Chapter 17 - Chapter 17 - 17 I Broke Down (2/2)

“Xiao Chen! You told me yesterday that the turnovers were unlimited today, give me ten of them!”

An old man didn’t even wait for Chen Yu to reply, he just swiped fifty yuan.

“Well, old man, you’re gonna have to wait a while!”

Chen Yu responded and then picked up ten vegetable dumplings to throw into the fryer.

By 5:30 in the morning, the area in front of the food cart was already packed with people.

“Chen, are you some kind of chef from a five-star restaurant? Otherwise, how could the food you make taste so good?”

“I thought the boss only knew how to make fried cakes, but it turns out you’ve got other skills too!”

“When will you add some new dishes?”

…

Most of the crowd here at this moment were regular customers, who no longer teased Tong Ya.

But there were still some new faces, incessantly praising how good-looking Chen Yu’s family of three was.

Chen Yu had no time to explain; after adding the vegetable dumplings, his workload had almost doubled compared to yesterday.

Even though he had started preparations at four o’clock, he was still a bit flustered. If not for Tong Ya’s help, he probably couldn’t have managed.

And for some reason, today the crowd didn’t decrease but increased even more around six o’clock.

However, Chen Yu seemed to think of something, looking at Tong Ya with a surprised gaze.

“Aren’t you going to school today?”

Tong Ya chuckled, “It’s Saturday today!”

Chen Yu slapped his forehead, he had been so busy that he had even lost track of time!

No wonder there were so many people today, probably many had come from far away.

And earlier, the office workers who ate fried cakes here squeezed four tables together, ordering a hundred vegetable dumplings and two hundred fried cakes.

They said it was for a weekend gathering.

It was not until eleven o’clock at noon that the stream of people gradually began to thin out.

Chen Yu hurriedly checked his raw materials, finding that more than half had already been used up.

Especially the ingredients for the vegetable dumplings, with only a third remaining.

Just as he was considering whether to restock, Tong Ya, very understanding, stepped forward.

“Finally, we can catch a breath. Today’s Saturday—most people will choose to go out and gather, and what remains should be enough. Besides, you’ve been tired all morning, it would be great if we could close the stall earlier today so you can rest properly!”

Chen Yu took a deep breath, and moved his body to ease some of the soreness in his back.

“My goodness, I am indeed tired!”

But after merely sighing, Chen Yu moved a chair over, sat down, and continued to make semi-finished fried cakes and vegetable dumplings.

Tong Ya, feeling helpless, could only assist him on the side while restocking the self-service fridge.

Only after using up all the raw materials did Chen Yu satisfiedly stretch, leaning back on the chair.

Just as he was about to take a rest, he suddenly noticed many message notifications popping up on his phone.

“I want to see Tuan Tuan, let’s set a time!”

“You dare not reply to my messages now, is that it?”

“Can you or can you not? Reply to me!”

“What do you mean Chen Yu? I have visitation rights!”

…

Chen Yu was somewhat annoyed by this barrage of messages.

On the day of their divorce, Fang Yuan had clearly written in the agreement that she permanently gave up the visitation rights.

Chen Yu thought for a moment and replied directly.

“Aren’t you afraid of being caught by the paparazzi, affecting your career?”

Just after sending the reply, the phone screen suddenly went dark.

Chen Yu felt frustrated; this phone had already been used for five years, it was already malfunctioning, and being close to the fryer these past few days, it seemed to have finally broken.