Chapter 558: Qing Dynasty Transmigration Spirit Spring System (9)

Over there, Xie Yang took two jars of Mosquito Repellent and went to Li Shi's courtyard.

The two younger brothers were even more attractive to mosquitoes than she was, especially Hongshi; his little chubby legs, like lotus roots, were bitten with several red bumps, and the itching made little Hongshi unable to sleep well, often causing a fuss at night.

Xie Yang gave her convenient mother a demonstration, applying it to all the little red bumps on Hongshi's body; just after she finished applying it, she saw the little fellow lying on her and sleeping soundly.

"He must feel comfortable now." Li Shi looked at her youngest son's sweet sleeping face and sighed softly, "A mosquito got into the mosquito net the day before yesterday and bit him several times. For the past two days, no matter how we applied medicine, he remained fussy and couldn't sleep soundly."

Xie Yang then said, "Use this ointment from now on; it can prevent mosquitoes, stop itching, and reduce swelling, and it has no side effects."

Li Shi assumed she had sent someone out of the mansion to purchase it, and since the effect was so good, the price probably wasn't cheap, so she got up to get silver for her daughter.

"Mother, I have silver."

Not to mention what Si Ye and the Primary Wife gave her, even the silver sent by her uncles was more than she could spend in a short time.

Speaking of this, she thought that since she had accepted their gifts, she couldn't possibly give them the Immortal Grass Seed, so why not make a batch of Mosquito Repellent as a return gift?

No sooner said than done.

Two days later, she entrusted her convenient father to send two jars each to the uncles who had sent her silver.

The several lords who received the Mosquito Repellent felt balanced in their hearts: the one thousand taels were not sent in vain!

But why did Lao Shi have four jars?

Oh, two of them were for Lao Shi's younger sister? Were they bullying them for not having younger sisters? Weren't the Thirteenth Sister and Fifteenth Sister their sisters too? It's just that they weren't born of the same mother. Hmph!

Shisanye, who received four jars of mosquito repellent ointment, was so moved that his eyes were brimming with tears.

It was one thing that his eldest niece had considered his two younger sisters in the palace, but on the other hand—he was being bitten to death by mosquitoes!

The mosquitoes at the Farm were much more numerous than in the palace, and they were particularly venomous.

His neck was bitten in a circle, and his face was also bitten several times; some of the red bumps had even been scratched open, which was truly a miserable sight.

The ointment he got from the Taiyi Shu could only stop the itching for a while, and it would start itching again after the effect wore off. And when the effect wore off, it was often in the middle of the night, making it impossible to sleep well. The dark circles under his eyes made his wife think he had gone out to be a thief in the middle of the night.

It wasn't until he used the ointment sent by his eldest niece that he felt he had come back to life. Wuwu!

After Kangxi heard about it, he became curious.

He remembered that the Fourth Prince had also sent him a few jars of mosquito repellent ointment a few days ago.

The Fourth Prince, who usually left faster than anyone else after the morning court session without being called, had actually rambled on about a bunch of parenting talk this time for the sake of a few jars of mosquito repellent ointment:

"Your Majesty, don't look at this as just ordinary mosquito repellent and itch relief ointment; it was not easy for your son to obtain. One jar was taken while Honghui was asleep, and the rest were squeezed out from between the fingers of that girl Haiyin. This girl won't release the hawk until she sees the rabbit; she only prepared them for her Second Uncle the Crown Prince and her Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, and Thirteenth Uncles, while I, her father, was left behind. It was only when I mentioned you, Your Majesty, that she was willing to bring out her stock."

Kangxi was both angry and amused at the time, pointing at the Fourth Prince: "As a father, you are actually feeling aggrieved with your son and daughter? Alright, I can't use this many; you go send two jars to your Imperial Grandmother."

He had the Fourth Prince make a trip to Cining Palace to deliver the mosquito repellent ointment, but he himself had not yet opened it to use.

Recently, having heard a bit about Shisanye's embarrassing situation, he remembered the Fourth Prince's filial piety.

He had Liang Jiugong take out the ointment: "You also take a jar to use and see what the difference is between this and the ointment from the Taiyi Shu."

The next day, Liang Jiugong came to report with a beaming face: "Your Majesty, the ointment prepared by Haiyin Gege is indeed effective. This servant didn't drive away mosquitoes or get bitten last night, and it lasted until the third quarter of the Yin hour today!"

"Oh?"

Kangxi raised his eyebrows.

Afterwards, he had Liang Jiugong divide the ointment into a small bottle and send it to the Taiyi Shu, letting the imperial physicians try to see if they could improve the original mosquito repellent and itch relief ointment.

The Taiyi Shu worked overtime, testing several formulas, but they were never able to achieve the mosquito repellent and itch relief effect of the Mosquito Repellent.

Now Kangxi was truly curious; after the morning court, he kept the Fourth Prince behind, wanting him to ask Haiyin what exactly the Taiyi Shu's mosquito repellent and itch relief ointment was lacking.

Of course, he wouldn't ask for nothing; he gave a wave of rewards, among which were the Imperial Kitchen snacks and iced drinks that Xie Yang quite wanted to taste.

When Si Ye arrived at the Small Side Courtyard with the rewards given by Kangxi, Xie Yang was sitting under the shade of a tree with a cross-breeze, waving a round fan and brewing cooling tea to clear internal heat.

She didn't have a small kitchen here, so she spent some silver and entrusted the steward in charge of purchasing for the main kitchen to buy a red clay stove and an Iron Pot back.

It wasn't sunny today, and the courtyard had been watered with cool well water, which dissipated quite a bit of the heat, so Xie Yang was brewing cooling tea in the courtyard.

Honghui and Hongyun, the two little princes, were on holiday today and didn't need to go to the front courtyard to study; they sat in a row accompanying her, holding Red Bean Milk Cake in their hands, eating while curiously asking:

"Big Sister, the kitchen has cooling tea, and there is plenty to drink, so why does Big Sister need to boil it herself?"

"The cooling tea boiled by the main kitchen is not suitable for you two to drink."

"Why?"

"The cooling tea suitable for adults is too cold for children."

Hongyun added in a milky voice: "If it's too cold, isn't that a good thing? You won't be hot after drinking it."

Xie Yang was amused and couldn't help but pinch Hongyun's little face: "If children drink things that are too cold, they easily get stomachaches and diarrhea."

"Ah!" Hongyun's black eyes were bright, "Big Sister guessed right! Hongyun had diarrhea yesterday."

Xie Yang nodded: "Yes, so children cannot drink cooling tea indiscriminately."

She had heard from Li Shi that Hongyun had been overheated a few days ago, so she fed him several servings of cooling tea to try to clear his heat, but the wet nurse didn't grasp the amount well and fed him too much, resulting in him having diarrhea several times yesterday, and he only got better after taking a few doses of medicine.

But medicine hurts the body, especially for such a small child; getting overheated and taking medicine, having diarrhea and taking medicine, taking medicine at every turn—no wonder Hongyun in official history passed away at the age of only 11.

Xie Yang remembered that when she was in Shenyi Valley, a disciple suffered from summer heat and formulated an Appetizing Herbal Tea, which not only didn't hurt the stomach but actually strengthened the stomach and spleen, while also relieving summer heat, and could be drunk by pregnant women and children.

She drank it and felt it was good, and since she was usually generous to the people in Shenyi Valley, that disciple gave her the formula.

In the early stage of the previous plane, materials were scarce, and it was very happy to have Watermelon to eat in the summer; it seemed that there was no such thing as suffering from summer heat. It was only later when she was older and living conditions were better that she couldn't think of what to eat in the summer and finally remembered this Appetizing Herbal Tea.

But at that time, the children were all grown up, and usually, it was just her and her old partner at home; how could they finish a whole pot? Brewing a pot with a tea set was enough for the two of them to drink, but it always felt like something was missing.

Now she understood: cooling tea should be brewed in a large pot; that's when it has the taste of cooling tea.

Si Ye stood outside the moon gate for a long while, listening to the three siblings chatting away, the corners of his mouth curving slightly.