Zhou Huaian went out carrying the bucket of water. Zhou Yiding had already pushed the bicycle into the yard. After Zhou Huaian sat on the back seat, the two of them ran out of the yard.
When we reached the edge of the ravine, we pulled the rope tied to the prickly pear tree, lifted the trap ashore, removed the plug from the fish outlet, stood the trap upright, aimed it at the bucket and shook it a few times. Several loaches and small fish went into the bucket.
"Hey!" Zhou Huaian and the other man looked at each other, "Fuck! Even the traps are being stolen."
Zhou Yiding said angrily: "Who is that bastard? I'll chop off his hands if I catch him!"
Zhou Huaian thought about the dirty guys on the team and said, "I think it's probably that bastard Xu Hongbing!"
"It's possible!" Zhou Yiding handed him the bamboo tube containing the bait. "Put the trap back. I'll ride my bike to his house and wait for you at the brigade headquarters."
"Your sister-in-law is still waiting for us to eat!" Zhou Huaian put the bait in, plugged the wooden cork, and put the trap back, "Come and take a look tomorrow morning."
Zhou Yiding nodded, "I'll come back tomorrow morning to see who this bastard is."
When the two men passed by Zhou Yiding's house with buckets of water, they picked a few dahlias before riding their bicycles home.
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "Just get a few hairtail fish, fry them later and make soup tomorrow morning."
Mother Yang took the bucket and said, "Yes, the food is ready. You two can wash your hands and eat."
"Hmm!" Zhou Yiding sniffed, "Smells good!"
Yang's mother said happily, "When you're hungry, everything smells delicious."
After the meal, Yang's mother brought dog food to feed the dog and brought back the chicken coop from the alley.
After Yang Chunyan washed the pots and bowls, she rinsed them in the pool with clean water, added three buckets of pig food to the dishwashing water in the pot, boiled it and fed it to the pigs. The three little pigs needed at least three buckets of pig food to be full for one meal.
Zhou Huaian and the other man were both full, and they sat on the chairs with bulging bellies for a while before getting up, taking out the hares and pheasants from the backpacks, and picking out the yams from the baskets.
"Ding Ding Cat, can you take some yams to your mother-in-law's house?"
Zhou Yiding waved his hand, "No need, they have their own seeds."
Zhou Huaian nodded, "Okay, you don't cook, just come over and eat tomorrow."
Zhou Yiding glanced at him and said, "Do I need you to tell me that?"
Zhou Huaian cleaned up, washed his hands and said, "I'll get the gauze to filter the honey."
"Yes." Zhou Yiding stood up to pick up the urea bag, then turned back to look at Zhou Huaian with a grin, "The three nests we dug out today are a real big harvest!"
"There will be more when there is a bumper harvest in the future." Zhou Huaian said, "How about we save an extra pound of honey from that nest?"
Zhou Yiding pointed at him in amazement, "I was also thinking of leaving an extra pound! Damn, I actually have a telepathic connection with you."
"Go~" Zhou Huaian kicked in the air, "I won't have anything to do with you."
When the two began to filter the honey, Yang Chunyan went to the pigpen with an oil lamp and a pig food bucket.
Hearing the footsteps, the three little pigs immediately climbed out of the pigsty, swarmed to the pig trough, and started grunting.
"Don't panic, it will be ready soon." Yang Chunyan scooped half a ladle of rice bran into the pig feed, stirred it evenly with a wooden stick, and poured it into the pig trough.
The three little pigs huddled together, shaking their big ears, and began to eat happily.
Yang Chunyan discovered that the piglet with the white spot on its ear was particularly aggressive in grabbing food. As soon as it finished eating, it would immediately push the other one away to grab the food.
"Don't grab it!" She knocked on Ban Dian with a bamboo stick and poured the remaining half bucket into the pig trough.
"Are you willing to eat it?" Yang's mother came in carrying a chicken coop. She was worried that the piglets would not like the pig food cooked with Jerusalem artichokes.
"They are willing to eat them!" Yang Chunyan said happily, "I will dig some more tomorrow and pick some out, and bury Jerusalem artichokes in the places where ramie and grass seeds are not sown."
After seeing this, Yang's mother also said, "I will go back to the bamboo forest to dig some and cook it to feed the pigs."
Yang Chunyan smiled and nodded, "We can also plant some Jerusalem artichokes and mulberry trees on the barren slopes of the mountains. After they are dried, we won't have to worry about lack of feed."
Yang's mother: "Your husband spread ramie on the hillside. Cut the tender stems to feed the pigs, and dig up the roots to make Chinese medicine."
After hearing this, Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "This is the good thing about Chinese medicine. We think things that others think are useless are treasures."
Mother Yang rolled her eyes at her. "I asked you to learn before, but you thought it was annoying. People say girls are outgoing. You've only been in your husband's family for a short time, and you don't think it's annoying to go up the mountain to dig herbs."
"Mom!" Yang Chunyan pulled her and called out, then held her arm and leaned on her shoulder without saying anything.
In her previous life, she lived like that, and the two old people worried about her. Even at an old age, they often cooked and sent Fu Niu to her, just because they were afraid that she wouldn't eat well alone...
"You're almost a mother, but you're still acting like a spoiled brat!" Mother Yang patted her hands lovingly, "I'm not blaming you. I'm happy if you live a good life."
Yang Chunyan held her calloused hand and said, "Don't worry, we will be fine."
Mother Yang said softly, "Don't worry, Mom, don't worry! Huai'an went up the mountain early in the morning to bring back so many things. If he was a lazy bum, he would have gone somewhere long ago."
"Yes!" Yang Chunyan picked up the pig food bucket, and the mother and daughter walked to the kitchen. "I've boiled some hot water in the pot, you wash up first."
"Go help Huai'an and the others filter the honey, I'll feed the pigs." Mother Yang took the pig feed bucket and told her, "Next time you feed the pigs, carry less at a time. It's better to go twice more than to save trouble."
"Got it." Yang Chunyan washed her hands and went into the kitchen. A strong scent of nectar hit her nose. "What a nice smell!"
Yang's mother said, "This is old honey. Last time, your eldest brother dug out a nest of wild bees and the honey they squeezed out tasted like this. Your husband kept all of it to make pills."
Zhou Huaian turned his head and smiled, "Mom is right. This nest of honey is produced by wild bees. When the honeycombs are cut open, the honey inside is shiny black, and the honey is thick and sticky."
Zhou Yiding picked up a piece of honeycomb and put it in the gauze bag, saying, "I have taken out three nests of wild bees today, and this one is the best. I am afraid it will be difficult to find such good honey in the future!"
Zhou Huaian said optimistically, "We still have to go up the mountain. We will eventually find the hidden old beehive if we look slowly." After thinking about it, he said, "I will go to Ning'an tomorrow. Remember to buy beehives from Uncle Datian and send them to Carpenter Li's house."
Zhou Yiding: "Buy back all the remaining ones?"
Zhou Huaian thought for a moment, "Let's buy all of them. When the beehives are full, we'll put a few of them in the woods above to prevent those people from running around."
Zhou Yiding nodded and said, "Yes, tomorrow I will go to Uncle Daqing and the others to help cut bamboo for the fence, and by the way, I will go to Uncle Datian to buy beehives."
Zhou Huaian: "Well! Once you've cut the bamboo, pile it up in the bamboo forest, and I'll come back with my tractor to help you move it."
Zhou Yiding suddenly remembered the things stored in his house, "When are you going to get those things over here?"
"When I help you pull the bamboo, I'll pull it back as well."
Zhou Huaian and his friend put the honey into small wooden barrels. The three beehives plus the honey stored at home weighed more than 20 kilograms of honey.
Each person kept two kilograms of old honey, and there was about two kilograms left, so he sent it to see what the price was.
Zhou Yiding closed the lid and patted the small wooden barrel. "The small wooden barrel you made this time is very good. I will ask Carpenter Li to make a few more."
Zhou Huaian smiled and said, "I originally wanted to buy a jar, but I was worried that it might break, so your sister-in-law asked me to make this small wooden barrel to store honey." (End of this chapter)
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