After the honey went down his throat, a very obvious warmth surged up, Xia Lunong could almost feel the warmth flowing along his chest and abdomen.

The feeling was very strange, just like drinking cold water in the winter, he could feel exactly where the water went after swallowing it.

"Meow." Xia Lunong stretched out his claws to hook his brother's pants and feet, with an indescribable feeling in his heart.

He felt as if he was finally "full" and finally had the strength to do something else, such as changing back to human form.

Others did not feel it as obviously as he did, but they also vaguely felt the energy brought by the honey.

Yan Xinian's eyes changed when he looked at the honey. He squinted and sighed, "What a good thing!"

"It is indeed a good thing." Xia Huoqu said, "Let's take the honey back as soon as possible to avoid any changes."

Yan Xinian also thought so.

The three people and the cat quickly cut down the huge beehive.

The four buckets they brought were far from enough.

Xia Huoqu looked at the buckets at his feet and said to Kong Zhi, "Kong Zhi, take Xiao Nong back first, and bring a few more buckets or bottles later."

Kong Zhi nodded.

Xia Lunong didn't say anything else this time. He ran under the tree and ran to the open space, waiting for Kong Zhi to come down and turn back into a golden eagle.

Kong Zhi moved quickly. Within a few seconds, he had taken off his clothes, turned into a golden eagle, and carried his clothes and the cat in his mouth. He flapped his wings and flew directly back to the base.

When they got to the door of the house, Kong Zhi put Xia Lunong down first, and then changed back to human form.

"Meow!" Xia Lunong urged him to open the door.

Kong Zhi didn't waste any words, just put on his pants and took out the key to open the door.

Xia Lunong jumped into his room and quickly changed back to human form. While putting on clothes, he shouted to Kong Zhi outside: "Don't look for it, there is no one at home. We have to borrow some buckets or bottles from the cafeteria."

They only have a limited number of buckets and bottles. There is so much honey outside the base. With the few buckets and bottles at home, they have to run many times. It is better to borrow them directly from the cafeteria in one go.

"You can turn back into a human now." Kong Zhi looked at Xia Lunong with a deep look in his eyes.

He was not that familiar with the base and did not intend to act on his own at this point. He just said, "Get some more ropes, I'll fly over directly from the cafeteria later."

"Okay." Xia Lunong ran out barefoot and put on slippers directly. "Hurry, hurry, let's go to the cafeteria first."

It was just past three o'clock and the cafeteria was busy preparing dinner. If they went there, there would be no staff to entertain them.

After hearing Xia Lunong describe her request with metaphors, the staff in the cafeteria asked, "How about the white plastic bottles they use to store bulk wine?"

"What kind?" Xia Lunong asked and quickly responded, "Is it the large plastic bottles that weigh 20 kilograms or 25 kilograms?"

"Yes, the cafeteria has a batch of them, and they've all been washed. I can get you a few if you want."

"Okay, okay, no problem at all." Xia Lunong asked, "How many are there in total in the cafeteria? The more the better!"

The staff in the cafeteria took them to look for them. There were a total of thirteen large plastic bottles for wine, four of which were 25 kilograms, four were 5 kilograms, three were 20 kilograms, and two were 15 kilograms.

The staff in the cafeteria opened the bottle caps and let them smell them. "They are all clean. Use them to store honey without tainting it."

"Okay, I'll borrow these first. Do you have any clean funnels? Give us a few more."

"Look at what you said. There are funnels everywhere. We have some here."

The staff in the cafeteria went to find him a few funnels. When they came back, they saw that he had already strung all the plastic bottles together with ropes, so they hurried over to help.

Kong Zhi quickly turned back into a golden eagle and flew away with the pile of plastic bottles in his mouth.

Xia Lunong thought that he could not help much if he waited there, so he simply went back home.

He hoped that everything would go well for his brother and the others, and that they would not be blocked by bees on the way.

He had a vague feeling that this time it would be really smooth.

Xia Huoqu and his companions came back when it was almost dark. Each of them was in beast form, with several plastic bottles on their backs or in their mouths. Xia

Lunong went out to greet them and helped them put the plastic bottles on the ground.

After putting down the plastic bottles, the giant tiger, the giant wolf, and the golden eagle were all panting heavily, looking exhausted.

After a short rest, the giant tiger turned back into human form first.

Yan Xinian picked up the clothes on the ground, then picked up a bucket they brought back, and said, "I'll send some bee pupae and honey to the white building first. I think this batch of bees is not simple. I have to study it carefully to find out what's going on."

"Go." Xia Huoqu, who had turned back into human form, waved his hand tiredly.

He was also exhausted today, and his lips were white.

Xia Lunong hurriedly moved the plastic bottle back and poured some water for his brother and Kong Zhi to drink.

Xia Huoqu drank the water in one breath, looked up and down at his brother, and asked, "How are you? Is everything OK?"

"No." Xia Lunong raised his hand to assure, smiling obediently, "No problem at all, I've fully recovered."

His brother snorted lightly, his eyes full of distrust.

Xia Lunong, like the young wife, followed behind with her head tucked in, not daring to say much. After

Xia Huoqu finished drinking the water, he tilted his head and asked Kong Zhi, "I didn't have time to ask just now, did the bees sting you?"

"No." Kong Zhi turned around to show Xia Huoqu that his body was clean and there was no redness or swelling.

"That's all."

Xia Lunong gave them another glass of water, came back and sat in front of them, listening to them talking about catching bees.

Yan Xinian moved quickly and came back in more than ten minutes.

Xia Huoqu asked, "What did the people in the White Building say?"

"They were so surprised!" Yan Xinian laughed, "Especially after I told them that this honey has special effects, they didn't quite believe it. It was only after each of them drank some honey water that they were half-believing and half-doubting."

Xia Huoqu: "This is the first time we have collected something with special effects. It is indeed worth studying."

After a pause, Xia Huoqu said a little depressed: "It's a pity that our current scientific research equipment is insufficient, otherwise it would be more convenient to study."

Yan Xinian was quite open-minded. He put his arm around his shoulder and said, "Take it one step at a time. It's been less than two years since the disaster, and we've already built a base. Life in the base is also getting back on track. We even have electricity now, and other problems can be solved one by one." "

That's true."

Seeing that they had finally had a good rest, Xia Lunong couldn't help but say, "Should we sort out the honey?"

"Haha, come on!" Yan Xinian laughed, "We collected the honey in a hurry before, and we haven't looked at it carefully."

The group walked into the kitchen, and thirteen plastic bottles were laid out in a row on the ground.

Yan Xinian picked up one of them, twisted the lid off, opened the seal, closed one eye and looked inside carefully, saying, "There are a lot of impurities in it, and it needs to be filtered again."

When they harvested honey, they got it in a hurry, basically putting it in the bucket and squeezing it with a hatchet. After squeezing it out, they didn't care about the impurities, and stuffed it directly into the plastic bottle through the collet.

Now look at it again, there are grass leaves, honeycomb residue, bee wings, and some finger-sized bee pupae in the honey, it's a mess, it looks very bad.

Xia Lunong immediately said, "Then I'll go find some gauze."

There is gauze at home, which Xia Huoqu collected when he went out to collect supplies. It was originally used to separate and filter bean dregs when making tofu, and now it is just right to use it to filter honey.

Xia Lunong even grunted and brought the large wooden basin that he usually used to wash vegetables. He washed the basin clean, spun it dry, and wiped it again to make sure there was no water in it before moving it over to filter.

The color of the honey was darker than Xia Lunong had imagined. A single drop of honey was yellow-brown, but now a bottle of honey was placed here, and it was a dark brown close to black brown.

After the honey was poured out, it was also more fragrant than Xia Lunong had expected. He sucked the fingers that were stained with honey, and felt an indescribable sweetness spreading in his mouth, with a slightly sour aftertaste and a bit of an indescribable fragrance, probably a mixture of floral scents.

Xia Huoqu watched the honey slowly flow through the gauze into the wooden basin, and said, "I'll go find Chen Laocai to exchange some pottery jars, which are just right for storing the honey."

Xia Lunong: "Brother, please exchange a few more, so that we can use them to store oil."

Xia Huoqu nodded and went out.

Chen Laocai is a pottery expert in the base, and now he has opened a pottery jar shop.

There are people who go out to collect various things in the base all year round, and the things they bring back are either packed in various wooden boxes or various pottery jars.

Chen Laocai's business has always been good, and his family has a large number of pottery jars all year round.

Now is the season for picking peanuts, and many people in the base need to buy pottery jars to store oil. Chen Laocai's family has prepared a lot.

Hearing Xia Huoqu's request, Chen Laocai counted his inventory and said, "Now I have eight pottery jars with a capacity of 50 kilograms and ten pottery jars with a capacity of 100 kilograms. Are these enough? If not, I have another kiln that will be opened the day after tomorrow."

"Enough. First, I need six pottery jars with a capacity of 50 kilograms. Please help deliver them to my house."

"Okay, one is 30 kilograms of rice, and Chenghui will give you 180 kilograms of rice." Chen Laocai pulled out a cart from the warehouse, "I'll deliver it to you now."

Xia Huoqu nodded, "I'll weigh the rice for you when we get home."

"Okay." Chen Laocai took out the pottery jar swiftly, checked it again, and smiled, "Now it's spread all over the base that you harvested a lot of honey this afternoon. Where did you harvest it?"

"By the river." Xia Huoqu said, "The bees we encountered this time are all as big as ping-pong balls. If you are not strong enough, it is best not to provoke them, so as to avoid any accidents."

"As big as ping-pong balls?" Chen Laocai shuddered, "Then isn't it much more powerful than wasps?"

Xia Huoqu nodded, "Yes."

"Hey, only people with your skills can handle it. If it were us, if we encountered such bees, let alone taking honey, we would be dead without a complete body."

Xia Huoqu did not answer.

Chen Laocai quickly lifted the pottery jar onto the cart, tied it with a rope, and transported the pottery jar to Xia's house with Xia Huoqu.

Before they arrived, they saw a group of people standing outside Xia's house and chatting from a distance. Chen Laocai vaguely heard keywords such as "bees" and "honey".

Many of these people were holding something in their hands. The most outrageous one was a man named Shi Jiacheng in the base. He was carrying two pig cages, each of which contained two pink and tender piglets.

Chen Laocai was confused. He pushed a cart towards the crowd and asked, "What are you doing?"

Xia Huoqu was standing nearby, and his eyes expressed similar doubts.

People greeted the two of them one after another, and were especially attentive to Xia Huoqu.

Shi Jiacheng said to Xia Huoqu in a loud voice, "Deputy Captain Xia, we heard that you collected honey that has a very tonic effect. We came to ask if we can exchange some with you."