Today business has plummeted, but she feels she cannot give up making fig jelly. Kneading the jelly figs by hand takes a lot of work, so nowadays most vendors use agar instead. But jelly made with agar does not have the same firm consistency, so choosy old customers will still make a special trip to Chen's stall to eat her iced fig jelly.
但即使生意一落千丈，愛玉卻不能不做，由於揉洗愛玉費工，如今市面上多以洋菜代替，吃起來缺乏口感，挑嘴的老顧客還是會專程來圓環吃愛玉冰。