Although there are several large honeycombs in the space, and a lot of honey has been collected, but it is placed in the space to let it grow naturally, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is wild, Zhang Taiping himself has no experience in beekeeping, first of all, how to make this beehive is a problem, it seems that he can only go to Wang Laohan, who is a beekeeper in the village, to ask for advice.

After eating, Zhang Taiping brought some ordinary honey from the bees in the space to Old Man Wang's house. Old man Wang's children went out a few years ago, but there has been no news, and there is only a four or five-year-old female doll left in the house, who has been fourteen or fifteen years old in the past ten years, and she is also a beautiful embryo. As for Wang Laohan's real name, people gradually forgot it, at least Zhang Taiping didn't know what his real name was.

Because his son and daughter-in-law went out to wander and gradually disappeared, Wang Laohan gradually fell silent, and his temper became a little weird, and he rarely interacted with people in the village, and devoted himself to raising his granddaughter. has this beekeeping skill, and has not made the female doll suffer, and can still go to school.

When Zhang Taiping came, Ah Huang also followed, and when he entered the yard, the thin dog in Wang Laohan's house just barked, and when he saw Ah Huang behind Zhang Taiping, he got into me and hugged me in a ball, and he didn't dare to come out again.

Wang Laohan, who was cutting bees, turned his head when he heard the sound and saw Zhang Taiping walking in, as well as Ah Huang, who came in leisurely, frowned involuntarily and said, "Is there something wrong?" He rarely has deep friendships with the people in the village, and the honey is sold to people outside, so he has even less contact with the people in the village.

Zhang Taiping had heard of this old man's strange temper, and he didn't pay attention to his unkind tone, and said: "I also want to raise some bees, but I don't have experience, come and learn." ”

Wang Lao still has a strange temper, but he is not unkind, and recently I have heard about what Zhang Taiping did, and he has indeed done some practical things for the village, which has made the villagers' lives better. After hearing Zhang Taiping's intention, his face softened a lot, but he still said with a straight face: "See for yourself, but be careful not to get too close to let the bees sting." ”

After finishing speaking, he was busy cutting honey again. These days are the time when the flowers bloom, and the nectar that the bees come back from all day is the best honey of the year. Moreover, the nectar accumulates quickly, and it needs to be cut once a day, so you can't be sloppy.

Zhang Taiping didn't bother, but watched casually by himself.

Wang Laohan has a total of 23 beehives here, and a circle is placed in a corner of the courtyard, and dense bees are flying in the sky, and they are quite busy coming in and out. Zhang Taiping opened a box and looked at it, there was a net nest inside, which was crawling with bees, presumably this is a beehive simulated by artificial breeding.

When honey first comes out, it is not viscous as sold in the market, but almost lumpy, and the better the quality honey, the more obvious the condensation. This freshly cut honey cannot be taken immediately, most people can't bear it and have diarrhea, and only ordinary people can take it after diluting it. What is sold on the market is diluted, but the difference is in the degree of dilution.

Old man Wang was a little surprised that the bee didn't react to Zhang Taiping's actions, but he didn't say anything, and continued to bury his head in his own business.

When Zhang Taiping raised his head, he happened to see a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl standing at the door, with this waist around her waist and her hair simply tied back. He also has a shovel in his hand. This is the granddaughter of the old man Wang, as for the name Zhang Taiping I don't know much, standing at the door has a unique charm of a girl.

Today happens to be Saturday, and the girl doll who is out for junior high school has returned home. The children of the poor family are in charge of the house early, the old man and the girl depend on each other, the girl doll is sensible and well-behaved early, but she is not very old but has practiced a good stir-fry skill, and comes back on Sunday to cook for her grandfather.

"I don't know your name yet?" Zhang Taiping asked the girl standing at the door.

Although the girl is sensible early, after all, she is only a teenage girl, and she still can't let go in front of Zhang Taiping, and whispers: "Wang Feng'er." ”

This name was taken by Wang Laohan himself, he has been beekeeping all his life, and the name of his granddaughter is also homophonic to bees.

"Good name." Zhang Taiping praised the things in his hand and said, "Take this in." ”

The female doll was at a loss with a shovel, and Wang Laohan, who was busy, stopped and raised his head and asked, "What is this?" ”

Zhang Taiping smiled and said, "I didn't have anything here, so I brought some casually." As he spoke, he stuffed it into the girl's hand.

Wang Laohan understood what he meant, and generally people in the village would bring some gifts when they went to other people's homes to ask for each other.

When she was still thinking about whether to do it, Wang Feng'er had already opened the bag and looked at it, and immediately overflowed with a rich aroma, "It's so fragrant." I couldn't help but scream, and then I was surprised, "Hey, it's honey!" How can it smell so good? Raised his clear eyes and looked at Zhang Taiping.

"Hehe, this is the wild honey I picked in the mountains." Zhang Taiping replied with a smile.

Wang Laohan heard that it was honey, and he was a little curious, Zhang Taiping, isn't this a big knife in front of Guan Gongmen? He came to his own house and gave honey. I put down the tools I had at hand and came over and looked at them.

Sure enough, there is a strong aroma. Wang Laohan opened the lid of the bottle, and the aroma became stronger. The surrounding bees smelled the aroma and gathered around here, and Wang Laohan hurriedly closed the lid again. Several people entered the house and closed the door, and Wang Laohan reopened the lid and observed carefully.

As soon as she entered the house, Wang Feng'er quickly turned around and ran to the side of the stove, she was stir-frying just now, and she forgot about it when she went out, and the house was now filled with a smell of burning.

When the lid was opened, the aroma that escaped from the room suppressed the smell of the pot that had been burnt in the room.

Wang Laohan observed and sniffed for a moment and said: "This is really the best honey, and the bees I have raised for so many years are the only ones in my life." But is this really honey found in the mountains? ”

Zhang Taiping nodded and affirmed: "Yes, that hive is the size of an old cage." Old man Qian and Wang Gui also knew about this. ”

When Wang Laohan heard that they were all one meter square, he immediately dispelled the idea of going over to collect some honey. The wild bees in the mountain are not as easy to get along with as the small bees in the house, they are big and poisonous, and if they are stung a few times, they will die. As for the method used by Zhang Taiping to collect it, he didn't ask any more questions, it was a secret method that belonged to his own private property.

If there were other things, Wang Laohan might not accept it, but he was reluctant to refuse such a good honey. The so-called "soft hands and short mouths", and then explained in detail to Zhang Taiping the production method of beehives and some beekeeping skills.

In the end, Wang Laohan may still feel that he has taken advantage of Zhang Taiping, and said: "If you have any problems with beekeeping in the future, just come to me." ”

Zhang Taiping nodded yes, in fact, he came today mainly to see how to make beehives, as for the beekeeping skills are secondary, he believes that the ability of wild bees taken out of the space to adapt to the environment is definitely not weak, they used to be self-raised, basically do not need people to manage.

After talking about business, Wang Laohan pointed to Ah Huang who was rubbing in front of Wang Feng'er and asked, "This is the yellow dog in your family, why did it grow so big?" ”

Zhang Taiping also looked at Ah Huang and said: "It may be that I used to feed less, but now that I have good nutrition, I will naturally grow bigger." He himself was a little surprised, "This guy is rarely so close to the living, how can he be so intimate with Wang Feng'er today." ”

"It's not a living person," Wang Laohan said with a smile after taking a puff of dry cigarettes, "It's been less than half a year, but it didn't come to the house before, and every time the wind will give it something to eat." ”

Zhang Taiping suddenly realized that he understood the situation at home before, Cai Yazhi rarely fed it, basically just scalded some wheat husk. And he will be beaten by Zhang Taiping from time to time, so he often runs out and messes around in the yards of each house. Wang Feng'er saw that it was pitiful, so she fed it some food, and after that, it often came, and every time Wang Feng'er would prepare some for it. Wang Feng'er can be regarded as half a master, and it is normal to be close.

Wang Laohan said again: "I think your dog is good, when the time comes, which female dog will come and tell me, I will go and ask for a dog cub to come back." "Ah Huang is a male dog and can't give birth to cubs, so he can only see that he breeds with that dog and catches a cub.

"Okay, no problem." Zhang Taiping rejected Wang Laohan's idea of staying for dinner.

When I got home, I started to look for wood to make beehives by myself, and I made more than a dozen of them, which happened to form a circle outside the wooden door in the backyard. The artificial hive inside had to be bought at a special place in town.

The next day, the beehive was made, and Zhang Taiping did not procrastinate, and rode directly to the town on a motorcycle to buy more than a dozen artificial honeycomb boards placed in the beehive. By the way, I also took out watermelons, melons, and other fruits that had ripened in the space and brought home a large bag.

Every time Zhang Taiping brought back fruits, Cai Yazhi would always think that Zhang Taiping would spend money indiscriminately, but he just smiled and didn't explain. Put all the fruits in the refrigerator, tie up the watermelons with ropes and hang them in the well in the courtyard to freeze, and take them out at night to cut them.