Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 711 - Chapter 711 703. Reporting and Rumors_1

Chapter 711: 703. Reporting and Rumors_1 Chapter 711: 703. Reporting and Rumors_1 Zhang Yanping’s bean work was oh so heartbreakingly and hand-achingly hard. Meanwhile, up in the mountains, Sun Ziqiang had once again returned to the pioneering work, not forgetting to send Tian Tian a message during his water break–

[It’s so hot today, did you wear the hat I bought for you last time?]

Tsk tsk tsk, the sour stench of love was unmistakable.

Luckily, both of them were workaholics, Sun Ziqiang worked single-mindedly to earn money, hoping to relieve some of Tian Tian’s psychological pressure. Tian Tian herself was also single-mindedly focused on earning money, now she had a permanent stall at the Cultural Center, wishing she could sell three to four hundred eggs a day. After accounting for costs, she could net 500 yuan a day–

That’s 15,000 for the month!

My goodness, when she used to do sales, even at her best she never made this much money, not to mention having to endure tiring promotion events!

Although it was a bit of a hassle to commute every day now, and the round-trip fare of forty to fifty yuan was pricier, but compared to inventorying goods from morning to late night when she was in sales, earning money now was just too easy!

All thanks to Song Tan’s blessing.

Of course, it also took her own cleverness and quick actions.

Tea eggs for four yuan each were indeed quite expensive.

If they were placed in a regular market, without a customer base like Old Zhao’s, no one would buy them at all.

But she specifically picked the Cultural Center.

Now during the summer vacation, the Cultural Center is bustling every day with students and their parents coming and going–the students don’t earn money themselves and have plenty in their pockets!

If you want to know just how booming the business is, just look at how many stalls are set up around here.

Tea eggs for four yuan each, sold!

Especially when show-off kids take one to the classroom… ah, the fragrance!

Even though those eggs were pricey and customer selection was tight, she could still maintain a steady sales volume of three to five hundred a day.

Today’s business seemed to be just as smooth.

It wasn’t even ten o’clock yet, and there were only five or six eggs left in the pot. The students were all in class, so Tian Tian finally took a breather.

Looking at the message from Sun Ziqiang, she raised her hand to touch the sun hat on her head, just about to reply when she saw someone rushing towards her stall.

Instinctively, she looked up with a smile, “Buying eggs? How many–”

However, as she looked up, she noticed an elderly lady with gray hair standing opposite her, staring at her fiercely. Then the lady turned to look at the police officer next to her:

“Officer, it’s her! She definitely put opium poppy in these tea eggs!”

Opium poppy? What opium poppy? Isn’t that just poppy seeds?!

Though Tian Tian was usually tactful and adept, she was stunned for quite a while before she realized what was happening!

How could this be possible?!

But no matter how impossible it seemed, the two officers beside her were very serious, “Are you sure it’s her?”

“Absolutely sure!” the old lady insisted with certainty: “She’s been selling here for half a month, every day it’s just her. Officer, you tell me, who would dare to sell tea eggs for four yuan each?”

The more she talked, the more confident she became: “I’m not wrongly accusing her! My grandson, he used to be so good, eating whatever I made him. Now he won’t even touch the tea eggs I make, insisting on buying them here. I forbid him from buying, and he throws tantrums at home, crying and making a fuss…”

The old lady seemed to have been observing for a long time, and now she cited many details: “Not just him, many of his classmates also buy here.”

“Just say it, in our small Yun City, who can afford four yuan for a tea egg? Yet they don’t mind the price at all, all eager to pay–could there be no problem? There must be opium poppy in it, hooking everyone so they feel uncomfortable not eating it!”

With all this commotion, people had gradually started to gather around.

Whispers spread from one to another in hushed tones:

“Oh dear, these street stalls are really dangerous these days, daring to add poppy seeds just to sell at a higher price.”

“I knew it! How else could her business be so good, with hundreds of people flocking to buy every day…”

“Exactly, are those tea eggs even worth the hype?”

“Don’t say that, they actually smell quite nice. I thought about buying some before but didn’t want to spend the money…”

Which of the nearby street vendors hasn’t lost customers to Tian Tian’s tea egg business?

Many regulars, clearly eyeing the other stalls as they approach, would suddenly change direction and head to her stall instead.

If it were any other vendor, tea eggs for one or two yuan each wouldn’t make a difference; people would still buy pancakes or noodle soup.

But hers cost four yuan! After buying her tea eggs, many wouldn’t have enough money left for other snacks.

This inevitably affected the businesses of others.

Now that this explosive news had broken out, it was all anyone could talk about. Before those directly involved could get a word in, those standing further away were already swearing that she must have added something illicit!

Tian Tian was close to tears.

Even if she was cleared today, her reputation would be tarnished by these baseless rumors, and tomorrow parents would never allow their children to buy food from her no matter what!

Worse, this could potentially affect the entire cultural center’s vending permits–why couldn’t these people think ahead?

The two police officers exchanged glances, harboring some other suspicions.

The old lady’s logic made sense, and she had already shared these arguments with them when she made the report–but seeing the scene for themselves now, something seemed off.

Because these tea eggs really did smell delicious, incredibly so. It made the officers’ mouths water.

And to their knowledge, while poppy seeds could be addictive when added to food, they wouldn’t make someone who tried them for the first time feel so crazed they couldn’t walk away, let alone be astonished.

The officers pondered, wondering: could it be that the person just had a knack for cooking eggs?

But regardless, food safety is no trifling matter, especially when it involves poppy seeds–for that leads to allegations of poisoning crimes.

Since the old lady had these doubts, they couldn’t let their guard down–

Just as they were about to speak up, they suddenly heard someone exclaim in surprise not far away:

“This is the place! This is it! I can smell it; it’s exactly like the eggs we had before, someone must be selling them here!”

Everyone turned to look and saw a middle-aged man speaking, dressed rather simply and a bit old-fashioned, drenched in sweat under the sun.

But the look in his eyes as he gazed toward the crowd was intense and hopeful.

Then, as he saw everyone’s reaction, he stopped in his tracks, stunned.

A somewhat older man also appeared behind him, and upon seeing the gathering crowd, he paused bewilderedly.

“What’s going on here?” he asked hesitantly.

“Oh my!” The spectators couldn’t possibly be unaware of the situation by now and quickly explained:

“You’re here to buy tea eggs, right? I’m telling you, you can’t buy them! The vendor has been putting opium poppies inside! You know, the poppy seeds!”

“How could that be possible?” the slightly younger man exclaimed in a raised voice, upon hearing this.

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