Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 246 Looking for a Beekeeper
On the second day, Guan Wen packed his bags and waited for Li Xin to go out together.

At the old juncture, he told him: "I still know a few old guys in Xiahe Village, but they haven't seen each other for many years. It's better for you two to come back soon after you go out."

Li Xin asked Lao Guan if he knew how to keep bees, but Lao Guan just shook his head and said he couldn't.

Generally speaking, beekeepers are older, and older people have more experience.Otherwise, how can we say that experienced farmers are all "old farmers"?The same goes for beekeepers.However, in this area of ​​Yizhou, there are almost no people who have started this kind of business on a large scale. There are some beekeepers scattered here and there who raise some bees to produce honey, that is, they produce honey for themselves, and rarely sell it out.

Li Xin wants to use the large area of ​​the stone field to start a honey business.

There are a lot of wild flowers and fruit trees on the mountain top of Guan's house. When spring comes, the mountain flowers are in full bloom.If bees are kept, and the nectar is collected with them, it must be enough.If the bees can't get nectar, they can also put sugar to let them get it. After all, they won't be hungry—honey is much more valuable than white sugar.

While responding to the old juncture's words, Guan Wen put on a bag, and Li Xin carried a small bag that he made himself.

Guan Wen said: "Grandpa, then Xiner and I will go."

At the old juncture, he waved his hand and said, "Go, go early and come back early."

Xiahe Village is not too far from Hehua Village.Hehua Village, Lijia Village, and Xiahe Village are basically arranged in a north-south direction, but the area of ​​Xiahe Village is much narrower and longer, and it is also adjacent to Hehua Village.Guan Wen and Li Xin took the path, bypassing a mountain in Hehua Village.

Turning over one side of the mountain and coming down, Xiahe Village was displayed in front of them flatly.

Compared with Hehua Village, the land in Xiahe Village is flatter, with each piece of land being cut regularly.

Guan Wen and Li Xin ate dry food with water, and they asked along the road if there was any honey produced by the farm for sale.

The people in Xiahe Village live in a calm and peaceful way, and they don't reject people from other villages. They don't feel embarrassed when Guan Wen asks him. He asked him who he is and what he wants to do, and he answered him readily.After asking all the way, they all said that they don't know much about anyone who makes such a living.

Li Xin looked very disappointed, sighed slightly and said: "It seems that no one in Xiahe Village knows how to keep bees... I'd better find another way. I just know that to keep bees, you only need to catch the queen bee and raise them." Well, the other worker bees know to follow the queen bee and help the queen bee collect honey..."

Guan Wen knew about the queen bee, but he didn't understand Li Xin's description of "worker bee", so he asked softly, "What kind of bee is a worker bee?"

Li Xin gave a soft "ah" and said, "It's just the bees that are busy collecting honey. Don't you think they are the workers of the queen bee? I haven't seen the queen bee collecting honey. It's all the worker bees collecting honey."

Guan Wen laughed: "Your metaphor is quite novel."

Li Xin said "Mmm" awkwardly, feeling a little regretful in her heart.

Guan Wen didn't seem to want to give up just like that, and continued walking on the country road in a daze. When he saw a man carrying a hoe, he called him uncle and brother, and when he called a woman with a belt around his waist, he called him aunt and aunt Sister, politely continued to ask all the way.

Li Xin is not a person who can't afford to go out, but when Guan Wen asked about it, she was happy to have a leisurely time, and only echoed a few words when Guan Wen was talking to others.

It will take some time to get through the village profile of Xiahe Village. They are not familiar with the land, so they are afraid of going wrong.Li Xin pulled Guan Wen and said, "Forget it, don't go on, there are still no beekeepers in Xiahe Village, so forget it."

Guan Wen sighed, looked at her and said, "I'm afraid you will be disappointed."

"It's okay. If you really don't have one, you can do it yourself. At worst, you can make a beehive by yourself, but it will be more troublesome to catch the queen bee." Li Xin smiled and said, "I'm just afraid of being stung."

Guan Wen smiled silently, squeezed Li Xin's hand and said, "At worst, I'll come when I'm catching the queen bee."

Li Xin responded with a smile: "Okay, what you said, you can't rely on it."

"not bad."

Since they couldn't find a beekeeper, Guan Wen and Li Xin decided to go back.In Xiahe Village, they were not familiar with the place where they lived, so it was meaningless to stay forever.When the two were walking back, Li Xin suddenly thought of something. He paused and said, "They're all here. It's also convenient. Why don't we go to Feng's house to have a look."

Guan Wen was taken aback at first, then thought for a while and said, "The Feng family... is what mother-in-law told Axiu, the family in Xiahe Village?"

Li Xin nodded and said: "I still think that the Feng family is not bad, but their family is also in a difficult situation. His filial piety has been delayed for three years, and it will not be easy for him to marry a wife after three years."

Guan Wen sighed: "Since you can't be in-laws, you can't do it, so you can come and disturb me."

"It's always right to go and say hello, anyway, our two families know each other. When we talked about Axiu's marriage, I secretly visited with Xing'er..." Li Xin paused and said: "It is certain that the family is poor. But it’s not like there is no bowl of water for entertaining guests. We just passed by and took a look. Although the two families have no friendship, it is okay to let people know that we did not greet them when we arrived in Xiahe Village, and it would be embarrassing. a courtesy."

Guan Wen thinks about the same reason. It is good to know a friend. Xiahe Village is not far from Hehua Village. If you have a lot of acquaintances, it will be easy to inquire about the news between the villages in the future.

So Li Xin took Guan Wen to Feng's house.

The last time I went to Feng's house, I found someone to lead the way. She just sat in Feng's house and didn't say much to Feng's family.In my impression, Feng Defa's mother is just an honest rural woman, and her speech is a bit dull; his sister-in-law is a medicine jar and keeps coughing; He just pursed his lips and smiled at her.

Although the Feng family is indeed quite poor.

It can be seen from the courtyard wall that the mud on the outside is a little mottled, and the pillars supporting the beams of the house are a little cracked and have long thin holes. I don't know how long this house has not been repaired.I said earlier that I was going to marry Feng Defa a daughter-in-law, but Feng Defa's grandma passed away suddenly, and the family turned over their fortunes to organize a funeral for the old man, and when Feng Defa's sister-in-law became seriously ill, she went to see the doctor and took some precious medicines— — This can be said to be worse for the Feng family, and they don't know how their family will live in the future.

Li Xin, who was standing in front of the Feng family's house again, was in a much heavier mood than last time. Before she and Guan Wen came, they bought ten eggs and a chicken with money from other farmers' homes, which was considered a gift to the Feng family.Standing in front of the Feng family's gate, Li Xin was hesitant to go in again. After all, she came to the door without saying hello... It was too abrupt for the Feng family after all—she hadn't contacted the Feng family for a long time. .

However, before she could discuss with Guan Wen, or she would not go in, she heard a little girl's voice from behind timidly: "Is it... the sister-in-law of the Guan family?"

Li Xin looked back, smiled and said, "You still recognize me?"

The little girl standing in front of her was holding a basket in her hand. Her skin was slightly dark, tanned from hard work since she was a child. She had a small nose, a delicate face, and a pair of crescent moons in her eyes when she smiled.It is Feng Defa's eldest sister, 13-year-old Feng Zhizhi.

"The sister-in-law of the Guan family is beautiful, Zhizhi remembers it." Feng Zhizhi smiled at Li Xin delicately, and looked at Guan Wen curiously.Li Xin introduced, "This is your big brother from the Guan family."

Feng Zhizhi immediately called out again: "Hello, Brother Guan."

Guan Wen responded with some embarrassment.

At his age, a boy or girl of Feng Zhizhi's age could call him uncle.But just because it was to propose marriage to Axiu at that time, he and Feng Defa were of the same generation, and Feng Zhizhi was also his sister of the same generation.

Li Xin smiled and said to Feng Zhizhi: "Your eldest brother Guan and I came to Xiahe Village to do some business. I thought that I would know your family here, so I came to your house to bother you. Your parents, brother and others Are you all at home?"

Feng Zhizhi hurriedly said: "Mother, sister-in-law, and Yaya are all here, father, eldest brother and second brother are married in the field." He raised a basket of wild vegetables in his hand and said: "I just went to dig wild vegetables and came back."

Li Xin sighed secretly, and praised her: "Zhizhi is so good." Feng Zhizhi smiled shyly, and then invited Guan Wen and Li Xin into the room to talk.

Although in the future such things as wild vegetables can be met but not sought after, rich people will spend a lot of money to get them to eat, saying that they are ecological and green. come to eat.

When Feng Zhizhi entered the house, he put the basket down and called her mother and sister-in-law, saying that the elder brother and sister-in-law of the Guan family had come and asked them to come and greet them.

Aunt Feng is an honest woman. Li Xin nodded to her when she saw her, pointed to Guan Wen and said, "This is my family." Then he asked Guan Wen to hand her the chicken and a basket of eggs.

Mrs. Feng still couldn't understand it, until Li Xin said that this was a door-to-door gift, and then Mrs. Feng hurriedly pushed it away, saying, "You can't do it, it's too precious..."

Now Li Xin has a lot of money in his hands, and the oily smell can be seen on the table in their new house every day, and they can eat rice every other day, and the meat and vegetables are gradually increasing.Li Xin doesn't like to eat eggs very much. The eggs at home are saved for Amei Yang'er and Lao Guan. She can drink some egg custard at most.And the family also set up a chicken shed to raise chickens.So in her opinion, chickens and eggs are really worthless.

But looking at the Feng family's current attitude towards chickens and eggs, there is no doubt that their family really feels a little bit desperate.

Mrs. Feng was pushing back, Feng Defa's sister-in-law Song came out holding the door, leaned against the door and coughed, smiled when she saw Li Xin, and said, "It's the sister-in-law of the Guan family."

Because Brother Feng Defa is not as old as Guan Wen, the Song family also called Li Xin a sister-in-law.

Li Xin responded, pushed the chicken and eggs to Aunt Feng and said, "Don't push me, auntie, it would be a pity if the eggs were spilled. Save them and make a good meal for your siblings and branches."

Aunt Feng finally accepted the gift, and she had a "thank you" attitude towards Li Xin.

Feng Defa's mother is really an honest person.

Li Xin also only sighed in his heart, and they sat in the main room together, Li Xin smiled and said: "I have nothing to do here, I just came to do something, thinking that since everyone is here, why not come to your house to see " Then he asked Aunt Feng, "Auntie, how are you doing at home recently? I have been busy a while ago, and I heard about the old lady, but I didn't have time to come, but I lost some reason."

Aunt Feng quickly waved her hand and said, "How do you say this, it's hard for you to think about it..."

Li Xin comforted Mrs. Feng, and Mrs. Feng sighed: "... I have emptied my family in one fell swoop, and now I can eat without any problems. Just point to that little land, hoping to produce more. Otherwise, I'm afraid this year will be sad..."

Song shi took a few breaths, and said, "It's all my fault, which dragged down the Feng family."

"Why did you say that? Don't say it like that. No one in the family blames you, and you are not willing to be sick." Mrs. Feng hurriedly comforted Song and said, "It will be fine when the illness is cured, so don't talk about it."

Li Xin saw it in his eyes, but thought in his heart that the relationship between Mrs. Feng and Mrs. Song's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is pretty good. I saw Mrs. Feng greeting Mrs. Song the last time I came here, so it shouldn't be just pretending. "

Just as he was talking, Feng Zhizhi brought a smaller girl over.She looks very similar to Feng Zhizhi, except that the little girl's eyes are slightly rounder.

When Mrs. Feng saw them both, she beckoned them over.

Feng Zhizhi smiled and said to the little girl beside him: "Do you still remember Sister Guan?"

Aunt Feng also patted the little girl's head pityingly and said, "Does Yaya know anyone?"

"I recognize..." Feng Yaya's eyes were wide open, watery, "The last time I came home, I brought my eldest sister who had delicious snacks."

"I want to call sister-in-law."

"It's okay." Li Xin laughed quickly: "It's not bad to call me sister, it seems that there are no girls calling me sister yet."

Li Xin smiled, bent slightly and said to Feng Yaya: "I'm sorry, Yaya, my sister didn't bring any delicious pastries this time, can I treat Yaya next time?"

Feng Yaya nodded happily, and Aunt Feng hurriedly said to her: "You are not allowed to ask for food!"

"Auntie is fine." Li Xin pulled Feng Yaya to sit with her, and said, "They are still babies, girls should be pampered before they get married, otherwise they will marry and become people from another family. It doesn't matter whether she is spoiled by her in-law's family or not, it's better to spoil her more when she was in her mother's family."

Aunt Feng sighed, shook her head and said, "The family has no good conditions to spoil her. If we don't sell her, it's because her father and I feel sorry for her..."

Li Xin trembled slightly and looked at Aunt Feng. Aunt Feng sighed and said, "It is said that girls are useless at home and cannot work in the fields. Preparing dowry is like splashing water and throwing people out, and from then on the girl is from someone else's family..." Aunt Feng said "hey": "When I can't make it through, I want to save a bite of food, so that my daughter can have a bite of food, Selling my daughter is also a good way out, but neither I nor her father can bear it..."

Feng Yaya is pretty, so it is not surprising that she is reluctant to sell her.

It's just that when it comes to selling a daughter, it always touches a scar on Li Xin's heart.

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