Mrs. Su Li and Su Xinglian, who happened to be buying fabrics in the county town, heard sporadically rumors about the Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant and Su Jiudong from the mouths of the people, and the two immediately rushed to the Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant.

After struggling to squeeze through the onlookers on the third floor and the outer three floors, Li and Su Xinglian finally came to the door of the medicinal food hall and saw the three parents and daughters of the Su family lying on the ground wailing.

"Why! Three daughters-in-law!! Shan! How did you get here? Li Shi looked blankly at the three people who were leaning on the door frame and lying on the ground with weak energy, and stepped forward to help his youngest son Su Xingwang.

"Didn't Chunshan say you were sick? You don't want to stay at home to recuperate, why did you run out of the house? I'm not afraid of getting sicker! Su Xinglian continued to add fuel to the fire.

"Recuperate? Are you really sick? Did you get sick after eating something from the Medicinal Diet? The surrounding crowd was in an uproar, and the doubts in their stomachs were immediately ignited by Su Xinglian's words.

"It seems that it is really not for no reason that Chunshan came back last night and asked if we were sick, it turns out that you are really sick......" Su Xinglian said louder and louder, and she couldn't wait to shout so that the entire Qishan County could hear it.

"Sick last night? It seems that the infection happened yesterday? Then, the owner of the medicinal diet hall didn't suppress it, and it only broke out today, right? ”

A certain person hiding in the crowd of onlookers exclaimed, and everyone's emotions boiled even more.

"Nothing! It's not a thing at all! Shopkeeper Liu stepped forward and also wanted to pull up Wang Lily.

However, Wang Lihe clung to the door, reluctant to get up, as if she had been nailed to the ground, and she didn't know where she had the strength to resist with Shopkeeper Liu.

"Shopkeeper Liu, you say it! Isn't the stuff in your medicinal restaurant really unclean?! ”

The onlookers looked at the sickness of Sanfang and did not look like a deception, and they all thought that the dishes in the medicinal restaurant were not clean, for fear that there would really be problems after eating.

"Everyone!" Su Jiudong appeared at the corner of the street at the right time, approaching the medicinal restaurant as he spoke, and attracted the attention of the people in a loud voice.

"There was no problem with the dishes at our Jonway Medicinal Restaurant! You won't get sick if you eat it! Don't be misled by those who have a heart! Su Jiudong stepped over Su Xiaoshan's outstretched legs and stood high on the steps of the gate of the medicinal restaurant to announce.

"Won't you get sick after eating? Who are you fooling? Last night, Chunshan came back to ask us, saying that Sanfang suddenly contracted a stomach and had dysentery! Su Xinglian stood opposite Su Jiudong, supported her waist with both hands, and faced Su Jiudong.

"Chunshan asked us if we had eaten anything from the Medicinal Diet Pavilion during the day yesterday and felt unwell when we came back at night. Chunshan is so honest, will he still lie to us?! ”

The Li family also tore his face and stood on the opposite side of Su Jiudong, completely losing the mind of wanting to rebuild the old friendship with Su Jiudong yesterday.

"Last night, I checked the menu ordered by your Su family during the day yesterday, and there were no suspicious dishes on it." Su Jiudong first explained to Wang Lihe, who was splashing and rolling on the ground.

"The daily dishes in our pharmacy are all fresh ingredients bought in the market street that day, and several stall owners in the market street can prove this for us!"

Su Jiudong straightened his waist and raised his tone to explain to the people around him.

"Therefore, there is no situation where the ingredients in our medicinal restaurant are unclean and the cooking process is unhygienic!"

Su Jiudong pulled over the doctor who was hurriedly found just now and treated the Sanfang family last night, and opened his mouth to defend:

"What can be determined at present is that the people in the third room did suddenly fall ill after eating rancid and unclean food last night, but they didn't get sick after eating the dishes of our medicinal restaurant!"

Although Su Jiudong repeatedly explained and emphasized this, and once again appeased the people in the third room of the Su family afterwards, the rumors that "the dishes in the Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant are not clean and you will get sick if you eat them" are still intensifying.

The business of the medicinal restaurant immediately deteriorated visibly, and in just a few days, it was from the original full house to the current few customers.

The people of Qishan County were afraid and accused the food of the Jonway Medicinal Restaurant of being unhygienic, and they all thought that they would get sick if they ate it, so they took a detour to the Medicinal Restaurant, as if they would get sick if they looked at it from a distance.

Within a few days, the business of Jonway Medicinal Restaurant fell to the bottom, and several other restaurants in Qishan County immediately put up their food hygiene signs.

Restaurants that temporarily added medicinal dishes introduced the form of bright kitchens, exposing the open kitchens to the noses of diners.

In the past, the kitchen of the restaurant was located in the backyard, and the guests only dined in the front of the Tang Dynasty, but in fact, they could not see the kitchen or operation room in the backyard.

Several other restaurants have grasped the psychology of "eating at ease", which is the most concerned about the people at present, and moved the kitchen to the front hall of the restaurant, making it in the form of a bright file, which not only catches the attention of customers, but also retains customers' money bags.

The people who have been worried about the recent rumors have seen other restaurants launch this form of open kitchen stalls, and they feel very relieved that they can see the chef's cooking process and know the cooking of the dishes at a glance.

Therefore, ordinary people and the regulars of the original Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant have gradually lost to other restaurants.

"Not many people came to ...... today."

Su Jiudong looked at the vacant seats in the medicinal food hall, and secretly regretted in his heart that he did not appease the people in the third room on the night of the illness, and failed to stop the other Su family members from coming to add fuel and vinegar in time.

"It's not that not many people came, but no one was willing ......to come at all," Shopkeeper Liu said secretly.

Shopkeeper Liu flipped through the account books of the past few days, sighed slightly, and then looked up at the passers-by who were passing by in front of the door and did not want to enter, and couldn't help but mention to Su Jiudong:

"The owner, these days are all expenses, and there is no income at all. In the long run, I am afraid that it will be difficult to maintain the medicinal restaurant. ”

Su Jiudong took the account book and looked at the recent pages, each page only had the cost figure of expenditure, and there was not the slightest ink on the income side, so he couldn't help but feel upset.

"It's all because I didn't handle it well that day, and the situation will develop to such a point." Su Jiudong crumpled the paper of the account book in distraught.

"It's not your fault to the owner, this is their own problem in the third room of the Su family, and it has nothing to do with our medicinal restaurant at all." Shopkeeper Liu agreed.

Wen Yiheng, who had left his official duties, stepped into the deserted medicinal restaurant, heard the conversation between Su Jiudong and Shopkeeper Liu, and couldn't help but say: "Yes, we are not to blame, only that the enemy is too cunning."

"Enemies? Who? Did you find out something? Su Jiudong was very surprised by Wen Yiheng's "enemy" view.

"I haven't found anything yet, but I've found a lot of suspicions." Wen Yiheng sat down calmly, took the teapot on the table, filled the teacup and took a big sip before slowly speaking.

"A few days after Sanfang came to our medicinal restaurant to make trouble, several other restaurants in the county town invariably launched a bright kitchen, isn't this suspicious enough?"

“…… It's a bit suspicious indeed, you continue. Su Jiudong touched his chin and listened carefully to Wen Yiheng's analysis.

"I first went to check the Ming stall kitchens of several other restaurants, and then asked some tile craftsmen in the Qincha Xingyuan......" Wen Yiheng took another big sip of tea, and continued:

“…… To transform an existing store into a kitchen, it is not only necessary to change the layout of the house, but also to carry out post-work such as masonry decoration, which can take anywhere from 10 days to a month. ”

"At present, it has only been two or three days since the news of food unhygiene broke out in the medicinal restaurant, and other restaurants immediately launched bright kitchens."

Wen Yiheng finally made his guess: "So I have to suspect that the outbreak of the Su family's third room may have been planned earlier." ”

"It seems that everything is waiting for the third room to come to the medicinal restaurant to make trouble, and a few restaurants can take advantage of the fire to rob and launch hygiene signs, so as to rob the customer source business of our medicinal restaurant."

Wen Yiheng's words made Su Jiudong's heart feel bigger, and Su Jiudong couldn't help nodding: "That makes sense...... However, how smart are the people in the third room? Can you think of so many twists and turns? ”

"I didn't say that the people in the third room thought of it, or it could be the owners of several other restaurants, they joined forces to come up with it."

"You mean, several other restaurants have joined forces to target our Jonway Medicinal Restaurant?"

Su Jiudong suddenly came to his senses, swept away the appearance of losing his soul in the past few days, and sat on the chair and stared at Wen Yiheng intently.

"Since the opening of the Yongyuan Medicinal Restaurant, so many things have happened, and there is a plaque given by the Holy Lord, and there is also a matter of Lin Sheng Restaurant copying our dishes and spreading rumors to treat the minister's illness......

And in the end, Lin Sheng's restaurant was ordered to close for rectification by the government. Our medicinal food hall is indeed too big-flying. ”

"Originally, the business of our medicinal restaurant was booming, and customers loved to come to eat with us, maybe the owners of several other restaurants were red-eyed...", the shopkeeper Liu added.

"Our business is better than theirs, and we make more money than theirs."

"Not bad. The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it. This time, maybe it was the owners of several of their restaurants who joined forces to plot against us behind our backs, and they were going to destroy our medicinal restaurant. ”

Wen Yiheng shook his head and sighed, very disgusted by the shameless actions made by several other restaurants this time.

Su Jiudong slapped the table angrily, glared angrily, and angrily reprimanded:

"It's unbelievable! They didn't do a good job of their own restaurant, they didn't reflect on their own shortcomings, but they were angry about our success and wanted to frame our medicinal restaurant, what kind of statement is this? ”

"We are like a tall tree, and there is nothing wrong with standing out of the forest, but the tall tree is always the easiest to be blown down by the wind first, which is also the most helpless place in reality."

Wen Yiheng seemed to think of something, his eyes were cold, and he clutched the cup in his hand tightly, as if he could pinch the teacup with just one hand.

Su Jiudong noticed another suspicious point: "However, what method did they use to persuade the people in the third room to obey their orders and take the initiative to take poison to cause illness?" ”