373: Chapter 373: He Teng’s Maintenance_1 373: Chapter 373: He Teng’s Maintenance_1 “Oh, Huang Cai, I rember you used to apply a pale yellow ointnt to your hands and feet before bed when it was scorching hot, what was that for?” Jiang Biyun leaned in with interest and took a whiff, “It slls very fragrant.”
“It’s to prevent mosquitoes and such~” Huang Cai replied, “I made a small box of it before the sester started using herbs I gathered from the mountain.”
“You can make this?” He Zhilan exclaid, “That’s impressive.”
“What’s so impressive?
In our village, every family knows how to make a simple salve for minor injuries.
There are plenty of these herbs growing wild on our mountain.
When the season cos, they cover the entire area.” Huang Cai shrugged nonchalantly.
“You’re really sothing, keeping all the good stuff to yourself.
Didn’t you see us cursing and swearing from all the mosquito bites we got in the sumr?” Chen Xiting scolded, leaping towards Huang Cai and wrapping an arm around her neck in a jokingly interrogating manner.
“I….” Huang Cai was a little embarrassed, “These are all just homade redies from our village, nothing fancy.”
In the dormitory, Chen Xiting was the most attractive to mosquitoes.
Huang Cai saw how badly Chen Xiting was bitten and many tis wanted to give her so of her redy.
However, her insecurity kept her from voicing it out, fearing that city girl Chen Xiting would look down on her homade redy.
Chen Xiting’s words were not to criticize but to tease Huang Cai.
After hearing Huang Cai’s explanation, she dropped the subject.
“Huang Cai, are you going ho for winter break?” He Zhilan asked.
“I should.
If I go ho for winter break, I won’t go back in the sumr.
This is my first ti being so far away from ho and my family would like to co back for Chinese New Year.” Huang Cai nodded.
Considering the expensive round trip cost, she won’t be able to afford another trip ho in sumr if she goes back for winter break.
“Could you bring so of that ointnt from your village back for after school starts?
My brother is a soldier and sotis he has to train in the woods.
It’ll be great if he has so mosquito repellent ointnt.” He Zhilan hesitated asking for a favor from Huang Cai, but if she offers to pay, Huang Cai might overthink it.
“He Zhilan, soldiers in the wild always wear long sleeves and long pants, no matter how hot it is.
They cover their hands and feet and have camouflage paint on their faces.
Where can mosquitoes bite?” Jiang Biyun teased, “You’re taking this too seriously, aren’t you?
It’s like, your brother gets bitten and you feel the pain, huh~”
“So, you think when their face is painted, mosquitoes won’t bite?
Do you think these insects are as blind as you?” Chen Xiting laughed out loud, “Trying to show off your little knowledge about the military, even making fun of our dear He Zhilan.”
Jiang Biyun rolled her eyes at Chen Xiting, knowing she was intentionally making fun of her.
“He Zhilan, I rember you said your brother has a scar on his face near his ear, right?
I have a scar removal ointnt here that’s very effective.
It’s just a little stinky.
If you and your brother don’t mind, I can give it to you.” Seeing that He Zhilan wasn’t joking but actually wanted to use her homade redies, Huang Cai didn’t feel the need to hide her ointnts anymore.
She pulled out a large hemp bag from under her bed and found the small ointnt she ntioned.
“Thank you, Huang Cai!” He Zhilan took it gratefully.
The ointnt was in a wooden box; upon opening, she found a solid erald-green ointnt inside, very color appealing, but the sll was indeed disagreeable.
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