A bottle of essential oil costs fifty cents, and Yi Zhonghai wouldn't hesitate to spend it, so he returned to the house and handed the essential oil he had just bought to Jia Dongxu.
"Master, thank you!"
In the yard, Jia Dongxu was seen rubbing the essential oil all over himself with a stick.
"Dongxu, don't use it all up! Mom has a whole body full of bumps, hurry and bring it in for her to use."
Hearing this, Jia Dongxu frowned. Just a moment ago, when he asked for money, he said he would use saliva. Now, he borrowed the essential oil, and she wanted to use it too.
But after all, she was his mother. After applying it all over himself and the stick, he handed over the remaining half bottle of essential oil to Jia Zhangshi.
The wounds on his body could be scratched, but Jia Zhangshi was too afraid to touch the scratched areas on her face. If she touched it, it would hurt. Her face was already itching unbearably, so when she got the essential oil, she poured it all over her face.
As soon as the essential oil touched the wound, Jia Zhangshi let out a scream like a slaughtered pig.
Essential oil can be applied to intact skin, providing a cooling sensation and relieving the itch from mosquito bites, but it must not be applied to wounded areas! If applied to a wound, it causes intense pain and increases the risk of infection, potentially leading to ulceration!
With large areas of her face injured, applying the essential oil was even more painful than rubbing alcohol on a wound, so one can imagine how excruciating it was!
With wounds on her face and unable to scratch, Jia Zhangshi cried out while banging her head.
Meanwhile, Qin Huairu took the opportunity to grab the essential oil that had fallen on the kang and rubbed it on her own face. She was very particular about her looks!
He Yucheng, hearing the cries from the Jia family, secretly felt pleased. They deserved it!
At this moment, Yushui had also finished washing up. He Yucheng looked at her with a smile and said, "Yushui, it's time to eat!"
Looking at the spread of egg pancakes and stir-fried dishes, He Yushui couldn't help but sigh. Ever since she started cooking with her brother, the meals had improved significantly!
After the two siblings had their fill, with still some time before work, He Yucheng stayed in the yard to watch the commotion!
As for He Yuzhu, he was quite infatuated with Qin Huairu's face. Otherwise, he wouldn't only support the Jia family, nor would only Qin Huairu be able to borrow money from him.
Thinking of the various bumps on Qin Huairu's face, He Yuzhu felt a pang of heartache!
Seeing everyone in the yard watching the commotion and no one caring about the Jia family, He Yuzhu thought to himself that there really wasn't a good person among them.
So he pushed through the crowd and went directly to the Jia family, looking at the disfigured Qin Huairu, he frowned and said, "Sister Qin, are you okay?"
At this moment, Qin Huairu was busy applying the essential oil to her face and arms, with no time to pay attention to Shazhu.
After Jia Zhangshi adapted to the pain, she wanted to find the essential oil again, only to discover that it had already been taken by Qin Huairu. She cursed at Qin Huairu, "Qin Huairu, you damned thing! I haven't even used this essential oil, who gave you the right to use it? Hurry and bring it back!"
Having applied it where needed, but with the essential oil now used up, when Qin Huairu handed the empty bottle to Jia Zhangshi, Jia Zhangshi was furious and slapped Qin Huairu across the face.
"You cursed star, you worthless thing! I haven't even used this essential oil, who told you to use it all up? Go buy me some!"
Buy? It was true that Qin Huairu had money, having saved quite a bit from Shazhu and Yi Zhonghai over the years, but she had kept it very secret and certainly wouldn't take it out directly.
If she had been hit on a normal day, Qin Huairu would have cried like a rain-soaked pear blossom, but now with her body covered in mosquito bites, being hit didn't hurt at all; instead, it felt exceptionally relieving! A comfortable expression appeared on her face.
Not wanting to take out her own money, but the big fool was right here, in an instant, Qin Huairu switched to a different demeanor, her face streaming with snot and tears!
"Wuwu, Zhu, Zhuzi~ can you lend me some money to buy essential oil?"
If it were before, this expression would have been pitiful! But now, with her face covered in bumps and having been beaten black and blue yesterday, when she cried, she looked just like a ghost.
Even He Yuzhu was startled, and just as he was about to take out money, he remembered the old lady's instructions from yesterday. If it were the old Qin Huairu, He Yuzhu would never have the heart to refuse, but the current Qin Huairu was too terrifying!
So he stammered, "Qin, Sister Qin, it's not that I don't want to lend you money, but all my money has been given to the deaf old lady. Why don't you borrow from someone else?"
Shazhu actually refused her? Upon hearing that Shazhu's money was with the deaf old lady, Qin Huairu couldn't help but frown. Shazhu was a long-term meal ticket that Yi Zhonghai had found for her~
Shazhu's money would eventually all belong to her, but if he kept it with that old hag, when she went to borrow money from him, he would definitely have to ask the old hag for it. That old hag was even more difficult to deal with than Jia Zhangshi.
After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he quickly left the Jia family. Qin Huairu's current appearance was just too frightening!
Now everyone in the yard knew that the Jia family had been bitten all over by mosquitoes yesterday, except for Little Dang, but they had lit firecrackers in the yard at night, and Jia Dongxu had also said they lit firecrackers inside the house, so how could they still be bitten by mosquitoes?
"Hey, do you think the Jia family is getting their comeuppance? Even Heaven can't stand it anymore and sent mosquitoes to punish them?"
"It's really possible! Not to mention the fraudulent donations, they are always in the yard acting pitiful, throwing tantrums and causing trouble. Heaven sent mosquitoes to deal with them."
"They've done so many bad things, they are bound to face retribution. I just saw that in their family of five, except for Little Dang, all four of them were covered in bumps from mosquito bites!"
"Oh, these mosquitoes can even tell good from bad? Little Dang is only three years old and knows nothing, so naturally, he hasn't done anything wrong. But if that's the case, how come Qin Huairu and the stick also got bitten?"
The discussions outside were naturally heard by Yi Zhonghai. If it were before, he would have suppressed them, but now he had lost all his authority in the yard and sighed as he walked out!
It's better to avoid trouble than to stir it up. Just now, Jia Zhangshi had asked Qin Huairu to borrow money to buy essential oil. In the entire yard, besides Shazhu, he was the only one willing to lend money to the Jia family.
Having just been refused by Shazhu, if he borrowed again, he would definitely have to come to him. It's better to leave early!
Just as Qin Huairu was thinking the same, she had just stepped out of the house when she saw Yi Zhonghai heading towards the front yard, so she had to return to the house and say, "Mom, I can't borrow any money!"
Jia Zhangshi was scratching and rubbing, looking like a monkey, constantly rubbing against the wall in places she couldn't reach!
Thinking that the essential oil Qin Huairu had applied should have been hers, Jia Zhangshi cursed incessantly, "You bitch, you worthless thing, cursed star! That remaining essential oil should have been mine, who gave you the guts to use it?"