The two brothers carried a bag of charcoal out and handed it to the young man to carry it to the car by himself.

Then, the uncle sneaked back to the house and found Wu Cuimei.

"Third sister. ”

Wu Cuimei was busy washing the dishes, and when she heard her eldest brother's call, she quickly turned her head and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Hey, hey. Uncle smiled, "Well, I want to ask you if there is any wild honey this year." ”

"Honey?" Wu Cuimei was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that today was already the winter solstice.

The winter solstice honey that blooms around the time of year is the best honey of the year.

In previous years, Qingshan's father would go into the mountains to find wild honey before the winter solstice, so sometimes, when the eldest brother came to celebrate the winter solstice, he could often bring back some wild honey.

Last year, they came on October 15 and didn't get wild honey, so this year's winter solstice came, so naturally they should never forget the extremely delicious wild honey.

But......

Wu Cuimei looked at her eldest brother with some embarrassment and said, "It's not that I don't want to give it to you, but the family hasn't gone into the mountains to find honey this year." ”

"How come?" said the uncle, skeptical, "Didn't they all go into the mountains to look for honey before the winter solstice?"

"That's how it used to be. Liu Yuanhe walked out of the hall, took off the wool and socks on his feet, and exposed his injured soles to show his uncle, "Big brother, you see, I was a little unlucky this year, the soles of my feet were bitten by iron clips, and there were a lot of things at home this year, so I couldn't go into the mountains to find wild honey." ”

Seeing that there were still very obvious scars on the soles of Liu Yuanhe's feet, the uncle naturally believed it.

However, in this way, I can't help but feel deeply disappointed that I can't get wild honey.

To tell the truth, the reason why he came all the way to come was for wild honey.

Although the straight-line distance from their village is only a few dozen kilometers, it takes one to two hours to reach it because they are all mountain roads and village roads.

Moreover, the road was bumpy and very hard.

If it weren't for the delicious wild honey, he wouldn't necessarily come. After all, at this age, even if you can endure the hardships of the lion dance, you may not be able to swallow the tiredness of the boat. If he had known that there would be no wild honey this year, he would have let his son come alone.

Seeing that his uncle was a little disappointed, Liu Qingshan smiled and said, "Uncle, you want honey so much, just stay and go into the mountains with my dad tomorrow to find wild honey." The honey you found, half of each of you, is much better than one or two catties my dad gave you. ”

When the uncle heard this, he shook his head again and again: "No, no, no, I'm over sixty years old, and I can't climb the mountain." ”

"What's wrong with your sixties?" Liu Qingshan said, "There is an old lady in our village, who is in her eighties, and she still goes into the mountains every day to chop firewood. ”

"Don't go. Uncle refused without thinking, "When your father finds it, just leave me two catties." ”

Yes, you just want to pick up the bargain.

Liu Qingshan turned his head to look at his cousins who had already moved the charcoal to the car outside the yard and turned back, and said with a smile: "Uncle, if you can't endure this hardship, then just let my cousin stay and go into the mountains with my dad to find honey." My cousin is so young, he must be fine. ”

The uncle still shook his head: "It's not good, your cousin is not used to climbing mountains, if you want him to climb the mountain, doesn't that mean that you want his life." ”

Liu Qingshan understands now, this uncle just wants something good for free and without effort.

But in the world, how can there be so much cheapness. If you take advantage of the cheapness, then what will others eat?

Although they are relatives, Liu Qingshan thinks that it is already very good for me to give you charcoal for nothing, and you are worried about the honey at home, that is not yours.

Moreover, what is wild honey, it is a fairy thing for hundreds of dollars a catty, let you go with it to find it, you say that you are old, let your son go, and you feel sorry for your son, so you want to sit back and enjoy it, how can there be such a good thing in the world?

Don't say that you don't have it at home now, even if you do, I won't give it.

Sympathy for you is sympathy for you, but I also have to feel sorry for my father.

In the past, in order not to let my mother lose face in front of his brother, my father would climb mountains and wade through rivers to find honey around the winter solstice every year, and he was as tired as a dog, and every time he would be stung by bees like a boar. But in the end, when they found more than ten catties of honey, they had to give one or two catties to the eldest uncle and second uncle.

Liu Qingshan was particularly opposed to this matter before, but because of his mother's oppression, he dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak.

Now, he has become the main source of income in the family, his waist is stiff, and his speech is hard. Therefore, if there is really wild honey at home, he will never give it to his uncle in vain.

Because, they have eaten too much free wild honey at home.

On average, one pound a year is good, from the beginning of my mother marrying my father, to now, it has gone to a fraction, even if it is good for twenty years, it is a full twenty pounds, one person is twenty pounds, two people are forty pounds, even according to the price of wild honey ten years ago, a pound of wild honey is 100 yuan, that is 4,000 yuan.

What's more, the price of wild honey is now popular, and it is sold for hundreds of yuan a catty.

Although Liu Qingshan thought so much in his heart, he didn't say it.

"In that case, there's no way around it. Liu Qingshan smiled helplessly, "In this case, there will be no wild honey this year." ”

"Alas, it's a pity. Uncle was very sorry.

Liu Qingshan smiled and asked, "Uncle, do you really want honey?"

The uncle felt that there was still room for maneuver in things, so he hurriedly nodded with flashing eyes: "Yes, I especially like to eat honey, if there is, I don't want more, just a catty." ”

Liu Qingshan haha: "No problem, you can have as much as you want." ”

"Really?" the uncle's eyes brightened when he heard this, "Didn't you just say no?"

"Hey, I don't have it at home, it doesn't mean that others don't have it. Uncle, let's go, I'll take you to our village chief's house, our village chief has made a lot of beehives, there are hundreds of catties of honey, and the price is cheap. ”

"Huh?" the uncle was stunned for a moment and asked, "How much is a pound?"

"It's not expensive, it's only two hundred yuan a catty. Liu Qingshan looked at the uncle who was stupid in place with a smile, and said, "Let's go, uncle, I'll take you there, you can buy as much as you want, as long as you have money, you can eat as much as you like." ”

"Forget it, then. The uncle paused and said, "Actually, I don't like to eat honey very much, it's too sweet, and now I'm old and my teeth are bad, so I can't eat too many sweet things." ”

Liu Qingshan smiled and shook his head helplessly.