Chapter 49: Stung
She suddenly felt that peaches and sugar were not so important.
Zhao Yeqing covered the honey again, took Mu Xi's hand and dragged him into the living room, trying to press his shoulders to make him sit on the bench.
Mu Xi raised his hand to stop her, "I have a bee sting on my body, it pricks my hand."
He was wearing an outdoor jacket, a double-layered one, so bees couldn't sting him. However, the broken stingers would remain on the clothes and would still pierce the flesh if touched accidentally.
Mu Xi unzipped his clothes, took off his outer coat and put it aside. Under his clothes was a vest that was almost soaked.
With the current temperature, if you wear a double-layer, non-breathable jacket and go hiking, it would be strange if the inside is not soaked.
He was able to carry a basket of things back with such a heavy load, and he didn't faint from heatstroke on the way, which shows that he has a really strong physique.
Zhao Yeqing was a little upset. She felt that he didn't take care of his body, but he went out just to get honey for her. She was so angry that she couldn't vent it.
Seeing that she could almost hang a bottle from her mouth, Mu Xi admitted his mistake with a smile, "I was wrong. I won't go there anymore. I didn't expect it would take so long."
He pointed to the beehive outside and said, "It was because I encountered them that I thought of digging them up, otherwise I could come back early."
The beehive and honeycomb that Mu Xi brought back are two different things, and also two different kinds of bees.
The ones that produce honey are bees, and the beehive they brought back was full of plump white bee pupae, which are wasps.
Mu Xi explained, "I went up the mountain to look for honey. It's summer now, and I thought I would find yellow broom flowers, and then I would definitely find a beehive. But I happened to come across a hornet's nest first, so I had to get rid of it first. This delayed me."
Zhao Yeqing pushed his shoulders down and made him sit on the bench. He became even angrier. "Is a hornet's nest so easy to poke? What are you wearing on your head as protection?"
"Do you remember the lining of the junior high school uniforms? You can take the lining off and put it on your bamboo hat, and it will be a bee-proof hat."
Pretty smart.
But can this be boasted about? Definitely not.
Zhao Yeqing snorted, "Then why didn't you protect the lump on your chin?"
“There are always surprises.”
Hornets are not good creatures. They are very fierce and will attack both bees and humans. When you see a large hornet's nest in the mountains, people will be called to clear it away.
Wasps do not produce honey. They eat nectar and fruits, but they prefer to eat larvae and meat.
In other words, after Mu Xi dug out a hornet's nest, if he wanted to get the big pot of honeycomb outside, he had to dig out another beehive.
The bump on Mu Xi's chin doesn't look like it was caused by a wasp sting, otherwise it would have been swollen a long time ago.
The poison needle in the flesh needs to be taken out, but it cannot be clamped with anything. There may still be venom in the poison needle. Once squeezed, the venom will be squeezed out and cause secondary damage, which will be more serious.
Another way is to use tape to stick it out, but boys' chins are full of stubble, so no matter how much they shave, there will always be some, and it is not easy to stick it out.
When she was a child, she was also stung by a bee. Her grandmother used her mouth to suck out the stinger. She was not allowed to swallow her saliva after sucking it out, and had to spit it out immediately and rinse her mouth with salt water.
But her previous injury was on her arm, and Mu Xi's wound was on her chin...
The intention of her gaze was too obvious, she stared straight at his chin and swallowed.
Mu Xi looked away uncomfortably and cleared his throat, "Use a needle to pick it out."
It's not that it's impossible, but she was afraid that her hands were shaking and she would not be able to pick it out and would hurt him.
She was in a dilemma, and her cheeks and ears turned slightly red.
Seeing her like this, Mu Xi no longer felt uncomfortable and laughed softly.
Zhao Yeqing was so angry that he said, "What are you laughing at?"
She stood up, scurried up the stairs and back again, her workbox in her hand. She took out a needle and disinfected it with alcohol.
"Don't scream in pain."
I'll just let you die of pain.
I think so, but I can’t do it.
Mu Xi sat on the bench, Zhao Yeqing stood, gently pinching Mu Xi's chin and making him tilt his head back slightly.
"Don't move."
Zhao Yeqing's attention was focused on Mu Xi's chin and he didn't notice the changes around him.
Fortunately, I didn't notice the changes in my surroundings.
Otherwise, she would have discovered that in the small space of the living room, someone's deep eyes were filled with a person's reflection and the sound of a pounding heartbeat.
The poison needle was not inserted very deeply and was quickly pulled out.
Zhao Yeqing breathed a sigh of relief. The wound still needed to be cleaned with soapy water. She put away the needle and asked Mu Xi to sit still while she went to prepare the soapy water.
I checked before going and was sure it was a bee sting, so I went with peace of mind.
The treatment methods for bee stings and wasp stings are opposite. The bee sting is acidic, so the wound should be cleaned with alkaline soapy water. The wasp sting is alkaline, so the wound should be cleaned with vinegar.
After washing the wound with soapy water, I found some anti-inflammatory and analgesic ointment and applied it. I felt relieved only after confirming that there was only one wound.
After packing up all the medicines, he said, "Go take a shower first. What do you want to eat? I'll make it now."
"Let's eat dumplings. It's too late so don't cook."
Frozen dumplings are not as delicious whether steamed or fried, so she chose the most convenient way to boil them.
The dumplings cook very quickly. Just add some water and cook for a minute or two after they float up.
Mu Xi was stung by a bee and didn't know if he could eat aged vinegar, so to be on the safe side she mixed some soup base into his bowl and ate some dumplings herself with vinegar.
While eating, Mu Xi talked about what happened today.
Bees need a nectar source to collect honey. In summer, the largest nectar source is the yellow broom flower. If you find the yellow broom, you can follow the bees to the hive.
So the beehive should not be very far away, Zhao Yeqing recalled, "I remember that the yellow broom grows on the sunny side."
"Yes, in the woods above the bayberry meadow."
When Mu Xi found Huang Jing, he saw a lot of hornets attacking honeybees, so he went to dig out the hornet's nest first.
He prepared the materials for the torches when he went out. All bees are afraid of smoke, and hornets are the same. However, their nests are built on trees, so they are not easy to operate.
Mu Xi smeared oil on a branch and lit the torch, then sprayed water on it to wet the wood. After the smoky torch was placed under the beehive, he hid.
This beehive was not particularly big, but it was definitely not small either. There were a lot of bees in it, and I waited for a long time before I got the chance. I poked the hive down, smoked out the remaining hornets on it, and then put it in a backpack and covered it.
Use torches to smoke on the way out to ensure that no wasps can follow.
Only look for the beehive when it is safe.
The beehive was built in the hole of an old tree. There was a lot of space inside and a lot of honey. He only cut less than half of it and there was a full pot of honey.
Once all the honey in the beehive is taken away, the bee colony will migrate, and there will be no honey in that place anymore, so he only took half of it.
Zhao Yeqing was eager to try it out, "Then can we catch them and raise them?"
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