The three of them stood in front of the stall wearing uniforms with serious faces.
Cheng Yunyu had never seen such a situation before, but the other party said that she would stop business first. When she waited for the investigation results, she also panicked, but looking at several small pots full of ingredients, she mustered up the courage to ask weakly: "Can we sell out today?" ? We just came..."
The cost of the ingredients is close to 300 yuan. What should I do with them if I can’t sell them? It's not easy for them to make some money. The economy has just recovered. This is not a small amount of money.
Hearing this, the law enforcement officer at the front sternly shouted: "Do you know what poppy is? Once found out, you are breaking the law, and in serious cases you will be sentenced!"
The two of them looked young and probably hadn't read much. When they are enforcing the law, they often encounter such examples. When caught, they will say that they did not know it was poppy or that it was illegal. They only thought it could be fresh, sell well, and make money, completely ignoring the safety of customers.
When it was said that it was a crime and would be sentenced, Cheng Yunyu was almost frightened to tears and her face turned pale. She really didn't know what a poppy was.
"We will cooperate with the investigation." Ji Huai protected her behind him and said to several people, "She is timid. She just cares about the ingredients and has no other meaning."
The law enforcement officer observed him, still with a straight face, and asked: "Do you know what poppy is? Where do you buy these condiments?"
These small vendors do not have business licenses and food safety is in a mess. Gutter oil, chemicals, spice abuse... and it's hard to regulate.
This is the peak period of crowd flow, and students also like to watch the excitement, but they don't dare to get close and hide aside.
After Ji Huai's stall could no longer be purchased, the Oden area became lively. Chen Juan still felt that the matter was not big enough. When the students and parents were confused, she quickly said: "Poppies are used to make drugs. Their stall has such good business every day. Because poppy is addictive and you will feel bad if you don’t eat it, so buy it.”
"That's right, if you eat it for a long time, you will become addicted, and you won't be able to quit even if you want to!" Liang Dong added from the side.
When talking about drugs, let alone students, even the parents who bought them suddenly changed their faces. When talking about addiction, their tailbones went cold, and the scene immediately became noisy.
Chen Juan and Liang Dong looked at such a scene and felt relieved.
"Our ingredients are purchased from regular supermarkets, and the sauce is made by ourselves." Ji Huai continued without changing his expression, and then said in a steady voice, "Poppy is a tobacco shell. It is a banned ingredient. Its use is illegal and will cause harm." You will be subject to administrative detention and fines, and if the circumstances are serious, you will be sentenced. Our things are sold to students, and we will not make any money that violates our conscience."
After hearing his words, the expressions of the law enforcement officers eased slightly: "We received an anonymous report, so we must act in accordance with the law and investigate and deal with it strictly. If the inspection results are normal, you can resume business."
Ji Huai glanced at the Oden couple from the corner of his eye. They were gloating and watching the fun. He looked at the law enforcement officers with great confusion: "We accept the investigation unconditionally, but we have only set up the stall for a short time. Are you sure it's us? Poppy shell The main functions of it are to enhance freshness and stop diarrhea. We add kelp to freshen up the soup, and it’s all white soup, so it doesn’t need to have antidiarrheal effect.”
After what he said, several people exchanged a few words and looked around again.
The other party reported anonymously, and the information was naturally not very detailed. Among the few pieces of information that the law enforcement officers came to know, it was the rice noodle seller at the entrance of No. 3 Middle School, the one with the best business, driving a tricycle, a man and a woman. The Oden couple were surrounded by students, and their business seemed to be good. They were also driving a tricycle. They were a man and a woman, and the information was correct.
The female law enforcement officer standing on the side walked over first. Chen Juan thought she was coming to inquire for information, and her mind was spinning rapidly. She wanted to tell the other party that Ji Huai's business was very good as soon as they came here, and they were surrounded every day. , something abnormal must have been added to cause this!
"Does your stall sell rice noodles?" the female law enforcement officer asked first.
"Sell it." Liang Dong didn't notice anything was wrong, he put the cigarette behind him and smiled so much that he showed yellow teeth.
Chen Juan tugged at the corner of his clothes twice and winked hard.
The female law enforcement officer looked at the half bucket of rice noodles they put aside, and then at the sauce next to it. Poppy shells often appear in some braised, spicy, pot bottoms, and spicy hotpots, especially spicy ones. This stall has rice noodles, marinade, and hot sauce, which is also a highlight. She picked up two skewers of chicken gizzards and looked at them: "You When were these ingredients prepared?”
It's dry and doesn't look fresh.
Chen Juan immediately answered: "I bought it this morning."
As soon as she finished speaking, a student next to her whispered, "They sell smelly stuff."
This incident was spread throughout the school. The students are so hungry that they ask for leave, which attracts the teacher's attention. In addition, they are not at ease with things outside, so the teacher will focus on it in the class.
Chen Juan and Liang Dong were still complacent and dragged on selling day after day. Now when she heard what the students said, she immediately jumped to her feet and quickly promised: "It's impossible, our things will be sold out on the same day, and we will never keep them overnight." .”
The female law enforcement officer originally thought it was nothing. When she heard this, she frowned slightly and asked, "What are you doing with the unsold ingredients?"
She is in charge of this business. Merchants value profits and nothing is too wasteful. They cannot supervise everything properly. They are powerless and the general environment is like this.
"Bring it, bring it..." Chen Juan couldn't explain why, her eyes flickered, "Feed the chickens, feed the pigs, etc. I won't keep them anyway."
The female law enforcement officer didn't talk nonsense to her anymore: "We received a report that the rice noodles sold in front of the school are suspected of adding poppy to the food. We are now going to take samples from your ingredients and go back to investigate."
For this kind of thing, I would rather kill a hundred people by mistake than let one go.
"They are the ones who should be investigated, why are they investigating us too?" Chen Juan was confused and hurriedly explained, "They are the ones who added things to the soup, it has nothing to do with us."
Liang Dong was also dumbfounded. He threw his cigarette on the ground and said in a serious voice: "I'm telling you, they are the ones being reported, not us. You should investigate them and not find the wrong person!"
The female law enforcement officer felt something was wrong: "How do you know it's them and not you? Do you know the reporting information again?"
Reports are made anonymously and they will not disclose any information about the reporter. If it's in a store, it's easy to find. The vendors setting up stalls are the most difficult to manage, as they are still mobile.
"I obviously..." Liang Dong got excited and was about to speak when Chen Juan pulled him back directly. She grabbed the words and said, "Because we didn't add that thing!"
"It's not because you said you didn't add it that you didn't add it." The female law enforcement officer ignored her and asked her colleagues to take samples together. She said in a calm voice, "Suspend the business. If the result is no problem, then resume business."
As she spoke, she looked to the side to see if there were any other small three-wheelers selling rice noodles. She could not let go of the caught fish. Other small vendors became frightened when they saw them coming. It wasn't because they were guilty, but because they were afraid. They didn't sell some of their items and sneaked away.
"How can we suspend business? We didn't stop!" Chen Juan looked panicked. She really didn't expect that this fire would be drawn to herself.
"It's not us you want to investigate, who reported us? No one reported us, it was them!" Liang Dong was furious.
Ji Huai looked at the Oden couple opposite who were constantly arguing with the law enforcement officers. He seemed to be considering his words, and then said to the other law enforcement officer in front of him in a very sincere manner: "We will suspend business until the results come out. If customers eat our food, there will be consequences." We do need to be investigated if we feel unwell, but I hope it is not vicious competition among peers that will also cause you trouble, and this should not be a tool for them to use."
What he said was level-headed, he didn't say it explicitly, he just mentioned it so that people would keep an eye on it.
Compared with Ji Huai's humility, the Guandong Zhuo couple are simply blind and barbaric. The tall and strong male law enforcement officer scolded with a sullen face: "What are you arguing about? Do you know what the crime is of obstructing law enforcement?"
Liang Dong and Chen Juan also rolled around wildly, shrinking their necks and wilting after being yelled at.
When the female law enforcement officer took samples, she looked at the skewers in the bag and saw that the quail eggs were all dry and yellow. It wasn't that they had gone bad, but they were definitely not fresh. However, the price was there and they couldn't control it in terms of rules and regulations.
However, she kept a careful eye and took a bunch of chicken hearts and smelled them when taking the sample: "Why does your taste feel wrong?"
"What's wrong?" The male law enforcement officer had already walked over and took it to look at.
"They are all fresh, definitely not bad." The more Chen Juan said, the less confident she became. The business was not good, and she only made tens of dollars a day. If the ingredients could not be sold, the meat would lose tens of dollars. How could she be willing to throw it away
Recently, many students have eaten spoiled, but she will not admit it. She used to eat the meat at home for several days, but now it is kept in the refrigerator. How could it spoil
And she forgot that she had taken the ingredients out of the refrigerator in the morning. The sun outside was very strong and scorching, so she took them back and put them away after she couldn't sell them all at night. They were already stale.
The male law enforcement officer looked at the bunch of chicken hearts, finally took a bite, put it in his mouth and chewed it twice, and his eyes swept over the two of them.
The soles of Chen Juan and Liang Dong's feet felt cold and they did not dare to utter a sound. Seeing that the other party was not angry, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief. They had been putting ice cubes on them recently, so they should be fine.
The male law enforcement officer looked at his colleagues and said calmly: "Everything you sell is rancid, take samples and take them back." After saying that, he looked at the Oden couple again, "The things you sell are rancid, and there may be poppy added. I am now I ask you to stop business immediately, do you hear me clearly?"
Compared with the young couple opposite, he felt that this pair was more likely to be suspected of adding poppy, selling rotten snacks at the school gate, and making money from students. They were too irresponsible.
Their faces were pale and their feet were shaking. Liang Dong knew he was afraid this time: "Will he go to jail?"
Several law enforcement officers ignored them and when they were annoyed by the question, they said: "If the circumstances are serious, go to jail and be sentenced!"
Liang Dong didn't dare to be arrogant anymore and started to tremble all over.
The school's two stores were shut down, and the oden restaurant was also found to be selling rancid food. Many people heard about it before, but now the relevant departments have come, and it's different.
This incident immediately spread a lot.
Ji Huai and Cheng Yunyu returned home. She turned pale and looked at him extremely uneasily and said, "Are we breaking the law? Will we really go to jail if found out?"
Going to jail, just thinking about it will make you feel chills in your heart. That is a crime.
"We didn't put anything illegal. Why should we be jailed? Nothing will happen." He patted her shoulder gently, "Go to bed early tonight. I haven't rested for a long time. Have a good rest."
Cheng Yunyu's legs and feet were still weak, and she felt extremely aggrieved. Her eyes were red as she spoke: "What if? What if the ingredients we bought are there? Then didn't we die unjustly? We finally got on the right track, and I feel like everything is gone now." No more. Even if it is not found out, the business will definitely be affected. Who will buy it?"
Poppy is a drug. Who reported it? How could this be? They finally made some money and went from heaven to hell, with all their hopes extinguished.
Seeing that she was too scared, Ji Huai leaned over to look at her slightly, stretched out his hand to wipe her tears, and comforted her in a warm voice: "All the raw materials for our seasonings are bought from regular supermarkets, and they are passed to the market after passing the inspection. It is impossible for such things to happen." Planting things that only bad three-no suppliers have.”
"Woooooo..." She moved towards him, put her arms around his waist, buried her head in his arms, still sobbing, "I'm scared..."
"What are you afraid of?" Ji Huai emboldened her, "If I say it's okay, it's okay."
Cheng Yunyu wiped a few tears from the corners of her eyes, but still hugged him tightly: "All our ingredients today are useless."
"If it's useless, it's useless. If you don't need this little money, we're not the only ones being inspected." He was still very optimistic and said to her, "Didn't you say you were going to make fried skewers before? I'll buy the ingredients and prepare them tomorrow. Jiang, from now on I’ll cook the rice noodles and you sell the fried skewers.”
She raised her head from his arms and looked at him with her slightly red eyes: "Is that okay?"
Ji Huai: "Okay, the sauce I made is pretty good. I'll buy the ingredients and try it out tomorrow. Let's make a barbecue first."
"I want to eat squid tentacles." said the little girl.
"There are also chicken feet, duck feet, chicken fillet, conch meat, quail eggs, crab fillet, ham sausage, grilled sausage..." He quickly read out a list of ingredients.
Cheng Yunyu already had a picture in his mind and seemed to smell the fragrance.
Ji Huai promised: "We will buy it tomorrow."
"Okay~~"
The next day.
The two got up early in the morning, rode their electric scooters, and started shopping at the vegetable market.
"Boss, I want five yuan for a charcoal fire and a barbecue net." Ji Huai said to the boss at the stall.
Boss: "Okay, do you want a brush? One dollar and five taels."
"Two of them."
"Give."
…
Ji Huai carried the things outside and put them in the car, and then went to the vegetable market with Cheng Yunyu to buy everything he needed.
When they got home, the two of them had dinner first and then started working in the afternoon.
He used a knife to cut open all the chicken feet, chicken tips, duck feet and other meat he bought, mixed the sauce, and marinated it in a basin. Cheng Yunyu washed the vegetables and tied them with the bamboo skewers he bought.
Leeks, kelp, baby cabbage, lettuce, dried tofu, enoki mushrooms... I bought a little of each and made dozens of skewers.
Night falls.
Ji Huai was making sauce while Cheng Yunyu took out the rice cakes from the refrigerator. She didn't plan to eat, but wanted to eat baked rice cakes. For this reason, she also bought a small bottle of condensed milk. After baking the rice cakes, it would also be delicious if brushed with condensed milk.
There was an open space in the living room between the bedroom and the kitchen. Ji Huai went outside and picked up several red bricks. He first laid a layer underground, and then placed the bricks horizontally to form a small square.
Then, he broke the charcoal into pieces, put it inside, and started to light it. The barbecue net is a square wire mesh with a length of about 30 centimeters. It is very cheap. It costs five yuan a piece. It can be used for one-time barbecue. It is convenient and fast and does not require a barbecue grill.
The charcoal fire slowly burned, crackling and gradually turned fiery red.
Cheng Yunyu took a small table and placed the pickled ingredients and skewered vegetarian dishes one by one. When she brought out the sauce Ji Huai had cooked, she dipped her chopsticks in it to taste it out of curiosity.
As soon as the sauce entered her mouth, her eyes lit up and she said loudly, "It's delicious."
Sweet, salty and fragrant, oily but not greasy.