Chapter 16 Script? Ugh!
It is not easy to separate the bees into boxes.
This is especially true for native bees raised in the mountains. These bees have a strong ability to recognize their nests. Once the beehive is moved, they cannot find the new location and will hover in the original location, unable to return to the nest, which will eventually affect the normal activities of the bee colony.
So that day, Master Pu personally went down the mountain to guide Xia Wu. He looked at the nearly one-acre strawberry field planted in the Yang family's vegetable garden and marveled, "I knew you were quite capable, look, isn't it growing well?"
Xia Wu chuckled, looking at the strawberries growing vigorously in the field, and was also very proud: "Of course, what Master Pu said could be wrong? The strawberries on the edge of the ditch were planted early, and they should be ripe soon. When they are ripe, I will definitely send them to you to try!"
It has been a month since the first batch of strawberries were planted. During this month, Xia Wu never failed to water and fertilize them. The strawberry seedlings were green until black, and the fruits were big and plump. They gave off a sweet smell even though they were not ripe yet, which was very tempting.
Uncle Pu squatted at the edge of the field, turned over the huge strawberry leaves, revealing a half-red strawberry inside, "Isn't this one ripe? Look." He made some room to let Xia Wu see.
"Oh! It's really red!" Xia Wu was very surprised. She was still waiting, but she didn't expect the strawberries to be ripe secretly!
"Hahaha, what a coincidence, Xiaowen, go back and get a bowl so I can see how many strawberries are ripe."
Yang Hongwen handed the phone to Xia Wu, and she took over her brother's job and took beautiful pictures of the ripe strawberries.
"No wonder I smelled strawberries when I was watering this morning. I thought they smelled that good because they weren't ripe."
Grandpa Pu pulled aside the strawberry leaves, picked up the half-red strawberries, pinched them off at the roots, put them in his hands, and checked each strawberry seedling. Soon, his palms were full.
"It's growing so well, so big!" Mr. Park just picked a giant strawberry and showed it to the camera: "Look, look, it's almost as big as an egg."
He put the tip of his nose to smell it again. He couldn't wait to wash it before eating it, so he took a bite. The next second, the strawberry burst with juice in his mouth. The rich strawberry sweetness rushed from his taste buds to his brain. He subconsciously exclaimed, "Sweet! So sweet and delicious!"
After finishing the remaining strawberries in one bite, Yang Hongwen came running over with a large iron bowl. Mr. Park waved him quickly: "Hurry, Xiaowen, try some too!"
Xia Wu drooled beside him, "Is it really that delicious?"
"Can Mr. Park lie to you?"
That’s definitely not possible.
Xia Wu couldn't resist the temptation and picked up a fruit and put it to her lips to blow away the dust. Pu Ye smiled and said, "It's not clean, but you won't get sick if you eat it."
After taking a sip, Xia Wu's soul was sublimated.
She has eaten all kinds of strawberries in her life, but she has never eaten strawberries so delicious!
Strawberry-flavored things are so popular that when strawberries are mentioned, people's senses automatically bring up memories related to strawberries: smell, taste, sight...
But after I really put the strawberry I had been longing for into my mouth, I always felt that something was missing.
Xia Wu felt like she was eating real strawberries. When she smelled them, they had the most authentic strawberry flavor. When she put them in her mouth, the sourness, sweetness, and juiciness were all perfect!
“It’s really delicious!”
Yang Hongwen ate one and couldn't stop either. The three of them squatted on the edge of the field, picking and eating, completely forgetting about cleanliness and hygiene.
After tidying up all the fifty or so strawberry seedlings, the ripe fruits they picked didn't even fill up the big bowl because most of them went into the stomachs of the three of them.
Xia Wu was still not satisfied, "Leave some for grandpa and the others, let them have a taste too. Will there be any strawberries ripe tomorrow?" She looked at Grandpa Pu.
Grandpa Park was very satisfied with the meal. The old man has a light taste and he feels very comfortable eating some sour and sweet strawberries.
"There will definitely be more tomorrow. Once this stuff starts to ripen, there will be ripe ones to pick every day."
"Mr. Pu, then you can come back tomorrow. We don't know how many days it will take for the bees to move the hives." Xia Wu chuckled.
"Oh! I almost forgot about the important matter!"
Mr. Pu slapped his forehead. He was so drunk on the strawberries that he forgot that he was here to guide Xia Wu in dividing the beehives. However, he was also very tempted by Xia Wu's suggestion.
The strawberries we picked were of different sizes, some were as big as eggs, but they were rare. Most were larger than winter dates. Because they were white jade, they were not very red, so the half-red ones were already ripe.
Xia Wu squeezed out some clean well water, rinsed the strawberries briefly, and then found a porcelain plate at home and placed the strawberries on it. The strawberries, covered with water droplets, were mouth-watering. Xia Wu gently took a small bite, revealing the delicate flesh inside, completing a short filming of the strawberry harvest.
This time, Mr. Park brought some beeswax with him when he went down the mountain. He melted the beeswax and applied it on the new beehive, which also helped attract bees.
Grandfather and grandson sat at the door, observing the movements of the beehives from across the street. Today was the first day of attracting bees, and Grandpa Pu didn't hold out much hope, but he still told Xia Wu: "Once the strawberry flowers bloom, bees will definitely come to collect nectar, and they will leave some behind. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Once the bees realize this is a good place for good feng shui, they will return to the nest to inform us, and then everything will be easy."
"Yeah, it's okay, I have the patience to wait!"
The second batch of strawberry seedlings Xia Wu bought were of the Yuexiu variety. It would probably take a few days before they bloomed, so there was no need to rush.
Sure enough, after waiting for half a day, not many bees flew over. Seeing that it was getting late, Mr. Pu was afraid that the road up the mountain would be difficult to walk on, so he wanted to go back first.
Just as they were about to go back, Yang Guojun and Liu Guizhen came back. There was a funeral in the village, and they went to help early in the morning.
We are all from the same village, so we will help each other when someone has problems.
The person in charge was missing a few benches at home, so Yang Guojun came back to move some, while Liu Guizhen wanted to ask the two children to go to the banquet.
When Mr. Park saw them coming back, his first words were, "Jun, your daughter is amazing! The strawberries she grows are so delicious! They've won me over!"
"Are the strawberries ripe?" Liu Guizhen didn't even know.
Xia Wu quickly brought over the washed strawberries, "Dad, Mom, try some."
"It looks really good. I'm going to go wash my hands first."
Mr. Pu was praising Xia Wu's strawberries as the best in the world. When Yang Guojun came back from washing his hands, he hadn't eaten any yet, so he pushed some in front of him and said, "Uncle, they're delicious, have some."
"Oh, I don't want to eat anymore. I ate too much just now. My teeth will feel sore if I eat any more." Although he said so, Mr. Park was swallowing his saliva frantically. He didn't look like he had eaten enough.
Xia Wu laughed inwardly. How could he not see that Mr. Pu was being tempted and was saying one thing but thinking another? He said nothing.
"Eat, eat. We planted so many strawberries, it's enough for us to eat." Yang Guojun was still being polite, but Liu Guizhen had already started eating.
After eating, she raised her eyebrows in surprise, then said nothing. She saw that there were more than a dozen strawberries on the plate, so she didn't take more. She took five or six and went to find a bench in the house.
After being polite twice, Mr. Park stopped being polite and ate three or four more. When he saw that there were really not many left on the plate, he stopped and left.
Yang Guojun wanted to see him off, but he waved his hand to refuse, saying that he would come again tomorrow.
Scratching his head, Yang Guojun said, "This old man usually doesn't come down the mountain when I ask him to. Why is he staying here for so long today?"
As he was speaking, he stuffed a strawberry into his mouth.
His eyes widened instantly.
Xia Wu asked expectantly, "Is it delicious?"
Yang Guojun nodded frantically. It’s not like he hasn’t eaten this before, but why is the one grown by his daughter so delicious?
Unfortunately, after eating a few, there were even fewer strawberries on the plate. He asked, "Are there any more?"
Xia Wu shook her head. "No, Master Pu found that the strawberries were ripe, so we picked and ate them. We picked all the red ones and only these are left."
Yang Guojun burst out laughing. "No wonder Uncle Park stayed at the foot of the mountain for so long. This old man is just greedy and loves delicious food!"
"Forget it, save the rest for your grandfather. There will definitely be more strawberry red tomorrow."
Yang Guojun is a filial son. Although he often gets beaten, his heart for Mr. Yang is absolutely true.
Reluctantly putting the strawberries back, Liu Guizhen brought out a bench and feigned annoyance, saying, "I told you to be generous, but you haven't had enough, have you?"
"Here you go!" She took out a few strawberries and gave half to Yang Guojun.
"Hehe, my wife is smart!"
The strawberries grown by Xia Wu captured the hearts of everyone in the family. Even Mr. Yang, who came home late, changed his attitude after eating the strawberries, saying that Yang Guojun had saved them for him unnecessarily, and said, "They are delicious."
Early the next morning, the first thing Yang Guojun did when he got up was to take an iron bowl and go to the strawberry field to turn over the strawberries. There were ripe strawberries again today, but there were not many, and they would be gone as soon as the family shared them.
Xia Wu uploaded the video clip of the first batch of strawberry harvest overnight. After a night of fermentation, the video attracted a lot of viewers.
However, the comment section of this video is far less harmonious than the previous two, and is filled with various doubts.
"It's a staged photo, isn't it? What's this about peaceful times? I only see a liar!"
"That's an exaggeration! They're just a few strawberry seedlings! You've eaten them like peaches for the Queen Mother!"
"Exactly. I used to have a good impression of this blogger, but after watching this, I instantly lost all my affection. He's such an actor..."
"You finally figured it out. From the first video, I suspected she had a team and it was all scripted!"
Someone asked the script writer, "Is there really a team? How do you know?"
"Where in the village can you find such a beautiful girl? She has such delicate skin and tender flesh. She doesn't look like she's ever done farm work. She shoots videos very professionally. If this isn't a script, I'll stand on my head and eat!"
After reading the comments, Xia Wu felt bad. There were doubts about the first two videos, but most of them were praises, so she didn't care that much.
But this video was almost full of malice. For a while, even people went to the first two videos to smear them.
"Don't be fooled by those who come after you. Don't believe them sincerely. They're all scripts!"
"I even suspect the blogger is an actor by training, he's such a great actor..."
Is it possible that the business will fail halfway through?
"Ah!!!" Xia Wu hugged the quilt tightly and screamed to vent her emotions. Bugs Bunny jumped onto her legs and rubbed her wrist as if to comfort her.
"I'm so pissed! Who said it was staged? You're the one writing the script! You're the actor, your whole family is actors! You said it so realistically, did you see it all?"
Xia Wu was muttering angrily, holding Bugs Bunny and pointing at it, obviously treating Bugs Bunny as a script brother and venting his anger on it.
"Xiao Wu, are you okay?"
Liu Guizhen heard the noise in the room and listened for a while, but couldn't hear anything clearly and became a little worried.
Xia Wu took a deep breath and calmed down, "Mom, I'm fine, I'm just angry."
She went out and angrily handed her phone to Liu Guizhen. "Look, under the video I posted yesterday, they don't believe that the strawberries I grow are delicious!"
"They still say it's all acting. How infuriating! Others get paid to act, but no one pays me. Why should I act?"
Xia Wu poured out her worries without letting her family speculate. After all, even if she didn't say anything, her family would see it. Rather than leaving them to figure out how to comfort her, it was better to speak up so they could all come up with a solution together.
"What? Let me see!"
After watching for a while, Liu Guizhen slapped her thigh in anger: "Isn't this nonsense? Why do you still believe what he said!?"
The Script Brother's ID is "Drifting with the Wind". His comment that was certain that Xia Wu's video had a script and was staged has received hundreds of likes.
It's only been a few hours!
When a wall falls, everyone pushes it down. Xia Wu's wall isn't very high, but that doesn't stop the onlookers from making some frivolous and unfounded doubts about her.
After Liu Guizhen got angry with Yang Guojun, the meeting soon turned into a family meeting.
Everyone sat in the yard. On the table was the strawberries that Yang Guojun had picked early in the morning. Although they knew they were delicious, no one had any appetite at the moment.
"What should we do?" Yang Guojun was anxious and angry. He was afraid that Xia Wu could not bear the stimulation.
Old Man Yang is old and has experience in handling affairs. He said, "As the saying goes, it's better to guard against the people's mouths than to guard against the river. If someone in the village has a problem, the rumors will spread like the truth. How can we solve it? If we don't take it seriously, there's no need to solve it."
Regardless of those remarks, it is still a method.
After all, there is freedom of speech on the Internet. The other person didn't insult or attack me, so it's impossible to call the police.
"It seems that this is the only way."
Yang Guojun and Liu Guizhen couldn't think of a better way. Yang Hongwen looked silly and cute, and obviously had no idea what everyone was talking about.
Xia Wu knew the horror of online violence. If these remarks were not dealt with and allowed to continue, she would not be able to eliminate the seeds of doubt even if she continued to post videos.
From now on, under every video, there will be people saying that it is a script and that she is posing.
Is Xia Wu willing?
She is reluctant!
"No, not explaining myself would only fuel misunderstandings!" Xia Wu said firmly, raising his chin. "I have to let them know that the strawberries I grow are delicious. I'll continue farming and filming videos in the future. They don't believe I can do it, but I'm determined to prove it!"
Yang Guojun and Liu Guizhen looked at each other and asked, "Xiao Wu, what are you going to do?"
"I want them to taste these strawberries themselves, so they can admit defeat!"
Xia Wu did what he said and immediately called on viewers who were willing to try the food in the comment section.
"I've planted too many strawberries. Is there anyone kind enough to help Xia Xia share the burden? I'm currently looking for ten people to taste test the strawberries and give us your feedback. Don't miss out, don't miss out!"
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