Sure enough, not long after they walked, Zhou Yiding pointed to a few large rocks in front and said, "Youngest brother, the nest of small black bees is on the rock in the middle."
Zhou Huaian put down the backpack and said, "Get it!"
"Okay!" Zhou Yiding put down his backpack and said to Wan Xuejiao, "You and sister-in-law wait for us here."
"Well! Be careful!"
Zhou Yiding took the hat Yang Chunyan handed him and said, "Don't worry, my sister-in-law made a bee hat and moxa sticks. They are very useful!"
Wan Xuejiao watched him put on the bee hat. "It's different from the hats worn by the beekeepers in the production team. It's much easier to make it because of what my sister-in-law made."
"That's right!" Zhou Yiding looked at Yang Chunyan with a smile, "Please teach you, sister-in-law, so that you can make it for me in the future!"
"This is easy. I'll tell Xuejiao and she'll understand."
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
Zhou Huaian put on a bee hat, carried a urea bag and a shoulder bag, and the two of them walked towards the big rock.
Lai Fu and Wang Cai saw Da Hei and Da Huang lying there motionless, so they also lay down and watched the two men leave.
Yang Chunyan found a rock and asked Wan Xuejiao to sit over it. She took out some water and drank a few sips. She looked at the two people chatting casually on top and felt a little sleepy.
Thinking that the dog was there to watch over them, the two of them peacefully leaned against each other and fell asleep.
Zhou Huaian was standing in front of the big rock at this moment, his mouth grinning with joy, "Ding Ding Cat, you must not have looked carefully when you came here, look, there is an old beehive over here."
Zhou Yiding turned around and took a look. "Really? I used to go that way. Yesterday, I just found it when I came up the mountain from this side. I thought we could do it together when you came, so I didn't look carefully."
Zhou Huaian glared at him with a heart-wrenching look after hearing this. "Really? It's not like you can't figure it out by yourself. Why don't you ask me to share the money?"
Zhou Yiding said uncomfortably, "You are overthinking. If the honey I took was not as clean as yours, I would have taken action yesterday."
Zhou Huaian patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, I'll take care of your piece of mountain land."
Zhou Yiding said confidently: "It was originally your job!"
When Zhou Huaian heard this, he was like, damn! Why is the tone the same as when I told my brother to work?
The two of them kept talking, but their hands didn't stop.
Thinking that it was autumn already, I didn't move the pollen combs and even left two extra rows of honey combs for the little bees.
The two men sealed the cave entrance, carrying the urea bags, and walked towards Yang Chunyan and the others happily.
Zhou Huaian shouted before he even got there, "Haha! I can't stop my luck. I found two old beehives. I got more honey this time than in Huoshaolin."
Yang Chunyan suddenly woke up and looked at the two people, "Here they are! We were sitting here and fell asleep."
Wan Xuejiao also opened her eyes and rubbed them. There was a mark on her face where she had leaned on Yang Chunyan's shoulder.
Zhou Yiding put down the urea bag, took out a small piece of honey comb and handed it to her, "Eat a piece of honey, it will sweeten your heart."
Wan Xuejiao took it and put it in her mouth, "Hmm! It's sweet, and has a floral scent, better than the honey sold in the team."
Zhou Huaian packed up the bee caps and put them in his backpack, "This is old honey produced by wild bees in the mountains. The little bees raised by the production team collect honey several times a year.
When it's cold, you have to use sugar to grow honey, but the honey produced is definitely not as fragrant and pure as this one! Bring it back for your mother to taste when you go down the mountain."
Wan Xuejiao said embarrassedly: "Brother Zhou, no need! You can sell it for money."
"Huh!" Zhou Huaian turned his head and looked at Zhou Yiding, "Look, you're being polite to me."
Yang Chunyan took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Xuejiao, you are welcome. The old honey from the mountains tastes good and is good for your health."
Wan Xuejiao glanced at Zhou Yiding and nodded readily, "Thank you sister-in-law, thank you brother Zhou!"
Zhou Yiding picked up the backpack and said, "Let's go. The agarwood tree is in the valley above. Let's go and look for it. If we can find a piece, we will be rich!"
Yang Chunyan felt that the two were indeed good friends, and sometimes even their tones of voice were so similar.
A group of people were walking up the mountain with their backpacks on their backs. When they were almost at the top of the mountain, Dahei suddenly barked wildly and led the team up the mountain.
Several people could faintly hear the sounds of trees being chopped off "bang, bang, bang".
"Oh no! Someone is here to chop wood. Xuejiao, you and sister-in-law should stay here."
Zhou Yiding said this as he put down his backpack, picked up his gun, and ran up the mountain with big strides.
"Yan'er, you stay here and don't follow me." Before Zhou Huaian finished speaking, he followed with a gun in hand.
"Got it. Be careful." Yang Chunyan held up the medicine hoe to comfort the frightened Wan Xuejiao, "Don't be afraid. They have guns."
Wan Xuejiao stretched her neck and looked up the mountain. "Why would anyone come here to cut wood?"
"They may be here to steal and cut down agarwood trees. This kind of tree is not easy to find in the mountains and is very valuable."
“It’s too dangerous!”
Zhou Huaian and his companion ran up the mountain and saw four strong men holding crowbars and pushing several logs of wood that required two adults to hug together down the mountain.
Another big man held a sand gun and pointed it at the dog that was barking at them, "Get out of the way, or I'll shoot you."
"Boom! Let me see how you bomb!" Zhou Huaian shouted, panting and pointing the gun at him.
"Where did he come from..." The man with the gun hadn't cursed yet when he saw Zhou Yiding rushing up. He quickly stopped talking and cursed inwardly: What a bad luck! This bastard came to see this movie yesterday, why is he here again today?
Zhou Yiding looked around and found that the two largest agarwood trees had been cut down. He was so angry that he rushed to the four men holding the crowbars and said, "Stop! Where are you from? How dare you come to the state-owned forest farm to steal wood!"
Seeing this, Dahei turned around and walked forward with his dog, surrounding the men and barking non-stop.
The men holding crowbars stopped and turned to look at the big man holding a shotgun.
He walked over with a big smile on his face, clasped his fists towards Zhou Yiding and said, "Brother, please be more generous! Just name a price, and I won't argue!"
Zhou Yiding said calmly, "Forget it! Just leave the wood behind and I'll pretend I didn't catch you. Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude!"
After hearing this, a man got anxious and looked at the big man with the gun, "Brother, he's just a forest ranger, why bother with him! I don't believe he dares to shoot!"
They searched several hilltops before finally finding such thick agarwood here. They have already negotiated the price with the buyer. As long as they get it down the mountain, they will get dozens of big unity.
Zhou Yiding looked at him coldly, "I don't believe it! Why don't you try it?"
The man shouted, "You are a forest ranger, do you really think you are a public security officer?"
Zhou Huaian also stood next to Zhou Yiding and pointed his gun at several people, "Let's see which is faster, your axe or our gun!" He didn't believe that these people were really not afraid.
"Shut up!" The big man holding the shotgun shouted and looked at Zhou Yiding, "Brother, I'll give you fifty dollars if you let us carry the wood!"
Zhou Yiding was not moved at all. "My job is to watch over the wood. If I see you guys bringing the wood down the mountain, I will lose my job. Letting you guys get down the mountain in peace is already my biggest concession." (End of this chapter)
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