Chapter 242

“I don’t need your fake kindness . This old man can scoop the soup by myself . ” Mr . Ma didn’t accept Yuan Zhou’s kindness .

“I know . But your hands can’t work normally now, can they?” said Yuan Zhou bluntly .

“Fu*k off,” Mr . Ma instantly became expressionless and then he said peacefully . Yuan Zhou’s words had touched his sore spot .

“One moment . Let’s first finish my breakfast,” said Yuan Zhou indifferently . He was now more confident about his previous speculation .

“Are you here to pretend to be pathetic? With the sappanwood on your face?” Mr . Ma appeared to get really angry and hence spoke without thinking .

“No, no . They look nice,” Yuan Zhou gulped down a mouthful of soup and said naturally .

“In my opinion, you are just trying to gain sympathy with that trick,” Mr . Ma insisted .

“If you insist on that, just think that way . ” Yuan Zhou didn’t retort him and just answered quietly . Meanwhile, he didn’t slow down the hand actions and continued to eat the soup in the bowl .

“You want to eat the royal dish? That’s impossible . ” Mr . Ma refused toughly .

“Now that you say I’m trying to gain sympathy, do you agree to cook the Wu Chicken?” asked Yuan Zhou peacefully .

“Ho Ho . I have experienced much of the life . What do you expect to get with the sappanwood?” said Mr . Ma with an ironic smile shown on his face .

“Alright . I have finished my meal . I’m going to send the bowls back after you finish yours . The bowls don’t belong to me . ” Yuan Zhou set down the chopsticks and then pointed at the barely touched soup of the old man .

“Humph . ” Having grunted, Mr . Ma stopped talking and just ate the soup quietly . Yet, his brows were tightly wrinkled .

Ever then onwards, Mr . Ma spoke no more until Yuan Zhou carried the bowls and walked further away .

“He’s so young,” looking at the back of Yuan Zhou, Mr . Ma said with a jealous tone .

Walking in the village, Yuan Zhou was nevertheless surrounded by several kids .

“Li Ping, is this the person that is similar to us but comes from outside the village?” Of them, a seemingly fierce boy was asking the grandson of the aged man .

“Yeah, that’s him . Huang Hu, look at the red points on his face,” The grandson of the aged man pointed at the red points on Yuan Zhou’s face and then said excitedly .

“Humph . But I heard that was because he had just got stung by the bees,” said Huang Hu with a manner of scorn .

“Yeah, I also heard of that in the morning from my mum,” a little girl chimed in .

“Me, too,” said another boy while standing behind Huang Hu . He appeared to be the thinnest boy of them .

“No, you are wrong . The bulges vanished yesterday, but grew out again this morning . ” Li Ping just couldn’t make himself understood when he was worried .

“Then he must have got the red points out of the bees’ sting . ” Huang Hu gave the final conclusion .

“No, it’s not . Uncle, you tell them,” Li Ping first waved his hand to his friends anxiously and then said excitedly to Yuan Zhou .

Looking at the red spots on the faces of the several boys at different degrees, Yuan Zhou slightly nodded the head and said naturally, “Humm . Yes, I have the same problem . ”

“How do you know it’s the same problem? What if you know your problem is just allergies?” Obviously, Huang Hu was fairly sensible . He straightforwardly questioned Yuan Zhou .

“The main symptoms of the allergies are turning red, aching and itching as well as producing small pimples or red spots . And the major reasons that cause allergies are the natural allergic constitution and the thin layer of the skin . Due to that, some people don’t have the resistance to the external stimulus . ” Yuan Zhou first listed all the allergic reactions without taking a breath and then continued after he looked at the puzzled kids .

“But, I got thick skin and won’t be allergic . Most importantly, the red spots on my face neither ache nor itch, which is same as all you little kids,” said Yuan Zhou with a determined tone .

“Can I touch them?” Huang Hu considered for a while and then said earnestly .

“Ok, sure . ” Yuan Zhou crouched carefully while carrying the square plate .

Huang Hu reached out his small palm and touched Yuan Zhou’s face lightly . Indeed, he felt the little bulges on Yuan Zhou’s face . Only then did he confirm that Yuan Zhou really had the same red points .

“Is he infected by you?” he turned the head to Li Ping and asked him seriously .

“No, no . ” Li Ping took a step back and hurriedly waved his hand .

“Are you sure?” Huang Hu looked at Li Ping suspiciously . He didn’t seem to trust his words .

“Even if I’m infectious, I will surely infect my parents and my grandparents first . How could he be infected before my parents?” said Li Ping with quick wits .

“That indeed makes sense . ” Finally, Huang Hu was convinced .

“Elder brother, do you think we will get better in the future?” The little girl looked at Yuan Zhou expectantly while opening her eyes wide .

“Of course . Me, too,” Yuan Zhou answered seriously .

“Really? Can I also become lovable?” The little girl called Niu Niu raised her head and asked Yuan Zhou . Both her cheeks were covered with the red spots .

“You are quite lovable even now . ” Yuan Zhou nodded the head earnestly . With the solemn expression on his face, he seemed to be fairly convincing .

“Thank you, elder brother,” the little girl said obediently .

“Humm . ” With a smile revealed on his face, Yuan Zhou nodded the head and then left .

The several kids then passed Yuan Zhou’s words to their parents one by one . Looking at the expectant expressions of their kids, even the most desperate parents couldn’t bear to say that it wasn’t like that and they probably wouldn’t get better .

In the afternoon, all members of the family of the aged man daubed red spots on their faces . As for the plant, it was naturally the sappanwood pulp provided by Yuan Zhou .

The small red spots were like little hearts of affection . Initiated by Yuan Zhou and responded by the aged man’s family, other villagers whose kids had the same problem all went to Yuan Zhou and asked for the sappanwood pulp . After that, they all started to daub the red points on their faces .

Instantly, the number of adults and kids with red points on their faces increased in Yanfeng Village, which looked quite extraordinary .

Sappanwood was a natural wood dye of superior health and safety . It was usually used to incarnadine the eggs when people celebrated the birth of infants at the first month in some regions of China .

As a result, other kids weren’t afraid of those who had red spots on their faces anymore . Of course, they wouldn’t become friends immediately . But when they met, they no longer shouted the words of “monster” to them .

Kids were the purest devil and they never knew how sharp their unintentional utterances were .

When the red spots were no longer a special and independent occurrence but became a normal state, Yuan Zhou achieved his goal of helping those poor kids .

In the evening, in the room that Yuan Zhou had rented .

“Thank you, young man . You have really got a terrific idea,” said the aged man while holding the tobacco pipe . With the sappanwood red spots on his face, he appeared to be quite composed .

“You are welcome . The method of using the sappanwood has been given to you,” said Yuan Zhou courteously .

“Now that we get this terrific idea, those kids would be happier,” while smoking, the aged man said contentedly .

“Yeah . ” Yuan Zhou nodded his head with a smile .

“It was a pity that I failed in persuading the stubborn old guy to cook the Wu Chicken . I have some golden mushrooms over here for you to take back . ” The aged man felt a little regretful about Yuan Zhou’s wish . He took out a cloth bag which contained some dried golden mushroom from the back .

“Thank you . It doesn’t matter . ” Yuan Zhou received the cloth bag smilingly . About his wish of eating Wu Chicken not being fulfilled, Yuan Zhou nevertheless didn’t care much .

After all, Yuan Zhou had basically understood why Mr . Ma no longer cooked .

“Alright . Sorry for bothering you . Do come back again to have fun . I’m leaving . ” When the aged man saw Yuan Zhou so happy with the golden mushrooms, he also felt satisfied and then he turned around and left .

“Good night . ” Yuan Zhou nodded his head .

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