Chapter 32 You look so pretty when you smile
Cheng Ling handed it to Jiang Qiyun and Bai Muchuan, whose faces were full of question marks.
"What is this?" Jiang Qiyun took it curiously and observed it. This should be some kind of plant, with a red sausage-like substance covering the green stem. He unconsciously stopped acting, "Is it something in your supply bag?"
This plant still has the moisture of being just picked, and it should not be given by the program team.
Cheng Ling shook her head, took one herself, and put the remaining three or four on the stone next to her.
Then she explained: "This is called cattail, and rural people like to call it sausage grass. It can drive away mosquitoes when it is burned. Although it is not as efficient as modern insect repellent, it can also play a partial role."
Jiang Qiyun felt a little familiar, and after a little thought, he recalled, "Hey, is this the plant growing in the grass by the stream just now?"
"Yes, I picked it from there." Cheng Ling took one herself, put the top of it close to the fire and lit it, "You nod like this, one can burn for one or two hours."
"Big sister, how do you know so much? Weird knowledge?" Bai Muchuan sighed, lit his own, and leaned over to smell it, "This smell is quite nice."
"...I just read a book about this plant." Cheng Ling added, "In ancient times, this plant was also used as medicine. It is said that it can regulate women's menstrual problems, stop bleeding and relieve pain, and treat rheumatism... But in most cases, it is used to repel insects."
Cheng Ling looked at the cattail burning with green smoke in his hand, confirmed that it was burning steadily, stood up, walked to the small shed he built, and smoked it up and down.
Jiang Qiyun and Bai Muchuan stood outside, watching curiously.
After Cheng Ling finished smoking, he came out of the small shed and patted his pants, "Take out your tents and sleeping bags, and fumigate them like this to avoid mosquitoes, snakes, scorpions, etc. Be careful not to burn yourself, and don't burn your supplies."
...And snakes! Scorpions!
Bai Muchuan's eyebrows collapsed.
Oh, this show is so scary.
But he immediately followed Cheng Ling's instructions, and Jiang Qiyun took out the folding tent without hesitation.
Cheng Ling helped them hold the lit cattails, glanced at Jiang Qiyun, and asked in a tone that did not hurt Jiang Qiyun's self-esteem: "Do you need help setting up the tent?"
Jiang Qiyun finally realized how Cheng Ling felt when he was asked to take care of her.
"I'm not bragging, I can set up any tent in the world." Jiang Qiyun pulled out the tent with force.
"Can you set up a wild tent like the big sister, brother Jiang?" Bai Muchuan, who didn't know how to look at the occasion and talked nonsense, hadn't acted yet, and was speechless with one sentence, asked with big eyes blinking.
Jiang Qiyun choked.
For five full seconds, Jiang Qiyun clasped his fists to Bai Muchuan.
Cheng Ling couldn't help laughing.
This was her first genuine, relaxed laugh.
Like the fireworks that suddenly bloomed, it was dazzling and heart-warming.
Barrage.
[Wow! Cheng Ling looks so good when she laughs! ]
[…Like a spring flower? Sorry, I sang along. ]
[To be honest, Cheng Ling always hypes up how pretty she is. I used to think she was just so-so, but today, I see she is so pretty. ]
[Tsk! What? It’s because the light is too dim that they added a pretty filter to her… It’s the same as when we looked at the beautiful photos of Hong Kong beauties in the last century, mainly because we can’t see clearly. ]
[Is it so hard to admit that someone is pretty? ]
[Hey, I don’t know if you noticed that Jiang Qiyun and Bai Muchuan were dumbfounded, right? ]
Wooden Man No. 1 Jiang Qiyun and Wooden Man No. 2 Bai Muchuan stared at Cheng Ling.
Cheng Ling’s smile was about to burst. She saw the two people’s misbehavior and lowered her head to clear her throat.
Jiang Qiyun came back to his senses and lowered his head to look at his tent.
On the tent packaging, it was clearly printed in oversized fonts that 1000-degree myopic patients could read without glasses:
Fool one-button folding tent
Jiang Qiyun thought:
The program team took too much care of me. Am I such a mentally retarded person in the program team's mind... Is the program team too targeting Cheng Ling...
Cheng Ling watched Bai Muchuan pull out the sleeping bag and Jiang Qiyun also put up the tent, and handed them the cattails that he was temporarily holding for them, and instructed them how to smoke more effectively.
"You do this, put the cattails head down, and smoke from top to bottom... Yes, that's it, and don't waste the cattail ashes, collect them and scatter them around, which can also have a certain effect of repelling mosquitoes."
The three people finished smoking seriously.
Cheng Ling couldn't help yawning.
"That's it, I'll sleep first. You two can do whatever you want, but as long as one of you falls asleep, you have to wake me up."
"Then can you sleep in the tent? I really want to experience this primitive shed you built..." Jiang Qiyun said.
His big watery eyes flashed with a craving light.
Cheng Ling was stared at by such a pleading gaze, and it was really a bit overwhelming.
Ah——damn it.
"Okay." Cheng Ling nodded very reluctantly.
On the one hand, Jiang Qiyun felt that sleeping in a tent would definitely be more comfortable, and on the other hand, he really wanted to try this primitive shed.
It looked so fun!
When Cheng Ling nodded, he couldn't wait to get in, only to find that the shed was actually more spacious than he had imagined, and it was amazing that it was really comfortable inside. There were gravel and firewood and hay underneath, and the way they were placed minimized the feeling of potholes, and there was a fresh fragrance of grass and trees inside.
All human beings' first memories are in their mother's belly.
Human beings' love for tents is spontaneous, natural and pure.
Jiang Qiyun was full of joy... until Bai Muchuan also got in.
"Wow, Brother Jiang, it's so comfortable in here! So fun!"
It's not so fun after you get in.
But we can't always kick him out.
Jiang Qiyun looked at Bai Muchuan lying flat. He was 1.8 meters tall, but his feet were not even exposed.
"Wow, it's so spacious! So fun, when I go back, I will definitely ask the big sister to help me build one in my backyard!" Bai Muchuan shouted excitedly.
"You're dreaming!" Jiang Qiyun said.
Speaking of which, Cheng Ling seems to like this brat very much and takes good care of him!
He slapped Bai Muchuan and said in a deep voice: "Get up first and keep watch with me for a while."
On the other side, Cheng Ling quickly got into the tent and zipped up the tent.
The wildfire gradually quieted down.
The breath of the forest only came through the screen at this moment, infecting the audience watching the live broadcast.
The dense forest, unlike the light bulb, the real fire gave off a golden glow, the long insects chirped, and the wind blew through the treetops, making a sound like the sound of waves...
The audience yawned a few times, holding their mobile phones, staring at the screen, brushing their teeth and washing their faces, lying on the bed and staring at the mobile phone screen, and fell asleep unknowingly.
The sleeping audience missed Cheng Ling's wonderful performance in the second half of the night.