In the afternoon, Si Shi Chun was still bustling with activity.
On a hot day when you have no appetite, drinking some cool iced porridge is both refreshing and filling.
In just one hour, more than half of the porridge had been sold.
Come and have some porridge, and we'll bring you a plate of watermelon and mango, which are quite rare in Beijing...
The guests, having eaten and drunk their fill, all praised the meal.
"It tastes really good, it's worth the money!"
"I strongly suggest that Si Shi Chun add coconut milk porridge and corn milk porridge to their daily dessert offerings!"
"Yes, yes! It would be best to make iced and hot food separately so we can choose which to buy!"
"I've had both coconut milk porridge and corn milk porridge. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. I wonder what kind of porridge I'll be able to have tomorrow?"
"I'll definitely bring my family over early tomorrow!"
Manager Bai typed on the keyboard and said with a smile, "Tomorrow, there will be new porridge again, so everyone can look forward to it..."
"Looking forward to it! I'm really looking forward to it!"
"My daughter loves the ice cream at Si Shi Chun. She keeps asking me to bring her here to eat it tomorrow!"
"My wife is pregnant and especially loves mangoes, particularly the sour ones..."
As Manager Bai listened, he couldn't help but secretly make a note of it.
Taking notes was a habit that Yuan Yao instilled in him.
Since its opening, Si Shi Chun has had a lot of regular customers.
Each guest has slightly different tastes.
This person likes sweet food, that person likes sour food...
He noted down the names of the little girl who liked ice cream and the lady who liked sour mangoes, so that the waiter could keep track of them.
And so, another half hour passed...
After waking up from her afternoon nap, Yuan Yao washed her face and went to the counter to ask, "Uncle Bai, how was your day?"
Shopkeeper Bai grinned from ear to ear: "I've been using the abacus so much that my hands are about to cramp up."
So, sales were very good today too!
As expected, today was another day of finishing work early!
Yuan Yao said happily, "Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Bai. After we finish work, I'll treat everyone to dinner at a restaurant."
Eating at a restaurant?
A passing shopkeeper asked with a smile, "Princess, may we go too?"
"Of course!" Yuan Yao nodded with a smile, "Everyone come, it's on me!"
"Wow! We're really in for a treat today..."
As they were talking and laughing, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the shop.
Yuan Yao looked over curiously: "What's wrong?"
The waiter said, "I'll go take a look."
After saying that, he jogged out the door.
Soon, the waiter returned, looking very unwell: "Princess, manager, there's someone crying and making a scene outside, insisting that her son was poisoned after eating Si Shi Chun's porridge!"
Poisoning?
How could this be...?
Yuan Yao's eyelids twitched violently twice.
Her small face turned slightly cold: "I'll go take a look!"
The sun was blazing on the street.
At this time, a large crowd had already gathered outside the Si Shi Chun store.
A horse-drawn carriage was parked outside the gate.
A middle-aged woman dressed in emerald brocade was wailing and lamenting.
Yuan Yao pushed through the crowd, walked to the door, and asked, "What's going on?"
Upon hearing the voice, the woman immediately raised her head, revealing a sallow-skinned face: "You must be the owner of Four Seasons Spring?"
Yuan Yao nodded: "Did you need something from me?"
Upon hearing this, the woman exploded like a powder keg, shouting, "Everyone come and see! This stuff from Si Shi Chun almost killed someone!"
Yuan Yao: "?"
The woman was like a madwoman; in the sweltering heat, she collapsed to the ground, crying and screaming incessantly, "My poor son!"
Why did you have to come and eat the Four Seasons Spring food of all things...?
Help! Someone help me!
As soon as the woman started crying and making a scene, the people around her quickly moved away, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.
Talk began to ripple through the crowd.
"Oh my god, everything was fine, how did this food cause this problem? Can we still go to eat at Si Shi Chun?"
"Will you die if you eat a few less bites? Maybe you shouldn't eat at all, or you might die from it!"
"When I saw a beggar go into his house to buy sweet cakes, I dared not buy any more..."
"Never mind, I'll just go to Tianxianglou to eat."
"..."
Hearing the discussions, Yuan Yao's expression turned slightly grim.
Qiu He is making it clear that she doesn't dare to do anything to him, right?
If you're going to hire an online troll army to ruin her reputation, at least be a little smarter, okay?
However, right now, human life is the most important thing.
Yuan Yao turned around and called out to one of the shop assistants: "Go and fetch a doctor right away! Be quick!"
Poisoning?
So many people have eaten Si Shi Chun's food, how come no one has been poisoned?
Yuan Yao glanced at the blazing sun and said to the woman, "Madam, the sun is strong. Since your son has been poisoned, it's not good to keep him cooped up in the carriage. Let's bring him inside."
Carry it in?
Upon hearing this, the woman shouted, "I'm not going in! What if you close the door and kill us as soon as my son and I go in?"
Yuan Yao: "..."
She'd seen plenty of people who acted arrogantly.
However, this was the first time she had ever seen someone so openly and recklessly spout nonsense.
Yuan Yao said, "Si Shi Chun is still open and won't close, so you can come in without worry."
"I'm not coming!" the woman shouted, sitting on the steps by the door. "Someone, please be the judge!"
"Four Seasons Spring Food gave my son food poisoning, and they're still busy opening for business..."
Yuan Yao's temples throbbed.
She was now certain that this woman was there to cause trouble.
Moreover, on such a hot day, she sat down on the stone steps without changing her expression!
That composure is truly admirable.
Since she likes to sit, then let her sit!
Yuan Yao sneered.
Soon, the waiter brought a doctor over.
The doctor was from the next street and had run all the way here by taking shortcuts; he was already out of breath.
Seeing that the place was packed with people even in the spring, the doctor asked, "Where are the patients?"
The woman then stood up from the stone steps, grumbling, "Why are you so slow? My son is in the carriage..."
The doctor nodded and reached out to pull the carriage curtain.
As soon as the carriage curtain was lifted, a foul stench wafted out.
The doctor staggered back several steps, his face contorted in pain: "This is..."
"vomit……"
Someone who was closer to the carriage made a gagging sound.
Soon, someone else gagged a few more times.
Yuan Yao looked at the carriage in surprise: "What's going on?"
The doctor looked pale and bowed, saying, "Princess, the patient... has pulled a whole carriage full of stuff. Perhaps we should have someone carry him down..."
"What?" Yuan Yao didn't hear clearly.
What pulled a cartload of things?
At this moment, someone closer to the carriage spoke up: "He has diarrhea, it's all leaking out through the gaps."
Yuan Yao: "???"
vomit……
Manager Bai responded and came out. Seeing the situation, he immediately said, "Quickly, move the carriage further away and carry the patient down!"
The staff at Si Shi Chun were all in a very difficult situation.
They are all waiters!
Carrying a patient suffering from diarrhea, isn't that disgusting to diners?
No!
The person inside the carriage had already successfully disgusted the guests!
Fortunately, the porridge is almost sold out for today...
At this moment, the crowd parted to make way.
Two small squads of imperial guards pushed through the crowd and said, "Princess, let us come."
Upon seeing the Imperial Guards, the woman's legs went weak: "What are you going to do? You're not allowed to touch my son!"
"Are we just going to leave him to die instead of saving him?" Yuan Yao asked coldly, covering her nose.
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