Two children's innocent voices rang out, chattering noisily, but making Li Sikai feel warm inside.
Children don't have the same sensitive minds as adults; they speak their minds directly, expressing to Li Sikai how much they miss each other.
"Uncle Li, Dad took us to pick mulberries a couple of days ago."
“And there are thorny bubbles.”
"My sister and I know each other because you gave us some to eat, and it was especially delicious."
"Yes, Uncle, when are you coming to Haishi? Nuannuan will treat you to grilled fish and grilled rabbit."
Li Sikai chuckled: "Do you have fish and rabbits at home?"
"No. But Dad is very good at catching them in the mountains."
"Yes, Uncle, come to Haishi and stay at our house. Uncle Xiong, Uncle Sun, and Uncle Geng are also here."
"Oh, little one, you still remember them? You were only two years old then, I thought you had long forgotten them."
An An and Nuan Nuan pouted, not very happy, and retorted, "We have good memories."
Then, after a moment of silence, she said with reddened eyes, "We miss you."
Li Sikai nodded with a smile in his eyes, "I miss you all too." Then, tears streamed down his face.
He sniffed, gesturing for Qiu Man to take the phone away. Then he turned to look out the window, his gaze returning to calm.
"Hello, is this An'an Nuannuan? This is your Grandpa Qiu Man." Qiu Man looked at Li Sikai with heartache and said with a smile.
The two little ones used their clever little brains for a moment, realized they didn't recognize the grandfather, and looked at their parents with puzzled expressions. Nevertheless, they sweetly asked, "Hello, Grandpa!"
Qiu Man felt completely comfortable from those two sweet, childlike voices. The three of them chatted for a while before handing the phone to Wen Chaohui.
Qiu Man gave a few instructions and then hung up the phone. Afterwards, Wen Chao looked at the family of four and gave them a meaningful smile.
"I didn't expect you to have such a good relationship with the capital."
Shen Yanming really wanted to say that they hadn't. But the phone call lasted almost half an hour, and no matter what he said, no one would believe him.
Does this mean the rumors have been confirmed?
Shen Yanming took out the honey and said, "You can keep this for now. A plane will arrive from the capital in a week. I'll go out and look for more in the next couple of days."
Wen Chao hesitated for a moment, then pushed the honey towards Shen Yanming: "You should take it back. If you leave it here, someone might not know and take it or drink it. Even if they don't, it'll still tempt people to drink it, which isn't good."
Shen Yanming thought for a moment, then put the things away and left.
After that, the family of four went out every day to look for beehives. They weren't easy to find; they searched for two or three days without success.
Having no other choice, Shen Yanming directly spread the word, offering a reward for information about the beehive, but with a three-day time limit.
Shen Yanming thought the bounty would fizzle out. After all, resources were scarce, and many people hadn't eaten candy for years; if they came across honey, they certainly wouldn't let it go.
To his surprise, someone actually provided information about the beehive. Shen Yanming kept his word and gave the other party three catties of rice and flour as a thank you gift for each beehive.
Of course, because the honeycomb was hard to find, these people led him there. Shen Yanming took a closer look and immediately understood why they had been so willing to reveal it. The location was so difficult that most people couldn't find any honey there.
"Well, it turns out I wasn't lying to you. As for whether you can get the honey or not, that's none of my business. But you can't go back on your promise of grain."
Shen Yanming nodded and said with a smile, "Of course. Don't worry, I'll give it to you when we get back. I won't go back on my word."
The man thought for a moment and said, "I also know a hive of bees. It's easy to find, and it produces a lot of honey, but the bees are numerous and poisonous. You can easily die if you're not careful."
"It's alright, take me to see it. If I can't make a move, I'll give up. As for the reward, it'll be as usual."
“Okay, that place is about two hours away from here. It’s at the foot of a mountain, in the soil. I estimate that the beehive is about half a meter wide and a meter deep. It’s huge. The bees coming in and out are like a black cloud, at least tens of thousands of them.”
"Looks like another tough nut to crack," Shen Yanming said with a wry smile.
The man scratched his head: "If it were easy, everyone would have taken down the beehive long ago. Hey, don't blame your brother for tricking you, we're all struggling, and we agreed on this beforehand."
Shen Yanming waved his hand: "It's alright, it's alright, I understand. Let's see. If it really doesn't work, we'll ask the guards for help."
"What do you need so much honey for? You've already found out about at least four beehives in the last couple of days, haven't you?"
Shen Yanming said, half-jokingly, "A friend of mine is sick, and I wanted to get him some honey to help him recover."
"You don't need that many. You can find more after you finish eating."
“He lives quite far from here, so it’s not easy for him to deliver something.”
"You're going to deliver it yourself? How are you going to do it?"
Shen Yanming shook his head: "How can I leave? The people from over there will come in a couple of days, and I'll take it back to him."
"Can you trust him? Don't let someone steal it."
"They are trustworthy; they are all on the guard list."
"Oh, that's good." The other person said nothing more.
Before long, the two arrived at the beehive. Just as the man had said, it was very large, but also very dangerous.
He sighed, "It's difficult. Let's go back first."
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After the two returned to the guard team, Shen Yanming settled the payment for the food and then stopped trading information about the beehives. He already knew enough; any more and he wouldn't have time to dig deeper.
The next day, Shen Yan left the base before dawn, walked to the location of the first beehive, observed the surroundings, and found no one. He then found a secluded corner and released Bi Qiaoan.
This is a cliff, about ten meters high. They are standing at the top of the cliff, and the honeycomb is on the precipice, about three meters from the top.
This position is indeed very difficult for ordinary people. But who are they? People with special abilities.
The couple changed into their gear and tied the safety rope to a large tree at the top of the cliff. Shen Yanming lowered the rope little by little, and slowly, they approached the beehive.
The incense, lit beforehand, had already driven the wild bees away, so densely packed that it almost blocked Shen Yanming's view.
The light was already poor in the early morning, and the two of them hadn't dared to use flashlights yet. Adding to the problem was the swarm of wild bees, which caused the rope in Shen Yanming's hand to slip down several centimeters. Fortunately, nothing serious happened.
He tightened the rope around his waist, stretched out his right hand (wearing a rubber glove), took the honeycomb out of the hive, and threw it into the plastic bucket.
It has actually been stored in the space.
Unfortunately, this location is really unfriendly; the bucket will tip over if you're not careful.
Moreover, the sun was already slowly rising in the east, illuminating the entire cliff face. If he wasn't careful, he feared that others who were also out early might notice something amiss.
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