The shāobǐngs were fragrant and the yángzá tāng was fragrant.

A mouthful of shāobǐng and a mouthful of soup, which was so hot in her stomach. Ai Cao wiped her mouth with satisfaction and let out a loud burp.

Comfortable!

But soon, Ai Cao started feeling uncomfortable.

First, there was a gurgling feeling in her stomach, and then there was cramping pain one after another. Her face turned pale to paper in pain, and she couldn’t stop sweating.

Ai Cao couldn’t even say a word. She just gritted her teeth, stood up holding on to the table, and moved tremblingly.

Sensing the abnormality of Ai Cao, Shuangye hurriedly supported her, “Sister Ai Cao, what’s wrong with you? Where do you feel uncomfortable?”

Ai Cao nodded desperately and pointed to the backyard with trembling hands, almost through the gap between her teeth, she squeezed out two words, “the latrine…”

Since she was looking for the latrine, she must be having stomach issues.

Shuangye didn’t dare to delay, and hurriedly called Qingkui, who was strong, and the two of them ran towards the hut in the backyard, holding Ai Cao on each side.

After a crackling sound, Ai Cao came out of the hut.

When he came out, her face was still pale, and she had just taken two steps, when she held her stomach and said, “Ouch, no, I have to go!”

A moment later, Ai Cao came out again, her face turned white again. A moment later, she again entered the latrine, covering her stomach again…

After several times, Ai Cao had no strength left, her legs were trembling a little, but her stomach was still turbulent, and she had to stay in the hut all the time. And because she had no strength, she could only let Qing Kui support you.

Shuangye and the others saw that Ai Cao was exhausted and seemed to have lost half her life, and they were also anxious, “You are so good, why did you suddenly have a stomachache?”

Qing Kui answered without hesitation, “Sister Ai Cao is usually greedy, maybe you ate too much? Or maybe you were greedy and ate something unclean?”

Already exhausted, Ai Cao said, “…”

“In such a persistent case of stomach upset, it’s probably not appropriate. They say even a strong man can’t handle three bouts of watery stools. Ai Cao’s method of using the outdoor toilet can lead to trouble,” Qinghe said.

Xuelu nodded, “In the past, there were people in the village who ate unclean food which made their stomachs upset. It’s better to ask a doctor to take a look.”

“No, don’t ask a doctor…” The weak Ai Cao’s head turned into a rattle, “Doctor, they are all men…”

She was a girl, and she couldn’t get out of the hut at the moment. If a male doctor came to see her, wouldn’t he have seen everything?

Even if she was covered up and allowed to see a doctor in the hut, if word spread about it, she would really not be able to go out.

Might as well die from diarrhea!

Were you not allowed to invite a male doctor?
Shuangye stood up in a hurry, “I’m going to invite Miss over!”

Miss knew medical skills, so she would be good at it, and it was a family matter, so it would definitely not be spread.

Ai Cao didn’t object this time.

Seeing this, Shuangye trotted out, ran to the yard in Shuanggui Lane, found Su Yujin, and told her about Ai Cao’s unexplained diarrhea.

Su Yujin was playing with some fresh vegetables in the courtyard and planning the lunch meal. When she heard about this, she hurriedly followed her. On the way, she was a little confused and asked, “Why did she suddenly have diarrhea?”

“This servant doesn’t know. Shuangye explained while jogging, “Sister Ai Cao was hungry and ate a shāobǐng from the stall, drank half a bowl of yángzá tāng, and then it happened like this. But neither of these things should have caused it. We suspect that Sister Ai Cao might have eaten something unclean last night.”

If you ate it last night, you should be showing the symptoms when you wake up in the morning, not now.

When she got up in the morning, she saw that Ai Cao was in good spirits, and it didn’t look like she had eaten something unclean last night.

“Let’s go and take a look first,” Su Yujin said.

The two of them went all the way to Su Ji’s backyard. Su Yujin saw Ai Cao was almost limp on the ground.

Instructing Shuangye and others to first pour a bowl of hot water with salt and sugar for Ai Cao to drink, Su Yujin then took Mugwort’s pulse, looked at her current condition, and asked again what she had eaten since morning.

Indeed, there are only shāobǐngs and yángzá tāng.

Su Yujin went to the front hall and looked at the yángzá tāng that was still bubbling slightly in the pot, and the shāobǐngs that were tightly wrapped in a cage cloth and were still hot.

Look closely, smell, and even take a bite each.

There was nothing wrong with the yángzá tāng, but as for the seshāobǐngs…

Su Yujin spit out the shāobǐng in her mouth, “Who sent these shāobǐngs?”

It was sent by Zhang Huaihua, I took it.” Shuangye hurriedly replied, “Miss, these shāobǐngs…”

Was there something wrong?

“The shāobǐngs are mixed with croton water. After eating it, it can take as little as half an hour or as quickly as a cup of tea. The person who ate it will definitely have a stomachache.” Su Yujin frowned and said, “The amount of Croton water is not too small. , if a guest who comes to eat eats this, he may not be able to finish the meal, and he may start to have abdominal pain in the shop, and then he will definitely become a mess.”

Moreover, the Croton water was a strongly cold substance. After consuming a small quantity, it didn’t pose significant toxicity to the human body. It could induce diarrhea, but if one experienced excessive diarrhea, it could lead to dehydration and even electrolyte imbalance, causing issues.

But regardless of whether something happened or not, once it was reported that someone had diarrhea after eating at Su Ji, Su Ji would no longer be able to do business in the future.

“No wonder, when Zhang Huaihua came to deliver shāobǐngs, she only delivered a few. She also said that the shāobǐngs were not rising properly and more would be sent back later. She also said that if these were cold, she would bring new ones later.”

Shuangye was so angry that she said, “Now that I think about it, this seems to have been planned all along to cause trouble for our Su Ji!”

“This Zhang Huaihua is really bad. Normally I think she is following her widowed mother. It’s not easy to make a living, so I often share some of my food with her.” Qing Kui also stamped her feet angrily.

“Miss, she actually harmed us like this, let’s go report it to the official!”

“Yes, report it to the official, arrest this evil-hearted person!” Qinghe and the others also agreed.

“If we go to report to the official now, the Yamen will come with a huge fanfare. I’m afraid she could already escape before we catch her.”

Su Yujin’s face was a little gloomy, and she said to Shuangye and Qingkui, “You two don’t make any noise, don’t reveal anything about Ai Cao’s upset stomach, quietly go to Zhang Huaihua’s house to see if she is still there, and if she is, find a way to bring her over.”

“Behave naturally, don’t let her get suspicious. Just say that there were not enough shāobǐngs. So you came to get the shāobǐngs. The shāobǐngs in the shop were a little cold and ask her to take those back.”

“If she follows obediently, she will be fine. If she wants to run away, Qingkui has the strength to do so. Catch her and bring her to the shop first.”

It was also a good idea to ask questions and find out what the purpose of this Zhang Huaihua was to do such a thing.

“Don’t worry, girl, we’ll go right away.”

Shuangye and Qingkui responded hurriedly. They each took a deep breath and realized that their expressions were not the same as usual before going out.

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