Jiang Zhi took advantage of the wasp's concentration on chewing meat and quietly tied a thread around its waist, with a feather tied to the other end of the thread.
Within a few minutes, the wasp gnawed off a piece of meat, picked it up and flew into the sky, then hurried back to feed the queen bee.
It has no idea that its diligent self will bring disaster to the family.
The wasp flew over the forest cliff, and the feathers on its waist were particularly eye-catching in the air.
Below it, three people were following closely. Xiaoman and Xu Errui were running with quick legs and feet, following the feather.
Jiang Zhi could only look for the sound and chase the person.
This run was halfway up the mountain, and when I was about to lose track, I finally saw the feathers descending.
Jiang Zhi held on to the tree trunk and panted, staring at Feather disappearing into the woods on the edge of the cliff, and said to Xiao Man next to him: "I found it, the hive is here!"
In order to find the wasp's nest, Jiang Zhi and the others started catching live rabbits and fished for wasps with their meat. Now they finally successfully found the wasp's nest.
On a tree on the edge of the cliff, a brown beehive as big as a washbasin hung high, and dozens of wasps came in and out.
From a distance, you can hear the buzzing sound of their flapping wings.
Jiang Zhi and the others hid in the distance and peered at the beehive, discussing how to come and pick the hive at night.
Eight out of ten boys who grew up in rural areas have used sticks to smash honeycombs, and the other two are also in the group that ran with them.
Xu Errui and Xiao Man were the little tails who followed, and it was Nie Fantian who made the most troubles.
Xiao Man lowered his voice and said, "You can't use a stick to pound it. These bees will follow the stick even if you can't see it."
He was stabbed once and his head swelled into a gourd.
Xu Errui looked solemn: "You can only burn it with a torch!" He had seen people do it, lighting a torch on a long pole and putting it directly under the hive. The wild bees would burn their wings as soon as they came out of the nest.
There is also a risk in doing this. If one slips through the net, it will make people cry like ghosts and even kill people.
After a bee stings a human, its tail stinger pierces into the skin and breaks off, leaving internal organs behind, and the bee dies quickly.
But wasps are different. They can sting people without losing their stings. They can sting them several times and they won't die...
It must be dealt with carefully.
No matter how tough the wasps are, they still cannot resist cunning humans.
Water and fire are the wasp's enemies.
The three of them found the hive and left a mark before going home to prepare a fire attack plan at night.
When it got dark at night, the three men came again with tools. The wasps were blind at night and had rested at this time. The noisy hive hung quietly on the treetops.
Check the wind direction, pile hay under the tree, and put the tung seeds collected earlier in the grass.
Tongzi, which is flammable and smoky, is best used for smoky fires. If it is lit, it will kill the flying wasps.
Lighting the hay with a fire sickle, the three hurriedly hid far away. At this time, everyone put on thick coats to prevent being stung by wasps.
When the fire started, the smoke and light quickly irritated the wasps. In a blink of an eye, the hive began to buzz, and a group of sensitive wasps had already rushed out.
Their goal is clear, that is the fire, and each one is circling crazily around the fire, trying to put out the flames.
The flame of tung oil was so powerful that the wasp fell with a crackle just after being scorched by the fireworks.
More and more wasps came out of the hive, some went to put out the fire, and some began to look for the murderer. The whole area was filled with black wasps flying around.
Jiang Zhi and the others did not dare to get close, and fled further away in embarrassment, not even daring to breathe out, for fear that their breath would attract a swarm of bees.
These wasps were going crazy, the buzzing was as loud as if it was raining, and even the sky was blackened by fireworks.
In the absence of flamethrowers and protective clothing, using smoked wasps is the stupidest and safest method.
If the hornet's nest is set on fire directly, the final result will be a deflagration.
A honeycomb is a space with many small grid-like nests inside. Once heated and expanded, they will explode to pieces.
The hive is torn apart, the bee pupae inside are destroyed, and the flaming hive flying around can cause wildfires.
This hive is also medicine and cannot be lost.
After Xu Dazhu's back injury, in addition to paralysis of his lower limbs, incontinence of urine and feces, he also suffered from tingling and swelling pain in his entire spine, which required massage from his family for relief.
Now supplementing nutrition, Jiang Zhi also started to find some pain relief drugs for him.
The dew hive is the nest of the yellow star long-legged wasp, a Vespididae insect. It has the functions of dispelling wind and dampness, reducing swelling and relieving pain.
It is a commonly used medicine for the clinical treatment of rheumatic bone pain and joint pain. It can be applied externally to the painful areas to relieve symptoms.
The hive is just an accessory, and what Jiang Zhi likes most is the bee pupa.
Bee pupae contain high protein, low fat, a variety of vitamins and trace elements. They are ideal nutritious food and nutritional health products. They are known as "celestial ginseng" and are also the supplements that Xu Dazhu lacks the most.
He must recuperate his body before he can perform various treatments.
It's just that this hive is difficult to access. Not only is it located high up, but the worker bees defend their homeland to the death and are never lenient to intruders.
The wasps were working hard, and Tongzi's flame was also powerful, and the number of wasps in the sky gradually became rare.
An hour later, the fire went out and there was no movement outside the hive.
Xu Errui sneaked out, kicked the tree trunk and ran away, but the hive on the treetop was still very quiet.
Is this it?
Jiang Zhidu couldn't believe that such a simple thing could be successful, but thinking about the fireworks from the pile of tung seeds... even an elephant would be smoked to death.
Xiaoman climbed up the tree with a cloth bag and a sickle, and first carefully put the cloth bag on the hive. Then he boldly cut off the handle of the nest, and the heavy hive almost brought him down.
The hive didn't feel very big down there, but now it feels like it's too big, like a big wine jar.
It weighed more than ten kilograms, and Xiaoman couldn't carry it down, so he had to tie it with a rope and lower it down the tree.
Below, Jiang Zhi is also collecting the spoils. These wasp-infused wine is also a good thing. The more toxic it is, the better the effect. It is also a medicine to replenish the body.
Unfortunately, the fire was too strong and the smoke was too great. They were burned in the fire and no bones were left. She only picked up dozens of them with their wings taken off.
In the middle of the night, the three of them carried the beehive home. The huge beehive suddenly startled everyone.
I couldn't sleep anymore, so everyone gathered together to pick out bee pupae. At dawn, they picked out half a pot.
The white bee pupa is still moving.
There are many ways to eat bee pupae, they can be fried or steamed. There is too little oil on the mountain to fry them, so they can only be steamed.
Don't let such a good thing go to waste. Even if it's night, you'll light a fire on the stove and start cooking.
It’s been a long time since I’ve eaten such high-protein food. Everyone ate a dozen bee pupae.
The rest can only be steamed, dried and ground into powder and left to Xu Dazhu. Little Man is full of gratitude.
Now that the bee pupae have returned home, they will be enough for Dazhu to eat for a long time.
He thought that there was a pregnant woman in Jiang's family.
Qiaoyun couldn't eat bee pupae, and he couldn't just monopolize them carelessly, so he gave Xu Errui all the remaining ten eggs at home: "Errui, when Dazhu gets well in the future, I will thank you and your mother."
Jiang Zhi didn't push her around. Qiaoyun was now in her third trimester of pregnancy and really needed to eat eggs.
Moreover, he also wanted to hatch chickens and had some eggs at home, so he asked Er Rui to take them.
Everything was going on smoothly, with all kinds of busy things going on, and the sorghum and bean fields on the grassy slopes also needed weeding.
Xiao Manye originally just wanted to collect some grain at will, but looking at the strong seedlings and the increasingly wild weeds, he, an old farmer, couldn't sit still and went to weed every morning.
Half of the mountain is covered with seedlings.
He couldn't finish the hoeing, so he had to save as much as he could.
I spent the afternoon chopping firewood at home.
Those burnt-dry tree stumps were cut down to become firewood, which was piled up in front and behind the houses under the cliff. Even next to Jiang Zhi's house on the cliff there were piles of firewood, which ensured that they would be able to burn for a whole winter.
