Shen Xiaobei then turned and went to the kitchen.
She looked, searched, and smelled the stove, the floor, and the cupboard, but found nothing unusual.
However, when she looked up at the chopping board hanging on the wall, she noticed some red and green marks on it that had not been completely wiped off.
It was obvious that Kong Wanwan did not wash the chopping board with water after cutting vegetables in the evening.
The original owner and Fan Huifang were used to washing the cutting board with water only after cutting meat. When cutting vegetables, they were not used to rinsing the cutting board with water, but would just wipe it with a dishcloth.
Only Shen Xiaobei, who had traveled through time, had different habits from them.
Whether she is cutting meat or vegetables, she is used to rinsing the cutting board clean with water after each use, leaving no traces of meat or vegetables on it.
So, when she saw some residual vegetable juice on the chopping board, she hurried over to take it down and take a look.
The red marks on the chopping board were obviously left when cutting tomatoes.
The traces of green are difficult to identify because all three vegetarian dishes tonight are green.
Shen Xiaobei moved closer to the chopping board and smelled it again, and the smell of cucumber was the strongest, but when he smelled it carefully, he could also smell a faint hint of spicy taste.
They only started growing peppers in their vegetable garden this year, and they haven't grown yet. The spicy taste on the chopping board doesn't really taste like peppers.
However, in the tomato soup he drank tonight, Shen Xiaobei felt that there seemed to be a faint taste similar to this spicy taste.
Because it was very light, and the taste of tomato and egg was the main flavor, she didn't pay much attention to it when she drank it.
There must be something wrong with tomato and egg soup tonight!
She thought about it carefully and it seemed that only Kong Wanwan did not drink the soup. However, in order to verify that her guess was correct, she went to Fan Huifang and Deng Yuliang to verify it.
They both thought about it and said that they seemed to have never seen Kong Wanwan drink soup.
However, they didn't believe that Kong Wanwan would do anything to the soup to cause them diarrhea.
After all, Du Wenli also drank. What good would it do to Kong Wanwan if something bad happened to him?
"Xiaobei, no matter how confused Wanwan is, I don't think she would go so far as to trick Wenli as well, right?"
"Sister Huifang, why wouldn't this happen?"
"She married Du Wenli to trick him, and herself at the same time! Someone like her, who would treat marriage as a joke just to vent her anger, is capable of anything!"
"Let's not look at her with the common sense and perspective! Don't forget, last month she stole and threw away our food and her own food just to mess with me. Tell me, what else wouldn't she dare do?"
"This...ah, I don't know what to say! But even if she didn't drink the soup, it doesn't prove that there's something wrong with it!"
"It can't be proven now, but I will find a way to prove it!"
"Xiaobei, what can you do?"
"I'm not completely sure yet. Let's see tomorrow! Sister Huifang, you've had diarrhea two or three times today, and your face is pale. Go to sleep! We'll see tomorrow!"
Shen Xiaobei planned to get up early tomorrow and take the cutting board to have a look at by Doctor Cao.
Doctor Cao knows a little about both Chinese and Western medicine. I heard that when he was young, he had experience collecting herbs in the nearby mountains and fields.
If the pungent thing on the chopping board was really some kind of herbal medicine that could make people have stomach upset and grown on the mountain road, he should be able to smell it.
With something on his mind, Shen Xiaobei got up quickly before dawn the next day.
After a quick wash, he put the chopping board into a canvas bag and hurried to the fourth production team to find Doctor Cao.
She came too early and Doctor Cao hadn't left yet.
Upon learning her purpose, Doctor Cao immediately brought the chopping board to his nose and sniffed it carefully.
After sniffing it twice, he said with certainty, "This is the smell of croton."
"croton?"
"There are croton trees in all three production teams of our Baiju Brigade. There are also two in the fifth production team where you live, and I even know where they are growing."
"Oh, I see. Thank you, Doctor Cao!"
Shen Xiaobei had never noticed or visited the two croton trees in the production team because it was not on the way there.
However, after Dr. Cao's reminder, the old memories of the original owner suddenly emerged in her mind.
When the original owner first went to the countryside, he wanted to familiarize himself with the environment and saw the two croton trees while wandering around the production team.
I also heard from fellow villagers passing by nearby that the fruit of this tree cannot be eaten.
As an educated youth from the city, she naturally had no interest in this wild fruit, so she didn't take it to heart. After a long time, she had forgotten about it.
After confirming what it was, Shen Xiaobei secretly took out three eggs from the space and thanked Doctor Cao.
He immediately hurried back to the fifth production team.
She did not rush back to the educated youth site, but first rushed to the location of the two croton trees.
While no one was paying attention, he secretly picked two croton seeds and put them into the space.
Then, along the way from the croton tree to the educated youth point, use the fruit candies in the space to ask the children living in several families along the way if they saw any educated youth passing by here yesterday.
After asking two children, finally a little girl about five or six years old said that she was playing at the door yesterday afternoon and saw a young intellectual passing by her house.
After saying this, he pointed in the direction of the croton tree with his little hand.
It was said that the educated youth sister was walking that way, and not long after, the educated youth sister came over again.
"Little sister, is that the educated youth sister who is about the same height as me, has fair skin, is pretty, and has a ponytail?"
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