novellhall Chapter 139 Random Visit and Inspection
Chapter 139 Random Visit and Inspection
Others might not be able to, but Qiao An can; she's the mascot of the Jinshui Town Police Station.
Upon hearing that someone was causing trouble at Qiao An's stall, Jiang Yushun put on his police uniform jacket and, accompanied by two policemen, headed straight for the machine tool factory's canteen.
Qiao An and Dong Mei rode ahead on their tricycle.
As soon as she stepped into the cafeteria, Qiao An heard a commotion inside, like a swarm of flies.
A large crowd had gathered at window number 13.
As she approached, she saw several men and women dressed in worker uniforms, carrying lunchboxes in their hands.
They surrounded Aunt Liu in the middle.
"Look at yourself! The filling in these buns is all spoiled. How can you do business like this? Don't you have any conscience?"
"Yes, my son is still on an IV drip at the clinic, all because he ate your dumplings. If you don't give us an explanation today, this isn't over!"
"Yes! That's right! Either lose money or close down. Don't think yourselves are welcome in our machine tool factory!"
These people kept talking, giving Aunt Liu no chance to explain.
Aunt Liu was sweating profusely with anxiety.
Fan Liangui and Xu Fengxian argued from the side, "Comrades, don't make a fuss. We use fresh vegetables and meat every day, and they're all picked one by one. The vegetables are absolutely clean!"
"These are things we're going to eat, how could we possibly tamper with them? You can't just accuse us without evidence!"
Zheng Hongying walked over at some point.
"If only one person said this, it might be an injustice to you. But look at how many people there are! Aren't you just trying to fool people because your business is doing well?"
"Our machine tool factory canteen cannot tolerate scum like you."
As soon as Zheng Hongying finished speaking, the rioting workers cheered.
"I'm the contractor for window number 13. Tell me what's wrong." Joan squeezed into the crowd, her face calm.
He spoke with a calm and composed expression, as if he didn't care about the matter at all.
"Look at the filling of these buns, it rots inside!"
"And dumplings! My son was hospitalized with food poisoning."
"Tell me, what are we going to do about this? How much compensation are you planning to pay us?"
The workers who caused the disturbance were mostly ordinary workers, not very old. They couldn't enter the special workshop, so they had never seen Qiao An before.
However, there were other senior workers eating in the canteen, some of whom had seen her before.
They also knew how formidable Qiao An was.
They were about to stand up for Joanne when they noticed three policemen walking into the cafeteria.
Jiang Yushun didn't even need to ask; he went straight to the place with the most people.
"Scatter, everyone! Police are investigating!"
Jiang Yushun's loud voice startled the workers, who quickly made way for him.
In this day and age, the police are not to be trifled with.
"Commander Jiang, you've arrived."
Joan pointed to the group of people in front of her.
"They falsely accused me of selling poisonous food at my stall, and even said that the fillings were spoiled."
Jiang Yushun stood in front of Qiao An, like an iron tower.
Seeing this, the troublemaking workers felt a little guilty, but since they had been paid, they had to keep up the act.
"Is it really that serious? Is it worth calling the police?"
"Besides, don't you know what you're selling?"
"Even if the police come today, you still have to give us an explanation."
Qiao An laughed, "You're framing me, but can't I call the police? It's only right to call the police when you're in trouble, what are you afraid of?"
"Chief Jiang, you can take all the food items in the window for inspection. I have no objection."
"By the way, I've already asked Dongmei to inform Director Geng; he'll be here soon."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Geng Qiusheng and Dongmei rushed over.
"What's going on? What are you all doing, making such a ruckus here?" Geng Qiusheng roared.
"Director Geng, look, these are the steamed buns they sell at window number 13!"
"My child has been poisoned! Director Geng, you have to do us justice!"
Upon hearing these words, Geng Qiusheng's eyebrows furrowed into a deep frown.
Having been in charge of logistics for so many years, how could he not know about these shady practices in the cafeteria?
This was clearly done by the people at the other windows.
Qiao An has been supplying the cafeteria with steamed buns and pies for so long without any problems because those foods are sold under the name of the logistics department, and the people who contract the stalls don't dare to do anything underhanded.
She's only been running the stall for a week, and these people are already getting restless.
"Director Geng, I believe seeing is believing. There were more than just a few people buying steamed buns, pies, and dumplings from our window. Why are the others fine, but only a few of them got into trouble?" Qiao An asked rhetorically.
"But since we've come this far," Qiao An instructed Aunt Liu, "Aunt Liu, open the door next to the window and let them in to take a look. If they can find even a single rotten vegetable, I'll close window number 13 immediately."
Zheng Hongying and Gu Zili, who were standing behind, exchanged a glance.
They've worked in the cafeteria for so many years, and they've always used a mix of good and bad food.
Other windows do the same thing, otherwise how can they make money?
So they assumed that Joanne did the same.
Upon hearing that she was letting people in to check, Gu Zili was the first to step forward, "Let's go! Let's go in and take a look!"
As soon as he spoke, the chefs in the other windows and the troublemaking workers prepared to go inside.
"Hey! Wait a minute."
Qiao An stood in front of the door, "I'm afraid you might have something to hide. If you come in and secretly put something in there, I won't be able to explain it."
After she finished speaking, she looked at Zheng Hongying and Gu Zili.
Their faces flushed, and they subconsciously tugged at their sleeves.
Because they did indeed have rotten vegetables hidden in their cuffs, they had originally planned to throw them into window number 13 if they had the chance.
"Director Jiang, you and Director Geng come in first. Those who want to come to my window for inspection, come in one by one."
After saying that, Qiao An stepped aside and Jiang Yushun led two policemen inside first.
Geng Qiusheng followed behind.
He walked around inside, feeling even angrier.
Qiao An's kitchen was clean and hygienic, with vegetables and meat neatly arranged on the cutting board.
The cabbage was so tender you could squeeze water out of it, and the green peppers were completely smooth without a single wrinkle.
Not only was the meat fresh, but it was also clearly top-quality pork belly; he would have a hard time buying such good meat even at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Seeing all this, Geng Qiusheng knew even more about the situation than Qiao An.
"Anyone who wants to come in, line up, come on in."
The first person to come in was Gu Zili; he didn't believe that Qiao An's stall could be that good.
Zheng Hongying followed behind him, wanting to come in together, but Qiao An stopped her.
"I told you, we'll go in one by one. Some of them have dirty hearts and hands."
"You!" Zheng Hongying retorted, but seeing Jiang Yushun's dark face, she could only retreat.
The stall's kitchen was small, and Gu Zili paused for a moment when he saw the vegetables and meat on the table.
This is so fresh! It looks like it was just pulled from the ground.
Just the cost of these vegetables, meat, and flour alone must be quite high.
Then he saw a large bucket of bright yellow cooking oil next to the stove.
I'm actually a little envious of Qiao An for being able to do business so recklessly, regardless of the costs.
He cooks every day, and his hands tremble when he adds oil, afraid of putting in too much.
Gu Zili looked around and realized that he had no chance to put rotten vegetables in there.
Several pairs of eyes were fixed on him, making it impossible to know where to begin.
Gu Zili left dejectedly, but Zheng Hongying, refusing to believe it, rushed in right after.
A few minutes later, she left, seething with anger.
Next came those workers who caused trouble.