The sun is shining brightly, and the industrious bees are collecting honey everywhere.

The scent of the fruit trees' flowers was not strong, but the air had a little more of the sweet scent of flowers than the usual wood and grass scent.

Even the pure white camellias are in full bloom.

Xu Qingzhi casually broke off a slightly dry small stem from the side. This kind of stem is hollow in the middle and he didn't mind it being dirty. He took a sip from the center of the flower.

Take a small amount of honey water and the sweet taste will be unforgettable for a lifetime.

Tea trees do not need to be sprayed with pesticides at all, so the camellia flowers have the scent of morning dew and pure natural nectar.

Xu Qingzhi sucked one, two, three, four.

Surrounding the freshest flowers, he sucked them all.

When I was a kid and had no snacks to eat, I loved going to the mountains to play.

A friend taught her how to make camellia nectar water. Since high school, it has been difficult for her to have time to stay at home or go up the mountain during this season.

She felt happy just thinking about it, so she sucked two more camellia flowers before going to check on the medicinal herbs planted in the orchard.

When she came back from the back mountain, she saw her grandfather carrying fish towards her.

"Qingzhi, take it and eat it."

She reached out to take the fish, threw it into the pond beside the courtyard dam, and asked, "Grandpa, why are you not fishing so early today?"

Since his heart knot was untied, grandpa regained his interest in fishing and would not go home until the sun went down every day.

He patted the mud off his pants and said, "I came here to tell your dad to pay attention to the house recently. I just saw the news in our Taoshui Village WeChat group. Several families were robbed last night. Things were stolen while they were asleep. Wang Naizai from the small shop happened to get up at night and found out. The man had his face covered and was holding a knife in his hand! It is said that the knife was shining brightly at night."

The old man looked worried: "If he had really stabbed him with a knife, he would have died. Fortunately, Wang Naizai from the store is strong and scared the man away with a few shouts."

Xu Qingzhi frowned. Thefts had happened in the village before. More than ten years ago, a shop owner had lost a few cartons of cigarettes.

Everyone will be extra cautious.

Later, when new houses were built, almost every household had anti-theft stainless steel frames installed on the first-floor windows, which were very sturdy.

Most families in rural areas keep dogs to guard the house and prevent thieves.

But not every household has a dog.

Xu Qingzhi asked: "What time did it happen last night?"

"It's two or three o'clock in the evening, three or four o'clock." Grandpa instructed: "Tell your father to close the doors and windows on the second floor at night. Don't open them."

"Yeah, wait until my dad comes back and I'll tell him." Xu Qingzhi nodded, "Grandpa, sit there for a while and leave after dinner."

Grandpa sat down on a chair under the persimmon tree and continued reading, "Everyone has been saying lately that there are a lot of strangers in our village. You should be careful when ordering food so that it doesn't get stolen. It's strange that no one has come to the yard recently."

Xu Qingzhi responded through his nose, "Well, don't worry, the vegetable garden is monitored."

At this moment, Aunt Zhou's voice came from not far away.

"Qingzhi, you are here, and you have caught the chicken thief."

As the footsteps got closer, the barking of the puppy in her hands also got closer.

Aunt Zhou pinched the skin on the back of its neck with one hand and pulled it over.

"It was it that stole the chickens from our farm." Aunt Zhou bent down slightly and threw the dog to the ground. "Look at its belly, it's so round. It just stole food again and ate half a chicken. I found it before it finished."

Xu Qingzhi took a look and recognized it. It was a familiar face.

It was the little white dog among the puppies that the stray dog ​​mother brought last time. (End of this chapter)