But a storm hit tonight, and the rain quickly washed away the artificial rocks at the entrance of the cave, exposing the dry well. The rain then brought mud, leaves, and other debris, causing the entrance to disappear again.
This person was lucky; after falling, his head was hit hard, and he passed out in a daze.
When I opened my eyes, it was already the next day.
He longed to shout, but he knew that even if he were rescued, he would be sent to the government office. Given that, he figured he might as well stay inside and figure things out himself; maybe he could get away.
He groped around inch by inch, but the next moment, he screamed in panic.
...
Three days later, Xu Yuehuai launched the new product.
This cold drink is quite remarkable on a hot summer day.
In fact, people in the Northern Song Dynasty were already eating cold drinks.
The ice was purchased by Xu Yuehuai through Qi Guze's connections. In the capital, people would cut clean ice blocks and store them in cellars during the winter, so that the ice blocks in the cellars would not melt when spring came.
Xu Yuehuai got the ice cubes, smashed them into pieces, mixed in condensed milk, added black goji berries, raisins, crushed peanuts, granulated sugar, walnuts, and so on. Soon, an ice cream was ready.
Xu Yuehuai vaguely remembered that in the Northern Song Dynasty, this was not called ice cream.
It is called "Sushan".
Xu Yuehuai took out various flavors of crispy mountain pastries for her companions to try.
"This one is strawberry flavored, this one is vanilla flavored, and this one is even more amazing, it's raspberry flavored. Try the rest of them, or if you have any suggestions, I'll listen to make something even better."
Zhou Wan picked up the strawberry-flavored one and started tasting it.
As for Third Sister, she ate this and then wanted that, and ended up eating quite a lot.
The three are preparing to launch this new product.
The new crispy mountain dish quickly sold out, to the point that demand exceeded supply and Xu Yuehuai couldn't find any ice. Just when she was at her wit's end, a group of yamen runners suddenly surrounded the inn from outside.
Xu Yuehuai had never encountered anything like this since arriving in the capital, so he couldn't help but be surprised.
As for Zhou Wan, she instinctively thought this was a side effect of the auction some time ago.
Third Sister stood at the door, holding a rolling pin, and pointed at the group of servants.
What are you doing?
Xu Yuehuai looked across the street.
Across from them stood a burly man, whom others addressed as Lord Ming.
This Lord Ming is the lord of this area. Behind Lord Ming is a smug-looking man with a smug and hateful face. The short man points at Xu Yuehuai.
"Sir, this is the owner of our shop."
Xu Yuehuai thought and thought, but she couldn't figure out how she had committed a crime. The only thing she had done recently was let the little beggar teach her how to make hairy tofu so that she could control Hu Xiaoming. What else had she done?
"Xu Yuehuai, are you the shop owner?"
Lord Ming's eyes were fierce, and his tone was serious.
Xu Yuehuai nodded, "Yes, that's me. What are you doing here?"
Lord Ming stroked his beard, his cunning eyes darting around, before saying, "Someone has reported that your hotel is making human flesh buns and blood buns, and that the reason your hairy tofu tastes so good is because you've added oil to it. Now this county official must come and investigate this matter."
Hearing this, Xu Yuehuai felt much more at ease.
She simply stepped aside to let the magistrate and the others enter smoothly, and didn't forget to give Zhou Wan and San Niang a look, "You can come in and investigate. I wonder whose family is framing us. It's outrageous. If they can't beat us openly, they'll play dirty tricks behind our backs. Wait until you leave and see how I deal with them."
Xu Yuehuai is fully capable of making Li Feng's shop go out of business.
However, Xu Yuehuai was kind-hearted, and besides, it wasn't easy to do business in the capital.
Little did she know that the kinder she was, the more people would torment her.
Now Xu Yuehuai is ready to nip it in the bud.
Zhou Niang, however, was looking at the man following behind the county magistrate. "That shifty-eyed fellow must have come to steal from us the night before last. Grandma, your martial arts manual has been stolen. But even if it's gone, so what?"
Zhou Wan said this on purpose for that person to hear.
In fact, that person had given Xu Yuehuai's multiplication table to Li Feng as soon as he obtained it.
That happened this morning.
It turned out that the dry well where Xu Yuehuai and his group lived had become a necessary passage for groundwater. Xu Yuehuai was planning to climb out, but instead, he was swept into the septic tank outside.
It took several hours for this person to be swept to the fields by the flood.
But it also led him to discover a secret that seemed to belong to Xu Yuehuai.
Xu Yuehuai had also anticipated that this guy was a troublemaker, so she didn't say much, but just gritted her teeth and stared at him.
The man leaned close to Lord Ming's ear and whispered something.
Lord Ming nodded, and began to play the game of diplomacy before resorting to force.
“Xu Yuehuai, you are the head manager, I only want to talk to you.” Hearing this, Third Sister was worried that Xu Yuehuai would be at a disadvantage, so she hurriedly stood in front of her and shouted, “What head manager or second manager? If you have the guts, come at me. I am the head manager that you are looking for, Master.”
"We're here to investigate. Why are you acting impulsively? Once the evidence is conclusive, you'll all be beheaded. What's the rush?"
Lord Ming roared, and several constables rushed over from behind and subdued Third Sister.
Xu Yuehuai became anxious upon seeing this, "What are you doing?"
"I came here to investigate, but I happened to see this shrew, so naturally I have to control her. Now I will only speak to you, Xu Yuehuai."
"Talk to me?" Xu Yuehuai looked at San Niang. "Then release her immediately."
Only then did Lord Ming order his subordinates to release Third Sister. Third Sister did not dare to act recklessly, after all, in the capital, these corrupt officials were very powerful and could do whatever they wanted to the people.
People were truly angry at them but dared not speak out.
Xu Yuehuai looked at Lord Ming and said, "If you need anything, just come to me. This has nothing to do with everyone else. Whatever you want to investigate, I, Xu Yuehuai, will fully cooperate."
"Now someone has reported you for making human flesh buns, do you plead guilty?"
"This is baseless gossip and utter nonsense!"
Xu Yuehua sneered, "Besides, human flesh contains a large amount of cadaverine, and you'll die as soon as you eat it. The master doesn't seem to know that."
"How dare you! Should I be the one to say it, or should you be the one to say it?"
Lord Ming roared.
Xu Yuehuai glanced at Lord Ming and realized that this man was Zhang Tielin, who was very fierce when he blew his beard and glared, but otherwise knew nothing. She remained silent, and Lord Ming looked at the man behind him.
The man with the pointed snout and monkey-like face immediately nodded and pointed to the backyard.
"It's in the dry well in the backyard. The master will be very surprised when he sees it."
“Then let’s go to the backyard.” Xu Yuehuai knew that this guy must have left something to frame them when he came here the night before last, but now he insisted on producing so-called “evidence.”
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