Chapter 21: Honey Harvesting

"Dazhu, what's the matter with you?"

Qin Xiaolong asked with a forced smile.

"I was stung by a cliff bee, and it hurt me to death."

Yang Dazhu said with a hateful face.

Hearing the word Cliff Bee, Qin Xiaolong's eyes suddenly lit up.

"And where is the cliff bee? Is there a lot of honey? ”

Qin Xiaolong immediately asked.

"I came to you today to pick honey with you, there is a lot of honey over there, I estimate that I can pick at least twenty or thirty catties, but the location of the cliff bee's nest is very dangerous, we have to borrow his tools from Zhang Huozi, otherwise we will deliver food."

Yang Dazhu quickly replied.

"It's easy."

Qin Xiaolong replied, and after taking the things he had just bought home, he followed Yang Dazhu to Zhang Huozi's house.

Zhang Camel's real name is Zhang Yansong, because of his hunchback, he got the nickname of Zhang Camel.

Moreover, Zhang Huozi is also the only beekeeper in their village, and he can earn thousands of yuan a year by selling honey from beekeeping.

Because everyone is from the same village, after Qin Xiaolong said to Zhang Huozi, he lent Qin Xiaolong the protective clothing, honey cutting knives and other tools needed for honey picking.

Next, under the leadership of Yang Dazhu, the two went up the mountain together.

After walking along the rugged mountain road, Yang Dazhu stopped at the foot of a cliff.

"See, that cliff bee's nest is up there."

Yang Dazhu pointed to the cliff road.

Qin Xiaolong looked up, and he could easily see that there was a crack about fifty meters above their heads, and inside the crack was the old nest of cliff bees, and at this time, cliff bees were constantly flying around.

"Let's go, climb up from that side, and I'll hang it down with a rope."

The cliff wall is smooth and completely perpendicular to the ground, and it is impossible to climb it, and the only feasible way is to hang down from it, so that it is more convenient to collect honey.

The two of them did not waste time, and walked forward another two hundred meters, climbed from a relatively gentle hill to the top of the mountain, and then came to the location of the cliff bee.

There were only a few low bushes and weeds, and there was no place for a rope.

"Dazhu, I'll climb down to pick honey later, you remember to tighten the rope, but don't let go."

Qin Xiaolong told Yang Dazhu.

"Don't worry, I won't let go unless I die."

Yang Dazhu replied.

Hearing this, Qin Xiaolong didn't waste any more time, and quickly put on the protective clothing he borrowed from Zhang Huozi.

It was noon, it was already hot, and after putting on the protective suit, Qin Xiaolong was even hotter.

But in order to pick honey, he can only endure it.

At the same time, Yang Dazhu tied one end of the rope to himself, and the other end to Qin Xiaolong.

When everything was ready, Qin Xiaolong pulled the rope and began to climb down.

"Put it, put it again, put it ...... again"

Yang Dazhu couldn't see the situation under the cliff, so he could only put the rope out little by little according to Qin Xiaolong's command.

"Okay, stop!"

After arriving at the location of the cliff bee, Qin Xiaolong hurriedly shouted, and Yang Dazhu quickly wrapped the rope around his arm and tied up his horse at the same time.

When they were at the bottom of the cliff, Qin Xiaolong and the others could only barely see a small part of the beehive exposed, and it was only then that he realized that the beehive in this rock crevice was much larger than they expected, and the golden beehive hung tightly on the rock, making people salivate when they looked at it.

And there are thousands of cliff bees in this, and they are all black.

Qin Xiaolong had also picked cliff bees several times, but it was the first time he had seen such a large beehive.

With Qin Xiaolong's appearance, the cliff bees in the hive were obviously aware of the danger, and in a few breaths, hundreds of cliff bees continued to fly around Qin Xiaolong.

Fortunately, he was wearing protective clothing, so he didn't have to be afraid.

Then Qin Xiaolong stabilized his body, ignited the wormwood in his hand, and began to smoke the cliff bee with the smoke coming out of the wormwood.

The cliff bees couldn't stand the pungent smell of wormwood and flew outside.

After the cliff bees in the rock cracks had almost run away, Qin Xiaolong took out a honey cutting knife and began to cut the beehive.

At the moment when the hive was cut down, golden honey like gold flowed out, and Qin Xiaolong swallowed his saliva when he saw it.

But because he was wearing protective clothing, he couldn't taste this worldly delicacy for the time being.

After slowly putting the hive into the bucket, Qin Xiaolong was about to cut the second hive when his body suddenly fell down.

Although he had only descended by less than a meter, Qin Xiaolong was still so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

"I'm grass, what are you doing with Dazhu!"

Qin Xiaolong hurriedly shouted towards it.

"Sorry, I just slipped my hand."

Yang Dazhu replied apologetically.

"You be steady, if I fall to my death, I won't let you go."

Qin Xiaolong scolded angrily.

His position is forty or fifty meters above the ground, and if he falls down so high, it is estimated that the whole village can go directly to his house for dinner.

"Don't worry, I promise it won't happen again."

Yang Dazhu hurriedly said.

"Pull me up another meter."

Qin Xiaolong knew that Yang Dazhu didn't mean it, so he didn't say anything more.

Hearing this, Yang Dazhu immediately pulled Qin Xiaolong up a little.

Waiting until the cracks in the rocks were back and forth, Qin Xiaolong continued to cut the beehive.

And as the smoke gradually cleared, those cliff bees began to attack Qin Xiaolong in swarms.

It's a pity that because of the protection of protective clothing, Qin Xiaolong was not harmed.

According to the customary rules, Qin Xiaolong stopped after picking almost half of the hive.

After all, the cliff bee still has to rely on honey to survive the winter, and he can't do anything to kill chickens and take eggs.

"Dazhu, pull me up."

Qin Xiaolong shouted at Yang Dazhu, Yang Dazhu quickly pulled the rope, and soon Qin Xiaolong returned to the mountain.

"Damn, so much honey, it looks like we're going to get rich!"

Looking at the honey in the bucket, Yang Dazhu suddenly showed ecstasy.

"Hehe, this is called seeking wealth and danger."

Qin Xiaolong replied with a smile.

Cliff bees basically live on the edge of the cliff, and the cliff bee is larger than ordinary honey, more toxic, honey collection is very dangerous, their village has been killed by cliff honey before.

Fortunately, he was in no danger this time, and successfully picked most of the honey in half a barrel, which can definitely be regarded as a bumper harvest.

"I'll get a piece and taste it first."

Yang Dazhu was very greedy, broke a piece of honey and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Wow, it's so delicious, it's been a long time since I've eaten such pure cliff honey!"

Yang Dazhu exclaimed with a look of enjoyment, and in order not to waste it, he licked the honey off his fingers.

Qin Xiaolong also broke a piece and tasted it.

In an instant, the mouth is full of fragrance, this is simply a delicacy in the world, which makes people feel like they can't stop.