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On the first day of winter vacation, Wendell got up early and helped his mother ride a rickshaw to the wholesale vegetable and fruit market. After wholesaling some common vegetables, Wendell pedaled his mother again and went to the vegetable market.

The reason is that the stalls in the vegetable market have to pay a fixed management fee and some taxes every year, almost a -meter wide stall will cost at least a thousand a year. This thousand was definitely not a small amount for Wendell's family.

In order to save this money, Helen, Wendell's mother, could only set up a stall to sell vegetables on the outermost street side of the market. Moreover, because there was no stall, she could only open the back door of her tricycle and use it as a stall.

In this way, in case of bad weather with wind and rain, she can only sell vegetables while holding an umbrella, and because the vehicle is not big, the kind of large fixed sunshade cannot be fixed at all, so it cannot be used.

Imagine if it was in winter, the cold wind was as cold as a knife, but there was not even a shelter here, how painful it would be.

Every time he thought of this, Wendell had a sourness in his heart that he couldn't help.

The car was braked and fixed on the side of the street, and Wendell grabbed the dishes and set them up so that pa_sersby could see clearly what was on offer when they walked past.

The first time I saw him, I was happy to see that he was a great son and that he already knew how to care for himself.

After finishing everything, Wendell took out small benches from the front of the car and said with a smile, "mum, you can sit down, I'll sell the vegetables today, you can just watch from the side."

Helen could not help but laugh: "Forget it, let you sell vegetables, still not lose money ah. Wendell, watch from the side, if mum is too busy, you can give a hand."

Wendell could only smile bitterly and nod his head, it seems that mum still doesn't trust herself.

Because of the early arrival, there were not many people on the street at this time, so Wendell accompanied his mother in a casual conversation.

When it came to Wendell's studies, Wendell couldn't help but smile, "mum, just don't worry, I'll make sure you get a famous university back, either one in Gramjing or Granola."

When Helen heard the word ‘Gramjing', her heart skipped a few times, an unnatural look flashed across her eyes, and she subconsciously gathered her hair together, looking unnatural.

"Great, great, it better be a school in Granola, it's an international metropolis, ah, studying there, naturally, you can also grow in knowledge!" Helen forced a smile.

Wendell immediately noticed his mother's unnatural look, he frowned slightly, thinking that his mother was worried about where to pay the tuition fees for college, so he couldn't help but laugh, "mum, let me tell you a great news, it is said that our school seems to have some kind of public welfare fund from this year onwards, which is specially for children who can't afford to go to school. And ah, now you can get a student loan to go to university, you don't have to spend money when you go to university, you just have to work after you graduate and pay the money back!"

"That's great, that's great!" Helen nodded her head repeatedly.

With a smile, Wendell turned around and went to put the vegetables in place. As the weather was rather cold, a layer of white ice formed on the vegetables in no time, which had to be turned from time to time, otherwise, the vegetables would be frozen.

Looking at her son's concentrated look, Helen couldn't help a complex look flashing in her eyes and sighed softly in her heart: "Silly boy, what kind of public welfare fund is it that people without any background like us can get? Haven't you seen that the so-called public welfare housing in the county is occupied by relatives of big leaders? Ordinary people like us, who have no background, no money and nothing, can't get any benefits."

"Grandpa, you're up so early to exercise? Look at how fresh the celery is, have some?" Wendell smilingly greeted the people on the roadside, if people who didn't know saw it, they would definitely think that he and this old man were acquaintances, or at least neighbours. But in reality, this was just a stranger, Wendell just wanted to sell it early and didn't want his mother to continue suffering in this bitter cold wind.

The old man had already walked over, but when he heard Wendell's hawking, he couldn't help but back off again and said with a smile, "Young man, so diligent, helping your mother sell vegetables!"

Wendell smiled and nodded, "Grandpa really has a great eye, nothing can be hidden from you, but you're in better health, it's rare that you can still get up so early and look so great in such cold weather. Would you like a pound of celery? Look, this spinach is not bad either!"

"Yes! Great!" The old man's face showed a smile at Wendell's words. With his lifetime of experience, how could he not see that the young man in front of him was handsome, with clear eyes and a sweet mouth, and the most crucial thing was that he could pull his face down to yell.

The old man couldn't help but shake his head when he thought about his untalented grandson. If his grandson was half as great as the young man in front of him, he could worry less.

"Five pounds of spinach and pounds of celery!" The old man said, "It's almost New Year's Eve anyway, these vegetables can be eaten for a while, and the celery can also be used to make dumpling fillings."

With a broad smile on his face, Wendell, unable to speak to his mother, skillfully took out a handy bag and filled it with vegetables for the old man and put it on the electronic scale, and the weight was surprisingly no different from what the old man had said: Young man, you're so great?" The old man said in surprise.

Wendell smiled slightly and handed the dish to the old man, "It's nothing, just being skilled, huh."

"Young man, not bad, really great!" The old man paid and didn't even haggle over the price like those customers did in the past, so he praised it before walking away with a smile.

"How about it, mum, do you think I'm okay?" Wendell asked with a smile.

Helen couldn't help but be lost in thought for a while, and only after a long time did she say with relief, "Wendell, you've grown up!"

Wendell smiled, "mum, I had grown up, or else how about this, I'll cover for you during this winter holiday, so you can rest at home in peace for a while, just as an opportunity for me to do my filial duty, okay?"

"You child!" Helen couldn't help but laugh, "Mum is not too old to move, how can you still do your filial duty? It's better for mum to come, there are a lot of familiar customers here to buy freat, you don't know them!"

Wendell nodded and smiled back, in fact, when it came to selling vegetables, he was still not as experienced as his mother.

Looking at her son's already slightly upright body, Helen couldn't help but secretly grit her teeth, "No matter what, I must let Wendell go to university, but never to Gramjing, preferably to Granola. If I really don't have money, I can't give up my face and go to that heartless man to let Wendell go to university!"

 

To be continued....