Farmer's Wife Has Magic Skills - Chapter 532
Chapter 532: Trying the Medicinal Cream
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Fan Yuru watched Da Bai with sparkling eyes and after a while, she asked, “Can it understand other things I say too?”
Yuan Hongjun was unsure, “You can try, this is my first time seeing Da Bai as well.”
Fan Yuru thought for a moment and asked Da Bai, “Do you want to drink water?”
Da Bai lifted its head to look at Fan Yuru, but ignored her, continuing to eat its delicious chicken pieces.
Unable to determine if Da Bai understood her, Fan Yuru asked again, “Da Bai, do you want water? Shall I get you some?”
Da Bai flicked its ears but still ignored Fan Yuru.
Fan Yuru felt a bit disheartened, “Da Bai is too arrogant.”
Yuan Hongjun laughed, “It’s a tiger, it’s normal to act this way. Let’s leave Da Bai here and see other things in the village. There are many other interesting things.”
Fan Yuru reluctantly glanced at Da Bai, but had no other choice, “Okay, let’s go see something else.”
The four of them, surrounded by village children, walked through the village.
Under a banyan tree.
Chu Qingyan came with a few friends, “Hongxiu, this is a medicinal cream my fifth sister taught me to mix. Let me apply it on your face to try.”
Chu Hongxiu touched her freckled face. “Will this work?”
“Of course, it will.” Chu Qingyan was full of confidence, “You’ll see the effect tomorrow. If you drink some medicine too, the effect will be even better.”
Chu Hongxiu immediately refused, “No drinking medicine, just applying is fine.” Drinking medicine would surely cost a lot, and she had no money.
“Okay, sit on the stone, 1’11 apply it.” Chu Qingyan opened the lid of the medicine bottle, dipped her finger to get some cream, spread it in her palm, and then applied it to Chu Hongxiu’s face.
“The cream will feel a bit warm when applied, but it’ll be fine in a moment. This is normal, don’t worry.”
“Okay.” Chu Hongxiu soon felt the warmth on her face, like facing the heat of a fire, along with a faint medicinal scent.
“Do you feel it?” Chu Qingyan closely observed Chu Hongxiu, whose face reddened a bit.
“Yes, it feels a bit like being near a fire.” Chu Hongxiu couldn’t help but reach for her face, but Chu Qingyan stopped her, “Don’t touch it, your hands are dirty.”
Chu Qingyan took out a mirror, “Look at yourself in the mirror.”
Chu Hongxiu anxiously looked in the mirror, and the other children also crowded around to see. There were no visible effects yet, but everyone was very interested.
“What are you looking at?” Rong Shiyu, standing nearby, asked curiously.
Chu Qingyan turned and saw Yuan Hongjun and his group. She replied, “I’m applying medicinal cream on Hongxiu’s face to see if it works.”
Yuan Hongjun quickly came over, “Qingyan, let me see the cream.”
Chu Qingyan handed the bottle to Yuan Hongjun, then said, “This is a special cream for removing freckles, made by my fifth sister. Be careful not to break the bottle.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll be careful.” Yuan Hongjun took the cream and sniffed it. Then, he dipped some into his fingers and studied it.
Bao Linjiang was also very interested. He walked over. “Let me see.”
Yuan Hongjun blocked Bao Linjiang’s hand. “I’ll show you after I’m done.”
Bao Linjiang did not snatch it. He squatted down and looked at Chu Hongxiu’s face. “When did the freckles on your face appear?”
Feeling dizzy with the tall and unreachable divine doctor so close, Chu Hongxiu replied, “My mother said it started when I was three or four years old.”
So young and already having freckles, what could be the cause?
In the capital, he had seen many ladies and some men with freckles. Most of them were self-conscious, walking with their heads down, unwilling to be seen. He didn’t have the ability to cure them, so he just observed without taking any action.
“Qingyan, did my master say that this cream can cure the freckles on her face?”
Chu Qingyan nodded, “Yes, my fifth sister said if it’s used in combination with drinking medicine, the effect will be better. Using only the cream will be slower, but you can still see the effect the next day.”
The slowness Chu Qingzhi mentioned had already exceeded the effects of ordinary medicine by more than ten times.
Bao Linjiang suddenly had an idea. He asked Chu Qingyan, “Are there other children in the village with freckles?”
Chu Qingyan counted on her fingers, “Yes, there are about a dozen.”
Bao Linjiang turned to Yuan Hongjun, “How about we gather these children and try the medicine on them?”
Yuan Hongjun hesitated. “You want to?”
Bao Linjiang didn’t elaborate, “Never mind my thoughts for now, let’s try the medicine first.”
“Alright.” Yuan Hongjun hesitated for a moment but finally agreed, then they started to take action.
When the children in the village heard that they could test the medicine to remove the freckles, their first reaction was not to test the medicine, but to hide.
They felt ugly and very self-conscious, not daring to show their faces.
Fortunately, not all children were like this. Three or four of them were brave. They stood at the entrance of their courtyard with their heads lowered, looking forward to Chu Qingyan looking for them.
Chu Qingyan ran over to them with a smile, “Go wash your face, I’ll apply the medicine in a bit.”
“Okay.” Chu Xia nodded. She was eight or nine years old and never dared to look in a mirror, even avoiding her reflection in the water.
Her mother would sigh whenever she looked at her, bluntly saying she was ugly and no decent man would ever fancy her.
Every time she heard these words, Chu Xia felt very sad and depressed, which only seemed to make the freckles on her face worse.
Chu Qingyan asked Yuan Hongjun, who was standing beside her, “Will 1 become prettier if 1 apply a bit of this?”
Yuan Hongjun thought for a moment and said, “You can give it a try.”
So, Chu Qingyan dipped some cream from the bottle and applied it to her face, curious to see the effect the next day.
Fan Yuru and Rong Shiyu watched with eager interest. No girl doesn’t want to become more beautiful; they too were tempted.
Fan Yuru tentatively asked Yuan Hongjun, “What do you think about me using the cream?”
Yuan Hongjun replied, “Your face has no flaws, there’s no need for the cream.”
Hearing this, something clicked in Fan Yuru’s mind, “I may not have flaws, but
1 will age. What if the cream could keep me forever young?”
Rong Shiyu also looked at Yuan Hongjun expectantly; she too wanted to stay young forever.
Beauty and eternal youth are eternal topics for girls.
Yuan Hongjun, not having much knowledge in skincare, was unsure, “You can ask my master when we get back.”
“Okay.” Fan Yuru and Rong Shiyu kept this in mind, planning to discuss it with Qingzhi after lunch, when she was free.
Chu Xia quickly washed her face and ran over, “Qingyan, I’ve washed up.”
Chu Qingyan applied the cream to Chu Xia’s face. “Don’t wash your face until night. Otherwise, it won’t be effective if you wash away the medicine. Come to my house tomorrow morning. I’ll show you your face.”
“Yes, yes, yes.” Chu Xia agreed..
