are you crazy? I don't believe you can sell something like this!"

"Whether I can sell it or not is my business, you don't need to worry about it. Just give me the money quickly, I'm busy."

"Where would I get the money? It's just two pancakes, I'll give them back to you."

As she spoke, Sun Jianfang snatched two pancakes from her son's hand, saying, "You can have these."

Jiang Xuan was so angry she laughed. She had already wrapped the pancake in a bag. She didn't care about the one that was intact, but the other one had been bitten.

"Your son has already taken a bite of this pancake, who am I supposed to sell it to?"

"It's just a little bit on the side, you can just cut it off, right?"

Jiang Xuan had never seen such a shameless and bizarre person. She put the basket on the ground and said, "Fine, I'll go find the comrades from the neighborhood committee now and let them handle this."

Sun Jianfang wasn't afraid at all, and chuckled: "The child ate a bite of your food and that's a crime? I don't believe the people in the neighborhood committee are so unreasonable that they would side with you?"

Before Jiang Xuan could even step out the door, some neighbors who had come to watch the commotion gathered around.

"What's wrong?"

The aunties are incredibly fast at spreading gossip, and since Sun Jianfang is so shameless, Jiang Xuan decided to tell everyone about it.

"Oh Jianfang, that's not right of you. Even if your son is starving, you can't steal."

"That's right, how could he steal? There's an old saying that goes, 'He who steals a needle when he's young will steal gold when he's old.' You need to discipline him properly."

"Especially boys, they can easily go astray without you noticing."

Sun Jianfang's face was very unpleasant. She felt that these middle-aged women were so annoying, not caring about their own family affairs but worrying about how she was raising her children.

Whether a child is good or bad is innate, not determined by whether they are taught or not.

"Since your son stole someone else's things, it's only right that you pay for it."

"That's right. Our compound has always been harmonious. Don't do anything that will make the people in the family compound laugh at you."

"Is your mother not home? I think she's reasonable enough; let her come out and judge the situation."

At this moment, Zhang Guiying, who had been hiding in the house, finally couldn't hold back any longer.

She cursed inwardly, took out the money from selling malted milk powder, reluctantly pulled out a one-yuan note, and walked out.

"Sorry to make you all laugh. We'll buy the pancake." She turned to Jiang Xuan, her eyes like knives. "How much?"

"piece."

Zhang Guiying gritted her teeth and handed two yuan to Jiang Xuan.

Everyone was stunned.

What kind of pancake is this? Is it made of gold? It's so expensive.

Is this platoon leader Lu's family trying to extort money?

Jiang Xuan carried the basket into the house, and when she came out, the basket contained some pretty patches.

"Dear aunties and ladies, I just moved here not long ago. My name is Jiang Xuan. I made some patches and I'm giving them to you as a greeting gift. I hope you like them."

The neighbors looked at each other in bewilderment.

Yesterday, when they saw the peach blossoms on Zhou Dongmei's clothes, they really liked them and even asked Zhou Dongmei to ask Jiang Xuan if he could make a few for them.

They originally planned to trade grain or steamed buns, but today they just gave them to them for free?

"You can choose yourselves. There aren't many, so let's each have two."

After hearing that, everyone actually went to pick out pudding stickers.

“This is good. My son is exactly 7 years old. I want the 7.”

“This five-pointed star looks nice; I’m going to stick it on my son’s hat.”

"What's this? This is pretty too, my daughter's dress is pink."

In the blink of an eye, all the patches were snapped up.

Wang Xiuli asked, "Hey, how much are these for you, Platoon Leader Lu's family? I have three sons, and I'd like to buy a few more."

Jiang Xuan smiled and said, "Okay, five cents each. I'll make you a few more when I have time."

Jiang Xuan carried a basket into the kitchen, neatly placed the remaining pancakes into the basket, and came out to say, "Dear aunties and sisters-in-law, starting today, I plan to sell pancakes to supplement my family's income. Today is the first day, and if you buy a pancake, you will receive two patch stickers with each pancake."

"Huh? Buy a pancake and get a free patch?"

"It's good, but this pancake is too expensive, it costs a dollar each."

Jiang Xuan said with a smile, "There are two kinds of guanbing, one is vegetable and the other is ham sausage. The one-yuan one is the ham sausage one, and the vegetable one is only 50 cents."

Jiang Xuan took a vegetable pancake out of the basket and said, "Look, the vegetables in here are all fresh ones that I bought from the state-run store this morning. I even peeled the cucumbers and carrots."

"The dough is made with fine white flour, and the oil is the best peanut oil. We also added sesame oil and tomato sauce."

"And the eggs stuffed into the pancakes, I also bought fresh eggs, and these costs are not low to begin with."

"The ham sausage is 50 cents more expensive because it originally costs 50 cents. The price is clearly marked in the store, and everyone knows that."

Wang Xiuli took it; the pancake was heavy, indicating that the portion of food was quite generous.