Chapter 37 Selling Things
The next day was market day, and Fang Pingying and Luo Zhiyong got up early in the morning.
To sell goods in the town, they had to arrive early to secure a good stall.
Since Luo Zhiyong had difficulty walking and the other members of the Fang Family were not up yet—and even if they were, they probably wouldn't be willing to help Fang Pingying—
Fang Pingying still took Luo Honglan with her to the town to sell goods.
The two packed baskets with hawthorn jam and hawthorn cake and brought a small scale from home.
By the time they arrived in town, many regular vendors had already occupied the stalls.
At that time, to increase revenue, the government set up wooden stalls along both sides of the town's streets during the market. After 10 a.m., government officials would come to collect the stall fee of 50 cents each, regardless of whether any goods were sold.
Of course, many people, in order to save that 50 cents, would lay a cloth on the ground and directly place their goods there, ready to run with their goods if someone came to collect the stall fee.
After all, if government officials saw someone setting up a stall, as long as you were on the roadside, even if you were not using their stalls, you still had to pay.
Considering she was selling food items, Fang Pingying thought it wouldn't look too good setting them up on the ground, so she chose a smaller stall. The 50 cents was not a big deal to her.
Next to Fang Pingying's stall was a woman in her thirties selling small cloth shoes, baby bellybands, and little garments.