C18 Crop Poison

With Young Master White Feather as the lead, other people who felt curious also paid to buy her food.

Tao Xiyuan's heart could not be described with joy. She happily prepared to pack up the food. At this moment, a rough voice sounded from behind her.

"You can't buy her. Her crops are poisonous!"

As the voice fell, the crowd burst into an uproar. The timid ones directly threw the food in their hands to the ground, while the bold ones folded their arms and watched the show calmly.

Tao Xiyuan's smile froze slightly. She narrowed her eyes and looked at the person who came. The crowd consciously made a path for him, and a burly man walked over swaggeringly.

Suddenly, anger rose in her chest. "Uncle, we have never met before. Is it really okay to slander me like this? How can my food be poisonous? Do you have a conscience to delay others from doing business like this?"

"You're the only one who deserves the word conscience?" The middle-aged man sneered and stepped on the vegetable leaves beside him. "Tao Xiyuan, you don't know me, but I, Wang San, do. Aren't you the wife of the poor scholar from the same village as me?"

Tao Xiyuan frowned and sized up Wang San without batting an eyelid. After confirming that she had never met him before, she said coldly, "So what? We are from the same village, so you can say such crazy things in public?"

Wang San looked at Tao Xiyuan with disdain, his eyes flashing with disgust. "You really are shameless."

He bent over and picked up the vegetables on the table in front of Tao Xiyuan. After flipping them over, he sneered, "Normally, crops are sown in half a month, germinate in half a month, mature in half a month, and only mature in half a month. Your vegetables only took a month to mature. If they are not poisonous, what are they?"

As soon as he said that, it was like a drop of oil falling into a pot of boiling water, exploding. The scene became chaotic.

"One month? How, how is that possible?" Someone was terrified.

"Chi, I have long seen that there was something wrong with these vegetables. They look so strange. I have never seen such a dish even in the restaurants in Jing City before." Someone said lightly.

"Zhuge? Why didn't you say anything when you saw that there was something wrong?" Someone said in disdain.

"However, what he said seems to be right. How can a dish mature in a month? I have never seen such a dish in my family's farm work." A simple farmer was so afraid that his lips were trembling.

Tao Xiyuan's heart sank. She had forgotten about this. After all, it was different from ordinary crops. The acceptance of the ancients was low.

She took a deep breath and smiled at the people around her. "Listen to my explanation. Actually, the crops can also be…"

"It's really poisonous!" After someone cried out in alarm, everyone retreated like birds and beasts. Very soon, there was no trace of them. Only Wang San was left around Tao Xiyuan.

When Tao Xiyuan saw Wang San's gaze that carried ridicule, even the corner of her eyes was filled with ridicule. She immediately became angry.

"What do you know? Who told you that the crops can only mature in two months? You are simply trying to cut off the road for others!"

Wang San sneered in disdain, "Those that are poisonous are all used to harm the people. People like you only care about money."

Tao Xiyuan was immediately angry, "You are so used to using your own subjective judgment! How can my food be poisonous? From the beginning to the end, it was your own deduction. Where is the evidence? Fine, you are so noble. You don't eat rice or wear clothes, you don't need money, and you don't have to work for your family. I am making money, so why are you bothering me?"

Wang San looked at her coldly, "Smooth talker." After saying that, he walked away with large strides, as if even looking at her was a stain.

Tao Xiyuan looked at his back and became even angrier. What kind of people were they! Looking at the messy ground, she stomped her feet and walked away.

In the courtyard, Soong Junlian was sitting by the stone table under the tree reading a book. He held the book with both hands, and the sound of reading could be heard from time to time, as if it was a soft and pleasant voice. The mottled tree shadow made him even more peaceful and auspicious.

At this moment, a light footstep sounded. Soong Junlian turned around and saw Tao Xiyuan walking in with an ugly expression.

"Xi is back?" Soong Junlian put down the book and smiled warmly, "Come and sit down to drink some tea to moisten your throat."

Tao Xiyuan did not say anything and directly sat down beside him. She picked up the teapot on the stone table and drank a cup of tea. The shadows of the trees shrouded her face, making her look half bright and half dim.

"What's wrong?" Soong Junlian saw her expression and raised his eyebrows. His voice was like the sound of spring water. "Did you encounter any trouble in the market?"

Tao Xiyuan sighed heavily and told him what had happened.

After hearing what she said, Soong Junlian couldn't help but lower his eyes and ponder. Tao Xiyuan was still blabbering on about Wang San, and she was holding her anger in her heart.

"If it wasn't for him, my dishes would have been sold long ago! Without any evidence, he would have been able to talk nonsense! When the day comes when I make these dishes and personally bring them to him, I will see if I can eat him to death! This Wang San …"

"I've got it." Suddenly, a thought flashed across Soong Junlian's mind.

Tao Xiyuan was stunned for a moment, then she stopped talking. "What do you mean?"

Soong Junlian smiled indifferently. "I thought about it just now. There are two reasons why your dishes can't be sold. First, those villagers have never seen such a dish before, so they can't help but feel worried. Second, no one has eaten it before, and Wang San is lying. So the only solution is to make these dishes and let them taste it."

Tao Xiyuan's eyes lit up. "Good idea! I'll do it now!"

She was about to take a big step forward when she suddenly thought of something. She stopped in her tracks and looked at him with a puzzled frown.

Soong Junlian raised his head to look at her and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

"You haven't seen these dishes last night, so why did you eat them without hesitation?" Tao Xiyuan stared at him intently. "Aren't you afraid that the wild vegetables I picked are poisonous?"

When Soong Junlian heard her question, he couldn't help but smile. His warm gaze flickered as if it had lengthened the joy in his eyes.

Tao Xiyuan became anxious. "What's so funny? I'm asking you a serious question!"

Soong Junlian retracted his smile and turned his head to look at her with a rare seriousness in his eyes. "I believe you."

His short sentence contained a lot of weight. Tao Xiyuan couldn't help but be shocked in her heart, as if something had rippled out.

Suddenly, a hand waved in front of her. The laughter beside her was low and pleasant. "Did you get stupid?"

Tao Xiyuan suddenly came back to her senses. "I'll go to the kitchen." With that, she ran away in a panic. The smile in Soong Junlian's eyes gradually became stronger.