At noon, the mother and her two daughters returned home.
Ye Caiping carried several kilograms of shepherd's purse on her back, while her two daughters carried odds and ends of firewood.
Upon entering, one could see Old Man Ye and his brother Ye Yong placing the rope in the woodshed.
"Father, you're back," Ye Caiping greeted. "Have you sold all the firewood?"
Old Man Ye nodded. This trip not only sold firewood, but also paid off the debt that Ye Daquan had borrowed.
There were twenty bundles of firewood in total, which was the amount that Ye Yong and his brother had saved up for half a month.
A bundle only cost two coins, so I got 40 coins. After paying off the debt with 37 coins, I only had 3 coins left.
"What are you carrying on your back?" Old Man Ye asked.
"We dug up a few pounds of shepherd's purse, enough for two meals."
When Wei Shi and Ye Yinhua in the kitchen heard that they wouldn't have to eat radish porridge anymore, they were overjoyed.
In this year, the villagers have harvested almost everything edible on the mountain. If you can find a few pounds of wild vegetables to change your diet, you're considered lucky.
Two quarters of an hour later, Ye Daquan and the three Du family members returned.
Du became much more restrained and did not have much contact or communication with Ye Caiping and her daughter.
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The next morning, after having porridge at the village head's house, Ye Caiping took her two daughters and continued up the mountain.
They even secretly took the unused ceramic pot and small stove from home with them.
The mother and her two daughters went up the mountain and came to the mountain stream where they had soaked cassava the day before.
Ye Caiping untied the vines tied to the tree and pulled the cassava out of the stream.
"Jin'er, start a fire. Huan'er, go fetch water."
The two sisters swallowed hard and immediately got to work.
Soon, Ye Jin'er started a fire, and Ye Huan'er filled the earthenware pot with water and placed it on the stove.
Ye Caiping put the cassava, which had been soaking for a day and a night, into the pot.
The Ye Jin'er sisters stared anxiously, and soon the water boiled.
After boiling for about ten minutes, Ye Caiping used chopsticks to take the cassava out, then poured out the water in the pot, added fresh water, and brought it to a boil again.
Ye Caiping washed the boiled cassava in the river and put it back into the pot.
She repeated this process twice. After changing the water for the last time, Ye Caiping added salt and boiled it together.
It's done when you can easily pierce the cassava in the pot with chopsticks.
"Alright, take it out of the pot!" Ye Caiping breathed a sigh of relief.
She piled all the cassava on the large leaves on the ground, and the fresh aroma of cassava immediately filled the air.
The Ye Jin'er sisters drooled. This is the Poison Root? It smells so good, and it looks so soft and chewy, it looks delicious.
But thinking of what happened to Liu Heigou last time when he was poisoned and forced to vomit with feces, they couldn't help but shudder.
Not to mention the Ye Jin'er sisters, even Ye Caiping herself was uncertain at this moment.
When she was little, the aunties at the orphanage cooked bitter cassava for them, and she knew how to do it. But by the time she grew up, bitter cassava had disappeared from the market.
Ye Caiping turned her back and brought up the system panel.
She remembered that the space would automatically detect the products, and each detection would provide a detailed description of the product.
Just like her wound medicine and yesterday's cassava, the space would describe them as "ineffective" and "poisonous bitter cassava".
Ye Caiping stared at the cooked cassava in front of her, but the system still didn't respond. She scanned the panel and saw a "Manual Detection" button in the corner.
Ye Caiping was overjoyed and quickly pressed the button. Suddenly, a small screen of light appeared in front of her, and wherever she looked, the screen focused on her.
She looked at the cooked cassava, pressed the button again, and the familiar mechanical voice sounded:
[Edible cooked cassava detected. This system does not purchase cooked food; please show other products.]
Ye Caiping was overjoyed; if it was edible, it was non-toxic!
Moreover, this detection function is so useful! It's practically a virus detection marvel!
In the future, if you encounter suspicious food, you can simply test it manually to see if it is poisonous.
"Mother?" Ye Jin'er called out tentatively.
They couldn't see the system panel or the light screen, and seeing Ye Caiping silent, sometimes worried and sometimes laughing, the two sisters were frightened.
"It's alright, eat up!" Ye Caiping smiled and picked up a piece of cassava.
Ye Jin'er's expression changed, and she said hurriedly, "I...I'll eat first..."
If anyone dies, it will be her first.
Ye Caiping was speechless and didn't argue with her. She picked up a piece of food and stuffed it into her hand: "Then eat it."
Ye Jin'er took a bite with a look of grim determination, then her eyes lit up: "Delicious... much better than radish and rice porridge... it doesn't hurt my throat at all."
Then, she finished it in no time.
Although Ye Huan'er was scared, she was also very hungry, so Ye Caiping gave her a piece: "Don't be afraid, it won't be poisonous."
"Mmm." Ye Huan'er was delighted.
Since my sister has already eaten it, if it really is poisonous, the worst that can happen is that all three of us—mother and daughters—will die together.
The three of them happily began to eat.
Cassava is the king of starches; one person ate three large pieces and was stuffed.
There were three large pieces left, so Ye Caiping wouldn't let them eat them.
Then, with trepidation, the two sisters followed Ye Caiping to find wild vegetables.
It wasn't until noon that the two sisters finally breathed a sigh of relief. Generally, if someone ate the poisonous root and was poisoned, the poison would take effect in about an hour and a half.
Two hours have passed and they are still fine, proving that Mother's approach was correct!
"There are thousands of poisonous roots all over this mountain. We'll never have to go hungry again," Ye Jin'er said excitedly.
“This is called cassava, not poisonous root,” Ye Caiping corrected.
"Yes, it's cassava. Let's tell Grandpa and Uncle as soon as we get back."
“Wait. If you tell them directly, they won’t believe you or try. I have a better way. When you get home, do as I say,” Ye Caiping said.
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