Liu family.

Liu Lanxiang washed her face and stopped crying.

Her mother is sick and can't be angry.

Old Mrs. Liu sat aside with a stern face. Although her daughter didn't say anything when she came back, many people saw it and talked about it at once. The shrewd old lady quickly pieced together the whole story.

Her daughter asked her sister-in-law Li Hongyan to beat him.

Old Mrs. Liu didn't say anything, and no one in the Liu family room dared to say a word.

After a while, Li Hongwei came. When he saw this situation, he was frightened.

His mother-in-law has too many truths, and every time she talks, she makes people feel ashamed.

"Come on, sit down then."

Old Mrs. Liu glanced at him. She was very angry about this incident, but she knew that Li Hongwei had a stubborn temper and she couldn't confront him head-on.

Li Hongwei sat down dryly, and Liu Jianshe poured him a cup of tea.

Li Hongwei didn't know what to say, and he just remembered what his mother Chen Xiaoying had said, so he said, "My mother said that my eldest sister went too far this time. She knew that Lanxiang had been wronged, and she promised that this kind of thing would not happen again in the future."

Old Mrs. Liu looked at Li Hongwei in surprise. In the past, her fourth daughter had conflicts with Li Hongyan and her sister-in-law. Li Hongwei always thought that Li Hongyan talked too much and didn't allow her to say that his eldest sister was wrong.

This time, from the tone of his voice, he was actually a little dissatisfied with his elder sister.

This is a good thing. Even old lady Chen Xiaoying, who had drugged her eldest daughter Li Hongyan, has started to say something clear-headed.

"I heard that your mother is very angry. She is over 50 years old. Tell her to be more open-minded. It's not her fault. I, Lanxiang, have no problem with her either," she said.

When Liu Lanxiang heard this, she wanted to speak: "Mom, this is all because of my mother-in-law's spoiling..."

"I didn't tell you to speak." Old Mrs. Liu glared at her, and Liu Lanxiang immediately closed her mouth, wiping her tears and shrinking to the side.

Li Hongwei knew what Liu Lanxiang wanted to say, saying that his elder sister was like this because she spoiled him.

His family was in the wrong this time, so I won’t say anything.

"Lanxiang is a straightforward person who speaks without thinking, but she doesn't have any bad intentions. You have lived with her for eight or nine years, how can you not know what kind of person she is?" said Old Lady Liu.

Li Hongwei lowered his head and nodded: "Mom, I know."

Having said this, he looked at Li Hongwei's attitude and felt relieved.

"Okay, let's all go back." said Old Lady Liu.

"Mom." Liu Lanxiang wanted to stay for a few days and didn't want to go back.

"Xiaoyu should be done with school. If you don't go back, who will cook for the child?" Old Mrs. Liu said to her.

Liu Lanxiang thought of her two daughters at home, so she could only wipe away her tears and follow Li Hongwei.

When they returned home, they found Chen Xiaoying sitting on the stone in front of their house: "I've been waiting for you for a while."

"Mom, what's the matter?" Li Hongwei asked curiously.

Chen Xiaoying smiled and said, "Let's go inside and talk."

Just now she suddenly thought of a way to make money, but she alone as an old lady couldn't do it, she needed a helper, and the eldest couple were ready-made candidates.

The three of them entered the yard, and Chen Xiaoying sat down and said what she was thinking: "Hongwei, I want you to make me a cart, and I will sell sesame cakes at the market when there is a market."

"What did you say?" Li Hongwei thought he had misheard.

He actually wants to do business.

Chen Xiaoying nodded: "Didn't you always say that my sesame cakes are delicious? I saw people selling sesame cakes with meat or tofu skin in the market, and they made a lot of money. I want to sell some, too."

"No way. Who will be willing to take their business away?" Li Hongwei had a bad temper. He would only fight with others when they bullied him and he could no longer tolerate it.

I don't want to have conflicts with others.

Chen Xiaoying said, "What I sell is different from others. It doesn't cost much anyway. What's the harm in giving it a try?"

Liu Lanxiang opened her eyes wide and looked at her mother-in-law Chen Xiaoying. Yes, selling sesame cakes does not require much capital, it all depends on the skill. Her mother-in-law is not very good at cooking, but the sesame cakes she makes are really delicious.

"I don't want to raise sheep anymore. I'm too old to do farm work. Besides, after paying the public grain tax at the end of the year, there won't be much money left, and it's hard enough to pay for your two children's tuition."

"Give it a try."

Li Hongwei still hesitated: "I don't think so."

Chen Xiaoying sighed and was about to say something when two girls walked in from the door one after another, each carrying a cloth schoolbag in their hands.

"Milk."

"Milk."

The eldest granddaughter Li Yutong and the second granddaughter Li Yuhan both called out.

Chen Xiaoying's eyes lit up, and she immediately pulled Li Yutong over and asked her: "Xiaoyu, do you think the sesame cakes I made are delicious?"

"It's delicious." Li Yutong said without hesitation.

Sometimes when I went to her grandmother's house, she would just knead a piece of dough, tear it apart, and roast it next to the fire. The crust would be golden brown and the inside would be soft, and it would taste especially good.

"It's delicious." Li Yuhan responded from the side.

Chen Xiaoying smiled, touched Li Yutong's face, and asked Li Yutong: "Xiaoyu, I want to sell sesame cakes at the market, but your father won't let me, saying that he's afraid it won't work. Why?"

Li Yutong glanced at Li Hongwei timidly and said, "Because my dad has never done this before, he doesn't know what it's like to sell sesame cakes."

Chen Xiaoying turned around and said to Li Hongwei: "Listen, Xiaoyu knows it even at such a young age. You said it's not possible only because you don't understand it and are timid and don't dare to do it."

Li Hongwei had nothing to say. After his mother fell, she seemed to have changed completely, especially her courage. She became as brave as a leopard.

Not only did he use a kitchen knife to chop his father to death, he also slapped his eldest sister Li Hongyan in the face. Now, he even wants to do business.

"This is not something to be timid about." Li Hongwei was still unwilling: "It will make people laugh."

Chen Xiaoying frowned and said, "There are so many people setting up stalls in the market, selling clothes, hardware, and clay pot noodles. Do you think they are ashamed?"

Li Hongwei is not that kind of person: "It's not shameful, but I'm just not cut out for business."

Especially when it comes to soliciting customers with a smile, he can't bring himself to do that.

"You are old, and you can't do it alone. Kneading dough, baking pancakes, collecting money, calculating accounts, and lighting fires are all things to do. Don't tire yourself out."

Chen Xiaoying knew why Li Hongwei opposed it. It was because of what he said. He was thin-skinned and afraid of losing face. If he succeeded, it would be no big deal. But if he failed, many people would laugh at him secretly.

"Don't worry, it will definitely work." Chen Xiaoying was confident. She tried to persuade Liu Lanxiang: "Every five days, it will be a set. You two will help me then."

"I won't go." Li Hongwei still wanted to save face.

"Then you will be responsible for the cart, and Lanxiang will help me. When we make money, we will split it in half." Chen Xiaoying promised immediately.

Liu Lanxiang was immediately tempted. She definitely didn't want to work for free, but she could have some extra income. Who wouldn't want to have some money in hand? At least she wouldn't have to borrow money from everywhere to pay for her children's tuition.

She has a distant relative who sells cold noodles at the market. He makes real money in the summer. A bowl of cold noodles doesn't cost much, and he sells it for two yuan, so he makes at least one yuan for it. He can sell one or two hundred bowls of cold noodles at one market.

I don’t know how much money he has earned in the past twenty or thirty years, but he has bought two houses in a collective building in the county town.

"Just give it a try, what if it works?"

Li Hongwei couldn't persuade the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, so he had to agree.

Chen Xiaoying breathed a sigh of relief and waited for her eldest brother and his wife to make a cart for her to sell sesame cakes.

Why did she think she could definitely make money by selling sesame cakes? Because in her previous life, she was the one who taught Li Hongyan how to make sesame cakes, and she also wanted to try it, but it became a hit from the very beginning when she started selling it.

Later on, she stopped selling it and sold the secret recipe to someone else for three thousand yuan. She also gave the person a written guarantee, guaranteeing that there would be no more such sesame cakes for sale in the entire county.

Later, the family that sold sesame cakes bought several big houses in the county town, and Li Hongyan regretted it so much that her intestines turned green.