Everyone looked at Gao Dahai, and when they saw that he was fine after he finished speaking, many people felt relieved.

In fact, at this time, if the customer points out who he bought the braised meat from, or the villagers themselves admit that they picked the spoiled braised meat to sell, there is no need to proceed with the subsequent matters.

But people who do bad things always have a glimmer of hope.

He was unwilling to admit it until the last moment.

Those who were sure they had not sold bad braised meat drank the water one after another.

At this time, one of the customers pointed at Gao Cheng and said, "I bought my braised pork from him. My husband drank after I got it home, so it wasn't left out for long.

My man drank and got a stomachache a quarter of an hour later."

If one person stands up, there will be a second person, a third person...

soon!

The customer pointed out Gao Cheng, Gao Qiang and Gao Gui.

Gao Cheng and his friends were panicked, but didn't want to admit it, so they started arguing with the customer.

The customer was also angry.

After the testimony, they drank water one after another.

No one is fine!

In the end, only Gao Cheng and his three companions, as well as the four people who were leading the pace, had not drunk any water.

Gao Zhi has already thought of a countermeasure.

She walked forward with the bowl and handed it to Gao Cheng. "Drink the water and you'll know if you're lying. If you drink the water, everyone will believe you. Now you refuse to drink the water and don't admit it, which will only make people think you're lying."

Gao Cheng turned and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

"I don't bother with children."

He walked to the gate of the yard, took a step out, and quickly stepped back.

Gao Cheng looked at the old ancestor and Gao Ronghua who came in with a panicked look on his face.

"Grandpa, village chief, I...my family has an emergency, so I'll go back first."

The old ancestor had a sullen face.

"Drink some water before you go!"

"Grandfather, I'm really anxious!"

The old ancestor said: "Even if you can't hold your poop or pee anymore, just poop in your pants and drink some water before you can leave! Look outside, how many people are guarding?

You can leave if you want!

Leave when things are clear.

Otherwise I will let you leave Laozhuang Village."

After hearing this, the faces of the four people who were leading the rhythm suddenly changed.

There are people guarding outside, they can't run away.

They were planning to run away.

Gao Cheng knelt down with a thud, "Grandfather, I'm sorry! There is a braised meat shop in town, and the braised meat we picked out recently can't be sold out. It's piled up every day. That's money, and my family eats it every day, but I can't bear to spend it.

So, I just…I just…I did the wrong thing.

With a lucky mentality, they steamed the leftover braised meat, let it cool, and then mixed it with fresh meat and sold it.

I, I, I...I really didn't know it would make people sick."

Gao Cheng admitted it, and Gao Gui and Gao Qiang didn't dare to be stubborn anymore.

First, he didn’t want to drink the water that could kill people, and second, he didn’t want to be driven out of Lao Zhuang Village.

After hearing this, the customers realized that these people were black-hearted.

They sold the spoiled braised meat without Xie's knowledge.

Gao Zhi handed the bowl to the four people leading the rhythm, "You are the only ones left."

The four of them looked at the bowl in horror and shook their heads.

No no no!

They don't want to drink that water.

That old man is not an ordinary person. He is so evil that he even knows about dead people. They dare not risk their lives.

At this point, is there anything else that is unclear to you?

These four people are the villains hired by the [Sauce-Flavored Braised Pork] shop to discredit its rival.

Everyone pointed at them.

Seeing that they remained silent and neither admitted nor denied the truth, Siji pressed them.

“I don’t think they will admit it, so I have to take them to see the officials.

Everyone, I just heard what you said in the room. You have taken very good care of Xie's Braised Pork over the years.

That's because you all have a sense of justice and pity these orphans and widows whose lives are not easy.

Well, I'd like to ask a few of you to accompany us to the government office, and ask you to prove that it was these four people who instigated everyone to come to the Xie family to cause trouble.

I wonder if anyone is willing?"

"I do!" The person who had just been taken care of by Si Ke immediately took the lead.

Many people expressed their willingness.

The four knew that the situation was hopeless, but they did not want to go to the government.

"Please, don't send us to the government, we are wrong!"

"The shopkeeper of [Sauce-flavored Braised Pork] gave us one tael of silver each and asked us to encourage everyone to come to the Xie family.

We thought that, first, we could get some compensation from the Xie family, and second, we could get a tael of silver for free.

We were blinded by greed for a moment, and that’s why we did such an immoral thing.”

Siqi looked at them coldly, "You don't have to go to see the official, then you can go with us to [Soy Sauce Braised Pork].

Tell everyone what the owner of [Sauce-flavored Braised Pork] told you to do. "

That shopkeeper is so wicked!

When doing business, everyone should rely on their own abilities and compete fairly.

You deliberately lowered the price to suppress the market, which is already very unkind. As a result, it was discovered that there was something wrong with the braised meat here, and you still did this privately.

Gao Zhi put the bowl down.

She came to Xie's side and looked at the customers across the street who had bought the spoiled braised meat. She bowed sincerely and apologized.

"Dear uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters, I'm sorry! We are also responsible for this matter. We didn't encourage the uncles who went out to sell braised meat.

If they didn't sell the spoiled braised meat, no one would have taken advantage of it.

My mother just said that we will pay for the medical expenses.

However, we should also apologize where apology is due.

sorry!"

Xie followed Gao Zhi's example and bowed to apologize.

“Sorry, everyone!”

"To express our apologies, please tell us how much you spent on medical expenses. We will compensate you one by one now."

Gao Zhi called Xie, and the mother and daughter went back to the house together to get paper, pen and ink.

"Mom, go borrow money from the village chief later."

Xie was puzzled: "Don't we have money?"

Gao Zhi explained: "Mom, don't show off your wealth. With so many people coming to cause trouble, who knows if there are any with bad intentions?

Our family's situation is special, and we can't let others know that we are rich.

We have to cry poor.

You can take some copper coins out later, and then go to the village chief to borrow money."

If you can't come up with any money at all, people will definitely not believe you, but if you come up with a lot of money at once, it will easily make people remember you.

Mrs. Xie understood! She patted her chest in fear.

"Jiaojiao, luckily I have you, otherwise I would have cried because of my own stupidity.

Mom is old enough that she doesn't think too much. She just wanted to take the money box out."

Gao Zhi smiled and said, "My mother is so smart! She just didn't think of it at the moment. Mom, I'm going out first."

Gao Zhi went out with paper, pen and ink, and asked Si Ke to sit at the table to register.

What if we let those people line up and report their names and addresses one by one, and also report how much they spent on medical expenses?

Mrs. Xie came out with a torn purse.

She put the purse on the table and looked at the people in the yard with embarrassment.

"Everyone, please wait a moment." Then, she ran to Gao Ronghua with a red face and awkwardly borrowed money in public.

"Village Chief, can you...can you...can you please lend me some money?

I'll pay for everyone's medical expenses first.

Although I am doing business every day, it requires capital, and I only earn a little hard-earned money.

Gao Miao's expenses at the academy are also high, I..."

Xie's eyes were red and she bit her lips, looking very anxious and embarrassed.