Chapter 199: Odors in food
Chapter 199 The smell in the food
Lin Jinxiao picked up several dishes on the table and smelled them one by one, then immediately stopped Liu Shuyang, who was about to plan the meal: "Don't eat it yet."
Chu Nanzhi also took back the rice bowl in Sibao's hand after hearing the sound, sniffed it carefully, and faintly noticed a faint smell of rust mixed with the delicious food.
The husband and wife almost said in unison: "It seems to smell like metal."
Although the smell is not strong, it can be detected by those with a keen sense of smell near the nose and mouth.
Chu Nanzhi came from a background in criminal investigation, so her nose was already sharper than others, and Lin Jinxiao, as a meritorious official who once led the subordinates of his family, assisted the county in arresting robbers and investigating cases. I sweat a lot, so I am very sensitive to this kind of smell.
Seeing the fuss of the husband and wife, Liu Shuyang angrily planed two mouthfuls of rice by himself, and said wolfishly: "Well, it must be that the cook in the post house didn't clean the pot when he served the dishes, and he won't get sick if he doesn't clean himself. "
After Liu Shuyang finished speaking, he continued to pick up vegetables and ate them with big mouthfuls: "Anyway, there are so many of us, and there are officials ordered by the court, they don't dare to have any intention of doing harm."
Lin Jinxiao and Chu Nanzhi looked at each other, and shook their heads disapprovingly: "Even though Kang Mingyuan doesn't know my current identity, Mr. Hu is the county magistrate of Luyan Port. Although he can't cross the county to investigate cases, he is considered a distinguished guest here. After all, I came here with the Sword of the Son of Heaven, even if they don't respect me, they wouldn't dare to be so negligent."
"Well, that's true."
Chu Nanzhi thought about it, and what the two of them said was quite reasonable.
No matter what era it is in, it is not a trivial matter for government units to receive guests, especially the details of basic necessities of life.
It is impossible to have murderous intentions and the pot was not cleaned, so where did this strange smell come from?
Chu Nanzhi thought about it for a while, and it wasn't a big deal anyway, but she was afraid that the child's resistance would be weak and she would have diarrhea or something, so she told Lin Jinxiao, "I'll take Sibao out to buy some food and come back. If you are not used to the food, you will not eat it."
Lin Jinxiao wanted to go with her, but just about to get up, Chu Nanzhi glared him back, and immediately signaled: "We'll be back in a while, you just finished applying the medicine and rest in the room."
"Eldest sister, why bother so much, can the food outside be better than the posthouse?"
Liu Shuyang ate with relish and persuaded from the side.
"Then you eat, eat all of these."
Looking at how hungry he was eating in embarrassment, Chu Nanzhi couldn't bear to interrupt, and after giving orders, he took the four treasures out of the post house together.
There are many street markets selling snacks 100 meters away from the post house. Sibao smelled the strong fragrance from the stalls everywhere and was so greedy that Chu Nanzhi had to buy a few roasted sweet potatoes first, and peeled them. It's a good one to let the little guy eat first.
Then I bought some special snacks of Haikang County, ghee cakes and scallion buns, and then hurried back to the post house.
As soon as I arrived at the gate of the post house, I saw several government servants running around holding their stomachs and feeling uncomfortable.
Chu Nanzhi stopped one of them, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with you?"
While waving his hands, the man replied coyly: "Sister-in-law, for some reason, the brothers started to have diarrhea when they first arrived. The younger brother is still mild, and some brothers have vomiting and diarrhea. I'm afraid it's because they are not acclimatized. Just get used to it. "
After finishing speaking, I couldn't wait to look for the toilet everywhere.
Looking at the figures of the yamen servants running in embarrassment, Chu Nanzhi took Sibao back to the elegant room in the east in bewilderment, and just after entering the door, she heard Liu Shuyang's intermittent "ouch" groans.
"Uncle, Uncle, what's wrong with you?"
Sibao heard the sound, and immediately rushed over with the unfinished sweet potatoes.
Chu Nanzhi followed closely to the center of the room, and saw the little son-in-law lying on the temporary couch, clutching his stomach and rolling back and forth.
Lin Jinxiao found a wooden barrel and put it in front of him. After the little son-in-law rolled over for a while, he vomited into the barrel.
Seeing that he finished vomiting, Liu Shuyang immediately got up, covered his stomach and ran out desperately: "No, no, brother-in-law, I'm going to the toilet."
There was no one in the blink of an eye.
Smelling a disgusting and pungent smell in the room, Chu Nanzhi quickly put down the food in her hands, covered her nose and took the wooden bucket out. When she came in, she accidentally saw the meal for four people on the table being eaten by the little son-in-law alone Turning his head off, Chu Nanzhi looked at the thoughtful Lin Jinxiao, and asked slowly, "What's going on with Shu Yang?"
Lin Jinxiao shook his head casually: "I don't know, he started vomiting and diarrhea soon after eating and said his stomach hurts."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Li Ce slowly staggering in from the wall while leaning on the wall with a dejected face, moaning and calling weakly: "Ouch, ouch, hello, brother, sister-in-law, are you all right?"
The three members of the family stared straight at Li Ce who was sticking to the wall with his buttocks between his hands.
Lin Jinxiao saw Li Ce's suddenly weak and unfazed appearance, and asked in surprise, "You also ate the food at the posthouse?"
"Yes, brother, I was called by Mr. Hu to have some meals with him when I went out from your side."
Li Ce clenched his buttocks with a ferocious face, and tried to calm down: "We have abdominal pain after eating, and many brothers also have the same symptoms. Mr. Hu asked me to ask if the food in the post house is out of order." The problem is that the acclimatization should not be the case with everyone.”
Just as Lin Jinxiao was about to reply, Li Ce turned around and ran out with his buttocks tucked in. After a few "thudden" footsteps, a rough voice came: "Brother, you and sister-in-law go ask the situation first, I'll go out Turn around and come back."
Lin Jinxiao sat down in a daze, and Chu Nanzhi put the bought food on the table, and sat down with Sibao, smelling the smell in the room, and said with a lot of thoughts: "Are you staying with Sibao?" Let's eat something first, I'll go to Yicheng to ask."
Although I don't really believe that someone in the posthouse dared to do harm, but from the doctor's point of view, I immediately realized that everyone might be poisoned.
At this time, Ma Laifu came over belatedly, seeing that the door was open, he first shouted from outside: "Sister Zhi, brother-in-law, I came in?"
Chu Nanzhi heard the prestige and looked over, seeing Ma Laifu's calm and complacent look, which was completely different from the embarrassment of Li Ce and Liu Shuyang, and asked him while beckoning him into the room, "Laifu, you haven't eaten the food in the inn, have you?" ?”
"Hey, I can't stand the smell. The cooks in this post house are too careless. They can't even wash the pot after cooking."
Ma Laifu came in carelessly, shaking his head and complaining.
"I guess it's because the pot wasn't cleaned."
Chu Nanzhi thought about it and replied.
"That may be a problem with the salt. Anyway, I can't eat it. I don't care if it is delicacies from mountains and seas."
Ma Laifu pursed his lips and shook his head again: "My silly aunt and cousin still don't believe in evil, and they insist on eating, so it's just a matter of course, and I've got diarrhea."
Lin Jinxiao listened to Ma Laifu's words calmly, then picked up a sweet potato from the table and handed it to him, and said indifferently, "Eat this, your sister bought it from outside."
"Thank you brother-in-law."
Ma Laifu happily took the sweet potato, and looked at Lin Jinxiao kindly.
Ma Laifu has always sympathized with the old and the weak, and admired the strong. He respected these talented scholars the most in his life, so his sympathy for this former rival in love gradually changed from his sympathy when he first met to his current respect.
Little Sibao liked Ma Laifu very much the last time he saw him at the Chu family, he was funny and playful when he talked, seeing that his father gave him sweet potatoes, he immediately took a piece of butter cake and handed it to him, with a serious face He reminded: "Uncle Laifu, you must not eat the food here, the food here is poisonous."
(end of this chapter)