Chapter 28 A scourge is a scourge
Shen Yingniang is not a person who sits idly by.
If there are no customers and their dim sum is fine, then the problem must be on the other side.
She calmed down the staff in the store and dressed up in disguise to check on the Huang Ji dim sum shop in person.
found that the layout of Huang Ji's dim sum shop had changed to the same as that in her shop, and even the varieties and appearance of dim sum were similar, and her heart trembled fiercely.
Compared with that conjecture, she hoped that the dim sum at Huang Ji Dim Sum Shop was better than hers.
Shen Yingniang bought half a catty of each of the dim sum from Huang Ji Dim Sum Shop, returned to her own dim sum shop, tasted some of each, and the familiar taste surged on the tip of her tongue, and she suddenly became depressed.
Chang'an and Changle knew that the shop's recent business was not very good, and they were afraid that Shen Yingniang would be in a bad mood and drill the horns of the bull, so they were all trying to please her.
Seeing her dejected appearance, the two of them hurriedly ran to her.
"Mother, what's wrong with you? Is it because you are not feeling well? Or how? ”
Shen Yingniang's eyes were full of loss, "I seem to know that our store's business will plummet." ”
Changle scratched his head, "Why is that mother unhappy?" Isn't that a good thing? ”
Shen Yingniang shook her head, "Not necessarily." ”
The people in Shen Yue's dim sum shop were all carefully selected by Shen Yingniang, she thought that she had a clear conscience about these people, especially that person, but why did the worst thing happen?
When Chang'an heard this, he vaguely guessed something, his expression became solemn, he wanted to comfort Shen Yingniang, but he didn't know where to speak.
Shen Yingniang cheered up and opened the dim sum on the table, "You guys can try the dim sum I bought at Huang Ji Dim Sum Shop." ”
Changle picked up a piece, took a bite, "Huh", looked at the dim sum in his hand carefully, and finally said suspiciously: "Mother, this dim sum tastes like our dim sum!" It's just that the sale is a little different! The taste is also a little worse! ”
After Chang'an tasted it, he threw the dim sum on the table, with disdain, "Although the taste is similar, it is a fake after all!" How can it be compared to the original? ”
He looked at Shen Yingniang and said with relief: "The guests just feel that it is fresh for a while, and when they come back to taste, they will naturally abandon the Huang Ji dim sum shop and come to us." ”
Shen Yingniang nodded, "You're right, but what we want to solve now is not Huang Ji Dim Sum Shop, but a mole!" ”
"Mole!" Changle couldn't help but exclaim.
She really didn't understand why her mother was so kind to the people in the store, and there would be a mole.
"Yes!" Chang'an glanced at her and motioned for her to be quiet, "There is a mole in the store." Otherwise, why would the taste and shape of the dim sum be so similar to ours? Do you really think it's a coincidence? ”
Changle shuddered.
Shen Yingniang had already walked out of the loss, she sat there with a calm expression, "You put this matter in your stomach first, and then poke it out when I find out the reason." I am telling you now to let you know that the human heart is fickle and cannot be fully trusted. ”
Chang'an Changle looked teachable.
After the store closed as usual today, Shen Yingniang did not let the staff of the store leave immediately, but let them stay and distribute the dim sum from the Huang Kee Dim Sum Shop to them.
"Taste it, how does it taste?"
Xiaoliu thought that Shen Yingniang wanted to tell them that the shop's income was reduced and that they were going to lay off employees, but they just let them eat snacks, and their hearts suddenly became lighter.
They knew that the shopkeeper wouldn't fall so easily.
Of course, none of these people were anyone, and she fidgeted, her eyes wandering, as if she wanted to leave immediately.
Shen Yingniang looked at her coldly, and her heart sank inch by inch.
"This snack!" Xiao Liu took a bite of the dim sum, and the expression on his face suddenly changed, "Why does the taste of this dim sum taste similar to the taste of our shop's dim sum?" Just a little more unpalatable? ”
The others also tasted it, but they didn't dare to say it, no one was so heartless as Xiaoliu that they shouted about this kind of thing.
Shen Yingniang's face was calm, and her fingers gently patted the edge of the chair, "Yes, I'm wondering too." ”
When her words fell, Aunt Zhang suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground, attracting everyone's attention, her face turned red, and she kept waving her hand, "It's not me!" It's really not me! ”
Shen Yingniang narrowed her eyes, "I didn't say it was you, I was just thinking about why this happened." ”
Aunt Zhang said in a panic: "Shopkeeper, you believe me, it's really not me." ”
Xiao Liu looked at her pitiful appearance, and couldn't help but say a fair word based on her impression, "Shopkeeper, Aunt Zhang is honest and honest, and she is quick and diligent on weekdays, even if she is responsible for mixing dim sum stuffing and making dim sum skin, it doesn't mean that this matter has anything to do with her." ”
Shen Yingniang glanced at him and sighed, "When did I say that this matter has something to do with Aunt Zhang?" I'm just stating the facts, and by the way, I'll give you a taste of the snacks. ”
She glanced around, and deliberately stayed on Aunt Zhang for a moment, "I never wronged a good person, but I will never let go of any bad person!" Get off work, come over tomorrow morning, I have something to tell you. ”
"Okay."
Xiao Liu was the first to go, with him taking the lead, the others left one by one, Aunt Zhang was the last to go, she looked up at Shen Yingniang from time to time, and her once honest face was full of uneasiness and shame.
Shen Yingniang has been waiting, waiting for her to speak.
But Aunt Zhang didn't say anything, gritted her teeth and left.
Looking at her back, Shen Yingniang was stunned.
In the end, her heart was still let down.
"Chang'an, please go to Uncle Lu's mansion and ask him to help us check and see how wolf-hearted she is!" Shen Yingniang's eyes were surging undercurrently, and her voice was cold.
Lu Xuanqing's people were very fast, and it didn't take long for the results to be delivered to Shen Yingniang's hands.
She put the letter aside and sat alone by the candlelight, but did not open it to read it.
Yue Lingjun sat beside her, her voice gentle, "Why don't you open it and take a look?" ”
Shen Yingniang hugged him, "I'm waiting, waiting for someone to come." ”
Yue Lingjun let out a long sigh, "You have already given her a chance, but she doesn't cherish it herself, there is no need to wait, just cut through the mess." If you continue to interrupt, you will suffer from it. ”
These are the conclusions he came to after many years of fighting on the march.
Shen Yingniang sighed and opened the letter, glanced at ten lines, and after a while, she read the contents of it.
A scourge is a scourge!
It's not enough for Zhang Dagou to be angry with his father, but he also has to pull Aunt Zhang with him, which is really despicable and shameless.
It turned out that Zhang Dagou, who escaped a few days ago, had a good look, and that good friend was still Master Huang's concubine.
The two of them were caught by Master Huang during their private meeting, and Master Huang wanted to soak the concubine in the pig cage and kill Zhang Dagou. But the soft-boned Zhang Dagou didn't want to die, saying that his mother was rich, beautiful, and dressed up with charm that could be used to resist people, so Master Huang gave up.
Unexpectedly, Master Huang changed his mind after knowing that Aunt Zhang was the cook of Shen Yue's dim sum shop, as long as Zhang Dagou asked Aunt Zhang to hand over the dim sum recipe to him, the matter would be over.
When Zhang Dagou came to the door, Aunt Zhang directly beat the person out with a rolling stick.
It's a pity that Zhang Dagou came prepared.
A mother, crying pitifully, and kneeling on the ground, slapping herself and saying that she was a bastard, Aunt Zhang relented, and this soft-heartedness was out of control, and even handed over the dim sum recipe.
Shen Yingniang's pretty face lost blood.
She's still so kind, and even if some people try their best to pull her out of the mud, she'll crawl back for all sorts of reasons!
"Lady, what do you want to do?"
Yue Lingjun was furious after reading it, and he couldn't wait to dismantle Aunt Zhang and Zhang Dagou, but he also knew that he was not the son of the powerful Pingbohou before, nor was he a powerful general in the army, he was just an ordinary hunter! So, he suppressed the urge to kill.
Shen Yingniang was only decadent for a while after reading the letter, and quickly cheered up, "Sue them!" ”
She signed a contract and a confidentiality agreement when she hired people, and if she leaked secrets, she would not only have to make up for the losses caused by the leakage, but also pay her 800 taels of liquidated damages.
"Okay." Yue Lingjun replied with a smile.
He touched Shen Yingniang's thick black hair, and a smile flashed in his eyes, "Sue them." ”
Knowing that Master Huang and the county magistrate were colluding, Shen Yingniang was only ready to sue Aunt Zhang, but Master Huang put it aside first, and only after she took the line of the county decree did she completely eradicate the tumor of Master Huang.
The next day, when Shen Yingniang threw the evidence in front of Aunt Zhang in front of everyone, Aunt Zhang looked flustered, but she just refused to admit that she leaked the secret recipe to Master Huang.
"Shopkeeper." Aunt Zhang fell to her knees, her face full of tears, "It's not me, it's really not me!" I didn't leak the recipe! ”
Shen Yingniang laughed.
If it weren't for the fact that she ran with Yue Lingjun in person last night, and happened to hear Aunt Zhang educate Zhang Dagou earnestly, telling him not to mess with people anymore, and not to let her betray Shen Yue's dim sum shop again, she would have really believed Aunt Zhang's nonsense.
Shen Yingniang shouted: "I heard what you said to your son last night!" Aunt Zhang, if you want to quibble, leave it to Master Guan! ”
As her words fell, Catcher Kuai, who was wearing soap-soled boots and had a knife at his waist, walked in and escorted Aunt Zhang, who was crying darkly and still shouting grievances, away.
Shen Yingniang is resolute, seemingly weak, but in fact tenacious.
This move slammed the hearts of those who had two hearts back into place.
"Everyone is from my shop and has signed a contract with me. As long as everyone doesn't betray me, then I will be good to everyone, but if they betray me, then I am not a vegetarian! Today, let's take a day off. ”
Leaving such a sentence, Shen Yingniang followed the arrester to the official mansion.
It was so loud that it attracted the attention of many people.
People who like to buy dim sum at Shen Yue's dim sum shop on weekdays have the courage to ask Shen Yingniang, "Shopkeeper Shen, what's going on?" ”
Shen Yingniang generously returned the salute, and her eyes made a circle in the Huangji dim sum shop, and pretended to be sad: "There is a seller thief in the shop, tell others about my recipe, I have no choice but to ask the county master to give me justice." ”
"How so!" The regular customer was surprised, "Isn't it a yellow ......?"
The regular customer saw the blue face of the old man Huang in the crowd, and he stopped talking.
Shen Yingniang wiped her tears with a handkerchief, "Ye Lao doesn't need to say much, so as not to get into trouble." ”
Although the two men didn't say anything, the onlookers knew it.
There are only two dim sum shops in this county, plus the dim sum of Huang Ji Dim Sum Shop and Shen Yue's dim sum shop taste so similar, who makes the dirty means with his toes to know.
Master Huang is domineering, and the people have a lot of complaints about him, but he is just because the county lord and the only dim sum family in the county give him some thin noodles.
Now, he finally opened a dim sum shop, and Mr. Huang wanted to repeat his old tricks and close down the dim sum shop, which made the people very disgusted.
How?
They don't have the freedom to choose where to buy dim sum? What snacks to buy?
It's excessive!