Survival rules for restaurants: cooking and eating melons at the same time

Chapter 78 Late Night Dessert

Gu Qingyun wandered around for most of the day, bought some random things, and brought back large and small bags to the Dali Temple.

Give them all to Bai Jinyu, "Check them all to see if they are poisonous."

Bai Jinyu looked at the table full of sachets, masks, and folding fans, and couldn't help but wave her hands helplessly. Is it such a big project every time you need me?

Gu Qingyun didn't care about Bai Jinyu's inner drama and continued, "I suspect there were drugs. If there were no drugs, then we could have just hit them on the street when they were least prepared. But with so many people, everyone would have been caught. It's impossible to do it quietly. So there must have been drugs. I don't know what went wrong that night, but there must have been something they all bought and used."

Bai Jinyu touched his chin and said, "Shaoqing, have you forgotten that you still have food to eat?"

Gu Qingyun thought for a moment, "Apart from sugar paintings and sugar figurines, I really don't know what else is eaten by children but not adults. And in Kyoto Prefecture, many adults also buy these things. If they eat them, it's impossible that only children will suffer."

"Yes, so if someone put drugs in these things that night, it must not be that only children were dizzy." Bai Jinyu said again.

"But I can't just ask everyone I see." Gu Qingyun was helpless. If he asked everyone he saw, it would not only alert the snake, but would be directly dancing with the snake.

"There were so many people that night. I don't believe that no one in the Dali Temple or the Kyoto government office went to join in the fun. Why don't you go and ask them, Lord Shaoqing?" Bai Jinyu thought about it and felt that Gu Qingyun had a point, but she could still find a way to take a different approach.

Gu Qingyun nodded, left some money for Bai Jinyu for a midnight snack, and left again.

At this time, everyone should be off work, so I can only go and check it out tomorrow.

I went to the front yard to see Zhao Huaiqing and Wu Huan. One of them was drawing visits of things described by different people, and the other was studying the sand table. At what angle would the rope disappear without a trace?

"What's going on?" Gu Qingyun squatted down and looked at the sand table together.

"The furnishings everyone is talking about are somewhat different from what we have now. The focus is on an Eight Immortals Table. Zhao Huaiqing and I haven't seen it this morning. Have you seen it, Shaoqing?" Wu Huan asked as he took out a painted Eight Immortals Table.

Gu Qingyun frowned and asked, "Why are there some landscape carvings on this table?"

"The old Taoist priest said that this is the palace in the sky that he had seen. I suspect there is a mechanism inside that can reach the sky." Wu Huan pointed to several points, indicating to Gu Qingyun that these might be places where there are mechanisms.

"Such a big table, if we want to take it away, won't we be exhausted to death? Can we just carry it away directly?" Gu Qingyun looked at the Eight Immortals Table, and then looked at the picture of the Tongtian Rope performance drawn by Wu Huan, puzzled.

"Yes, we have also been thinking about this problem. If we want to take this table away, not only will it take a lot of effort, but we may also be surrounded on our way out, which is not very reasonable. But if we don't take it away, this house is so big. Although we haven't searched it all, we probably have looked through it. We won't miss such a strange table." Wu Huan said seriously.

Everyone fell silent for a moment.

"Maybe there is some secret passage or dark room. Drag the table in and hide it, then take it from another house later." Zhao Huaiqing thought of the previous case. The size of Tianshi Mansion is almost the same as Huguang Mansion, so it is not impossible.

"Let's go and have a look tomorrow." Gu Qingyun made the conclusion.

Xin Hai, who had returned at some point, stood silently in the darkness. He waited until the others finished their discussion before speaking, "Shao Qing, I went to several city gates and they all said they didn't see a large number of children being taken away. There are many people going in and out of the city gates every day, and the surrounding suburbs also take their children to the streets to attend the market. Some children get tired from playing and fall asleep in the car on the way back. It's impossible to tell if they were forcibly taken away."

"Just pray that the children are still in the city." Gu Qingyun sighed deeply.

"I have already instructed the city gate. If anyone frequently takes children out of the city gate in the next few days, they must be strictly supervised, especially adults who are familiar faces." Xinhai nodded slightly.

Wu Huan then said, "I have already drawn portraits of the missing children. I will go there tomorrow and send one to each city gate. This way it will be easier to check."

Gu Qingyun nodded affirmatively to Wu Huan, "Everyone has worked hard today. If you want to eat supper, come with me to Kyoto Restaurant. If you don't want to eat, go home."

The three of them looked at each other and decided to have a midnight snack.

I don’t know if it’s because I have too many things to think about today, but Gu Qingyun really wants to eat sweets. He never has this desire normally.

"Ding-dong-"

The wind chime that An Qiao had just hung on the door today began to ring.

An Qiao looked up and saw four people from the Dali Temple standing at the door.

"What would you like to eat tonight?" An Qiao asked.

"Sweet."

"Sweet."

......

The four of them said in unison.

"What's wrong with me today? I want to eat something sweet." An Qiao couldn't help but think of the pot of cookies that she had ruined in the afternoon. She wanted to make another batch of cookies, but she didn't know if it was because the fire was not hot enough or she couldn't find any butter.

In short, although the baked cookies smell delicious, they are so delicious that they can kill people.

"We are exhausted from running two cases at the same time." Gu Qingyun said. As it was night and there were not many people around, they sat down in the hall.

An Qiao made some sweet treats for the few people, including brown sugar boiled eggs, brown sugar milk, octopus balls, and cake base that her hands were almost broken from mixing today.

The cake base was a little burnt, but I could still eat it after cutting out the egg, but the cookies were not a success.

Maybe it was because there was no butter, and Anqiao didn't want to try lard.

Or maybe the small oven couldn't keep the temperature constant. The cake base was OK, although it wasn't as soft as the one made in the oven, but at least it was made.

An Qiao brought the food to the table, and Gu Qingyun asked, "My dear lady, have you heard that many children were lost on the Mid-Autumn Festival?"

An Qiao shook her head, "I've been busy these days, so I didn't hear anything." Then she thought for a moment, "Shuanzi and the others might know something. They also went out to play that night. If Shaoqing is interested, they'll know when they go to work tomorrow."

Gu Qingyun nodded, picked up a piece of cake and put it in his mouth, instantly healing himself from the whole day’s fatigue.

"What is this? Why is it so soft and fragrant?" Gu Qingyun asked.

"This is... a cake, a small dessert." An Qiao didn't know what to say it for a moment. After thinking about it, she decided that cake is cake and it can't be called anything else.

"It's delicious, my girl. This brown sugar milk is also delicious." Zhao Huaiqing was very satisfied and kept praising the food in his hand.

An Qiao smiled and said, "Take your time to eat. Call me if you need anything."