Qin Xiaoxiao led Qin Yue to the wild walnut tree. When they arrived, they found that the walnuts were indeed ripe, and some had fallen to the ground.

Qin Yue's eyes lit up, and she ran over quickly. "Sister, come here quickly, there are wild walnuts here."

Qin Xiaoxiao slowly walked over, put her basket on the ground, squatted down and picked up the ripe wild walnuts. As she picked them up, she said to Qin Yue, "This tree isn't very tall. Aren't you good at climbing trees? Why don't you go up and shake all the walnuts down?"

Qin Yue agreed and quickly darted up the tree, leaving Qin Xiaoxiao speechless.

Goodness, is her younger sister born in the Year of the Monkey? She's quick and agile.

This was a small tree, and there weren't many walnuts. The two sisters finished picking them in no time. Qin Yue also saw a beehive on another tree not far away.

"Sis, quick, let's go over there, there's a beehive over there."

Qin Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up. "Where?"

Qin Yue pointed to Qin Xiaoxiao and said, "It's over there, on the tree in the middle."

Qin Xiaoxiao quickly ran over, looked up for a long time, and finally saw the beehive on the branch of a big tree.

The honeycomb was hidden among the leaves; if Qin Yue hadn't been so observant, she probably wouldn't have noticed it.

After observing for a while, Qin Xiaoxiao found that the worker bees were not coming and going so frequently, perhaps because they were all out collecting nectar and not at home.

Qin Xiaoxiao immediately felt that her opportunity had arrived and that she could get her hands on the beehive.

Removing a beehive in the wild is simple: find some fresh straw, light it, and place it under the beehive while the smoke is thickest to scare away the worker bees. Then you can remove the beehive. After that, quickly leave to avoid being stung by bees.

Qin Xiaoxiao and Qin Yue went down the mountain and secretly plucked two handfuls of rice from the fields. They then removed the rice stalks, leaving only the straw.

The two moved quickly and soon lit the straw. Then, Qin Xiaoxiao carefully walked to the beehive, lifted the straw, and began to smoke it.

Before long, all the worker bees came out. Qin Xiaoxiao's judgment was correct; there weren't many worker bees left in the hive, they must have gone out to work.

Once all the worker bees had fled, Qin Yue quickly climbed the tree, placed leaves on the walnuts, and then put the honeycomb on top of the walnuts.

Qin Xiaoxiao took the basket, covered it with another layer of leaves, and the two sisters ran back as fast as they could.

When they arrived at the educated youth compound, the two sisters were out of breath from running. They sat on a small stool in the courtyard and panted for a long time before Qin Xiaoxiao had the strength to get up and find a wooden basin to put away the beehive.

While Qin Yue was sitting in the yard, Qin Xiaoxiao took out two glass bottles from her spatial storage. These were leftovers from eating canned fruit. After washing them, she had kept them in her spatial storage, and now they finally had a use.

The honeycomb was cut open, and the honey was poured into glass bottles. The honeycomb was quite large, and Qin Xiaoxiao poured out enough honey into two bottles with some left over.

He poured the remaining honey into a bowl, put the lid back on the jar, and placed it in a bamboo basket to be delivered to the Qin family's old house later.

Looking at Qin Yue drying wild walnuts in the yard, Qin Xiaoxiao's lips curled up slightly. She used a spoon to scoop out some wild honey and then dissolved it in boiling water.

"Xiaoyue, come and drink some honey water."

Qin Yue agreed and ran into the house. Looking at the honey water on the cutting board, her eyes narrowed into slits with laughter.

"Sis, didn't you make yourself a bowl of soup?"

Qin Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at Qin Yue, "Oh, right, take this bottle to the milk shop later, and take half of the remaining bottle home with you so your parents can try it."

Qin Yue waved her hand dismissively, "No need, you can keep it and drink it. Everyone says this stuff is nutritious. Sis, you should take good care of yourself so you can give me a big nephew to play with next year."

Qin Xiaoxiao was initially quite touched, but after hearing the last sentence, she almost couldn't hold back and gave Qin Yue a big bag.

This little brat is actually pressuring her to have a baby! Her mother isn't even in a hurry, so why is she in such a rush?

Qin Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes. "Alright, go ahead and drink yours."

Behind Qin Yue's back, he took out another bottle and divided the contents. He put the bottle he kept for himself in the kitchen cabinet and put the divided half-bottle into the bamboo basket.

Seeing that there was still a lot of honey in the bowl, Qin Xiaoxiao decided to make some honey cake for her family.

Qin Xiaoxiao shooed Qin Yue to play in the yard and pretended to take out ingredients from the kitchen cabinet.

Eggs, sugar, salt, honey, low-gluten flour, milk powder. The milk powder is used the least, just one spoonful is enough. Finally, a bowl of water is prepared and set aside.

First, sift the flour and set it aside. Then, put the eggs, sugar, and salt into a bowl and beat them until soft peaks form. Qin Xiaoxiao regretted doing this step because she had to beat the flour and couldn't take the whisk out of the bowl. She had to do it by hand, which almost made her wrist swell up.

Anyway, by the time the egg liquid was ready to use, both of her wrists were already sore, and it would probably be even worse tomorrow.

Then mix the honey with water, then add flour, milk powder, and egg liquid, stir until smooth and free of lumps, and then tap the container to release any air bubbles.

Since there was no oven, Qin Xiaoxiao decided to steam it.

Just then, the fire in the stove outside was still burning, so Qin Xiaoxiao added two more pieces of wood and then boiled water to steam the cake.

Soon, the aroma of cake filled the pot. Qin Yue ran to the pot, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath. "It smells so good, sis, when will it be ready?"

Qin Xiaoxiao chuckled and gently patted Qin Yue's head. "Almost there, you little glutton!"

Qin Xiaoxiao made more, so it took a little longer. After steaming, when the lid was opened, the aroma was even stronger, which made the educated youth in the front yard stretch their necks and take a few deep breaths.

"It smells so good, it smells like cake."

"Qin Xiaoxiao is making delicious food again."

"That's right, only she has that condition."

The educated youth looked on with envy, while only a few were filled with jealousy, but they knew they were helpless against Qin Xiaoxiao.

The cake was ready, and Qin Xiaoxiao cut a piece for Qin Yue. "You eat this first, and we'll take the rest to your grandma and grandpa later."

Qin Yue nodded as she ate, "Mmm, you made it, so you get to decide."

Qin Xiaoxiao glanced at Qin Yue and saw that she had finished eating quickly, so she cut her a small piece. "Eat less when it's time to eat. It'll just end up in your mouth anyway."

To put it bluntly, the cake was made for Qin Yue. As for how much Qin's grandmother and Qin Aiguo could eat, they could only have a small piece at most. Neither of them liked sweets, and the honey cake was too sweet for them.

After setting the cake aside to cool, Qin Xiaoxiao packed a basket of walnuts and spread the rest out in the yard to continue drying.

After Qin Yue finished eating, the two sisters went to the Qin family home hand in hand. Just as they entered, Ma Dahua was calling Su Yun, asking her to call them over for dinner.

"Oh, that's good, no need to call them, they're coming over."

Su Yun chuckled as she looked at Qin Xiaoxiao and Qin Yue, then noticed with her sharp eyes that they were both carrying baskets. "What's this? Why are you bringing things again?"

Su Yun politely refrained from peeking, but Qin Xiaoxiao took a small piece of cake from the basket and put it in her mouth. (End of Chapter)