C26 Framed

Back at the shop, Tao Xiaotu handed Miao Miao over to the shop assistant, Xiao Tao. The two girls were selling their wares in the front shop, while the other shop assistant, Xiao Lou, followed the mistress to the kitchen to study.

"I'll let you come to the kitchen to prepare ingredients for Ye Yuan first. He can make desserts faster."

After arranging the work in the small building, Tao Xiaosu and Tao Laosan went to Mr. Fang's shop and signed a contract.

Mr. Fang was very happy. He thanked Tao Laosan and said, "Thank you, Mr. Tao. I'll get someone to change the shop sign tomorrow. Your formula..."

"Don't worry. You might not be able to make the exact same taste just by looking at the formula. Tomorrow, I'll ask my master to teach you."

With that said, Mr. Fang brought some silver to Tao Xiaozui and gave it to her politely. "Here's three hundred taels. According to the contract, it's half the deposit. When we learn it, we'll give the other three hundred taels to you."

Tao Xiaozui handed the silver to Tao Laosan and told Mr. Fang some things to pay attention to.

"There are some things that I need to tell you first."

The shop was not large, but it had a lot of business, Tao Xiaotong thought. "We do some things here and there that have nothing to do with your shop, so all you have to do is explain to the customers that things are different in that shop."

Mr. Fang was more concerned about the formula. "If you find any new formulas in the future, you'd better let us know before you sell them. It would be best if you bought your formulas and put them on the market."

Tao Xiaozui agreed. In order to earn more money, she had to ask Mr. Fang if he wanted the formulas.

"Of course. If you see anything inappropriate in the future, Mr. Fang will tell me immediately. Don't take it to heart, in case you have any problems in the future."

Tao Xiaozou didn't expect that Mr. Fang, a businessman, would be so easy to talk to.

The cooperation went smoothly. Tao Xiaozui and Tao Laosan returned to the shop and continued with their business.

To their surprise, they didn't see Ye Yuan in the kitchen when they returned to the shop.

"Where did Ye Yuan go?"

Xiao Lou looked up at Tao Xiaozui and replied, "Brother Ye went out to buy something."

Shopping?

Tao Xiaozou didn't remember what else she needed him to buy.

"It's a good thing the shop isn't busy."

Tao Laosan looked at the three hundred silver in his hand and thought about opening another shop.

"Xiao Sou, I'll go see if there's a suitable shop in the afternoon. We can open another one next month."

Tao Xiao Sou nodded her head carelessly, worried that something would happen to Ye Yuan.

"How does your store make things? Look, there are even bugs in the sesame seed cake."

Tao Xiaotu immediately went up and saw a bug inside the sesame seed cake.

"Young master, I'm really sorry. This is our mistake. Today, we will give you free food. Take a look at your doctor. If you eat something bad, we will pay for the medical expenses."

The young master looked at Tao Xiaosui angrily. Even though Tao Xiaosui was humble, it couldn't extinguish her anger.

"You are businessmen, especially food makers. How can you be so careless?"

"I am still alive. If something happens to me, can you afford to lose your life?"

Tao Xiaotu did not know where he came from. She had never seen him in the shop.

"Yes, yes, yes. Master is right. We will be careful. Nothing like this will happen again."

The man still didn't want to let Tao Xiao-Su go. He shouted, "Look! There are worms in the sesame seed cake. You can't eat anything in their shop."

The customers who bought the sesame seed cake put down their things one after another. Some of them followed him.

"Why are there insects in the sesame seed cake? It's so disgusting."

"I've been eating the Tao family's sesame seed cakes for so long, but I still don't know if I've ever eaten a sesame seed cake with bugs in it before."

"Yeah, just thinking about it makes me sick."

Tao Xiaotu walked out. All the explanations were useless.

"Listen to me, everything in our shop has always been clean. This was a mistake and I will pay attention to it in the future."

"Today's sesame seed cake is free of charge. Let's eat."

The neighbors all looked at each other. Some of them took the sesame seed cake, while others didn't dare to take it because they didn't want to eat too much.

Even so, there was still an endless stream of people outside the shop. Many people ran around to tell others, causing more and more people to come to the Tao family's shop.

After returning to the shop, Tao Xiaosui still had to calm the mood of the young master from before.

"Young master, if you are not satisfied with my method, do you have any good ideas?"

That man grabbed Tao Xiao-Su's wrist and insisted on going to the government to reason with her, "No matter what you say, it is useless. Yes, follow me to the government."

Tao Xiaosui couldn't break free no matter how hard she tried. She could only let him drag her to the government.

Luckily, the magistrate was no longer in the county. The one who was promoted was the county lord.

"Who are you? What is the matter?"

The young master explained to the county head about the worms in the sesame seed cake. After the county head heard it, he looked at Tao Xiaozui and asked, "Do you plead guilty?"

Tao Xiaosui sincerely admitted her mistake: "This matter is indeed our shop's fault..."

At this point, Tao Xiaosui suddenly thought of something and looked at the young master beside her.

Perhaps it wasn't a bad thing to cause trouble in court. It might even be an opportunity for her to clear her name.

"Wait..."

"The bugs in the sesame seed cakes weren't because of our mistake. Someone intentionally put them in."

The young lord frowned and raised his voice to bluff, "What do you mean? Are you saying I put the worms in the sesame seed cake?"

Tao Xiaosui smiled confidently. She was sure that he was the one who put the bugs in.

"I'm sure you know whether it was you who put them in or not. It was you who dragged me here just now. Since I have gone to court, I will ask the county magistrate to uphold justice for me."

The county magistrate saw that Tao Xiaozui was confident and asked curiously, "How can you prove that he was the one who put the bugs in?"

"In order to prove our innocence, I ask the county head to send someone to bring the evidence."

At this moment, Xiao Lou brought the sesame seed cake that the young master had just taken a bite of.

"It's here, it's here. The evidence is here."

Tao Xiaozui brought the evidence and analyzed it for the county magistrate.

"The sesame seed cake is baked in the stove. If you put it in the stove, there will be worms in the sesame seed cake. When it is baked, the worms in the sesame seed cake will be burnt."

"Look, these worms are not burnt. They must have been put in after the sesame seed cake was baked."

After the county lord saw it, he knew that the young master had deliberately framed Tao Xiaozui: "What else do you have to say?"

With his little trick exposed, he quickly kowtowed and admitted his mistake, "This commoner admits his mistake. This commoner released the bugs, this commoner knows his crime."

"Since you've admitted your crime, then you'll be fined fifty strokes and compensated thirty taels to the owner."