Chapter 1296

Meanwhile, far away at the frontier, the package, after several transfers, was finally successfully delivered to the outpost!

"What's this?" Several large boxes were delivered, and the guys who came to get the mail gathered around to examine them closely.

"I heard logistics snatched it for us; it's on special. But the quantity isn't large, so everyone gets three to five bags each."

Three to five bags? Snacks? The guys' spirits lifted!

Don't blame the big guys for being greedy; it's just that you can't buy anything online out here, and the camp's small shop has nothing. It's hard enough to get that one hour of phone time every day; you finally find something decent online to try, and the seller says, "Sorry dear, we don't offer free shipping."

Pay the shipping yourself... one look at the price and forget it.

At this moment, everyone was rubbing their hands, knives already in hand, ready to unpack, when they were quickly stopped by the logistics personnel who rushed over:

"Go, go, go, don't ruin my good stuff; wait for arrangements on how to distribute it." Just for this little bit of stuff, because it wasn't a necessity and was suspected of having exaggerated benefits, he had to write two or three applications before it was approved.

If the tea egg seasoning packets from last year hadn't been truly excellent, this funding would never have come through.

In short, now that they had finally bought it, they had to plan how to distribute it.

A dorm mate reminded him: "Wear your protective net well; the weather is getting weirder and weirder. How are there so many mosquitoes and bugs in early April?"

He had only graduated from a junior college, and with the current difficulty in finding employment, it would only get harder, so his parents, after some thought, encouraged him to enlist in the army.

Only Zhan Ming stared at the mugwort tea in his hand, grabbed a handful, and looked left and right: "Back home, this is used for foot baths..."

The first moment he opened it in the dorm:??? Did I get the wrong thing?

Zhan Ming guiltily went to wash up and change clothes, and only when the smell wasn't obvious did he crawl back into his quilt.

Lu Si was on the verge of tears.

After all, in the place where they were stationed, the winter is dry and cold, blowing until even the gaps in one's bones feel chilly; not to mention that everyone has been living in underground dorms, so mugwort tea was truly the perfect remedy.

As he spoke, he threw a large handful directly into the basin: "The water just boiled; I'm using it for a foot bath. I'm on night guard duty again tonight."

The guys sat in the dorm holding two bags of tea, all equally dumbfounded. But, regardless, since logistics said it was good stuff, then drink it they would.

He had no mosquito interference during his shift tonight, which could be considered comfortable, and at this moment, he drifted beautifully into dreamland.

Logistics pushed the cart back and forth to transport the items; the whole camp knew they were about to have a good treasure! What kind of snack could it be? Actually, the food here is pretty good too, and everyone is trained to be strong. Is that so...

And after this news fermented among the guys for two or three days, finally! Everyone lined up joyfully to receive them.

Whether it's houttuynia tea or mugwort tea, let's strive for everyone to have some.

"Holy crap!"

Two hours passed quickly. When the relief shift arrived, Zhan Ming saw the other person was also fully equipped and couldn't help but laugh: "You don't need to wear the mask. I stood here for two hours, and there wasn't a single mosquito in the entire guard post; not even a flying insect was seen."

This so-called houttuynia tea and mugwort tea sound very strange! Who would drink this if they were a normal person!

Enlisting is good, enlisting is good!

Good heavens, it really was soaked through!

He stared for a long time, then hugged the basin and dived into the bathroom.

To tell the truth, he had sucked the bone marrow clean back then and felt there was nothing more delicious in this world than duck necks.

But now, after waiting for so long, drooling all over his pillow at night, what was issued were two bags of tea leaves.

What's going on? Did the mosquitoes feel the temperature drop recently and decide not to come?

By the time he left the bathroom, that basin of water had been wiped over his body several times with a towel. Zhan Ming walked out smelling of mugwort, on the verge of tears:

And it's not even proper tea!

Everyone was boiling water and brewing tea.

It's been a whole year since he was assigned here! He hadn't bought anything in the small shop; the last time he ate snacks was last Mid-Autumn Festival, when a comrade shared a bag of dried duck necks.

But no matter how reckless he was for a moment, when he got up for his shift, he still honestly put on everything he was supposed to wear, without missing a single thing. Especially since the guard post had lights, and mosquitoes and bugs were most active at night—wear the mask well!

Good heavens, the mention of the Dragon Boat Festival made him think of zongzi again, and then he couldn't help but shrug and tilt his head to sniff: "Can you smell the mugwort scent?"

"Okay, definitely won't waste it."

Everyone listened to the sound of water in the bathroom and couldn't help but worry for Zhan Ming.

"Wasn't it warm a while ago? Then there was another rain, and the small swamps nearby are full of mosquitoes... It'll be tough until June!"

"Don't go out, don't go out." Everyone shoved him into the quilt with hands and feet: "Just lie down; no one will care if you come out when you're on night shift."

Everyone was complaining, and as they watched Zhan Ming pour the boiling hot water into the bucket, someone suddenly reminded: "The squad leader is coming!"

Although it was excessive, his family wouldn't have it if they saw him like this.

He sniffed again: "You drank a lot of that mugwort tea, didn't you? You smell like it; it feels like celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival at home."

At this moment, Zhan Ming in the dorm stared at the item in his hand and was completely dumbfounded.

By the time the squad leader entered the door and asked, he had already nimbly taken off his clothes and was using a towel to wipe the hot water from the basin onto his body; water was splashing everywhere in the bathroom.

Everyone quickly moved their small stools and tidied up their things; only Lu Si was dumbfounded. Logistics had repeatedly urged them to drink this tea!

Before coming here, he was a happy college student who played games, ate snacks, and drank cola in the dorm every day. After two years of college, he had grown a body of soft, white fat.

The squad leader didn't notice anything unusual; he just looked around casually and instructed: "The logistics guys were right; this tea really is good stuff. It took a lot of effort to get them to sell it to us, so don't waste it when you drink it."

As soon as the bathroom door closed, the overbearing scent of mugwort instantly rippled out with the hot water. He quickly added cold water, and the basin of thick, yellow-brown mugwort juice instantly turned yellow.

The next moment:... Just this thing?!

When the night wind blows, you sweat a bit more, and then you take another shower when you get back; wouldn't that be steady?

But at other times, it's dry and parched; when you open your mouth, it's like the son of the Bull Demon King, wanting to spit fire. Houttuynia tea sounds like it would be very effective.

However, since he had just taken a shower and crawled in, now there was a faint scent of mugwort in the quilt too. But it doesn't matter; the whole dorm soaked in this tea today, so having the smell is very normal.

"I'm soaked through."

If you want to eat but can't, it's inevitable to be greedy.

But, one thing to say: "The rest can't be wasted like this. Use less when you drink it, otherwise, when everyone is drinking it, you'll be the one drinking the fastest. Our squad leader is so sharp; he'll definitely know what you did."

The other person was skeptical: "Really?"

He had been here for a year already.