Chapter 151
On the beach at the side entrance of Yueting Self-service Park, people were queuing up in a circle, all in a panic...
On the beach beside the entrance of Yueting Self-service Buffet, people were queuing up in a circle, and all kinds of panicked voices were heard.
"What's going on?!"
"I heard that someone had problems eating here. This, this..."
"No way, I love the food at Yueting Buffet so much!"
"But it looks so scary!"
More and more people came, and even customers from another door gathered around after hearing the noise, their eyes looking towards the center of the crowd.
There was a stretcher there, and on it lay a pale-faced, foaming-at-the-mouth young man.
A fat, big-eared man was squatting, looking worried and indignant. He said to the unconscious boy, "Don't worry, I will definitely seek justice for you. You were poisoned so badly, and yet..."
"Why didn't you go to the doctor first, but came to me?"
A cold and lazy voice sounded, interrupting the man's words.
Xiao Yue walked past the crowd that automatically made way, glanced at the young man on the stretcher, and folded his arms leisurely, saying, "Go get treatment if you're sick, don't die in front of my store."
If Xiao Yue had a guess in his mind when Fang Fang came to report just now, then seeing all this at this moment, the guess was realized.
It was such a familiar routine, so familiar that she almost thought that the man named Liu Qiao had disguised himself and was acting here again.
ridiculous.
However, Xiao Yue's words shocked everyone, because they sounded so cold-blooded and heartless, as if he was trying to shirk responsibility.
The fat man caught on to this and immediately stood up and pointed at her: "You've caused my brother to become like this, and you still dare to say such vicious words?!"
"I am vicious?" Xiao Yue suddenly realized, "So I am more vicious than the person who didn't go to the clinic to find a doctor for treatment when his brother was poisoned, but instead delayed time and caused his life or death to remain unknown?"
The fat and big-eared man choked, and the people around him were immediately aware of this.
Yes, if the poisoning is like this, shouldn’t you go see a doctor immediately and discuss other things later?
Besides...
"Besides, how can you be sure that he got poisoned by eating here?" Xiao Yue said what everyone was thinking, and asked back: "My shop is a self-service store. There are so many people every day, why is he the only one who got poisoned?"
The people around understood more and more as they listened.
Yes, the number of people eating breakfast alone at Yueting Buffet is more than that of other stores in a whole day, and the food is all put together. If something went wrong, wouldn’t there be widespread poisoning?
How could there be just one?
The fat and big-eared man was not at all flustered, as if he knew she would say this, and sneered and accused: "My brother's stomach is worse than that of ordinary people. As long as he eats unclean food, his body will definitely feel uncomfortable!"
"He ate steamed buns and dumplings at your place this morning. Others who are strong and healthy may not suffer from vomiting and diarrhea, but he is suffering, right? It must be because the ingredients you use in your restaurant are not clean!"
Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, the expressions of the people around him became subtle.
Xiao Yue also laughed.
"What do you mean?" The fat man's heart skipped a beat for some reason, and he continued forcefully, "Don't deny it. In my opinion, your shop is not clean. Otherwise, how could you sell it so cheaply? You are making money against your conscience, poisoning my brother and trying to shirk responsibility!"
Xiao Yue sighed and shook his head. "Your words don't make sense. Are you really thinking about your brother, or are you trying to spread rumors and extort money from me? Was your brother poisoned, or did he eat unclean food?"
Without waiting for his answer, Xiao Yue's expression suddenly changed: "It's okay, I've asked a doctor for you, and everything will be clear after the doctor's examination. You're welcome."
"Varied……"
The fat and big-eared man was stunned, with a look of panic on his face, but before he could say anything, the crowd behind him dispersed again.
This time, a tall man with outstanding features walked in.
Behind him followed a middle-aged woman, carrying a worn-out medicine box and wearing simple but decent clothes. One could tell from her appearance that she was a doctor.
The fat and big-eared man was no longer confident of victory. He watched the doctor coming over and hurried forward to stop him.
Xiao Yue's smile deepened, and he suddenly said, "By the way, if I remember correctly, you should be the owner of Yongshun Restaurant, right?"
"You recognize me?!"
The fat and big-eared man looked at her in disbelief, as if he had heard a ghost story, and his movements slowed down.
Naturally, this action was seen by the people around, and the scene suddenly seemed to become strange.
With Xiao Yue's next words, it became even more subtle -
"Of course I recognize him. I went shopping there when I first came to Qingyun City. I happened to hear that the boss next door to you was interested in selling the shop. It was said that it was because you and your wife quarreled all the time and it was annoying. But I heard from the boss that you seemed to... have no younger brother?"
The fat and big-eared man turned pale, froze in place, and trembled all over.
He could never have imagined that this would happen. Xiao Yue not only directly asked for a doctor, but also recognized who he was...
Seeing the suspicious expressions of the people around him, the fat and big-eared man felt dizzy, his legs and feet went limp, and he knelt on the ground.
When he stammered and finally explained, "This is my cousin," the doctor's words came over him, like a basin of ice water poured on his head.
"It is indeed a sign of poisoning, namely agarbatti. If taken in excess, one will suffer from severe abdominal pain and foaming at the mouth. In severe cases, one may even fall into a deep coma. However, agarbatti smells fishy and is purple in color. This kind of thing can be recognized at a glance. How could it be taken by a child by mistake?"
The doctor didn't know the whole story, so he looked at the man who said the boy was his brother and reprimanded him loudly.
Seeing the man's distraught look, Xiao Yue felt that he was wasting time, so he said, "This is the first time I've heard of Shihuasan. I'd like to ask if anyone here has eaten buns and dumplings in my shop this morning. Have you seen this stuff in the fillings?"
But the doctor has described the specific appearance of Shihuasan. How could he not know it when he has eyes and a nose?
Not to mention the customers who had eaten buns and dumplings in the morning, their moods were extremely up and down, and they looked angrily at the man who was sitting next to the stretcher.
"So you directed and acted in it yourself!"
"I just thought something was wrong. Yueting's breakfast buffet is made on site!"
"This guy is actually the owner of a food store, and he came up with this kind of trick to harm people!"
"Yongshun Restaurant? I've never heard of it before. I'll avoid it from now on!"
"Spit before you go!"
The customers at the entrance of Yueting Self-service witnessed such a scene. Although Xiao Yue solved it in a few words, the anger in their hearts could not be calmed for a long time.
After the doctor fed the antidote to the boy, he roughly understood what he heard and felt extremely complicated.
Seeing that she was hesitant to speak, Xiao Yue asked, "Doctor, do you have anything else to say?"
"I want to say Shihuasan." The doctor looked helpless: "This thing is poisonous if used in large quantities, but it is a medicine if used in small quantities. The fish bones contained in it are unique to the coastal areas of Qingyun City. Therefore, although it is sold in the city's Chinese medicine clinic, it can only be purchased by locals and cannot be purchased by people working in the catering industry."
It seems to explain what Shihuasan is, but in fact it reveals two most important pieces of information.
First, it can only be purchased by local people in Qingyun City. Xiao Yue is not a local. Even if there are locals in the store, they are all in the catering industry and cannot buy it at all.
Second, since the catering industry cannot purchase agar-agar powder, how could the owner of Yongshun Restaurant buy it?
The doctor's words were like a heavy hammer. Not only did they make the fat-headed and big-eared man unable to turn over, but they also made everyone look terrified.
Xiao Yue was also stunned for a moment.
But that’s not all. Fu Xunzhou, who had been watching the show quietly since the doctor was called, finally stepped forward and stopped in front of the fat and big-eared man.
"When I was selecting a location for Yueting, I also checked the environment of all the food shops on Central Street. They were all dirty and messy without exception. The kitchen of Yongshun Restaurant..."
These words were very appealing, and everyone looked over.
Fu Xunzhou showed disgust on his face: "Rats are everywhere, cockroaches are crawling everywhere, and the dishes are made with rotten and smelly ingredients but sold at a sky-high price of 899 copper coins... After all, you still dare to cheat Yueting Buffet today?"
As soon as the voice fell, nausea sounds were heard all around, and even Xiao Yue couldn't help but frown.
The fat-headed and big-eared man, who had been a coward since his plan was exposed, could no longer hold back and shouted as if waking up from a dream: "What right do you have to investigate my store privately! Who are you? What qualifications do you have!"
He was so angry and frustrated, just like a sewer rat whose tail was stepped on.
"Master Fu!"
"Madam Xiao!"
At this time, the crowd dispersed again. Yang Ban, with sweat on his forehead, arrived late. After looking around the situation, he angrily ordered people to arrest the owner of Yongshun Restaurant.
"It's the city lord!"
Someone in the crowd recognized him and there was a commotion all around, but they were stopped by the soldiers from the City Lord's Mansion.
Yang Ban spent some time to deal with the situation, and said to Fu Xunzhou with a sigh of relief: "Thank you so much for the evidence sent by Master Fu. If not for this, even I, the city lord, would have been kept in the dark! This is really infuriating. I will investigate carefully and deal with it severely!"
This confirmed that what Fu Xunzhou said was true, but why was even the lord of a city so respectful to him?
who is he?
No one knew the answer. Yang Ban came hurriedly, said a few words to Xiao Yue and left in a hurry.
They are probably going to deal with the dirty and messy situation at Shihuasan and the food shops on the central street, and it will probably be quite a big deal.
Xiao Yue glanced at Fu Xunzhou, who nodded at her and helped her maintain order at the door.
…
This self-directed and self-inflicted incident did not affect Yueting's self-help.
It was getting dark and the shops were closed as usual.
Fang Sanhong said in the carriage: "I thought I could say a few words, but it ended before it even started."
"Just an idiot."
Xiao Yue didn't want to comment further. The level of speechlessness of this incident had reached the highest peak since she opened the store.
Instead, she was curious about another thing, and only then did she have time to ask Fu Xunzhou: "When did you check those shops on Central Street so carefully?"
In order to open a store in Qingyun City, Xiao Yue had of course made preparations in all aspects.
First of all, the existence of Yueting Self-service will definitely affect other stores and disrupt their so-called "normal prices."
Xiao Yue inquired about the business situation of those shops so that he could respond if they made any tricks, but that was all.
But I didn't expect that it would actually happen, and the means were so laughable.
What was even more unexpected was that Fu Xunzhou even had evidence of the poor hygiene of their store and gave it to Yang Ban...
"I said I would support you." Fu Xunzhou smiled faintly: "I can't help much with cooking, this is all I can do."
He said that he would make Xiao Yue's journey to create a new world smoother and clear away the obstacles that get in the way.
This is just the simplest thing, what's so difficult about it?
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