Rebirth in 1984, starting from beekeeping in the mountains

Chapter 17 It's time to start a new plan

the next day.

Wang Tong arrived early as usual.

Fang Hongan heard a noise outside the door.

I also got up immediately.

He fell asleep almost as soon as he touched the bed last night.

This time, the two of them went out a little earlier than last night.

After yesterday's raid, the two men had basically dug out all the wild beehives on the two hills of Mashiling and Laoyaling.

There are definitely some bees that slip through the net, but because the beehives that were dug out before were not collected, if you try to lure the bees again, there is a high probability that you will also lure these bee colonies.

The best option is definitely to change your position.

Combining his experience from his previous life and after two days of exploration, Fang Hongan basically understood the distribution characteristics of the wild beehives nearby.

After careful consideration, Fang Hongan finally chose a target - Qili Mountain.

It is called Qili Mountain because it is about seven miles away from Shiwan Village.

The environment of Qili Mountain is very similar to that of Mashiling, with many rocks and thorny mosses. Basically no one goes there to chop wood or herd cattle.

What’s better than Mashiling is that next to Qili Mountain, there is a whole forest of tung trees.

Now is the season when the Chinese tallow tree flowers are in full bloom and nectar is flowing.

If you go here, you will definitely not be disappointed.

After hurrying all the way, the two spent nearly an hour and a half and finally arrived at Qili Mountain.

Next, there is a whole set of processes that even Wang Tong is quite familiar with.

Attract bees and find bee paths...

The first swarm successfully located the position quickly.

After a lot of chopping and digging...

About two hours after arriving at Qili Mountain, the honeycombs of the first hive of bees were cut out.

The journey to Qili Mountain is long, and this time the two of them are not planning to go home halfway.

In order to bring back as much honey as possible, Fang Hongan carried out simple rough processing on the cut honeycombs. He used a knife to directly cut off the powder combs and brood combs, and only put the honey combs into the bamboo basket.

In this way, the first swarm of bees still cut out 9 honeycombs, which only reached less than one-fifth of the bamboo basket.

The second swarm...

The third hive...

……

Just as Fang Hongan had judged before.

There are not only bee colonies in the Qilishan area, but they are all strong bee colonies.

The speed at which they harvested the harvest was no less than yesterday.

By dusk, even when only the honey combs were left, their bamboo baskets were already full of honey combs.

The two of them started their journey back with the setting sun behind them.

When we returned to Shiwan Village, it was already pitch dark.

The two of them groped their way back to the adobe house in the dark, and Lan Wenxiu was already waiting for them at the door.

What Fang Hongan didn't expect was that two figures walked out of the gate.

Seeing that there was someone else in the room, Wang Tong subconsciously went to the back door with the bamboo basket on his back.

Fang Hongan reached out and grabbed him: "It's okay!"

Immediately, he greeted the two figures who were looking over: "Aunt Hong, Uncle Mao Lin, why are you here!"

These two people were none other than the old carpenter Yang Maolin and Aunt Hong.

Aunt Hong poked Yang Maolin beside her, meaning for him to speak, but Yang Maolin just nodded and showed no intention of speaking.

Aunt Hong then smiled and said, "Hong'an! Your uncle Maolin has already prepared what you wanted to make last time! Knowing that you've been busy lately, he specially asked me to help deliver it first!"

Yang Maolin curled his lips: "I didn't say that, it was you who insisted on sending this trip. I have been doing this for so long, I won't send things to your door!"

Fang Hongan: “…”

While talking.

Fang Hongan had already walked into the door, and as expected, he saw two brand new beehives in the main room. The straight fir boards were made of first-class quality materials, and the joints were tightly fitted, forming a whole, and they were very straight!
After opening it and taking a closer look, it was found that the inner template of the beehive and the movable frame used to fix the honeycomb had been burned and carbonized.

"Uncle, you are so thoughtful!" Fang Hongan turned his head and bowed to Yang Maolin in gratitude.

He had not thought about the carbonization issue at first, but the old carpenter actually considered it and helped to deal with it directly.

This treatment may seem like just a burn, but it is actually very useful. Not only can it make the beehive more durable, it can also eliminate odors, making it easier for bees to move to the hive and accept the environment in the hive!

The old carpenter turned his body slightly and remained silent without any expression.

Aunt Hong started to speak up: "Your uncle made those beehive barrels before. They said that burning them would make them more durable, so your uncle burned them all!"

"Yes!" Fang Hongan nodded and bowed again to express his gratitude, "Thank you, uncle!"

This time Yang Maolin finally managed to say: "As long as you find it useful!"

After saying that, he saw the two bamboo baskets covered with kudzu leaves on the ground and asked: "Is this filled with honey?"

As he spoke, he subconsciously walked over and pulled up the kudzu leaves.

After all, he was very curious about what the honey he dug looked like.

Fang Hongan had no intention of hiding anything from Yang Maolin and Aunt Hong, and seeing that he was interested, he wanted to shock them so that the old carpenter wouldn't push and shove them again when they paid for the beehives.

He nodded in agreement and walked over, following the direction Yang Maolin was pulling, and pulled all the kudzu leaves off.

next moment……

The old carpenter's face, which seemed to be always stern and calm, suddenly became interesting...

……

……

Send away the two elders who were severely shocked.

Fang Hongan and Wang Tong hurriedly finished their dinner and then started to get busy.

At around 10 o'clock, the final filtering was completed.

After weighing it, I found that the amount of honey extracted today is 5 kilograms more than yesterday.

Because it is mainly Tung oil honey, it cannot be mixed with the multi-flower honey from Mashiling, so it is all packed in a large wine jar.

The next day.

The two went to Qili Mountain again.

On that day, the two of them almost swept through the Qili Mountain and also went to a nearby mountain.

After some hard work.

The final harvest was still significantly reduced compared to the previous day.

The two of them together only managed to harvest about 45 kilograms of honey.

This is natural and inevitable.

The number of bees in this mountain range is truly innumerable.

But there are mountains as concentrated as Mashiling, Laoyaling and Qilishan.

It may be hard to find again.

Unless, continue to go deeper into Tianmang Mountain.

But if you go deeper, you will see vast tracts of primitive jungle.

In such an environment, not to mention the dangers of getting lost, being attacked by wild animals, etc.

It is a problem how to track the bee trails in the dense forest of towering trees.

After much thought, Fang Hongan felt that it was time to temporarily slow down the wild honey digging action and implement the next plan.

After all, digging wild honey is only a stopgap measure to solve the current predicament and achieve primitive accumulation.

If you really want to live a rich and happy life with the mountains behind you, you still need a long-term livelihood.

then--

On the afternoon of July 1984, 5.

After simple preparation.

Hong An led Wang Tong to Lao Ya Ridge again.

(End of this chapter)