Raising Kids, Starting with a Street Stall

Song Xinran transmigrated into the mother of a male supporting character. In her original body, she'd worked at a factory, dragging herself through several days of night shifts while sick, until she died from overwork. Song Xinran rubbed her dizzy head, immediately quit her job, then followed the original owner's last wish and went home to see her child. At the time, the male supporting character, Song Yu, was only three years old and living with relatives. He never had enough to eat or wear. After a fall rainstorm, the weather turned cold, but he was still wearing an ill-fitting shirt and thin pants that left his skinny calves exposed. The moment he saw her, he hid behind the door, peeking at her timidly with a pair of big eyes. * Song Xinran took the little one in. She had only a thousand yuan to her name. Her rented room was run-down, the windows let in the wind, cold rain pattered outside, and there wasn't even a new quilt in the house. Faced with her desperate situation, Song Xinran decided to return to the work she had done in her previous life. She would start by making money selling snacks from a street stall. * A new snack stall had opened outside Third High School, selling bobo chicken, crispy ribs, oden, grilled cold noodles... The students were amazed. They had never tasted anything so delicious. The stall soon became a sensation, catching the attention of the school's teachers and administrators. At a weekly staff meeting, the principal specifically warned them not to buy snacks from street stalls, since they posed numerous hygiene risks. One day, after an outdoor lesson, a class of students returned to the school gate and spotted several familiar adults crowding around the snack stall. They each had food in one hand, were handing over money with the other, and carried bags of snacks. The students: "...Teacher Shen? Director Gu?! Principal Fu?!!" Reading Guide: 1. An everyday story about food, earning money, and raising a child, with plenty of family life. 2. The male lead is barely present. Upcoming novel: The Monster Bistro [A cozy food novel about monsters running a restaurant] Being a monster is hard these days, and Shui Di has it worst of all. Her family is one of the poorest in the village. Her father died early, her mother is ill, and the family is drowning in debt. While everyone else has entered the modern age, her family can only afford to eat meat on holidays. She can't go on living like this. Shui Di swears she'll make money! The internet says, "Nobody in their right mind works in food service..." Shui Di: "I will! Food service is exactly what I'm going into!" She works at a construction site by day, cooks in her rented room during breaks, and starts by selling boxed meals to the workers. She sets up a stall selling boxed meals, earns money to build a new house, buys a shop and opens a restaurant, and helps her whole monster family find their footing in the city... At night, Shui Di counts her cash. Life really is getting better and better! * There's a strange story going around Jiangcheng: an unassuming little restaurant has a long line outside every day, and its dishes are always in short supply. A customer comes from far and wide to try it and orders a bowl of seafood soup. The broth is clear, not cloudy, and every sip is fresh and delicious. When he gets home, he discovers that the insomnia that's plagued him for years has mysteriously disappeared! Another customer tries a crispy spring roll coated in syrup. It's crisp outside and tender inside, with a fragrant, juicy filling that crunches with every bite. After eating it, he realizes his head, which has been aching faintly for ages, feels wonderfully clear! The customers are astonished. Could such delicious food really have such magical effects? Message: Build a brighter future with your own two hands.