My village can't be like this

Chapter 399 Beekeeping Project
"Zhang An, your bees are going to be divided in a few days, right?"

Having said this, Zhang Jianwen stopped and turned to ask Zhang An next to him.

"Yeah, it's almost time. It's estimated that in half a month, the family will be separated."

Although Zhang An didn't understand what Zhang Jianwen meant by suddenly asking him this, he still nodded and said.

March, April or September or October every year is the season of bee separation. During this period, the bees are in a state of chaos when they separate their families.

Zhang An's swarm of bees were all taken out of the space, so after they re-adapted to the outside world, in March and April every spring, a new queen bee was born on the throne, and they would be separated.

As long as you feed them well in March and April in spring, they will just immerse themselves in collecting flowers and making honey for the rest of the year, which is quite peaceful.

Unlike other bees, such as the bumblebees that Old Man Qian picked up from the mountains before, they have a wilder temper.

After a family separation occurs in March and April every spring, there will be another separation in October.

So raising those bees is a little more troublesome. If you don't pay attention, all the bees in a box will be lost to the new king.

"Then you should work harder and separate the bees. It would be a pity to let such a good source of bees run away."

Zhang Jianwen nodded after hearing this, and then continued.

After the old money man left that day, Zhang An discovered that the old man was somewhat concerned about their bees.

Now it seems that he has fallen in love with those bumblebees, waiting for him here. There is really no care for no reason in this world.

"Okay, then I will divide them all. I don't know why this year. When I checked the hive a few days ago, I found that there were several more queen bees on the throne. I guess it will be more noisy than in previous years when the time comes. .”

Zhang An didn't have the habit of dividing bees in the past. It's not that he doesn't know how to do it, but he doesn't want to.

At first, he wanted to raise honeybees just to collect honey for his family to taste and satisfy his appetite.

But later, when the bee colony in the space grew, it produced more honey than could be eaten all.

Although he didn’t initially plan to sell honey specifically, he wouldn’t refuse when people came to his door.

Even if he wanted to refuse, Wang Fang couldn't help him, so selling honey was done incidentally.

Therefore, the few boxes of bees outside now serve as a shield to conceal the source of the honey.

And so much honey can be harvested in the space, and the quality is better than that outside. It is simply impossible for him to raise a few more boxes.

So every spring, when the bees at home were about to separate, he would kill the queen bee that had not yet emerged.

After all, it only takes a moment to kill the new queen bee, but it takes a long time to divide the bees, and sometimes you have to prepare the beehive. He will definitely not be happy if he finds it troublesome.

Unless the queen bee in the beehive gets old and her vitality begins to weaken, Zhang An will leave a new queen bee and let her continue to lead the group.

"That's not good. If you have more queen bees, you can divide more boxes. I was worried that you wouldn't be able to divide the few boxes of bees into several swarms."

When Zhang Jianwen heard Zhang An say that there were many queen bees this year, he immediately became happy.

Because a queen bee represents the ability to separate a box of new bees.

Although it will reduce the number of original bee colonies, bees reproduce very quickly and will not take long to grow.

"Okay, then I'll go back and prepare a few more beehives, and I'll sort them out when the time comes."

When dividing bees, beehives must be prepared.

In the past, Zhang An didn't know how to do it, so he always asked Carpenter Lin to help him.

It's different now. After all, he has learned carpentry from Carpenter Lin for so long.

There might be some problems with complex things, but with something as simple as a beehive, he could already do it himself.

"Everyone has heard it. The last thing I want to say is to keep bees."

After confirming with Zhang An, Zhang Jianwen spoke to everyone present again.

"We have no control over the choices of other families in the village, and we should not interfere, but we still cannot let go of those families whose conditions are particularly difficult."

"So I'm thinking of letting you pick up a box of bees from Zhang An and raise them. You can distribute several boxes within a year at most. This is a business without capital."

"And now that we have so many fruit trees planted everywhere in the village, we don't have to worry about having no nectar sources for the bees to collect nectar, so it's really cost-effective to raise bees."

"The reason why I asked you to pick them up from Zhang An's house instead of going to the mountain to pick them up yourself is because the bees of Zhang An's house are frost-resistant and easy to take care of in winter. Moreover, their honey is delicious and cheaper than other people's bees. Sugar is more expensive.”

"As for the money for picking up bees, Lao Qiantou picked up a bucket of bees a few days ago and gave him 50 yuan on the spot. He also said later that he would send two pots of bee sugar to Zhang An. I'll make the decision as to whether you pick up the bees, so you don't have to pay for it yet." , when you can harvest the honey and sell it for money, then give Zhang An the money for the bee seeds."

At first, all the villagers were indifferent, but now they heard Zhang Jianwen talk in detail, and the expressions on their faces began to change.

Moreover, many of them have tasted Zhang An's honey, so there is no need for Zhang Jianwen to elaborate on its taste here.

As for selling honey, there is no way to hide it from them.

Because in the village, if Zhang An's two aunts knew about it, it was equivalent to the entire village knowing about it.

Of course, generally everything that spreads about Zhang An's two aunts is good news.

After all, they are just quick-talkers, and they still firmly remember the principle that family scandals should not be made public.

"Captain, we don't know how to keep bees, and we don't know how to keep them even if we take them over."

While many people were settling down to think, someone stood up and asked questions.

He is a villager in his 50s who lives in Xiazhai, Changqing. His name is Guan Huwa.

The living conditions at home are notoriously difficult in the village.

Because there are only five people in their family, including two people, their son and daughter-in-law, and a little grandson.

It stands to reason that such a family, which does not have much expenditure, should be better off than other families.

But their son suffered from congenital cerebral palsy after he was born. To this day, he is still no different from a fool.

Some people may wonder why such a person can still find a wife.

Because their daughter-in-law is also a mentally retarded woman.

Otherwise, no one would be willing to marry a fool, or a fool with poor family conditions.

Therefore, their family does not have a major source of income, so they rely on the old couple to farm.

Fortunately in the past few years, their family has only one grandson and is subsidized by the one-child policy.

It was much more difficult than it is now when there was none before.

This Laoguan family is one of the families Zhang Jianwen just mentioned who want to plant some fruit trees but have no capital at home.

As soon as this family heard Zhang Jianwen say that keeping bees can make money, they immediately became concerned.

But he knew nothing about beekeeping, so as soon as Zhang Jianwen finished speaking, his family immediately started asking.

The craft of beekeeping is easy to say, but difficult to say.

Those who know how to keep bees will keep more bees. For those who don't, getting stung is a trivial matter, but if you keep them, the bees will disappear.

It’s also difficult to find someone to learn from, because it’s like competing with others for food, and others won’t agree easily.

"Don't worry about this. I have already found a good master for you, the old money man."

Everyone can think of this problem, but it is impossible for Zhang Jianwen not to think of it.

The fact that he was able to talk about it proved that he was ready.

Zhang An thought at first that the person Zhang Jianwen was talking about was him, but he didn't expect it to be an old money man.

"How is it possible? Who doesn't know that old Qiantou? How can he be willing to teach others? Several people came to see him in Xiahewan. They even accepted the gifts and kicked them out."

It was obvious that many people in the village knew about the old money man.

"I told him about this yesterday and he agreed. Anyway, you can rest assured."

Zhang Jianwen smiled and told everyone with great confidence.

Others found it strange, but Zhang An didn't think so.After all, Lao Qiantou had just asked Zhang Jianwen to take him to find bee seeds for him a few days ago.

This was a big favor. Without Zhang Jianwen, there was no certainty that Zhang An would give it to him.

If someone else comes to him, he may not be willing.

But if Zhang Jianwen approached him, it would be difficult for him to refuse, because it would be too difficult to repay the debt of gratitude.

In fact, Zhang Jianwen was thinking of Zhang An at first, but in the end he didn't want to trouble him.

After all, Zhang An had already been asked to provide bee seeds, and if he was asked to teach them, it would be like asking him to just give the money away.

So Zhang Jianwen finally thought about it and went to Xiahewan to find the old money man.

Several people who had questions just now have become less impatient after hearing Zhang Jianwen's answers.

I guess they are all thinking about learning beekeeping just like Lao Guan.

"Okay, okay, Lao Guan, Uncle Qing Zong, and the other households that Lao Huang came to register with, come to me to confirm their intentions when the time comes, so I can tell Zhang An."

Zhang An was dumbfounded when he heard Zhang Jianwen mention Wu Qingzong's name.

This old man just bought several thousand yuan of old wild ginseng, how could it be possible that his family is in financial difficulty.

When he looked back at Wu Qingzong, he found that the old man was also looking at him and giving him a look.

How could Zhang An not understand at this time that the old man was pretending to have no money and not letting outsiders know even a cent of his family's money.

It simply embodies the principle of keeping wealth hidden.

Just like that person, he made so much money, and there was money in the refrigerator, under the bed, and in the walls at home, but he didn't dare to spend any of it.

But Wu Qingzong was different from that man. That man was afraid of being investigated, while Wu Qingzong was afraid of being visited by relatives who were like leeches.

After all, there are no young people in their family, just two elders and a young grandson, who cannot withstand the blood-sucking of those relatives.

The other villagers who were not named were immediately stunned.

Then I realized that Zhang Jianwen really didn't want to care about them this time.

They had just heard what Zhang Jianwen said so enticingly, and they were very moved and wanted to try raising a few boxes of bees.

But now Zhang Jianwen is not ready to go door to door as he did before.

So if they want to raise bees, they need to go to Zhang An to discuss bee sources.

They regretted it very much now. They thought it was troublesome when Zhang Jianwen had to control them about everything.

Now that Zhang Jianwen finally ignored them, his heart became empty.

"Okay, let's continue eating. You have to thank Zhang An. Today he not only brought wine, but also meat."

As the proprietor, after talking about the matter, Zhang Jianwen began to greet everyone and chat and laugh while eating.

Although he invited everyone to dinner, he basically didn't prepare any meat or dishes.

After all, although he is the village chief, his family is not that rich.

But everyone didn't care. After all, it was good enough to eat and drink at someone else's house. What was more, a bicycle was needed.

But this time Zhang An brought two rabbits over. The rabbits were very fat and they could be fried up to one plate per table, which made everyone enjoy the meal a lot.

"Zhang An, do you want to sell this wine? It's really not satisfying to drink this small amount. If you sell it, I'll weigh two pounds and go back and drink it slowly."

It was obvious that there was a drunkard at this time who was already obsessed with Zhang An, the new wine in the jar.

"I can sell it, but my wine is very expensive. I'm afraid you won't be able to drink it after buying it."

The price of this wine is really something no one in the village can afford.

However, Zhang An did not say it directly, after all, the words were too hurtful.

When dealing with people in this world, you still need to possess the art of language.

"You can tell me how much it costs per catty. If I can't afford one catty, I'll buy half a catty in my pocket to enjoy myself."

We are all not children, so we all understand the meaning of Zhang An's words.

But maybe he was really greedy, and the idea of ​​spending huge sums of money to buy wine suddenly occurred to him.

"My wine costs 500 yuan per catty."

Seeing that they were unwilling to give up without asking, Zhang An told them.

"What? Five hundred? One pound? Does anyone really buy it?"

As soon as they heard the price, everyone who had just been drunk immediately woke up.

Especially the person who just asked the price and said he would sell half a catty, his eyes widened at this moment.

He knew the wine might be expensive, as it tasted good after all, but he didn't expect it to be so expensive.

This price is just enough to buy gold.

"It's true. I just sold sixty pounds a few days ago."

Zhang An did not hide the fact that Li Weihong and his brother bought wine a few days ago.

Others keep their wealth secret, but Zhang An has nothing to fear.

After all, this amount of money is only a small amount compared to when selling cherries.

"Guigui, you really are selling gold, so didn't I just drink more than 100 yuan in this sip?"

Some people silently calculated in their minds and couldn't help but take a breath.

Wang Qiyan was also surprised. Zhang An gave them a pound on the day of the wine roasting.

At that time, he thought it was a bit short, but now he found out that it was only 500 yuan. It was a pity that he took the wine back.

He drank a little every day and it was gone, otherwise he could sell it for money now.

But what he didn't know was that the puree and unblended wine that Zhang An gave him was much more valuable than the 500 yuan.

But it's a good thing he didn't know, otherwise he might regret it even more.

After the wine is blended, he may need to bake and sell the wine for half a year to earn back the money for drinking.

At the moment, no one mentioned the alcohol issue again.

"Anzi, don't bring this out next time. We are all rough guys. Drinking some glutinous rice wine is enough."

Zhang Jianwen was very heartbroken at the moment. The jar weighed at least ten kilograms.

According to Zhang An's price of 500 yuan per pound, this group of people drank 5000 yuan tonight.

If he had known earlier that this wine would be so expensive, he wouldn't have taken it out at all.

It would be great to sell it directly. The village is so short of money now, and the village can't do much with the 5000 yuan.

It's good now, they've all been drunk by this group of people.

But he seemed to have forgotten that he also drank three ounces.

"It's okay, Uncle. This is my first time making this wine. It doesn't make sense if you don't drink a little."

If he were in the past, he would definitely be as distressed as many others.

But now he doesn't know how. Even though it's five hundred and one catty, someone still needs to buy it.

Moreover, he still has so much wine, so it seems to be a good deal to bring a jar out to improve his favor.

(End of this chapter)