Chapter 327 Someone is making trouble
The second day of the food festival continued to be popular, even more lively than the first day, and every booth was crowded with people.

On the third day, even people from surrounding towns came.

Still in the private room of Tianshangju, this room has become another base of the Chamber of Commerce. The shopkeepers of various companies come here to chat and laugh, and they can also learn about the dynamics of their own booths in time. If there is any problem, they can rush over to deal with it at the first time.

"If we had known the momentum was so good, we should have held it for ten days or half a month." Someone said regretfully.

Lu Xiaotian shook his head: "After a long time, it will lose its novelty. Three days is just right. The interest is high and everyone will look forward to next year's food festival."

Duan Qilin nodded in agreement: "That's the truth. Everything should be done in excess."

"Everyone has made a lot of money this time, so be content! This has already made some people grit their teeth in hatred." Lin Changchun said leisurely, with sarcasm in his tone.

Everyone understood and laughed.

There was a rapid knock on the door, and a young waiter ran in: "Manager Lin, someone is here to cause trouble."

Lin Changchun immediately stopped smiling and said solemnly, "What's going on?"

"He said he ate something from our booth and had a stomachache."

Just as he finished speaking, another waiter came in: "Manager Du, someone is here to cause trouble... saying that they found hair in our soup."

One after another, several servants came to report the news that even Ye Jiayao's pastry shop had problems.

Duan Qilin said anxiously: "Everyone, hurry up and deal with it! Otherwise, it will be bad if it gets out of hand."

"Wait." Ye Jiayao said in a deep voice.

Everyone looked at Ye Jiayao.

Ye Jiayao looked solemnly at the shopkeepers who had problems and asked, "Do you think there is really something wrong with your stuff?"

Lin Changchun said seriously: "It's impossible. All the ingredients are fresh and clean. This is the first food festival. We can't destroy our reputation."

"Yes, I can guarantee that there will be no problem. The cooks, including the helpers, all followed Manager Ye's request and wore hats. How could any hair fall into them?" Manager Du also said.

Lu Xiaotian took a breath and said, "It's not such a coincidence. I think someone is deliberately sabotaging it."

"That's right, but a problem has arisen and I can't produce any evidence right now. So, when we deal with the problem later, we must argue with reason and seize the suspicious point that several booths had problems at the same time. We must insist that the troublemakers were instructed by someone and we must never admit our mistakes. Shopkeeper Lu, please inform the authorities. If the troublemakers are too arrogant, arrest them first and we'll deal with them slowly later." Ye Jiayao said coldly.

Lu Xiaotian nodded: "You guys act according to the situation, I will go find someone now."

Everyone went downstairs, those who had problems went to deal with them, and those who didn't have problems also went to tell their subordinates to be careful.

Ye Jiayao called Deng Haichuan and Xiao Lu and went straight to the pastry shop's booth.

The pastry shop's booth was just opposite the water platform, which was the busiest location. At this moment, it was packed with people.

Across the crowd, Ye Jiayao heard a woman cursing.

"What a rip-off, it's too expensive, and the food isn't clean. My kid got a stomachache after eating it. If you don't give me an explanation today, I'm going to smash your shop..."

Ye Jiayao sneered. The person who ordered this was so simple in his methods. It was just a stomachache again. Wasn't there anything else he could do?
"Make way, Manager Ye is here." Deng Haichuan roared with full energy, and he and Xiao Lu separated the crowd on the left and right, protecting Ye Jiayao in.

When Ye Jiayao went in, she saw a woman in her early thirties. She was dressed decently, but her skin was rough and dark, which did not match the silk dress she was wearing. There was a little boy squatting next to the woman, who looked about six or seven years old, holding his stomach and groaning in pain.

"Are you the shopkeeper? Great, you're finally here, give me an explanation." When the woman saw Ye Jiayao, she put one hand on her waist and pointed at Ye Jiayao with the other, becoming more and more arrogant.

Jiang Yue stepped forward and whispered in Ye Jiayao's ear: "She bought a few chestnut cakes from us."

Ye Jiayao nodded slightly: "How many chestnut cakes did you sell today?"

"There are twelve drawers."

Ye Jiayao calculated that one drawer was twenty-four yuan, and twelve drawers were nearly three hundred yuan. She made up her mind and motioned Xiao Lu to come over. She whispered a few words to Xiao Lu, and Xiao Lu squeezed through the crowd and left.

He smiled faintly and said to the woman, "Didn't you eat anything else?"

The woman said angrily, "I came here just for your Tianshangju Bakery. People say your food is good, but I was cheated."

As she spoke, she waved the paper box in her hand and said to the onlookers, "Please judge for yourself. My child had a terrible stomachache today after eating only their chestnut cakes. If it's not the chestnut cakes that have the problem, what is it?"

People were talking about it, and some of them who had also eaten the chestnut cakes couldn't help but hold their stomachs, fearing that they would have diarrhea.

Ye Jiayao was neither impatient nor anxious, and said slowly: "Today is the third day of the Food Festival. We have sold thousands of cakes. Even today, we have sold twelve trays. You are the first one to say there is a problem. The probability is really smaller than winning the golden pig." The woman said fiercely: "Are you trying to cheat? I still have the evidence in my hands. Do you dare to taste a piece in front of everyone?"

Ye Jiayao smiled and said, "Why not? Just bring it here."

The woman was very cautious. She gave Ye Jiayao a piece of chestnut cake as soon as she opened the box, and said she would keep the rest as evidence.

Ye Jiayao took the cake and looked at it carefully, with a sneer on her face: "This chestnut cake is 90% imitation of the original. It's more than enough to fool people who don't know the truth, but it's still a little short of hiding it from my eyes."

The woman's face changed. "What do you mean? This chestnut cake is obviously sold from your booth. I came here empty-handed. Besides, you're the only one that has chestnut cake in the entire food festival."

Ye Jiayao disagreed, raised the chestnut cake in her hand, and said to the crowd: "Everyone, everyone who has bought cakes from our Tianshangju Cake Shop knows that all of our cakes have marks. I have to say that this chestnut cake is very well imitated, the color and softness are almost the same, and the mark is also there, but the mark of our Tianshangju is specially customized by a master carpenter, how can ordinary people imitate it?"

As she spoke, Ye Jiayao turned around and told Jiang Yue, "Go get a piece of ready-made chestnut cake."

Jiang Yue uttered a sigh, immediately opened the steamer, put a piece of chestnut cake on a plate and handed it to Ye Jiayao.

Ye Jiayao put two pieces of chestnut cakes together.

"Everyone, please look. The mark on the freshly taken chestnut cake is clear and the pattern is exquisite, while the mark on the imitation chestnut cake is much lighter, and the pattern is only similar in spirit, but very rough." Ye Jiayao held the plate and showed it to the onlookers.

Everyone just took a quick look and couldn't tell the difference. Hinted by Ye Jiayao's words, they all felt that the woman's cake was indeed very rough.

The woman's face turned pale and blue, her eyes flickered, and she no longer had the confident demeanor she had just now.

Ye Jiayao also frowned and stared at the woman coldly: "Are you trying to extort money on your own or is someone sending you here? I think someone must have sent you here, otherwise, why would you go out of your way to find someone to carve the mold?"

"You...you are slandering me." The woman stammered.

Ye Jiayao sneered: "Whether it is slander or not, everyone has sharp eyes and can tell the difference."

"That's right, I also ate chestnut cake, how come I'm fine?" someone in the crowd shouted.

"I also ate."

"I have it too."

……

For a moment, many people in the crowd responded to Ye Jiayao.

Ye Jiayao smiled and nodded at everyone, and said in a resolute voice: "Thanks to everyone's trust, we at Tianshangju have always regarded customer service as our first purpose. Whether it is Tianshangju Restaurant or Tianshangju Bakery, there has never been a case of food hygiene problems. Of course, this is not something to brag about. It is the conscience of the industry and the duty of us who work in the catering industry."

Deng Haichuan cleverly led the applause: "Well said."

Suddenly there was a burst of applause. Seeing that the situation was not good, the woman prepared to slip away.

Ye Jiayao winked at Deng Haichuan, and Deng Haichuan grabbed her.

"What? Are you going to run away? You don't even care about your own child?" Deng Haichuan asked sarcastically.

Ye Jiayao sneered: "Because this is not her child at all."

Jiang Yue was stunned. How did the Second Young Madam know that?
The onlookers were also confused.

Ye Jiayao said, "The child was groaning in pain, but the woman never even looked at the child. There was no love in her eyes or heart at all. Now she is even running away, leaving the child behind. If the child was her own, would she not feel distressed? Would she just leave the child alone? If it were me, I would definitely rush to take the child to see a doctor."

Ye Jiayao said as she squatted down, took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off the child's forehead. She said softly, "Does it hurt? Be patient for a while. I've sent someone to get a doctor for you."

The child burst into tears in grievance, crying, "She is not my mother. She made me eat chestnut cakes and said she would give me fifty copper coins after the matter was accomplished."

Ye Jiayao turned her head and glared at the frightened lady, she was really angry.

He said loudly: "Deng Haichuan, send her to see the official."

Damn it, so inhumane. If she were to find out who is behind this, that bastard would be in trouble.

When the truth came to light, people were outraged, especially some mothers, who were even angrier and angrily accused the woman.

Ye Jiayao took the opportunity to say, "This food festival is the first in the history of Jinling City, no, it is the first food festival in the history of Huaisong. Our thirty-nine restaurants have put in 120% of their sincerity to hold this food festival. We are fortunate to have received everyone's recognition and support. We are very pleased. No matter how tired we are, it is worth it. But there are some people who are narrow-minded and can't stand others doing well. They do bad things behind their backs. She is not the only one who came to make trouble today. Several booths have encountered such problems. I hope everyone will open their eyes and not be blinded by the despicable means of villains."

(End of this chapter)