"Sister Hu." Ji Ying stepped forward to knock on the door. These past few days, Ji Ying had brought soup, money, and had seen Hu Aii several tis. She said, "Sister Hu, we ca especially to see how you are doing."
Ji Ying raised the gift in her hand, saying, "I brought so malted milk that the kids love, and so local specialties my son brought back from Ningbei."
"There’s no need." Hu Aii’s uneasy voice ca from inside the house. She said, "You’ve already given plenty, there’s no need to bring more."
Hu Aii herself thought that what Li Jianbin had done was quite excessive.
The Xu Family had, on account of this incident, not only spent money at the hospital but also brought nutritional soups, money, and gifts, easily amounting to five or six hundred yuan.
Who spends that much money on diarrhea?
You could spend a few yuan on dicine, which would be quite all right, but most tis people would just find so herbal redies to eat at ho.
If it really were because of their chili sauce, that would be one thing, and one could consider it compensation. But Hu Aii knew very well why Li Jianbin’s stomach was upset; she couldn’t be clearer, and faced with the good-natured Xu Family mbers and the warm and concerned Ji Ying, every ti Hu Aii saw Ji Ying, she felt guilty!
"Sister Hu, we also have with us this ti Xu, a reporter from South City, who ca specifically to ask about the situation," Ji Ying continued explaining, "Over in South City they’re spreading rumors, saying that our chili sauce has killed soone, so we’re asking for your help, Sister Hu, to clarify the facts with the reporter Xu."
"A reporter?" Hu Aii, already feeling guilty, felt even less like opening the door upon hearing about a reporter.
"Yes, just tell the facts to the reporter Xu and that will be enough," Ji Ying offered an explanation. "Also, so guests from South City are here. They bought our chili sauce and are now returning it. Hearing that the reporter Xu was coming, they also made a special trip to see for themselves what the situation really is."
"..."
In the house, there was a deathly silence. Hu Aii had responded just a mont ago, but now she didn’t say a word, and despite Ji Ying’s kind words, she couldn’t get Hu Aii to open the door.
Seeing this, Xu Nian’an stepped forward and said loudly, "Auntie Hu, I am Xu Nian’an. The Good Mama chili sauce is made by my mother. We’re only here to understand the truth of the matter. Why won’t you open the door? Could it be that his discomfort wasn’t really caused by eating our family’s chili sauce?"
Xu Nian’an’s words alard Hu Aii, and she hastily denied it with an anxious voice, "Yes, that’s right."
"I am at ho with the kids, it’s not convenient," Hu Aii scrambled for an excuse.
Xu Nian’an persisted, "We’re only here to ask about the situation. Besides, your neighbors are all here too. We won’t be a bother to you."
"And not to ntion the reporter Xu from South City, as well as many custors of our Chili Sauce Factory from there. We’re just trying to understand the situation."
Xu Nian’an’s tone was even, but insistent, not giving Hu Aii any chance to refuse.
"Maybe he’s feeling guilty?"
"Who knows, how could anyone get diarrhea from such a clean chili sauce factory?"
The elderly n and won from South City couldn’t restrain themselves from speaking out. The Xu Family, after all the kind words and bringing gifts, as the old saying goes: ’A hand extended in friendship cannot be spat upon.’ They ca bearing gifts, yet the person inside hemd and hawed about opening the door.
With these remarks, Hu Aii had no choice but to open the door. As soon as she did, Ji Ying warmly handed in the gifts she brought, and suddenly everyone bustled into the already crowded little courtyard, filling it to the brim.
Reporter Xu held a cara and kept snapping pictures. The kitchen was just in the corner of the courtyard, clearly visible without even needing to step inside, capturing the disordered state of the kitchen in one sweeping glance.
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