"Woof woof woof!" Wangcai barked at him a few times.
Zhou Huaian jumped up in fright, and heard the "buzzing" sound of little bees in his ears. Then he realized that the wild bees on the tree not far away began to get restless. He hurriedly opened the lid of the beehive and let the little bees go to find their king.
After Zhou Huaian opened the beehive, he mustered up the courage to go forward and pick up the earthenware jar. As soon as he exerted force, a piece of pottery fell off the big belly of the jar.
Then, a few golden cakes slid out from the broken gap.
"Oh my god!"
Zhou Huaian grabbed a handful. It felt heavy. He knew it was gold without even biting it. He was so excited that his hands holding the gold cake were shaking and he kept saying “Fuck! Fuck!”
I regretted again not bringing Yang Chunyan with me. What if I got too excited and fainted?
Wangcai looked at his master who was standing there stupidly in a bee hat and kept saying "wow", and barked at him a few times out of concern.
Zhou Huaian finally came to his senses and excitedly stroked the dog that was looking at him, "I'll give you a big bone when we get back."
Zhou Huaian, who had already seen two treasures, did not faint after all. He hurriedly kicked the golden cake that slipped out of the jar into his pocket and went to pick up the earthenware jar.
It took some effort to lift the jar out of the soil and put it in the backpack. Then I picked up the urea bag, opened the lid of the pottery jar, and saw the yellow color inside. With shaking hands, I poured everything inside into the urea bag.
A pile of golden, round, and different-sized golden cakes appeared before my eyes. The sunlight shone on them through the treetops, and dozens of golden cakes shone with dazzling golden light.
Although the treasures from last time were beautiful, they were not as visually impactful as this pile of golden cakes.
Zhou Huaian felt dizzy and held on to the basket. He took a few deep breaths before calming down his excitement. He tied the urea bag and pressed it twice.
He turned towards the mountain, clasped his hands together and said softly, "Mountain God, thank you for letting the little bee guide me to find the treasure.
I will buy a big pig's head tomorrow and cook some delicious dishes for you. When I am not strict in the future, I promise to hire someone to repair the mountain temple for you."
After making a wish to the mountain god, Zhou Huaian felt his heartbeat slow down. Looking at the pile of earth in front of him, he picked up a shovel and shoveled the place where the jar was buried. He heaved a sigh of relief after making sure there was no treasure left.
"That's enough. It's better to have no more. It will save my heart from beating so fast!"
Zhou Huaian muttered to himself, turned his head and saw the exposed beehive, then he realized that there was still a nest of wild bees that had not been harvested. He hurriedly picked up the beehive, put on gloves and began to harvest the honey combs inside.
The bees in this nest were not very diligent. They only harvested two honeycombs from such a big hole. Thinking that one beehive could not accommodate two beehives, he repaired the beehive, packed up his belongings, and walked back with a heavy basket on his back.
He imagined Yang Chunyan's expression when she saw the golden cakes in the urea bag, and excitedly walked through the bamboo forest, crossed the ravine, and passed through the mixed woods to the bee-luring cave.
After searching for several places, I finally found an empty bee-luring hole. I lifted the stone slab, took out the empty beehive, and put the one full of wild bees in it.
He counted the wild bees that had flown here to make their home, plus the beehives he had placed before, and there were already twelve nests of wild bees that had made their home here. They could harvest the honey combs before autumn...
"Sweet, your smile is sweet, just like flowers blooming in the spring breeze..."
Zhou Huaian walked to the backyard door while humming "Sweet Honey" cheerfully. He took out the key and opened the door, and saw Lai Fu waiting for him at the door with his tongue sticking out and a smile on his face.
He stroked it happily and said, "Take good care of the house, and you will have a big bone to eat tomorrow."
"Woof woof woof!" Lai Fu and Wangcai love eating big bones the most. They wag their tails happily and follow him to the backyard.
Zhou Huaian put away the honey bucket containing the honey combs, carried the urea bag and went from the kitchen to the front yard. Seeing that several children were still watching TV in the house, he went straight into the main room, took out the key and opened the door.
He hid the urea bag in the cupboard, then closed the door and went to the room where the TV was. When Xiao Jiuer, who was holding the little frog and asking Zhou Jiaming to wind it up, saw him coming back, he got up and ran towards him, "Old man, Dad!"
Zhou Huaian picked up his son and gave him a kiss, "You idiot, the old man is your father, and your father is the old man!"
Zhou Xiaoru looked at the grandfather and the other two, "Dad, Jiuer heard us calling him old man and followed us."
Zhou Huaian glanced at the TV and saw that what was playing was what was shown at night, so he went over to turn off the TV and said, "Okay, let's go out and play for a while and then watch it later."
"It's not fun anymore. They all went to pick mushrooms. I want to go back and sleep for a while." Zhou Xiaoqian walked out yawning, and the other three sisters followed her.
Zhou Jiaming and his friends didn't want to sleep. "Dad, we want to go catch eels. Can you give us your eel hook?"
"You can give it to me, but you are not allowed to go to the river."
"The water in the river was so high that we didn't dare go there."
"That's better." Zhou Huaian went to the corner room and took down the bamboo basket hanging on the wall. "The eel hooks and eel clamps are in there. Can you hook them?"
Zhou Jiaming nodded. "Yes, I know how to do it. Dig some eels and go to the edge of the field to find eel holes. As long as the hole is round and smooth, there is an 80% chance that there is one inside."
Zhou Jialiang took over, "Dad, my brother hasn't finished talking yet. We also need to check the cave entrance to see if there are any traces left by the eels entering and exiting, and to see if there are any small bubbles..."
"You two are doing this one by one, you have a good memory!" Zhou Huaian tapped each of them, "Play for a while, and come back quickly if you see someone selling mushrooms."
"Got it!" Zhou Jiaming carried the bamboo basket on his back, and the three brothers ran outside.
Zhou Huaian closed the door and carried Xiao Jiuer to the barbecue room next door. When he arrived at the vegetable garden, he smelled the fragrance of star anise. When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he saw Jiang Yu and a group of people washing mushrooms, while Yang Chunyan and Zhang Xiuxiang were in front of the stove, rolling the mushrooms back and forth in the pot with spatulas.
He walked forward with a smile, "I'm back, but your mushrooms haven't been put into the pot yet!"
"The aniseed is fried and put into the pot." Yang Chunyan saw his smiling eyes and asked, "How is the beehive? Is it an old beehive? Is it big?"
"It's an old beehive. The honey combs have been retrieved. Come back and help me when you're done here."
"It's still a long time before we finish frying!" Yang Chunyan saw that the onions, shallots, garlic cloves and ginger slices in the pot had been fried until golden brown, so she took a colander to scoop out the spices and leave the bottom oil.
"Mom, it's time to plant the mushrooms."
"Here we go!" Zhou's mother picked up the colander and put all the mushrooms and diced mushrooms into the pot. She took the spatula from her hand and said, "Go help the youngest to filter the honey. Leave this to us."
"Hey!" Yang Chunyan took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off her face, and followed Zhou Huaian out. "Are there any wild bees in the beehive?"
"No, I moved the queen cells into the hive. There is also a nest of wild bees. You can go with me in a few days."
Yang Chunyan looked at him in surprise, "There are two nests of wild bees in one beehive?"
"Well! And..." Zhou Huaian swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth when he saw Wang Chunhua walking towards him with a basket of vegetables and holding Cai Xiaomin's hand.
Yang Chunyan also saw the mother and son, and stepped forward with a smile, "Sister Wang, how is Xiaomin's recovery?"
"Okay, Chunyan, it was all thanks to you that day!" Wang Chunhua pulled Cai Xiaomin, "Thank you, Aunt Yang."
Cai Xiaomin said a little embarrassedly: "Thank you, Aunt Yang."
Yang Chunyan looked at Cai Xiaomin, who looked 80% like Cai Ermei, and said with a smile: "You're welcome! It's good. Next time you go into the mountains, don't pick and eat things that adults say are inedible. Remember?"
"Remember, I will never eat this again. It makes me feel so uncomfortable!" Cai Xiaomin touched her stomach and still felt a little uncomfortable.
When Xiao Jiuer saw this, he pointed at him and said, "Mom, my brother has a stomachache. Take some medicine."
Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Brother's stomach is better now. Xiaojiu, do you want to play with me?"
Xiao Jiuer nodded, "Yes!"
Zhou Huaian put him down and pushed open the gate. "Sister Wang, come in and sit for a while."
"Chunyan, youngest, I won't go in." Wang Chunhua put down the basket and said gratefully to Yang Chunyan, "I caught a chicken and took some lilies, please don't despise me!"
Yang Chunyan hurriedly said: "Sister Wang, stop it, take the things back..."
Wang Chunhua held Yang Chunyan's hand and said, "It's just a little gift from us. If you don't mind, please accept it."
Seeing that she was determined to send him off, Yang Chunyan stepped forward and picked up the net bag in the basket. "Sister Wang, we'll take these lilies. You can take the chicken back and stew it for Xiaomin to nourish him."
Wang Chunhua said hurriedly, "We just killed one and stewed it for him yesterday. Xiao Min is like him. No matter how much he eats, he won't gain weight."
After hearing this, Zhou Huaian said, "Sister Wang, listen to Chunyan and take the chicken back to stew it for Xiaomin. Otherwise, we won't want Lily anymore."
"Okay!" Wang Chunhua readily agreed upon seeing this and thanked Yang Chunyan again.
Zhou Huaian glanced at Cai Xiaomin who was playing with Xiao Jiuer at the side and asked, "How is he in there?"
"He's gone. He's gone to another place for labor reform." Wang Chunhua sighed, "If he was more obedient, and didn't think of crooked ways every day, and worked hard to earn money like Erchun, it would be great for the family to be together!"
"Work hard and try to be released early." Zhou Huaian didn't know what to say. Even if Cai Ermei didn't go to jail, he and he would never be able to get along like they did with Erchun.
"Their family wanted the old house, so I gave it to them." Wang Chunhua said with a wry smile, "I didn't give it to his family, I kept it for him. When he gets out in the future, he'll need a place to stay, right?"
Zhou Huaian didn't expect that Wang Chunhua, who was considered a shrew by them before, would actually do this. He felt that Cai Ermei's current situation was retribution, and that people who abandon their wives and children deserved such a fate.
"Sister Wang, it's Second Sister Cai who is sorry for you."
"It's all over!" Wang Chunhua smiled and pointed to the corn field opposite Ye Laoyao's house. "I have approved the foundation for that private plot of land. I will start construction after this busy period. We will be neighbors in the future."
Yang Chunyan turned her head and looked, "That piece of land is in a good location. When you move over, our place will become more and more lively."
Wang Chunhua smiled and nodded, "Everyone says your place is good, everyone wants to build a house here!" (End of this chapter)
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