Whenever her children go out, Yu Rujia requires them to apply her special medicine to prevent them from being harmed by mosquitoes, ants, wasps, or other poisonous creatures.
This time, however, the hornet's nest was too big. Just in case, we had to apply more coating and make sure they moved away to avoid being chased and hurt by the hornets.
Duoshou's little mouth stretched almost to the back of her ears: "Okay."
The aunt and niece, as if they had found several kilograms of gold, secretly laughed as they walked back to Gao Guojing's side.
Seeing their wide smiles, Gao Guojing quickly understood and asked happily, "What delicious food have you found this time?"
Duo Shou's eyes sparkled as he said, "It's a huge hornet's nest, really, really big."
Gao Guojing pressed further, "How big is it?"
Yu Rujia: "It weighs several dozen kilograms. We made the right decision to go up the mountain this time."
Gao Guojing laughed along at first, but then quickly realized, "There must be a lot of wasps in such a big hornet's nest, right? Why don't we go back first, and my brother and I will come back to get it later?"
Yu Rujia: "You know what I do. The mosquito repellent you usually use also works against wasps. I carry this medicine with me, so you can all apply some."
"Guojing, take the three little ones, Duoshou, and go away. I'm going to get the hornet's nest."
Gao Guojing agreed to apply the medicine, but he absolutely refused to agree to Yu Rujia going to retrieve the wasp nest alone.
Gao Guojing: "Didn't you say that applying the medicine would repel wasps? I'll go get it. You take Duoshou and the others and keep them away."
Yu Rujia: "Forget it, let's both go together. Duoshou, take Duolu and Duoxi a little further away."
When Duolu and Duoxi saw the three people huddled together, they were curious about what they were talking about, so they wandered over and overheard what they were saying.
Duolu: "Auntie, where are you going?"
Duo Shou boasted, "It's a hornet's nest, I found it."
Doro's big eyes sparkled: "Where is it? Take me there quickly! I'm good at destroying hornet's nests; hornets avoid me at all costs."
Since eating roasted bee pupae two years ago, Duolu has become addicted to this delicacy. They hunted for bee pupae a few more times, but the pupae were too small and there weren't many. Sometimes, each person couldn't even get one. The little guys just wanted to eat more and more.
The kid said that wasps would avoid him, which was entirely because he had applied the potion made by Yu Rujia.
After they discovered that the wasps were avoiding them, the Yu family's kids became the main candidates among their friends to destroy wasp nests, often carelessly reaching out to grab them.
If they hadn't applied the medicine, given how brazenly they were disturbing the hornet's nest, they would have been covered in hornet stings long ago.
Duolu, who had never been stung, thought he was very brave. When he heard about a hornet's nest, he was not afraid at all and thought about taking it down and roasting it to eat.
In the past, the hornet nests they destroyed were small, and at most a hundred hornets would fly out, sometimes only a few dozen or a dozen. The hornets that flew out were scattered and naturally did not pose a threat to them.
There are tens of thousands of wasps in the hornet's nest today. When the time comes, they will swarm over in all directions. Even if they apply medicine, they dare not let this kid go to remove the hornet's nest.
Yu Rujia patted Le Yu and directly pulled Duo Shou to retrieve the beehive from Duo Lu.
Yu Rujia: "This hornet's nest is different from the ones you've destroyed before. It's really big. Uncle Guojing and I will go get it. You guys stay as far away from me as possible. If anyone gets stung by a hornet, they'll be punished by not being allowed to eat bee pupae."
Duolu's little brain didn't have the concept of a beehive or fear, but that didn't stop him from being terrified by the punishment of not being able to eat bee pupae. He quickly let go of Duoshou's hand and patted his chest to make a promise.
Duolu: "Auntie, I will stay far away and make sure I don't get stung by the wasps. I'm going to eat lots and lots of wasp larvae."
Yu Rujia: "As long as you stay far away and don't get stung by the wasps, we'll give you a bowl of wasp larvae after we get the wasp nest."
A hornet's nest weighing several dozen kilograms can yield at least a few kilograms of bee pupae. Divided equally, each person can at least get two or three bowls.
The reason why it is said that one bowl of bee pupae is too hot to eat at once is because these things are fried and therefore very greasy.
Duolu was so happy his eyes were practically rolling around. How satisfying it would be to eat a bowl of bee pupae! They hadn't even caught enough bee pupae in the past two years to make a bowl, and this was shared among several people.
As if he had tasted the deliciousness of bee pupae, the little guy unconsciously swallowed the drool that had run rampant in his mouth, and didn't even realize that Yu Rujia was applying medicine to him.
After applying the medicine, Duoshou took Duolu and Duoxi, who were so happy they were completely lost, away.
The three of them were skipping and hopping, and even the dozen or so pounds of peeled chestnuts they were dragging felt weightless in their hands.
After their small figures disappeared into the distance, Yu Rujia led Gao Guojing to the hornet's nest.
Gao Guojing was so shocked that his mouth was wide open. It took him a few seconds to react. He tried to close his mouth several times but failed. He simply covered his mouth tightly with his hand to avoid laughing out loud. He was even more unsettled than Duoshou, who was four or five years old.
When Duoshou saw the wasp nest, he knew to lower his voice and speak to her, for fear of disturbing the wasps.
Yu Rujia: "Alright, stop laughing, go up and try it." There were just too many wasps today, and even with the medicine applied, she still felt uneasy.
Gao Guojing showed no reluctance to be a guinea pig. He looked around on the ground for a while, picked up a long dry branch, and took a few steps toward the hornet's nest.
He poked the hornet's nest with a twig and then retreated to Yu Rujia's side. Sure enough, after he shook the hornet's nest, a swarm of hornets flew out and circled around it.
Unable to find the culprit, the wasps gradually returned to their hive.
Gao Guojing tried several times, initially being cautious and avoiding the wasps.
When he noticed that the wasps were circling around him but not stinging him, he quietly reached out and touched one of the wasps. The wasp immediately changed direction.
This discovery emboldened him, and as if possessed by Dorje, he reached out and removed the hornet's nest.
However, his joy was short-lived, as so many wasps flew out of the hive that one inevitably touched his hand and instinctively shot out its stinger.
Gao Guojing cried out "Ah!" and quickly retreated to Yu Rujia's side.
Gao Guojing's practice showed that as long as the wasps are not directly touched, they can be driven away by the smell of the medicine.
Yu Rujia told Gao Guojing about this discovery.
Gao Guojing clutched his aching hand, looking annoyed: "So I shouldn't have reached out and removed the hornet's nest, right?"
Yu Rujia nodded and said, "That's right, wait here, I'll go and try it."
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