HLnovel 13. Secret recipe
13. Secret recipe
"Uncle Dagui, this is a crime, we can't do it!"
When he came back to his senses, Chen Youcai was so surprised that he almost bit his tongue, and tried his best to dissuade Zhang Dagui.
He had heard Zhang Dagui complain before that Xiangji's business across the street had inexplicably started to boom, and he must have gone the wrong way.
Not sure, but poppy husks are used as seasoning!
Chen Youcai also has a little understanding of this thing, if used in small amounts, it won't poison people, but it can make people addicted.
No wonder, those returning customers of Dagui Teppanyaki never came back after trying Xiangji's dishes.
Dare to love is all caused by this poppy shell!
"I, alas... I don't have any other options!"
At any rate, he has been working at a food stall for more than ten years, so why doesn't Zhang Dagui know that this is committing a crime?
But the problem is that right now, Xiangji has snatched away all the diners by relying on such despicable means, and his own side is about to close.
The economic situation of Zhang Dagui's family is not very good, and the whole family depends on this stall for their livelihood.
With the business gone and the source of income cut off, do you want to watch the whole family of four drinking the northwest wind with you?
Thinking of this, Zhang Dagui's heart swelled, and evil thoughts suddenly arose, how could he listen to Chen Youcai's persuasion?
"You are talented, Xiaolin, you are all good children, this matter... Uncle Dagui doesn't want to involve you."
Zhang Dagui gritted his teeth and said, "If you don't want to follow suit, I will pay you your wages now."
"From now on...don't come here anymore."
Hearing these words, Chen Youcai and Zhao Xiaolin looked complicated, and after looking at each other, they didn't say anything.
"Brother talented, why don't we just listen to Uncle Gui?"
After a while, Zhao Xiaolin looked at Chen Youcai who was frowning tightly, and said tentatively in a low voice: "Anyway, Xiangji is used, why can't we use it?"
Zhang Dagui stared at Chen Youcai closely, as if he also hoped that he would agree to stay and work together.
"...No, that's not right."
Chen Youcai pursed his lips, and then slowly opened his mouth after a while, looking directly into the eyes of the two of them.
"Uncle Dagui, if Xiangji does this, something will happen sooner or later. Don't you want to spend the rest of your life on it?"
He turned his head, pointed at the familiar faces sitting at the opposite Xiangji booth, and said in a deep voice, "Do you have the heart to hurt them?"
"..."
Zhang Dagui was stunned by the question, and was in a daze.
Painful, confused, melancholy and helpless...
His gaze kept changing, and it took him a long time to wake up in a trance, and he immediately shook his head with a wry smile.
That's right, people's hearts are fleshy, so how could he have the heart to harm those old customers?
Don't those people have no wives and children to support, no parents to be filial to?
"..."
Zhang Dagui didn't say anything, picked up the bottom of the pot of Malatang pot with ingredients, went to the ditch and dumped it clean.
"I, Zhang Dagui, have lived for more than 40 years. I haven't understood it before you kid. It's really wasted..."
Putting down the iron pot, Zhang Dagui picked up the vial containing the poppy shell powder, a complex look appeared in his eyes.
In the past few days, he also hesitated repeatedly, always feeling that if he followed Xiangji's example, he would walk on a road of no return.
But losing the livelihood that the whole family depends on for survival, what is the difference between this and a dead end?
Being so hesitant, Zhang Dagui decided to call Chen Youcai and Zhao Xiaolin to hear their ideas.
Now that Chen Youcai said that, Zhang Dagui finally came to his senses.
The money is gone, you can make more money.
But breaking the law and committing crimes is a stain that will harm others and oneself, and cannot be washed away in a lifetime!
With a bang, it was Zhang Dagui who unscrewed the vial containing the poppy shell, flushed all the brown powder into the sewer, and threw the bottle into the trash can.
"Yes, Youcai is right. We can't do such immoral things. Xiangji will have retribution sooner or later!"
Zhang Dagui gritted his teeth fiercely and said.
Seeing this scene, Chen Youcai secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and both laughed with Zhao Xiaolin.
"Uncle Dagui, why don't we secretly report Xiangji? When the relevant departments come to investigate, they will definitely be unlucky!"
Zhao Xiaolin asked curiously.
"There is no evidence, how can I report it?"
Zhang Dagui sighed, and said: "I also heard that Zhang Xiangtai, the boss of Xiangji, has connections in the Yamen of Shifang County."
"Then, let's just watch them harm people like this?"
Zhao Xiaolin opened her mouth, and then said indignantly.
"I also hinted at some regular customers that there is something wrong with Xiangji's items."
"Yes, but people think that I'm deliberately speaking ill of Xiangji!"
Zhang Dagui said with a bitter face: "I was also dizzy with anger, so I thought of getting some poppy shells..."
"..."
Chen Youcai was very upset when he heard it, and wanted to say something to comfort Zhang Dagui, but found that he had nothing to say.
This world is like this, good people don't live long, and evil people live for thousands of years.
Not to mention the old saying, "Building bridges and repairing roads without corpses, killing people and setting fires to gold belts"!
According to what Xiangji is doing now, although it has not reached the point of murder and arson, it is also a crime.
Want to wait for Cheung Kee to be punished?
Chen Youcai really didn't want to wait any longer.
"Forget it, the business is almost almost there. If it doesn't work, I will close the stall and go to work in other places."
After Zhang Dagui finished speaking, he turned off the fire, walked silently to a small table in the corner and sat down, smoking a stuffy cigarette.
"Brother talented, why don't we think of a way to help Uncle Gui?"
Zhao Xiaolin also lost her mind and looked at Chen Youcai eagerly.
From childhood to adulthood, whenever she encountered a problem, she always turned to Chen Youcai for help, and the latter never let her down.
"What can I do?"
Chen Youcai smiled wryly, and was about to speak.
"The task of merit is to help Zhang Dagui resume his business. You can get 3 points of merit, and the value of goodness will increase by 1. Do you want to spend 2 points of merit to exchange for the corresponding props?"
Within the field of vision, a crimson light faintly lit up.
Here we come, merit missions appear again!
Looking at the lines of small cinnabar characters, Chen Youcai was stunned, and then clenched his fists in excitement.
"I, I'm going to the bathroom!"
After hurriedly leaving a word, he didn't care about Zhao Xiaolin's darkened pretty face, and quickly got into the public toilet behind the food stall.
Hiding in the cubicle, Chen Youcai stared closely at the new virtuous person, his face flushed with excitement.
"exchange!"
With little hesitation, he just spoke in a low voice.
The next moment, there was only a click, and a ball of cellophane suddenly slipped from the corner of his clothes and fell to his feet.
"..."
Chen Youcai's face turned dark, and he didn't care about the dirty floor of the public toilet. He stretched out two fingers, and carefully picked up the ball of cellophane.
Is this something that was exchanged for the precious 2 points of merit?
I noticed that there were fine ink marks in the cellophane, and there seemed to be writing on it.
Chen Youcai's heart skipped a beat, and he stretched it out patiently.
Sure enough, the ball of cellophane seemed to be only the size of a date stone, but after being stretched, it was about the size of a piece of A4 paper.
"This is... the secret recipe for seasoning?!"
His eyes fell on the densely packed writing on the paper.
Chen Youcai quickly browsed through it, and his heart began to beat wildly.
He's found a solution to his stall dilemma!