Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Gao Mingcheng and Chen Dasong each carried a honey shaker, while Chen Duoxi followed behind with two honey cutting knives and a basin with a happy face.

Chen Duoxi, who likes sweets, likes the job of harvesting and shaking honey because she can eat at least two mouthfuls of honey.

Every time after shaking the honey and filtering it, there will always be some residual honey with residue, which can also be eaten.

The more than 40 beehives at home were not all put together, but were placed in three places. Chen Duofu took them to the nearest place first, which was in the valley between Xiaofu Mountain and Niuweiling. .

In June, there are birds chirping and flowers fragrant everywhere. It is the time of year when most honey is produced.

Place the honey shaker under the shade of a tree three or four meters away from the beehive. Chen Duofu and Gao Mingcheng will open the beehive and take out the honeycombs. In a beehive, there are as few as seven or eight honeycombs, and as many as twelve. Three, each on both sides of the hive, were crowded with bees.

After the honeycomb is pulled out, some bees are frightened and fly away, but some still refuse to move. At this time, you need to use a fine-bristled brush to gently brush the bees away.

After the bees have flown away, you can use a long knife to cut off the beeswax on the top of the honeycomb.

Unless this layer of beeswax is cut open, the honey inside cannot come out.

The cut beeswax still has some honey attached to it, so place it in a clean basin.

After the beeswax on both sides of a honeycomb is cut, you can put it into the honey shaker. You can put two honeycombs at a time, and then you can shake the handle, and the machine with the honeycomb inside will keep rotating. , during the rotation process, the honey flows to the bottom of the honey shaker.

This work will be done by Chen Dasong and Chen Duoxi for the time being.

Life at home has been good in the past two years. Chen Duoxi has grown taller, gained weight on his body, and is naturally stronger. He is holding the honey shaker with one hand and shaking the handle with the other. His movements look quite cheerful.

However, shaking honey is a boring job. At first, you have the strength to shake it fast, but if you don't grasp the rhythm well, the speed will soon slow down.

But if the speed is slow, the honey cannot be shaken out.

When Gao Mingcheng opened the beehive to take out the honeycombs, he observed the situation of the bee swarms. If the bee swarms were large, they would be less likely to get sick, be able to resist foreign enemies, and produce a lot of honey.

In the process of taking out the bee spleen, Gao Mingcheng noticed that there were some dead bees and wasps scattered on the floor of the beehive.

These bees were bitten to death by wasps, and the wasps were killed by Chen Duofu.

However, Chen Duofu could not always guard the edge of the beehive, so there were more bee corpses than wasps.

Most of the things in this world are mutually reinforcing and interfering with each other. Gao Mingcheng cannot control so much, so he can only get the honey first. He was wearing short sleeves and sandals, and his head and face were not covered with a veil, but no bees tried to sting him as he stood in front of the beehive.

Because he didn't have those burdens, he moved very quickly, and he cut several beehives in a short time.

Chen Dasong is strong and knows how to control the rhythm of shaking the honey. He shakes it slowly and slowly, and can keep up with Chen Duofu's speed of harvesting the honey. Chen Duoxi is young and has little strength, so he has some shortages.

By the time Chen Duoxi shook ten beehives, he was already sweating profusely.

"You take a rest and I'll shake it." Gao Mingcheng walked over with the newly cut honeycomb and placed it skillfully inside the honey shaker.

"Hey, okay. Then I'll harvest the honey." Chen Duoxi's face was full of joy, but he didn't do anything. Instead, he took over the job of harvesting the honey. In this way, his elder brother Chen Duofu only had to be responsible for collecting the honeycomb and honey. The honeycomb has been shaken.

Once the honey is shaken, it lasts a day. When it gets dark, the honey has not been completely shaken. There are still twelve beehives that have not been shaken. We can only wait until tomorrow.

Gao Mingcheng came with his wife and children this time, and since there was housing in the village, the three of them were not in a hurry to return to the county town, but decided to stay here for one night.

Many beautiful mornings were spent washing the honey shaker and bottles, and then the large tank for sedimentation, the sieve for filtering, and the ladles and funnels for storing honey.

When Gao Mingcheng comes back with the honey shaker filled with honey, he must first pour the honey into the large tank without water and oil to settle. After it has settled, he will put it into clean bottles with a ladle and funnel. inside.

In addition to being busy with these things, many beauties also have to take care of their children and cook lunch and dinner at the same time. They have no time to spare for a whole day.

By night, there was already a full pot of beeswax in the pot. The beeswax also contained a lot of honey. It couldn't be wasted like this. It had to be wrapped in clean gauze and squeezed hard to squeeze out all the honey inside. When it comes out, the remaining residue is the beeswax.

This beeswax can be sold directly, or it can be sold after initial processing. After initial processing, the price will naturally be more expensive, but Gao Mingcheng dislikes the trouble and would rather sell it cheaper.

The honey squeezed out in this way will still contain a little bit of debris, and it will not look so clear and translucent, so it needs to be precipitated again. After precipitating, you can put it in leftover cans and bottles at home, or eat it at home, or take it out Go give someone away.

It is said that the oil seller combs her hair with water, and the meat seller gnaws the bones. This is how the world is.

Because of the honey shaking, there is an aroma of nectar permeating the house and outside the house. This aroma attracts many wasps, trying to steal some sweet honey.

It's a pity that many beauties are not the kind of people who are afraid of wasps. Every time they see a wasp, they have to adopt a posture of "I and the wasp are incompatible", pick up a wooden board, and hit the wasp. As long as the hands are quick and the eyes are quick, the wasp will be killed immediately under the board. .

When Gao Mingcheng came home at night, there were already many wasp corpses on the ground.

Many beauties even said proudly that they would give these wasps to the chickens.

Chickens are omnivores, and they are not even afraid of centipedes. They will eat just a few wasps.

Gao Mingcheng had been shaking honey for a day. Although he was physically strong, he felt that his arms were no longer his own. He didn't even bother to take a shower. After fetching water, he took off his clothes and just stood not far from the well and rinsed himself.

When rinsing, he felt that his hair was a little too long, so he planned to find a barber shop to get his hair cut before going to Yangcheng.

I also had a casual dinner, with a big bowl of noodles to satisfy my internal organs.

After the meal, Gao Mingcheng sat comfortably in the yard. The night wind blew from the mountains and forests, blowing away the heat of the day and bringing a sense of coolness.

If you live in the county, it will still be muggy at this time, but the nights in small mountain villages will get cooler faster.

If you have free time, you can also go to the reservoir to take a bath, swim a few times, talk to others, and brag, that would be pleasant. Duo Mei also took little Xuxu to enjoy the shade in the yard, but there was also a disadvantage in the yard, that is, there were many mosquitoes.

There are so many that mosquito coils are useless!

Xuanyue was holding a palm-leaf fan, fanning and driving away mosquitoes for Xiaoxuxu. Xiaoxuxu was looking up at the stars and the moon.

The night is as cool as water, and the starry sky is brilliant. Today is the first quarter moon. There is a bright half-moon in the sky, and there are also shining stars. These stars are bright or dark, each with its own characteristics.

Many beauties are teaching Xiao Xuxu to recognize the moon and stars, but she can't tell what the names of those stars are, so they just call them stars.

Gao Mingcheng also looked up at the sky, but he didn't have much education. After pondering for a long time, he barely recognized the common stars such as the North Star and the Big Dipper.

As for the twenty-eight constellations and Western constellation knowledge, forgive him for not having the ability.

When he looked at the sky, he lamented that the sky looked beautiful at night. There was no pollution from heavy industry at this time, and there were no dazzling neon lights. People and the sky were clearly far apart, but there was still an illusion that they could reach out and reach for the stars.

In later generations, when people living in cities looked at the stars, they felt that there was a layer of membrane between people and the sky. People could not see the sky clearly, and they could not feel the heroic and romantic feeling of reaching for the stars in their hearts.

After raising his head for a long time, Gao Mingcheng felt that his neck hurt, and he lamented that he should buy some deck chairs. In the summer, he moved the deck chairs to the yard, which was convenient for lying down and looking at the sky, or lying down to sleep.

Just when he was thinking about buying a recliner, Duo Mei said: "Looking at the days, my eldest sister should have given birth. Why haven't they come to report the news yet? Mingcheng, let's go see my eldest sister before returning to the county town tomorrow!"

During the Chinese New Year last year, they learned that Duo Jin was pregnant with three children. Although the management here is not so strict, it is still rare to have three children. Therefore, many Jin family decided to hide in the mountains until the child was born. When the child was born, he would be fined. Anyway, it was impossible to give birth to a child. People were killed.

The village where many Jins live is even more remote than Gaojia Village. As long as the people in the village don't betray them, the baby will definitely be born smoothly.

After hearing this, Gao Mingcheng recalled the events of his previous life in his mind, but he was too busy recently and many beautiful women did not mention it, so he couldn't remember it at all.

But now that there are many beautiful things to mention, he said: "Okay, there are still twelve boxes of bees left at home. They should be ready in the morning. In the afternoon, we will go to my eldest sister's house and give her a box. jar of honey.”

Many Mei agreed with a smile, and the honey she sent to her eldest sister's house was naturally the honey that settled out at the end, with a little residue and not bright enough in color.

The couple chatted without saying a word, but Xiao Xuxu fell asleep lying in the arms of Duo Mei without knowing it.

Seeing this, the couple stopped talking. Duomei wanted to take Xiao Xuxu into the room and go to sleep, but because he had been sitting for a long time, his hands and feet became numb and he almost couldn't stand up.

Gao Mingcheng took a few steps forward, picked up the sleeping little Xuxu, and placed him on the bed in the room.

The room had already lit mosquito coils and closed the doors and windows. There were no mosquitoes at this time. After Xiao Xuxu was placed on the bed, he naturally turned over and fell asleep again.

When the weather gets hot, Xiao Xuxu no longer puts on diapers. During the day, he wears open-crotch pants. When he wants to pee, he will squat down to pee. At night, when he wants to pee, he will cry a few times. Many beautiful things. After hearing this, I will take him outside to pee.

This matter belongs to Duomei. Ever since she had a child, Duomei sleeps very lightly. Xiaoxuxu can wake up immediately if she makes any noise.

Compared with the hard-working old mother, the old father Gao Mingcheng is much more comfortable. He can sleep until dawn.

There was no entertainment this night, so naturally I went to bed early and got up early. At six o'clock, Chen Dasong and his son arrived at Gao Mingcheng's house. They were going to take a honey shaker and a knife and basin to shake honey in the mountains.

It dawns early in the summer. Although it's only six o'clock, it's already bright. It's the best time to go to the mountains to work. It's cool and out of the sun.

After working for more than an hour, it would be just right to go home and have breakfast.

While working, Chen Dasong told Gao Mingcheng that their family was preparing to build a house and wanted to live in the vacant room of Gao Mingcheng's house for a while.

Gao Mingcheng didn't live here often, so he naturally agreed.

Chen Dasong explained his house-building plan. Because the three members of his family were working for Gao Mingcheng and could not build the house by themselves, he would hire a few more workers this time and also invited Aunt Liu's brother. In charge of the affairs, as for Aunt Liu and her newly married daughter-in-law, they were responsible for cooking for the workers.

After the time entered the 1990s, it was now popular for people to build two-story houses. In addition, Chen Dasong had two sons, so he decided to build two floors, with three rooms on the upper and lower floors, and a separate kitchen, Toilets, chicken pens, pig pens and miscellaneous rooms.

Chen Dasong said: "It's too tiring to bake bricks. We don't plan to bake bricks anymore. It's better to buy all the bricks. Mingcheng, I will use your tractor to load the bricks and tiles back then. Don't worry, I will buy the diesel myself!"

Chen Dasong's family had considered burning bricks before, even Duo Jade. In order to save a few dollars, they also planned to burn bricks, and even put the idea into Gao Mingcheng's firewood.

Later, they were rejected by Duomei, and the two sisters separated for a while. Then something happened to Zhang Chengyuan's mother and she had to pay for it, so his family stopped building houses for the time being.

We had agreed to build the house this year, but Xuanyu is pregnant again this year, so I’m afraid he won’t be able to build the house this year!
Gao Mingcheng doesn't like people who procrastinate in doing things, but Zhang Chengyuan and Duo Yu also have their own difficulties. There are no old people above to help, and no brothers below to contribute. They only rely on the couple, so many things are a bit inconvenient.

There is also the matter of Duoyu's confinement. Last time Duomei went to help take care of her, but this time she may not come back specifically to take care of her second sister's confinement.

In the past, Duo Duomei lived in the village and had no children, so she naturally had time to take care of Duoyu. Now, Duo Duomei lives in the county and has to take care of the business of the store and Xiao Xuxu. Naturally, she doesn't have the time and energy.

But with Duomei taking good care of his sisters, I'm afraid he will also help think of a solution.

Because we go to shake the honey early in the morning, all the honey will be shaken before noon.

When he went back, Chen Duofu pulled off the gauze covering his face and felt that he could breathe again. At this time, his face was covered with sweat and his hair was already soaked.

Although the others were not as embarrassed as him, they were about the same. Even Gao Mingcheng was covered in sweat and was shaking his sore wrist as he walked.

After all the honey had settled, Gao Mingcheng sent a bottle of honey of lower quality to the Chen family and Zhang Chengyuan's family each. Before returning to the county town, he made another trip to the Jin family.

At this time, many golds are crying.

My wish for a cute little daughter was completely shattered when my third son was born!
This third child that I had longed for turned out to be another son! (End of chapter)