When he returned from the market with a full harvest, Takami had already gotten up, looked at the bun fritters he had brought back, and said with a smile, "I just want to eat this." ”

"I knew that I wanted to eat, and every market day in the future, I would go and buy some food and come back. Oh, I also bought some meat and tofu, these tomatoes and eggplants were given by Huang Dazhi's mother, and it was good to scramble eggs and tomatoes at noon. Gao Mingcheng said as he took out all the things, put breakfast on the table, and put the meat dishes in the cupboard.

Then I went to get two bowls of porridge out, and a hearty breakfast was ready.

After breakfast, Gao Mingcheng was about to go into the mountains to check the situation of the beehives, and when he was bathing in the reservoir yesterday, he promised others to share his swarm of queen bees.

After talking to many beauties, Gao Mingcheng led the two dogs into the mountain.

I haven't been to check the beehive for a while, but as soon as I opened it, I found that there was a lot of honey in it, and it was the season when the honey source was the most abundant in the four seasons of the year, and at this time, the life span of the bees would be shortened because they were busy collecting honey.

He picked up a piece of bee spleen, looked at the sun, and found that the honey in it was still relatively thin, this is just honey, but it has not been completely brewed, this kind of honey, high water content, sweet taste is not so strong, the key is that the shelf life will be much shorter.

Some beekeepers will shake honey at this time in order to make money by shaking more honey, so that they can shake honey once or twice a year.

Gao Mingcheng was not in a hurry to make this money, so he decided to wait a little longer, and in a few days, the honey in the bee's spleen would be completely brewed.

Most of the beehives were in good condition, but there were also two beehives that had an accident, and one was suffering from an unknown disease, and the bees inside looked wrong.

There is also a box that may have hatched a new queen bee and then split, and there are only a few bees in it, and there is almost no honey.

Gao Mingcheng carefully observed the box of sick bees, only to see that they were slow, their bodies were constantly twitching and trembling, and they had lost the ability to fly, their wings and feet were extended, but they could only flap their wings weakly and crawl weakly.

Some of these bees have swollen bellies, some have thin bodies, and some have black surfaces, faded hairs, and constricted abdomen, as if they had been fried.

As soon as he saw this situation, Gao Mingcheng had a bad premonition.

"It can't be bee paralysis, right? Whatever the disease, kill the sick bees first so they don't pass the virus on to other healthy bees. Gao Mingcheng muttered to himself, and then began to kill these sick bees.

Not only do you have to kill the bees, but you also have to clean and disinfect the beehive, and you can't have all the bee spleens inside.

In addition, he had to buy some sublimated sulfur and come back.

Sublimated sulfur is a kind of medicine extracted from sulfur, with high sulfur content, which can prevent and treat common bee diseases, and can also treat skin diseases and hemorrhoids, which is quite useful.

He piled the spleen and the dead bee together, then took a matchbox out of his pocket and lit it.

High temperature can kill many viruses and effectively prevent the infection of viruses.

In the process of burning the fire, Gao Mingcheng can't walk away, and he must ensure that the fire is completely extinguished before he can go, otherwise he will set fire to the mountain and sit in prison!

In the process of burning the fire, Gao Mingcheng observed the surrounding environment to see if there was any polluted nectar source.

But everything is clean in the mountains, and there are no chemical plants nearby, so you don't have to worry about external pollution.

Then the cause of bee disease may be related to excessive rain and excessive humidity in the beehive.

It's rainy season, and it's even more rainy in the mountains.

He examined the lid of the beehive, and sure enough, he saw some small cracks on it.

It seems that the beehive will also need to be covered with a tile, or a plastic sheet to cover the rain.

The lid of the beehive is not for the bees to enter and exit, but to facilitate people to manage the beehive and take honey, which is usually completely covered, and the entrance and exit of the bees are a small hole at the bottom.

The person at the entrance to the cave looked small, but the bee was small, and it was enough to get in and out. And small holes to prevent larger wasps from getting in.

After the corpses of the dead bees were all incinerated, Gao Mingcheng completely trampled the remaining ashes with his feet, and then left with the empty beehive.

The mountains are all over his territory, so he keeps each beehive relatively far away, and it is precisely because of this that one box of bees gets sick, and the other bees are not infected in a short time.

But since there is a disease, then other beehives should not be taken lightly, bee paralysis can be prevented in the early stage, which can reduce the loss of bees.

Otherwise, when the disease reaches an advanced stage, it can only be killed, and it can no longer stay.

After coming down from the mountains, he drove a tractor and prepared to go into the city to buy sublimated sulfur. The health problems of bees are still a concern.

In addition to buying medicine and a new bee spleen, he bought another cigarette by the way, yesterday he said that he would invite everyone to smoke, he can't break his promise and get fat, since they are all invited, then please only one, it is a little unreasonable, just one pack per person.

Anyway, the cigarettes he bought were not very expensive, they were the kind of bargains that everyone in the village usually smoked.

I ran back and forth, and when I returned to the village, it was already noon.

The tractor stopped in the old village, Gao Mingcheng went to give the cigarettes to Gao Liang first, and he didn't send them to each family, but entrusted Gao Liang to let him deliver them, and by the way, he told the person who asked him for a queen bee, and said that there was no new queen bee in his hive recently, and he had to wait.

Gao Mingcheng himself died a box of bees, and he ran away with half a box of bees, and he needed a new queen bee to make up for it, so naturally he couldn't give it to others first.

All the way back to Niuweiling's house, many Mei were working in the vegetable field, and when they saw him coming back, they said, "The food is hot in the pot, you should go and eat it quickly." ”

"Hey." Gao Mingcheng answered and walked to the kitchen.

When I lifted the lid of the pot, I saw two bowls inside, one bowl was rice and vegetables, and the other was bone broth.

He took it out and devoured it, while the black tiger and the elf crouched at the table, waiting for him to feed the bones.

He gnawed the meat on the bone in a few moments, and then threw it on the ground, and the two dogs stepped forward to eat, the bone stew was relatively rotten, even if Gao Mingcheng bit hard, it could be bitten, not to mention the dog to bite, only to hear the clicking sound, the bone was bitten by the two dogs, and then eaten little by little.

Gao Mingcheng looked at their figures, felt a little thin, and the coat color was not shiny enough, so he said: "In the afternoon, I will take you into the mountains to hunt rabbits, so that you can have a good meal of meat!" ”

The two dogs seemed to understand, and their expressions were visibly excited, and the elf was young and couldn't hold his breath, and he was already circling around Gao Mingcheng, and his mouth kept making a low bark of urging.

Gao Mingcheng couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to speed up his cooking and then throw the dishes and chopsticks into the basin.

He took the sublimation sulfur he had just bought, took a few more knives, and said with a high spirit: "Go!" ”

The two dogs responded with barking dogs, followed him, and walked briskly towards the mountain.

In the vegetable field, many beauties could only smile helplessly when they saw him go into the mountains again, but she didn't think about stopping it, just doing what she could, if she was free, she would go to her second sister's house to sit down, the two sisters talked, and teased the little nephew.

After entering the mountain, Gao Mingcheng first dealt with the problem of beehives, he poured out a little sublimation sulfur and sprinkled it evenly on the frame beams of each beehive, the door of the nest and the door of the box.

When a sick bee is stained with sublimated sulfur, a series of changes will occur to cure the diseased bee.

After finishing this matter, Gao Mingcheng said to the two dogs: "It's time to hunt!" Let's go find the rabbit! ”

The two dogs understood, and immediately sniffed the air and went looking for the rabbit.

Rabbits are used to coming out early in the morning to forage for food, so they are called Mao rabbits. But if there are two dogs, they will find the rabbit hole, and their movements and threats will make the rabbit frightened, and some rabbits will hide in the burrow, they will also feel unsafe and will be frightened and flee.

At this time, the two dogs will chase, and Gao Mingcheng can also shoot the rabbit with a flying knife.

Last year's drought in the mountains, vegetation and animals, are somewhat affected, but rabbits, this creature, the reproductive ability is particularly strong, female rabbits can get pregnant once a month, and can be reproduced by blood relatives, a litter can give birth to several rabbits.

In the first half of the year, the grass and trees are luxuriant, and there is no shortage of food for the hares in the mountains, which is a good time for a large number of rabbits.

The first rabbit they find is a group of small rabbits, and the two dogs are not picky about size, so they have to open their mouths to bite.

But Gao Mingcheng is still quite picky about size, after all, those rabbits are too small, at most one or two months old, and they don't have a few taels of meat.

"Black Tiger, Elf, go find the Big Rabbit." Gao Mingcheng ordered.

The black tiger looked up at Gao Mingcheng slightly, and then gave up the rabbit meat in his mouth.

For a whole afternoon, Gao Mingcheng led two dogs in the mountains to look for traces of hares.

Except for him, few people have set foot on this mountain, and there are many wild things in the mountain, even if Gao Mingcheng picks and chooses, he will eventually get more than a dozen adult hares.

There are so many hares, enough for the black tiger and the elf to have a good meal, and enough for him to have a good meal.

Just when he was about to go back, he was lucky to encounter a group of pheasants, and after the pheasants noticed their sounds, they were about to flapping their wings and running away, but Gao Mingcheng's eyes were sharp, and the knife in his hand was faster.

By this time, however, the other pheasants had quickly taken refuge in the bushes.

Gao Mingcheng was not greedy, carried the trophy, and continued to go down the mountain.

After returning home, seeing that there was still some time to cook dinner, Gao Mingcheng simply did not peel the skin, but removed the hair, in fact, the rabbit skin is also very delicious, and the rabbit meat with the skin is more refreshing to eat.

In the first half of the year, the rabbit's fur is sparse and easy to lose hair, even if the skin is peeled, the rabbit skin can not be sold at a price, but all the fur is generally hunted in the autumn, and then peeled and nitrated.

He boiled a large pot of water and took out two large basins.

Seeing that he had brought back so many rabbits, there was not much joy on her face, and she hesitated for a moment before she said, "I heard from the old people in the village that pregnant women should not eat rabbits, otherwise the child born will be rabbit lips." ”

"Nonsense!" Gao Mingcheng subconsciously retorted.

Rabbit lips are obviously related to genetics, his ancestors have not had rabbit lips for generations, and many beauties have never heard of rabbit lips, not to mention that his two sons were fine in their previous lives!

However, many Mei are convinced, or she does not dare to take risks, after all, she is now pregnant, and she will not take the initiative to touch anything that is bad for the child in her womb.

So she said, "I don't eat rabbits anyway." ”

Gao Mingcheng wanted to reason with her, but when he saw many beauties with a determined look, he thought about it and forgot it.

Now the conditions at home are good, and it is not only rabbit meat to eat.

Many beauties don't want to eat it, so don't eat it, she also has a burden in her heart after eating.

So he smiled, took the pheasant, and said, "Perhaps knowing that you would not eat the rabbit, the pheasant just fell into the net!" Stew this pheasant tonight, you eat more. ”

Many beauties were amused by Gao Mingcheng, and they responded with a smile.

But she looked at the rabbits and said, "It's hot now, and I can't let go of so many rabbits." Why don't you send some to my parents and one to my second sister? ”

Gao Mingcheng glanced at the rabbits on the ground, it was indeed a bit much, and if they were removed one by one, it would be troublesome, so he carried four rabbits and walked to the old village.

Before leaving, he also asked many beauties to help him watch the fire boil water.

Although she didn't dare to eat rabbits, there was no problem with dehairing and stir-frying rabbits.

Gao Mingcheng carried the rabbit and walked all the way, first to the home of many jades, Zhang Chengyuan was far away, and was still working in the fields outside, and many jades were watching the children at home.

Gao Mingcheng first gave her a rabbit, and then continued to walk towards the old village.

The remaining three rabbits are for his parents, his grandmother, and Gao Shouwang's family.

After sending the rabbit, he didn't stay long, and walked back home quickly, at this time, the water in the iron pot was also boiling, just enough to scald and remove the hair.

Gao Mingcheng cleaned the pheasant's feathers first, and then handed it over to Duo Mei to stew in the kitchen.

The pheasant meat is tight, and it should be stewed for a longer time.

The rest of the rabbits, he quickly removed the hair, but the rabbit hair is very fine, it is difficult to clean, so in the end he has to take a pile of straw to light it, and then burn the rabbit on the fire, at this time, the fine hair on the skin will be burned by the fire, make a sizzling sound, and the skin will become firm.

After cleaning the hair, the next step is to disembowel.

He had made thirteen hares, four of which he had sent out, and nine of them were left in his house.

He decided to save two for the two dogs, stir-fry two tonight, and eat the rest marinated.

Cooked food will not go bad if it can be left for a day or two.

In addition, there are natural refrigerators in the countryside, that is, food is placed in bamboo baskets and hung in wells with a thick hemp rope.

The well water is warm in winter and cool in summer, so hanging the food a few centimeters above the well water can not touch the water, but also can borrow the cold air of the well water to preserve the food from rapid decay and deterioration.

When the watermelon in the field grows, put the watermelon into the well water and soak it for a while, and the watermelon will become sweet and delicious, which is very relieving the heat.

(End of chapter)