My best friend is living a famine-stricken life; you're going crazy, I'm farming.

In the early morning, the courtyard was filled with smoke.

Zhou Jingwei was tending the fire in the kitchen, while Zhou Jingyi was squatting in the yard slaughtering chickens.

Yang Fenglan went out early in the morning to go to the market and bought a large basket of wild vegetables, two pieces of white tofu, bean sprouts, and taro.

Back home, I soaked the tree wool sweater that I had picked up with Xu Yingying when we went into the mountains a few days ago.

Zhou Jingyi cleaned the chicken, while Yang Fenglan was still picking at the tree bark, washing it several times before cleaning it, and then soaking it in clean water.

"Mother, how do we cook this chicken?" Zhou Jingyi asked.

"Chop it into pieces and put it all in the pot to cook. Oh no, the rice hasn't been soaked yet."

After resting for less than a minute, Yang Fenglan was busy soaking rice and steaming it in a little while.

When you're busy, time flies by without you even realizing it.

A knock came at the door, and Yang Fenglan suddenly realized that it was getting late.

"Jingwei, pour the rice into the pot once the water boils," Yang Fenglan instructed, then hurriedly went to open the door.

Xiao Yuanshan and his two sons stood outside the door.

All three of them had changed into new clothes, and Xiao Yuanshan was also holding two firecrackers.

"Come in quickly, come in quickly." Yang Fenglan opened the small door and turned to fetch the shop's door panel.

Xiao Yuanshan led the two children in, raising an eyebrow. "I thought I'd come to the wrong place. It was supposed to open today, so why isn't the door open?"

"I was so busy I forgot," Yang Fenglan said, somewhat embarrassed.

She never expected the shop to do well from the start; she was thinking of treating everyone to a good meal early in the morning, and got so busy that she didn't have time to open the shop.

As soon as Yang Fenglan moved down one door panel, Xiao Yuanshan put down the firecrackers and helped take the rest.

The shop suddenly became bright and airy.

Xiao Yuanshan glanced at it, his lips twitching weakly. "Selling air?"

Yang Fenglan: ...

This man, as always, spoke in a way that was unpleasant to hear.

Yang Fenglan took out the prepared peanuts and poured them onto the central display table.

Those in jars were placed on the shelves to the left and right, making the space seem less empty.

After arranging them, Yang Fenglan scooped out a bowlful and handed it to Xiao Ning and Xiao An, saying, "Try it."

Roasted peanuts are nothing special, but the appearance of those peas and broad beans was something none of them had ever seen before.

Xiao Ning was the first to pick up a spiced pea and pop it into her mouth. The "scratching" sound of chewing filled the air, and Xiao Ning's eyes lit up. "Auntie, this pea is so delicious!"

"I'm glad you like it." Yang Fenglan smiled with satisfaction.

I found a few small cloth bags, filled them with a lot of beans, and said, "Ningning, take these back with you as snacks."

"don't want……"

Before Xiao Yuanshan could speak, he saw Xiao Ning unceremoniously take the bag from Yang Fenglan's hand, saying, "Thank you, Auntie."

"You're welcome. Jingwei is inside. Go find her and have some fun."

"Okay!" Yang Fenglan took two more bags, filled them with some beans, and planned to give them to Lin Cuiniang to take back and eat.

There wasn't much stock to begin with, and this arrangement made the shelves look rather shabby.

Xiao Yuanshan frowned in confusion: "Small-scale operations, what do you call doing business?"

On second thought, perhaps they were afraid of not being able to sell it, so they deliberately only made this much, so I didn't say anything.

The children played together, and Yang Fenglan went back to the kitchen to cook.

Xiao Yuanshan picked up the firecrackers placed to the side, feeling somewhat lost.

Fortunately, Xu Dazhu's family also came, and Xu Dazhu also bought a string of firecrackers.

As soon as I walked in, I exclaimed, "Wow, business is so good, everything's sold out?"

Lin Cuiniang felt extremely uncomfortable. "We're late. Can we still set off the firecrackers?"

Xu Yingying chuckled, "Yes, we can release it, absolutely."

Knowing her best friend as she does, she must have just opened the door.

Sure enough, Xiao Yuanshan, who was helping to watch the shop, confirmed her idea.

"It's not late, we just opened the door."