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Chapter 29 Harvesting Honey

"Goudan, hurry up and say that you will be rewarded with one cent if you exceed the size of your job, Ergazi said excitedly."

"Do you really give money? I know that both honeycombs have the same rice bowl as big as a rice bowl, and you give me 2 cents? And my brother knows that a honeycomb is as big as a washbasin, how much does it cost? Goudan said loudly."

"If you are the size of a washbasin, just take us there, give you 50 cents, and help me make a piece. Li Wen walked over and shouted."

"I don't believe it. My brother is as old as you, and he doesn't have a penny. If you fool me, if you want to know how to give money first, Goudan immediately said loudly."

"You are not righteous. My brother told me that you will definitely give me. You dare to look down on others. My brother is so arrogant. He is better than many adults in our village. If you do this, I won't give you candy next time I come. Li Tao said excitedly when he heard this."

"Okay, Xiaotao, don't quarrel with your kids, are they all friends?"

Li Wen said as he took out a handful of change from his pocket, which was more than two yuan in total.

"Look, little guy, I didn't lie to you, this money is at least a few dollars. As long as you take me to find the honeycomb, there will definitely be a reward," Li Wen took out a handful of candy from his pocket and let Cui Erga share it with everyone.

"Okay, I'll go find my elder brother, he will definitely take you there. My elder brother is also very powerful. He often takes me honey, and he runs towards the village with candy in his mouth."

"Let's go, Ergazi, go to your house, your aunt will bring you good things," Li Wen touched Cui Erga's head and smiled.

"What good things did my aunt bring to us?" Cui Erga's eyes lit up.

When I left, I saw it when I got home, Li Wen and a group of little guys walked in swaggeringly towards the village.

This village is called Shibei Village. The village is not big and there are only more than 30 households, and there should be less than 300 people.

"Mom, I'm back. Xiaoyong and Xiaotao's cousin came to see you. Cui Erga shouted far away before he even entered the door."

When I walked in, my second aunt's house and wall were made of stone, which looked quite beautiful. From this, I could see the benefits of relying on the mountain to earn the mountain.

"Xiaoyong, Xiaotao is here. Let's see my good grandson," an old lady in her sixties walked out of the backyard.

The two little guys also ran over and hugged the old lady.

"Young man, you are the second son of the eldest son of the Li family," Seeing Li Wen, the old lady went to Li Wen's house six or seven years ago when her second aunt gave birth to two little guys. She met Li Wen once. Li Wen was still young at that time, so the old lady didn't know Li Wen very much.

"Grandma Zhang, you have a good memory. I am the second child. Just call me Awen. As she said that, she pulled Li Min again. This is my younger brother Li Min," Li Wen said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, you guys sit down. Time flies so fast. It's been several years in a flash. Last time I went to your house, your brother was still breastfeeding. You were only as tall as a stool. Seven or eight years have passed, and you have become a big guy," the old lady smiled.

"Grandma Zhang, this is what my second aunt asked me to bring to you," Li Wen said as he took the things out of the basket.

Five kilograms of flour and three feet of cotton cloth, which were bought by Aunt Er who changed some time ago. Li Wen put a bag of glutinous rice noodles in it.

"This girl, you are not living a good life, so why should you get me white flour and cotton cloth?" It's a waste of money. When you go back and take it with you, the old lady complained.

"Haha, I just got the food in recent times and my family's life has improved a lot. This is also my second aunt's wish. Grandma Zhang, please don't refuse."

Finally, the old lady took the cotton cloth and opened the fruit for her grandchildren to eat it.

Li Yong and Li Tao have occasionally got Li Wen’s snacks recently, so they are not particularly greedy. Cui Erga’s family is on the mountain, and life is indeed very ordinary. It has been a long time since they had eaten snacks. When they saw the glutinous rice noodles, they immediately grabbed a handful of them and put them in their pockets.

"You damn child, who asked you to pretend to eat on the table? You pretend to let everyone eat," the old lady couldn't help but scolded.

"It's okay, Grandma Zhang, my own children, this is what you get for your family. They eat it often at home, and they are not too greedy. If you don't believe it, ask.

The old lady looked at her grandchildren, and saw that the two little guys nodded, so she stopped talking. She thought to herself that her daughter's family might have developed recently, and she was eating snacks tightly with her children.

"You sit down, grandma will make you honey water. Your uncle's newly made honey some time ago is fine," he said, and went back to the room to make honey water for everyone.

"Well, Grandma Zhang, your honey water is so sweet," Li Wen put down the pottery bowl in his hand and smiled.

Li Wen sincerely sighed in his heart that the honey at this time was so pure, it was all wild honey without pollution, and it was not as good as the sugar feeding.

"If you drink more, drink more. If it's not enough, grandma will pour it for you," said the old lady happily.

At this time, the gate of the yard opened, and a group of children ran in outside the door. Goudan was shirtless, and Li Wen recognized him at a glance.

"Brother Wenzi, I called my brother here. He knows where the honeycomb is. He will take you there," Goudan came to Li Wen and said, eating candy.

"Grandma Zhang, we are here today to get some honey. I won't bother you now," Li Wen stood up and smiled.

"Okay, you go and have fun. Don't go back at noon. Have you eaten at grandma, and Ayong, does Atao know?" Grandma Zhang reminded.

"Okay, please trouble you this afternoon," Li Wen smiled.

Let's go, poke the honeycomb, Li Wen and a group of little kids heading towards the mountains in a mighty manner.

"Hello, a bowl with a big mouth is really a cent, and the one with a big wash basin is 50 cents, and a piece is made," Goudan's elder brother, also a 14 or 15-year-old boy, stepped forward and asked.

Well, don’t worry about this, I’ll give it to you when I arrive, Li Wen said with a smile.

I also know a few honeycombs. At this time, a few older boys also came out of the group of children and seemed to be the family of other little guys.

Okay, I left. I found a honeycomb with a size of a bowl and calculated it. I took it down and calculated it. Li Wen waved his hand and said.

Along the way, more than a dozen little guys were talking and laughing, and they also slapped two beehives, the size of a palm, and gave them two cents without saying a word. Now everyone is more active.

"Look at this is a honeycomb that is more than the size of a washbasin. Goudan's elder brother pointed to a honeycomb path hanging under a cliff.

Li Wen looked up from under the tree, and I went and sweared.

This stone cliff is next to a stream, with a relatively humid climate around it, with honeycombs being more than one meter wide and bee embryos being more than a dozen.

"Okay, very good, this beehive is very big. You guys get him down and I'll give him ten dollars," Li Wen said excitedly.

It’s okay to get these bee embryos back at least twenty or thirty kilograms of honey, and you’ll make a lot of money for ten yuan.

"I'm sure we'll do it together," said several teenagers, who were fourteen or fifteen years old, excitedly.

You should know that their family can't earn a few dollars a month, and ten dollars is enough to make a few adults come and take risks, let alone a few half-aged teenagers.

Li Wen took out a bundle of rope from his backpack and handed it to Brother Goudan and said, "You fight from above and you, these children and I are burning leaves underneath and making thick smoke for you.

"I understand, we people in the mountains have equipment," Brother Goudan picked up his backpack and took out the rope and fireworks made by Akiko Matsu and walked up.

Several other people also took out their tools and started climbing up the mountain.

"Everyone is prepared," Li Wen said lightly.

A dozen children below found more than a dozen baskets of branches, lit the leaves and wet them, and then kept fanning the air, and the thick white smoke rushed straight to the cliff.

Several young men on the mountain were also fully armed, covered with leaves, one hand, one hand hatchet, the other hand smoke stick tied a rope around the waist and slid down the cliff.

When the smoke enveloped the entire cliff, the bees could no longer bear to go back to the nest or fly out before they started to cut off the honeycomb.

Ka, Ka's bee embryo was cut a few times, and thick honey flowed down from the cliff. Goudan's elder brother was really amazing. He was still hanging a basket under his feet, and the cut honey fell into the basket.

After more than ten minutes of operation, the back baskets of several teenagers were cut all over. The large hives left in the cliffs gave up because they couldn't reach them. There were many hives left behind for bees to use by themselves, and they could continue to cut honey next year.

"Wow, it's such a good harvest," Looking at the four bee embryos in front of me, which was at least 100 kilograms in total, Li Wen was very happy and took out twenty yuan and gave Goudan a six yuan, the other three teenagers four yuan, and the other little guys divided two yuan.

Several teenagers thought that each person could be divided into two parts at most, but they didn't expect that Li Wen was so generous and happy.

Let's go home and we have to get out the honey. Li Wen waved his hand and everyone followed.

When he got home, Li Wen asked the children to put the baskets at Ergazi's house first, and then gave each person a few candies to beat them.

It is already noon now, and Li Yong's grandfather, uncle and aunt have already returned from work. He was shocked when he saw several hives carrying baskets.

Hello Grandpa Cui, uncle and aunt Li Wen greeted everyone around.

Uncle Cui Dashan said in surprise: "Where are you here to get the bee nest? It's so amazing."

"Dad, Brother Wenzi is the big deal. Brother Goudan discovered this honey. Brother Wenzi directly gave them twenty dollars to get it. Ergazi hurriedly said.

"Twenty yuan, my goodness, Dashan, we earned less than forty yuan in total last year. Awen, you are a big deal," Ergazi's mother said in shock.

"Uncle, I don't know how to do it. Can you help me get this honey out?" Li Wen smiled.

"No problem, I'll get it for you now. It's a pity that this honey flows out of the basket," Cui Dashan hurriedly stood up.

After more than an hour of hard work, I filled two jars of more than 20 kilograms, and then I squeezed out all the honeycombs. Li Wen put a few small hives into the space.

A few little guys chewed the squeezed honeycomb and ate the last little honey.

"This is a lot of harvest. Two jars of 50 kilograms of honey, Cui Dashan exclaimed."

"A pound costs 40 cents, Awen is not worth the price. Someone in the village took out honey and went to the commune food company to give him 30 cents a pound," Ergazi said his mother.

"Auntie, it's not a loss for 40 cents. I have channels to sell more. If my uncle gets honey in the future, I will give you 60 cents," Li Wen said with a smile.

"Awen really gave it to Liumao," Cui Dashan said with wide eyes?

"Yes, you can also go to the village to secretly buy it, and give it to the villagers 40 cents or 50 cents. If you save too much, you can just bring it to my house."

"I want walnuts, pine nuts, and chestnuts in the mountains, too. They are 20 cents more expensive than food companies, but when you collect, you should be careful not to talk nonsense. It is best for everyone to sell enough food companies first. If you are buying the rest, the risk is small."

"Okay, thank you Awen," Cui Dashan said with his eyes lit up when he heard this.
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