Chapter 411 It’s snowing, and the bee colony is in trouble
Living in Niuweiling, far away from the crowd, although it is a bit lonely on weekdays, it also has its advantages. For example, it is convenient to go into the mountains to hunt, and after hunting the prey, you will not be discovered immediately, otherwise you will have to give away most of the prey.
After all, the people in Gaojia Village are basically related to each other!
In the past, Gao Mingcheng would send some wild boar meat and mutton to his parents' home, but now he is too lazy to do so.
During the Chinese New Year, I still have to give money to my parents, which is also considered as providing financial support, and I hope that no one can find fault with it. I can move around less during normal times, so I just move around less.
When Gao Mingcheng slaughtered pigs and sheep, he did not immediately share the meat with his grandmother, but decided to give it to her when he left. By that time, even if his parents knew about it, he would have already left Gaojia Village.
In addition to Xinainai's family, Zhang Chengyuan and Chen Dasong's family also have to send some gifts.
These two companies are the closest to his home, and one is a relative, and the other is his new employee, so naturally he has to give them some employee benefits occasionally.
So both families gave one pound of wild boar meat, one pound of mutton, plus some offal.
During the time he was away from the village, Zhang Chengyuan and Chen Dasong, father and son, helped him take good care of the vegetables in the fields and the orchard, so he no longer had to worry about these trivial matters.
The orchard will be in full bloom next spring. According to his observation, most of the fruit trees in the orchard will bloom and bear fruit next spring, because the fruit seedlings he bought are about two years old. Now they have been planted for another year. By next year, there will be three peaches and four plums, so all the peach trees will bear fruit. As for the plum trees, it depends on the situation.
When Gao Mingcheng left Gaojia Village, half of the truck was loaded with meat and vegetables, and the remaining half of the truck was reserved for clothes.
The goods purchased from Gao Shouwang this time were mostly children's clothing.
When Gao Mingcheng bought goods in Yangcheng before, he mostly bought fashionable men's and women's clothing. He picked goods with novel styles and fine workmanship. This kind of goods would be sold at a high price, usually to people with a good living standard in the county, or to young men and women who were preparing to get married.
As for children's clothing, most of them are purchased from Gao Shouwang because few people in the county are willing to pay high prices for children's clothing.
Children grow older every year, so they need to buy clothes every year. In addition, most people live an ordinary life, so they naturally can't afford to spend a high price on children's clothes.
When purchasing goods from Gao Shouwang, the purchase price is low, so the selling price is naturally low as well, but the profit is still considerable.
He loaded a whole truck with goods and headed towards the county in the cold wind.
Maybe he was lucky, because it started to rain coldly as soon as he arrived in the county.
The rain was not heavy, but the wind and rain were cold, and blowing on my body, the cold wind was like a knife, going straight to my bones.
At night, Gao Mingcheng discovered that there was hail mixed in the cold rain.
The hail was not big, but it hit the roof and glass windows, making a clanging sound. It was raining and snowing outside, but people were watching TV by a charcoal fire in the house.
Since the advent of color TV, watching TV every night has become a regular program.
TV series like "Journey to the West", "Dream of Red Mansions", "Huo Yuanjia", "The Bund" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" are watched by everyone as long as they are broadcast on TV.
Since we have to concentrate on business during the day, we can only come to visit at night.
Gao Shufang was wrapped in a big cotton-padded jacket, wrapping herself tightly, gnawing on a big bone in her hand, while staring at the TV screen without blinking.
Gao Mingcheng was also chewing bones, and he picked out the easy bones to give to the many beautiful ones to chew.
On a snowy day, a pot of steaming mutton soup was boiling in a big iron pot. Everyone ate the bones first and then drank the soup, and everyone was very satisfied.
Hu Yinchen was very happy working here. Not only did she have her own room, but the meals were very good every day. Gao Mingcheng and Xuanyuemei were not fussy people either. As long as she took good care of the children, they would not say anything to her even if she did nothing else.
But Hu Yinchen is a person who cherishes things, so she is the first to wash the clothes and diapers that little Xuxu takes off.
She touched her round belly and burped with satisfaction.
At this time, little Xuxu's crying sounded, alarming Gao Mingcheng and Xuanyue. However, before they could stand up, Hu Yinchen had quickly picked up little Xuxu and coaxed him. She skillfully touched his crotch and found it was dry, and little Xuxu's mouth was smacking, so she knew he was hungry.
Hu Yinchen lost the opportunity to perform, so she had to hand Xiao Xuxu to Xuanyuemei and let Xuanyuemei feed Xiao Xuxu.
Xuanyue had just finished her meal of mutton soup and was feeling her milk swell up, so she hid aside to feed her baby.
The sound of television, talking, and occasionally the crying of a baby, make up a picture of the life of an ordinary person.
The next day was the day when little Xuxu was one month old. Gao Mingcheng invited Gao Guobing and his wife, Gao Mingwan and his wife, Huang Dazhi and his wife, and Xiao Jinfeng and his wife to come to his home for dinner.
In his previous life, Gao Mingcheng had friends all over the world and did many things to help his friends. But in this life, he chose a different path in life, so he naturally did not make friends with those dispensable friends.
What he didn't know was that, precisely because of this, Gao Guobing treated him even better, thinking that Gao Mingcheng was trying to use him as a stepping stone to get to know more powerful people.
Therefore, Gao Mingcheng's help to him was purely the help of a nephew to his uncle, and when he helped Gao Mingcheng, he also treated him as an uncle to his nephew.
There is no clear exchange of interests between the two people, and the main focus is on sincere feelings.
As early as four o'clock in the afternoon, the clothing store closed its business and moved some of the shelves and cabinets where clothes were displayed away, leaving a large space.
The table used for daily use at home is not big, but Gao Mingcheng prepared a round table top in advance.
By placing the round table top on the square wooden table, the number of people that can sit increases instantly.
At 5:30 in the evening, everyone had arrived and the dishes could be served on the table one after another. In addition to the dishes, the table was also filled with various fruits and snacks.
Everyone gathered together, and as they all knew each other, there was naturally no barrier between them, and they all could chat and laugh happily.
At the dinner table, Gao Mingcheng asked about Gao Yue.
Gao Guobing said: "Gao Yue will come back from the provincial capital at the end of the month. Alas, Gao Yue is a few months younger than you. I didn't expect that your son was born, but he is still too early to get married!"
Zhao Dongmei also felt a little emotional.
Gao Hong is older than Gao Mingcheng. Although he has a girlfriend, he has to wait until next year to get married. As for having grandchildren...
Forget it, let her hold Xiao Xuxu first!
Gao Mingcheng and Gao Guobing were talking, and Gao Mingwan and Xiao Jinfeng were also talking, still talking about the transportation company.
Gao Mingwan said, "Boss, the weather forecast says it's going to snow soon. Do you think we should still go out? It's so cold, my hands are freezing. I really want to take a few days off."
Xiao Jinfeng also had a look of helplessness on his face.
Which long-distance driver doesn’t spend most of the year on the road?
When he first started driving, he was away from home every day. When he finally got home, he would fall asleep immediately and not care about anything else.
Gao Mingwan is a newlywed, so it's normal for him to want to take a vacation.
Xiao Jinfeng said, "If the snow is not too heavy, you still have to drive. Now that the year is coming to an end, the company has received many orders. How about this, I will make the trip for you and give you three days off."
Gao Mingwan got a vacation and immediately smiled happily, knowing that he would definitely get a vacation if he said this in this situation.
He quickly poured a glass of wine to toast Xiao Jinfeng.
Xiao Jinfeng was also a shrewd man, and he knew what Gao Mingwan was planning, but he had to give him the face he deserved.
So the two of them clinked their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.
Gao Mingcheng listened to the conversation between the two, but his thoughts turned to outside the house.
Outside the house, heavy snow started falling without us noticing.
When Gao Mingcheng saw the heavy snow, his heart skipped a beat.
When it was raining and snowing before, he always felt that he had forgotten something and had not done it well, but he couldn't think of the specific thing at the moment.
Now seeing the heavy snow, he finally remembered.
His bee colony is in trouble!
In order to produce more honey, he chose to raise Italian bees. It is true that Italian bees are active in collecting honey and produce a lot of honey, but Italian bees are not as resistant to disease and cold as Chinese bees!
Therefore, once the temperature drops, Italian bees in the wild may freeze to death.
Thinking of this, Gao Mingcheng's heart beat faster. In order to protect the forty boxes of bees, he had to go back to the village tomorrow!
If Italian bees really cannot tolerate the current low temperatures, then the beehives must be moved home and the bees must be fed sugar water.
It's snowing outside, there is no nectar source, and the weather is cold, so the bees can't fly far. So if you don't feed them sugar water, they will starve to death even if they don't freeze to death.
Although he was inevitably worried about this, Gao Mingcheng did not show it in front of everyone. Instead, he continued to clink glasses with others and drink to his heart's content.
(End of this chapter)
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