Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Chapter 24 I Got Honey (Read More)
In the woods, Gao Mingcheng sensed that there was no bee swarm chasing him, so he gradually slowed down.

He wandered through the woods, looking left and right, looking for his next target.

Whenever he finds the target, a group of bees will lose their homeland, and the anger will explode the group, but in the end they can only withdraw unwillingly.

If there is communication between bee colonies, these bees will definitely complain when they meet each other that there are shameless humans coming to steal honey.

And Gao Mingcheng's vicious reputation will spread throughout the bee colonies in the mountains.

On this day, the bee colony suffered heavy losses!

It was almost noon, and Gao Mingcheng carried a bucket full of honeycombs and walked to Grandma Xi's house.

Grandma Fine is cooking in the kitchen, and the air is filled with the pungent aroma of chili peppers.

"Grandma, do you have any clean cans at home?" Gao Mingcheng asked with his head.

Eating canned food is a luxury for country people.Whenever the cans are finished, the cans and bottles will not be thrown away, but will be kept for continued use.

Or it can be used to hold some rice wine, or it can be used to hold some oil, salt, dried chili and so on.

"Yes, there are several empty bottles in the room where I sleep, just wait, I'll bring them for you." Grandma Xiao swiftly shoveled out the stir-fried peppers from the big iron pan, and then poured them down Half a ladle of water was poured into the pot, and there was a sizzling sound in the pot.

She walked into her room, and after a short while, she took out several empty bottles, all of which were canned yellow peaches and lychees.

Grandma Xi has a daughter who is married to the village next door, but every year during the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, she will come back to give Grandma Xi some money and things.

Every time I come back, I will definitely buy two bottles of canned food.

Over time, there are a lot of useless empty cans and bottles left in Grandma Xi's house.

Seeing these empty bottles, Gao Mingcheng was delighted.

Honey is prone to insects and ants. If it is not sealed and preserved, insects will crawl into the honey and ruin the good things.

"Grandma, you cook, I'll wash these bottles." Gao Mingcheng put all the empty bottles into a basin, first washed off the dust on their surface, then opened the lid, cleaned the bottles inside, and then cleaned them one by one. Place the bottle upside down on a clean slate.

After the water in the bottle dries up, it can be used to hold honey.

Taking advantage of this moment, Gao Mingcheng started to clean up the hives he brought back.

The honey is hidden in the hive, and he doesn't have a honey shaker at the moment, so he can only rely on primitive methods to make honey.

First cut the honeycomb a few times with a knife and let the honey flow out.

Then take a piece of clean gauze, wrap the hive, squeeze it hard, and squeeze out the remaining bees in the hive.

The reason why it is wrapped with gauze is to prevent debris from falling into the honey.

But even so, there were still some debris at the bottom of the bucket.

This is also unavoidable, even with a honey shaker, there will be some debris left, but it only needs to settle for a while, and the debris will sink to the bottom of the bucket.

Just after finishing these things, Gao Zhuang came back with a rabbit.

Seeing the rabbit in his hand, Gao Mingcheng raised his eyebrows. Unexpectedly, Gao Zhuang's luck in catching fish was not so good, but he had luck in catching rabbits.

"Grandma, brother Mingcheng! Look, I caught another rabbit!" Gao Zhuang picked up the rabbit as soon as he came back, and showed off proudly.

I caught one yesterday, and got two more this morning. Adding this one, we have four rabbits in total!

Gao Zhuang has been greedy for meat for a long time, and said to the little grandma: "Grandma, kill two rabbits later, let's have a good meal of rabbit meat tonight!"

He was afraid that one rabbit would not be enough to eat, but with four rabbits, he felt that he was very rich and could afford to eat two rabbits for a meal.

"Okay." Grandma Xiao nodded with a smile, without any objection to this.He urged Gao Zhuang to wash his hands and was ready for lunch.

The lunch meal is very simple, nothing more than a plate of stir-fried peppers and a bowl of loofah soup.This made Gao Zhuang look forward to the rabbit meat at night even more.

Summer is hot, especially at noon, when the sun is scorching and the heat is steaming. At this time, even the most hardworking people in the village will stay at home to rest for an hour or two before going out to do things.

Gao Mingcheng and Gao Zhuang also stayed at home, but did not take a nap.

The cans and bottles that had been cleaned before had been drained. Gao Mingcheng sat under the eaves, holding an iron spoon, and began to scoop up the honey in the bucket and fill them into the bottles.

Gao Zhuang sat on a low stool made of a tree pocket, and watched Gao Mingcheng's work eagerly, but he was not very greedy, after all, Gao Mingcheng had already shared some honeycombs for him to eat yesterday.

Gao Mingcheng's hand was very steady, and the mouth of the can was not too small, so not a single drop of honey was wasted, and all of it was put into the bottle. When all eight bottles were filled, there was still one bottom left in the wooden barrel.

There are some residues in the remaining honey, which is not easy to sell, but if it is eaten by the family, there is no problem at all.

"Bring me a clean bowl."

After Gao Mingcheng gave an order, Gao Zhuang immediately jumped up, ran to the kitchen in twos and took out a bowl, and put the bowl on the flat ground.

Gao Mingcheng first used a spoon to scoop the honey from the bottom of the barrel into a bowl, and finally the remaining honey could not be scooped out, and it all stuck to the wooden barrel.

Seeing this, Gao Zhuang immediately stretched out his hand, scratched the inner wall of the wooden barrel with his fingers, brought out some sticky honey, he put his hand into his mouth, and smacked happily.

Gao Mingcheng was not particular about it, so he ate some, washed the rest with water, and then poured it into the trough in the pigsty in the backyard, as a sweet drink for the pigs at home.

"I'll take this bowl of honey to my house. You take a rest first, and we'll go to the mountains together later." Gao Mingcheng said while holding up a bowl full of honey.

A bowl full of honey, those broken honeycomb residues, have 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 a corner, follow a corridor, and then walk to the back door of his house.

Gao Mingcheng's family also raises pigs, and they raise two pigs in total. They mainly eat pigweed. His sister is the main force in hunting pigweed.

Entering through the back door, there is a very simple small yard, with some pigweed piled up in the corner, and a large iron pot for cooking pigweed stands next to it.

The big iron pot was empty, but still warm.

"Fourth brother, are these spicy dried radishes and pickles enough to last for a week?" Gao Shufang's voice came from a room. Gao Mingcheng followed the reputation and saw Gao Mingli through the open window. Gao Shufang and Gao Shufang were both in the room, and Gao Mingli was packing up, 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. It's too hot now, and I can't save too much, so my father gave me an extra dollar and asked me to buy some vegetarian dishes to eat with it."

There was still a wad of money in Gao Mingli's hand, all of which were small bills. He counted them carefully again, and there was a full 18 yuan.

The tuition fee is 17 yuan, and the extra yuan is for Gao Yuanjian to let him buy vegetables.

(End of this chapter)