Since 1983, when the policy was relaxed, especially after the Market was greatly renovated and expanded with many new storefronts, he picked a space of about ten square meters and rented it for ten yuan a month. He divided the shop into two areas: one side sold condiments, pickles, wine, fruits, and the other side sold vegetables.
Every morning, when he came from home, he would bring a box of breakfast—sometimes steamed buns, sometimes various desserts and shortbread, and sometimes sticky bean buns from the Northeast. He only sold one box, until it was gone, because he had to wake up at two or three in the morning to start preparing, and one person couldn't make much, so there was always a limited supply.
Thankfully, everyone was very supportive, and since he wasn't primarily in the food service business, they all understood.
