Chapter 15 Breaking the Beehive
But in this life, he will become a medicinal herb consignor and sell all the medicinal herbs in the mountains outside!
As Gao Mingcheng walked, he was perfecting his future plans in his mind. In addition to Ganoderma lucidum, he also saw Poria cocos, but he still did not pick it because it was not yet the time for Poria cocos to mature.
Passing through this pine forest, you will see more tree species and many wild flowers in full bloom, with the air filled with elegant fragrance.
When Gao Mingcheng saw the flowers, his eyes lit up.
Bees collect nectar to make honey. Therefore, where there are flowers, there are bees. Just follow the bees' trail and you can find the beehive.
Gao Mingcheng had already spotted a bee, which was absorbing nectar from a pink flower. Perhaps the nectar from one flower was not enough, so it flew to the flower next to it. After absorbing nectar from several flowers in a row, it seemed that it had finally accumulated enough, so it flew to the hive.
The bee was very small and its flight path was sometimes high and sometimes low, but it could not escape Gao Mingcheng's sight.
The farthest distance a bee can fly is about 14km, but when collecting nectar, they usually fly within a radius of 2-3km. There are nectar sources everywhere in the mountains, so wherever bees appear, there must be a beehive within 2-3km.
However, most of these beehives are hidden in secluded places. The bees either build their hives in cracks in the soil or on tree branches.
The bee that Gao Mingcheng targeted built its hive on a tea oil tree.
The flowering period of the tea oil tree is around November, and the fruiting period is October of the following year. At this moment, the trees are full of green tea oil fruits, but they are not yet ripe.
When they are ripe, they can be picked and exposed to the sun, the tea seeds inside can be taken out, and then sent to an oil press to extract tea oil.
There are not many wild tea oil trees here, but in the mountains near Kengli Village, there is a large tea oil forest. They were planted by a farm in the past. Later, the farm was withdrawn and the tea forest became collectively owned by the brigade.
Gao Mingcheng stood under the tree, looked up at the height and size of the beehive, and simulated in his mind how to successfully obtain the honey from the hive.
He had no special tools with him, only a bag, so if he wanted to remove the hive, he would probably have to pay a price.
However, he can now run much faster than before. As long as he is quick and can escape before the bees take revenge, then it won't be a big deal.
If you are caught by a bee, it will be a big problem!
The stinger of a bee is poisonous. Once you are stung by it, you will feel severe swelling and an intense stinging sensation.
If you are unlucky, you might even be poisoned to death.
Gao Mingcheng hesitated under the tree for a moment, and finally made up his mind and decided to get started!
Just do it!
The tea tree was quite old, but not too big. He quickly climbed to the place where the branches forked. After finding a place to stand, he tried to reach out and touch the beehive.
He measured the distance first, and after finding that there was no problem, a sharp light flashed in his eyes, and his hands decisively reached out to the beehive, and then he broke it open with force.
If he had a knife, he should have used it to cut it open, but since it was a last-minute idea, he had no choice but to rely on brute force to break the beehive.
Fortunately, he was very strong and he actually broke it!
Gao Mingcheng was delighted and immediately threw the beehive into the bag, then quickly jumped down and ran away.
There were still many bees in the hive. They didn't react at first. But when they found out their home had been robbed, a large number of worker bees began to attack Gao Mingcheng frantically.
Gao Mingcheng didn't dare to look back at all. His feet were as fast as the wind.
While running, he seemed to sense that a bee had caught up with him and stung him with its stinger.
He felt a slight pain, but it was not severe, so he ignored it and just ran down the mountain.
It was not known how long it had passed, but the bees finally stopped chasing him. Gao Mingcheng slowed down his pace and gasped loudly. A large amount of sweat flowed from his face and body. His sweaty clothes stuck tightly to his back, and he felt stuffy.
"Huh." Gao Mingcheng exhaled a breath and a big smile appeared on his face.
Although my heart was pounding and my blood was boiling, I felt a great sense of accomplishment!
He carried the bag and walked towards the village at the foot of the mountain.
When he went down the mountain, the sun was about to set and it was almost dusk.
The gorgeous clouds covered half the sky. Although it was dusk, the light was still bright. The days were long in summer, and it was already seven or eight o'clock in the evening before it was completely dark.
On the country road, people were walking one after another.
Some carried a bundle of firewood, some carried a basket of vegetables, some carried buckets of water, and some carried hoes, and they all returned home from the mountains and fields.
On some roofs, there was already a wisp of smoke rising; those who had eaten early were already cooking.
On the road farther away, a group of men were walking towards the village. They were temporary workers from the railway construction site who were going home together.
For some people, by now, the day is over.
But for Gao Mingcheng, there are still some things to do today.
First, he had to find Gao Fuqiang and talk to him, asking him to stop targeting Zhang Chengyuan. Then he had to go to Gao Shouwang's house for dinner.
When Gao Mingcheng was going down the mountain, he glanced at Niuweiling from afar, but didn't see Gao Zhuang, so he guessed that he might have gone home.
He did not rush back to the village, but carefully opened the bag and let the bees inside fly out.
He broke off most of the beehive, and there were still some bees inside it.
There were not many bees. After being led all the way down the mountain by Gao Mingcheng, they were already a little dizzy. After flying out of the pocket, they did not take revenge on Gao Mingcheng, but flew away.
After the bees left, Gao Mingcheng discovered that a lot of honey had flowed out and stuck to the bag.
He felt a little regretful, but it was nothing more than a waste.
He adjusted his direction so as to stop the honey in the hive from flowing out, and then strode towards Grandma's house.
This beehive was quite big, so he planned to divide it into three parts, one for Xi Nainai, one for Xuanyuemei, and the remaining one for Gao Shouwang.
Gao Shouwang not only spent money to buy his prey, but also invited him to his home for wine and meat, so he couldn't go empty-handed.
As soon as I reached the door of my grandmother's house, I heard Gao Zhuang's excited voice coming from inside.
"Grandma, I really caught this rabbit! Haha, Brother Mingcheng taught me how to make a trap. I wandered around in the mountains for most of the day and finally caught a rabbit!"
"Grandma, don't kill the rabbit yet. I want to keep it for a few more days! When Brother Mingcheng comes back, I'll show it to him!"
Gao Zhuang was holding a gray-black rabbit, his face flushed with excitement.
The grandmother smiled gently, her face full of pride.
"Okay, I won't kill it. I'll find you a cage to keep it in. This rabbit can dig holes, so it can't be kept in a cage."
"Grandma, then you go quickly!"
Gao Zhuang hurriedly urged Xi Nainai to go find a cage.
(End of this chapter)
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