What do you mean by "picking cakes on the ground"?

"Picking cakes on the ground" is the jargon of Quyi and acrobatic artists. In the old days, the performance venue of Quyi and Acrobatics artists was open ground, and a circle was drawn with white powder as the boundary of the performance venue. Artists compare this to a painting cake and a pot, and they live on this flat land. Therefore, "picking cakes on the ground" means "stubbornly distributing material wealth when there is nothing", that is, "starting from scratch". The early form of crosstalk performance is called "falling to the ground", which is more vividly described as "digging cakes on the ground" On the one hand, it shows that crosstalk itself should be a popular performance, on the other hand, it also reflects the hardships of crosstalk performers in their early years-there is no overnight food at home, and now they have to go out to find food.