Border Cook

"This thing is not something I don't mind, it's like picking up money..."

Those who got the meat were all overjoyed and took all of it back home.

Everyone felt that it was inappropriate to take Xia Mingyue's things for free, but Xia Mingyue had clearly stated in advance that no money was allowed. After everyone discussed it, they each brought some things from their homes.

Dried sweet red dates, carefully selected and shelled peanuts at home, homemade sweet noodle sauce, handmade pouches...

What I took was within my means, but they were also things that were presentable in the house.

The things are ordinary, but they are full of each other’s friendship.

Xia Mingyue did not refuse and accepted them all.

At this time, someone came back to report that people from the government were heading to Yueran Restaurant to arrest Zhao Guangfu, the mastermind behind the scenes.

Upon hearing this, Xia Mingyue and the franchisees immediately rushed to Yueran Restaurant.

Originally, the people around were very curious about the fact that the yamen runners came to Yueran Restaurant again, and they gathered around to watch the fun. When they saw Xia Mingyue and her group coming, they became even more curious.

"Could it be that this Yue Ran Restaurant has done something bad to Xia Ji again?"

"There are so many stall owners at Xia's, including Madam Xia, they are all furious. I guess it's almost certain."

"It seems that Xia Ji didn't open the stall today. Something big must have happened."

"What on earth is going on?"

"What's going on?" Mrs. Lu gritted her teeth and said, "Zhao Guangfu from Yueran Restaurant gave Mrs. Wang twenty taels of silver and asked her to put something in Xiaji's water tank, causing all the food to go bad. We can't do business today!"

Mrs. Lu originally had a loud voice, and at this moment her voice was so resonant that most of the people watching at the entrance of Yueran Restaurant could hear it clearly.

Everyone gasped when they heard this.

Put something in the water tank?
My goodness, is that poison?

It’s so scary!
"What Wang put in the water tank was not poison, but Coptis chinensis water. Even if someone accidentally ingests it, it won't cause any harm, it will just leave a bitter taste in your mouth."

Xia Mingyue said in a clear voice, "It's just that Yueran Restaurant did such a despicable thing as putting something in Xia's water tank. Fortunately, they found their conscience and used coptis water. If they were angry next time, they would have put poison in it and let Xia suffer a catastrophic disaster. What should I do then?"

"We have been thinking about it and are very scared, so we have come to Yue Ran Restaurant to ask everyone in Yue Ran Restaurant why they regard Xia Ji as a thorn in their side and why they dare to be so bold as to disregard the lives of the people in the county!"

Xia Mingyue's voice was not as loud as Lu's, but it was calm, her pronunciation was clear, her tone was neither fast nor slow, yet it carried a sense of majesty that made everyone listen to her involuntarily.

After hearing this clearly, everyone thought about it for a while and became very angry.

Yes, did Xia Ji provoke you, so why are you punishing him like this?

Is Coptis chinensis water a poison? But it is medicine, and all medicine is poisonous. If it is really taken by children or elderly people with weak constitutions, there will be some impact.

Furthermore, it is said that these medicines are incompatible. If someone is already drinking herbal medicine and then eats food containing coptis water, and something goes wrong, who will be responsible?
Madam Xia is right.

This time he used coptis water, but next time when he is angry, it is possible that he will use poison, just to poison people to death, so that Xia Ji will have no chance to survive in Jinqiu County.

However, the purpose of your Yueran Restaurant has been achieved, but what about the people who were poisoned to death? Isn’t that too unfair?
They were just running their own businesses, but they had to start a fight, dragging innocent people into it and using any means necessary. It was really too much!
Many of the people present had bought food from Xia Ji's food stall or the oden snack cart. The more they thought about it, the more scared they became. The more they thought about it, the more they felt that they might become the innocent victim of Yue Ran Restaurant's bullying. They were so angry that they were shaking all over.

"This Yueran Restaurant is too much!" "They are simply not human. They just keep bullying others and playing with human lives!"

"A person with such a vicious mind is not worthy of opening a restaurant. Who knows if there will be something wrong with the food he sells?"

"That's right. Whoever goes to Yueran Restaurant to eat again in the future will be a dog!"

"..."

Everyone was cursing, but Xia Mingyue shouted, "Please give me an explanation from the Yueran Restaurant!"

"Yes, we need to give Xia Ji an explanation!"

"Compensate Xia Ji for the lost money!"

"Where is the owner of Yueran Restaurant? How come he has become a coward and dares not come out?"

"Come out quickly!"

The restaurant was surrounded by people, and all of them were very excited, as if they were ready to rush into the restaurant and smash things up at any time. The waiters were so scared that they hid behind the door and didn't even dare to show their heads.

At this time, the yamen runners were looking for Zhao Guangfu in the restaurant, searching for evidence everywhere, and the situation was in chaos.

Zou Fuquan was watching these things on the second floor and was so angry that he almost smashed another set of tea sets.

But just as he picked up the teacup, he remembered that it was newly bought and the business of Yue Ran Restaurant had not been as good as usual in recent days. He must not waste it like this. He had to hold back his anger and put the tea set back on the coffee table.

There was really no place to vent the anger in his heart, so after hesitating for a moment, Zou Fuquan slapped the coffee table, causing the tea sets on it to jump.

How did it become like this?

Recently, he has never instructed anyone to target Xia Ji, and he didn't even dare to say a bad word. He was afraid that someone with ulterior motives would take the opportunity to discredit him, affecting the reputation of Yue Ran Restaurant and then affecting the business of Yue Ran Restaurant.

Moreover, although Zhao Guangfu was a waiter in Yueran Restaurant, he was just a waiter who did menial work and did not get much monthly salary. How could he take out twenty taels of silver and order others to do things for him?
It can only be said that this Zhao Guangfu was deliberately instigated by others to frame Zou Fuquan and Yueran Restaurant.

And there are probably three people who do this.

The owner of Sifang Casino, Ge, who is now at odds with him, the manager Xue, who appears to be friendly but actually cannot bear to see him do well, and Xia Mingyue, who hates him very much and might be the one crying "stop thief" at this moment.

The government now came to arrest Zhao Guangfu. Zhao Guangfu insisted that he was the only one who did it. The reason was that he had failed to join Xia Ji before, so he was very resentful and wanted to destroy all of Xia Ji's business.

It would be difficult to find out the mastermind behind the scenes if he cut off all ties with everyone...

Just when Zou Fuquan was at a loss, the door was suddenly pushed open.

The person hit the door with great force, and it hit the wall and bounced back with a loud bang.

Zou Fuquan was already bored, and being interrupted at this time made him even more impatient, "Get out, you unruly people!"

"Manager Zou has a bad temper." Captain Han said coldly.

Seeing that the visitor was just a captain, Zou Fuquan did not stand up, but said with a haughty face, "I am just like this." (End of this chapter)