Chapter 1455: Chapter 1330: Stuff for Soaking Feet
And far away at the borderlands, the package has finally been successfully delivered to the outpost after several transfers!
"What’s this?" A few big boxes arrived, and the group gathered around to take a closer look.
"I heard logistics got this for us, at a special price. There’s not much, so each person gets three to five packs."
Three to five packs? Snacks? Everyone perked up!
You can’t bla the guys for being eager; it’s impossible to buy anything online here. The camp’s little store is always out of everything. Finally, when they have just an hour to use their phones a day, they find sothing appealing online, only to be told there’s no free shipping, dear!
So pay for shipping yourself... Look at the price, and forget it.
Now, everyone was rubbing their hands, ready with knives to open the boxes, but were quickly stopped by the arriving logistics personnel:
"Shoo shoo shoo, don’t ruin my good stuff. Wait for the distribution plan." Because these aren’t essentials, and there are suspicions of exaggerated effects, he had to write two or three application forms to get approval.
If it weren’t for last year’s tea egg flavor packet being so excellent, this funding would never have co through in any case.
Anyway, now that they’ve finally got them, they have to plan how to distribute.
Whether it’s Yuxing Grass Tea or Mugwort Tea, let’s aim for everyone to get so.
After all, in this place, winters are dry and cold, chilling you to the bone, and they’re always staying in underground dorms, so Mugwort Tea is a fitting redy.
But at other tis, it’s so dry and hot, that when you open your mouth, you feel like you could breathe fire like the son of the Bull Demon King. Yuxing Grass Tea sounds useful then.
The logistics people pushed carts back and forth, transporting the stuff back. The whole camp knew they were about to get sothing good! What kind of snacks could they be? Actually, the als here are quite good; everyone’s staying fit and strong. It’s just...
You want to eat but can’t get any, so it’s natural to crave.
And after this news brewed among everyone for two or three days, finally! Lined up in high spirits, they received them in hand.
At the first mont they opened them back at the dorm: ??? Did I get the wrong one?
The next mont: ... Is it just this stuff?!
Right now, Zhan Ming in the dorm stared at what he was holding, completely dumbfounded.
He had been here for a year.
Before he ca, he was a happy university student who played gas, ate snacks, and drank cola every day in the dorm, beefing up nicely in two years of university.
Though not overweight, his family thought this was not right.
Since the university was only a junior college, in this tough employnt market, it would only get more difficult to find a job, so his parents persuaded him to enlist.
Joining the army is great!
After being assigned here, it’s been a whole year! Never bought anything at the little store, the last snack he had was a packet of dried duck neck from a comrade during last year’s Mid-Autumn Festival.
To be honest, he sucked those bones clean, thinking nothing was better than duck neck.
And now, after such long anticipation, drooling at night until his pillow was wet, he’s handed two packs of tea.
Not even proper tea!
This Yuxing Grass Tea and Mugwort Tea sound weird! Who drinks this stuff normally?!
Everyone sat in the dorm with two packs of tea, just as stunned. But, no matter what, since logistics said it’s good stuff, they might as well drink it.
So started boiling water, others began making tea.
Only Zhan Ming stared at his Mugwort Tea, grabbed a handful, looked closely at it: "Back ho, we use this for foot baths..."
Saying so, he tossed a big handful into the basin: "Just in ti, the water’s boiling, I’ll use it to soak my feet; it’s a night watch tonight."
A dorm mate reminded him: "Put on your face net, the weather’s getting weird, how co there are so many mosquitoes in early April?"
"Wasn’t it warm recently? And it rained, so every little swamp nearby is full of mosquitoes... This will last until June!"
Everyone grumbled, watching as Zhan Ming poured boiling hot water into the bucket with a splash, when suddenly soone warned: "The squad leader’s coming!"
"Oh crap!"
Everyone scrambled to move their stools and clean up, only Zhan Ming was left dumbfounded. Logistics had emphasized drinking the tea!
He hesitated for a while, then carried the basin into the bathroom.
With the bathroom door closed, the potent sll of mugwort wafted out with the steam, so he quickly added cold water, turning the dark brown mugwort juice into a light yellow.
When the squad leader ca in to check, he had already stripped down, using a towel to dab the warm water onto himself, the bathroom echoing with splashing sounds.
The squad leader didn’t notice anything unusual, just glanced around and said, "The logistics folks weren’t kidding, this tea is good stuff. It took a lot of effort to get it, don’t waste it when you drink it."
"Sure, we won’t waste it."
Listening to the splashing water, everyone couldn’t help but feel concerned for Zhan Ming.
Once the squad leader left, after Zhan Ming had towel-wiped himself several tis with the mugwort water, he erged, covered in the scent of mugwort, looking helpless:
"My whole body’s soaked in it."
"Don’t go out, don’t go out," everyone huddled around to push him into bed: "Just lie down; wait until your night shift, no one will notice by then."
When the night breeze blows and he sweats a bit more, a shower later will make it all fine, right?
But to be honest: "You can’t waste the rest like that, use less when you drink, or you’ll be the only one finishing it fast. Our squad leader is sharp, he’ll definitely know what you did."
Zhan Ming looked tearful.
But no matter how impulsive he was, when it was ti to go on duty, he carefully put on everything he needed, especially at the sentry post with the light on, where there were the most mosquitoes at night. He had to wear a face net!
Two hours passed quickly; when the next shift arrived, Zhan Ming saw his replacent fully geared up and couldn’t help but smirk: "You don’t need the face net; I’ve been standing here for two hours and not a single mosquito or insect ca around."
Really? Were the mosquitoes feeling the temperature drop and stopped coming?
The fellow seed doubtful: "Really?"
He sniffed a bit: "You’ve been drinking a lot of that Mugwort Tea, I can sll it on you, feels just like a Dragon Boat Festival at ho."
Wow, at the ntion of the Dragon Boat Festival, he thought of rice dumplings and couldn’t help but shrug and sniff his shoulder: "You can sll the mugwort scent, huh?"
Wow, he really steeped in it!
Zhan Ming returned to wash up and change clothes, sneaking back to bed once the sll lessened.
But since he had just showered and jumped into bed, now the whole bed had a faint sll of mugwort. But it didn’t matter, the whole dorm had soaked in the tea today, it’s normal to have the scent.
He had a peaceful night without mosquitoes during his shift, quite pleasant, as he sweetly drifted off to dreamland.
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