night.
In an alley near the food street, several men dressed in black suddenly jumped out from the wall.
Midnight (11 PM - 1 AM).
The sound of the night watchman striking his clapper could be heard.
"The weather is dry, so be careful with fire!"
Three men hid in a corner, and soon their voices carried further and further away.
"Boss, should we go door-to-door and put poison in the water buckets?"
The man shook his head. "It's too obvious. Here's how: skip a few houses and go to the next one. Be careful with the portions; give more to one house and less to another."
After pondering for a moment, he hesitated and said, "Let's drug those single men. Those with elderly people or children at home, forget it..."
Daylight broke.
Chicken hook.
The roosters in Qingxia Village have started crowing.
The Chen family members began to get up one after another.
As the Chen family's business prospered.
Now that they have a pig farm, the Chen family is selling even more braised pork.
The minimum required is 30 to 50 kilograms.
I'm busy until late at night.
It's hot now.
After the pig was slaughtered, the remaining half-pig was collected by Butcher Feng from the next village.
The Chen family's little yellow horse had already recovered from its injuries.
He served the food directly onto the carriage, and Chen Xian sat on the carriage shaft. With a flick of his whip, the little yellow horse galloped steadily along the dirt road.
Before long, they arrived at Chen's stall.
Chen Shi (7-9 AM).
Having spent so long in Daxing Town, Chen Xian suddenly realized that the food street now resembled the large market that still existed in northern China in later generations.
People don't pay attention to the time when they eat.
I strolled around and saw all sorts of food: oil tea, tofu pudding, soy milk and fried dough sticks, eight-treasure porridge, hand-pulled noodles, knife-cut noodles, sesame seed cakes, steamed buns...
Eat when you're hungry.
Old Man Li called out from a distance, "Boss Chen, you've finally arrived! I've been craving your food!"
Chen Xian recognized the man.
"Brother, long time no see."
Old Man Li waved his hand and said, "She went to her daughter's house. She married and moved to the next town. I was thinking she hadn't come to see me in a long time, and I missed her. She must be tied up with her children..."
There was also a man who looked familiar, surnamed Zheng.
"Boss Chen, the usual."
"Hold on."
In less than an hour, half of the meat and vegetables at Chen's stall had been sold out.
Of course, I am genuinely busy.
Su Liniang, Su Shuangshuang, and Chen Xian were so busy that they didn't even have time to sip their saliva.
Before we knew it, it was noon.
The Chen family's food was sold out quickly.
The table was piled high with copper coins.
Before long, a woman came rushing over from a distance, shouting, "That's his house!"
A man was lying on a stretcher in the distance.
Chen Xian was slightly taken aback.
The woman straightened her neck.
"Boss Chen, your business practices are really unethical. My old man ate your food, and in less than two hours, he's been to the outhouse more than ten times."
I was completely exhausted from diarrhea.
Those who enjoyed watching the spectacle gathered around, their eyes wide with excitement. Sure enough, the man who had been rosy-cheeked just a few hours earlier now looked as if his face had been coated with ginger juice, appearing sickly.
He was left with only one breath...
Breathing back and forth.
The woman took out the diagnosis she had just received from the doctor at the clinic from her bosom!
"The doctor said it's because I ate something unclean. I came here early this morning on an empty stomach, and I didn't eat anything. I just want the Chen family's food!"
Old Man Li tentatively tugged at the woman's sleeve, but she seemed oblivious.
"Old woman, maybe it's a problem with my health. I had no problems eating the Chen family's food before, so how could I have a problem this time?"
Onlookers began to discuss the spectacle.
"No way, this seemingly amiable Mr. Chen, could there be something wrong with the meat?"
"Maybe so. Do you remember when pork prices dropped, the Chen family bought a batch of local pigs?"
He might have carelessly bought a sick pig as well.
Some people have raised questions.
"It really was a sick pig. To put it another way, we don't know if it was intentional or if it was just a genuine oversight."
Su Liniang carefully examined the man's face; his delicate features were filled with worry.
Su Shuangshuang kept explaining, "That's not how it is. The meat from the Chen family is all good quality. They have never used sick pigs. And the meals are all cooked early in the morning, so there's no problem with the food!"
The woman scolded, "Still trying to argue? If my old man had an upset stomach at night, I wouldn't have anything to say, but it's noon now, and the food was bought at 7 AM. You're clearly trying to shirk responsibility!"
Chen Xian suddenly asked, "I wonder what you intend for me to do, sister-in-law?"
“Pay back money! The medical bills cost more than three hundred coins. Judging from the old man's condition, he will need to rest for at least a month. At thirty coins a day, that's nine hundred coins, or at least more than one tael.”
The woman gritted her teeth.
Suddenly, the voice of an old man came over, along with the voices of some women.
"Mr. Chen, it's really not that my family is trying to extort you. There might really be something wrong with the food you serve."
Several of the women were acquaintances, pale-faced and unsteady on their feet.
The other people eating at Chen's stall looked at those people and shouted, "How come I'm fine? Are you people being paid by someone to deliberately slander Chen's stall?"
What a vicious thought!
Some people were unhappy about it.
"Who the hell took bribes? If I did, may I be bitten to death by a mad dog on the street right now!"
Chen Xian frowned and scanned the group of people.
"Please be patient, everyone. The Chen family never sells leftover meat, and their business is extremely successful, so they don't sell leftovers."
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