Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 164

Even on the way back after harvesting honey, Chen Dongzhi kept wearing the hat and refused to take it off.

Zhong Ruyi was very worried. She saw that her third brother's hand had started to swell and turn red.

"Brother Dongzhi, are you okay? Why don't you take off your hat and let me see what's going on with your face?"

Chen Dongzhi's muffled voice came out from under his bamboo hat, "I'm fine, go back first."

On the way, Zhong Laosan saw some herbs, picked some, crushed them and rubbed them on his hands. Out of guilt, he also gave some to Chen Dongzhi.

Chen Dongzhi took a look and didn't want the ones in his hand. He picked some good ones and took them home.

After distributing the honey in the yard, Chen Dongzhi went back wearing his bamboo hat without saying a word.

Zhong Ruyi watched his back as he walked away, feeling worried, and glanced at her third brother whose hands were swollen like pig's trotters.

She returned to her room and went into the space to look for any ointment that could reduce the swelling.

When Chen Dongzhi returned home, his mother was mending a torn coat for Xiaoman in the yard. Seeing him come back with a bamboo hat on his head, she couldn't help but wonder, "Didn't you go up the mountain to collect honey? Why are you back so soon?"

Chen Dongzhi gave the two jars of honey in his hand to Chen's mother without saying a word, then went into the house and never came out again.

Chen's mother didn't care about honey or not, and quickly followed him into the house.

Chen Dongzhi had already taken off his hat, but when he saw someone coming in, he quickly put it back on.

"Ouch! Dongzhi, were you stung by a bee? Your face is swollen." Chen's mother noticed something was wrong with her son's face at a glance, and he quickly put on his hat again.

Since he had been seen, Chen Dongzhi no longer insisted on wearing the hat. He put it down with an expressionless face.

I saw that one side of his face was swollen, red and swollen, and even his eyelids were swollen, making his eyes squinty, but the other side of his face was normal.

Just with this comparison, coupled with his expressionless face, he actually looks a little cute.

Chen Dongzhi gave the herbs he brought back to his mother and asked her to crush them for him, and he applied them on his face.

"How could you get stung even though you were wearing a hat? Look at your face." Mother Chen felt a little distressed.

But her son was silent and she couldn't get any information out of him. She simply said that the bee ran in and was stung, so Chen's mother didn't ask any more questions.

Xiaoxue also followed in and saw that her brother was going to apply a facial mask, so she ran to her room and gave her brother a small bronze mirror that she used every day.

Chen Dongzhi took the bronze mirror and applied the herbs on his face, which felt a little cool.

The place where I was stung was a little painful and hot, but now it has been relieved a lot after applying the herbal medicine.

He just looked at the swollen half of his face in the mirror.

I wonder if Ruyi would care that his face has become like this?

His face was reflected blurry in the bronze mirror, one side was swollen and the other side was normal. His face, which usually had no expression, suddenly became like this, and it was actually a bit strangely cute.

Chen's mother was feeling distressed at first, but as she watched, she suddenly wanted to poke him.

But when she was stared at by her son's dark eyes, she put her hand down.

There was a shout outside the door, Xiaoxue hurried to open the door, she looked surprised, "Sister Ruyi, why are you here?"

When Chen Dongzhi heard that it was Zhong Ruyi who came, he reached out and put on his hat again.

Zhong Ruyi was carrying a basket with a cloth wrapped in ice cubes in it. She was going to use it to apply ice to Chen Dongzhi, but she still had to check if he was stung by a bee. If he was, she would have to pick out the stinger.

She smiled and said, "I came to see how your brother was doing. He wouldn't say anything when he came back, and I was worried he had been stung by a bee."

Xiaoxue took her to Chen Dongzhi's room, and saw Chen Dongzhi sitting beside the bed, still wearing the bamboo hat he wore when collecting honey.

"......" Zhong Ruyi.

Now without even looking, she could confirm that Chen Dongzhi was indeed stung by a bee.

"Brother Dongzhi, take off your hat so I can show it to you."

Mother Chen gave Xiaoxue a look, and the two of them quietly went out, leaving the two of them alone in the room.

Zhong Ruyi reached out and took off his hat. She had thought about what would happen if she was stung, but she didn't expect to be stung so badly that her face was swollen.

Even my left lip was swollen, not to mention my cheek which was stung and was red.

She took a closer look and didn't see any stingers. Instead, her action caused Chen Dongzhi to step back.

Chen Dongzhi lowered his eyes, afraid to see disgust in her eyes, and their eyes did not meet at all.

“...Don’t look at it, it’s ugly.” He whispered, looking as pitiful as possible. He even wanted to cover his face with his hands to prevent her from seeing it.

Zhong Ruyi felt so distressed that she quickly took out the cloth she brought and gently pressed it on his swollen face. "It's not ugly, it's not ugly. How is it ugly? It's all the bees' fault! Next time we will go and drive them all away."

A chill hit his face directly. Chen Dongzhi pursed his lips and didn't dodge. He knew Ruyi would not harm him.

Zhong Ruyi's eyes were full of distress. "Brother Dongzhi, apply this first, then use this medicine, and then apply a hot towel tomorrow and it will feel much better."

She hesitated for a moment and then said, "This one has ice in it. If you still feel uncomfortable later, I'll make another one for you."

Chen Dongzhi didn't ask her where the ice came from. It didn't snow where they were, and he was not a talkative person.

Besides, Ruyi means well, so why should I bother her by asking so many questions?

Zhong Ruyi left behind the two ice towels she had brought, as well as a bowl of medicine. This was a tube of ointment she found in the space hut. She didn't dare to take it out directly, so she could only squeeze some into the bowl for him.

"Brother Dongzhi, I'm leaving. You should have a good rest." Zhong Ruyi didn't want to stay for long, so he left after giving a few instructions.

After she left, Xiaoxue and Xiaoman came over.

Xiaoman looked at his elder brother's face, which was swollen like a pig's head. He felt a little bitter even though he had just drunk honey water. He said sadly, "Brother, will your face always be like this in the future?"

Chen Dongzhi glanced at him, not knowing why his face was swollen and why he was so sad, "No."

"Really?" Xiaoman was very worried. It wasn't that he was afraid that his brother would be disfigured, he was just worried that if his brother was like this, Sister Ruyi would think that his brother was too ugly and abandon him.

He likes Sister Ruyi very much. Every time she comes, his brother always takes out a lot of delicious food. Although his brother is usually very nice to him, it is very different when Sister Ruyi is around.

After he asked this twice, Chen Dongzhi didn't want to pay any attention to him anymore. He just asked Xiaoxue to drink more honey water and then drove the two of them out.