My village can't be like this

Chapter 583 The old black man’s honeycomb

Ever since Zhang Jianjun and his wife sent their eldest son to school, Zhang Xing has been having so much fun.

In the past, there was a second aunt at home. If he dared to be playful and came home a little late, he would be chanted with a tight curse at least, or a bamboo stick would be attached to his body.

At this moment, the adults were not at home, so he just let go and played, trying not to waste these rare few days without anyone caring about him.

But this guy wasn't too playful. Whenever it was time to eat, he would go home early and wait without anyone yelling.

Because he was the only one at home these days, although he could cook simple meals, Zhang An called him over directly.

Although Uncle Zhang An's family has been building houses for people these past two days, the conditions are much better than before.

But the second aunt is frugal by nature. On weekdays, unless there are no relatives coming to visit during the holidays or festivals, and the family does not hire anyone to work, the quality of life of their family is similar to that of most families in the village.

Zhang An understands the second aunt, because Binzi has just entered college and still needs a lot of money. Although the second son, Zhang Xing, is only in junior high school and is a bit playful, his grades are still pretty good.

Therefore, she and Uncle Zhang An have high expectations for their two children. Except for necessary expenses, most of the family's income is saved for their two children.

Otherwise, their family could have built a beautiful big house in the village long ago.

It was also because of this that Zhang Xing heard his elder brother Zhang An calling him to go over to his house for dinner. He followed without saying a word.

After all, these brothers and sisters all know that the living conditions of the uncle's family are good.

In the past, Wang Fang would often call these nephews to eat at home.

But later, Zhang An's second and third aunts may have told the children privately, and they learned to refuse.

Now that there are no adults at home, no matter how playful Zhang Xing is, he will still go home before eating.

Because Zhang An told him that if he went home to solve the problem because of his playfulness, he would not shout.

Naturally, Zhang Xing didn't want to go home and make do with a hot and dry meal. It was not as fragrant as the food cooked by his aunt, so he stopped playing a little.

I have to say that this trick is more effective than shouting everywhere when the second aunt is at home.

"Brother, look, I got a big guy."

Zhang Xing, who had gone out to play after breakfast, had come back and was very excited to talk to Zhang An.

"Oh my god, why are you messing with this thing? You think your life is too long."

Zhang An heard his brother's excited tone, looked up and saw that this guy was coming back holding a honeycomb that was bigger than a pumpkin.

And that's not all. At this moment, Zhang Xing's face has been stung into a pig's head. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a swollen face.

"Hehe, I only got stung by two arrows. In fact, I put my bag on, but there was a hole in it that I didn't find. Two arrows escaped, otherwise they wouldn't be able to sting me."

Although his face was stung by bees and turned into a pig's head, Zhang Xing said without caring at all.

Children like them in the village have long been accustomed to it, especially boys. For them, this pain is much easier than being beaten by an adult at home.

But if it were a child in the city, it might be another doomsday scenario.

"I haven't seen you for a while, and you've made such a big deal out of me. When the second aunt comes back tomorrow and sees you, she won't give you a good beating."

Zhang An checked Zhang Xing's body and found that just as he said, he was only stung in two places, and he felt relieved.

"It's okay. As long as you apply some bee sugar, the swelling will go away. The bee sugar you have is very effective. I was bitten last time too. My mother put some on it and it was fine in a few hours."

Zhang Xing didn't care at all. He had been stung by bees countless times since he was a child.

In the village, if you are stung by a bee, you don't need injections or medicine. You just need to apply some honey. In fact, you don't need to apply it at all, but it will take a little longer to reduce the swelling.

"Oh? It's so fast. Why didn't I know?"

Zhang An was a little confused when he heard it. He had only known that his own honey was delicious, but he had never thought that it could have such an effect.

Because he had been stung by a bee before, more than once. Although honey can be used to reduce swelling, it will take at least a day to have an effect after applying it, and it may take two days in severe cases.

But now Zhang Xing actually said that if you apply their honey, it will be ready in a few hours. This is not something that ordinary honey can match.

"You've never been stung by a bee, so of course you don't know. If you don't believe it, ask Third Uncle. He was stung before, and he just wiped it on and was fine."

Speaking of this, Zhang Xing felt a little uncomfortable, because he had seen Zhang An picking honeycombs and dividing bees at home before, but neither domestic bees nor wild bees would sting his elder brother.

At this moment, he was thinking, if he could be like his cousin and bee-free, he would be able to find more honeycombs.

"Then let me go get some and put it on you first. Look at your face and your eyes. You can hardly open them."

Zhang An had no doubts about this. He just hadn't found that his own honey had such an effect before. After all, his own honey was not an ordinary thing.

Now that I know it, I can use it more in the future.

"Oh, you little brat, why did you get bitten like this?"

When Zhang An went home to get honey, Wang Fang happened to come back from outside and was shocked to find Zhang Xing's face was swollen like a pig's head.

"It's okay, uncle. I was only stung by two arrows, but I got such a big honeycomb with a lot of pupae in it. In a moment, uncle, you can blow it up for us to eat."

Wang Fang truly loved her nephews and nieces, and there was no trace of hypocrisy in her actions.

But Zhang Xing really didn't feel too uncomfortable. He only knew that he had made such a big honeycomb, and it would definitely be very honorable to tell the truth.

And he had just seen that the honeycomb was full of bee pupae. Thinking of the smell of fried bee pupae, his mouth watered.

"It's okay, Mom. He just looks a little swollen. I'll just put some honey on him and it'll be fine."

At this time, Zhang An also came out with a jar of honey and said to his mother.

"Okay, okay, I'll fry it for you. What's wrong with me? I just learned your brother's bad habit of eating delicious food. But you are not allowed to do it in the future, otherwise I will have to whip you even if your mother is not at home."

Seeing that Zhang Xing still looked as tough as ever, Wang Fang felt relieved after his son said this again.

"How can you say this is a bad habit? Who doesn't like to eat delicious food? Don't you think so?"

Zhang An was quite helpless. Why did this good thing happen to him again?

"Yes, no one doesn't like delicious things, and no one likes bad things."

Teenagers are the most greedy age group, Zhang Xingye said the same, nodding his head in agreement. Wang Fang saw that the two brothers were getting lively again and ignored them. She shook her head and returned to the house, preparing to go to the kitchen to get a big bowl and pick out bee pupae.

Zhang An also poured some honey on his hand and spread it on Zhang Xing's face.

You don’t need to apply too much, just a little bit on the stung wound.

Even though the two big bumps on Zhang Xing's face were so swollen, the wounds were very obvious and could be found as soon as he looked for them.

"Hey, this is a black old man's beehive. I really can't mess with them next time."

Wang Fang took out a big bowl, opened the honeycomb and started picking bee pupae. She found that although the bee pupae inside were white and fat, they were very big, much larger than ordinary bee pupae. At a glance, she knew they were bee pupae. What bee species.

"Hei Laohan" is a local name called "Hei Laohan". It mostly refers to giant wasps, black wasps and other bees that are huge and look dark.

If there are only a few of these bees alone, no matter how large they are, it will be nothing if they sting people, they will just swell a bit.

But what's scary is that once these bees are dispatched, hundreds of them will attack together. It's not just a matter of swelling. Large numbers can sting people directly to death.

Hence their other name, killer bees.

When Wang Fang saw such a big hive and how many black old men there were, he immediately felt scared for Zhang Xing.

Zhang An took half of the honeycomb and inspected it. As expected, it was full of black old man's bee pupae. No wonder Zhang Xing was only stung by two arrows, and he had such a big bag. Logically speaking, the tail stinger of a normal bee is not that big. It's powerful, and if it's an old black man, it wouldn't be surprising.

"Don't worry, Auntie. I burned some grass to drive away the bees, but a few of them didn't fly away. I was careless and got stung."

Although Zhang Xing is young, he is not stupid. If the bees on the honeycomb are not gone, he will not dare to do it.

"Anyway, don't touch this thing in the future. If I find out, I will ask your mother to whip you hard."

Seeing that Zhang Xing still had some unfinished ideas, Zhang An glared and warned him.

"Oh, I know."

Seeing his elder brother didn't seem like a joke, Zhang Xing quickly agreed.

In his mind, it didn't matter if he got beaten up, but he couldn't let Xiao An feel that he was disobedient.

Afterwards, Zhang Xing did not go out to play, but stayed at home and picked bee pupae with his aunt and brother.

I don’t know whether it was because I wanted to eat fried bee pupae early, or because my face was swollen like a pig’s head and it was inconvenient to go out to play.

The honeycomb was very big. The big bowl Wang Fang took out just now was already full, but he only picked half of the honeycomb.

So Wang Fang could only replace the big bowl with a soup bowl, because the bee pupae could not be kept for too long after leaving the bee colony, so they could only pick them up at once, otherwise it would be a waste.

Finally, after picking out the bee pupae in the entire hive, he filled a whole soup bowl, which was really a lot.

However, even if there are so many bee pupae that cannot be eaten in one meal, they can be fried and eaten next time.

"Yo, what's wrong with you?"

Su Ying, who came back from school, looked at Zhang Xing with swollen skin and swollen face, and thought she had a guest at home.

The school will start registration tomorrow, and all their staff will have a meeting today. She went there in the morning, and took little Siqi with her.

Xiao Siqi was quite familiar with Zhang Xing's uncle at first, but after his face grew a little bigger, he no longer recognized him, and stared at Zhang Xing in a daze.

Zhang Xing is quite afraid of this sister-in-law at home, because Su Ying is his teacher. This is a kind of natural suppression, and he has never dared to speak.
"What else can I do? Just go out and tease the old black man."

Seeing that he was silent, Zhang An explained his great deeds again.

"I just know how to play day by day, forget about playing, and do dangerous things. You don't listen to what I usually say to you. You will sign up tomorrow. Have you finished your summer homework? Since you are so leisurely , I will focus on checking your summer homework tomorrow. If you haven't finished it, you will pay attention to it then. "

As expected, Su Ying's face dropped as soon as she heard this.

In fact, she is usually nice to students, but she is very strict with Zhang Tie and Zhang Xing. After all, they are members of her own family, so being strict is not a bad thing.

"Sister-in-law, I have finished my summer homework."

Zhang Xing was like a mouse meeting a cat at this moment, he said tremblingly.

"It better be this way."

Su Ying's face improved a little, because she knew that although the two cousins ​​at home were playful, their studies were still guaranteed.

At noon, because of Zhang Xing, the family ate delicious fried bee pupae.

Wang Fang fried all the bee pupae. Before putting them in the oil pan, she specially coated them with a layer of flour. They tasted very fragrant and crispy. They were also dipped in five-spice chili powder and it was so satisfying. , even Xiao Siqi ate a lot.

But because he was still young and couldn't eat too much, Su Ying quickly stopped him.

"Hey, it seems that the swelling is going down pretty quickly."

Not long after finishing the meal, when Zhang An saw Zhang Xing again, he found that the two big bumps on his face had disappeared a lot.

Originally, in the morning, my left eye was almost too squeezed to see, but now I can see the eyeball inside.

This is only a short amount of time, I am afraid that I will be able to recover in a few hours, much faster than Zhang Xing said.

But this may be the reason why he took space honey, because all the honey at home was sold out, and the rest was space honey that Zhang An kept for home consumption.

On the second day, primary and secondary schools started registration together.

After more than a month, the student who had returned home appeared again on the road in the village.

Zhang An found that the expressions on the faces of these students and children were different, and they seemed to be unhappy and unhappy.

Some students gathered with their classmates, chattering happily and talking about something. This may be because they have not seen each other for a summer vacation, and they miss them very much.

Some other students had very gloomy expressions on their faces, as if they were worried about something, and there was no trace of happiness at all.

Zhang An was also a student. Looking at the expressions on their faces, he could guess that these students were probably too playful during the summer vacation and had not finished their summer homework.

That's why I am so worried and scared right now, and I am thinking about how to fool the teacher who is checking my summer homework later.

(End of this chapter)