Chapter 48 - 47: Hospital
After a few days of keeping watch, Lin Wan discovered that the shoe factory had its own cafeteria, and the employees rarely came out to eat. So, she and Mom gave up on this spot. There really wasn’t any storefront near the pig-slaughtering stall. They were the only ones.
For all the days they’ve been here, they’ve only spent money without earning, which worried Liang Hongmei a lot. She stopped wandering around with Lin Wan.
They bought cucumbers, bean sprouts, shredded kelp, vermicelli, and sesame paste at the early market, and started making flatbread wraps and their regional specialty burnt rice cakes.
The most they could make in a day was a little over twenty, and they bought an extra large flat basket at the early market.
Inside were a few small porcelain bowls holding the dishes and flatbreads.
Waking up around five in the morning, they’d start preparing, and by six, they’d be heading to the early market with the basket.
Without a sign, Liang Hongmei would shout loudly to sell.
Flatbread seems to be a delicacy of the Central Plains District, while the burnt rice cakes are from the south. Many people hadn’t seen them before, so when Liang Hongmei shouted, they came over out of curiosity. Three mao for each piece wasn’t expensive for folks in the city. A few dozen sold out in just over an hour.