Xia Lunong's bold idea was too easy to guess.

There are so many bees now, the prickly ash tree is not afraid of being choked, and Xia Lunong probably wants the prickly ash tree to get the honey.

Several people looked at each other and understood each other's meaning.

Yan Xinian had only one question, "Will the little prickly ash tree be willing?"

Xia Lunong was uncertain, "Let's talk to it first, what if?"

The little prickly ash tree mentioned by Yan Xinian was in the back of the truck, with the pile of prickly ash trees.

Xia Lunong did what he said, pushed open the door, carefully avoided the bees and went to the back of the truck.

Xia Huoqu followed behind him, always paying attention to the surrounding situation to ensure his safety.

The two brothers ran to the back of the truck, and the prickly ash tree was quietly waiting in the pile of trees, just like an ordinary plant.

Xia Lunong still had to look carefully before he found it.

Xia Lunong gently pushed the prickly ash tree, and in the dim backfight, he first gave it a little supernatural power, squatted down and negotiated with it, "Little prickly ash, how about doing me a favor?"

The prickly ash tree used its roots to prop itself up diagonally, shook its crown, and raised it to face him, as if waiting for him to continue.

Xia Lunong looked at the prickly ash tree and saw that it had no intention of objecting. After thinking

for a while, he said, "Let's go down and talk." Xia Lunong lifted the tarpaulin and said to Xia Huo, "Brother, help me carry the little prickly ash tree down."

Xia Huo said, "You go down first, I'll slowly move it down from the car."

Xia Lunong said nervously, "Okay, be careful."

The prickly ash tree was top-heavy and bottom-heavy, and it was not easy to keep balance. When getting on and off the car, Xia Lunong and the others lifted it down.

The prickly ash tree cooperated very well, and the two brothers lifted it down together.

Xia Lunong walked with it to the open space, and his vision suddenly widened.

Xia Lunong pointed at a beehive in the peach forest from a distance and said, "Wait a minute, you can go over with a bucket, sweep off the bees on it, put the whole beehive in the bucket, cover the bucket, and bring it over to us, okay?"

The prickly ash tree stood there, its crown turning for a while, as if the whole tree was at a loss.

This was indeed a little hard to understand.

Xia Lunong looked left and right, thinking about how to demonstrate it to it.

His brother tacitly handed him a bucket.

Xia Lunong picked up a bucket and found a stone nearby. She said slowly, almost word by word, "Look, for example, this stone is a beehive. You put it in the bucket, cover it with a lid, and then bring the bucket over to us, okay?"

The little prickly ash tree tilted its crown and looked at it for a long time.

Xia Lunong was not sure if it understood, so she did the same action several times in a row and then handed the bucket to it.

The prickly ash tree finally understood, and the huge roots below split into two branches. Holding the bucket that Xia Lunong handed to it, it slowly approached the beehive deep in the peach forest.

The prickly ash tree did not jump fast, so they could not get close to the beehive and had to wait where they were.

Xia Lunong picked a peach from a nearby peach tree, rubbed it on his clothes twice, bit the peach skin and took a big sip of the sweet and rich peach juice.

With the help of food, his anxiety was relieved.

Huajiaoshu was not walking fast. He looked at him from behind for a long time and asked, "Brother, do you think Huajiaoshu can take down the beehive?"

"We'll know after we see it." Xia Huo said, "If it doesn't work, we can set it on fire. Be careful and it should be able to be done."

Yan Xinian and Kong Zhi got out of the car together, closed the door, and watched Huajiaoshu carry the bucket in front of the tree trunk, carefully keeping his balance, and hopping towards the beehive.

Yan Xinian watched from behind and murmured, "Look at the little prickly ash tree, it always feels like it's exploiting child labor."

Xia Huoqu kicked him lightly, "What time is it and you're still joking?"

The prickly ash tree slowly came to the peach tree. The peach tree was not tall, and the height of the prickly ash tree was not much different from that of the peach tree.

The honeycomb on the branch of the peach tree was about the same size as a basketball, pressing the branch into an arch.

The prickly ash tree stood in front of the peach tree, as if looking at it.

After a while, it stretched out its branches, gently placed the honeycomb, and pulled the entire honeycomb aside stiffly.

The branches squeezed the honeycomb, and the honey flowed down the trunk.

At the same time, when the bees were squeezed, they were directly pressed into the hive, and several of them were killed. The swarm of

bees was instantly enraged, and a black cloud was stirred up, crashing towards the prickly ash tree.

The dense swarm of bees was like a rainstorm, instantly covering the prickly ash tree, making crackling sounds.

The sound of the bees stinging and hitting the prickly ash tree was so loud that Xia Lunong could hear it from a distance of dozens of meters.

He looked over with some concern, and was very worried that the small prickly ash tree would be broken by the bees.

The prickly ash tree seemed to be fine, and was still trying to pull the hive down.

The bees were attacked and became more ferocious, buzzing at the prickly ash tree.

The scene was really brutal and funny.

Xia Lunong murmured, "I should let Huajiaoshu bring a knife over."

"That's too difficult for Huajiaoshu," Xia Huo said, "Let's wait and see."

Huajiaoshu pulled a few times, but the effect of pulling the beehive was not very good.

It paused for a moment, as if it stopped to think.

The bees were still attacking it frantically, and Huajiaoshu stopped there. Suddenly, the branch grabbed the peach branch and pulled it hard.

Soon, the whole peach branch was pulled down by it.

It stuffed the peach branch and the beehive into the bucket, covered it with a lid, and then carried the bucket, hopping towards Xia Lunong and the others.

"Well done!" Yan Xinian looked at it from a distance, his eyes full of admiration.

"Don't talk about beauty or not, get in the car!" Xia Huoqu's face changed when he saw the black cloud of bees. "Xiao Nong Kongzhi, you too, get in the car and close the doors and windows!"

The few people didn't dare to delay and got in the car immediately and closed the doors and windows tightly.

Xia Huoqu reversed the car to the valley, ready to escape at any time.

Xia Lunong was a little anxious, "What should we do now, how to help Xiao Huajiaoshu?"

"You shout to it to stop, we will wait for a while until the bees disperse."

"Okay!"

Xia Lunong opened the car window a little and shouted to the prickly ash tree, "Little prickly ash, stop, stay there and don't move. Wait until the bees leave before coming to meet us!"

The prickly ash tree heard it and stopped there.

After a moment, its roots re-entered the soil, like a normal plant.

Xia Lunong shouted, "Did the bees sting you? If not, shake the tree crown. If yes, push the bucket a little."

The prickly ash tree shook the tree crown.

It was not stung!

"Great!" Xia Lunong clenched her fist, "Then let's all take a rest and wait for the bees to fly away!"

Bees are very resilient and hold grudges.

They hovered nearby for more than an hour.

Fortunately, the prickly ash tree was able to withstand the attack. Xia Lunong and the others were in the car, so they were not affected. It was okay for them to wait here.

After more than two hours, there were only a few bees around the prickly ash tree.

Xia Lunong breathed a sigh of relief, opened the car door and ran down to check on the prickly ash tree.

Xia Huoqu chased after him, "Be careful!"

"I'll watch, it's okay." Xia Lunong ran to the prickly ash tree and immediately checked its leaves and trunk.

The prickly ash tree had just been attacked by bees, and there were marks all over the trunk and leaves, which looked a bit like it had been hit by hail.

Xia Lunong felt guilty and transferred the remaining supernatural power in his body to the prickly ash tree. "I'm sorry, bees are more brutal than we thought." The

prickly ash tree stretched out a branch and gently wrapped it around his hand.

Under the effect of supernatural power, the leaves and trunk of the prickly ash tree grew quickly.

Xia Lunong breathed a sigh of relief and turned to discuss with his brother, "Forget it, let's just use the fumigation method. It may be slower, but it's safer."

Xia Huoqu looked up and around, "There are too many beehives in this peach forest. I'm afraid we can't use fumigation, otherwise the bees in other hives will feel attacked and come out to sting us."

Xia Lunong's eyes fell on a few beehives that were farther away, and he said regretfully, "Forget it then? There are so many supplies outside. We can't collect them all. There's no need to put the prickly ash tree in danger."

Xia Huoqu nodded, "The purpose of our trip has been achieved. Let's go back first."

As he spoke, he swung his hatchet and chopped down several bees that were about to fly towards them.

Xia Lunong noticed that after the hatchet was swung, the bees on the ground were split in half, looking very ferocious.

"Then let's go..." Before Xia Lunong finished speaking, the leaves of the prickly ash tree entangled his hand, and the crown of the tree trembled and rustled, looking disagreeing.

Xia Lunong was surprised, looking at the prickly ash tree, and asked hesitantly: "Do you have a better idea?"

This time the crown nodded wildly.

Xia Lunong guessed its thoughts and asked: "Do you want to continue to take the beehive?"

The crown of the tree shook again, looking like it was nodding. Xia

Huoqu asked, "Little prickly ash tree, are you unwilling to accept this?"

Xia Lunong was startled and asked the prickly ash tree, "The bees bullied you, and you want to retaliate?"

This sentence was a bit complicated, and Xia Lunong didn't know if the prickly ash tree understood it, but it still nodded.

Yan Xinian and Kong Zhi got off the car.

Yan Xinian said, "Since the prickly ash tree can restrain the bees and it won't be hurt, why don't you let it try?"

Xia Lunong asked, "Do you want to try?"

The prickly ash tree nodded at its crown.

"Then let's give it a try?" Xia Lunong looked at the bucket on the ground and said, "Let's not use the bucket, use a bag instead."

Yan Xinian and the other two were a little surprised, "Will this work?"

Xia Lunong: "No problem."

Xia Lunong taught Hua Jiaoshu, "When you go over there later, after you find the beehive, first cut off or break one end of the branch, put the sack in, tighten the mouth of the sack, tie it up, and then cut off the other end. This way, fewer bees can attack you."

This is a common method used by humans to collect wasp nests.

Xia Lunong was afraid that Hua Jiaoshu didn't understand, so he demonstrated it several times.

When Hua Jiaoshu did it for the fifth time, he rolled up the sack on one side and the hatchet, and jumped into the depths of the peach forest, eager to try.

They also planned to pick peaches this time, so they brought dozens of sacks with them.

At this time, the prickly ash tree was rolling up the sacks, jumping forward with the sacks falling down, which looked very funny and cute.

Xia Lunong suddenly felt that her idea was not very reliable. It would be too difficult for the prickly ash tree to collect the beehive.

The prickly ash tree was much more ferocious than Xia Lunong had imagined.

Xia Lunong was still clenching her fists in worry, while the prickly ash tree had already rushed to the beehive.

It didn't even need a hatchet. It wrapped its branches around the peach branches and squeezed them hard, and all the peach branches on the beehive side were squeezed down.

Then it deftly put the sack on the beehive, and before most of the bees could react, it tightened the sack and captured the entire hive.

Yan Xinian said with admiration, "Well done!"

Xia Lunong touched her chest. It was beautiful, but too ferocious. It was indeed a little guy who would fight with sheep.

After putting the sack on the prickly ash tree, it did not cut the peach branches, but rolled up the sack and ran to another hive of bees and repeated the above steps. After

more than 20 minutes, all 17 hives of bees in the peach forest were neatly covered with sacks.

The bees were buzzing inside the sacks, bumping the sacks into bulges, but the bees could not escape.

Xia Lunong was stunned by this trend, "This kid is really good at drawing inferences from one instance."

"Who said it wasn't?" Yan Xinian said, "Let's go over and help quickly, and put another layer of sacks on top to prevent the bees from running out."

Most of the bees were locked up, and the danger in the peach forest was much smaller now.

Several people tied up their pants, legs and tops, put on gloves and hats, and covered most of the exposed parts of their faces with clothes, and carefully approached each beehive.

The preliminary work for the little prickly ash tree had been completed. They only put on one more bag and encountered no difficulty at all. Even if there were a few bees that wanted to sting them, they were chopped to death by a few people with hatchets.

Soon they cut down the peach tree and carefully transferred the 17 sacks to the back of the car.

The sacks were very breathable, and the bees inside were still alive, buzzing and bumping around inside.

Yan Xinian sighed, "We have come out to collect supplies so many times, but this is the first time I feel that collecting is so easy."

"Thanks to the help of the little prickly ash tree." Xia Huoqu gently stroked the trunk of the prickly ash tree, "When Xiao Nong's supernatural power is raised back, let him feed you with his supernatural power."

The little prickly ash tree understood these words, and it raised its crown and gently rubbed Xia Huoqu's wrist with its branches.

Xia Lunong looked at the peaches and oranges in the orchard and swallowed her saliva. "Now that the bees have been cleared, can we pick these fruits back?"

"Yes." Xia Huoqu looked around the orchard, "Pick some first and then pick some more after transporting them back to the base."

"No problem." Xia Lunong looked carefully at the bees in the car and asked, "Should we take these bees back to the base for research? If there is no problem, we will release some of the bees and we will have new honey to eat next year."

"That's no problem. We will just pick a few beehives and take them back to the base. As for the rest--" Yan Xinian said, "After we pick the peaches and oranges, we will open the sacks. The bees will be frightened and will run out by themselves. We can just take the hives back."

Xia Lunong thought about it and agreed.

The peaches and oranges in the orchard were weighing down the branches.

Even though they had enough manpower, it took them most of the day to pick peaches and oranges.

When the sun was about to set in the afternoon, they finally picked all the edible peaches and oranges, leaving a small number of peaches and oranges that had been bitten by insects or birds on the branches.

Several people moved most of the sacks deep into the peach forest and asked the small prickly ash trees to wait until they walked a little further away before untying the sacks and letting the bees escape.

This place is too far from the base, and bees generally don't go to the base, so it doesn't matter if they put a few more nests.

In the end, Xia Huoqu and his team only took three large nests of bees back, and then built a glass house for the people in the white building to conduct research away from the crowd.

Of course, the research results are also shared by the four of them.

Xia Huoqu looked at the sky and said, "Xi Nian and I will transport a truckload of peaches and oranges back first. Xiao Nong, you guys stay here and look after the peaches and honey, we'll come back later."

Xia Lunong nodded quickly.

Xia Huoqu: "If you encounter any danger, run away quickly, don't resist."

"Got it, brother, you guys go and come back quickly."

Xia Huoqu was quite confident in Kong Zhi, so he didn't say much and drove back to the base soon.

Xia Lunong, Kong Zhi and Xiao Huajiaoshu stayed where they were, looking at the peaches and oranges they picked today.

This place was a bit far from the base, and the two of them had nothing to do.

Xia Lunong looked at the distant mountains and pointed, "In fact, if it is convenient, we can rebuild the collapsed house and come back to take care of the peach forest. This year's peaches and oranges may not have been fertilized, so the fruits are not sweet enough and are small."

"This place is too far from the base. It's not safe to live here."

"It's indeed unsafe now. But as we clean up the surroundings more and more, maybe it will be safer in the future." Xia Lunong looked at the peach trees around her, "It's a pity that such good peach trees have all turned into wild peaches."

Kong Zhi said, "If you want to come, I'll accompany you to see it next spring."

"Okay, it's settled. We'll come back next spring to see if the bees will come back and if we can get honey next year."

The two chatted idly.

The little prickly ash tree next to them shook its branches and squeezed in between them, as if it had to be included in the chat.

Yan Xinian and Xia Huoqu hurried and finally came back after more than an hour.

The four of them hurried to load the peaches and oranges they picked.

The peaches here are all juicy peaches, some of which are so ripe that peach juice splashes out when pressed.

Xia Lunong looked at the peaches with regret and said, "If only we had discovered this peach forest when these peaches were not so ripe."

Xia Huo said, "Now the ripeness is also good. When we go back later, we will exchange some with the people at the base and make the other part into jam and preserved fruits, which can basically be consumed."

Yan Xinian urged, "We will discuss it after we go back. Let Xiao Huajiaoshu go and see how the bees in the sacks are running away. If all of them are running away, we will quickly collect the sacks. Go back now."

It was already dark. They were driving back now. It might be completely dark halfway.

Several people did not plan to stay here overnight today, so they had to hurry. Huajiaoshu took

the order and left, and soon brought back a sack with almost all the bees running away.

Xia Lunong took a look and said, "Okay, let's take the sacks back."

A few minutes later, the four of them packed up and drove to the base.

Xia Lunong was tired, sleepy, and a little hungry. He squeezed into the cab and could hardly open his eyes.

He simply changed back to his beast form and fell asleep on his brother's thighs.

Kong Zhi leaned against the car window with his eyes closed, while Xia Huoqu and Yan Xinian talked in low voices about things in the base.

Xia Lunong fell asleep quickly with such background noise.

When they returned to the base and drove the car to the door of their house, Xia Maomao was still snoring.

Xia Huoqu and his friends unloaded peaches, oranges, honey, etc. from the truck, and the yard was soon filled with them.

The prickly ash tree also came down and stood in their yard, looking a little dazed.

It hopped around twice in the yard, jumped outside the driver's seat, and knocked on the window.

"Home?" Xia Maomao woke up in surprise, quickly changed back to human form and got out of the car. While putting on his clothes, he said to the prickly ash tree, "If you don't mind, you can live here with us in the future. I will often input superpowers into you, and we will also help you find anything you need."

The prickly ash tree shook its leaves to show its agreement.

Xia Lunong gently touched its trunk, yawned, and went to the back of the truck to unload the fruit with his brother and others.

Xia Huoqu pushed him and raised his eyes and said, "Take the little prickly ash tree to play. It's a great helper. It may feel uneasy when it comes here for the first time. Please comfort it more."

Xia Lunong nodded, yawned again, and walked around the yard with the prickly ash tree.

His yard was well maintained, and the branches were full of fruits and vegetables.

Xia Lunong took the prickly ash tree to see them one by one, "This is grapes, this is tomatoes, and there are watermelons, strawberries, loquats..."

The little prickly ash tree didn't seem to understand what he was saying, but it was very excited to follow him and shake its crown.

Xia Lunong took it to the watermelon.

Today, their family has planted a total of fifty watermelon trees, but only thirty-four of them are alive and bearing fruit. The watermelons are all over the yard.

Xia Lunong knocked on them one by one, not forgetting to introduce the little prickly ash tree, "Watermelons are full of water, very sweet, wait until they are ripe, then we can eat them together."

Yan Xinian took out the honey from the sack and couldn't help laughing when he heard it, "I'm afraid the little

prickly ash tree can't eat watermelons with us." Xia Lunong retorted without raising her head, "How can it not eat together? When the time comes, we can just bury a piece of watermelon near the little prickly ash tree. Anyway, it can also absorb the trace elements contained in the watermelon."

Yan Xinian was stunned, "That makes sense."

Xia Huoqu had already unloaded the last peach into the basket. He straightened up and pounded his lower back. "Everyone is tired today and doesn't have the mood to cook. Let's just go to the cafeteria and order some stir-fried dishes."

Yan Xinian said, "I've already told them to use the lamb we sent over to make a stir-fried lamb and a grilled lamb chop. Let them stir-fry some other dishes. They should be delivered soon."

Xia Huoqu: "Where's Liao Cheng? Go see him and ask him to have dinner with us."

Kong Zhi said, "I'll go look for him. Is Brother Liao Cheng still in the small square?"

"Yes, he's helping us exchange peaches and oranges in the small square." Xia Huoqu said, "See how many are left. If there's only a little left, give us a discount. If there's a lot, just bring them all back."

Kong Zhi nodded, "I see."

Kong Zhi turned and went to the small square. Before walking out of the yard, he looked back deliberately.

Behind him, Xia Lunong was still taking the prickly ash tree to identify the plants in the yard. The man and the tree were having a lot of fun together and didn't notice Kong Zhi's departure.

Kong Zhi looked away and walked away.

Kong Zhi soon came back with Liao Cheng.

The two of them pushed a cart with several baskets of miscellaneous items piled on it, the most of which were rice and soybeans.

As soon as he saw Xia Huoqu, Liao Cheng said, "Brother Xia, you can't guess how many things I exchanged for that cart of peaches and oranges just now! It's a huge harvest!"