So, don’t be fooled by the fact that the things they sell are insignificant.

I heard my granddaughter say that later on, people selling roasted gluten, wraps with vegetables, and spicy hot pot on the street, although it was hard and busy to set up stalls in the wind and rain, they could still make money.

It’s better than farming in the village.

Chen Xiaoying asked his eldest son Li Hongwei to help him now and find a carpenter and a blacksmith to order a stove for making sesame cakes. He originally wanted to use the cart at home.

The cart still needed to be used to transport grain, so we had to ask the carpenter to order a new cart suitable for the stall. The carpenter had done this job before and had experience.

Li Hongwei did it right away and went there on his bicycle.

As long as the money is in place, the cart and the necessary stove will be ready in half a month. Ordinary firewood will not work, so Li Hongwei uses small pieces of firewood chopped by himself whenever he has time. They are small and durable.

The news in the village could not be kept secret, and Li Pingwang soon found out.

He ran to Li Hongyan and said, "Your mother is old and mentally ill. What kind of pancakes are you selling? She has never seen the world and has no future. How can she sell them successfully?"

Li Hongyan still resented her mother for beating her: "Dad, you didn't stop her at all, and my mom was deceived by the eldest brother and his wife."

Of course Li Hongyan has eaten the sesame seed cakes made by her mother Chen Xiaoying. They are indeed delicious, but not particularly delicious. They are just slightly better than ordinary ones.

If it was really that good, she would have asked her mother to teach her and she would have set up a stall to sell it for money.

"I dare not stop him. Didn't you see last time? I wanted to chop me with a kitchen knife." Li Pingwang was angry.

Both the father and daughter had sullen faces and didn't speak for a long time.

"I don't know what my mom wants to do next. Now she's selling sesame cakes. What else does she want to do in the future?"

Li Hongyan was full of resentment.

Having said that, both of them wanted to make fun of Chen Xiaoying. When she failed in her job, she would realize that she was just an ordinary country woman who could just do her cooking work in the house and continue to raise sheep.

She is an old woman at such an old age and has no place to spend money in the village, so the money will have to be kept by her.

This is what Li Hongyan thought.

She didn't believe what her mother said, that she would never give her a penny again. There is no overnight grudge between mother and daughter. Even if it was wrong for her to beat Liu Lanxiang, her mother also stood up for Liu Lanxiang and beat her, so the matter was even.

Chen Xiaoying didn't know that Li Hongyan was thinking this way.

Half a month later, all the equipment for setting up the stall is ready and you can set up the stall at the market right away.

Xujia Village Market is a regular market place for eight or nine nearby villages. Liu Lanxiang's younger sister, Liu Juxiang, married in this village.

Liu Lanxiang informed her sister Liu Juxiang in advance and asked Liu Juxiang to help secure a good seat before dawn.

At the market, except for a few people who do business here all year round and occupy the good spots, others are embarrassed to take them. The other spots can be used by whoever arrives early.

Liu Juxiang's husband Xu Hongjun was thoughtful. He had already taken Liu Juxiang to occupy three seats. When Liu Lanxiang arrived, he said, "I don't know which seat is suitable. I've taken three. Can you pick one?"

Liu Lanxiang was extremely grateful: "I'll go take a look."

Chen Xiaoying also left Li Hongwei to watch the stall and followed him to see that the stalls at the market usually sold food together, vegetables together, and clothes, fabrics and mattresses together.

Xu Hongjun occupied one of the positions, which was the one selling food and vegetables. This was the best position, with a few sand pits there, like a place for children to dig and play.

"This spot is OK, but the ground is uneven. I'll go back and find some planks for you to build, and then we can do it."

"Okay, okay." Chen Xiaoying was also very satisfied with this position.

Liu Lanxiang also thanked her brother-in-law several times.

"What are you thanking me for? It's just a matter of walking a few steps." Xu Hongjun is smart and good at speaking.

Chen Xiaoying knew that Xu Hongjun was also a smart man. Although he was still farming honestly, in a few years he would become one of the first large mushroom growers in the countryside. It was just hard work, and he made money, but his mother's health was not good.

When she died, she was already over 90 years old. She had undergone six or seven operations, major and minor, each costing 70,000 to 80,000 yuan, and sometimes more than 100 or 200,000 yuan. Yet, she was still using a cane and was very energetic.

The only bad thing was that Xu Hongjun spent all his life's earnings on this until he was in his sixties. When he could no longer work, he went out to work with Liu Juxiang to continue making money.

One of them looked after the factory's warehouse, and the other did cleaning work in the warehouse.

When Liu Juxiang was in her forties, she seemed to have some disease and was overworked. Her waist ached so much that she couldn't even sit down with the help of a chair, and it was even more painful and uncomfortable to stand. Later, she had an operation and felt a little better, so she went to work.

If his mother hadn't gotten sick, he would have earned at least one or two hundred thousand or three hundred thousand in his previous life, because he personally spent more than that on the surgery.

"Is your mother in good health these days? How is she?" Chen Xiaoying asked Xu Hongjun.

"My mother is fine." said Xu Hongjun.

Chen Xiaoying said, "You are old now and have worked hard all your life. If you feel uncomfortable somewhere, you should see a doctor as soon as possible and don't put it off."

Xu Hongjun thought about the last time his mother fell off the ladder and had to lie in bed for three or four days before she could stand up and walk. She said it was nothing serious, so he said, "Okay, I'll remember it."

It seems that I still need to go to the county health center for a check-up.

Liu Juxiang had already taken the wooden board that Xu Hongjun had found and helped to set up the stall: "Is there anything else I can help with?"

Liu Lanxiang quickly stopped her and said, "It's okay, it's okay. You and the Red Army still have your business to do. This place is fine. We don't need anyone else."

Only then did Liu Juxiang follow Xu Hongjun and the others.

The two were from the same village, and when they returned it was already daybreak, just in time to light a fire and cook.

When Liu Juxiang saw that it was her mother-in-law who was doing it, she hurried over to take over.

"Mom, you sit down and I'll do it."

Her mother-in-law got up and sat aside.

"I heard that your sister and her mother-in-law are setting up a stall. Have you two found a good spot for them?"

Liu Juxiang said, "Look, I think the location is good. It's just across from the tung tree in the market."

"That location is fine." Since he is from the same village, he knows where the location is immediately.

Liu Juxiang smiled but didn't dare to respond.

Xu Hongjun thought of Chen Xiaoying's words: "Mom, when I'm free in a couple of days, I'll take you to the county to see a doctor."

"I am fine, why should I see a doctor?" Rural people basically do not want to see a doctor. It is not good, and it costs money and is painful. They would rather pretend that nothing happened.

"It won't hurt to just give it a try." Xu Hongjun advised.

When daybreak came, more people came to the market. Chen Xiaoying and Liu Lanxiang quickly began to place the baked, golden brown sesame cakes in a specially made long bamboo winnowing basket.

There are new stalls in the market, selling food.

Almost all vendors selling food were on high alert, fearing that someone would come along and sell the same things as they did and steal their business.