"Besides, you’ve already run and hid here, which ans you want to let it go! Since that’s the case, why bother about what others think or how they see you?"
"Whatever Aunt Ge wants to do, you and San Dan try to talk her round first. If she listens, that’s best. If she won’t, there’s nothing you can do. People are all independent individuals!"
"Anything anyone says is only a suggestion, not a decision! Unless she herself has made up her mind!"
Mu Shuangshuang comforted Xiuxiu.
After hearing all this, Xiuxiu finally felt a bit better.
She smiled at Mu Shuangshuang. "Shuangshuang, don’t worry, I’ll definitely get through this!"
Mu Shuangshuang let out a long breath. At last she’d steadied this little girl!
"Shuangshuang, there’s one more thing I want to discuss with you..." Xiuxiu suddenly lowered her head.
"Hm? What is it?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.
"San Dan wants to co to town and find so work. Could you maybe help?"
"That? Our restaurant seems to still be short a server. Would San Dan be willing?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.
"Willing, willing, of course he’s willing! I heard my big brother say that Chengfeng Restaurant’s wages are higher than other restaurants’, and you give more days off!
If he stays long, the benefits are good too. If you’re willing to take him, we’d be over the moon!"
Mu Shuangshuang had been wanting to hire a server for a while, especially after Erzhu left.
And Ge Sandan’s character was decent enough; having him, Mu Shuangshuang herself could feel at ease!
Just then a server ca in to pick up dishes, so Mu Shuangshuang and Yu Xiuxiu dropped the topic.
After the al, Yu Dahai escorted Xiuxiu and Chunhua ho, while Mu Shuangshuang stayed at the restaurant, waiting for the governnt officials to clear Chengfeng Restaurant’s na!
She first went to the back kitchen to take a look. The pastries Uncle Wei made were all done!
She called a few servers over and used wooden trays to lay the pastries out neatly and evenly.
Then she found a gong, walked out to the doorway of Chengfeng Restaurant, and started banging on it!
"Everyone co and see, Chengfeng Restaurant is giving out pastries to everyone!"
As soon as they heard there were pastries, people from around the area all crowded over.
Mu Shuangshuang seized the chance to start talking to everyone about the restaurant’s situation.
"I’m sure you all know about what happened three days ago, when soone suddenly collapsed here at Chengfeng Restaurant and was then taken to the clinic!
Today I’m here to clear Chengfeng Restaurant’s na! Our Chengfeng Restaurant is innocent. Soone wanted to fra us, so they set us up!"
Mu Shuangshuang began explaining the whole matter to everyone.
She started from what happened that day, then how she went looking for people, and finally how the County Magistrate upheld justice.
She told the whole thing like a story, even deliberately adding in so of her own thoughts and feelings.
Like when the accident first happened at the restaurant, how anxious she was, how scared, how she worried the restaurant would be finished just like that!
From ti to ti she threw in a few heart‑tugging lines, and unexpectedly she managed to lead everyone along so they really listened to the whole thing!
Everyone sat there like they did when they usually listened to Mu Shuangshuang tell stories, each finding a spot and giving her their full support.
So were eating pastries, so drinking tea, it was a lively scene.
When Mu Shuangshuang finished, a round of warm applause burst out!
No one had expected that Shuangshuang clearing Chengfeng Restaurant’s na by telling a story would work this well!
Everyone happily listened to the tale and, just like that, rembered the whole process and the outco!
"Thank you all for being willing to listen to talk so much. We’ve got both witnesses and evidence! Plus our reputation!
I, Mu Shuangshuang, guarantee you this: the food you eat at ho is as clean as it can be, and our restaurant’s food is just as clean. I will never go back on my word!"
"Good! Well said. We trust Chengfeng Restaurant. Miss Shuangshuang, you mustn’t let off those ill‑intentioned ones!"
"That’s right. Whether you lot believe it or not, I believe it anyway!"
"Miss Shuangshuang, you’ve washed away your grievance, what a joy, what a blessing. Tell us a bit more from those storybooks of yours!"
In the crowd, people chid in one after another.
Mu Shuangshuang heard almost every word!
She made a calming gesture to everyone.
"Since everyone likes my storytelling so much, how about this: starting tomorrow, for the next three days, I’ll tell stories for you all in a row! From morning till afternoon. What do you say?"
Three full days was about the sa as her usual two months’ worth. Everyone was naturally delighted and clapped their hands.
But soone still worried, "Miss Shuangshuang, you’re a young lady. If you talk for three days straight, won’t your throat give out?"
"That’s exactly why I need everyone to give more support—co to our Chengfeng Restaurant so I can earn so money to buy dicine to nourish my throat!"
As soon as Mu Shuangshuang said that, everybody burst out laughing!
In their hearts they quietly decided that this month they would all make sure to support Chengfeng Restaurant!
After laughing and finishing their food, the crowd soon dispersed!
The two governnt officials kept giving Mu Shuangshuang thumbs up, looking utterly impressed!
"Miss Shuangshuang, you really are clever! With just a few words you turned the situation around. We’ve been on duty for decades, and we’ve never seen a shop whose na was ruined bounce back this easily!"
"Exactly, if we tell the County Magistrate, even he’ll be astonished!"
Mu Shuangshuang thanked them repeatedly. "Big brothers, you governnt officials really think too highly of !
By the way, I had the head chef roast five more ducks. Please do us the honor and take them back for your brothers to have a taste!
And, help take sothing to a governnt official in the prison as well. Shuangshuang thanks you in advance!"
Mu Shuangshuang was so polite that although the two officials were plainly taking advantage, she made it sound like she was begging them to do her the honor.
The officials were naturally happy. Never mind one item, they’d take ten!
The "governnt official in the prison" on Mu Shuangshuang’s lips was actually Lu Yuanfeng’s brother.
This ti Yu Dahai hadn’t suffered a bit inside, all thanks to that man!
Mu Shuangshuang was not soone who didn’t know what was what. Among the things she had soone send this ti were so food and two bolts of cloth that Yu Dahai had just bought.
As for money, she’d wait until Fengzi ca back to decide whether to send it or not!
After seeing the officials off, when Mu Shuangshuang returned to the restaurant, everyone inside looked full of energy.
They stared at Mu Shuangshuang, grinning like fools.
Mu Shuangshuang couldn’t help laughing along. She asked, "What are you all laughing at?"
"Owner, you’re really sothing!" Ah Cai said.
"That’s right, I thought this ti the restaurant was in for big trouble!" Even the honest Wei Dacong spoke up.
None of them were idiots. For sothing this serious, very few shops ever managed to pull through!
But their owner had done it. Not only had she got them through the crisis, she seed to have attracted another wave of custors to the restaurant!
"Alright, if you keep flattering I’ll be floating up into the sky! It’s not that big a deal!" Mu Shuangshuang said modestly.
"Owner, this really is a big deal! And we’ve all decided that from now on we’ll stick with you through thick and thin! We’ll treat Chengfeng Restaurant as our ho!"
Seeing this scene, Mu Shuangshuang was truly happy!
Only when everyone is of one mind can things be done even better!
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