Chapter 6 - Chapter 6 - 6 Come to my house for fried cakes (1/2)

Chapter 6 – 6 Come to my house for fried cakes

The elders in the nearby residential area, who usually couldn’t get up until five or six o’clock, were up early today, getting out of bed just after four.

“Oh my, why is Auntie Wang up so early today?”

“Going for sugar cakes! If we don’t go now, there won’t be any left.”

“What sugar cake has such power to get you up at four?”

“It’s good stuff, sweet but not cloying, after eating one, you still want another.”

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“Granny, hurry up. After eating the sugar cake, I’ve got to go to school!”

“Oh dear, my grandson, it’s just past four, we’ve got time, we’ve got time.”

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The food cart had only been open for less than half an hour, and already it was surrounded by people with no room to get through.

Just the reserved fried cakes had already reached more than two thousand.

Even the sanitation workers who came out to clean in the morning were drawn by the scent, gathering around, waiting to eat fried cakes.

“Boss, do you have anything to drink here? It’s a bit stuck in my throat!”

Chen Yu couldn’t help frowning, “Sorry, it’s just my second day opening, I haven’t had time to stock drinks yet, please bear with me!”

“No problem! I just ate a little too quickly, these fried cakes are just too tasty! But for a food cart like yours, if you could hook up a small trailer behind, just for drinks or other small items, that would be pretty sweet.”

Chen Yu helplessly responded, “I know about that kind of trailer, but it needs to be customized and modified, it’s not easy to find a craftsman on short notice!”

“Look for me!” The man suddenly perked up, pulled out a business card from his pocket, and had Tuan Tuan hand it to Chen Yu.

“I’m Zhang Fan, I design custom vehicles. Your food cart looks good; just add a small trailer to the back and it will be perfect. If you trust me, I’ll design it for you today when I get back!”

“Oh, that would be great!” Chen Yu replied, “Then let me know the cost when the time comes, and I’ll transfer the payment to you.”

“Hey, no worries, the custom vehicle shop across the street is mine. I’ll do a good job, and I’ll deliver it to you directly! And load me up with a few dozen fried cakes to take home for my wife and kids.”

At six forty in the morning, the first wave of customers finally receded, but there was still a long line in front of the food cart.

“I’m really sorry, everyone, I need to take my daughter to school! I’m closing for twenty minutes!”

“Ah, boss, I’ve been waiting for a while now, can you get my fried cakes ready before you go?”

“Yeah, boss, we’ve been waiting so hard!”

…

Chen Yu was somewhat conflicted as there wasn’t any business that came to his door that he wouldn’t do, but in his heart, Tuan Tuan’s place could never be replaced by anything.

Just as he was insisting on pausing to take Tuan Tuan to school, Zhang Fan’s family of three appeared to be having a tug-of-war as they left the garage.

“Wife, it’s not easy for a guy who’s divorced and still taking care of a child. I’m just sparing some time to design a trailer for him, it’s nothing!”

“What do you mean it’s nothing? Have you collected the debt they owed you? The designs you handed out, others just went to someone else to make them, not even paying you the design fees. How long are you planning to be Mr. Nice Guy? Don’t you realize we still have mortgage and car payments to make?”

“Ah, wife, he’s just across the street, we are all neighbors, helping out a bit is nothing!”

Zhang Fan tried to persuade her, while stuffing the fried cakes he held into his wife’s hands.