The Age of Rebirth: Winning since the educated youth went to the countryside

After returning to the house and drinking a glass of water, Zhou Ziwen packed his things and went out.

This time he was fully armed, wearing rain boots on his feet, a thick cotton-padded jacket on his body, a scarf around his neck, and a bamboo hat on his head. There was a circle of plastic film hanging on the bamboo hat, covering his whole body tightly.

This look is comparable to that of a professional beekeeper.

All the way to the foot of Niutou Mountain, Zhou Ziwen did not stop. He went up the mountain familiarly and quickly arrived at the place where he had found the wild nest.

Looking up, I saw a lonely wild honeycomb hanging on the branch of a big tree.

However, the color of this wild honeycomb is a bit strange, as if a piece was missing and then replaced.

"Haha, it seems these little bees are quite diligent."

A wicked smile appeared on Zhou Ziwen's face. It seemed that he was going to be a villain again today.

It’s not that he’s not authentic, the main reason is that wild honey is delicious. If you want to blame it, just blame these hard-working little guys for making the honey so delicious!

Seeing that the honeycomb was still there, Zhou Ziwen didn't waste any time. He hung the sickle on his waist and climbed up the tree with the basket on his back.

He was very fast, using his hands and feet together, and jumped very far with each jump, just like a big frog jumping into the sky.

In the blink of an eye, Zhou Ziwen came to the branch with a wild honeycomb hanging on it.

Because the weather was too cold, the bees in the hive did not come out to move, which was convenient for Zhou Ziwen. When he got close to the hive, he clamped the branches with his legs, freed his hands first, and then carefully used the sickle to cut the honey at the place where he last took it. Cut off a piece.

After cutting off the honeycomb, the viscous and attractive honey flowed down like nectar. Fortunately, Zhou Ziwen was prepared and caught it with a basket covered with a layer of plastic film, so there was no waste at all.

Although his movements were careful, he still alerted the bees inside.

Bees are semi-hibernating insects. When the temperature is low, the bee colonies will stay in the hive and eat honey to generate heat and maintain the temperature.

Seeing Zhou Ziwen, a honey thief, he was extremely jealous when his enemies met.

Bees flew out of their homes angrily and no longer hibernated. They all flew around Zhou Ziwen. The more ferocious ones had already pounced on him and hit him hard.

Fortunately, Zhou Ziwen did a good job in preparation. No matter how hard these little bees tried, they couldn't hurt him.

The only damage was probably due to the fact that there were too many bees flying out, which obstructed his view to a certain extent.

Zhou Ziwen is not one to fish for nothing. This time he only took a small piece of honeycomb. Even if he added the honey that flowed out, the total was not much.

For such a large hive, it's just a drop in the bucket.

He knew a little about bees and knew that these little things did not produce honey in winter and relied on the honey they had stored before to survive the winter. If he took too much, many bees would freeze to death because they had nothing to eat.

Zhou Ziwen still cherishes these hard-working little things. After all, whether he can eat honey often in the future depends on them.

Seeing that the honey was almost gone, Zhou Ziwen also put his basket on his back and quickly came down from the tree.

Zhou Ziwen didn't care about the little things that were chasing after him, and went straight down the mountain. More and more bees returned to the hive on the way.

When he was almost home, there were only a few scattered little bees on him.

Zhou Ziwen was not so polite to these stubborn guys.

He stretched out his fingers and flicked them away one by one. Before they could recover, he was already far away.

The bees lost their target and circled around for a while, but finally had no choice but to return.

"I'm back!"

Here, Zhou Ziwen went home happily.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw that the courtyard door was locked.

Zhou Ziwen's thoughts changed and he immediately thought of where they had gone.

"It should be at Aunt Chen's house."

Thinking of this, Zhou Ziwen felt relieved, then took out the key in his pocket, opened the courtyard door, and entered the house with Tayun.

After returning home, Zhou Ziwen put the basket of honey under the eaves.

When we were taking the honey just now, some bees were also put into the basket. Although some were scattered on the way back, there were still some scattered ones left behind.

At this moment, these bees are lying on the honey and honeycomb and are reluctant to leave.

Zhou Ziwen was going to put it outside first and wait until they dispersed.

If he encounters someone who refuses to leave, he can only take coercive measures.

After putting away the backpack and sickle, Zhou Ziwen went out again with the ax in hand.

The honey has been harvested, and the next step is to chop down the trees.

He decided to take advantage of the nice weather today and cut down the tree all at once.

The trees that were cut down still need to be processed.

Generally speaking, it takes about half a year to dry naturally.

If you want to speed up the process, you can soak it in water to let the resin in the wood dissolve. This way, it will take less time to dry again.

But even if it is soaked in water, it will take three months before it can be used.

Three months was too long for Zhou Ziwen, so he decided to shorten this time a little further.

With his skill level, although it was only level two, he could still simply handle wood.

Moreover, his carpentry skills are currently in the idle position, improving all the time. If he can upgrade again in a few days, his carpentry knowledge will be further improved, and he will be able to handle wood more skillfully.

This afternoon, Zhou Ziwen ran back and forth to the mountain several times.

When the time was almost up, he took the last piece of wood home.

When he came back, the Chen sisters also came back from Aunt Chen's house.

"Brother Ziwen, drink water."

Seeing Zhou Ziwen coming back, Chen Qiaoyi obediently handed over the water glass.

Although they were not at home in the afternoon, when they came back, they knew the fruits of Zhou Ziwen's labor.

"Okay." Zhou Ziwen took the water glass and drank most of it in one go.

This afternoon, although he was not very tired, he had consumed some energy and needed to replenish energy.

"Ziwen, have you gone to Master Chen's house?" At this time, Chen Shiying next to her asked.

"I haven't gone yet. I'm getting ready to go. You guys should come together. My wife and I have said this many times." Zhou Ziwen replied while handing the water glass to his wife.

"Shall we go too?" Chen Qiaoyi was a little shy.

The new daughter-in-law meets her parents-in-law. Although Zhou Ziwen's wife is not her mother-in-law, she is still an elder.

I had seen him many times before when I was at work, but this time because my identity had changed, the feeling was different.

"Yeah, I guess we'll have dinner at the master's house later. Let's bring some more meat." Thinking of the master's wife's enthusiastic look, Zhou Ziwen probably wouldn't be able to leave.

In fact, Aunt Chen and Master Niang have similar temperaments, but because they lived at Aunt Chen's house for a few days, Zhou Ziwen got to know her better, and he didn't have any scruples when talking to her.

But he didn't have much contact with his master's wife. They allowed him to eat, and it would be too hurtful if he didn't eat.