Ghost Breath - C25

Xu Yawen liked to eat kebabs, but Jiang Xiaomei did not really like them. Ever since she moved to her new home, she saw a whole street of barbecue grills in front of the entrance of the small district, so Xu Yawen frequently asked his friends to eat kebabs. Jiang Xiaomei could not bear to watch, and said that these things were neither nutritious nor dirty, so she advised Xu Yawen to eat less.

Xu Yawen and Jiang Xiaomei had been married for three years and still had no children, but their relationship had always been good, and they only occasionally argued over some small matters.

Xu Yawen’s character was easy going, so she had a good relationship with many people and had a lot of friends. Coincidentally, all of these friends liked to eat kebabs, which made Jiang Xiaomei seem even more out of place.

On this day, Xu Yawen’s best friend, Wang Shan, was having his birthday, and a group of people wanted to find a barbecue shop to celebrate. Xu Yawen asked Jiang Xiaomei to go with them, but Jiang Xiaomei was unwilling.

“Rarely do you think so? The eel is on its 30th birthday today. He had lunch with his family before, but tonight he thought of us bros. If you didn’t go, would it make sense?” Xu Yawen advised Jiang Xiaomei.

Furthermore, the Yellow Eel was Wang Shan’s nickname, that was what Xu Yawen had always called him.

“I know, but I really don’t like barbecue. Didn’t you watch the news? It’s been said that the meat has been left for a long time. Jiang Xiaomei said.

“How can it be that exaggerated? It’s fine even if I eat until now, right?” “What’s more, that store is newly opened today, and the environment is not bad. I’ve eaten with the Yellow Eel and the others a few times, and the taste is too good!”

“I’m not really interested. If I really want to go, then I’ll just eat a little.”

“Alright, alright, let’s go.”

Seeing that he had finally managed to convince Jiang Xiaomei, Xu Yawen’s mood was high. He immediately got Jiang Xiaomei to change clothes, and the two of them went out.

This eatery was called “Purple Flame Barbecue” and was located at the end of a street of barbecues. It was indeed newly opened, and the owner was a northerner.

When Xu Yawen and Jiang Xiaomei arrived, Jiang Xiaomei discovered that the barbecue shop was bustling with business. Not only were the seats filled, there were even a few tables outside the shop. If not for Wang Shan’s early arrival, they would have probably waited for at least half an hour.

“Aiyo …” “What a rare guest, Big Sister Xiaomei is finally here!” Wang Shan and Jiang Xiaomei were very familiar with each other, teasing each other as soon as they met.

Other than Xu Yawen and his wife, Wang Shan and his wife, there were a total of six other people.

After Jiang Xiaomei sat down, she realized that the big table was already filled with all kinds of skewers: mutton, beef, streaky pork, kidney, chicken heart, chicken wings, lamb chops, etc. However, when Jiang Xiaomei saw all these, she did not have the slightest bit of appetite. Furthermore, the restaurant was noisy and chaotic.

Xu Yawen was the first to start, so in order to take care of Xu Yawen’s face, he could only eat a few skewers. He did not know if it was because it had been a long time since he had eaten barbecue skewers, but Jiang Xiaomei felt that this meat tasted strange, and had a rotten taste.

Therefore, Jiang Xiaomei did not eat much and just wiped her mouth, smiled at Wang Shan and said: “You guys eat.”

Actually, Wang Shan was a generous person, he understood Jiang Xiaomei’s temperament very well, so he did not mind at all.

After that, Xu Yawen, Wang Shan and a group of people continued to grill beer, but Jiang Xiaomei was the only one eating Soup Dumplings. While chatting, Jiang Xiaomei saw that a shop assistant was busily eating, with a face covered in sweat, and after watching for a while, she became a little doubtful and asked Xu Yawen: “The business of this shop is so good, is there only one shop assistant?

Hearing Jiang Xiaomei’s question, Xu Yawen also looked at the owner at the cashier counter and the shop assistant who was running around, and replied: “I think so.”

“Yes, just that one. So every time I come here, I see him busy as if he were something. ” Wang Shan interrupted.

“That’s hard work.” Jiang Xiaomei replied indifferently.

While talking, the shop assistant just happened to pass by Jiang Xiaomei’s side, Jiang Xiaomei saw that he was skinny and had dark circles under his eyes, and was completely listless, as if he was still dreaming. On the other hand, the boss was fat and fat, with an oily look on his face as he sat down on a stool. What a stark contrast.

Just as the waiter was about to deliver the kebabs to the table, due to his haste, his feet tripped on something. As a result, he stumbled and scattered the kebabs all over the plate.

When the shop owner saw this, he immediately stood up and shouted at the shop assistant,

“Do you know how to carry a plate? “I won’t carry you home!”

The store instantly became silent. Everyone looked at the waiter who was squatting down to pick up the kebabs.

When he was done, the waiter stood up silently and went back into the kitchen to change the kebabs. During the process, the boss was still cursing and swearing, using words that insulted the owner’s character.

“If it was me who was scolded like this by my boss in public, I would definitely not be able to stand it and leave.” Xu Yawen laughed.

“Do you think they are all like you? It’s not easy for people to work here.” Wang Shan’s wife replied to him.

“To be honest, I think that kid has been scolded by his boss a lot. Is he used to it?” Wang Shan added.

Wang Shan’s birthday barbecue lasted for more than three hours. After coming out of the eatery, Xu Yawen walked home with Jiang Xiaomei with her stomach full. On the way, he told Jiang Xiaomei that this eatery’s specialty was actually to roast lamb, but they had to book it in advance, and they might not even have it. Jiang Xiaomei was not interested at all, and advised Xu Yawen not to come to this kind of place again.

There was nothing much to do that night, so when night fell and Jiang Xiaomei was about to go to bed, her stomach suddenly hurt.

“Aiyo …” My stomach, it hurts like hell. ” Jiang Xiaomei held his stomach, and continued to complain. Since then, she had been to the toilet three times and it had not worked.

Xu Yawen kept pouring water for Jiang Xiaomei and was getting anxious.

“If you let me eat that broken kebab, I’m sure I’ll have a bad stomach!” Jiang Xiaomei began to blame Xu Yawen.

“That’s hard to say. You only ate a few skewers, I ate a lot more than you, so it’s fine.”

“Nonsense, you often eat those random things, and your stomach is already immune to poisons. How can I be like you!”

Xu Yawen saw that Jiang Xiaomei was making trouble for no reason, but seeing that she was in a difficult situation, he did not want to argue further.

Jiang Xiaomei drank a few more mouthfuls of hot water before lying on her back. Unexpectedly, the moment she laid down, another wave of nausea struck her and she almost jumped up to rush to the toilet, spitting everything out by the toilet.

After spitting it out, Jiang Xiaomei’s face was flushed red as she said to Xu Yawen: “The meat from that shop … … There’s definitely a problem. Tomorrow, I will go and find them to argue with. ”

That night, Jiang Xiaomei went to the hospital. The result of the examination was gastroenteritis, and after hanging up, she returned home, it was already close to midnight.

The next day, Jiang Xiaomei went to work as usual, but she didn’t feel well for the entire day. Xu Yawen knew that his wife’s mood and body weren’t very good, so she obediently picked her up in the car the moment they got off work, not letting her squeeze in on the bus. On the way home, Jiang Xiaomei was still worried about the barbecue shop.

“The owner of that shop looks like a pig. He definitely isn’t a good person.” Jiang Xiaomei said angrily.

“Ai …” “You can’t say that about me either.” Xu Yawen was helpless.

“I can wager with you that the meat from yesterday is definitely not fresh!”

“Surely not? That barbecue shop’s business is so good, there’s no need to use some bad meat. Furthermore, there were so many people yesterday, only you had a bad stomach. ” Xu Yawen’s voice got softer and softer, afraid that he would add fuel to the fire.

“What does this mean?” Maybe the dead meat is just for me to eat? ”

Seeing that Jiang Xiaomei was being overbearing, Xu Yawen could only sigh and say no more.

Just then, the car drove down the carriage, and they were already not far from home. Jiang Xiaomei was looking out the window when she suddenly patted Xu Yawen’s shoulder as if she had discovered something: “Wait, drive slower.”

“What?” Xu Yawen asked.

“Look.” Jiang Xiaomei pointed outside the window.

Xu Yawen looked towards the direction Jiang Xiaomei was pointing and saw a place that looked like a factory outside the window.

“I didn’t think that there would be a crematorium nearby, did I?” Jiang Xiaomei said.

“Yeah, I don’t know. That real estate agent is also very smart. He didn’t even mention a word to us. No wonder his house is cheaper than other places.”

“That’s not what I want to say!” Jiang Xiaomei said with a stern expression.

“Then what do you want to say? Don’t you blame me for not finding out when I bought a new house? ”

“No!”

“Huh?”

“That barbecue shop is also in front of our house. It’s even closer to the crematorium than our house, isn’t it?”

“Right, what’s wrong?” Xu Yawen was a little nervous.

“In case … Say, just in case … “What kind of a black transaction did the barbecue shop have with the crematorium? Send the cremated corpse to them …”

“Stop, stop, stop!” Don’t say anymore! ” Xu Yawen already knew what Jiang Xiaomei was going to say, and immediately felt disgusted.

“Just listen to me!” Jiang Xiaomei pressed down the hand Xu Yawen held out, “You want to … It’s not like the dead bodies aren’t worth much money, and cutting a few pieces off won’t have any effect. If I take some meat from those cremated corpses and sell it to a barbecue shop, wouldn’t that be a win-win situation for the crematorium and the barbecue shop? ”

“Aiyo …” “Xiaomei, I just realized that you have a lot of imagination!” Xu Yawen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

“Don’t be in a hurry to deny it. There are so many strange things in China, so it’s not too much to have one more.”

“Alright, alright, alright. Then what should we do next? Should we report them?”

“Stop the car. As I said yesterday, I have to reason with that store today.”

“Really?”

“Nonsense!”

Xu Yawen was unable to refuse Jiang Xiaomei, so they could only follow her instructions. Not long later, the two of them stepped into the Purple Flame Grill once again.

Because it was Monday, the business was not as good as yesterday. There were clearly fewer customers. Jiang Xiaomei saw the shop assistant, but the owner was not there.

The shop assistant was still busy, in addition to receiving the money, he had a worried expression on his face.

“Where’s your boss?” Jiang Xiaomei asked directly.

“The boss went out.” The clerk stood and answered.

“Get him here!”

“He’s going out for a few days.”

“Is there such a thing?” Jiang Xiaomei frowned, “Then if I eat something bad, who should I report it to?”

“It’s broken …” What is that thing? ” The shop assistant was stunned for a moment.

“Just the meat in your shop. “Yesterday, I ate the barbecue meat from your store. As a result, I threw up when I got home. I went to the hospital and hung an all-night drop. What kind of meat did you sell? Is it dead meat? Stinky meat?”

A flame ignited in Jiang Xiaomei’s heart, and she released her voice, attracting countless gazes.

“Miss, what you’re saying is not right. The meat in our restaurant has always been good.” the man replied.