After stealing some cassava, she asked her two daughters-in-law to take one and cook it.
"Mom, what is this thing called? Is it really edible? Where did you get it?"
The eldest daughter-in-law looked at the strange cassava and asked Tong.
Seeing her eldest daughter-in-law yelling, Mrs. Tong was afraid that people nearby might hear her. She quickly stepped forward, covered her mouth, and said in a low voice, "You bitch, what are you yelling about? Are you trying to attract people?"
Tong's eldest daughter-in-law didn't dare to say anything and took a large cassava to cook.
But she didn't know to peel it, so she just chopped it into pieces and cooked it.
It was just cooked and about to be taken out to eat when the village head and Gao Shijun came over.
“Tongshi, did you take cassava from Jinqian?”
The village head came to Tong's place and asked her questions as soon as he saw her.
When she heard that he was asking her if she had stolen cassava, she panicked because no one saw her stealing it. The headman definitely had no evidence and was trying to trick her.
Thinking of this, she forced herself to remain calm and said calmly, "Village head, you can't wrongly accuse me. I don't even know what cassava is, and I don't know what it looks like. You can't wrongly accuse me."
Judging from the anxious looks of the village head and Gao Zhijun, the food must be a good thing, otherwise they would not be so anxious for just three cassava sticks.
Tong refused to admit it and wanted to keep it for herself to eat.
Why should we not give them the good food while they can eat it?
"Tong, that cassava was not handled properly. Eating it will cause poisoning. This is no joke. If you took it, please bring it out quickly. I won't pursue the matter. If you eat it, you will regret it if something happens."
The village head was very anxious when he saw that Tong was not going to admit it or take it out.
If the food was poisoned and someone died, he really didn't know how to explain it.
Tong didn't believe what the head of the village said at all.
If cassava is poisonous when eaten, the Huo family and Gao Zhijun would dig it up and feed it to the villagers. Are they crazy?
Therefore, the village head's words were even less credible. She believed that this was just an excuse for the village head to take back the cassava. Tong would not admit it, let alone produce the cassava: "No! The village head has no evidence. You can't wrongly accuse me, otherwise the villagers will not agree."
"You, you, you are so short-sighted. You will regret it when something happens."
The village head was so angry that he stamped his feet. He really wanted to give up and let her family get poisoned by eating cassava.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?"
The terrified screams of Tong's second daughter-in-law were heard from inside.
"Oh no, something happened!"
When Gao Zhijun heard the screams of Tong's second daughter-in-law, she thought something had happened and rushed in immediately.
I saw that Tong's eldest daughter-in-law was vomiting continuously, but she was in good spirits and should not have been poisoned.
After taking Tong's pulse, Gao Zhijun confirmed that nothing was wrong and asked someone to give Tong's eldest daughter-in-law water to induce vomiting.
Gao Zhijun saw cooked cassava on the table, but they had not peeled it. However, if it was cooked, it would not cause poisoning.
It seems that they are not stupid enough and know to cook it before eating.
Tong's eldest daughter-in-law was like this because she must have eaten the cooked skin and core.
After Tong's eldest daughter-in-law vomited everything, Gao Zhijun said to everyone, "She's fine now. Fortunately, they were not stupid and knew to cook it before eating. Cooking cassava evaporates the toxins, so they didn't get poisoned."
"Everyone remember, both the skin and the core of cassava are poisonous. When cooking, be sure to peel the skin, and when eating, be sure not to eat the core."
"Okay, it's all right now, big brother. Take the remaining cassava back."
Gao Zhijun finished speaking and went back. She had already told Tong how to eat, and whether she ate or not had nothing to do with her.
The villagers were whispering about Gao Zhijun's words.
Huo Jinzhou took the remaining two large cassava sticks and followed Gao Zhijun back to his residence.
Huo Jinqian also took the Huo family away and returned to his own residence.
The village head looked at the pale-faced Tong family and their daughter-in-law and shook his head, speechless. How could there be such people in his village? When they arrived in Yanzhou, he must not let them follow him again: "Okay, it's okay, everyone go back and rest."
After the head of the village finished speaking, he left.
The villagers left one after another and almost bumped into Zhang Ergou and his two sons who were hurried back.
"what happen?"
Watching the villagers leave, Zhang Ergou asked his wife Tong.
The second daughter-in-law told her father-in-law, uncle and husband what had just happened.
After hearing this, Zhang Ergou was so angry that he beat Tong, making her cry loudly.
Her two sons did not step forward to dissuade her or pull her away. They thought their mother was being too naughty and would not learn her lesson.
Fortunately nothing happened this time, otherwise they would have seen their dead bodies when they came back.
Of course, Zhang Ergou and his family didn’t dare to eat cassava anymore.
When the Huo family returned to their resting place, Gao Zhijun took out the sweet potato and said, "Grandpa, grandma, uncle, aunt, uncle, aunt, this is called sweet potato, and it is also a kind of food.
It is not only easy to grow and very productive, but most importantly, it is non-toxic and safe to eat.”
Hawking took the sweet potato, looked at it from left to right and said, "Girl, is it really edible? And can it produce high yields?"
“Yes, Grandpa.
If the land is fertile, the yield per mu is about 3,000 catties, and even if the land is poor, it can still yield 2,000 catties."
Gao Zhijun explained.
"Three thousand catties? Two thousand catties? If that were possible, farmers wouldn't have to go hungry anymore.
Girl, where did you dig it from? Let's go dig it up and bring it back to Yanzhou to plant."
When Hawking heard this number, he was so scared that his tongue almost trembled. He just wanted to dig up the sweet potatoes.
When the other Huo family members heard this, they were all shocked: "Well, let's go dig it back."
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