After being given saline solution, Steward Wang showed obvious improvement, which immediately stopped Madam Wang, who had been crying and shouting.
"My husband is alright! My husband is saved! Oh my god, miracle doctor! Shopkeeper Tao, thank you so much!"
"Stop, stop, stop. Let's wait for the doctor to arrive. I'm just keeping him alive." Tao Wanniang didn't want to take credit, but she also didn't want to be unjustly slandered by Zhao Changgui.
"You all look pale and sickly, you must have all been through a lot. How about a bowl of my secret recipe for you all?" Tao Wanniang said to the people who came with Zhao Changgui.
“I’ll drink it,” Chef Liao said first. He was still feeling quite scared, and seeing that Steward Wang felt better after drinking it, he immediately stepped forward.
“Then let’s give this young man a bowl,” Tao Wanniang said generously.
Zhao Changgui wanted to stop his men from falling for Tao Wanniang's tricks, but he also saw that Steward Wang was getting better, and even wanted to have a bowl of wine himself.
"You still dare to say you didn't know these potatoes were poisonous? If you didn't know, how would you know this antidote?" Zhao Changgui retorted stubbornly.
Tao Wanniang smiled, which made Zhao Changgui's heart pound.
"The potatoes aren't poisonous. Everyone else ate them and was fine. Why are you the only ones who got sick?"
"Tell me, where did your potatoes come from? Are they different from others? For example, are they green or sprouted?" Tao Wan's mother specifically mentioned sprouting.
"It sprouted, yes, it sprouted, and I even plucked the sprout off!" Chef Liao exclaimed, smacking his lips after drinking a bowl of saline solution.
“But the potatoes at Zhaixinglou are all freshly dug from the ground, how could they sprout?” Tao Wanniang spoke up again. “Speaking of which, a while ago, someone stole potatoes from my field. In the middle of summer, they probably sprouted because they were left out for too long!”
"It seems that sprouted potatoes can't be eaten!" Tao Wanniang exclaimed loudly. "Manager Zhao, you've taught me a lesson. Did everyone hear that? Sprouted potatoes can't be eaten."
Zhao Changgui glared at Chef Liao with resentment.
"Manager Tao, are you saying we stole your potatoes? You need to have evidence to back up your claim."
"I didn't say that. Whoever answers is probably hiding something!" Tao Wanniang said, shrugging.
Just then, the doctor arrived, and Tao Wanniang immediately called out, "Doctor, come here, quickly take a look at this person. Our restaurant is open for business, we can't let anyone die here!"
As luck would have it, this was the same doctor Zhao Changgui and his group had seen yesterday. Upon seeing Steward Wang, they were surprised to find that the man was still alive!
When he stepped forward to take her pulse, he was even more surprised; the pulse was much better than before!
"May I ask what he ate? His pulse is stronger than before." The old doctor asked curiously. "To be honest, last night I treated Manager Zhao and his group of patients. This one was particularly serious, and I was at a loss for what to do. I don't know which expert extended his life."
"It's not exactly prolonging his life, but he won't die, right? He's sick, so let's get him treated and take him away quickly!" Tao Wanniang urged. "My Tao family's detoxification soup is a closely guarded secret, so the doctor shouldn't ask any more questions."
"Everyone heard that, right? They ate sprouted potatoes. You can't eat sprouted potatoes. Remember that, no matter if you grow the potatoes yourself or buy them from somewhere else, you can't eat them if they've sprouted."
"Manager Tao, we can't buy them anywhere else," someone in the crowd lamented. "Aren't these potatoes exclusively from your Zhaixinglou Restaurant?"
"That's right, how come my unique potatoes ended up at Ziyang Tower, and they're still sprouting?"
Tao Wanniang looked at Zhao Changgui, "Manager Zhao, do you still want to say that the problem arose from eating the food at my Zhaixinglou Restaurant?"
"What a terrible teammate!" Zhao Changgui glared at Chef Liao again, and hearing the whispers in the crowd, he said angrily, "Nonsense!"
"Manager Zhao, you all look terrible. Have a bowl of my secret detox soup. I'm the kind of person who always repays evil with kindness, so I won't hold it against you for stealing my potatoes."
"Who stole your potatoes? You need to have evidence to prove it!" Zhao Changgui said angrily. "We bought them!"
"Oh, you bought it? How much did it cost?" Tao Wanniang exclaimed in surprise. "Actually, if you want some, I can give you some, but the production is limited. It's barely enough for our own use in the Star-Picking Tower!"
"If you can wait, then wait for the imperial court to distribute the seedlings, and then everyone can plant them."
Did Zhao Changgui not know this? By the time the opportunity came, it would be too late. After hearing Tao Wanniang's words, Zhao Changgui was so angry that his mouth almost twisted.
However, Manager Wang's wife had already arranged for someone to take Manager Wang to the clinic, while the rest of her group wanted to try Tao Wanniang's detoxifying soup.
"Fine, fine, you Taowan woman! Fine, I, Zhao Changgui, admit defeat!" Zhao Changgui said angrily. "Let's go!"
"Wait!" Tao Wanniang called out to them, "I still have a few bowls of this detoxifying soup left. Are you sure you don't want to drink it?"
This group of people had probably been vomiting and having diarrhea all night. They all looked haggard with sunken eyes. Saline solution can relieve dehydration, so drinking a bowl of it would be the best thing for them.
"Then... I'll have a bowl."
"I'll have a bowl too, I'm so weak from diarrhea!"
"Sigh, Chef Liao is really something, he doesn't even know to throw away the sprouts."
"How would I know? It looks the same if you break off the buds!" Chef Liao said, unconvinced.
The group still scrambled to get the antidote soup from Tao Wan's mother, and only then did the farce finally subside.
After Zhao Changgui and his group left, Tao Wanniang told her restaurant staff to get busy, as guests were about to arrive.
"Manager Tao, this detoxifying soup is so potent, that person was almost dead when he arrived," Lu Neng asked curiously.
"Hehe, I have my own clever plan. This detoxifying soup is nothing special."
"Exactly! I didn't know that adding a little salt to water could turn it into an antidote!" Tang Ruyue exclaimed. "Manager Tao, but that person really did get better. What does that mean?"
"There's a specific method to adding salt to this water; different ratios result in different effects," Tao Wanniang said seriously. "If you eat something poisonous, you definitely need to induce vomiting; after vomiting and diarrhea, the body becomes dehydrated, which can cause many problems. A bowl of salt water is generally helpful. However, in the end, you still need to see a doctor for medication."
"But everyone already knows that sprouted potatoes can't be eaten," Tao Wanniang emphasized again. She couldn't show that she knew beforehand, and that she had carefully inspected all the potatoes used in the restaurant. She took the opportunity to use Zhao Changgui and his group to inform everyone about the taboos of eating potatoes.
This is truly a lucky accident! She needs to make sure Shi Tianbao remembers this, and also remind the Zhaixinglou in Wangjing that potatoes can't be eaten once they sprout, but they can be planted directly!
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