49 Confused Account
◎The fingertips clutching the skirt turned slightly white◎
Business is good and things are going smoothly.
Because of the expansion of the store, we had already earned one thousand taels in half a month.
According to Tian Nongxi's guess, if he earns another 800 taels, he can get a system reward.
If this time they follow the old rules and give a reward of 720 taels of gold, it will prove that the system's reward is the bulk of the reward, and her previous worries are nothing. 20 million taels of gold is also possible.
She counted the days on her fingers and was overjoyed.
One day, because she had been busy late the night before, she stayed in Xindian.
The store had been open for a long time, but since it was not yet noon, there were not many people around, so Tian Nongxi took a break to bask in the sun in the backyard.
The newly hired servant hurriedly lifted the curtain to the backyard, and the rag hanging from his shoulder was blown in front of her against the wind.
He bent down to pick up the rag, but before he could hand it over, the wind carried the waiter's panicked and shrill voice over to him.
"Boss, someone from the north side of the city said there's a disturbance in the store!"
Tian Nongxi just stood up and asked him to explain clearly in a cold voice while walking quickly towards the front yard.
The waiter followed her and said that he didn't know much about it, but he only knew that someone said that someone in the family had an upset stomach.
When she opened the curtain, she saw the clerk from the old shop standing at the door, sweating profusely. When he saw her, he came over and anxiously asked her to go and take a look.
Tian Nongxi glanced at the scattered customers in the store, made a gesture to silence them, turned around and told the shop assistants not to make a fuss and to work as usual.
Only after she had walked out of the shop and boarded the sedan chair did she hand the clerk a handkerchief and say, "Don't be impatient. Tell me the whole story."
The waiter wiped his sweat and said frankly that as soon as the restaurant opened today, two tall and strong men had been sitting in the corner without ordering any dishes. They found it strange, but they couldn't chase them away, so they pretended not to see them.
Until half an hour ago, customers gradually came to the store.
The two big men suddenly dropped the peanuts they had been given to the ground and started howling to the sky.
When asked, he said that his mother fell ill after eating food in the store and wanted to see the owner for justice.
Tian Nongxi asked: "What did you eat?"
"They say... they say it's pickles."
Pickles were given to every table in the store, and at least a thousand mouths ate them every day. If she really got sick from eating pickles, then wouldn't she be poisoning the entire capital?
Tian Nongxi's face twisted and he sighed deeply, not forgetting to comfort the guy who was about to cry and tell him not to panic.
It is not known whether she really got sick because of eating the food in the restaurant, or someone was secretly trying to make trouble for her. It's just that this happened when her life just happened to be better. No matter what the reason is, it is always exhausting.
The waiter said in a hoarse voice that after the two of them made such a fuss, the customers who were originally going to order food in the restaurant left the restaurant one after another, and those who stayed just chewed peanuts and watched the fun.
He was really afraid that the store would not be able to continue operating. After so many years in the outside world, such a generous boss was harder to find than a night pearl.
Tian Nongxi asked, "What about the gate? Are there any people watching the show?"
The clerk said yes, and Jiang Chang came out of the kitchen. After hearing what they said, they asked him to come find her. He closed the shop door before leaving, but the two big men walked up and opened the door again, and asked everyone passing by to come into the shop to listen.
He was anxious, but Jiang Chang winked at him and told him not to worry about it, and then he came out.
The waiter said in frustration, "I would have locked the door if I had known this."
Although she knew he meant well, Tian Nongxi still couldn't help but curl her lips and said it was okay.
"If you really lock the door, you can't wash yourself clean even if you jump into the Yellow River."
After a moment of hesitation, Tian Nongxi lifted the curtain and thought for a while, then asked the waiter to get out of the sedan chair at this intersection, find doctors from three medical clinics, and bring the person to the store.
Remember to find different clinics.
The guy got off the car, and Tian Nongxi asked the driver to ride faster so that he could come back later.
When she arrived, a group of people had already gathered at the door. Seeing her coming, they all made way for her.
Uninformed passersby whispered and were told that this was the shopkeeper from Hao Zai Lai.
Tian Nongxi smiled at the people who made way for her, and her fingertips, which were clutching the hem of her skirt, turned slightly white without her even noticing.
The house was in a mess.
Jiang Chang stood at the entrance of the kitchen, holding a spatula in his hand, his face flushed red.
Two burly men stood in the middle, each with one foot on a chair, with broken dishes and chopsticks scattered around their feet.
When Tian Nongxi walked forward, one of them was still cursing fiercely until she said that she was the shopkeeper.
The two exchanged glances, and the one who had been scolding her burst out laughing, pointing at her and laughing. "You? You? You're so weak, yet you're trying to imitate others as a shopkeeper." He put down the chair, ignoring the footprints on it, and sat down directly, hugging his chest and snorting coldly, "What kind of business can a little girl like you do? You can't even run a business in public."
The other person frowned and scolded his younger brother for his inappropriate remarks, then bowed and apologized.
One of them played the good guy and the other played the bad guy, setting up the stage very firmly.
Tian Nongxi ignored him, pulled over a chair and sat down, his face solemn, "On the way here, I heard the waiter tell me the whole story. I've already asked a doctor to come. I wonder where you two brothers live?"
The younger ones were quick to react, "My mother ate your food and has passed away. Why are you pretending to be a good person?"
"What?!" She was really dumbfounded. On the way here, the waiter did not tell her that the person involved had died. Looking at Jiang Chang's stunned expression when he walked over, she could roughly guess that the two of them had waited until she came to tell her about this matter. She was at a loss for words.
After a moment, she calmed down and asked, "Then how do you prove that you died from eating my food?"
The older man described the old woman's appearance and figure in detail. It was Tian Nongxi who was in charge of the accounts that day. Because the old woman had poor hearing, it took her some effort to communicate, but she did remember such a person.
The old woman said she wanted to take the food home to eat, and she even prepared a food box for the person to keep it warm, but she never returned it.
"The day before yesterday?"
"That's right." The big man touched his beard, "My two brothers were too busy that day, and we didn't want our mother to work hard, so we left some money for her to go out and buy food." He choked up as he spoke, and tears welled up in his eyes.
Tian Nongxi first expressed his condolences, and then said: "Eating my food doesn't mean that he died of illness. There were many customers coming and going that day, but no one else was sick."
After that, she had a new thought, "Is it because the old man himself is in poor health? Or did he eat something else?"
The big man attacked, "I'm going to eat your house! You mean I'm going to cheat you? Why don't you find a rich restaurant?"
Tian Nongxi: "Then report it to the police."
"My mother has already been buried and the funeral has begun. If we report this to the authorities, won't they dissect her? You and I are both human beings. Who would be willing to pull someone out from under the loess?"
"So what do you want?" Jiang Chang frowned, "You want us to take the blame for no apparent reason?"
Seeing that an argument was about to break out, Tian Nongxi asked, "Why are you so sure she ate the pickles? The old woman ordered two or three dishes that day, and the pickles were just a gift."
Fortunately, the people who came back were usually kind and familiar with most of the people around them.
As soon as these words were spoken, the rustling noise at the door suddenly became louder.
Someone in the crowd shouted, "Swindler! The shopkeeper doesn't need to pay any attention to him!"
The others echoed, "Yeah, yeah, I was in the store that day too. I'll just stand right here."
"I ate it too."
"Me too."
The two big men were embarrassed and looked at each other. One of them sighed and said, "It's not easy for a woman like you to run a business. We didn't want to be too harsh."
"No need. If it's our fault, we will compensate you."
The big man shouted to the crowd: "Xiao Jue! Xiao Yao!"
As soon as he finished speaking, two little girls who had been blocked pushed through the crowd and walked forward.
Tian Nongxi didn't understand what the intention was. He looked at the two of them, then at the two big men.
Before she could speak, the one who looked slightly older, about fourteen or fifteen years old, spoke tremblingly: "My sister and I ate it too and vomited."
She kept clutching the corner of her clothes, staring at her toes in fascination, her voice as thin as a mosquito.
The little girl next to her, about seven or eight years old, looked at her intently, nodded her head earnestly, and said in a childish voice, "Yes."
When meeting someone only once, the first thing you remember is always their voice.
It would have been fine if the little girl didn't speak, but once she spoke, even just a few words, Tian Nongxi picked out this person from his memory.
Comparing the dirty face in his mind with the clean little girl in front of him, Tian Nongxi raised his eyebrows.
Before she could say anything, a strange female voice said indignantly, "Maybe you two are deceiving people together!"
Jiang Chang also said, "Every day, the vegetables are freshly delivered from the suburbs early in the morning. There's no way you can get sick from eating them. Even the pickles are made by us ourselves, so not even a fly or mosquito can get in."
"Impossible! These two girls have no relationship with us at all."
The big man spoke, implying that the two were his neighbors. Because their parents had passed away and their relatives were gone, the two orphans were pitiful. His mother was kind-hearted and thought of these two children with any good things.
"I felt sorry for the two little girls, so I shared some food with them. We didn't know about it until I got home that night and she told us on her sickbed." The big man snorted, his face flushed as he spoke. "I went to knock on the door and was shocked to see the two little girls vomiting and having diarrhea. Then I realized they must have gotten sick from eating your food.
"If you don't believe me, you can just try them! How could a child lie?
"My poor old mother was so frail and passed away! Even at such an old age, she still encountered such a thing. You must give us an explanation today."
Tian Nongxi lowered his eyes. "If it's clear that it's indeed our store's fault, then I will definitely not run away. However, this matter must be made clear. We can't put all the blame on our store. It will damage our store's reputation."
As soon as he finished speaking, the waiter came in with three doctors carrying medicine boxes, walked around the broken bowls on the ground, stood next to Tian Nongxi, and called out "Boss".
Perhaps because they had explained the situation on the way, the three doctors didn't waste any words and asked directly, "Where is the patient?"
The two little girls responded under the gaze of everyone.
Tian Nongxi looked at the big man and said, "Then take them to see a doctor."
The two big men did not stop them, and the little girl obediently followed the doctors to the backyard.
She winked at the waiter, asking him to follow her, while she stayed where she was, poured a cup of tea for the two of them, and asked them if they remembered what dishes they had ordered and how much they had spent.
"Steamed crucian carp and cabbage and tofu stew." The two looked at each other and one of them said, "I can't remember how much it cost. I was frugal and kept it all in her room."
Another person said, "I remember my mother couldn't bear to finish the dishes, so she kept them warm on the stove for my brother and me to eat when we got home. Later, he and Xiaojue and Xiaoyao got together, and we suspected there was something wrong with the food. He ate those two dishes despite my attempts to stop him. He looked fine, but after a chopstick dipped in some pickled vegetables, he turned pale and had to go to the toilet several times."
Tian Nongxi was about to ask why they were sure it was the food and not some other object she had touched, but the waiter who had just entered the backyard trotted over to her and whispered in her ear, "Boss, the doctor said, he really had an upset stomach."
Her pupils trembled for a moment, but when she raised her eyes again, they had returned to normal.
The big man frowned and asked what happened. Tian Nongxi spoke in a steady tone and tilted his head to let the waiter tell him.
【Author’s words】
So tired... I'm just an egg! Egg! Queen!!! (Roaring)
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