Chapter 116 This is Henna
Gu Wanyun was heartbroken and asked hurriedly, "What happened? Was it a bug bite?"
Lu'er pointed outside and said that she and her brother were looking at flowers in the yard and were bitten by mosquitoes.
It was obvious that Luer's skin was too tender. After being bitten, she scratched it with her hand, which made her arm swollen.
Fortunately, the weather on the road to exile was not so hot, and there were not many mosquitoes.
If we were exiled in today's weather, the suffering on the road would be doubled.
The young lady from the wealthy family had never suffered. If she was in the Lin Mansion and was bitten by a mosquito on her arm in the summer, she would apply ointment.
But times have changed. They live in the countryside, so where can they get the ointment?
"Lu'er, my aunt has some medicine. Come on, I'll take you to apply it."
Lin Zhiyi took Lin Lu's hand and came to the front of the carriage. She pretended to get something from the carriage, but actually took out a bottle of floral water from the space. "Here, apply this and the itching will go away."
Lin Lu shrank her arm and asked, "Will this hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt. My aunt never lies."
Lin Lu then stretched out her arm and let Lin Zhiyi apply it.
Lin Zhiyi evenly applied floral water on Lin Lu's red and swollen arms.
Lu'er became happy: "It really doesn't itch anymore. My aunt really didn't lie. It feels cool and fragrant. Brother, come here quickly. My aunt has medicine here."
Lin Zheng was also bitten by a mosquito. Hearing his sister's voice, he stepped forward and bowed: "Aunt, can I use it too?"
His serious look made Lin Zhiyi want to laugh.
"Here, apply it yourself."
After Lin Zheng finished applying the lotion, he wanted to pass it to Lin Zhiyi, but Lin Zhiyi didn't take it: "Keep this. There are a lot of mosquitoes in the countryside. If you get bitten by a mosquito again in the future, you can apply it yourself."
"Thank you, aunt."
Lin Zheng saluted again.
"What flowers are you looking at? Can you take Auntie to see them too?"
"I'll take my aunt with me."
Lin Lu held Lin Zhiyi's hand and led the way. They came to a place not far from the courtyard wall and saw a few flowers and plants.
“Isn’t this henna?”
When she was young, she saw the neighbor's children dyeing their nails red, so she ran back home and pestered her grandmother to dye her nails red.
Grandma had no choice but to plant two henna plants and dye her nails every summer.
Mash henna and alum into a paste, apply it to the nails, wrap it with ramie leaves, tie it tightly with silk thread, apply it before going to bed, and remove it the next day. The nails will be dyed red and can last for a long time.
If the color is too light, you can repeat it twice.
"Auntie, what is henna?"
Lin Zheng explained, "I've seen this kind of flower in a book. It's called Impatiens. It blooms in May and June and can be used to dye nail polish."
Lin Zhiyi nodded. "That's right. If you want to dye your nails red, when the Impatiens blooms, your aunt will dye them for you, okay?"
Although this Impatiens nail polish is purely natural, it looks a bit rustic when applied to the hands.
"Okay, I want to dye my nails. They will look better if they are dyed red. Auntie also wants to dye them with Lu'er."
Lin Zhiyi smiled and replied, "Okay. Go play now, and don't roll up your sleeves anymore, or you'll get bit by mosquitoes."
Lu'er had just arrived in the countryside. After all, she was a child and was curious about everything.
But it can also be seen that she is much happier than when she was in exile.
Lin Lu ran back to the house, gave the floral water to Gu Wanyun, and pulled Lin Zheng to go out and play.
Gu Wanyun held the floral water in her hand and looked at the bottle. She had never seen a bottle made of this material before.
I opened it and smelled it, it was fragrant.
I just heard Luer say that this is called floral water, which is used after mosquito bites. She has also looked at Luer's arm, and it is indeed much better, no longer swollen, but still a little red.
Is this something my aunt bought from the Hu merchant?
My aunt is really amazing. She always comes up with some strange and practical things.
She put the toilet water away like a treasure.
Under Mrs. Song's instructions, the Lin family divided the work and began to clean the house.
Fang Mama and Chai Ya went to the kitchen to cook, while Dalin went outside to ask the neighbors where he could fetch water and chop firewood.
After cleaning the house, Lin Zhiyi asked everyone to leave the house. She took a face towel to cover her mouth and nose and began to spray insecticide to prevent mosquitoes, flies, cockroaches and other insects.
Fang Mama and Chai Ya also cooked a simple meal and set up the table under a big tree in the yard.
Because the house was sprayed with medicine, Lin Zhiyi said that they could not enter the house for half an hour, so they could only make do outside.
The Lin family members, who had never done any work, cleaned the house and then sat down tiredly, unwilling to move.
"Sister, where should we put the deposed prince's things?"
Lin Xiuran asked.
"Please put it in the carriage first. I'll give it to him when he arrives in Xishui Village." Lin Zhiyi replied casually.
Lin Xiuran nodded.
In fact, he asked Lin Zhiyi just to test her. He wanted to know his sister's attitude towards the deposed prince at this time.
Li Wenjing already has Miss Zhang by his side, so it’s time for his sister to give up.
Seeing that his sister's attitude was perfunctory, Lin Xiuran felt relieved.
Madam Song said, "Ran'er and Yan'er, take some money from me and go around the county. If there's a family with a ready-made bed, buy it from them."
Lin Xiuyan asked: "How many should I buy?"
Mrs. Song calculated and replied, "Let's buy four more. We need beds in the two side rooms in the north wing and the two auxiliary rooms."
Don’t worry about buying a bed, you will still need it after you build the house and move into the new home.
As for other furniture, it’s not too late to buy them after the new house is built.
Lin Zhiyi, who was eating, said nothing.
There are a few beds in her space, which take up space, but she is not in a position to take them out.
If she did it blindly, it would scare the Lin family, and she would not be able to explain it.
Just let them buy it.
Lin Fu said, "When Ran'er and Yan'er return from the county, please bring back some farm tools. After dinner, I'll go to Muramasa's house and ask him to take me around the fields."
He wanted to see how other farmers farmed.
Is it harder than being an official?
The eldest branch of the Lin family has a total of eight acres of wasteland. Lin Fu and Madam Song have two acres, Lin Xiuran and Gu Wanyun, plus their two children, have four acres, and Lin Xiuyan and Fang Luo have two acres.
Lin Zhi was not on the exile list, so she lost her land.
But at the same time, Lin Zhiyi can enter and leave Fangzhou freely without restrictions.
Lin Fu wanted to get to know his own fields and then come back to discuss with his children what to plant in the fields.
Although he didn't know how to farm, he knew something about crops. He knew what could be planted in the fields in what season and what the harvest would be.
Lin Zhiyi said, "Dad, I'll go with you."
"What are you going to do as a girl? Just stay home with your mother."
It was so hot in the fields, and he couldn't bear to let his daughter suffer with him.
"Dad, I want to go for a walk too."
As soon as Lin Zhiyi started to act coquettishly, Lin Fu immediately had no idea what to do with her, "Okay, okay."
Chai Ya went out to call Lin Zheng and Lin Lu back for dinner. They looked very happy when they came back.
Gu Wanyun instructed the two children, "Go wash your hands quickly, and come back for dinner."
Lin Lu pulled Gu Wanyun and told her that she had made new friends and had just played with the children in the village.
Gu Wanyun frowned at first, fearing that the two children would learn bad rules in the village.
Then she figured it out.
The Lin family has come to this point now. As long as her two children are happy, there is nothing else for her to ask for.
"Aunt."
The Lin family's eldest son had just finished his meal when Lin Xue's voice rang out from the front door.
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