Upon hearing this, the entire hall fell silent, then erupted in a cacophony of noise.

Ye Jinhua was completely stunned. No matter how much she thought about it, she never expected that Ye Caiping would admit it.

"What did you say, little sister?" Ye Daquan exclaimed in surprise. "This...this...this is terrible! Quickly, get a doctor! No, first give him a dung pump so he can vomit it up! Erquan, go scoop up some dung!"

"Yes!" Ye Erquan responded and rushed out of the house.

Ye Caiping's eyebrows twitched: "Stop! I ate it yesterday at noon! Even if it was a stone, it would have been digested in a day and a night, why would I vomit it up!"

"This..." The Ye brothers were stunned.

Du and Wei, among others, finally snapped out of their shock and began to look at her.

"Caiping, you...you really ate the poisonous root? You can't joke like that!" Old Mrs. Ye said urgently, her face ashen.

"They really ate it." Ye Caiping nodded heavily. "Not only me, Jin'er and Huan'er ate it too."

“It wasn’t just yesterday at noon; we ate so much poisonous root on the mountain yesterday morning that we couldn’t eat anything else.”

"Actually, this isn't called root poison; its real name is cassava. As long as it's processed properly, its toxicity can be removed, and it's safe to eat."

Upon hearing this, the Ye family members stared at her in shock once again.

Old Man Ye's eyes widened: "Cai Ping, this matter... is no small thing..."

“I knew, which is why I took matters into my own hands and tested the poison on myself. I even went to great lengths to find a witness.” As she spoke, Ye Caiping looked at Ye Jinhua: “Jinhua, you saw it with your own eyes.”

Ye Jinhua was completely stunned. Yesterday's conflict was instantly forgotten. After all, the fact that the poisonous root was edible was a huge deal!

"Jin Hua, did you really see it?" Old Man Ye said. Not only him, but everyone stared at her.

"This...I..." At this moment, Ye Jinhua dared not draw a conclusion easily:

“I did see you eating something white and powdery yesterday…and there really were poisonous roots on the ground…but…”

“That’s what I’m eating,” Ye Caiping said, looking at Old Man Ye: “Father, I really know how to deal with the poisonous roots.”

Old Man Ye still couldn't believe it: "But... Caiping, how do you know how to handle this thing?"

Ye Caiping had already prepared her explanation: "Don't I love reading? Once when I went to the county town, I saw someone selling miscellaneous books at a stall. The stall owner said that these were imported goods and not from this place."

The original owner was literate.

Ye Daquan and his brothers were all educated. Ye Caiping was proud and ambitious from a young age, and she was determined to marry a scholar, so she learned to read and write from her two older brothers.

After their marriage, Li Zhiyuan would criticize everyone he met as vulgar and crude. To please him, the original owner of this body would often read books.

Ye Caiping continued, "I bought it out of curiosity. It contains records of many strange animals and plants. Among them are poisonous roots, and it also records how to eat them."

"At the time, I didn't believe it. Later, when I saw that we didn't have much food left, I tried the method in the book, even tested it on mice, and finally ate it myself. That's when I found that the method was feasible."

Ye Jin'er and Ye Huan'er exchanged a glance. When did their mother ever use a mouse to test something?

But they dared not utter a word, lest they embarrass Ye Caiping.

After hearing this, Old Man Ye and the others all gasped.

"You little brat, why did you try it yourself!" Old Man Ye said anxiously.

“Someone has to try,” Ye Caiping said.

Ye Daquan said, "Then why didn't you just tell us yesterday..."

"If I tell you, will my brother believe me?"

Ye Caiping shuddered as she recalled the scene yesterday where Ye Daquan blocked the doorway with a ladle of manure.

If you try to explain directly, they won't believe you no matter how much you talk, and they'll try to stop you in all sorts of ways.

It's better to find a witness and eat it in front of them. Once the poisoning has subsided, they'll have no choice but to believe it.

Old Man Ye couldn't help but recall the scene from yesterday.

Although Jin Hua has a sharp tongue, she is not the kind of person who would frame or falsely accuse someone. If she hadn't seen it, she would never have come looking for them.

He had felt something was off, and now he knew exactly what it was.

Thinking about it, Old Man Ye became excited.

If poisonous roots are really edible, then they won't have to worry about food!

"Cai Ping, can you really remove those toxins?" Old Man Ye asked again to confirm.

"Of course. This is our whole family's life, I wouldn't dare joke about it." Ye Caiping said solemnly.

Du slammed her hand on the table excitedly: "Then what are we waiting for? Let's go dig out the poisonous roots!"

This time, Madam Du forgot about the quarrel between the two.

Rather than competing with my sister-in-law, filling my stomach is the most important thing!

Wei and Ye Yinhua looked at Ye Caiping with a mixture of trepidation and anticipation.

Ye Yong and Ye Peng's eyes gleamed, and even the usually aloof Ye Xuan was somewhat surprised.

“Alright, let’s go dig up the poisonous roots first.” Old Man Ye said, then turned around and saw that his family members were all eager to try, so he said, “Old woman, Daquan, come up the mountain with me and Caiping. The rest of you, stay at home.”

"Also, don't tell anyone that the poisonous root is edible. We can't afford to take responsibility if someone dies from it."

Although Old Man Ye was already 80% convinced, he was still afraid of the 20% chance of something going wrong.

If it's not confirmed that it can really be resolved, and someone tells others, some fool might dig it up and eat it, and then die and blame their family, which would be terrible.

Ye Erquan and the Wei mother and daughter looked disappointed when they realized they couldn't go together.

Mrs. Du was so anxious that she scratched her head and cheeks.

Ye Peng pleaded, "Grandpa, let me come along! I'm strong and can do the work."

"No, let's stay home. Caiping, let's go!"

Ye Caiping responded and went out with the old man and his wife and a smug-looking Ye Daquan.

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