After lunch, Zeke took steps to have a truckload of daffodils delivered to Charlie’s home.


    The daffodils he arranged to send were of exceptional quality, vibrant and green, andplied with Charlie’s request to be non-flowering.


    Interestingly, daffodils closely resembled chives, especially when they were not in bloom.


    Many city dwellers struggled to identify different nts urately. Most of those who enjoyed chives had only encountered them packaged in neat bundles at the market and had never seen them growing in the ground. Thisck of familiarity often led to confusion between chives and daffodils.


    Chives were a beloved vegetable, crucial for various dishes like stir-fries, soups, pies, and dumplings.<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    On the other hand, daffodils were not safe to eat.


    Why? Because they contained a toxic substance known as narcissus.


    Narcissus is a harmful alkaloid.


    When ine mentioned to Charlie that Lady Wilson enjoyed chives, he immediately thought of daffodils.


    He realized that after Lady Wilson sessfully pilfered vegetables once, she would likely attempt it again. So, he instructed Zeke to arrange for workers to nt the daffodils along the vi’s wall.


    This way, Lady Wilson could easily reach over the fence and snatch a handful of daffodils—making it simple for her to steal.


    If she mistook these daffodils for chives and consumed them, she would face an unfortunate and unpleasant consequence.


    While the poison wasn’t deadly, it would definitely lead to a hospital visit and several days of treatment.


    Charlie’s goal was to ensure that after consuming the toxic daffodils, Lady Wilson would end up in the hospital. During her recovery, he nned to hire workers to transform all the fences surrounding the vi into solid walls and construct a sshouse for his vegetable garden. This way, he could prevent any future thefts of his produce.


    Meanwhile, Lady Wilson, who lived next door, happened to spot the truck unloading its cargo from the balcony of her third-floor vi.


    She blinked in astonishment and delight as she watched the workers unload clusters of slender green nts!


    They were chives!


    Fresh and glistening chives!


    She reminisced about the delicious lunch she had enjoyed earlier, made possible by Charlie’s fresh greens, which had made the meal hearty and vorful. It had truly been a nutritious and bnced meal.


    Seeing the fresh chives being unloaded at Charlie’s house filled her with joy, as chives were her absolute favorite!


    In fact, it had been quite some time since she had savored eggs and chives dumplings due to a series of unfortunate events—losing her home, enduring family turmoil, and being locked up in a detention center.


    As she gazed at the bundles of fresh chives in Charlie’s yard, a brilliant idea sparked in her mind! She wanted to grab a knife, snatch a few bundles from Charlie’s garden, and whip up some eggs and chives dumplings for dinner!


    ***


    At 4 PM, after waking from her nap, Lady Wilson hurried to the balcony to check on the chives in Charlie’s yard.


    Her excitement was palpable as she saw the chives neatly nted along the side of his fence.


    It was just too convenient, wasn’t it?


    Without wasting a moment, she dashed down the stairs in a flurry of excitement.


    At that time, Christopher and his family of four were gathered in the living room, engrossed in a television show.


    Harold had moved a smaller TV from an empty room downstairs into the living room. While it wasn’t asrge as the one they had sold, it served their needs well.<fnfbe1> Follow current nov?ls on find?novel</fnfbe1>


    Lady Wilson called out to Hannah as she reached the bottom of the stairs, “Hannah, go out and get a carton of eggs and a bag of flour!”