Hard work

Chapter 120 Preparations for attracting bees

After Lan Du and Fang Ning'ai finished their banquet, the village became busy.At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, the whole village began to get busy.Not only for the subsequent autumn harvest, but also for the fruits and wild vegetables on the mountain.

After having a Zanglang at home, Lan Hua'er felt more at ease, and even handed over honey to Zanglang.Zang Lang is not afraid of stings, and his reaction is quick, so he can retrieve the honey very easily.In the beginning, there were times when I was stung by bees, because they were wild bees, so even bees are quite poisonous.

Lan Hua'er helped him pick it up several times with a needle, and then applied it with honey.Later, Zang Lang seemed to have found a good way to avoid being stung by bees when taking honey.

But Lan Hua'er didn't know how he did it.Because after Zang Lang was stung for the first time, he refused to bring orchids close to the hive on the back mountain.Said to be:
"It doesn't matter if I got stung, little lady is small, so I can't come here."

And every time he went up the mountain, he seemed to be able to find a beehive. On the contrary, Lan Huaer wandered around the back mountain for a long time, and he might not even find a beehive.But she is a girl after all, so it is impossible for her to drill around in the thorn bushes in the back mountain. Although there are many places that are not very deep, she will not go there, so she will not be able to find some beehives.

With the help of Zang Lang, Lan Hua'er has already kept several jars of honey at home.Zang Lang likes spicy food, but he also likes sweet food.He also likes to eat those candied fruits soaked in honey.It's just because there wasn't much in the house before, so he didn't eat much.

Later, he found that there were quite a lot of beehives on the back mountain, so he moved the honey and even the beehives with great interest, so that the orchids could make more fruits—if they made a lot, he was ashamed to ask for some to eat .

Lan Hua'er actually didn't understand Zang Lang's mentality, but thinking about it, Zang Lang did eat a lot. He probably felt that he had to work a lot to replenish the food he consumed.

She felt that it would not be a problem for Zang Lang to go to the back mountain all the time to find bee nests all over the mountains, so she thought it would be better to find a way to gather the bee colony on the back mountain.

In modern times, she had never kept bees before, but she had only seen it introduced on TV, and she didn't pay much attention to it.

Now I have to figure it out by myself.

A wooden box is an easy thing to make. Let Zang Lang or Yan Dalang do it, no matter how much it is, it only consumes some wooden boards.

Lan Hua'er even specially asked Zang Lang to go to the back mountain to cut some sweet wood and whittle it into planks to make special boxes.I just want to make the bees prefer to settle in it.It took me a long time to pick some wood that would not infect the bugs.

After the wooden box was ready, Lan Huaer asked Zang Lang to make a lot of wooden shelves that could just be stuck according to the size of the wooden box.In fact, it is a wooden board about the size of a wooden box, with the middle hollowed out, leaving only four sides around it.

There seems to be barbed wire between the modern wooden shelves.There was no such thing in ancient times, so Lan Hua'er cut the wicker into thin and long strips, interlaced them to form a loose net, and connected them to the wooden frame.

Lan Hua'er doesn't have this kind of craftsmanship.She told Zang Lang that Zang Lang thought about it for a long time, and unexpectedly cut some small and narrow pieces of bamboo, and nailed the wicker nets to the wooden frame one by one.

Lan Hua'er was stunned by the side.

She used to know that there are crafts such as bamboo nails and wooden nails, and even a whole house is made of wood splicing.Many chairs that have been around for a while are made of bamboo nails.But she had never seen it with her own eyes.Now Zang Lang not only easily showed his hand in front of her, but also did such a difficult thing.

Lan Huaer specially showed the wooden frame to Yan Dalang, and Yan Dalang couldn't help but boast:
"Great job."

Orchid asked:
"Can Ah Lin make something like this? It's right here, nailed with such a small piece of bamboo."

Yan Dalang looked at it, then shook his head:
"I don't do such delicate things."

Lan Hua'er was so shocked by Zang Lang.To be able to nail the bamboo strips to the wooden frame with bamboo strips as thin as toothpicks requires not only good eyesight, but also strong wrists and knives with knives.

She felt that even if something happened at home one day and the fields were gone, as long as Zang Lang was around, she would not die of hunger.If this craft goes out to be a carpenter, isn't it top-notch.

The boxes for the bees will be ready soon.

It's just that the bee nests are generally in April or May.Aozi Village is relatively north, and the temperature is different from that in the south. Maybe the nesting will be later.In any case, there is no reason to separate nests in autumn.So after the box is ready, it is just put in the house first.

Orchid hasn't figured out how to introduce the queen bee into the box yet.Just prepare first, and try slowly when the time comes.

She asked Zang Lang to leave two or three nests of bees on the back mountain, and told Zang Lang not to disturb them.Wait until next spring to get the box over.At worst, spread some honey inside the box, and it should be able to attract at least one queen bee.After having the first litter, it's easy to talk about the rest.

Lan Hua'er and Zang Lang drilled on the back mountain for a long time before they found a small cove that they were satisfied with. There were enough flower fields around it, and it was secluded enough not to be disturbed at will. They planned to keep the bees there in the future.

For this idea, they even spared some time and built a small scaffold over there.

It is not often windy in the col, so as long as the shed can block the rain, it is enough.

Zang Lang has never heard that bees can be domesticated.But since Lan Hua'er said so, he obeyed unconditionally.

Lan Hua'er didn't think about being able to develop into a large-scale bee farm and earn a lot of money, but only wanted to make it convenient for her to get honey and make a small money.

Even when Gaihua and Goudan's family came, she gave them sour radish and spicy cabbage to sell in the town, and she never thought that she would make a big difference.

She always felt that she had no business talent.

In modern times, I have never played stocks or anything, and I don't often invest.Although the wealth management products in the bank have low risk and can earn a little money, but she doesn't have enough principal.All he does is the most mundane work, and he has no intention of doing business.

After traveling back to ancient times, during the poorest days at home, she thought of many ways.But let her think about what more food is available at home, she is competent, let her think about doing small business, but she is a little at a loss.

The town is so far away, and she doesn't have the materials in hand, so how can she make anything.The only thing is to sell some game from the mountains, and a handling fee will be deducted in the middle.

So when Gaihua asked someone to pass the word to her, saying that the spicy cabbage was selling very well, and asked her to prepare to make more and bring it to the town to sell next time, she felt a little dazed.

When the messenger left, Lan Hua'er couldn't help but turned her head and pulled Zang Lang's sleeve, asking:
"Ah Lang, Ah Lang, am I awake? Am I not dreaming? My elder brother sent me a message, saying that sour radish and spicy cabbage are selling very well, and I got a lot of money? And let me prepare some more, after Then transport it to the town to sell?"

Zang Lang looked at Lan Hua'er, he didn't quite understand why she was suddenly in a trance, but he still nodded and said:
"Yes. I will help you with what the little lady wants to do."

Lan Huaer was still a little dazed and said:

"Oh, it's okay, what can I do? Well, you should finish the autumn harvest first. After the new batch of radish is harvested, I will go to the back mountain to pick some pears, and the taste will be even better. It's a pity that the pear tree behind the house is not old enough to grow many pears, so I still have to go to the back mountain. The pears in the back mountain are not very sweet. I'll just prepare the cabbage. The weather is going to turn cold now , but there will be heavy rain, and things are still not easy to store. Let’s wait until the rain passes.”

Zang Lang nodded beside him.Before walking away, Lan Huaer pulled Zang Lang again and asked:

"Alang, am I really dreaming? Are the things I made sold for a good price?"

Zang Lang was still puzzled, not knowing what happened to Lan Huaer, but he nodded obediently and said:

"Yes. The things made by the little lady sell very well."

Lan Huaer let out an "oh", as if she agreed, but she still couldn't react.

This is the first time she has exchanged her handicraft for a lot of money since she traveled back to ancient times.Although I bought game and honey candies before, it was just a small business, and it was just selling something new.At least Gaihua has never said how much anyone likes those things.Moreover, the things hunted on the mountain were not made by Lan Hua'er herself after all, she just spent a little effort.

She often worries that if something happens to her family, she will starve to death.I don't know if I want to work at the door of a big family outside.She lost her grandparents when she was young. From the perspective of ancient times, she was a standard double restraint and double evil spirit.

it's good now.

Even if something happened, at least she could support herself with her craft.

Lan Hua'er was in a trance for two days before she got out of this state, and then she started to work hard and started to work again.

Before the autumn harvest, there were several heavy rains as usual.Orchids are already used to it.The growth of grain here also explains that ordinary thunderstorms can't knock down many tassels. It is estimated that they have adapted to the weather here for thousands of years.

In previous years, only Yan Dalang was alone during the autumn harvest, so Lan Huaer would go to the field to help.With Zang Lang this year, she will never have anything to do with the fields.Even if she wanted to go there, Zang Lang would drive her away and said with a silly smile:
"Little lady, let's cook something delicious."

(End of this chapter)