"Sister Guiying, something's happened at Ninth Brother's ice cream parlor!"
In the morning, as soon as Liang Guiying entered the store, the assistant store manager, Afang, told her, "They used pesticide bottles to store drinks, and three people died from drinking them!"
"What? Using pesticide bottles to hold drinks?" Liang Guiying thought she had misheard. "Didn't anyone tell him that pesticide bottles can't be used to hold food?"
"Who knows?" Afang shrugged. "Anyway, this person has been arrested, and I heard he'll get at least ten years in prison."
Ah Tian was unloading goods at the door when he came in and chimed in: "Every time Kowloon Cafe launches a new product, they launch one within five days. Not only do they lower the price, but they also deliberately lower it. And to make matters worse, they tell customers that the materials we use are not good, while they use imported ones."
Several young men joined in: "No wonder I haven't been able to get my arm going these past few days. Turns out he was the one behind it all."
"Now look what's happened. He's gotten himself into jail after all this. His ice cream parlor is definitely going to go out of business. He deserves it."
"Exactly. Those three customers are pitiful. I heard they're students, only thirteen or fourteen years old."
The group chatted as they prepared the goods, and at first they were having a good time. But when they talked about the three students who had died, they all became sad.
She was only thirteen or fourteen years old, so young, and hadn't seen the world yet. All that was lost because of a drink.
How heartbroken their families must be.
With a heavy heart, Liang Guiying instructed: "We must pay attention to hygiene in our ice room. The cups must be cleaned thoroughly. In addition, if customers bring their own cups, we should take a closer look to see if they are suitable containers for food. If you can't recognize them, we would rather give them a glass bottle than give them food without permission."
Originally, everyone only felt sorry for the three students involved in the incident at Ninth Brother's Ice Room, and no one expected it to have such a big impact later on.
On the third day after the incident at Ninth Brother Ice Room, the Industry and Commerce Bureau, together with the Health Bureau and the police station, launched a joint operation to conduct daily small inspections and three-day large inspections of all ice rooms and snack shops in Jiangcheng.
After the incident at Ninth Brother's Ice Room, many customers were afraid to go out for drinks anymore. Now, with these departments coming to inspect every few days, it's practically impossible to have any customers at all.
Soon, Kyu Mei Ice Room closed down.
Next up is Kyu Mao Ice Room.
Later, Jinlong Ice Room also closed down.
Only Kowloon Cafe and Kam Fung Cafe are still holding on.
The proprietress of Jin Feng Ice Room is surnamed Li and named Li Jin Feng. The two ice rooms are only one street apart. When she has nothing to do, Li Jin Feng often comes to the shop to tease Zhou Xiao Nian.
Today, as soon as the enforcement team left, she ran over to Liang Guiying and said, "Sister Guiying, I heard that the province knows about this and is very angry. The city might shut down all the ice cream parlors. If the news is true, Sister Guiying, are you planning to change careers? Which career? Please take me with you!"
"What career can I switch to? If all the ice cream parlors are really shut down, then I'll have to go back to setting up a stall. But food poisoning can't be eliminated just by shutting down all the ice cream parlors. Any food business, whether it's a restaurant, a teahouse, or a small stall, can have problems. The authorities can't just shut down all the restaurants and teahouses, can they?"
"You're right."
"As soon as the incident happened, the higher-ups were furious, and the city government investigated it thoroughly. Once the compensation plan for the three children is released and the parents accept it, the matter will be pretty much over."
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