Farmer's wife: My husband came back and the house was in chaos

Chapter 127 Honey? Harvesting Wild Honey

"Miss, what's wrong?"

Found it on the roadside? Maybe I was overthinking it.

"It's nothing. Just be more careful these days." Yao Qingnian saw that the young man was really doing his best and there was nothing wrong, so he didn't pay too much attention to it.

When Yao Qingnian returned home, she saw Lu Mingchuan helping her peel wild chestnuts that were drying in the sun. The chestnuts filled a basket: "Wife Huaijin, I think your chestnuts are almost done drying, so I'm peeling them all."

"Thank you dad."

The next day, Liu Shuyue set aside a day to accompany Yao Qingnian up the mountain to pick chestnuts: "Mom, we are just ahead, be careful with your steps."

The mountains were overgrown with weeds. Before coming, Yao Qingnian sprayed medicine on his body and wrapped himself tightly before setting off towards the chestnut forest.

Soon they arrived, and there were many ripe chestnuts on the ground: "Mom, this is it, there are all over this area, you pick them up here, I'll go around the front, remember to bring your straw hat, I was hit by a chestnut bag here last time, and it still hurts now."

"Qingnian, don't go too far. There are deep mountains ahead, and there are wild beasts, snakes and insects in it." Liu Shuyue warned.

"okay, I get it."

Liu Shuyue started picking chestnuts while Yao Qingnian walked forward. The mountains were full of treasures and it was a rare trip here, so she wanted to go ahead and see if she could find anything.

After walking for about quarter of an hour, Yao Qingnian dug some medicinal herbs on the road. When he went further, there was no road and a cliff at the end. He walked around but found nothing except medicinal herbs.

Just as I was about to go back, I suddenly saw a stone wall not far away covered with bees. I took a closer look and found that it was a beehive. This kind of wild honey is rare, and it looks like it weighs at least ten kilograms.

Most of the honey we ate in our previous lives came from human artificial breeding, while real wild honey is extremely rare and precious. Due to environmental damage, over-collection and other reasons, the number of wild bees has decreased, making wild honey increasingly difficult to obtain.

Yao Qingnian took out a sack and sprinkled powder on her body. Then she found some dry sticks and leaves suitable for smoking, made a simple torch, and tiptoed to a place not far from the beehive.

I saw the beehive hanging on the stone wall, and bees crawling around on it.

After observing the surrounding environment and wind direction, Yao Qingnian lit the torch, and immediately thick smoke billowed. This was the effect he wanted. When picking honey, thick smoke was needed to avoid being stung. The thick smoke drifted toward the hive along the wind. The bees sensed the breath of danger and rushed out of the nest, running around like headless flies. They circled in the air, looking for the source of the threat.

As the smoke spread, the bees became more and more restless, and at this moment, a queen bee, several times larger than an ordinary bee, flew out of the hive. Its wings shone with golden light, and the fluff on its body shone brightly in the sun.

They began to fly towards the queen bee, and in the blink of an eye, the dense swarm of bees disappeared, and the beehive was completely exposed, covered with holes, and each hole was filled with this sweet and delicious honey, forming a spectacular and tempting sight.

He stuck the torch into the ground and started cutting with a knife. Yao Qingnian cut the beeswax first. Beeswax had no edible value. After cutting the beeswax, Yao Qingnian began to cut the honey on it.

Yao Qingnian quickly cut off the protruding honey on the surface, and the golden and dazzling honey juice flowed out. She carefully took the honey and put it into a sack prepared in advance.

Just as she was grinning happily and immersed in harvesting honey, a few bees on the hive that had no time to escape flew into Yao Qingnian's mouth. Before she could drive them away, her mouth was stabbed: "Damn it!"

Yao Qingnian covered her mouth in pain. The culprit had long disappeared, so she had to take medicine from the space and apply it on.

Soon the honey was cut off, but she did not cut it all. Instead, she left a quarter of it hanging. In this way, the bees would come back, and maybe next time they came, there would be honey to eat again.

She picked up the sack of honey and the torch and quickly left the place. Sure enough, when she walked a distance and looked back, the bees flew back like a gust of wind and soon covered the remaining hive.

Yao Qingnian ran back to the wild chestnut forest along the same route. Her body and face were soaked with sweat and she felt sticky all over. She found an open space to sit down, took out the water bag she carried with her, and began to drink it. The place on her mouth where she was stung hurt.

"Qingnian, your mouth?!" Liu Shuyue came over after hearing the voice. The backpack she carried with her was already full of chestnut bags. When she saw Yao Qingnian, she was startled.

She reached out and touched her mouth. It was over. It was swollen like a sausage. How was she going to face people these days? Woohoo…

"I was stung by a bee."

"Why did you go?"

"Yes, let's collect wild honey." Yao Qingnian took out a cloth bag placed aside and opened it to reveal the honey inside.

"Oh, the sting of wild bees is very painful. Huai Jin was stung by a bee when he went into the mountains a few years ago. His face was swollen for more than half a month before it went down. During those days, I was worried that he would be disfigured and unable to find a wife."

Liu Shuyue got goose bumps all over her body. This Huai Jin's wife was so bold that she dared to go and cut wild honey by herself.

"Haha! There is such a thing!"

"You're still smiling, doesn't your mouth hurt? I'll get you some medicine to apply when I get back."

Yao Qingnian grinned with her swollen mouth, revealing an ugly smile, "Mom, I just applied medicine, and all the wild honey has been harvested. Let's take it back and soak it in water to drink, it will beautify your skin!"

She broke off a piece and put it into Liu Shuyue's mouth. The wild honey tasted rich and delicate. "This is too sweet. It's delicious."

Yao Qingnian also ate a piece: "It tastes sweet, has a rich aroma, spreads in the mouth, and is not greasy at all."

After resting for a while, she picked up the remaining chestnuts together: "Okay, Mom, today's chestnuts have been picked up here, let's go back! We'll come back next time."

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went down the mountain home carrying baskets full of chestnuts. When they returned to the village, the sun had already set in the west, dyeing the sky orange and red.

After returning home, Yao Qingnian carefully placed the honeycombs she had picked today on the table and observed these peculiar structures carefully. Each honeycomb is composed of countless hexagons, which are neat and orderly, making people marvel at the ingenuity of nature.

Next, Yao Qingnian began to process the beehive. She found some jars, cleaned them, and prepared to hold the extracted honey.

She placed the honeycomb in a piece of gauze, held it tightly with both hands, and began to squeeze it. As she moved, the golden honey in the honeycomb slowly flowed out, along the gauze and into the basin below.

When all the hives were processed, she put the pure honey into cleaned jars, sealed the lids, and stored them.