Chapter 89: Mushroom Meat Buns. Bad Guys.
News of a murder spreads especially quickly.
Before Qiu Xuan and the others left the mountain, the news had already reached the Zong family.
When the clan mother heard it, she thought it was fake news, but what the woman said was very convincing.
"It's a good thing you've severed your ties with the Qiu family, otherwise you'd have to go collect the bodies of that family."
The clan mother invited the person into the courtyard and brought me some melon seeds and tea.
She had to find out more about this kind of news.
The woman looked around since she came in. In the past, she had only heard from the villagers that the Zong family had become rich, but she had no real experience at that time. Now, seeing this courtyard and the food, she finally understood what a world of difference there was.
The clan mother asked, "What happened? How could all the people be gone?"
The woman said calmly, "The Qiu family has been in turmoil for the past two years. First, Lin Cuihua broke her leg, and then her son Huzi broke his leg."
The clan mother knew all this news; Qiu Yun had told her about it.
The woman continued, "Hu Zi married a widow. I heard that she had a miscarriage a few years ago, and because of this, the Qiu family has never stopped using medicine."
"The inquest went in early this morning and said a family of four died of poisoning from eating mountain mushrooms."
"You're surprised! We mountain dwellers live off the land, and I've never heard of anyone dying from overeating in all these years."
"You said, could it be that someone drugged them?"
The clan mother waved her hands repeatedly, "You can't say that. Those are four lives at stake. Who would be so bold?"
After saying this, the clan mother sensed something was wrong. She frowned and looked at the woman, asking, "Madam Liu, there's something else in your words, isn't it? You don't think my family drugged someone to harm them, do you?"
The clan mother stood up angrily. She had brought the man into the courtyard with good intentions, but ended up getting herself into trouble for no reason.
"Aunt Zong, I don't mean that. Since your two families have severed their relationship, it's natural that you wouldn't do that." Madam Liu pulled the person back to the stool and whispered, "I heard that the widow's child was beaten to death by Qiu Shitou. The widow wanted to leave, but the Qiu family refused to let her go. Do you think that the widow didn't want to live anymore, so this is..."
After the clan mother realized that the man was speaking in a sarcastic tone, she could no longer listen to him.
She said calmly, "How would we who live at the foot of the mountain know about this? But if someone really did harm someone intentionally, the government officials would naturally be able to investigate."
After saying this, the clan mother asked the person to leave.
The woman was not angry. When she stood up, she grabbed a handful of melon seeds and put them in her pocket.
Zong Anji came over with his mother-in-law and happened to see this scene.
He walked quickly forward and helped his grandmother into the yard.
"Mom, what's wrong? You don't look well."
The clan mother is very concerned about her reputation, especially since Yueyang's mother is here.
She pulled her hand back and said, "What's wrong with mother? It's just that we don't get along."
Zong Anji turned around and looked at the woman who had already walked away.
He could only see a back figure and really couldn't recognize who it was.
But his mother said it was okay, so he didn't ask any more questions.
After noon, Qiu Xuan and his group returned.
I could have come back early, but I met people from Datun Village when I was going down the mountain.
No one knew who started it, but someone falsely accused her, Qiu Xuan, of wanting to kill people from the Qiu family.
How could she tolerate having such dirty water thrown on her?
Qiu Xuan immediately rushed into the crowd and pulled out the man who spread the rumors.
To prove her innocence, she was willing to go to the government office. However, if this matter had nothing to do with her, the man who spread the rumor would have to kowtow and admit his fault.
This matter is neither big nor small, but there are many people watching the fun, and when the commotion starts, there are even more people watching.
Coincidentally, someone from the government office really came, and the coroner performed autopsies on the four members of the Qiu family, proving that they had indeed died from poisonous mushrooms.
As for the poisoning incident, it is truly nonsense.
Qiu Xuan hadn't been into the mountains in the past few days, so it was impossible for her to have picked those mushrooms.
She was cleared of suspicion in an instant.
This delay has lasted until now.
Qiu Xuan returned home tired and went back to her room to take a shower without even going to the living room.
She has to get rid of the bad luck.
"Where is A'an? Why can't I see her?" The clan mother heard the noise in the hall, but neither the first-class person nor the second-class person came.
In the end, only Zong Xiao and Huai Xue entered the house, and her heart suddenly rose to her throat.
Zong Xiao poured himself some tea and explained, "She went back to the house first and will be here soon."
The clan mother saw his expression and guessed that they must have encountered trouble.
I just don't know whether this matter is big or small.
Zong Xiao actually drank the tea in one gulp. After his throat had soothed, he continued, "The Qiu family is all gone."
"Mother knows. Someone came to our house today with a message, and I sent them away. A man of my age was actually talking nonsense."
Zong Xiao understood the meaning behind Zong Mu's words.
He said, "This matter is completely over. If the people from the government office hadn't been here today, who knows how much more serious this matter would have become."
Someone was deliberately throwing dirty water on Qiu Xuan, and that man today was just one of them.
There are others hiding in the dark, otherwise how could the grandmother hear the news at home?
What does this mean? It means that some people cannot tolerate them.
But the brothel has been investigated, and Madam Lian died in prison, so who else could it be?
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A remote courtyard in the town.
The shabby door was tightly closed, and when the visitor pushed it gently, the door creaked.
"Third Master, it's not done." The man shouted loudly as he stepped into the yard.
"Shut up! How dare you come back when the task is not accomplished?" Tian San was sitting in the yard eating barbecue. He was originally in high spirits, but when he heard the man say that the task was not accomplished, he immediately frowned.
"If you can't even do such a simple thing, what's the use of you?" He was furious and kicked the man to the ground.
The man was timid and was already sweating profusely.
He murmured quietly, "Someone just left for the government office."
If no one goes to the yamen, the rumors they spread will indeed affect Qiu Yun and her shop.
After all, the villagers are suspicious by nature, and Qiu Xuan’s relationship with her natal family is not good.
But now the coroner has confirmed that those people did eat poisonous mushrooms by mistake, so it has nothing to do with Qiu Xuan anymore.
Tian San was so angry that he had no appetite to eat the skewers of meat on the table.
"Idiot, since they are destined to die, why don't you just give them the drugs?"
The man knelt on the ground and dared not breathe.
He was too timid to dare to poison someone. The basket of poisonous mushrooms was the most daring thing he could do.
"You missed such a good opportunity, what a loser!"
Tian San threw the skewers at the man and cursed, "Get lost."
The man still had his head down, but he was nimble and picked up a few skewers of meat that had fallen on the ground before being discharged from the hospital.
This is meat, you can eat it after washing it.
He is not afraid of getting dirty.
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When Qiu Xuan finished washing up and came out, she ran into Zong Xiao who had hurried back.
She subconsciously took a towel to cover herself.
When she realized that she was wearing underwear, she pretended nothing had happened and coughed twice.
"Hang these peachwood branches that mother just broke off for you to wear."
Everyone in the family believes this, especially my grandmother.
"Okay." Qiu Xuan put on her clothes and tied the peach wood branch around her waist.
"Have you told mother?" After tying it, Qiu Xuan looked up at him.
The two had been honest with each other for months, but Qiu Yu still felt a little uncomfortable being face to face in broad daylight next to the bathtub.
Zong Xiao hummed, turned around and walked towards the outer room.
He stood by the window, looking at the peach tree in the yard. It was already May, and buds had already formed on the peach branches.
Just now when he went to break the peach branches, he originally wanted to pick a few flowers.
"Tell your mother that you didn't scare her, did you?" Qiu Xuan put her arms around his waist from behind and leaned her head against his side.
Snuggling together like this, Qiu Xuan felt inexplicably at ease.
"Someone came to our house today and told Mom about the Qiu family. Mom knew about it before us."
"What?" Qiu Xuan perked up instantly. She let go of her hand and walked over to the other side. "Someone came to our house to talk to mother about the Qiu family?"
"That person revealed his true intentions after just a few words, so mother immediately sent him away. But this incident also reminds us that we still need to be more vigilant."
Someone was deliberately doing bad things in secret and even kept peeping at them.
Qiu Xiuhan was cold from the feet up. Who on earth was so eager for their well-being?
It was obvious that their lives were just beginning to improve.
"Forget about the mushroom buns."
Qiu Xuan picked a lot of wild mushrooms today, and she was thinking of making some mushroom buns.
The buns are delicious, and people who like mushrooms will definitely like buns with that taste.
"We can make less, for example, we can sell half a bun at a time." Zong Xiao suggested.
"Half one?"
Qiu Yun thought about it carefully and felt that this method was feasible.
If someone really wanted to harm them, they would definitely start with the restaurant business.
The easiest thing to get is definitely good luck.
After all, there are so many people buying buns every day, who can remember who?
Besides, the Bao Hao Yun shop is located next to the academy. If someone has problems eating it, the scholars around will definitely not buy it again.
"Let's be on guard early. I'll personally supervise the bun fillings these days."
The next day, Qiu Xuan took the washed mushrooms to the bun shop.
She diced the mushrooms and mixed them with the minced meat.
Such a simple mushroom bun is ready. Qiu Xuan pinched the bun to be a circle bigger than the others, and then cut it in half with a knife as soon as it was out of the pot.
The diners who got up early to buy food were puzzled when they saw her actions.
"Boss, why are all the buns half and half today?"
Qiu Xuan smiled and replied, "I'm afraid that everyone might not be used to this flavor of buns, so I'm selling them in half pieces. If you want to try something new, you can give it a try."
Mushroom meat buns.
It's indeed a taste I've never tasted before.
That half is almost as much as a whole one, and it’s stuffed with meat, and it only costs two cents.
There is no reason not to buy it.
Everyone took half and I took half, and soon all the twenty mushroom buns prepared by Qiu Xuan were sold out.
If someone comes to ask again, we can only wait until tomorrow.
Qiu Xuan and her friends picked quite a few mushrooms this time in the mountains. Based on the current quantity, they can sell them for at least five days.
Qiu Xuan didn't go into the mountains to pick more fruits. She thought she would not sell the ones she had used up.
As the days passed, nothing happened in the shops on either side.
Just when Qiu Xuan thought she was overthinking it, a woman appeared in front of their bun shop holding a dying child.
The woman burst into tears and cursed loudly, saying that the buns in Bao Haoyun's bun shop were poisonous.
Her son became what he is today because he ate the lucky bun.
The people around immediately gathered around, and seeing the child with a red face and gasping for breath, everyone felt pity for him.
"Make way, make way, the doctor is here." Qiu Xuan asked the people around her to disperse, and she came with a doctor from the most famous clinic in town.
"Doctor, please take a look at what's wrong with this child."
The woman held her child tightly and refused to let the doctor see him.
"If you hold him like this, he will have even more difficulty breathing. The doctor is here, why don't you let him take a look first?" Qiu Xuan's few words made the woman reveal her trap.
But the reaction of the child in the woman's arms could not be faked.
There must be a problem.
"Did he eat anything today?" The doctor felt his pulse and then let go.
"Her buns!"
"What's the filling?" the doctor asked again.
The woman stammered and was unable to speak.
"This child has a rash all over his body and has difficulty breathing. This is all caused by the irritating food."
Others didn't understand, but Qiu Xuan saw clearly that the child must be allergic to mushrooms.
"Doctor, there is hope. Since you ate my buns, I will take full responsibility."
As soon as Qiu Xuan opened her mouth, the enthusiastic people around her immediately stood up for her.
"What does this have to do with the shopkeeper? He can't eat it himself, but he still goes to eat it."
"Exactly, you can't even remember what your own child can't eat? Why are you blaming the shopkeeper now?"
"Those mushroom meat buns are fine. I've been eating them every day these past few days and nothing has happened to me!"
Everyone was talking at once, and the woman on the ground turned paler and paler.
She picked up the child and wanted to run away.
"You can't leave. The child is still sick and needs to be treated first." Qiu Yu stopped the person and gave a wink to Zong Xiao outside the crowd.
Soon people from the yamen arrived.
"Why are you arresting me? I haven't done anything wrong!" The woman struggled and refused to be touched.
"Come back to the yamen with us. We need to find out if this child is yours."
"It's my son, the one I carried for ten months and gave birth to!"
"How can a biological mother not know what her child cannot eat? I think you are a kidnapper." The man from the yamen said so many words that the woman felt ashamed.
Yes, she is the child’s mother, how could she not know that the child cannot eat fungi.
But she was doing it for the money, for the two taels of silver...
This moment seemed to awaken her maternal love, and she shouted loudly: "I admit it, I admit it, someone ordered me to do this, please, save my son first."
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