It's no wonder that Zhao Qinglan suspected Qian Hongxia first, given that both she and her husband had too many criminal records.
However, this was just her suspicion, and there was no substantial evidence.
Zhao Qinglan did not immediately voice her suspicions about Qian Hongxia and her husband.
"Mom, why don't you reinforce the doors and windows of the shop?"
I don't know if there's a security door now.
Technology is not advanced enough at present, and there is no surveillance available.
They can only try to find other solutions.
Sun and her two daughters didn't think much of it, only that Zhao Qinglan was right.
Li Huai sensed something in his wife's words, but seeing that she didn't say anything, he didn't press her for details.
Go find a repairman to reinforce the doors and windows and tidy up the shop.
After all that trouble, half a day had passed.
When Zhao Qinglan left, she specifically called her second sister over.
"Qingzhu, you and Qingju should keep an eye on the wonton shops across the street lately and see if there are any changes in their business. If there are any other unusual situations, write them down."
"Sister, you suspect them?" Zhao Qingzhu reacted quickly.
"It's just a matter of having multiple directions for investigation."
"I understand, sis."
Zhao Qingzhu was still furious about the shop being robbed.
Putting aside the damage and disorder, closing the shop for a day really impacts business. If this kind of thing happens frequently in the future, their shops will all go out of business.
On the way back, Li Huai asked about it.
"Qinglan, do you have someone you suspect?"
"Not really, I just asked Qingzhu to keep an eye on Qian Hongxia's shop."
Considering Qian Hongxia's style, Li Huai also felt that she could be a suspect.
"Is there any secret recipe in the kitchen?"
"No, it's all made fresh daily. It's just that the ingredients for the soup base are kept in the kitchen. Even if they were stolen, they wouldn't know what proportions to use."
If the other party could truly experiment and recreate a similar base sauce, she would genuinely admire them.
With that kind of spirit, why not study something else on your own?
Indeed, when Qian Hongxia and her brother and sister-in-law saw a pile of seasonings and spices laid out in front of them, they were dumbfounded.
Qian Hongxia's brother and sister-in-law manage the kitchen together; her sister-in-law and sister-in-law are in charge of wrapping the dumplings, while her brother cooks them.
Their wonton soup base only has a little salt and MSG added, nothing else.
As for the wontons, the filling was made by hand, just like homemade dumplings, and the meat and other ingredients were the cheapest quality available.
To be honest, there's really no one among them who's a good cook.
Regardless of which one it is, at most they'll just cook their own home-style meals.
If it weren't for the excellent wontons from the time-honored snack shop, this wonton shop might still have some business. But with something even better available, only a fool would spend the same amount of money to eat something that tastes worse, unless they were unaware of the difference.
Lacking culinary skills, none of them knew what to do with the seasonings placed before them.
"That's all you need. Hurry up and make these delicious wontons," Qian Hongxia ordered.
"Hongxia, where did you get all this? Is it reliable?" Qian Hongxia's brother questioned.
"Brother, that time-honored brand uses these things, okay? Don't waste your time, hurry up and get it done."
No one knows where Yang Qingmin contacted the thugs, but he paid them to steal things from the time-honored shop.
As a result, this is the pile I stole.
Qian Hongxia naturally wouldn't reveal the source of the ingredients; she only wanted to make wontons with the same taste as the time-honored brand as quickly as possible to make a lot of money.
If only doing business were that simple.
The few customers who occasionally came into the store today all tasted wontons with different flavors and unique soup bases.
This is even more frightening than the ordinary wonton soup we had before.
Anyway, none of the people who have eaten here will ever come back a second time.
After returning home, Zhao Qinglan waited for news of her younger sister.
Just three days later, my younger sister, Zhao Qingzhu, called.
After chatting with Zhao Qinglan for a while, Zhao Qinglan started to laugh.
It turns out that Qian Hongxia's shop was upset by a customer who not only said their wontons were terrible, but also caused the customer to vomit and have diarrhea after leaving the shop, resulting in the customer ending up in the hospital.
The commotion was witnessed by Zhao Qingzhu and her two daughters, and it attracted quite a crowd of onlookers.
Zhao Qingzhu happened to come over to watch the excitement for a while and heard some other news.
For example, just how bad are the wontons at this shop? They've reached a new level of awfulness these past few days.
What was initially only a five-point doubt has now become an eight or nine-point doubt for Zhao Qinglan.
They found Qian Hongxia and her husband utterly disgusting.
I just hope that this incident will make the other party stop.
With that in mind, she started thinking about how to improve the safety of the snack shop.
When Li Huai returned that evening, Zhao Qinglan told him everything, including the lively atmosphere at Qian Hongxia's shop.
Li Huai was equally disgusted by the couple, but he simply couldn't bring himself to use such despicable methods; otherwise, he would have gotten rid of Yang Qingmin first.
As for improving the safety of snack shops, he does have an idea.
"How about we get a dog?"
Yes, you can keep a dog. Why didn't she think of that?
"But where are the dogs?"
In many places these days, people can't even get enough to eat, let alone have enough food to raise dogs. In any case, since she was reborn, she has never seen anyone raising dogs.
Besides, when it comes to raising a dog, you should at least start with a puppy.
"Leave this to me, you don't need to worry about it."
Well, to be honest, her memories of many things from decades ago are hazy, and she's really not as resourceful as Li Huai.
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