Chapter 87 The Tea is Poisonous
After getting off the car, Bai Xue grabbed Gu Qingshi and walked inside, holding Gu Qingshi's hand and not letting go. When it was time to sit down, Bai Xue sat down next to Gu Qingshi without any hesitation, occupying half of the seat.
Only half of the territory was left, and it became popular in an instant. While Fang Wen was worried that they would fight, Lu Yuan and Shen Muqi quickened their pace without showing any expression.
As a result, they were stuck side by side when they were only one step away, and no one gave way to the other, resulting in a stalemate for a few seconds. At this moment, Bai Yang came from the other side and easily sat on the other side of Gu Qingshi.
Fang Wen covered his eyes, unable to bear the sight, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
The meal finally ended successfully. Gu Qingshi and Bai Xue went to the room with great anticipation. The place where they came to eat was in the suburbs of the county, where there were natural hot springs. Chen Yixing and his friends booked a room for Gu Qingshi and his friends to rest for a night before going back.
Gu Qingshi and the others had heard of this warmth, but had never taken a bath in it. This time they had the opportunity to take a good bath and felt that all the fatigue in their bodies had been bathed away. They returned to the room and fell asleep immediately.
In the end, only Bai Zhong went back. His room was also booked, but he said he had to go back to look after the shop, leaving the three siblings Gu Qingshi, Bai Xue and Bai Yang to relax.
Bai Zhong was also very happy and dozed off all the way. When he returned to the restaurant and saw Da Huang barking at him, Bai Zhong, with sleepy eyes, scolded it, "I can't even recognize the owner, stop barking."
Da Huang was disobedient. After Bai Zhong lay down, he still felt Da Huang scratching his door.
Da Huang scratched Bai Zhong again and again but failed to wake him up. He could only wait for Bai Zhong to wake up the next day.
When Bai Zhong woke up, he saw Da Huang barking at him again, running to the kitchen while barking. Bai Zhong was helpless, "You are hungry and asked me to make you food. You are getting braver and braver."
Bai Zhong gave it food, but Da Huang refused to eat it and barked at him. Later, he barked at the water tank. Bai Zhong was puzzled, "You want to drink water?"
Patiently poured some more water for Da Huang, "Drink it, and stop shouting. I'm busy."
Da Huang didn't drink the water and kept barking at Bai Zhong. Bai Zhong became impatient and said, "Stop barking. I have to get ready. Guests are coming."
After cooking the porridge and brewing the tea, customers came. Bai Zhong first served them tea and took their order.
Just then, Gu Qingshi and the others came back. As soon as Gu Qingshi came back, Da Huang stopped bothering Bai Zhong and ran straight to find her.
"You missed me so much after not seeing me for one night?" Gu Qingshi touched Da Huang, "Stop barking. You'll scare the guests if you keep barking."
However, Da Huang became even more anxious. It bit Gu Qingshi's trouser leg and dragged her into the kitchen. Bai Zhong felt helpless when he saw it dragging Gu Qingshi in.
"Qingshi, I don't know what happened to Da Huang today. He seems to be crazy and keeps barking."
Gu Qingshi looked at Da Huang with a thoughtful expression, "Da Huang wouldn't be like this for no reason, there must be a reason for it."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Da Huang barking at the water tank. Gu Qingshi frowned, "Is there something wrong with the water tank?"
Gu Qingshi squatted down to look, but it was a little hard to see because of the light. Gu Qingshi took out a flashlight and looked. Bai Zhong approached and said, "What's wrong with the water tank? It was just filled with water yesterday."
The following words stopped abruptly, "What's down there?"
Da Huang stopped barking and became completely quiet, as if he had completed his mission and was only focused on looking at Gu Qingshi.
Gu Qingshi looked at the red leaves and small red fruits at the bottom of the water tank, his face darkened, "I don't know what it is, but the fish are dead, so I have to stop doing business for the time being."
"We have to stop." Bai Zhong murmured.
There is tap water in the store, but the water doesn’t taste very good. In order not to affect the taste, tap water is only used for washing vegetables, etc. The water used for cooking is still picked up from the busiest well in the county.
Most people in Mingchang County go to fetch water from there to drink, because the water from that well is sweet and makes cooking taste better.
Gu Qingshi bought a large water tank specifically for this purpose. He listened to the old man who bought the water tank and also bought some fish that his family had been selling for decades and raised them under the water tank.
This is a habit developed by the elderly. Those wild fish are very special. They can absorb microorganisms in the water to purify the water. They can also prevent green algae and moss from growing on the inner wall of the water tank. The fish will eat them up when they grow, turning the turbid water into clear water.
Of course, there is another function. If the water in the tank is seriously polluted or poisoned, the fish will die, which serves as a warning.
Seeing that everyone was doing the same thing, Gu Qingshi felt that the kitchen was an important area of hygiene and should indeed be taken care of. However, he did not expect to encounter the last warning effect so early.
If it wasn't for Dahuang's warning to take a special look, there wouldn't be much smell in the water in the kitchen. If he had just gone ahead and done business, the consequences would have been disastrous.
Bai Zhong was so frightened that his legs went limp. "Why is it so scary? I usually watch it, but today you guys didn't come back and I didn't have time to watch it."
Gu Qingshi exhaled, "Uncle, the business has not started yet, right? Nothing has been put up yet, right?"
"No, they haven't even had time to serve yet. There's only one table of guests."
"That's good. Go and apologize to them now. Tell them that you have something to do today and won't be doing business for the time being." Gu Qingshi breathed a sigh of relief, her eyes full of anger. She was determined to find out who poisoned the person.
"Hey, I'll go now." Bai Zhong stood up and was about to leave, but suddenly stopped, "No, Qingshi, the tea is served! The tea is also scooped from the water tank!"
Gu Qingshi's face changed, and he ran over with Bai Zhong, hoping that no one would drink tea so early in the morning, but when they went up, it was too late.
The only table of guests was a family, consisting of parents and two brothers. The eldest brother was drinking water, while the tea of the others had not been touched yet. He drank two cups directly because he was thirsty. When Gu Qingshi and the others went up, he had already finished the second cup.
"Stop, this tea is not drinkable."
Hearing the words of stopping him, Zhao Dayi was confused, "What's wrong?" They came here because they heard how delicious Gu's Kitchen is. It was their first time here, so they thought there was something taboo.
"You can't drink the tea." Gu Qingshi stepped forward and grabbed his hand. "Can you spit it out? If you can, spit it out first."
"Vomiting? Why vomiting?"
"The tea is poisonous." Gu Qingshi knew that he couldn't hide this and said directly, "If you can spit it out, you should do it quickly before it's too late to drink it."
Zhao Da's face changed, and he tried to vomit, but he didn't know whether it was because he was nervous or because he couldn't vomit. "But I... can't vomit."
"Then induce vomiting and wash the stomach. Let's go to the hospital while there's still time. Uncle, you close the door."
Gu Qingshi wanted to send the person to the hospital as soon as possible, but he was stopped by the Zhao family members who reacted unexpectedly. They looked panicked and asked, "What kind of poison? Tell me clearly, are we poisoned too?"
"Have you had your tea?"
"That's not the case."
"That's no problem. He's the one who drank the tea. He needs to be taken to the hospital first."
Gu Qingshi felt that he had explained it clearly enough, but he didn't know what they were thinking. Or perhaps because they saw that Zhao Da was fine, they still held him back.
(End of this chapter)
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