Chapter 204 (1/2)

Chapter 204: Small Matters within One’s Power

It was then 4:50 in the morning when the sanitation workers began to work. In the street lights and the dawn light, the granny began to walk back.

After she returned to her house, she first changed clothes and washed for a while before going to make the steamed buns.

With the steam curling up, the white and plump steamed buns emitted a heavy fragrance from the steamer pot.

“Although I don’t know what the young boss will sell today, the business is nevertheless getting better and better,” the granny muttered with a smile while laying the dough.

An expression of happiness was then revealed on her face.

The first thing that Yuan Zhou did after he got up at 4:30 was to pull open the curtain with a sound of “Hua”. The ground in front of the door had been swept very clean while the sanitation workers were still cleaning from afar and had not arrived.

“There’s really someone who helps with the cleaning. And he seems to move quickly,” Yuan Zhou frowned and said to himself.

Then he got himself washed and prepared to head out for jogging. It was not 6:00 a.m. yet when he returned to his restaurant. At this time, he preferred to make the Steamed Assorted Vegetable Buns, which, as breakfast, was good for the health.

With Yuan Zhou’s speed, 100 steamed buns were merely a piece of cake.

Just when Yuan Zhou was making the steamed buns, the granny carried the two insulation barrels and set off from her home.

Inside the insulation barrels were the steamed buns and cooked soybean milk, which seemed to be fairly heavy. The granny rested for a while for every 50 meters and then continued walking.

This time, the granny spent almost 50 minutes on the way while she had only walked for 15 minutes previously without taking anything. It was slightly after 7:00 a.m. when she arrived and many customers had been waiting outside of Yuan Zhou’s restaurant. Having no time to take a rest, the granny started to go up and peddle her dishes.

“Steamed buns for sale, hot steamed buns and warm soybean milk,” the sound of the granny was clear and loud, with a hint of respite.

At this time of the day, the customers basically wouldn’t buy the hawkers’ foods unless they were very hungry. Since the customers were all around, however, the granny likewise wouldn’t give up. She just walked around the crowd waiting outside slowly and could occasionally sell out one or two cups of soybean milk.

As soon as it reached the opening time, Yuan Zhou’s restaurant was opened on time.

“That’s great. The breakfast today is the Steamed Assorted Vegetable Buns, which I didn’t manage to eat last time. I can finally savor the taste this time,” the customer who first entered the restaurant immediately got to know Yuan Zhou’s breakfast and then told others waiting behind him happily.

That started a heated discussion.

“I heard the steamed buns are all with vegetable stuffing. And the vegetables are so fresh and tender that even the water could be pinched out. The taste is so fresh.” Those who could not eat it now started to talk about the rumors.

“Please stop it. I was originally hungry and now I become hungrier,” another customer said discontentedly.

“This is to increase your appetite. You could definitely eat it with more gusto shortly,” that man said in a shameless manner.

“Come on. Even if you say so, it is unlikely that Boss Yuan will sell an extra steamed bun to me,” the customer felt rather speechless.

“That does make sense. If only he had no restriction someday, I will definitely eat 10 at a time,” while he was saying, he became more expectant.

“I don’t think that can happen. Boss Yuan cooks alone in the restaurant. If there’s no restriction, those people will buy 8 or 10 at a time and then we probably couldn’t get any.” It was beneficial to obey the rules. Customers obviously knew about that after eating here for a long time.

“You are right. Just forget it. Let’s work hard for more money and come to eat every day in future and take the restaurant as our canteen, like the small mustache,” looking at Wu Hai who entered the restaurant earlier, they said expectantly.

While these customers were discussing the delicious food and getting quite eager to eat it, the hawkers outside the restaurant nevertheless didn’t have such a wonderful feeling.