Transmigrated To Another World: General, I'm Not Your White Moonlight - Chapter 69

Cold Ointment (1)
After drinking two cups of chrysanthemum tea, Duan Yixin returned to the kitchen and brought another plate of steamed buns. She put the plate of steamed buns on the wooden table and walked to the backyard.

Squatting behind the bushes, Ershiyi asked, “What is she doing?”

Jian Liu said nothing, but his eyes never left the plate of steamed bun. He thought for a moment, narrowed his eyes, and said, “She knows we are here.”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone else was stunned. Each of them had received at least five years of special training before they could leave the army and be dispatched on a mission. This young lady must be a master of martial arts since she was able to detect them from a distance, even when they deliberately concealed themselves.

After the shock, Sishijiu asked, “Captain, what should we do now?”

Jian Liu thought for a few seconds and said, “Wait.”

Ershiyi looked at Jian Liu and said, “Now that she has discovered us, won’t she attack us?”

Jian Liu shook his head and said, “It’s unlikely.”

As soon as these words came out, the other four people immediately realized something. Everyone turned to look at the plate of steamed buns on the wooden table and said in unison, “Steamed buns.”

Jian Liu nodded and said, “If she knew our location, she wouldn’t use steamed buns to lure us out. From now on, this is a battle of patience between us and her. Whoever takes action first will lose at a disadvantage.”

Hearing what he said, the other four secret guards couldn’t help but admire Duan Yixin’s bravery and clever mind. She was indeed someone worthy of their commander’s investigation.

Unlike their complicated minds, Duan Yixin had a simpler plan. She only smelled their scent and didn’t feel their murderous intent, so she didn’t want to become their enemy and use the steamed buns as a bribe. It’s a pity that these secret guards thought too much and missed this free meal.

At the same time, Duan Yixin was busy making cold ointment in the backyard. When she noticed the temperature was rising, she decided to sell cold ointment to raise money so she could stock up on food and necessities if the government did nothing to address the banditry problem.

The cold ointment she makes not only whitens and moisturizes the skin but also has a cooling effect that can soothe hot, itchy, inflamed, and irritated skin conditions.

With the current temperature, the advantages of this cold ointment are not too obvious. But if the temperature continues to rise, people’s skin will be irritated, and countless skin diseases will appear. By then, her cold ointment would be a hit, and people would be willing to spend a lot of money to buy it.

After working for more than an hour, Duan Yixin wiped her sweat and looked at the small jar of cold ointment with a satisfied smile. Because the main ingredient is chamomile, the cold ointment has the sweet scent of chamomile that would be popular with young ladies.

Before Duan Yixin could try the cold ointment on her hands, she heard a knock on the door from the front yard. She put down the small jar of cold ointment, stood up, and went to the front yard.

When she walked out of the house, she saw the plate of steamed buns still on the table. She paused beside the table for a moment, sniffing the air. Smelling the faint smell of blood, she lowered her eyes and walked over to open the door.

Duan Yixin saw Chi Xinru standing outside and smiled, “Good morning, Xinru. Why are you here?”

Chi Xinru smiled at her and said, “Xin Xin, my father said that he has hired workers and let me ask you when you want to start cleaning up the farmland.”

Duan Yixin opened the door for her and said, “It would be better if we could start as soon as possible. I need to start planting in the next few days. Otherwise, it would be too late.”

Chi Xinru nodded and said, “All right. I will go back and inform my father.”

Before leaving, Chi Xinru suddenly approached her and sniffed around her. Duan Yixin chuckled and asked, “What are you doing?”

Chi Xinru touched her chin and said, “Xin Xin, you smell so good. Do you use scented face powder?”

Duan Yixin shook her head and said, “I just finished making cold ointment. Do you want to try it?”

When Chi Xinru heard that Duan Yixin had made cold ointment, her eyes widened immediately, and she grabbed Duan Yixin’s hand, “Xin Xin, are you really made cold ointment?”

Duan Yixin nodded and asked in confusion, “What’s wrong?”

Chi Xinru looked at Duan Yixin with bright eyes and asked, “Xin Xin, can you give me some cold ointment? I heard that the concubines in the imperial palace also use the cold ointment, and they are all more beautiful than fairies.”

She pouted, then added, “My elder brother always said I looked like brown soil. If I put on cold ointment, maybe I can have white and tender skin like the young ladies from the city.”

Duan Yixin doubted whether saying those concubines were more beautiful than fairies was a compliment or not because the fairies she knew were names of military tanks and airplanes.

Although she was doubtful, she still smiled at Chi Xinru and said, “Of course. I will give some to your mother, too.”

After saying that, Duan Yixin closed the door, and the two of them walked to the backyard. When she walked past the table, she took the plate of steamed buns with her. Since they didn’t want her food, she would keep the steamed buns for herself.

When Duan Yixin and Chi Xinru walked into the house, Shiwu picked some wild berries that were sourer than a jealous husband and returned. After eating those wild berries, the six people’s teeth almost fall off from the sourness.