Chapter Forty-Eight: A Little Trouble
So he followed the bolt into the private room, Rui Xue pulled Zhang's sister-in-law, who was obviously a little wrong, to the side, and asked in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, the frozen dumplings sold today were all sent by the Wu family last night, right?" ”
Sister-in-law Zhang nodded, rubbed her hands uneasily, and said, "Sister, it's all blame on my sister-in-law, last night's dinner, Da Zhuang talked about the Wu family's gossip with people in the village, and how delicious the dumplings were, I guess that the third sister-in-law Wu may be secretly a little deductive." I originally wanted to tell you about it today, but when I got busy, I forgot about it. ”
Rui Xue wrinkled her eyebrows and pondered for a moment, but shook her head and said, "The number of dumplings returned in the past few days is five hundred and seventy or eighty, and there is not much difference. And that little brother was angry just now, but he seemed to have fallen into a big trap, isn't it..."
She squatted down, picked up a frozen dumpling, and broke it hard, and the broken cabbage the size of a fingernail inside was immediately exposed, causing Sister-in-law Zhang to exclaim, "This is not the dumpling filling we are mixing, the cabbage I cut is much thinner than this." ”
Rui Xue's face also darkened, the difference is that the cabbage is cut thickly, and her own dumpling filling is three points of vegetables and seven points of meat, but I haven't seen any meat in this dumpling, the answer is self-evident, dumpling filling... It was dropped.
She stood up, patted Sister-in-law Zhang, whose face was red and white, and said softly, "Go and pack a hundred of those dumplings that were frozen yesterday." After saying that, he went to the money box and took a piece of silver, and took the tea into the private room.
Sister-in-law Zhang felt guilty in her heart and wanted to die headlonging, why did she only care about the poor third sister-in-law Wu's Zhang Luo's family, and she forgot about her lazy family, otherwise she wouldn't have caused such trouble in the shop, and then remembered that Cuilan, who had always gotten along well with her, had not shown up for a few days, was it also related to this matter? Even if she didn't participate, at least she didn't report it, the more she thought about it, the more angry she felt, went out to the board behind the room to collect a hundred dumplings, handed them to the bolt, and trotted back to Yunjia Village with a few simple explanations.
The little guy waited a little impatiently, and when he saw Rui Xue coming in with tea, he immediately asked in a loud voice, "Do you want to admit it?" Let me tell you, our master was so angry that he dropped his chopsticks, if it wasn't for Mrs. to stop him, he would have sent the post to the yamen to file a complaint, and you might all be squatting in the prison now. ”
Shi Shi's face turned pale with fright, but Rui Xue was not worried at all, after all, he was coming to the door now, not a servant, so it was impossible for this matter to be so bad.
She raised her hand and poured a cup of hot tea for the little girl in Tsing Yi, and said softly, "This little brother is angry, I checked the dumplings just now, and they are indeed too shoddy." Speaking of which, it's really an oversight on the part of our shop. These days, dumplings are popular with everyone, we can't keep the shop busy, so I asked two sisters-in-law in the village to help, originally I was also kind, thinking about helping the villagers to earn some daily use, but I didn't expect this filling to be changed by them privately..."
"Hey," Rui Xue sighed faintly, her eyes drooped slightly, her long and dense eyelashes fluttered gently, and her fair face was full of loneliness, as if she was grieving for the injustice of her fellow villagers, and she looked more and more weak and pitiful.
Ren is a very angry person, seeing this scene, he can't bear to say anything evil, the little guy really moved sympathy, and actually began to comfort Rui Xue, "Boss, don't be sad, there are always black-hearted people in this world, just pay more attention in the future." ”
Rui Xue raised her eyes, smiled lightly, as if trying her best to hide her sadness, took out the broken silver from her arms, and put it in front of the little girl, "Little brother, this silver weighs about four yuan, enough to return the silver you paid before, in addition..." she raised her eyes to look at the bolt that carried the bamboo basket into the door, and said, "There are also a hundred dumplings that I wrapped with my own hands, originally to honor the elders in the family, and now I give it to the little brother as an apology, and I hope that the little brother will help me say a few more kind words in front of your master." ”
When the little guy was ordered to come, he thought it would be good to get the silver back, but he didn't expect Rui Xue not only to return the silver money, but also to send an extra hundred dumplings with good fillings, which made him really a little unexpected, remembering the reason Rui Xue said just now, it was really pitiful, so he excused himself, "Return the silver money, I just have an explanation with the master, the dumplings don't have to be, the boss lady was also cheated by someone, not intentionally." ”
Rui Xue insisted on handing the bamboo basket to him, and said with a smile, "No matter what the reason is, whether it is an oversight in our shop, the little brother can already help us a lot if he can say a few kind words for us." ”
The little guy in Tsing Yi saw that he couldn't refuse, so he took it, bowed and left.
Rui Xue sent him to the door, turned around and asked the stone, "Can you still remember what the guest who bought the frozen dumplings today looks like?" ”
Shi nodded hurriedly, "If I see someone, I will definitely recognize it." ”
"That's good, you two go to the dock with me, and my sister-in-law stays..."Rui Xue suddenly found that Sister-in-law Zhang was not in the house, so she asked, "Can you see your Aunt Zhang?" ”
"My aunt asked me to tell my master that she had gone back to the village beforehand. ”
Rui Xue frowned and sighed, she didn't have to guess to know that Sister-in-law Zhang must have gone back to the Wu family to settle accounts, but when the Wu family came to get the dumpling stuffing every day, there were no outsiders present.
"Bolt stay and watch the shop, the stone will go with me."
Rui Xue took the broken silver, and asked the stone to pack all the burned and freshly fried vegetarian balls in the shop, and went straight to the pier where the passenger ship docked.
The stone went from boat to boat, and finally found three guests who bought frozen dumplings in the shop, Ruixue personally stepped forward to apologize, took back the "black-hearted" dumplings, paid the money, and divided the fire and vegetarian balls to make dry food for those guests. When the guests heard what had happened, they were not angry, for they had not lost any money and had received more dry food. It's not easy for a woman to do this, if it's another shop, maybe they find out and come to the door, they may not necessarily admit it.
Several passenger ships are docked at the side of the trestle, which is not far away, there is movement on one boat, and the rest of the ships can naturally hear it clearly, and those who like to be lively will go out of the cabin to inquire, and in less than a moment, everyone will know the reason for the matter, some loudly praise Rui Xue's benevolence, and some mock and say crooked words, which is quite noisy for a while.
The master of the Tsing Yi guy lived on the passenger boat on the very side, the old man was about thirty years old, his face was white and beardless, his cheeks were slightly sunken, his forehead was convex forward, and his thin eyes and eyebrows were thin, which made people feel a little mean at first sight.
Opposite him sat a young man dressed in a silver brocade dress, with red blonde hair and a white jade plaque on his waist, his red phoenix eyes gently raised, with a hint of smile on his lips, evil and handsome. Two steps behind him, he hung his head and stood this white and pleasing little guy, maybe he had been standing for a long time, a little boring, and he was looking at the furnishings in the boat with his eyes and bones, if Rui Xue was here, he would definitely recognize that this boy and the little guy were Chu Gehuan and the rich master and servant who had boldly ordered all the dishes in her shop that day.
The two people who were sitting on the edge of the couch drinking tea looked very happy when they talked and laughed, and gradually heard the lively voices outside, so the old man frowned and called, "Who is waiting outside the door?" ”
The little guy in Tsing Yi was waiting for a reply, and when he heard the sound, he immediately opened the door and went in, and answered, "Master, it's a little ink boy." ”
The old man nodded, remembering what had just been told to him, and asked, "Is the matter done?" Such a black-hearted store, I don't know how many people have been deceived, looking at the people who bought it have gone away, and they can't come back to seek justice, so they dare to be so rampant, if they refuse to pay, they will immediately take my post to the government office. ”
Chu Gehuan saw that his friend's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and he smiled secretly in his heart, this Brother Xiao is still jealous and hateful for many years, compared to his official position as a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, he is well known by the people of Wudu, I am afraid it is more because of this upright and righteous nature. When he first arrived in Black Rock City, he was blackmailed by the ruffians, and he stood up and angrily reprimanded, so he got acquainted. No matter how you say this, Lingfeng City is also his territory, and he can't ask a thing or two, and he can't let his friends be bullied here.
"Brother Xiao, but which store didn't open his eyes and deceived you?"
Mr. Xiao said angrily, "At noon today, I heard that the food in the restaurant on the pier was delicious, and I bought it back and sent it to me and your sister-in-law to taste, I saw that the taste was really good, so I sent Mo Tong to buy more, and prepared it as dry food on the road, but in order to wait for you to come, the boat was delayed, and your sister-in-law was pregnant and couldn't bear to be hungry, so she asked the maid to cook a few, and the filling in it was completely different from the previous one, all of which were broken cabbage, which I don't know if it was bullying outsiders, if it wasn't for your sister-in-law to stop it, I took the post and sent the black-hearted shopkeeper to the government for evaluation. ”
"Dock eateries?" Chu Gehuan's heart moved, and he smiled and comforted, "Brother Xiao is angry, there is a restaurant on this pier, I have also been there, the food tastes good, and the proprietress has a good reputation." Come to think of it, something went wrong. ”
Mo Tong originally listened to Ruixue's explanation, he was very sympathetic, and later saw her return the silver money, and sent more dumplings, even more admired, for fear that his master would really send her to the government to see the official, but the master and the guest talked, he didn't dare to interject, at this time, when he heard Chu Gehuan say this, he immediately took the opportunity to salute and said, "Master, the little one went to the restaurant just now to ask for the guilt, the proprietress is very reasonable, not only returned the money, but also sent another hundred dumplings made by hand, the little one has just let the cook cook a few, Sister Hongyu said that it was the same as the bowl that the old man ate at noon. The proprietress also asked her to apologize for her like a master, saying that this matter was all due to the negligence of their store. ”
Chu Gehuan's eyebrows were raised even higher, remembering that the woman had made herself wronged by understatement a few words that day, and today's behavior is indeed consistent with her soft and rigid temperament. However, how could there be such a mistake in her shop?
Bachelor Xiao didn't expect such a result, and after thinking about it, he felt that it would be a bit unforgiving to pursue it again, so he frowned and said, "Since this boss lady knows her mistake, it's okay." After saying that, he heard the noise outside, and asked, "Why is there any noise outside?" ”