Chapter 933: Greedy
Ding Rongquan was stunned for a moment, then saw the small metal ball on the green grass. He didn't know what it was, so he subconsciously moved closer.
When he got closer, he found that there were very few bees here, so few that there were almost none. He hurriedly called out to his family, "Come here, hide next to me."
The others had no choice but to run over when they heard Ding Rongquan's voice. It was not until two minutes later that they breathed a sigh of relief.
"What is this? It can actually drive away wild bees?" one of them asked.
Bi Qiaoan heard it and explained with a smile: "The aromatherapy ball contains mosquito repellent fragrance. Haven't you used it before?"
After hearing this, several people were shocked and looked incredulous: "How is this possible? When we used it a few years ago, the mosquito repellent fragrance could hardly even repel mosquitoes. The effect was not this good at all."
"Oh, the ones you use are mass-produced, so the efficacy of the herbs will naturally be slightly worse. But the ones I use are made by myself, and they are all made of the best herbs, without any skimping. The effect is, of course, great." Bi Qiaoan said.
One little girl didn't believe it and pouted, "How did you do that?"
Bi Qiaoan smiled and said half-truthfully, "The prescription was not available online at the time. These herbs were not particularly expensive and could be found in the mountains. My husband and I picked some to try, and it actually worked."
"You're pretty amazing then." The little girl said sourly, "I don't know what kind of luck I have."
Bi Qiaoan smiled and shook his head, not intending to argue with the little girl.
Ding Rongquan had heard some rumors and had a guess, but he was not very sure.
Hearing what Qiao An said, he knew that she had no intention of revealing her identity. So he slapped his niece on the back of her head and scolded her, "You are already 17 or 18 years old, how can you be as ignorant as a child? Apologize to Aunt Qiao An immediately."
Bi Qiaoan looked at the girl in front of him who was not much younger than him, and his whole soul was in rejection.
She doesn't want to be an elder. She's still a baby.
"No, no, the little girl doesn't mean any harm." Bi Qiaoan said generously.
But Ding Rongquan was unyielding: "How can that be possible? If others knew about this, wouldn't they say that my Ding family is uneducated? It's true, Xiao Ye has been spoiled since he was a child. In terms of politeness, he might not be as good as your An..."
"Uncle, you are saying bad things about me again!" Ding Rongquan was interrupted by Ding Xunye's angry voice before he could finish his words.
"Look, look, your temper is acting up again." Ding Rongquan said lovingly but helplessly.
"It's normal for children to be a little willful," Bi Qiaoan complimented.
Ding Xunye felt a little embarrassed when she heard her being so magnanimous.
To be honest, there was no deep hatred between her and Bi Qiaoan. She was just a little jealous of the other party's good marriage and happy life. But if she really wanted to do something, she still didn't dare.
So she said shyly, "Yes, I'm sorry. I was not very polite just now. But I won't call you aunt. We are about the same age. At most, I can call you sister."
Bi Qiaoan smiled and said, "Sure, let's discuss our own issues."
Ding Xunye was satisfied. She stuck out her tongue and shyly stood behind Ding Rongquan. Looking at the man fighting with wild bees in the distance, she felt a little emotional.
In the past, people valued late marriage and late childbearing, and no one said anything if a girl was not married in her thirties. But after the end of the world, parents are always afraid that a disaster will come one day and they will not be able to protect their children. Young girls are taken to blind dates as soon as they reach adulthood, fearing that the older ones will pass away and the younger ones will have no one to protect them.
Ding Xunye is in such an embarrassing situation now.
After years of being educated on late marriage and late childbearing, she suddenly found that everyone around her was getting married early. She thought it was an isolated phenomenon, but she didn't expect that her parents would be sighing all day long, fearing that she would not be able to get married when she was just 18 years old.
What Ding Xunye didn't know was that his parents sighed because they wanted to find her someone with good conditions. However, after asking around, they found that everyone around them had average conditions and there was no good one at all.
Then I'll just find an average one. It's nothing special. I can always make ends meet if I work hard. But people with average conditions are also very picky. The Ding family's conditions are not the best, but compared to those broken families, they are relatively well preserved.
Ding Xunye was the type who didn't want to make do with others, so she always avoided the topic. As a result, the couple were unhappy every day.
If Ding Rongquan hadn't forced them to go out every day to look for supplies, Ding Xunye's parents would have asked her three or five times a day: "Daughter, have you found a partner?"
Ding Xunye looked at the man in the distance in a daze, thinking that if she could find a handsome, capable man who knew how to love his wife, she wouldn't mind getting married early.
The people around her didn't notice her little thoughts because everyone was paying attention to Shen Yanming's actions.
After he had smoked out almost all the wild bees, he reached into the tree hole with his rubber gloves on and broke out a piece of the beehive.
There are black wild bees crawling around on it, but you can see golden honey from the regular hexagonal honeycomb, which is very mouth-watering.
He fanned it with his hands and used some incense to fumigate it, and the wild bees reluctantly flew away. However, the honeycomb was a little soft, so he squeezed the honey out with a little effort. It flowed down his gloves and onto the ground, which made everyone feel sorry.
Shen Yanming estimated the amount and put the honeycomb into the storage box. Then he continued to work hard, reached into the tree hole, and broke off another large piece of honeycomb.
He even stood on tiptoe to take a peek, and found that the dead tree was densely packed with wild bees. They were noisy and made his scalp tingle, but none of them attacked him.
Shen Yanming turned his head away and didn't look. He took out the honeycomb based on his feeling and put it in the storage box.
I repeated this several times and took out seven or eight honeycombs, which took up half of the storage box.
He felt that there was more in the hole, so he took another look. It turned out that there was more, but his arms were not long enough, so if he wanted to get it, he had to cut down the tree.
Shen Yanming thought about it and decided that it would be better not to do it so drastically and leave some food for the wild bees. So he gestured to Ding Rongquan and asked him to come over and take the storage box away.
It’s not that I can’t hold it, but my gloves are covered in honey, and if I touch the box, they will become sticky.
Ding Rongquan immediately understood what he meant. He trotted forward, closed the lid of the storage box, picked it up, and ran away.
Shen Yanming followed behind him, and because the incense on his body was still burning, no bees dared to come and provoke him.
Seeing this, the group followed the two men and moved away from the place until half an hour later, when they stopped by a stream to rest.
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Sorry everyone, I was a bit busy today, and the network was not good, so I couldn't save it. I almost couldn't finish it until now. I sent it out without making any changes again...
I apologize to everyone and I will correct the typos overnight.
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