Chapter 153 Chapter 153
It was not until the dark group flew over his head that Ye Qing could see clearly what those things were.
My goodness! Thousands of wild bees flew past quickly, buzzing, aiming directly at the flower-filled hillside where Ye Qing had come before.
As soon as the swarm of bees left, the animals that were originally crawling on the ground could no longer sit still. The guys in Mancang were the first to move out, they stood up and ran wildly into the valley. Seeing this, the rest of the animals also responded in unison. Even the wild brown bear that had been lying obediently under Ye Qing and letting her sew up his wound could no longer remain calm. He ignored the pain of his wound and limped to catch up with the main group.
Ye Qing was originally puzzled. These beasts usually have their own territories and would not easily meet or conflict with each other. Why did they all gather together and engage in a fight today?
After seeing the reactions of these guys, she vaguely understood something.
It turns out that these guys came to this valley for the same purpose, so they refused to give in to each other and even resorted to fighting.
This made Ye Qing very curious. What on earth was so attractive that made these beasts fight so frantically, even at the cost of their lives?
Thinking of the group of wild bees that had just flown away, and the flowers and plants blooming in the valley, Ye Qing had a vague guess in his heart.
She quickly followed the footsteps of the beasts, entered the valley, passed through a narrow cliff, and indeed arrived in front of a huge cave.
Perhaps because of Ye Qing's presence, the beasts have made peace with each other and no longer attack and bite each other ferociously. Instead, they fight on their own, each showing their magical powers, trying every means to explore the top of the cave.
Ye Qing also subconsciously raised his head and looked towards the top of the cave.
Seeing this, Ye Qing's scalp instantly went numb and he felt like he was about to suffer from claustrophobia.
A huge beehive covers the entire cave like a dome, and dense swarms of wild bees crawl in and out from time to time.
Judging by sight, Ye Qing estimated that the beehive was at least several dozen square meters.
Ye Qing had never heard of or seen such a huge beehive. The key point was that the orange-yellow honeycombs were stacked layer upon layer, and the honeycombs locked with beeswax were full of wild honey. Even at a distance of four or five meters, the sweet smell of honey could be faintly smelled.
The fragrance was so refreshing that not only the beasts, but even Ye Qing found it so refreshing that he wanted to reach out and pick up those honeycombs and take a big bite.
Looking at the beasts around him with their claws exposed, each of them eager to rush up the mountain wall and jump onto the beehive, Ye Qing finally understood why these guys had been fighting outside the valley before. It turned out that they were fighting for the ownership of this huge beehive.
However, even if they managed to seize ownership, the cave was four or five meters above the ground, and the surrounding walls were too smooth to climb. Even the largest brown bear here couldn't stand up straight, and a mandrill that was good at climbing had nowhere to gain leverage, let alone other animals.
So, this group of guys were so anxious that they scratched their heads and ran around the cave, scratched and climbed on the mountain wall, and tried their best. In the end, they were panting and caught nothing. They could only look up at the beehives, and even though they were drooling all over the ground, they were helpless to catch these wild bees.
Ye Qing was amused by the funny looks of these guys standing by, but since she had come across such good wild honey, she should take a share. It wouldn't be too much for her to grab a portion of it, right?
Thinking of this, Ye Qing couldn't help but look at the animals around him.
It just so happened that there was so much wild honey that even if she pried it down, she couldn't take much away by herself. With so much free labor, it was just right for her to be a porter.
A hint of foxy cunning flashed in Ye Qing's eyes. She didn't care how ugly these idiots in the cave were. She walked straight out of the cave, cut a lot of branches in the surrounding woods, picked up some dead branches and leaves and brought them into the cave, piling them into a small hill under the beehive.
Then she activated some vines and wrapped her whole body. After making sure that everything was safe, she used matches to light the pile of firewood.
Because Ye Qing had selected half-dry and slightly wet firewood, after the fire below was ignited, thick green smoke came out in a short while. The thick smoke rose upwards and soon enveloped the entire top of the cave.
The hardworking wild bees that were busy building hives and making honey in the nest were immediately rushed out of the cave in a hurry when they were suffocated by the thick smoke. In a short while, the huge top nest was empty, with only unhatched and immature pupae and the immobile queen bee left behind.
Ye Qing then smiled and climbed up the mountain wall with the help of vines. After a short while, he reached the top of the hive.
Ye Qing pried hard with the wooden stick in his hand, and one beehive full of honey was lifted down piece by piece. Ye Qing wrapped the beehive with vines and carefully placed it in the vine baskets prepared in advance on the ground. He pried nearly twenty baskets in total and stopped only after he had taken away about one-tenth of the wild beehives.
When she got down to the ground, she saw the group of wild animals that had just escaped from the cave due to the thick smoke. They were now guarding the entrance of the cave, staring at the pile of wicker baskets full of honeycombs that she had piled on the ground.
However, in just a short while, all of these guys had bruises on their faces and noses. Some had big bulges under their eyes that they could hardly open, and others had cheeks that were swollen like pigs. Where was the majesty of wild beasts?
Obviously, after the wild bees in the hive were attacked by thick smoke, they probably thought that it was done by these beasts, so when they fled the cave, they besieged these beasts in order to take revenge.
Seeing these guys being stung so badly, Ye Qing felt both amused and sorry. However, even though they were stung by bees, these guys still did not give up their desire for sweet honey. When they saw Ye Qing prying down the beehive, they stared at it with green eyes.
But these guys still remembered that Ye Qing had saved their lives, so even though the honey Ye Qing had obtained was placed just a few feet away from them, none of them dared to rush up and snatch it away.
Considering that these animals had suffered an unprovoked disaster, Ye Qing was generous and cut two baskets of honeycombs into several pieces and shared them with these poor guys. After they had quickly devoured the food, Ye Qing quickly ordered the animals to carry the wicker baskets for her before the wild bees that had been smoked out came back, and they rushed down the mountain with the hundreds of kilograms of honey she had collected.
It was dark just as they were about to set out, but Ye Qing was already accustomed to traveling through the mountains. It was spring now and there was no snow in the mountains, so it was much easier to walk than in winter. What's more, Ye Qing brought a large group of bodyguards including coyotes, mandrills, black bears, brown bears and Siberian tigers. There was no need to worry about other animals getting close. Therefore, Ye Qing's escort team was still very fast. At about ten o'clock in the evening, they finally arrived at the foot of Kaoshantun Mountain smoothly.
Fortunately, they had to hurry on the journey at night, otherwise if Ye Qing brought such a large group of ferocious beasts into the village and the residents of Kaoshan Village saw them, who knows how many people would be driven crazy.
After quietly transporting the wild beehives to the entrance of the health station, Ye Qing went into the house and took out a lot of spiritual sweet potatoes, radishes and other food materials to distribute to the beasts as hard work fees. Then he waved his hand and hurriedly drove these big guys back into the woods. But they must not go down the mountain again, otherwise it would be troublesome if they bumped into villagers who were rushing on the road at night.
Fortunately, these animals were quite knowledgeable and sensible. When they saw that Ye Qing didn't want to keep them, they immediately went back home obediently and didn't stay at the foot of the mountain for too long.
After making sure that the gang had gone far away and no trace of them could be seen, Ye Qing went into the house and woke up Wang Chunhua and Zheng Xin who had just fallen asleep. When the Gu family next door heard the noise, Gu Zhenxing also got up to check the situation. When they saw the dozen or so baskets of wild beehives placed at the door of the health station, they were all dumbfounded.
Ye Qing quickly raised a finger and pointed at a few people, signaling everyone not to make any sound. Gu Zhenxing nodded, went back to the house and called the other people in the family. Seven or eight people worked together to quickly carry the wild beehives into the innermost room of Ye Qing's house.
The innermost room is where Ye Qing lives with Zou Yun, and it is usually used as Ye Qing's study. When Ye Qing goes out for work, he will lock the room and no one usually comes in, so these wild beehives are the least noticeable in this room.
However, seeing Ye Qing bring back so much wild honey, everyone was still very surprised, especially Gu Weinan and Aunt Gu who had followed Ye Qing into the mountains earlier. They had only been separated from Ye Qing for a few hours, and now seeing Ye Qing not only come back unscathed, but also bring back so many baskets, they just found it hard to believe:
"What's going on? Aren't those tigers fighting with bears in the forest? Go and have a look. Where did they get so much honey?"
Ye Qing smiled and told the story of the beast fight and the discovery of a wild beehive in the valley. Of course, she omitted the part about her interaction with the beasts and the part about her using supernatural powers to catalyze vines to climb the mountain wall and pry open the beehive.
As for how these beehives were brought back, Ye Qing was vague and concealed the fact that many free movers were involved. He only said that he summoned a pack of coyotes to help.
Because they had seen the interaction between Ye Qing and Mancang's family, when people heard Ye Qing talking about commanding the coyotes to move the beehive for her, they no longer thought it was strange. Instead, they all believed it to be true.
Gu Zhenxing had already heard Aunt Gu talk about their discovery of a hot spring in the mountains. Now when he heard Ye Qing mention the cave and the beehive, he probably knew where they were going this time.
"You went to the Wild Bee Valley, right? There are indeed many wild beehives there. I guess what you saw was probably just one of them. But hunters usually don't dare to go there. In addition to wild bees, there are also murderous hornets in the Wild Bee Valley. If you accidentally touch a hornet's nest, you are likely to be stung to death. So you are lucky that you didn't encounter any danger this time. You still have to be careful in the future. It's best not to go into that valley unless it's absolutely necessary."
Gu Zhenxing is an old hunter from Kaoshantun. He certainly knows Changbai Mountain better than Aunt Gu, the daughter-in-law who married in from outside. Seeing his serious expression, Ye Qing immediately calmed down his carefree attitude and looked at him seriously:
"Uncle Gu, are you saying there are wasps in that valley?"
Wasps, also known as hornets, are highly venomous and aggressive. There is an old saying that three shots from a hornet can kill a cow, which shows how much damage this thing can do. If an ordinary person encounters a swarm of hornets, he will be severely injured if he does not die.
Gu Zhenxing nodded and said, "When we were young, the elders taught us not to go east when entering the mountains, not to go to the Wild Bee Valley when going east, and not to run around in the Wild Bee Valley. If we really encounter a swarm of wasps, we should lie on the ground and cover ourselves with clothes and pretend to be dead, or we might be able to escape."
"Because we knew there were wasps in the Wild Bee Valley, during the war, our militia company deliberately led the Japanese into the mountains and lured them into the Wild Bee Valley, causing those bastards a lot of trouble. Dozens of Japanese died there. Maybe we can still find the corpses of those devils if we go in now."
"However, the children in the village may not have heard much about these things. Generally, the elders will only remind them not to go into the mountains for fear of being attacked by wild beasts. But only the former militiamen and old hunters know about the Wild Bee Valley."
Only then did Ye Qing realize that the valley where it was spring all year round actually hid so many old stories.
However, hornets, which are terrifying to ordinary people, are not a big problem for Ye Qing. She has thousands of ways to deal with hornets, and hornets can be used as medicine. As long as she finds one, she can trace the source to the hornet's nest and kill them all in one fell swoop.
Moreover, Ye Qing has already decided to use the hot spring discovered in the Wild Bee Valley to develop the local economy. Perhaps in a dozen or twenty years, when the Red Flag Commune wants to promote the Wild Bee Valley Hot Spring Villa as a tourist attraction, Gu Zhenxing will mention the historical story of using hornets to fight against the Japanese. This will be very good story material and can help to depict a unique red background for the Hot Spring Villa.
Of course, these are all things that happened later, but no matter what, the eighteen baskets of beehives that Ye Qing brought back can produce at least hundreds of kilograms of honey. This is pure wild honey, unlike the fake ones made with syrup in later generations. When you take a bite of the honeycomb, the honey with the fragrance of flowers fills your entire mouth. It is sweet but not greasy, and you will get intoxicated as soon as you eat it. It is definitely a rare good thing.
Knowing that Ye Qing might not have collected honey before, Gu Zhenxing and his wife took the initiative to take over the job and said that they knew an old ranger in the neighboring forest farm who had a honey extractor that they could borrow.
The honey-shaking machines at that time were certainly not mechanical automatic ones, and Ye Qing had never seen what they looked like, but she really couldn't care less about these trivial matters, because the sows in the neighboring farm were about to give birth. In order to avoid the situation where the sows suddenly went into labor prematurely and no one could be found to deliver the baby, Ye Qing worked at the health station during the day and went to the farm to rest at night starting from the 100th day of the sow's pregnancy. The driver assigned to Ye Qing was also on standby at the pig farm at all times, and if any abnormality was found, he would go to Kaoshantun to pick up people as soon as possible.
It was at this point in time that the feed factory built in the lower reaches of Yazi River was finally officially completed. The feed production line that was customized in advance from major machinery factories was also assembled in the feed factory. After being debugged by equipment technicians, all preparations were perfectly ready and could be officially put into production.
The much-discussed Kaoshantun recruitment event finally came to a successful conclusion. Ten regular workers were recruited for the entire Kaoshantun, one of which was for the Gu family. And just as Ye Qing had suggested before, Gu Zhenxing entered the feed factory workshop and was responsible for the transportation, mixing and processing of raw materials, a job that was not easy but relatively simple.
Of course, as a part-time technical consultant, Ye Qing had to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony before the feed factory opened. On the opening day, she also had to conduct random inspections on the first batch of feed produced. After her careful analysis and identification, and confirmation that there were no problems with the feed formula and products, the first batch of feed was officially bagged and stored and could be put on the market.
Less than ten days after the production started, the Qingshan feed factory's phone line was flooded with calls for orders. Several surrounding towns and pig farms in the county all requested to order the first batch of feed, and even units in neighboring counties came in to purchase.
It turned out that when the pig feed was put on the market, only a few companies tried to order a batch. Unexpectedly, after using it, they found that the pigs really liked it and the effect was immediate. They gained weight in just a few days. These companies that used the feed immediately asked to repurchase a large batch and called the feed factory directly.
Through word of mouth, other pig-raising units, after hearing how effective the Qingshan Town feed was, immediately called to place orders. As a result, within less than half a month, the feed factory's orders were already filled until the second half of the year. The key is that even so, there was still a steady stream of orders coming in.
However, when the feed factory was first built, considering that it was the first time to build a factory and being the first to try it, the county was worried that the overproduction would not be sold, so in the initial planning, only two production lines were planned.
This means that the feed factory can only produce a maximum of ten tons of feed a day, which is the limit and cannot meet the needs of so many units.
Therefore, faced with the massive influx of orders, the leadership team of the feed factory was collectively confused, and the leaders in the county were also confused.
Therefore, less than ten days after the feed factory was completed, the county quickly recalled the original construction team to continue expanding the feed factory. At the same time, five production lines were introduced to the machinery factory, and they strived to put all the new production lines into production construction within a few months.
The feed factory was in full swing, but the farm next door was also trembling with fear because Labor Day had just arrived and the sows on the pig farm began to show signs of giving birth. Their amniotic fluid had broken and the first piglet was eager to come out of its mother's belly.
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