Shen Xiaobei didn’t answer the others’ shocked questions.
With a sharp smile, he continued to ask Kong Wanwan, "Kong Wanwan, how do you know so much about where the croton trees are in the production team? You also know how many there are, and you know that eating this thing will cause diarrhea and poisoning?"
"Last night, all five of us had diarrhea. Did you put croton seeds in the soup? Are you trying to trick us?"
"There are croton trees in the production team, even children know about it, why can't I know about it? Shen Xiaobei, don't slander me!"
"Okay, even if you know that the existence of croton trees isn't surprising, how do you know that this fruit is spicy? If you haven't picked and crushed it yourself, how can you know so clearly?"
"And when I mentioned the soup had the flavor of some wild fruit, you immediately said it was croton without even thinking! Isn't that too much of a coincidence?"
"Yes, Wanwan! None of us thought of croton, so why did you think of this first? We don't usually come into contact with croton, so why do you seem so familiar with it?"
Fan Huifang followed up Shen Xiaobei's words and expressed the same doubts that she and several others had in their hearts at the moment.
"Sister Huifang, what do you mean? Even you doubt me?"
"Kong Wanwan, if you weren't so suspicious, who would suspect you for no reason? I asked Sister Huifang and Brother Deng about the tomato and egg soup last night, and they all remembered it, but you were the only one who didn't drink it."
"Just by coincidence, you were the only one who didn't have diarrhea last night. And, there's something even more coincidental. Someone secretly told me today that she saw you picking crotons from a croton tree near her house yesterday afternoon, and then sneaking away!"
"Who saw me picking croton yesterday? Shen Xiaobei, don't try to make up a lie to deceive me!"
"I lied to you? Kong Wanwan, to stop you from being so stubborn, you know what I bought today? A chopping board, a new one! Xiaoli, help me get our old one!"
"Oh, yes, Sister Xiaobei!"
Ke Xiaoli didn't understand why Shen Xiaobei asked her to get the chopping board, but she immediately got up and went to the kitchen to get it.
When cutting vegetables in the morning and at noon, Shen Xiaobei used a new chopping board taken out from the space in order to preserve evidence.
However, it has been a day and a night now, and the smell of the croton juice on the chopping board has actually become very faint. If it were not for Dr. Cao who understands Chinese medicine, most people would not be able to smell it.
Therefore, Shen Xiaobei restored the evidence and made it clearer.
Before cooking at noon, she secretly picked some croton seeds, crushed them, and deliberately spread some of the juice on the chopping board. Now, if you smell it carefully, you can definitely smell it.
After Ke Xiaoli brought the chopping board, Shen Xiaobei stood up and said to everyone: “Brother Deng, Sister Huifang, and Du Wenli, all of you look at and smell this chopping board.”
"This is something Kong Wanwan used last night and no one has touched since. Even the tomato juice is still on it. Smell it. Besides the flavors of last night's dishes, is there a faint spicy aroma?"
"Hmm, it does have a spicy smell. I've never smelled this before!"
"Yeah, I smell it too! So this is the smell of croton!"
"Kong Wanwan, you didn't really put croton seeds in our soup last night, did you? Why did you do that? Do we all have a grudge against you? You feel uncomfortable if you don't do something bad for two days, don't you?"
After Du Wenli also smelled the chopping board, he questioned Kong Wanwan repeatedly with an angry and disgusted look on his face.
Regarding what Kong Wanwan said to Shen Xiaobei, he intuitively felt that what Shen Xiaobei said was the truth, and he already knew very well what kind of person Kong Wanwan was.
She would definitely do something like this if she got carried away.
"Du Wenli, why are you so mean to me? You're not only a bully at home, but you're also a bully to me, your wife. What else do you have?"
"Yes, you're right. I was the one who put croton seeds in the soup last night. What do you think? You still dare to send me to the Public Security Bureau for prosecution! Don't forget, I'm still pregnant with your child. If I don't live well, you won't live well either!"
What Kong Wanwan couldn't stand most was that outsiders like Du Wenli and Shen Xiaobei stood on one side and joined forces to deal with her, their wife.
Hearing his questioning and seeing the disgust in his eyes, she immediately became furious and impulsively admitted it.
Everyone was shocked for a while when they heard her words.
In the end, it was Shen Xiaobei who broke the silence first. She glanced at Kong Wanwan and Du Wenli.
He said calmly, "Kong Wanwan, Du Wenli, I don't care how you quarrel; that's a matter between you two! However, if the conflict between you affects us, we can't let you continue to act like this!"
"If Kong Wanwan gave us chin beans yesterday, she can give us rat poison tomorrow. Who can guarantee that, right?"
"So, Brother Deng, Sister Huifang, Xiaoli, for the sake of our future food safety, I suggest that until their house is built and we move in, the four of us cook and eat separately from them and their husband and wife. Do you have any objections?"
"This...Xiaobei, we only have one kitchen!"
"Why don't we just take turns? Whoever gets to the kitchen stove first gets to cook first! If someone likes to deliberately hog the stove and waste time, we can just bring in some rocks, buy a pot, and build a simple stove to cook on!"
"Xiaobei, we all still live under the same roof. You don't have to be so picky with us, right?"
Hearing Shen Xiaobei's proposal, Du Wenli disagreed from the bottom of his heart.
He and Deng Yuliang, two men, came here from the countryside and rarely cooked. It was basically the female educated youth who did most of the cooking.
Kong Wanwan's cooking skills are the worst among the female educated youth, and she doesn't like cooking. He really can't bear to let her cook separately from them so soon!
Although I know that we will separate sooner or later, maybe eating one more day is always better!
Du Wenli's ambiguous and reluctant look towards Shen Xiaobei touched Kong Wanwan's reverse scale.
She shouted sharply: "Break up! Du Wenli, are you reluctant to eat separately from Shen Xiaobei, or are you reluctant to part with her, your old lover?"
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