Chapter 90 90. Honey and growth
“No.”
Song Tan said it confidently and confidently: "You have forgotten that we bought these bees from our beekeeper uncle, and they work for our family."
“This is the pollen picked from our fields and the nectar brewed from it. My sister will leave part of it for them to raise their children later, and the rest will be shaken away.”
“This is normal, just like Qiaoqiao works for the family and my sister pays Qiaoqiao a salary.”
Qiaoqiao seemed to understand. At this moment, she said "oh" and carefully swept away the bees with a brush.
His movements were extremely gentle, slow and light.
Song Tan stood there holding the nest spleen without urging him at all. It took ten minutes for the bees to be brushed away, leaving only a flat nest with different shades of yellow.
Placing the nest spleen on the basin, Song Tan took the knife and pointed it to Qiao Qiao carefully:
“Look, the white things here are the children of bees, and their larvae are hatching inside.”
"So they left a lot of honey for their children to eat. These sisters didn't move, so we came to cut off the half that didn't have bee pupae."
“Didn’t you just ask why we cut the honey? Because we need to take a knife first and cut off the top layer of white beeswax...”
“The knife must be kept as flat as possible, without force, gently, little by little…”
Song Tan started moving quickly and steadily, but for Qiao Qiao's sake, he still moved slowly.
After the entire piece was cut, the honey lost the protection of beeswax and slowly began to flow out.
She turned the nest over again: "Here, let's try the remaining half of Qiao Qiao."
Qiaoqiao took the knife and hesitated to step forward: "I'm afraid I'll cut the wrong one and cut their child."
This problem is very unsolvable.
Even the most skilled beekeeper will inevitably cut off bee pupae sometimes if he has quick hands.
Song Tan gave up her usual way of coaxing children and said seriously: "But if you don't do it, you can't get the honey. These bees have no economic value, so it's like raising them in vain."
“It’s been a long time, and no one has taken care of them. The winter is so cold, and they might freeze to death in a heavy snowfall.”
“If Qiaoqiao is braver, more careful, and takes her time. She may make mistakes at first and be sad, but later she becomes more proficient and this won’t happen again.”
This passage was long and complicated, but Qiao Qiao actually understood the overall meaning.
He stood there, hesitating for a long time, and finally tightened his grip on the knife.
Song Tan also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Just like this, slowly, bit by bit, be careful not to cut your hand."
"Look, the little bees are waiting nearby. When we are done, they can go back home again."
She instructed Qiaoqiao to lay the knife as flat as possible and move forward little by little—
"ah!"
Qiaoqiao suddenly shouted.
Song Tan looked again and saw that his blade moved forward and shoveled out the three bee pupa larvae. The white-flowered larvae were cut in half and were obviously dead.
He stood there, holding the knife. Song Tan could clearly see tears welling up in his eyes, but this time, the other man refused to cry.
Just sniffed, carefully picked out the larvae, and continued working.
Song Tan also breathed a sigh of relief.
She knew that she would definitely live longer than Qiaoqiao, but her parents didn't know that.
And they don’t want to put this responsibility on their daughter. If Qiaoqiao can support herself through beekeeping in the future, then they will be very happy.
On such a small piece of honeycomb, it took Qiaoqiao twenty minutes to peel off the beeswax.
There are two splints in the middle of the honey bucket. The spleens are stuffed in like a document, one on each side, and then the handle can be turned to quickly shake down the honey flowing inside.Function is similar to that of a washing machine spin dryer.
There are five nest spleens in one box, so there are five boxes here.
Qiao Qiao is getting more and more proficient at doing it. From the beginning, it took half an hour to do one side, and then it could be finished in ten minutes. This afternoon’s progress is not small.
However, by the time he got good at it, it would be getting dark soon.
The two of them rearranged the beehive, Qiao Qiao carrying the basin, and Song Tan carrying the heavy honey bucket, and came down from the mountain again.
It was dark and the tea leaves could not be seen. In addition, Wulan had to pick tea leaves tonight, so Wulan was almost ready to cook.
At this moment, I saw her coming back with a bucket, her steps were relaxed, her expression was pleasant, and she said with a smile: "How can anyone produce honey so quickly? How many days will it take for it to brew after the pollen is in hand?"
Who knows, I turned around and took a look, hey! There are actually quite a few in this cylindrical bucket.
Ulan said "Ouch" and couldn't help complaining to her daughter: "Why don't you say something when there is so much honey? Our family has prepared so many jars that haven't been washed yet."
At this moment, I hurriedly set up a pot to boil water, and quickly put all the glass jars I had prepared in advance to boil.
Qiaoqiao carefully covered the honey bucket with gauze, then puffed up her chest and said loudly: "Today's honey was shaken down by Qiaoqiao!"
“Ah!” Ulan praised nonchalantly: “Qiaoqiao is awesome!”
She thought it was Qiaoqiao who was responsible for turning the handle.
Normally, Qiaoqiao would not be able to notice her perfunctoryness, but today he worked really hard, bending over and working hard for several hours.
Now I have pain in my waist and hands.
At this moment, he said aggrievedly: "Mom, I did it all." Ulan was stunned for a moment.
Song Tan hurriedly explained: "That's right. From taking the nest spleen to cutting the beeswax, and finally shaking the honey, Qiao Qiao did everything, and I was responsible for helping."
“Real or false?” Ulan was also shocked.
Really, Qiaoqiao can do it himself, so what can’t he do? "
She said matter-of-factly.
A six-year-old child already knows a lot of things, not to mention that Qiaoqiao has been able to control his body and strength very well over the years.
It’s just that I lack such careful and patient teaching.
After all, there is so much work at home, and it is impossible for his parents to hang around him every day.
Ulan’s eye circles turned red for an instant, and then he looked at the honey bucket again, his heart full of pride:
"Okay! Okay! Qiaoqiao is so awesome! So awesome!"
At the same time, he quickly shouted: "Lao Song! Lao Song, come and see, your son is back from harvesting honey!"
He smiled happily at the same time: "After bottling it later, I will leave the first bottle for mom to soak in water and let me have a taste of our Qiaoqiao's skills."
Qiaoqiao was very proud: "Okay! Leave it to mom! The rest will be sold to my sister to make money to raise bees."
Song Sancheng had already trotted out of the house. He asked about the process again and looked at Qiao Qiao's dancing gestures. Even though he was old, his nose was still sore.
Looking at Song Tan again, he said with satisfaction: "Okay, okay, you two siblings are doing well, you are better than anything else."
Song Tan was really afraid that they would cry.
But, poor parents in the world.
She was really afraid that the two of them would cry, so she quickly reminded them: "Mom, are all your bottles ready?"
I have been busy all morning without stopping. Got up at six o'clock.
I’m starting to feel sleepy now... I’ll take a nap first and update again when I wake up.
I will still work hard today! Just write as much as you like.
(End of this chapter)