C18 Chapter 18 Helplessness

The shopkeeper, who was still calm a moment ago, sneered and said, "Everyone knows that the soup we have been using is our secret recipe. This little girl is quite smart. I'm afraid she wants to use this trick to swindle us out of our secret recipe."

Rong Xiu's original intention wasn't to get something out of this, but her words were filled with malice.

The anger in her heart suddenly rose up, and that voice of Rong Xiu, Qing Ling, suddenly burst out, "Manager's words are wrong. The shopkeeper's soup, no matter what secret recipe or what seasonings are added, cannot change the fact that drinking too much is easy to cause a disease."

"Forget it, since the little lady is determined to continue, then let's go in and take a look." The shopkeeper actually didn't stop him.

Rong Xiu's heart skipped a beat. This storekeeper didn't seem to mind at all, but that was also true. It was just a problem with the soup, so no one would know the problem with the soup.

The customers rushed into the back kitchen, only to see a few clean and tidy stove, the cooks were busy.

The firewood oil salt used was extremely fine, especially the "old oil" that Rong Xiu had mentioned just now, which was even more dazzling, without any abnormalities.

"This... "Young lady, the situation now is not as you say." The old man with a stomach as big as a rock just now said slowly, "The ingredients used in this Mansion seem to be very clean."

The head chef frowned. "What are you guys doing? "Shopkeeper, didn't you say that no one can disturb our cooking?"

The storekeeper cupped his hands and smiled, "Zhang Ye, it's not that I don't want to stop you. It's just that the customers suspect that the things we're using aren't clean. I can't stop them even if I wanted to come in to take a look."

For a moment, everyone's eyes were filled with suspicion and impatience, all of them focusing on Rong Xiu.

Rong Xiu took a deep breath. She looked around the entire kitchen, but didn't see any soup.

At this moment, there was a slight sound from the stove, as if something was burning.

Rong Xiu moved closer to the stove, looked inside, and smiled, "If I'm not wrong, Zhang Guanzi's here is made of top-grade charcoal, and the ashes are all gray. What is this black thing?"

He saw that the black thing had already been roasted by the flames. At this moment, it was dried at the bottom of the stove. It was indeed suspicious.

Zhang Guang smirked. "I'm afraid there's something here that doesn't fall into my hands. There's nothing to say, right?"

These people truly had nothing to fear. Rong Xiu pursed her lips, "If I'm not wrong, you guys must have used a lot of ingredients to make this soup …"

The shopkeeper's face was calm, "Young lady, even if we report it to the government, you should at least have evidence, right? At this moment, you don't have any proof. You could have completely ignored your words, but today you are going to drag the soup out of our hands. I'm afraid you have to see the official before you can accept it? "

Rong Xiu sighed in her heart. The difficulty of the matter lay in this place. If it was in the past, she would just need to take the oil and the black substance to be tested.

After pondering for a long time, as Rong Xiu was in a dilemma, she heard a "meow" sound by her ear. She looked towards the direction of the sound and saw that it was actually a flowery cat.

"If everyone doesn't believe my wife, why not try using this flowery cat."

Rong Xiu had not expected that Su Chengxi would break her train of thought before she could even open her mouth.

Su Cheng Xi hugged the fat cat: "One cat might be an exception, but are there any other cats around here? "In addition, there's a nearby restaurant not too far away from the Multi Treasure House. Invite someone to buy a bowl of soup."

At this moment, these customers wanted to join in the fun. Not long after, someone brought three cats from all over the streets. Some people even went to the restaurant to buy soup as Su Chengxi had said.

When everything was ready, Su Cheng Xi took out two similar bowls and added two different types of soup before placing the bowls on the ground.

He saw the four cats wagging their tails as they walked between the two bowls of soup. Before long, all four cats had chosen one bowl of soup. Even if they couldn't get it, their howls would make people uncomfortable.

The pot-bellied old man who was sitting in the private room frowned and waved his hand: "Quickly take this cat away. It is annoying to hear her call out so noisily."

"You're still not listening to Zou County's Cheng?" The shopkeeper's expression turned cold, and the waiter beside him quickly picked up the cat.

"Hold on." Rong Xiu never thought that this old man would actually be a county magistrate, but since he had already reached this step, how could he let all his efforts go to waste?

The old man was annoyed. "Little girl, I just want to eat something. As long as the taste of this dish is good, it doesn't matter. Duo Bao Hall has been running for so many years, but I've never heard of anyone dying from eating something."

This sentence also made sense, and for a moment, everyone had an impatient expression on their faces towards Rong Xiu.

Rong Xiu took a deep breath and said, "Forget it. Even if you prove that cats prefer this bowl of soup, it doesn't mean anything. However, this food really does affect your bodies …"

Before she could finish her sentence, the shopkeeper's eyes fiercely glared at her. A few of the waiters were unwilling to listen to Rong Xiu's words, so they hurriedly carried the cats out of the restaurant.

"Everyone, please look!" Su Cheng Xi shouted coldly.

Everyone was stunned, looking at the floor subconsciously. He saw the fat cat at the beginning, feebly kicking its paws. It turned out that the cat had already eaten too much fat, and its body was getting weaker and weaker, which was why it was so dispirited. As for the other cats, they only ate for a while, so they didn't have any reaction.

For a moment, the many customers all stopped talking. They looked at the shopkeeper in astonishment. It was obvious that at this moment, most of them believed what Rong Xiu said.

Only now did Rong Xiu let out a sigh of relief. Just now, a thin layer of sweat had appeared on her back. If she couldn't testify against this shopkeeper today, she was afraid that she wouldn't have a chance in the future.

The shopkeeper saw that everyone was glaring at him and he said calmly, "Ladies and gentlemen, the dishes in my house are very appetizing, so it is very satisfying for this cat to have eaten. The most you can say is that my family's soup is very delicious, so please be at ease."

Even the county governor said, "That was just my words. How could I take the letter?"

"That's right, she's just a woman. I'm afraid all her words are crazy. Since the county magistrate has already said so, what do we have to be afraid of?"

"You can't even say such words. The most important thing is that they make sense …"

Everyone's words poured into Rong Xiu's ears. Rong Xiu gathered her fists and was about to go up and argue.

Unexpectedly, Su Cheng Xi suddenly grabbed her hand and tightly held it in his palm: "Everyone, since it's like this, then it's our fault. Xiu'er, let's go back."

"Hubby …" Rong Xiu was about to argue again, but she saw a trace of helplessness in Su Cheng Xi's eyes.

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