Chapter 67 Honeycomb
Wan Qiqi sat on a tree branch, gazing at the bamboo tangerine in her hand, lost in thought.
For a moment, she questioned herself: why didn't she choose to leave in the first place?
Alone, with a system at her fingertips and modern knowledge to aid her, what couldn't she have? What kind of life hadn't she dreamed of?
But she chose to stay at that time, and now she can't let go.
She had previously laughed at Guan Lizheng for being short-sighted, but wasn't she herself just as short-sighted?
Lost in thought, she squeezed the bamboo tangerine too hard and crushed it.
The damp coldness between her fingertips snapped her back to reality. Her hand paused, and the bamboo tangerine slipped from her grasp, disappearing into a pile of withered leaves.
Wan Qiqi paused for a moment, then put her finger to her nose and smelled it; the sweet aroma of fruit filled her nostrils.
Is this edible?
However, no one answered her question.
She discovered that this system, apart from buying and selling things, really had no intelligence whatsoever; it couldn't even answer questions.
Finally, she decided to give it a try.
Based on her understanding of the system, almost everything she could sell was edible.
The sour taste filled her mouth, and Wan Qiqi's face contorted in rage.
She took the first bite of this tangy flavor and didn't want a second one!
She picked all the bamboo tangerines she could, and at the very end, she hesitated for a moment, then left a few behind and put them back in the bamboo basket along with the pomelos.
She prefers sweet to sour, so she finds these flavors hard to accept. However, there is a pregnant woman and two children in the house, so perhaps she will like these things.
She was exhausted from running around all day, and after only a few steps, she felt the basket on her back getting heavier and heavier.
She put down her basket and hesitated for a moment.
At that moment, a buzzing sound came from my ears, which sounded somewhat familiar.
When Wan Qiqi looked up, she saw a beehive on the treetop above her head, with two bees hovering overhead.
She didn't know where she got the strength, but she grabbed the basket and ran, afraid that the bees would chase after her and sting her!
Wan Qiqi belatedly realized, "If there are bees, doesn't that mean there's honey? Pure, natural wild honey must be exceptionally good!"
[Ding! Natural wild honeycomb detected!]
A system notification sounded.
"..." Wan Qiqi suspected that the system might have been so frightened that it malfunctioned, just like her, otherwise why would it only report this now?
But reality told her that this was not the case.
Above her head, there was another honeycomb, even larger than the first one, with honey clearly visible to the naked eye.
Did she just wander into a beekeeping farm?
Wan Qiqi wanted to ask the system, "The honey is here, how do I get it?"
She managed to find such a tall stick to knock it down, but is she sure she won't sting it like a hornet's nest?
Should we purchase bee protection clothing?
"..." Wasn't he supposed to be ignoring her? Why does it seem like they're chatting now?
Wan Qiqi really suspected that the system was infected with a virus; sometimes it acted inexplicably, leaving her completely baffled.
Looking at the bee protection suits with varying prices, she chose one that was reasonably priced and had guaranteed thickness. She also exchanged it for a basket, which she tied to a tree branch to prevent the beehive from falling directly down.
On the other side, Chen Yongxing lay on the ground without moving, watching Chen Yongnian cut down two more trees, and said, "Brother, you should rest for a while too."
Chen Yongnian looked up at the sky. The sun had already set, but Wan Qiqi still hadn't returned.
The axe in his hand veered off course and got stuck in the tree trunk; he tried to pull it out twice but couldn't.
In the end, he gave up!
Upon seeing this, Chen Yongxing smiled and said, "Big brother, you finally want to rest?"
Chen Yongnian ignored him, sat down and took a sip of water, his gaze still fixed on the direction Wan Qiqi had left in. "Your sister-in-law hasn't come back yet."
"Brother, don't worry, sister-in-law will be fine." Chen Yongxing discovered that his sister-in-law was a treasure trove, always finding good things on the mountain, and seemed to know a lot about everything, which made him curious about what good things his sister-in-law would bring back this time.
He had barely finished speaking when footsteps could be heard from not far away.
"Come and help me!" Wan Qiqi saw the two brothers and couldn't move anymore. She sat down on the ground and waited for someone to come over.
In the blink of an eye, Chen Yongnian disappeared from Chen Yongxing's sight.
Turning around, Chen Yongnian had already reached Wan Qiqi and taken the basket from her hands.
Curiosity compelled Chen Yongxing to stand up and walk towards the two. The sweet scent in the air grew stronger as he approached.
"Sister-in-law, what did you bring back? It smells so good!"
He peeked out and saw the honeycomb in the basket. His mouth gaped open, big enough to fit an egg.
Chen Yongnian was even more shocked, and his hands, which were holding the basket on his back, were trembling.
He tossed the basket aside, pulled Wan Qiqi up and spun her around several times, even parting her hair to examine her closely.
Wan Qiqi was already tired, and after being spun around several times, she felt dizzy and had her head pressed down.
Finally, she simply gave up struggling, buried her head in Chen Yongnian's shoulder, and let him examine her.
Chen Yongnian checked thoroughly and, finding no trace of bee stings, breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness, you're alright. Don't do that again!"
His tone was heavy, but his voice trembled slightly at the end.
Wan Qiqi couldn't help but look up, and a pair of red-rimmed eyes fell into her eyes. Her heart skipped a beat.
She wanted to explain, but didn't know what to say. Usually eloquent, she could only manage to stammer, "I'm fine..."
Chen Yongxing poked at the honeycomb, put it in his mouth, and the sweet taste filled his mouth.
"Sister-in-law, where did you find this good stuff? Take it to town and sell it, you can make a lot of money!" Chen Yongxing looked up and saw his older brother and sister-in-law looking at each other, and felt that he seemed a little out of place.
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