When three men came, Hao Mei thought they were here to buy food and greeted them warmly.
"What do you guys want to eat? There are stir-fried vegetables and beer dumplings - ah!"
Before Hao Mei finished speaking, the strong man in the lead overturned the table, causing Hao Mei to scream.
Rutang's family now has three small folding tables, which are full of workers eating. As soon as they took two bites of the meal, the table was overturned.
"What are you doing?" Rutang was collecting money from another table and came over immediately when she heard the noise.
The strong man's face was full of flesh, and he was not easy to mess with at first glance. After seeing Rutang, his eyes instantly became wet, and he looked down from top to bottom, stopping at her bulging chest for several seconds.
The fumes from selling rice were heavy, so Rutang didn't wear the red skirt, and changed into a simple plaid shirt, a very dignified style, and covered her face tightly. Even so, she couldn't block the sight of the obscene people.
"My brother ate dumplings at your house and is now suffering from vomiting and diarrhea. What should I do?" The strong man deliberately raised his voice, and the diners at the stall immediately started whispering to each other. Some even shouted for refunds, making the scene a bit chaotic.
Hao Mei was scared and anxious. Yu Yaoyang was not here at the moment. Hao Mei felt that she and her daughter, two weak women, had no way to deal with these scoundrels. When she was anxious, she could not speak and her face turned red.
"Who is your brother? Is he here?" Rutang asked, quickly analyzing the situation in his mind.
Her family has been selling food here for so long, and has always been in peace and harmony. However, when Yaoyang is not around, someone comes to look for trouble right away. She is afraid that she has been targeted for a long time.
The most taboo thing for catering people is unclean ingredients. Before, Chen Guilan wanted to find fault with unclean ingredients. After that, Rutang paid more attention to quality control.
"My brother is still lying in the hospital with vomiting and diarrhea! You can either pay the money or -" the strong man licked the corner of his mouth and smiled maliciously at Rutang, "or go out with my brother to have a drink alone."
Going out alone, you know what it means, it won't be a good thing.
"We can't go!" Hao Mei was so anxious that she no longer cared about being afraid. She rolled her wheelchair and wanted to come up to argue, but was pushed away by the man behind the strong man.
"Don't touch my mother!" Rutang said in a deep voice.
"Hey, it's quite spicy!" The strong man smiled even more obscenely when he saw this, "I just like these little peppers!"
The three men laughed together.
The diners who were eating all said out one after another: "Madam boss, we eat at your house every day, you won't really have any problems, right?"
"Everyone, listen to me first. If there is any problem with the food in our family, we will be responsible to the end. You have been eating for so many days and nothing has happened, right?"
Rutang spoke up to control the situation. She knew that if the situation was not controlled well, things would become uncontrollable.
"When did your brother eat my dumplings? Where is he now and how is he doing?" Rutang asked the strong man.
"You personally sold him what he ate yesterday, and my brother said you kept seducing him with your eyes." The strong man deliberately poured dirty water on Rutang.
After hearing this, Rutang felt at ease.
"My husband and I were in the provincial capital yesterday to purchase goods. We were not in City D at all. Did you remember wrongly? Your brother ate them at someone else's house, right?"
When she said this, some diners immediately remembered it.
"Yes, the boss's wife was not here yesterday, but her mother and another fat boy were there. The fat boy made some mistakes in settling the accounts. He asked me for an extra 10 cents, and I gave it back to him. He also gave me an extra stack of dumplings.
I remember!"
Someone testified, and the flesh on the strong man's face trembled, and he immediately stared at the person who spoke. The worker who testified did not dare to speak and lowered his head to eat.
"That's because I remembered it wrong. He ate it the day before yesterday. Anyway, he is in the hospital now. If you don't want to cause trouble, you should pay the money quickly!" The strong man made it clear that he was unreasonable.
"I ate it the day before yesterday and was hospitalized today? Isn't it a bit long? And our family has sold so many copies. If something goes wrong, it will definitely happen to many people. He can't be the only one." Rutang is neither humble nor arrogant at all.
He was not intimidated by the opponent's aura.
Seeing that he couldn't scare her, the strong man stepped forward and tried to lift another table. However, Rutang moved faster than him. He picked up the kitchen knife on the chopping board and slashed at the corner of the table.
The strong man didn't expect that such a weak woman would be so cruel. Rutang's kitchen knife was less than a palm away from the strong man's hand. If the strong man moved a little further, he would have to chop him.
"Our family is open for business, and we are doing good business. We welcome you to eat, but if you think that we are easy to bully and spread rumors to slander us, I am not afraid of you!" Rutang raised her voice, and with a strong hand, the kitchen knife fell.
She pulled it out.
The strong man was frightened by her fearless aura and took a step back, but he quickly came back to his senses.
"You bitch, you are playing hard with us, aren't you? If you don't eat the toast, you will be fined? Believe it or not, I will beat you to death!"
Hao Mei was so frightened that her legs went weak, but she still wanted to protect her daughter. She wanted to come over and stand in front of her, but the two gangsters brought by the strong man held her there and prevented her from moving.
"Hit! You try to touch a hair on my head! I don't believe it anymore. A society governed by the rule of law can't punish you guys, can it?! We make money cleanly, but you are jealous and come looking for trouble. You are such a big man and you are like a turtle."
What a coward!"
An unknown fire rushed into Rutang's heart, and he picked up the kitchen knife to protect his chest, his eyes full of sharpness.
Behind her is her mother. Even if she is afraid, she cannot retreat, let alone be soft to these people. As long as she gives in once and lets these people taste the sweetness, they will come to her door every now and then.
Although the strong man did not expect that Rutang would dare to resist, but after a brief shock, the strong man took chances again. He felt that Rutang was a woman and did not dare to do anything to him, so he took a step forward and said in an arrogant tone:
"Cut me if you can. I don't believe you, a woman, dare to touch me!"
As he spoke, he leaned forward and tilted his head forward obscenely, just because he was sure that Rutang did not dare to actually use the knife.
Rutang scooped up the water without hesitation, scooped out a ladle of boiling dumpling soup from the pot with lightning speed, and poured it on the strong man.
The strong man kept his head stretched forward and tried to cheat, but was caught off guard and was splashed all over by Rutang's dumpling soup.
Rutang avoided his face and splashed on his legs.
The strong man roared and jumped up because he was so hot.
Fortunately, this is dumpling soup that has been turned off the heat for a while. If it were replaced by dumpling soup that has just been boiled, the meat will bloom after just one ladle.
Rutang poured another ladle and poured it on the two accomplices. The three men screamed and ran away in fright.
Rutang grabbed the gourd and carried the kitchen knife and chased after a few steps, shouting at the backs of the three cowards: "Come back if you have the guts! Come as many times as you want and I'll cut you, come if you're not afraid of death!"
The three scoundrels didn't dare to look back. They were also afraid of encountering such a tough opponent who was not afraid of death.
After beating away the gangster, Rutang returned to the stall. The diners applauded and praised the proprietress for her courage.
"Sorry for causing trouble to everyone, I will give everyone a discount on today's meal." Rutang said generously to everyone, turned around, and tears of grievance fell down where no one could see.