The buzzing of mosquitoes is louder than the mooing of cows, especially that unique sound they make; it makes you want to slap one of them to death.

Yunling did just that, but she was a step too late; she was stung on the arm and a mosquito bite instantly appeared.

"I already told you not to come out. These summer mosquitoes are more venomous than a human heart."

"You got stung?"

Lu Yinghuai quickly grabbed Yunling's arm and looked at the spot where she had scratched. Sure enough, there was a large mosquito bite. He immediately pressed the bite with his fingers, making Yunling laugh.

What are you doing?

"Press the mosquito bite flat, and it won't itch anymore."

"Nonsense."

"Seriously, I was a real rascal when I was little. I loved running all over the mountains and alleys, climbing trees to steal fruit, catching fish in the river, feeding toads mint leaves, riding pigs through the streets and alleys, and chasing after pheasants to pluck their feathers."

"Once I had a stomachache and there was no outhouse around, so I just squatted down in the bushes to relieve myself. Back then, the mosquitoes were bigger than my thumb and they liked to bite people's butts. It was so itchy and the more I scratched, the bigger the bites got. So I pressed my fingers in a '米' shape and the itching stopped quickly."

"I still remember the look on my parents' faces when they saw my buttocks, the look of suspicion that I had been poisoned."

The mere sight of such a gentle and refined person defecating in the grass and pressing his buttocks was enough to make anyone want to laugh, but to make matters worse, he had a smug look on his face. Yunling couldn't stand it and pulled her hand back, bursting out laughing.

"I told you, you're just a hooligan."

"Then why did you come out with me? Aren't you afraid...?"

"Can you beat me?"

Yunling was telling the truth. Lu Yinghuai recalled the move that man used on the human trafficker, and now, just thinking about it made him feel a dull ache in that spot. That little guy was too fierce.

Yunling didn't know what Lu Yinghuai was trembling about, but she hadn't forgotten the important business she came out to do, so she continued to ask:

"Hey, did you talk to that eldest son of the Mei family about the shop?"

“I told you,” Lu Yinghuai said, taking out a shop deed from his pocket and handing it to Yunling. “Here’s the shop deed for you.”

"Huh? This... How much did you pay to buy it? I'll give you the money back."

Yunling had taken out twenty banknotes from the box in her room before leaving. She guessed that Lu Yinghuai's price negotiation should be within this range. If it exceeded this amount, she could just go to Lu's trading company the next day to make up the difference.

"Open it and take a look."

As soon as Yunling opened it, she saw the words "voluntary gift" written on the back of the deed, just like the land deed last time. How could she... keep accepting things for free time and time again?

"No, I can't accept your things for nothing. Tell me exactly how much silver you spent to buy them."

"It can be settled without spending money."

"Do you think I'm a three-year-old who doesn't understand anything? In business, you can't do without real money."

Yunling hurriedly pulled out the twenty banknotes from her bosom, but just as she was about to stuff them into Lu Yinghuai's hand, he put his hand behind his back and said teasingly:

"If you touch me, then we'll be in a mess."

Yunling's hand froze, unsure whether to move forward or backward. She couldn't touch him, lest he spew out some more nonsense. But she was determined to buy the shop, so she couldn't just casually throw the deed back.

Yunling thought for a moment. Previously, when Lu Jiamin painted for her, she only gave her a few sets of bras and panties, without paying her wages. So she simply used this as an excuse to send the two thousand strings of cash to the Lu family the next day, and Lu Yinghuai would have no way to return it.

Lu Yinghuai had no other intentions; he was in love with Yunling and just wanted to treat her well. But he gradually discovered that this feeling was addictive. He would often feel that he wasn't good enough to her and thought he should give her a couple more shops.

However, he also knew this person's nature; she didn't like taking advantage of others, so he had to suppress his desire to spend lavishly to avoid upsetting her.

“Lingniang, you don’t need to be so polite. Actually, I have my own agenda. I want to know a secret.”

"A secret? One that concerns me?"

Lu Yinghuai nodded and asked:

How did you come up with the idea of ​​using beehives?

This is naturally a lesson learned from the experiences and lessons left by her predecessors, but these are secrets that Yunling keeps deep in her heart, and she will not tell anyone.

Since she was being asked the question, she could only respond by crafting her words according to the given meaning.

“Those old beekeepers usually use round barrels to keep bees. The honey produced by sedimentation in round barrels is very mellow, but I didn’t have the time to wait for that. I needed money at that time, so I just thought of using the simplest and fastest way to accumulate honey.”

"Young master, didn't you see the contents of the beehive before? Pulling these out of the hive one by one makes it easier to observe the bee colony, easier to scrape honey, and easier to make queen cells to entice the queen bee to lay honey."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yinghuai became excited, and his tone turned cheerful.

"Yes, yes, you extract royal jelly using artificial queen cells. How exactly did you do that? Can you tell me the process? Hmm... if you feel you can't tell me, you don't have to."

"If I don't tell you, will it affect your invitation to Wen Siqing tomorrow?"

"Of course not."

"Then I won't say anything more."

Lu Yinghuai was taken aback. Under normal circumstances, his attitude was humble and friendly, and their relationship was quite familiar. She should have followed the usual approach and talked to him. Why did he do the opposite?

This person always bullies him.

"Lingniang~"

How awful!

What's with this grown man acting like a spoiled brat? I wonder what he would think if the boy who used to squat in the grass, taking a dump and getting bitten on the butt by mosquitoes, knew what he looked like now that he's all grown up.

They'll probably resent him for being useless.

"Lingniang~~"

"Actually, it's quite simple. First, we need to build a platform, and then..."

Yunling couldn't resist the man's delicate manner, so she told him in detail how to make a queen cell, how to make a wax bowl, how to induce the queen bee to lay eggs, and how to use larvae to lure the queen bee to lay honey.

She wasn't worried that the person would steal her knowledge. As the saying goes, everyone is different, and even if you know something, you might not be able to copy it exactly.

Lu Yinghuai didn't really mean that. He was simply very impressed by Yunling's clever little brain, which had come up with so many good ideas.

Secondly, he increasingly felt that Yunling and he were a match made in heaven. No matter how you look at it, they were a perfect match. He just didn't know how to marry her.