"Be careful!" Boss Ye quickly reached out to hold the shelf.
Madam Lu immediately started to take advantage of the situation and asked, "Why are you so nervous? Are you afraid we'll find out something?"
Her shout attracted everyone outside.
I saw everyone staring at a shelf of jars and cans.
Mrs. Ye said, "These are all pickled vegetables and other things I made. There's nothing else here."
"You said there's nothing else, right?" Madam Lu continued to fan the flames, "Do you dare to let everyone see it?"
Mrs. Ye said with some embarrassment, "These pickles haven't even been opened yet. If we open them now, with so many people here, if something gets in, it'll easily get moldy and moldy."
Although she had expected Mrs. Lu to do this, Mrs. Ye still felt really sorry for the pickles she had made.
Not to mention that it took a lot of effort to make it, the main thing is that it will be eaten after a while. If it goes bad when you open it now, it would be such a waste.
However, when others saw Mrs. Ye's reluctance, it was seen as a sign of her guilty conscience.
Just when everyone was about to rush forward, Ye Lao Si led his men forward, controlled the situation and said, "Madam You hasn't been convicted yet. Isn't this a bit too much?
"Of course, I understand everyone's concerns. After all, no one wants to eat something messy.
"How about this, we open the altar for everyone to see?"
The guests all nodded when they heard this. The two people bribed by Madam Lu were alone and could not do anything. Facing several tall and strong Yulin soldiers, they did not dare to stand out too much.
The two men looked at Madam Lu standing opposite them, and when they saw her nod slightly without being noticed, they breathed a sigh of relief and echoed the others.
Mrs. Lu was very sure that the large jar above was filled with dead rats that she had put there with her own hands.
So no matter who opens the forum, even if the Yulin Army is on Mrs. Ye's side.
No matter how capable they were, it was impossible for them to make so many dead rats disappear in front of everyone.
Then the Yulin Army came forward and brought out the jars one by one, opening them one by one to show everyone what was inside.
When the smell of pickles wafted out, everyone who had not finished lunch suddenly felt a little hungry.
"There's pickled cucumbers in there, right? I could smell it right away.
"Sister Ye, are you going to sell these pickles in the store? Or can we only eat them in the store?"
“This is my first time pickling, and I don’t make much, so I can only eat it in the store.
"But if everyone likes it, I can make more and sell it in the store in the future."
"Oh, this Laba garlic is pickled really well! It should be ready to eat in half a month."
"It's true. If you eat this with dumplings, it's absolutely amazing."
"What's in this? It looks like pagoda vegetables?" Ye Laosi said, pulling out a pair of chopsticks directly from the stove, picked up one and stuffed it into his mouth.
The pagoda vegetable was a little lacking in flavor, but it had a very crisp texture, and the chewing sound made everyone else even hungrier.
But thinking that they still haven't found out whether there is a dead rat in the kitchen, everyone can only swallow their saliva hard, but no one dares to try.
There are also pickled Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potato stems, radish cubes and so on in the jars at the back.
Ye Laosi tasted them one by one, and even grabbed a steamed bun from the kitchen to eat with it.
He made a few comments while eating.
"This radish is almost done, we can start eating it."
"This sweet potato stem is delicious. Are they dried and then pickled? They're really chewy."
“The Jerusalem artichokes are still a little under-pickled, but they taste pretty good.”
Mrs. Lu watched from the side and sneered.
Eat, eat. The happier you are at eating now, the more disgusted you will be when you see the dead rat later.
Soon, the two rows of small jars at the bottom were all checked, and it was soon the turn of the jars at the top.
Ye Laosi took down several in succession and found they were all empty when he opened them.
Seeing this, the guests began to whisper to each other.
"I don't think Madam You would do such a thing. Are we being used as a tool?"
"I think so too. So many wealthy families in Beijing buy dumplings from Youji. Don't they know the difference between good and bad dumplings?"
"I heard that Madam You is actually Mr. Cen's person. Mr. Cen even came to the store in person when it opened. Mr. Cen can't start destroying his own reputation just because he's old, right?"
When Mrs. Lu heard everyone's hesitation, she was not worried but smiled instead.
The more this happens, the angrier everyone will be when they find the dead rat in the jar.
Seeing Ye Laosi taking the jar that she had tampered with down from the shelf, Madam Lu felt her heartbeat begin to accelerate.
She immediately winked at her son.
While everyone's attention was on the jar, Lu Jincai slipped out to find Liang Yaohui, Liang's father and the constables from the yamen who had been waiting outside for a long time.
Ye Laosi carefully carried the jar out, placed it on the ground, wiped the sweat off his face and said, "What's pickled in here? It's quite heavy."
"Just open it and you'll know." Seeing that Ye Laosi was hesitating, Mrs. Lu rushed over excitedly and opened the lid.
As soon as the lid was opened, a foul smell wafted out.
Mrs. Lu didn't even look inside and started shouting, "Come and see, there's a jar of dead rats!
"This is the Youji dumplings you like to eat. Her family actually uses dead rats to make the dumpling filling!"
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