Farming for Survival in the Apocalypse

Bi Qiao’an lay motionless in the icy snow, watching helplessly as the falling flakes slowly buried her. As her consciousness faded, her mind drifted back to the three arduous years she had spent st...

Chapter 934: Excessive Sweetness

Chapter 934: Excessive Sweetness

Shen Yanming took off his gloves and held them in his hand. He reached out to take off his veil and took a deep breath.

"Oh my goodness, wearing this thing makes it hard for me to breathe," he complained.

Bi Qiaoan had already taken off the honey veils for An An and Nuan Nuan. She put away the honey veils for their family of four, then walked over to open the storage box. She was very happy looking at the golden honey inside.

"There are still a few pieces in the tree hole, but they are too deep for me to reach. If I want to get them, I have to chop the tree up. I think that would be against nature, so I'll stop."

Shen Yanming made things clear to the Ding family, fearing that if one of them went back to check, they would find that the money was not cleaned out thoroughly, which would lead to a quarrel.

Ding Rongquan didn't think too much about it. He nodded and said, "This is already a lot. I don't want the rest."

Then I looked at the beehive and was eager to try, but when I looked at my claws, I gave up. Alas, there was a lot of dirt on it, it was not clean.

"Yanming, your gloves are stained with honey. How about you squeeze it out and filter it for us?" Ding Rongquan asked.

Shen Yanming nodded: "Sure, it's just a side job and it's not too tiring." Then he put on his rubber gloves again.

Ding Xunye took out two pieces of white gauze from her bag: "Do you need this?"

Shen Yanming said “hmm”, but: “Does your family need it? If so, put it away, don’t waste it, Qiao An has it.”

Ding Xunye didn't know if her family was short of money, so she looked up at Ding Rongquan. Ding Rongquan was very upset, thinking that his niece was not very smart.

Ding Rongquan was just about to speak when he saw Bi Qiaoan taking out gauze: "It's okay, use ours. Yours looks quite white, so keep it for other uses." It's good for bandaging a wound or as a drawer cloth.

Ding Rongquan nodded and signaled Ding Xunye to put the cloth away.

Here, Shen Yanming picked up a piece of honeycomb and felt that it was a bit big, so he divided it into several small pieces.

The hive was relatively clean, without any dirt or fallen leaves. He took a closer look and found some bee pupae inside. He took the small white pupae out with his hands and put them on the lid of the plastic bucket.

"Bee pupae, do you want to eat them? If so, take them away. If not, gather them together and throw them away later." If they can't be sent back, it would be a sin of killing.

Shen Yanming sighed in his heart but didn't show it.

Ding Rongquan looked at the little white worms that were wiggling and swallowed his saliva. To be honest, he was not afraid of these things. After all, he was a man who had eaten a feast of insects in the Southern Province.

"Don't you want it? This is a high-protein food!" Ding Rongquan asked with wide eyes.

Shen Yanming curled his lips, shook his head and said, "I haven't eaten it before, so I don't dare to eat it. If you want it, take it away quickly." Although he was not afraid, he still felt some physical discomfort when looking at the little white worms.

Ding Rongquan didn't move, but looked at Bi Qiaoan and An An Nuan Nuan. Seeing that the three of them took a few steps back in unison, he said with a grin, "Yes, yes, yes. This one is very crispy when baked."

"Oh, then once these beehives are cleared out, you can have a delicious meal. I happened to bring some seasonings with me, so I can season it for you."

Shen Yanming laughed and teased him.

Unexpectedly, Ding Rongquan nodded affirmatively: "Yes, yes, that's it!"

Next, Ding Rongquan squatted beside Shen Yanming, staring at the big white pupae motionlessly. Bi Qiaoan felt a little pain in his eyes, so he took An An Nuan Nuan to walk around.

Ten minutes later, the mother and her two daughters came back and found dozens of bee pupae lying on the plastic cover.

"Alas, they are all little lives!" Bi Qiaoan muttered in her heart, but she didn't intend to stop it. After all, she was also a meat eater, and she didn't know how many times she had killed the animals in the space.

An An Nuan Nuan came forward and poked the big white pupa with her little finger. The big white pupa twisted a little, and the two babies were so scared that they quickly retracted their fingers with a guilty and frightened expression on their faces.

"Baby, come here, don't mess with daddy." Bi Qiaoan waved his hand, and the two babies ran over. They leaned on Bi Qiaoan and were very well-behaved, and you couldn't tell that they were naughty just now.

"Look, I have a plastic bottle here. I can pour the honey directly into the bottle." Ding Rongquan said with a smile.

Shen Yanming nodded and motioned him to put the bottle over. Then he held the gauze above the mouth of the bottle and gently squeezed the honeycomb inside. A stream of clear honey with a floral scent flowed down from the lowest point and fell directly into the bottle.

Soon, the bottle was full. Shen Yanming motioned him to change the bottle, and Ding Rongquan put a new bottle over with a smile, then took the full bottle, screwed the cap on it, and then stuck out his tongue to lick the honey dripping onto the bottle.

Everyone around looked at Ding Rongquan with envy, and asked with sparkling eyes: "Is it sweet?"

Ding Rongquan nodded, gave a thumbs up and said, "It's sweet, and has a floral scent."

"Really? Let me try it?" Ding Rongquan's elder brother said as he reached out to grab the plastic bottle.

Ding Rongquan subconsciously blocked it with his arm: "Why are you in such a hurry? We can divide it after we get home."

"Just let me have a taste first. I haven't had sweets for two years. I'm so craving for it!" Ding Rongsheng said pitifully.

Ding Rongquan shook his head and refused to let him. Ding Rongsheng glared at him and then turned his attention to the bottle that Shen Yanming was filling.

"Hey, you can't be so greedy, you're making a fool of yourself."

Ding Rongsheng rolled his eyes and said nonchalantly, "Of course you won't be greedy after eating it, but I'm definitely greedy for this one that I haven't touched yet. We're all family here, who would laugh at me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bi Qiaoan couldn't help laughing out loud. Her laughter caused a lot of trouble, and everyone who was originally tense burst into laughter.

Ding Rongsheng was a little embarrassed at first, but amid everyone's laughter, he slowly curled the corners of his lips.

Shen Yanming had just finished squeezing a piece of honeycomb. When he heard everyone's conversation, he reached into the storage box and broke off a few small pieces: "Here, try it all. It's authentic honeycomb."

Ding Rongsheng was not polite, he took it with a smile and thanked him. Other members of the Ding family also came forward.

When Shen Yanming found that his wife didn't come over, he raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hand to break off a piece of golden honeycomb and put it in front of him, and signaled with his eyes: "Come here!"

Bi Qiaoan smiled and pushed the two babies, and the two little ones ran over with smiles on their faces. She stood up and walked slowly, waiting for the two babies to eat the honey happily before Shen Yanming stuffed a piece into their mouths.

When you chew it gently, the honey inside comes out. It is very sweet and has a floral scent. It feels a bit choking.

Bi Qiaoan reached into his backpack, took out a bottle of water and gulped it down. After he finished, he realized that everyone was looking for water to drink because it was too sweet.

Bi Qiaoan narrowed his eyes at An An Nuan Nuan and asked them, "Is it sweet?"

The two babies nodded: "Sweet!" They were almost filled with sweetness.