Chapter 217 Poisoning
As for the purpose of the handbag, Manager Wan knew it the moment Song Liyun took it out.
The clothes of the Wu Dynasty were loose, and both men and women could carry items at any time in addition to the sleeves and lapels, and in the waist pouch.
It is made of cloth, embroidered or just a simple bag. While it is used as a decoration, it also needs to hold some common items such as flint, needles and thread, knives, etc.
If you put too much in it, it will be bulging; if you put too little in it, it will be dry and shriveled. With the changes, the exquisite embroidery will be distorted.
The outer surface of this handbag is sheepskin, the inner bottom is made of fine velvet, and there is cardboard in the middle. The surface is flat and the space is spacious, so it will not crush the things inside.
Seeing that Manager Wan was fiddling with his hands with a frown on his face, Song Liyun just smiled slightly.
When he finally put his hand down, Song Liyun said, "Uncle Wan, we sell leather in winter, and we make bags in summer. We have all kinds of sizes, lengths, and styles. There is no peak or off-peak season."
Manager Wan said nothing. He thought of the various paper boxes in Suijin Town and said with a gleaming look, "It's 70% off. You provide the drawings, and I take 30%."
"good!"
Song Liyun breathed a sigh of relief. Although selling skins alone could make money quickly, it was risky after all. An industry that processed skins carefully would be sustainable in the long run.
Especially when you become famous, you will make a lot of money.
Think about those bags and suitcases with letters on them before the end of the world. Any one of them was worth money.
In just a few words, Song Liyun had negotiated another deal.
Manager Wan didn't even finish his meal. He personally carried a paper box and left in a hurry with his servants.
He had to hurry back to the provincial capital to make the handbag and crossbody bag that Song Liyun had mentioned.
In addition, the drawings for zippers made of gold and silver also need to be sent to the silver shop and asked to be made by a silversmith.
In the private room, Song Liyun sighed. Actually, she only wanted to make a handbag, but she didn't expect that when the steward Wan saw the shoulder bag she was carrying, he would empty it directly and take it away as a sample.
Outside the Tianxiang Tower, there is a long queue of people who want to taste the food for free. The traffic jam for two consecutive days has caused dissatisfaction among the city residents.
In the team, there was a man in his thirties wearing a short shirt carrying a package on his back. Next to him stood a ten-year-old boy and a girl of seven or eight years old. In front of the three was a young woman holding a little girl in her arms.
The man looked at the long line of people, his face full of envy. After a moment, he leaned forward and whispered to the woman, "I tried it yesterday. The spicy flavor was very authentic. Besides the cornus officinalis and Sichuan peppercorns, there were other ingredients as well."
Yesterday he went out to look for work and saw people queuing up to get their food delivered to Tianxianglou, so he followed him over.
The woman had a complicated expression on her face. "Brother Zhu, let's go back! If we lose our livelihood in the capital, we can still go back to town and set up a stall and sell some wonton wrappers. Our family is still relying on us to bring us money to support them."
The man's face, which had been full of excitement just now, suddenly dimmed. He gritted his teeth and said, "I won't give up!"
The woman sighed and buried her face in her daughter's clothes.
As the queue moved forward, the aroma of barbecue became stronger and stronger. Everyone became excited and looked at the long grill. They watched the greasy meat skewers sizzling on the charcoal fire and couldn't help swallowing their saliva.
Behind the man, a man in a blue cloth gown muttered in dissatisfaction, "You want to open a business, but you only give us so little food. Just wait and see how I deal with it."
Someone whispered, "Shut up! Be careful, or you'll see how you'll explain this to Master Huang."
The man in the blue cloth gown suddenly shut up.
The husband in front obviously heard the latter words. He held his son's hand tightly and did not look back.
Gradually, they also walked to the place where the sample boxes were distributed. Holding the two pieces of meat and a handful of vegetables in the paper box, the husband excitedly said to his wife who also received the paper box: "Juanmei, try it and see if it tastes like Sichuan peppercorns."
The woman put the paper box to her nose and sniffed it, then nodded: "This is the smell of my hometown. Brother Zhu..."
Before she could finish her words, she heard someone yelling next to her, "Oh my God! Is this poisonous or something? My mouth...it's numb! Help! Someone call a doctor for me! This food is poisonous."
His shout immediately caused the people in the queue to panic: "What? Just eating a little bit of food can be poisonous?"
"What kind of poison!"
"Look at that guy's mouth, it's all crooked, he's really poisonous. No wonder people say you can't take advantage of others, he's using us as dogs to test the food."
People crowded forward, trying to see what was happening.
Someone else shouted, "Everyone, help us, call the doctor over quickly."
The guy who was distributing the food boxes panicked and ran inside: "Miss Song, there's a disturbance outside."
The other waiter was more experienced. He stood on a high stool and banged on the copper basin, shouting: "Don't panic, don't say anything. Our food has a numbing taste. After eating it, your tongue will feel numb. It's not poisoning, it's not poisoning."
The man in a short shirt holding the child stepped forward and said loudly, "The seasoning in this is numbing, not poisonous. If you don't believe me, watch me eat it."
As he spoke, he poured the barbecue from the paper box into his mouth and chewed it vigorously: "This tastes spicy and fresh, and the meat is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside..."
He was a little nervous while eating. The barbecue tasted good, but his technique was not good. The meat was either overcooked or lacked firmness.
It's just that others are attracted by the stimulating taste and can't notice this mistake, but he can taste it.
This is just a technical issue and there is no question of whether it is toxic or not.
Seeing someone eating on the spot like this, the diners who had been a little panicked just now calmed down again.
The man in green wailed loudly, "It's poisonous! I have no strength left. My poor wife has to become a widow at such a young age. Please don't cheat on me!"
Seeing that the man was still talking nonsense, the man in the short shirt couldn't help but point at him and cursed, "Even if it was poisonous, you put it there yourself, folks. He just said he wanted to extort money, he's a liar."
The onlookers' discussions became louder and louder, and they all expressed doubts about the poisoning theory.
Everyone ate it, and the taste was indeed spicy and pungent. Some people couldn't stand the spiciness and their faces turned red, but there were no other signs of poisoning.
"Who are you calling a liar? You're in cahoots with them too."
"Look, this brother is vomiting blood!"
Someone jumped out to join in, and three or four people began to point at and curse the waiters of Tianxianglou, looking indignant.
"You black-hearted merchants, you dare to make any kind of shit to eat."
Someone grabbed the collar of the man in the short-sleeved shirt and cursed at him.
The man was not one to give in easily. He grappled with the other man while shouting, "You hooligans, don't even think about getting away with this. I'm going to expose your tricks."
There was already a commotion at the door. Sun Wencheng and eight others were still standing behind the grill. Although they were still flipping the skewers in their hands, they looked eager to try.
But without the orders of the team leaders, they cannot act rashly.
Just as the man in the short shirt was about to start a fight, a loud shout was heard: "Stop! Who is causing trouble here?"
Zhou Xiang led his men out of Tianxiang Tower.
(End of this chapter)
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