"Yes, yes, that's it! Press down hard on their tongues and try to make them spit it out!" Jiang Ling continued.

Inducing vomiting can alleviate the symptoms of poisoning to some extent. Jiang Ling only hoped that the two children would not be poisoned for long and that she could use this method to make them vomit up all the potatoes they had eaten.

Lu Wangde's situation is going well, while Lu Shandian is vomiting uncontrollably by the bedside. However, things are not going so well for Wangde's wife. Every time Lu Xiaoyu shows signs of vomiting, Wangde's wife quickly removes the twig from Lu Xiaoyu's mouth.

After going back and forth like this, Lu Xiaoyu only gagged a few times without vomiting anything.

Jiang Ling glanced at Lu Xiaoyu, whose lips were turning slightly purple, and urged, "Sister-in-law Wangde, hurry up! Your Xiaoyu can't wait any longer!"

"Waaah..." Upon hearing Jiang Ling's words, Wang De's wife immediately lost her courage, threw the branch aside, and sobbed incessantly.

Jiang Ling wanted to urge them again, but then she thought that this was their own family matter and it was not her place to interfere.

"Damn it, you useless piece of trash! What did I marry you for?!" Wangde's crying wife finally drew Lu Wangde's dissatisfaction.

He cursed and shoved his wife aside, then grabbed the tree branch he was holding and shoved it into Lu Xiaoyu's mouth.

"Ugh... ugh..." After the dry heaving, Lu Xiaoyu also collapsed by the bed and vomited uncontrollably.

"Waaah, you heartless bastard, I can't live with you anymore..." Wangde's wife felt wronged by what Lu Wangde said, and sat on the bed pushing Lu Wangde repeatedly.

"Get out! Get back to your parents' house right now! If the two kids are alright, that's fine, but if something happens, you'll see if I don't divorce you!" Lu Wangde was already furious because he was worried about the children, and now that all the villagers were watching, his anger was completely ignited by his wife's tantrum. He pushed his wife away and angrily scolded her.

Seeing this, the crowd immediately split into two groups. One group kept trying to persuade the weeping Wangde's wife with kind words, while the other group patiently reasoned with Lu Wangde.

Taking advantage of the chaos, the village chief walked up to Jiang Ling and whispered, "What exactly happened to Jiang? How could her two children have been poisoned?"

"Potatoes themselves are not poisonous, but sprouted potatoes are!" Jiang Ling explained.

The village chief was horrified and pointed outside the door, signaling Jiang Ling to go out with him.

The two people stood in a corner of Lu Wangde's courtyard. The village chief hurriedly asked, "Jiang, what do you mean? Is this thing poisonous?"

"Potatoes aren't poisonous, but they will sprout if stored for a long time. The sprouts will produce toxins that can cause poisoning if people eat them. It's very hot now, and potatoes do sprout easily in this environment," Jiang Ling explained patiently.

"Then... what should we do? Are we just going to throw away all the sprouted crops? It will be at least another month before we can harvest our grain." The village chief said, pacing back and forth anxiously.

"Um...this..." Jiang Ling hesitated, unsure how to begin. According to modern thinking, sprouted potatoes should indeed be thrown away.

But the grain hasn't been harvested yet, and if we really do this, most of the villagers will probably go hungry again.

"Oh dear, Jiang, please tell me quickly! What if someone gets poisoned from eating this? Wouldn't I become a sinner in Lujia Village?" The village chief's forehead was already furrowed into a "川" shape as he paced back and forth in front of Jiang Ling with his hands behind his back.

"Cut off more of the sprouted part and plant it in the soil. Potatoes will grow again. Boil the remaining part in water for a while. This will greatly reduce the chance of poisoning," Jiang Ling said after stroking her chin thoughtfully.

"Really...really?" The village chief's eyes almost popped out of their sockets when he heard this.

“That’s right, Village Chief. I think we should educate people about this, otherwise I’m worried that more people in the village might get poisoned,” Jiang Ling added after thinking for a moment.

After hearing this, the village chief turned and walked out of Lu Wangde's house. A little while later, the sound of a bell rang out again at the village entrance.

When everyone heard the bell ringing, they were all somewhat surprised. They looked at each other and whispered among themselves as they left Lu Wangde's house.

Jiang Ling glanced at the two children's current condition. They seemed to be much better than before. They were no longer convulsing or foaming at the mouth, but their brows were still furrowed. After giving them a few instructions, Jiang Ling hurriedly left.

When Jiang Ling arrived at the village entrance, a crowd had already gathered around her. Upon seeing Jiang Ling, the village chief quickly called her to his side and said to the crowd, "Go home and check if any of your potatoes have sprouted. Sprouted potatoes are poisonous and cannot be eaten!"

"What? Jiang, you poisonous woman, are you trying to poison the people of our Lu Family Village?" Old Mrs. Lu, who was hiding in the crowd, was the first to jump out after hearing this. She glared at Jiang Ling and kept pointing at her.

Old Mrs. Lu's words drew everyone's attention to Jiang Ling.

"The Jiang family is truly vicious!"

"As expected, outsiders cannot be trusted!"

"My God, how could Jiang be so vicious?"

Rumors spread like a plague around Jiang Ling, and after hearing what everyone was saying, Old Lady Lu became even more arrogant.

She stood tall with her hands on her hips, glaring at Jiang Ling as she continued to berate her: "Pah! You little slut, how can you be so vicious? What did my Youren ever do to offend you?"

Jiang Ling's head throbbed from the buzzing around her like flies. She coldly swept her gaze over the crowd and said, "I really want to poison you all. Why did I even go to save Sister Wangde's two children? I could have just kept quiet."

"If I really wanted to harm you, why would I reveal the water source? Whether you'd be poisoned or not depends on whether the potatoes you eat sprout. Wouldn't it have been faster to cut off your food supply?"

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