In the woods, Gao Mingcheng sensed that there were no more bees chasing him, so he gradually slowed down.
He walked through the woods, looking left and right, looking for his next target.
Whenever he finds his target, a group of bees will lose their home, and the group will explode with anger, but in the end they can only withdraw unwillingly.
If there is communication between bee colonies, these bees will definitely complain about shameless humans coming to steal honey when they meet each other.
And Gao Mingcheng's evil reputation will spread throughout the bee swarms in the mountains.
On this day, the bee colony suffered heavy losses!
It was almost noon, Gao Mingcheng walked to Grandma Xini's house with a bucket full of honeycombs.
Grandma Xin was cooking in the kitchen, and the air was filled with the pungent aroma of chili peppers.
"Grandma, do you have any clean cans and bottles at home?" Gao Mingcheng asked.
Eating canned food is a luxury for country people. Whenever the canned food is finished, the canned bottle will not be thrown away, but will be kept for further use.
Or it can be used to hold some rice wine, or to hold some oil, salt, dried chili peppers, etc.
"Yes, there are several empty bottles in the room where I sleep. Just wait and I'll get them for you." Grandma Xi quickly shoveled out the stir-fried chili peppers from the big iron pot, and then poured them into the pot. Half a ladle of water went into the pot, and the pot made a sizzling sound.
She walked into her room, and not long after, she took out several empty bottles, all of which were canned yellow peaches and canned lychees.
Grandma Xi has a daughter who is married to the next village, but she comes back every year during the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival to give some money and things to Grandma Xi.
Every time I come back, I will definitely buy two bottles of cans.
Over time, there are many useless empty cans and bottles left in Grandma Xi’s house.
Seeing these empty bottles, Gao Mingcheng felt happy.
Honey is susceptible to insects and ants. If it is not kept sealed, insects will crawl into the honey and destroy the good stuff.
"Grandma Xixi, you cook, I'll wash these bottles." Gao Mingcheng put the empty bottles into a basin, first washed away the dust on their surfaces, then opened the lids, cleaned the bottles inside, and then washed them one by one. Place the bottle upside down on a clean stone slab.
After the water in the bottle is dry, it can be used to hold honey.
Taking advantage of this moment, Gao Mingcheng started cleaning the hives he brought back.
The honey is hidden in the hive. He doesn't have a honey shaker at the moment, so he can only rely on primitive methods to get the honey.
First, cut the honeycomb with a knife several times and let the honey flow out.
Then take a piece of clean gauze, wrap the honeycomb, and squeeze it hard to squeeze out the honey still accumulated in the honeycomb.
The reason why it is wrapped in gauze is to prevent the debris from falling into the honey.
But even so, there are still some debris at the bottom of the bucket.
This is also inevitable. Even if you use a honey shaker, there will be some residue left, but it only needs to settle for a while, and the residue will sink to the bottom of the barrel.
As soon as he finished these things, Gao Zhuang came back carrying a rabbit.
Seeing the rabbit in his hand, Gao Mingcheng raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that Gao Zhuang was not very lucky in catching fish, but he was lucky in catching rabbits.
"Grandma, Brother Mingcheng! Look, I caught another rabbit!" As soon as Gao Zhuang came back, he picked up the rabbit and showed off proudly.
I caught one yesterday and two more this morning. With this one, we have a total of four rabbits at home!
Gao Zhuang had long been hungry for meat, and said to Grandma Xi: "Grandma, you will kill two rabbits later, and we will have a good meal of rabbit meat in the evening!"
He was afraid that one rabbit would not satisfy him, but with four rabbits, he felt very wealthy and could afford to eat two rabbits at one meal.
"Okay." Grandma Xi nodded with a smile, not having the slightest objection to this. He urged Gao Zhuang to wash his hands and prepare for lunch.
The lunch meal was very simple, just a plate of stir-fried chili and a bowl of loofah soup. This made Gao Zhuang look forward to the rabbit meat even more in the evening.
Summer is hot, and noon is the hottest time. The sun is scorching and the heat is steaming. At this time, even the most diligent people in the village will stay at home and rest for an hour or two before going out to do work.
Gao Mingcheng and Gao Zhuang also stayed at home, but did not take a nap.
The canned bottles that had been cleaned before had been drained of water. Gao Mingcheng sat under the eaves, holding an iron spoon, and began to scoop up the honey in the bucket and fill it into the bottles.
Gao Zhuang sat on a low stool made of a tree pocket, eagerly watching Gao Mingcheng do his work. He was not very greedy, after all, Gao Mingcheng had given him some honeycombs to eat yesterday.
Gao Mingcheng's hands were very steady and the mouth of the can was not small, so not a drop of honey was wasted. All the honey was put into the bottle. When all eight bottles were filled, there was still one bottom left in the barrel.
There are some residual residues in the remaining honey, which is not easy to sell, but if your own family eats it, there is no problem at all.
"Bring me a clean bowl."
Gao Mingcheng gave the order, and Gao Zhuang immediately jumped up, ran to the kitchen, took out a bowl, and placed the bowl on the flat ground.
Gao Mingcheng first scooped the honey from the bottom of the barrel into a bowl with a spoon. In the end, the remaining honey couldn't be scooped out and all stuck to the barrel.
Upon seeing this, Gao Zhuang immediately stretched out his hand, scratched the inner wall of the barrel with his fingers, and brought out some sticky honey. He put his hand into his mouth and sipped happily.
Gao Mingcheng was not particular about it, so he ate some of it, rinsed the rest with water, and then poured it into the trough in the pig pen in the backyard. It was a sweet drink for the pigs at home.
"I'll send this bowl of honey to my house. You take a rest first, and we'll go to the mountains together later." Gao Mingcheng said as he picked up the bowl filled with honey.
The bowl is full of honey, and the broken honeycomb residue has settled at the bottom of the bowl.
Gao Zhuang's house is not far behind his house. If his family members speak loudly, they can be heard here.
Go out, turn around, follow a corridor, and reach the back door of his house.
Gao Ming's Cheng family also raised pigs, two in total, and they mainly ate pig grass. His sister was the main force in the pig weeding. Of course, their brothers would occasionally help with the pig weeding.
Entering through the back door, there is a very simple small yard, with some pigweed piled in the corner and a large iron pot for cooking pigweed next to it.
The large iron pot was empty, but there was still residual heat.
"Fourth brother, are the spicy dried radish and pickles you brought here enough for a week?" Gao Shufang's voice came from a room. Gao Mingcheng looked around and saw Gao Mingli through the open window. He and Gao Shufang were both in the house, and Gao Mingli was packing things, stuffing clean clothes into an old canvas bag.
He lowered his head to work and answered his sister's words, "It's definitely not enough. The weather is too hot now, and I can't save even more, so my dad gave me an extra dollar and asked me to buy some vegetarian dishes to go with it."
Gao Mingli also had a wad of money in his hand, all of which were small-denomination bills. He counted them carefully again, and found that there were a total of eighteen yuan.
The tuition fee is seventeen yuan, and the extra yuan is used by Gao Yuan to buy food.
