The aroma of cooking filled the house: I sent my eldest brother to become the Grand Secretary.

"Brother, you forgot? I bought a house. It's a great house. We can run a restaurant in the front, and our residence is in the back."

Shen Chen looked at his younger sister, who was two years younger than him.

When did that little girl with two pigtails who always followed him around wanting him to carry her grow up?

Not only have they grown up, but they can also earn money to support their family. When he came back this time, he found that his family had changed a lot. His younger siblings had gained a lot of weight, and his parents looked healthier.

He asked around and found out that his younger sister had gone to the county town to sell vegetable dumplings to earn money.

He thought about himself and realized that he was indeed "a scholar who is useless in a hundred ways and deserves the contempt of nine out of ten people".

Shen Cao could tell from her silent older brother that he was overthinking things. "Brother, don't think like that. The reason you studied so hard was so that our family could one day make something of ourselves."

“Our initial intentions are the same, but my method can produce results quickly, while your method, although slower to take effect, can solve the problem once and for all.”

"If you become an official in the future, you can't look down on your sister who's in business."

"How could your older brother dislike you!" Shen Chen immediately denied when he heard his younger sister say that.

He spoke in a hurry and, not catching his breath, coughed a few times.

Shen Cao patted her older brother on the back to help him catch his breath, "That's it then. We're family, so we should help each other."

"Since my older brother won't abandon me in the future, I won't abandon him now either."

"How could I just stand by and watch my brother starve to death in front of me while I have hundreds of taels of silver in my hands!" Shen Cao cried as she spoke.

"Brother, you have no idea how much pain I was in when I helped you up."

"I'm terrified you'll just die like this."

"Big brother, you can't do this again."

Shen Cao cried more and more sadly, which moved Shen Chen.

He was most afraid of his younger sister crying, and besides, she was just concerned about him.

"Alright, stop crying. I won't do it again."

Shen Cao knew that her older brother had been persuaded by her, and immediately smiled.

"Look at you, crying and laughing, you're all covered in blobs." Shen Chen teased Shen Cao with a smile.

Shen Cao knew that her older brother was willing to spend money, so she skipped and hopped out the bowl so that her brother could rest well.

The next day, Shen Cao got up very early.

She first cooked the porridge she was making for her older brother, and then steamed a lot of vegetable dumplings.

After having breakfast, she cooked porridge for her older brother for lunch before taking her younger siblings to the county town's dock.

After having breakfast, Shen Chen took another nap. He had finally had some time to rest recently, and it felt like he was making up for all the sleep he had missed. He felt like he could never wake up properly.

When he got up at noon, he found that his younger siblings were not there. "Mom, where did my younger siblings go?"

Shen's mother stayed behind to take care of Shen Chen, while Shen's father went to work in the county town. "They went to the dock to sell vegetable dumplings."

"Cao'er's vegetable dumplings are delicious, and the dockworkers all like to eat them."

"They're unwilling to go even for a day."

"Well, after breakfast, Cao'er cooked you some porridge and then took Wan'er and Qing'er to the dock."

"These two love to stay by their older sister's side the most now. I also don't want them messing around with the other kids in the village, so I let Cao'er take care of them."

Shen Chen drank his porridge, which was different from the one he had in the morning. Ever since he fell ill, his younger sister had been making him different kinds of porridge every day.

To avoid the porridge becoming monotonous, the eldest sister cooks three different kinds of porridge every day.

The porridge I'm drinking now is different from the one I had in the morning. The meat in the porridge seems to be pork liver. It doesn't smell strange at all; instead, it has a hint of sesame oil fragrance.

Delicious!

My younger sister's cooking skills have indeed improved a lot; in fact, it's more than just rapid.

"My younger sister has changed so much."

Mrs. Shen nodded. "Yes, Cao'er has become very sensible since she fell, and she even earns money for the family."

"fall?"

Mrs. Shen quickly covered her mouth; oh no, she had let it slip.

"It's nothing, I just slipped and fell lightly," she quickly tried to make amends.

Shen Chen knew his mother well, and he knew immediately that she was hiding something from him. "If it was just a minor fall, why would you hide it from me?"

Seeing that she could no longer hide it, Shen's mother told Shen Chen about Shen Cao's fall and Aunt Li's visit to their door demanding repayment of money.

After hearing this, Shen Chen felt even more sorry for his younger sister.

It was because he, the older brother, was useless that his younger sister had to grow up so quickly; he understood her behavior.

Rather than letting others drive you crazy, you might as well go crazy yourself and make things difficult for the other person.

Only in this way will others know that they are not easy to bully.

He also understood why his younger sister was in such a hurry to buy a house.

This Stone Village simply couldn't accommodate the Shen family anymore.

As soon as Shen Cao and his team set up their stall at the dock, people started coming in one after another to buy vegetable dumplings.

Some even came from the south end of the city to buy, while the dock was in the north of the city.

"I'd heard that there was a little girl selling vegetable dumplings at the dock, that they were cheap and delicious, and my wife kept nagging me to come and buy some this morning."

Shen Cao looked at the rugged man in front of her with dark skin and a large scar on his face. She never expected that such a big brother would also be a loving husband.

"Brother, you can buy it without worry, I guarantee it will taste good."

"Haha, little girl, you're just like Wang Po selling melons, praising your own wares."

"If you don't believe me, brother, you should buy one and try it first. If you like it, you can buy a few more," Shen Cao suggested when he saw that his brother didn't believe him.

Unexpectedly, the older brother waved his hand and said, "Hey, no need to try it. My wife tasted it at someone else's place yesterday and said it was delicious."

"I don't trust young girls, but I trust my wife, hehe!" The older brother scratched his head.

Wow, so they were just showing off their love.

"How many do you want, brother?"

"Take fifteen, my home is far away, so buy more so we can eat them for a few more days."

What flavor is it?

Which one tastes better?

"The bamboo shoot pieces are delicious." Before Shen Cao could speak, the person next to her answered.

"Wild vegetables are delicious too."

The older brother hesitated for a moment, then said, “Then let’s buy five wild vegetables and ten bamboo shoots, just to avoid upsetting my wife.”

"Hey! Good!"

Shen Cao helped her older brother pack the vegetable dumplings.

Shen Qing and Shen Wan helped collect the money.

Outside the crowd, Aunt Li looked at the long queue of stalls with a fierce expression. Ever since Shen Cao and his group's business started to improve, there were significantly fewer people at her stall.

I used to be able to sell several trays of steamed buns, but now I can only sell one or two trays, and I can only earn a little money every day.

The children queuing nearby were frightened to tears by Aunt Li's gaze.

"Why are you scaring the child!" the child's father questioned Aunt Li.

Aunt Li realized something was wrong and immediately ran away.

Shen Cao had already seen this scene clearly. She had sensed it before, and several times she had noticed an unfriendly gaze fixed on her stall. Sure enough, it was Aunt Li.

She knew this would happen from the very first day she arrived at the dock.

When her business is doing well, other people's businesses will suffer.

Moreover, in just a few days, where she was the only one selling vegetable dumplings, several other stalls have sprung up selling the same thing.

However, the vegetable dumplings they made certainly couldn't compare to my own.

As for Aunt Li, she didn't care about her at all.