Divorced Dad's Gourmet Shop

Chapter 44: Chapter 43: Oh Heavens, It’s So Delicious.

Zheng Qiang’s lips trembled with anger.

"You’ll regret this. You’ll definitely regret this!"

He gritted his teeth, made up his mind, and went back inside. After rummaging around for a bit, he came out with a wooden board and placed it by the door.

On it was written: "Our buns are delicious and cheap! Everything fifty cents! Only fifty cents!"

’If I’m going down, I’m taking you all with me...’ Zheng Qiang seethed inwardly, but put on a beaming smile and shouted out his promotion:

"Everyone, look over here! We’re having a promotion! All buns in the shop are just fifty cents! No matter the filling, fifty cents each! Big and delicious!"

"And let me be clear, it’s first come, first served! We’re only selling two thousand buns this morning, and when they’re gone, they’re gone!"

He finished speaking, his face full of confidence.

He thought to himself:

’I should be able to snatch at least half of the customers now, right?’

However...

A gust of wind blew past, sending a plastic bag tumbling down the street... Dead silent.

Zheng Qiang’s excited expression gradually faded, replaced by despair.

In front of World’s Second Best,

the hundred-plus customers fell silent for a moment, then went back to their own conversations.

"Did you guys hear? About that young man in the Picasso District yesterday, driving his kid home."

"I heard! It’s terrifying. Driving on a mountain road in the middle of the night, and the kid says there’s an old lady in the back seat watching them. Scared me to death, I tell ya."

"He’s back, he’s back!"

"Quiet down, Brother Jiang is back. Make sure no one cuts in line..."

"Don’t fucking push me! I’m fifth in line!"

Just then, Jiang Liu returned to the shop.

He had also overheard this interesting story.

He couldn’t help but chime in curiously, "Did the kid remind the old lady to buckle her seatbelt?"

"???"

"What kind of logic is that?" fгeewebnovёl.com

"Hahaha, I’m dying! Who thinks about a seatbelt at a time like that? Boss Jiang, do you have a phobia of traffic violations?"

"My stomach hurts from laughing, haha."

The waiting customers burst out laughing.

The dissatisfaction from waiting in line instantly vanished.

"Boss Jiang, can we buy buns yet? My whole family is waiting for me to bring them home."

"Hurry up, hurry up! Stop chatting. We don’t want to talk to you, we just want your buns."

"I heard there’s a new item today, is that true?"

"It’s juice. Not sure how much, but we definitely came on the right day, you know?"

"Everyone line up properly. Same rules as yesterday: one line for dining in, one line for takeout."

"Anyone who causes trouble gets blacklisted."

"No problem!"

Jiang Liu went to the back kitchen, waited another minute, and then brought out the buns.

The freshly steamed buns let off an aromatic steam, and the customers at the front of the line swallowed hard.

Jiang Liu didn’t forget to promote his juice. "New product: juice! We currently have four hundred bottles in stock. First come, first served."

The words had barely left his mouth.

A customer immediately asked eagerly:

"Boss, how much is the juice?"

Jiang Liu pointed to the small blackboard. frёeωebɳovel.com

"The price for the juice is up. Thirty-five yuan for five hundred milliliters."

"Thirty-five? That’s an okay price," a young person readily accepted.

"A little expensive..." an auntie hesitated.

"Just give me twenty buns, four of each kind."

She wasn’t a big fan of juice.

Just as the auntie finished buying, an office worker squeezed forward. He glanced at the auntie as if she were an idiot.

Then, he said politely to Jiang Liu:

"Boss, I want thirty buns... and five cups of juice!"

"Okay, coming right up."

"I want juice too! I’ll take two cups and ten buns."

"Thirty buns and a bottle of juice..."

Customers further back in the line craned their necks and shouted their orders.

They were afraid if they didn’t speak up, everything would be gone.

"Boss Jiang, our table still hasn’t gotten our buns and juice! Please, hurry, hurry, hurry! This baby is hungry!"

"Coming!"

Jiang Liu first jotted down the table numbers in a notebook, along with how many buns and drinks they ordered, to prevent any mix-ups.

Then he quickly packed the juice and buns.

The office worker took the buns and juice, had a sip, and looked completely stunned.

"This watermelon juice is incredible! It’s better than any juice I’ve had before!"

He was the first customer to drink the juice.

The cold, sweet watermelon juice sent a refreshing jolt through his tired body.

"Young man, how does it taste?"

"Just buy it, you won’t regret it."

The office worker lowered his head, blissfully sipping his drink through the straw as he left.

The aunties and uncles behind him couldn’t hold back any longer. "Give me two bottles of watermelon juice, too."

"Hey, what are you doing? You already bought your stuff. Get back in line!"

The auntie looked indignant, stubbornly standing her ground.

The shop quickly became crowded. Outside, a group of people queued up diligently.

In the midst of the chaos, Jiang Liu quickly set up two long folding tables by the entrance.

"Give me five chive buns, ten pork buns, ten ’three-delicacy’ buns, ten shrimp buns, and two cups of juice."

"Brother Jiang, please pack up ten buns and a cup of juice for me."

"I’ll have three bottles of apple juice and nine buns, thanks."

The clamor outside was intense.

Especially from those who had tasted the juice and were describing the flavor with exaggerated expressions.

It made the uncles and aunties extremely curious.

At this rate, the juice and buns would probably be gone in half an hour.

Jiang Liu had a towel draped around his neck, and he was so busy his head was covered in sweat.

But he couldn’t use his hands to wipe it.

"Juice and buns for table six!"

"Buns and juice for the customer on the left side of table ten, come and get it!"

Jiang Liu’s tone was no longer polite. He placed the buns and juice on the counter and shouted a few times.

The shop was in chaos.

This morning, he had specifically put numbered tape on each table.

Otherwise, this morning would have been a complete mess.

Yang Tuoyang put down his schoolbag, happily took a plate, and said:

"Boss Jiang, you launched a new product! Why didn’t you announce it on Douyin? If you had, I would’ve brought my classmates this morning. They love your buns."

"Oh, haha, I almost forgot about that. I’ve been too busy. I’ll get to it when I have time."

"Okay, okay. You’re working hard, Brother Jiang."

He didn’t know when people started calling him Brother Jiang, but Jiang Liu didn’t mind the nickname. Customers could call him whatever they wanted.

Yang Tuoyang carried the buns back to his seat.

Across from him sat a girl from Bear Country.

She had very pale skin, a slightly chubby "baby fat" figure, and plain looks. Her platinum-blonde hair seemed out of place.

"Yang, I told you yesterday, I don’t like buns. I already said no, but you insisted on dragging me here. You can eat them yourself."

"Anna, are you sure you won’t have any?"

Yang Tuoyang held a bun out to Anna.

Anna turned her head away, pinched her nose, and fanned the air in disgust.

"No! The buns from Hua Country aren’t even as good as bread. It’s like comparing a destitute old man in smelly clothes to a refined beauty."

"Seriously, just smelling it makes me sick."

Anna made no attempt to hide her disdain.

Yang Tuoyang frowned.

He felt a little unhappy.

He wanted to retort, but he remembered the relationship between their fathers and held his tongue.

"Anna, have some juice. We already bought it, so just take a sip, okay?"

Anna pursed her lips. "Yang, I’ll do it for your sake. I hate the juice from your Hua Country. It always has a weird taste, who knows what they put in it."

"Everything Boss Jiang makes is great, I promise. Don’t worry."

"Heh."

Anna disdainfully picked up the apple juice and took a sip.

The moment she took a sip...

her eyes went wide.

She smacked her lips in disbelief and licked them. She was inwardly stunned.

’This is delicious! How is this juice so much better than any juice I’ve ever had?!’

The cold apple juice was perfectly sweet and sour, with a smooth texture and not a hint of bitterness.

Anna was instantly conquered by the Venus apple juice.

She drank half the bottle in one go, rubbing her cool belly, still wanting more.

Anna looked at the fragrant buns, hesitated for a moment, and said:

"Yang, let me try a bun."

"Anna, didn’t you say you wouldn’t eat them?"

Yang Tuoyang shot Anna a sideways glance.

"I’ve changed my mind. I’ve decided to sample one."

With that,

Anna demurely picked up a three-delicacy bun and put it in her mouth.

The scalding hot filling exploded in her mouth, so hot her tongue curled.

Aromatic and tender chunks of smooth mushrooms, melt-in-your-mouth pieces of suckling pig, tender young eggplant...

She was stunned once again.

"Oh my god, this is delicious! So delicious! I never knew Hua Country’s buns could be this good!"

Anna closed her eyes as she chewed, savoring the uniquely delicious flavor.

She regretted not trying Hua Country’s buns sooner.

It completely blew every other delicacy she had ever eaten out of the water!

The sounds of hearty gulping and the SLURP of juice straws inside the shop formed a stark contrast to the silence next door.

"Boss Jiang, the buns are delicious, and the juice is super-duper yummy!"

Wu Lingling hugged her juice, her eyes narrowed in enjoyment, not forgetting to praise Jiang Liu.

Jiang Liu nodded and smiled, his hands never slowing down.

"Delicious! So delicious! I wouldn’t just pay thirty-five for this juice, I’d pay a hundred!"

"You have to try the apple juice, it’s for real amazing! I don’t know what kind of apples they use for this juice, but they’re definitely not ordinary."

"The watermelon too! It’s so sweet and thirst-quenching, so good!"

"Drinking a cold, delicious juice on a stuffy morning is the best feeling!"

Every customer who drank the juice had the same reaction: wide eyes and a shocked expression.

They had never tasted such delicious juice before.

It was just too fresh, too flavorful.

The fragrant aroma of the apple lingered in their mouths.

Perfectly sweet and sour, a single bite of the apple pulp was crisp and delightful.

"Boss Jiang, you can’t get lazy! You have to remember to open every day from now on, okay?"

A glamorous big sister carrying an LV bag didn’t leave after getting her buns packed. She stood there, savoring her juice with a look of bliss, and even tossed a few hundred yuan into the "charity box" as encouragement.

"We’ll see," Jiang Liu replied nonchalantly, quickly grabbing buns.

’Of course I can’t open every day. Making money is important, but what’s the point of making money if you can’t enjoy it?’

Jiang Liu had already made up his mind. When he was tired, he’d take a day off. He couldn’t afford to push his body too hard.

He was getting a little carried away now.

"What do you mean, ’we’ll see’?! If you close, what will we eat and drink?"

"Exactly! Brother Jiang, we’re begging you to be here every day. From now on, however many buns you make, we’ll buy them all."

"That’s right, Boss Jiang! Even if you make a hundred thousand buns, we’ll buy every last one!"

"Oh, really?" Jiang Liu raised an eyebrow. "You sure have a beautiful dream."

That single sentence made everyone burst out laughing.

Wang Han also arrived, fashionably late.