Rebirth in 1984, starting from beekeeping in the mountains

Chapter 104 Returning to the village, the secret of digging out the ghost-headed bee was exposed!

This is the second day of honey digging.

It went even better than the first day.

Perhaps it is because this hilltop has various unique conditions.

Or maybe it’s because the people of Lanxi Village are too wealthy and they don’t need to come to this hill to make a living in recent years.

On this hill, not only is it easy to attract bees, but every hive of bees found has a lot of honey combs.

The group set out early in the morning and arrived near dusk.

The bamboo baskets of the five people were filled to the brim with honey.

Find a suitable place to put the two bee-attracting buckets you brought.

After resting for a while, the five of them set out on their journey home again.

This time, even Lan Wenxiu was shocked when she saw the five large bamboo baskets full of honeycombs.

Not to mention Xue Fen and the others.

The process was somewhat similar to the previous day.

However, Fang Hongan did not touch the river clams again that night.

It's been three days since it came out.

According to the schedule, they will return to Shiwan Village tomorrow.

Lan Wenxiu still had a lot of things to pack, and Fang Hongan also had to conserve his energy in order to travel tomorrow.

The battlefield in the main hall was completely handed over to the command of my father-in-law and mother-in-law.

Just before nine o'clock in the evening, Xue Fen came over excitedly to tell him the latest results of the battle.

The honey combs they dug up today produced a total of 105 kilograms of honey.

Plus the 40-plus pounds I lost yesterday.

In just two days, the harvested honey reached nearly 150 kilograms!
When Xue Fen mentioned this exaggerated number, her tongue trembled.

During the day, she went to inquire about the price of honey.

Even if it is sold by the supply and marketing cooperative, it costs about two yuan per pound.

These 150 kilograms can be sold for about 300 yuan.

This speed of making money...

It is no wonder that Fang Hongan was able to go from being a poor boy who was rumored to have to borrow food from his family to being able to easily carry two baskets of birthday gifts in such a short period of time.

Of course, what excited her even more was...

Obviously it was such a good way to make money, Fang Hongan did not keep anything to himself and taught them everything at once.

Send Xue Fen away.

Then Lan Jianjun, Lan Guihai, Yang Huaping and others also came.

In addition to being excited, he also expressed his gratitude and admiration for Fang Hongan.

Wait until they are sent away one by one.

My father-in-law Lan Zhenshan came over again.

The old man's opening was a bit stiff. He gradually got into the mood after pulling Fang Hongan to talk about many interesting things about Lan Wenxiu's childhood. When his emotions were accumulated enough, he took the opportunity to talk about some things that happened before, and solemnly expressed his gratitude. Finally, as the night deepened, he left with some regrets...

……

……

The next day.

After Fang Hongan got up and went downstairs.

The entire main room was once again filled with people.

There was a pair of baskets in the main room, also brand new, but judging by the color of the bamboo and the way it was woven, it was obvious that they were not the pair that Fang Hongan had picked out.

When Fang Hongan came down, Luo Dongqing, Xue Fen and others were stuffing things into the basket.

Lan Wenxiu seemed to want to stop it, but she couldn't stop it at all.

Seeing Fang Hongan coming down, he quickly pulled Fang Hongan aside and started explaining.

It turned out that the two baskets were gifts prepared for Fang Hongan and his friends.

According to Lan Wenxiu, in addition to a lot of local specialties such as eggs, peanuts, and red beans, there are also some valuable cigarettes, alcohol, and tonics!

Looking at the situation, I don’t know if the two baskets can hold all the food.

"How to do?"

Lan Wenxiu looked at Fang Hongan somewhat at a loss.

I know that Lan Wenxiu is mainly afraid of accepting these gifts in return. What if his brother or sister will take advantage of him in the future...

It will cause unnecessary trouble to Fang Hongan.

"Take it!"

“Just consider it as tuition!”

Fang Hongan smiled and said to Lan Wenxiu: "But you should also tell them that forget about things like cigarettes and alcohol. I don't smoke or drink! It will be hard for me to choose from them later!"

"it is good!"

After hearing what Fang Hongan said, Lan Wenxiu suddenly felt relieved.

She returned to the main room and continued to "negotiate" with her sister-in-law and sisters.

As for Fang Hongan, after he finishes washing up and comes back, his wife and Lan Wenxiu should have talked to them.

The stuff has been put away.

Two large baskets full.

Guessing that the injury was not light, Lan Wenxiu pulled Fang Hongan and couldn't help but rub his shoulders.

The breakfast was very hearty.

It is said that at around three or four o'clock, Lan Jianjun ran to the butcher's house in Lanxi Village to help slaughter pigs.

I ordered two pork kidneys, two pounds of pork belly, pork liver, and pork feet...

I made a bowl of pig-killing dishes and stewed pig's feet...

He also stuffed ten pounds of fried meat into Fang Hongan and his friends' baskets.

This kind of meat is very similar to the cooking method of braised pork, it is boiled and then fried.

Because it is cooked and fried.

After returning home, put it in a jar and seal it with lard. It will not change its taste even if it is stored for half a year.

A filling breakfast.

Before leaving, my father-in-law and mother-in-law led a group of people to the entrance of the archway.

The elder brother-in-law Lan Jianjun helped carry the pair of baskets and walked them two miles. At Fang Hongan's repeated request, he finally turned around and went home reluctantly.

After watching Lan Jianjun walk away, Lan Wenxiu couldn't help but smile proudly at Fang Hongan, winking playfully and saying, "Hongan! You really have drugged my big brother! He has changed so much in the past two days!"

"Haha!" Fang Hongan couldn't help but laugh at his teasing, "Maybe... we've discovered we have similar tastes!"

"Or maybe... it's the money power that plays a role!"

"Money ability?"

"Banknotes!"

"Is that so!" Lan Wenxiu nodded suddenly, and then seemed to have thought of something, and couldn't help but frowned.

"Don't worry!" Fang Hongan came over and held her hands tightly. "Money power is not necessarily a bad thing! In this world, many things cannot be sustained by family affection alone!

We are all relatives and have common interests! Isn't that better?
As for those dirty things in the future that you worry about, which only exist in possibility, don't be afraid!

A guy like your elder brother is a straight man. Since I can make him turn 80 degrees towards me, it will not be a problem for me to control him in the future!

We don't have to always imagine troubles for the future! Be optimistic, your man is very capable!"

As he spoke, Fang Hongan squinted his eyes and showed a cool expression!

"Giggle!"

Lan Wenxiu was so amused by him that she couldn't help laughing.

He was also intoxicated by Fang Hongan's words, which were clear, confident and domineering.

She couldn't help but move forward and bury herself deeply in Fang Hongan's arms.

then……

While Fang Hongan wasn't paying attention, she lightly touched Fang Hongan's lips.

"That's it?"

"It's not enough! I'm getting mad!"

Fang Hongan was still not satisfied. He held the soft body in his arms and smiled like a devil.

"no!"

Lan Wenxiu buried her blushing cheeks in Fang Hongan's chest, gritted her teeth, and refused righteously: "This is outside! Don't touch me!"

The voice fell, and after a pause, a soul-stirring trembling sound came out from Fang Hongan's chest again:

"We have to... go back and talk about it!"...

……

Holding back a fire of evil.

Fang Hongan climbed up with the load on his back.

After walking and stopping for a while, it took about three and a half hours in total to finally get back to the deserted pond.

Just like when he came, Fang Hongan first carried Lan Wenxiu over, then turned around and continued to carry the two baskets of things.

After passing the mountain, we turned around and headed down.

On the opposite side of the road, a figure looking around happened to walk over.

It looked like he was sneaking around, and also like a scout.

Without even looking at the face, Fang Hongan immediately recognized that this person was Xie Sanlaba and Xie Qiangbin.

The distance was far, and Fang Hongan and the others had just turned around, so they were separated by a row of dim shadows of trees. Xie Qiangbin probably hadn't seen them yet.

However, he didn't even look over here.

Although I kept climbing up, I kept looking up at the nearby hills.

It looked like he was looking for something on other hills.

It’s something that made this guy so concerned that he would climb up the mountain to find it.

Or someone important.

Or... this guy is probably paying attention to some gossip again.

Thinking of this, Fang Hongan actually had a bad feeling.

Lan Wenxiu saw Fang Hongan's face suddenly darken, and thought Fang Hongan didn't want to run into Xie Sanlaba at this time. Seeing Xie Sanlaba getting closer and closer, she couldn't help but point to a large rock on the side and said, "How about... go over there to take shelter?"

"No need!" Fang Hongan couldn't help but shook his head, "It's not necessary! This guy will come over if he sees it. The stone is not big. If he sees it, who knows what he will say!"

"Too!"

Lan Wenxiu frowned and couldn't help muttering: "How can there be such a freak in this world!"

Fang Hongan: "I was probably a cat in my previous life!"

"Cat?" Lan Wenxiu couldn't understand for a moment.

"I'm just curious!"

Fang Hongan smiled and said calmly: "Let's go! Let's meet this naughty cat!"

After saying that, he picked up his things and continued walking down.

And at the same time.

Xie Qiangbin rubbed his eyes as he climbed up, looking through the surrounding hills, but he couldn't catch a glimpse of the two figures he was looking for.

Just when I was feeling a little disappointed, I casually glanced and suddenly found two figures walking down the mountain road.

Xie Qiangbin quickly looked over.

Upon closer look, I saw that it seemed to be a man and a woman, and I couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

But then, looking at Fang Hongan who was walking in front of him, his eyes suddenly narrowed, a flash of excitement passed through his expression, he pushed his feet, quickened his pace and walked straight towards Fang Hongan.

When he was still fifty meters away from Fang Hongan, he excitedly waved his hands and shouted to Fang Hongan: "Hongan! Hongan!"

Looking at his excited attitude, Fang Hongan felt vaguely that his guess was probably correct.

Thoughts raced through my mind, and soon I came up with an idea.

He nodded towards Xie Qiangbin as a greeting, and then continued walking down at a leisurely pace.

Seeing that Fang Hongan's speed had not changed, Xie Qiangbin could not wait any longer and simply jogged up.

It was obvious that this guy was in a weak physical condition, and he might have already climbed many hills. After running all the way up, he was already sweating and out of breath.

“Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!”

He bent his body, supported his hands on his knees and took several breaths before he recovered. He grinned and looked at Fang Hongan: "Hongan! I heard that you went to your father-in-law's house to celebrate his birthday these days!"

"OK!"

Fang Hongan nodded.

He was only away for three days, so it was basically impossible to hide this matter from Xie Sanlaba.

There is no need to avoid this matter.

"How is it?" Xie Qiangbin couldn't help but force out a strange smile on his face, "I heard that your father-in-law and brother-in-law don't like you very much! This time... are they still giving you a cold shoulder?"

"Not really!" Fang Hongan curled his lips, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. "They treated me...very well!"

"hehe!"

Xie Qiangbin didn't believe it at all, and waved his hands: "You're just pretending! Who am I? I know exactly what your father-in-law and brother-in-law said about you at the dinner table last time, and you're still trying to scare me!"

After he said these nonsensical words, he looked smug and was ready to see the reaction of Lan Wenxiu behind Fang Hongan.

Unexpectedly, before he saw Lan Wenxiu, he staggered and almost fell because of the two baskets of things that Fang Hongan was carrying.

"This...this..." Without waiting to steady himself, Xie Qiangbin pointed at one of the baskets and asked in disbelief, "Did you bring these things back from your father-in-law's house?"

Even though I just glanced at it.

But Xie Qiangbin's heart was already filled with turmoil.

In this basket, there are eggs, sugar, vermicelli, bacon, fried meat...

It was packed.

There are many things I want to buy but have nowhere to buy them.

Therefore, it is impossible to buy it.

The only explanation is that this was prepared for Fang Hongan by his father-in-law.

I've always heard that Fang Hongan is not welcome at all in his father-in-law's house.

Even the rumor that Fang Hongan had an argument with his elder brother-in-law at the dinner table and left after throwing down his chopsticks has been confirmed to be an accurate fact.

So how come Fang Hongan’s father-in-law could bring back so many gifts from this birthday celebration!
To know……

In the twenty years that Xie Qiangbin has been able to keep track of things, he has never heard of any son-in-law in the surrounding villages bringing back so many gifts when returning to the Zhang family to celebrate birthdays.

"Ok!"

Looking at Xie Qiangbin's ghostly expression, Fang Hongan nodded lightly.

"hiss!"

Xie Qiangbin took a breath of cold air!
He scratched his head, his mind seemed to be in a state of rapid thinking, and he was muttering something in a low voice that neither Fang Hongan nor Lan Wenxiu could understand.

It was also the first time that Fang Hongan saw him acting weird like this. He couldn't help but feel a little scared. Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Xie Qiangbin suddenly shuddered and called out to Fang Hongan.

"Hongan! I know! I know everything!"

He looked at Fang Hongan and grinned again: "When I went to the mountain to look for cattle yesterday morning, I saw someone digging a ghost beehive, but they were wearing strange clothes and I couldn't tell who they were! But later, when I went down the mountain, I saw Heizi and Taozi!
Yes, the two of them refused to admit that they were the ones digging!
I just suspected it before! But now... I can be sure!
They are the ones who dug out the ghost bees!
Moreover, there were more than just the two of them digging together!
Hongan, you are the main laborer!
That's why Heizi has been coming to our village recently. Every time you carry a bamboo basket covered with kudzu vines, it looks like you are going to dig kudzu vines! But in fact, you are going to dig hornets to make money! I asked yesterday, hornets can be used to make wine, and a pound of wine can be sold for several yuan!

Also, I have found out who was the person who delivered the rice last time!

That's not something your uncle invited at all!
That person is just a ghost rat!

He came to you, first to give you rice, and second to collect your Guitou Bee Wine!"

The more Xie Qiangbin spoke, the more angry his expression became. By the time he finished his last sentence, his whole person had completely changed.

Those bright eyes were as sharp as a knife.

Listening to what he said and looking at his state.

Fang Hongan couldn't help but put down his burden and applauded sincerely in front of Xie Qiangbin.

"What?" Xie Qiangbin thought Fang Hongan was mocking him, and raised his head and said, "Do you still want to quibble? I've just checked, many hives of ghost bees on these hills have been dug up! In these places, people saw you and Heizi and the others active nearby! If you dare to quibble, I can definitely drag them over for a confrontation!"

"No! No! No!" Fang Hongan waved his hands, "You misunderstood! I applauded you sincerely to praise you! Thank you for your reasoning ability, Third Brother. It's a pity that you don't become a policeman!"

"Be a policeman?" Xie Qiangbin frowned. It sounded like Fang Hongan was still mocking him, but when he saw Fang Hongan's sincere expression, he realized there was no sarcasm at all.

After a pause, he said seriously, "So... you admit it?"

"Admit it?" Fang Hongan nodded.

It seemed that he didn't expect Fang Hongan to be so decisive.

At first glance, Xie Qiangbin still found it a little unbelievable.

But immediately, he felt complacently that this must be his evidence, which was solid and irrefutable.

Even if Fang Hongan wanted to make excuses, he had no way to do so.

Only then did he admit it directly.

Seeing this, Xie Qiangbin smiled smugly, put his head close to Fang Hongan, and lowered his voice, "Hongan...you don't want this to be known to other people, right?"

After he said this, he stared and saw that Fang Hongan did not respond as he expected.

Thinking that Fang Hongan didn't understand what he meant, he simply said bluntly: "As for the way to make money by digging ghost bees, I advise you not to tell others! Because once others know, they will rush up the mountain to compete with you for digging! By then... there will be no share for you!"

"But the problem is... Third Brother Xie, you already know it?" Fang Hongan blinked and tried hard to cooperate with him.

"I know it's okay!" Seeing Fang Hongan was finally led to the road, Xie Qiangbin showed a mysterious smile on his face and patted his chest, "I am a person who keeps my mouth shut! If you don't want others to know, I promise not to tell anyone!"

"But, I also know that you are a loyal person, Hongan, you can't treat me unfairly..." Xie Qiangbin's eyes were shining, and his sharp-nosed and monkey-cheeked face was displayed in front of Fang Hongan without any concealment...

(End of this chapter)