It's hard for my elder sister. I rely on the mountains to farm and pay off my debts.

Song Zhi followed Ma all the way to her stall. It took them another half a quarter of an hour to turn a street.

Ma stopped and pointed to the small shop in front, and said to Song Zhi happily: "Look, that's our barbecue stall."

Song Zhi stopped and took a look at the stall at the end of the long street. The stall was covered with a piece of linen that had been washed white and surrounded by bamboo strips. It could protect against wind and rain while still being simple and elegant.

There is a grill and a barbecue grill in front of the stall, and several long tables and benches inside the stall for people to dine in.

At this time, there was a queue in front of the oven pancake stall to buy oven pancakes.

On another grill, skewers sizzled.

A breeze blew, and Song Zhi felt that the air was full of tempting fragrance.

Ma smiled and introduced, "Don't be fooled by the fact that this place is at the end of the street and not as prosperous as the center. It is right on the way to the county government office. Many merchants from other places have to pass by here to handle documents at the county government office."

Ma's meaning was very clear. She was telling her that although this place was not as lively and prosperous as the street center, the customer base here was not small. It all depended on whether she could keep them.

When Song Zhi heard this, she was overjoyed.

The reason why she wanted to sell jelly herself was because she wanted to get in touch with the caravan, which was exactly what she wanted.

Song Zhi smiled widely. "I think what Auntie said is very reasonable. Setting up a stall here is indeed a good idea."

Ma felt that Song Zhi was very compatible with her personality, and the smile on her face became even wider. As she spoke, she led Song Zhi closer to the stall.

Pointing to the empty space next to his stall, he said, "No one's setting up a stall here. If you like it, come over tomorrow and we can be neighbors in the future."

Not far from the open space, diagonally across from the government office, setting up a stall here would probably prevent anyone from causing trouble. Song Zhi nodded obediently, "Thank you very much..."

Before Song Zhi could finish her words of thanks, a strong male voice called out from the side, "You wife, I asked you to go out and buy some sesame seeds, but you were gone for most of the day, and now you're back, you're still nagging about melons."

Ma turned around and responded, "Coming, coming." Then she turned to Song Zhi and said, "Well, I'll go busy myself first. You pick a suitable place for yourself." After that, without waiting for Song Zhi to answer, she turned around and left in a hurry.

After Ma left, Song Zhi asked the two to put their things down.

The two little ones looked at Song Zhi with worried expressions.

"Sister?" Are we really going to set up a stall here?

"This place isn't as crowded as the one in front."

Song Zhi gestured for the two to look at the shop next to them, "It's not even dinner time yet, but there's already a line in front of the oven pancake stall.

There's also a tea stall across the street, which means there must be quite a few customers stopping by to rest and stay."

"So, as long as we can retain the customers who pass by here, we will have enough business to make."

After Song Zhi's analysis, the brother and sister suddenly understood.

The two of them stopped hesitating and immediately helped Song Zhi clean up and set up the stall.

Just as Song Zhi expected, after they set up their stall and started shouting, customers who were buying grilled skewers and steamed buns nearby came over out of curiosity.

Customers are all eager to try new things, and after tasting the food, they feel refreshed and relieve the greasiness.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the remaining ten or so pieces of jelly were quickly sold out.

To those diners who came later, Song Zhi could only say apologetically, "Everyone, I'm so sorry, this jelly is sold out today."

The man asked with a look of regret: "Will you come tomorrow?"

Song Zhi nodded, "Of course I'll come!"

After seeing off the guests, the three of them packed up their things, and Song Zhi led her sister-in-law to the kebab stall.

"Auntie, please give me four oven-baked bread and two kebabs. How much is that?"

Ma was just putting pancakes in the oven when the ordinary customer replied, "Two pancakes for three cents, and a skewer of roast meat for two cents, ten cents in total."

Upon hearing this, Song Zhi took out ten coins and put them into the wooden box containing money.

Ma quickly picked up the pancake and looked up to see Song Zhi. She uttered a sigh and quickly turned to her husband and said,

"Old Zhao, look, this is the Miss Song I just told you about. From now on, she'll be selling jelly next to our house!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Daniu stopped what he was doing and looked up at Song Zhi.

Seeing that although she was wearing a coarse linen dress, she had broad features and a generous temperament, I couldn't help but feel a little more favorable towards her. It would be less troublesome to be a neighbor with such a person.

He nodded involuntarily: "If you need any help in the future, just ask."

When Ma heard this, she knew her husband obviously agreed with her approach.

She happily took two more pancakes from the oven, packed them up and handed them to Song Zhi, "We'll all be neighbors from now on, take this back and eat it."

"I feel embarrassed about this." After saying that, Song Zhi was about to give the money.

But Ma stopped him, "It's just two cakes, consider it my treat for the children. If you like it, you can take care of my business more next time."

Song Zhi couldn't refuse, so she had to let the two children express their gratitude first.

Fortunately, she will come here to set up a stall in the future, so she can still repay this favor.

The freshly baked pancakes were very crispy. Song Zhi gave each of the two children a piece of pancake and took a skewer of barbecued meat, teaching them to wrap the barbecued meat with the pancakes and eat it.

The two had never eaten such food before. Looking at the wheat-scented pancakes handed to them, they couldn't help swallowing.

"Taste it."

Song An couldn't wait to take a bite of the oven-baked pancake. The crispy crust broke into pieces in his mouth, emitting bursts of wheat aroma. He squinted his eyes at the delicious taste.

Song Huan seemed even more meticulous. She carefully handed the pancake to Song Zhi, "Sister, you eat too."

When Song An saw this, he regretted that he had only been busy eating. He quickly handed over the other side, "Sister, eat mine!"

"Sister, there are still some here, you can eat them without worry." After saying that, he tore off half a piece and tasted it.

Crispy, salty and fragrant, the taste is really good.

After the two children finished eating, Song Zhi took them out of the city.

On the way back, Song Huan took the initiative to suggest: "Sister, let's not take the ox cart back, let's just walk back."

She counted carefully on her little fingers, saying, "We spent three cents on the bus today, and another three cents to get into the city. That's six cents in total."

"If I go back and work on an oxcart, it will cost me nine cents."

"With nine coins, we can buy two pounds of beans, so sister, let's not take the ox cart back!"

Song An nodded vigorously, "Yes, sister, we just ate some pancakes, and now we have plenty of energy, let's walk back."

For two children, it was only an hour's walk, but it saved three cents, which was still very cost-effective.

The two of them obviously didn't understand that the time cost of walking back was far more than three cents.

They can use the time saved to cook more food.

But it was obvious that the two of them had not realized at this moment that the extra time and energy they spent walking back could have created greater value.

Song Zhi didn't say anything, but followed their wishes and walked back.