night.
The aristocratic family has a rule of not saying anything when eating or sleeping, but when they entered the small courtyard, they felt at ease and leisurely. Everyone chatted while eating and shared what they had experienced throughout the day.
Among them, Jiang Sheng and Zheng Ruqian were the main actors, Xu Mo and Chang Yan responded occasionally, and the others acted as loyal listeners.
When it came to the patients in the hospital today, Wen Zhiyun rarely spoke out, "There is something that I don't know whether to say or not."
"You've already spoken, can you not say it?" Jiang Sheng held his chin, "Fourth brother likes to whet our appetite."
"Yes, yes, Xiaosi is a bad student." Zheng Ruqian agreed.
Wen Zhiyun pursed his lips and smiled, "That's right, that patient not only had diarrhea, but I also found undigested jujube cake in his vomit."
Xu Mo, who had just picked up a piece of jujube cake, froze and silently put the pastry back and changed it to green vegetables.
Theoretically speaking, jujube cakes are not uncommon. There are three shops selling them at Guangtian Street.
But the fact that the patient appeared near Wen's Medical Clinic and was in a particularly embarrassing state is worthy of careful consideration.
"You said, you feel like someone is following you today?" Chang Yan suddenly said.
Jiang Sheng nodded quickly.
Xu Mo on the side put down his bowl and chopsticks, "Xiao Wu thinks this patient is unusual?"
It is difficult to infer from just a few words.
But Chang Yan just felt something was wrong, "Even if what he ate was not Jiuzhenfang's jujube cake, as long as he fell in front of Jiuzhenfang and rested on Jiuzhenfang's head, the stigma would not be washed away."
"But he was found in an alley." Zheng Ruqian asked.
This is the key to the failure. A person who tries to slander Jiuzhenfang cannot run into the alley and collapse.
Unless he miscalculated the time when the laxative would activate, or was tripped up by something.
But it does lead to a good question.
"If someone really uses this despicable method to slander Jiuzhenfang, has the second brother figured out how to solve it?" Chang Yan turned his head and asked seriously.
Zheng Ruqian's mind went blank for a moment.
This is more vicious than poisoning, changing raw materials, or even gossip.
Covered in feces and urine, even if it turns out that it has nothing to do with Jiuzhenfang, it is enough to drive away most of the guests.
Even the pastries in the shop will attract dust, making it difficult for new customers to come.
"It's too cruel and disgusting." Xu Mo commented, "But it's very useful."
Everything related to food can be targeted with nausea.
Zheng Ruqian's face turned livid, "Just because of lychee, even Jiuzhenfang will be plotted."
But he was unwilling to give up the lychee business for Jiuzhenfang.
"Is there a way to have both ends of the world? As a foodie, you can only watch others slander you?" Jiang Sheng said melancholy.
Chang Yan was silent for a moment, "It's not that there's nothing we can do, it's just..."
Just a little naked.
The brothers and sisters murmured for a while and finally came to a discussion.
Zhang Xianglian brought the hot soup to the table respectively. Jiang Sheng held the bowl and sipped gently, "Have you had any trouble in the Imperial College recently?"
Compared with the Fang family, the Liao family is just a little dirtier.
The ones who really make people shudder are the Fang family.
"Probably...no." Xu Mo hesitated, "It's quite calm."
Only then did everyone put their hearts in their stomachs.
the next day.
A piece of rice paper written by Xu Mo himself was hung in front of the door of Jiuzhenfang. It said in black and white, "Because our store has been slandered by malicious competition and fear of trouble, all pastries are discounted."
Such earth-shattering words would explode wherever you put them.
There is a lot of competition among peers, and there is malicious competition, but most of us are just trying to hold back our energy. I have never seen such a carefree writing.
Some people in Fengjing were curious, and some were looking for profit. Not only did the business in Jiuzhenfang not get worse, but it became more crowded.
Zheng Ruqian took Jiang Sheng outside to admire, "Xiao Wu is Xiao Wu, this trick is really amazing."
Directly inform the world about the concern about the shop. Once an accident occurs, it will be "malicious competition and slander". The people of Fengjing will not hate Jiuzhenfang, but will have sympathy.
It's wonderful, wonderful.
As for the discounted profit, it was Zheng Ruqian's idea. He believed that since the notice was posted, it should provide real benefits to the people, and at the same time prevent others from being criticized - such as slandering Jiuzhenfang and sensationalizing.
Jiang Sheng thought so.
For a period of time, whether it was the Jiang family's warning that worked or the piece of rice paper that was too shocking, the Liao family made no move.
Time also slipped from May to June, and it was time for the second batch of lychees from Lingnan to arrive.
Many aristocratic families came to make reservations during this period, not to mention the Yao family's thirty kilograms, the Qi family, the Zhao family, and the He family all made reservations. If the third batch hadn't followed closely behind, Jiuzhenfang would not have dared to accept it.
Because of this, Zheng Ruqian was very nervous. When he had time, he would go to the official road to look forward to the arrival of the lychee cart.
"You said that the Liao family would not stop me from getting my lychees halfway." He couldn't wait for a long time and started to get a little anxious.
Chang Yan put down the carving knife and blew on the sawdust, "If second brother is worried, it is better to take Jiang San and Jiang Si to meet the journey."
The road from Lingnan to Fengjing is an official road, and there are not many pedestrians coming and going. Even if the Liao family really takes action, they may not be able to accurately find Jiuzhenfang's lychee cart among the crowd.
But Zheng Ruqian was just stamping his feet in vain at home. He might as well find Wang Xiaosong and others earlier so that he could be completely relieved.
"Okay." Zheng Laoer almost didn't think twice about the fifth brother's proposal.
He and Jiang San and Jiang Si packed up and even took Jiang Sheng with them, and the brother and sister set off in the direction of Lingnan.
After about half a day, the carriage gradually drove out of Fengjing and began to border Sichuan and Chongqing.
There are obviously fewer horse-drawn carriages on the road, and most pedestrians are wearing distinctive clothes, which are colorful and eye-catching.
Jiang Sheng opened his big round eyes curiously, but did not dare to speak.
Because Zheng Ruqian was going crazy, "It's been nineteen days since we left, and we've still traveled half a day, and we're almost here. Why can't we see anyone?"
Especially as the sun goes down, the visibility becomes lower and lower. If Wang Xiaosong and others can no longer be seen, he has to turn back to Beijing to prevent both parties from missing it.
Fortunately, Jiang Sheng had sharp eyes and pointed at the overturned carriage in front of him, "That person, is that person Brother Xiaosong?"
Zheng Ruqian's heart sank. He drove the carriage forward and stopped a little further away.
He ran over in a few steps, but who was it not Wang Xiaosong who was standing there in a daze?
"Xiaosong!" Zheng Ruqian gritted his teeth with hatred, "Where's the lychee? Where's the lychee?"
