The business was still good the next day, with eight tables still fully booked. Li Hehua cooked eight tables of dishes in one go in the kitchen, then he breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat off his face, and went to rest behind the counter.
But after a while, Xiao Yuan suddenly ran down from upstairs. He looked a little strange, but he was hesitant and said to Li Hehua in a low voice, "Aunt Hehua, there are guests at the table above who said that there is something wrong with our food. Now they have stomachaches after eating."
Li Hehua was startled, and looked at Zhang Tieshan, then asked, "Which box are you from?"
"The Hall of Wealth."
Li Hehua hurried to the second floor, followed closely by Zhang Tieshan.
In the Fugui Hall, there were indeed three men at a table, all sweating profusely and with pale faces, hunched over the table. It didn't look like they were pretending.
Li Hehua has great confidence in the dishes she cooks. There are no incompatible ingredients in the dishes, and the cooking process is guaranteed to be 100% clean. The ingredients she buys are all fresh and will never be used overnight, so there will be no stomach upset due to problems with the ingredients.
She originally thought that they were looking for trouble again like the ones she encountered when she was setting up the stall before, but now looking at the faces of these three people, it seemed that they really had stomachaches and were not pretending.
What's going on? It's impossible that I have a stomachache.
"Three guests, do you really have stomachaches?" Li Hehua hurriedly stepped forward and asked.
One of the muscular men was immediately dissatisfied when he heard this. He held his stomach and endured the pain angrily: "If it's not true, then is it fake? What do you mean by this? It was fine when we came here, but now it's like this after eating your food. Don't even think about getting away with it!"
Seeing that this man yelled at Li Hehua with a vicious face without asking a single question, Zhang Tieshan's face darkened instantly. He stepped forward to block Li Hehua and said in a deep voice: "It's still unclear what the situation is. Don't make rash conclusions or shout here. Let's talk about the matter. If it's our fault, we will never shirk it. If it's not our fault, don't say anything nonsense."
Zhang Tieshan is tall, with tight muscles, and he has a very powerful aura. Now he looks gloomy, which makes people feel a little scared. Even a strong and sturdy man would be a little intimidated. Therefore, this person really wanted to teach Li Hehua a lesson just now, but after being rebuked by Zhang Tieshan, he inexplicably did not dare to be too arrogant.
He grumbled twice more, then said, "I'm telling you, we three were fine when we got here. No one would believe you if you said it wasn't your fault. Don't even think about hiding it!"
Li Hehua had a bad feeling when he saw the situation, but this was not the time to shirk responsibility. The key was to find out whether he really had a stomachache. If he did have pain, he still had to seek medical treatment as soon as possible. Human health was the most important thing.
When she came up just now, she asked Xiaoyuan to call a doctor. The clinic was not far away, and while she was talking, Xiaoyuan had already brought the doctor, panting.
Li Hehua rushed over to the doctor and said, "Doctor, please take a look at them. They have stomachaches."
The old doctor was quite old, and was out of breath after rushing all the way here, but the patients were the most important, so he didn't say anything. He sat down next to the few people, took out a pulse scanner, put one of them's wrist on it, and took the pulse carefully, then took the other one after a while.
No one around dared to make a sound and waited quietly for the doctor to take their pulse.
After about a cup of tea, the doctor put down his hand and said, "It is true that you have an upset stomach. It is normal to have abdominal cramps, but it is not too serious. I will prescribe some medicine for you. You will be fine after taking it for two days."
Li Hehua frowned.
It turned out that they really had stomach upsets. They were fine when they first arrived, but now they are like this. There is no medical examination in this era, so it is impossible to prove that it is not caused by the food in her restaurant. This is really troublesome.
Zhang Tieshan also knew that things were not going well, so he reached out and held Li Hehua's hand, gave her a comforting look, and indicated that he was there for her.
Li Hehua shook his head slightly to indicate that he was fine, and then said to the doctor: "Doctor, please prescribe a prescription for me. I need treatment as soon as possible."
The doctor nodded, wrote out a prescription, and motioned for someone to go with him to the clinic to get the medicine.
Li Hehua asked Xiaoyuan to follow the doctor to get the medicine.
After the doctor left, Li Hehua came to deal with the matter. She stepped forward and said to the three people, "Three guests, the doctor said that you only need to take a few doses of medicine. Our waiter has already gone to get the medicine. You will get better soon, don't worry."
Seeing that Li Hehua said this, one of them was not happy and slammed the table angrily, "Is that it? Your vegetables are not clean, and we are in this state after eating them, and you just give us some medicine and that's it?"
Li Hehua was not angry either, and said, "We sent you to see a doctor and prescribed medicine because you got sick in my restaurant, but that doesn't mean I admit that it was our food that caused it. I can guarantee that the food in our restaurant is 100% clean and hygienic, and it is impossible for someone to get sick from eating it. This has never happened in all these days, and no one else in the restaurant today is like you, so the three of you may have eaten something by mistake before."
It wasn't that Li Hehua was eager to shirk responsibility, but she knew that she had to make her attitude clear in public. Otherwise, if she admitted her mistake, it would be difficult to explain herself. She could pay for the medical expenses, but she must not take the blame, otherwise her restaurant would be in trouble in the future.
"Bullshit!" a man shouted angrily, "We three were fine when we came here. We didn't eat anything else. We had stomachaches because of the food you gave us. The doctor also said that we had stomach upset. Everyone can testify to that. How dare you say it's none of your business? You simply refuse to admit it. If you keep saying that, I'll let everyone judge for themselves."
Because they were talking so loudly, many guests were already standing at the door of the box to watch the fun, and now they were making a big fuss even though they didn't want to.
Li Hehua was in a lot of trouble. Just as she was about to argue again, she was stopped by Zhang Tieshan. He stepped forward and said on her behalf, "You said that there was something wrong with our dishes, but there was nothing wrong with the other seven tables. Many of your dishes were cooked together, so why are there no problems with others? Can I think that you are deliberately looking for trouble?"
The three people were furious at what Zhang Tieshan said, "Bullshit, why would we bother you? We really have stomachaches, do we need to make ourselves suffer like this? Do you think we are stupid?"
Zhang Tieshan raised his eyelids and said in a deeper voice, "It's true that you have stomachaches, but that doesn't mean it's because of my food. Now neither of us can explain it clearly, and no one can say who is right or wrong, but we are doing business, so we can only suffer losses. We paid for your medical expenses as a token of our appreciation. If you insist that it's the problem with our food, then we can eat all the dishes on the spot. If one person has a stomachache, we will admit that it's our problem. How about that?"
What Zhang Tieshan said was a bit profound. He said that their stomachache had nothing to do with the food in the restaurant, and he was also a good guy, willing to pay for them to see a doctor and get medicine. If they still didn't give in, he would try the food on the spot. If others found it fine but you had a problem, then it would be clear that they were making a false accusation.
Li Hehua looked at Zhang Tieshan with a hint of smile in his eyes.
This man is really...
As soon as Zhang Tieshan finished speaking, the three men became angry, stood up despite the stomachache, and overturned the table, causing the food on the table to scatter all over the floor.
The three men threatened, "You just don't admit it! Then our loss will be in vain? Since you are unreasonable, we don't need to be polite. Just smash it!" As they said this, they were about to take action.
Li Hehua looked at the leftovers on the floor and the instantly messy box, and his eyebrows jumped. He originally didn't understand what was going on, but now it seems that this group of people are definitely looking for trouble on purpose. If not, why did they overturn the table so excitedly when Zhang Tieshan suggested tasting the dishes? Then he can't taste the dishes.
This group of people were definitely looking for trouble. They were even more serious than the group of people who came to find trouble when the stall was set up before. They were willing to get stomachaches and didn't mind the pain to accuse them. They probably had eaten something beforehand before coming to eat.
Ha, it seems that the person behind this is serious. Although we don’t know who it is yet, Li Hehua guessed that it should be the restaurant in this town. Because her restaurant business is so good, it has blocked the business of other restaurants, so she can only come up with this general method. Although this method is vulgar, it is effective. As long as the restaurant’s reputation is ruined, how can it still have good business?
I just don’t know if her guess is right.
But no matter whether they are right or not, we must not let these people succeed today, otherwise our reputation will be really bad.
But before Li Hehua could make a move, Zhang Tieshan did. He stepped forward and pushed away the three people who were about to smash the box, saying, "You must be guilty of your crime, otherwise why didn't you dare let us taste the food and instead destroyed it? Now you want to turn the tables and smash our restaurant?"
When the three men saw Zhang Tieshan trying to stop them, they looked at each other and suddenly joined forces to attack Zhang Tieshan. As a result, Zhang Tieshan effortlessly kicked them to the ground one by one and they were unable to get up.
The three men were already having stomachaches, and now seeing that Zhang Tieshan was so strong and ferocious, they dared not fight anymore. They thought that a head-on confrontation would not work, as their goal had already been achieved, so they might as well make trouble again tomorrow and then be done with it.
Several people thought of this, looked at each other, and then threatened Zhang Tieshan and others to wait, then staggered out, shouting as they went downstairs that the food in this restaurant was poisonous, and Li Hehua was so angry that he wanted to hit someone.
Zhang Tieshan clenched his fists, a dark light flashed in his eyes, and he quietly went out without saying anything.
Li Hehua didn't care and was only focused on maintaining order. When order was finally restored in the restaurant, many people who originally wanted to come in to eat left before they even entered, obviously believing what the three men said.
Li Hehua took Dahe and Xiaoyuan to clean up the messy box, and then went back to watch behind the counter. On the surface, nothing seemed to be the case, but anxiety was inevitable in his heart.
At this time, Zhang Tieshan came back from outside. Li Hehua was puzzled, "What did you do for so long? You didn't go to deal with those three people, did you?"
Zhang Tieshan shook his head. "No, how could I do anything in front of everyone? I just went to ask the doctor about the situation."
Li Hehua nodded. As long as they were not going to deal with anyone, it would be fine. If they dealt with them now, wouldn't it be obvious that they would be suspected?
Li Hehua said: "It seems that those people want to ruin the reputation of our restaurant, not to extort money."
Zhang Tieshan nodded, "These people came prepared. I guess they are from the same industry because our restaurant blocked their business."
Zhang Tieshan had the same idea as her, but even if he knew it was the case, what could he do? The other person really had a stomachache, and there was no evidence to prove that it was someone else who ordered it.
What's more, what we are more worried about now is that if those three people continue to come to "ask for explanation", it will be really bad, but there is no way to stop them from coming to ask for explanation. As long as they come to the door and shout, their goal will be achieved.
Li Hehua rubbed his face and said, "Zhang Tieshan, this might really be bad."
Seeing Li Hehua so worried, Zhang Tieshan felt distressed. He pinched her cheek and coaxed her, "It's okay. Don't worry about this matter. Leave it to me. I promise to solve the problem tomorrow."
Tomorrow? Are you kidding me? This matter is really helpless. How can it be solved easily? Now I don’t even know who ordered it.
Li Hehua hurriedly asked, "How do you solve it?"
Zhang Tieshan smiled faintly, "Don't ask yet, leave it to me, okay?"
Perhaps it was because Zhang Tieshan was so trustworthy and he had never broken his promise to her, so Li Hehua subconsciously believed him and nodded, "Okay, but you have to pay attention to your own safety and don't do anything rash."
Zhang Tiesheng smiled and patted her head. "How could I do anything wrong? Don't worry about me."
Li Hehua had no choice but to stop asking with a heavy heart and gave Zhang Tieshan thirty taels of silver. Money was indispensable for getting things done.
Zhang Tieshan accepted it without any refusal.
Although everyone believed that there was no problem with the restaurant, they were still worried about this matter. Dahe even accidentally broke a plate, and was obviously a little absent-minded.
Li Hehua had no choice but to come out and assure everyone that everything was fine and that the problem would be resolved. He encouraged everyone to work hard, and only then did everyone feel a little better.
However, the business in the store was still affected a bit, and it was obviously not as busy as before. Half an hour after noon, everyone finished and could rest, but everyone was not very happy about the rest.
Li Hehua had no good solution for this situation for the time being. He could only hope that everyone would forget about it in a few days and business would pick up again.
In order to encourage the morale of the people in the store, Li Hehua smiled widely, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, everyone, be happy. You must be hungry after being busy until now. I will show you my skills. Let's have a good meal today."
No one expected that Li Hehua could still smile so happily at this time, and even be in the mood to cook. However, it must be said that
Li Hehua's move did indeed boost morale. If the boss didn't take it seriously, then everything must be fine. There was no need to look so sad.
So, Mrs. Xie, Xiaoqing and Xiaohong volunteered to follow Li Hehua to the kitchen to help, and the atmosphere in the store instantly became much better.
Zhang Tieshan looked at Li Hehua's energetic appearance with a smile on his face.
"Hey Tieshan." Zhang Lin came over to the counter from some point in time and called Zhang Tieshan.
Zhang Tieshan looked at Zhang Linshi, "What's wrong, mother?"
Zhang Lin hesitated for a moment, opened her mouth several times, and finally said, "Tieshan, mother wants to tell you something. If those people come to make trouble again in the future, you must not rush to stop them. It's too dangerous. Don't you see that they are tall and strong? If they come together to attack you, you won't be able to beat them. Besides, you just recovered from your injury not long ago, you can't get hurt again. Just stop them with your mouth."
Zhang Lin's heart was also very complicated today. She had felt that the restaurant was doing very well recently and that Li Hehua was very capable. She was not unsatisfied and her heart was gradually relaxed. But she did not expect that someone would come to cause trouble today, and the trouble was so fierce that the table was overturned. Only then did she realize that running a restaurant business was easy to offend people and was very dangerous.
Although she believed that there was nothing wrong with the food in the restaurant and that someone must have been trying to sabotage them, the restaurant's business was so good that it was inevitable that some people would be jealous and do bad things. Such things would definitely happen frequently in the future. Did Tieshan have to deal with them every time they happened?
Just now she was watching from the side, and when she saw Zhang Tieshan going up to beat people, her heart almost jumped out of her chest, fearing that the three men would team up to beat her son, especially since Zhang Tieshan's injury had just healed.
Zhang Lin's heart tightened. Making money was not as important as life. She would rather be safe than rich.
But it was difficult for her to say this, so she could only ask Zhang Tieshan not to rush forward and use force in the future, and to protect himself.
Zhang Tieshan listened quietly. He understood his mother's thoughts, but he couldn't agree with them. He had to protect his own woman. If he hid behind like a coward, what qualifications did he have to say that he would treat her well in the future?
But Zhang Tieshan also knew that it would be difficult to explain to his mother, so he could only say: "Okay, mother, I know my limits and I won't let myself get hurt. Don't worry."
Zhang Lin thought Zhang Tieshan had taken her words to heart, so she nodded and said, "Okay, just keep it in mind. I'll go to the kitchen to help."
Zhang Tieshan's eyes darkened and he looked at the street outside, his tongue pressing hard against his cheeks in his mouth. It was not until Li Hehua brought out the delicious dishes that he calmed down and went to eat as usual.
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