Song Tan Jishi

  Chapter 90 90. Honey and growth

"no."

  Song Tan said confidently and confidently: "You forgot, we bought these bees from the beekeeper uncle, and they are working for our family."

   "This is the pollen picked from our fields and the nectar brewed. My sister will leave some of it for them to raise their children, and the rest will be shaken away."

   "It's normal, just like Qiao Qiao works for the family, and her sister pays Qiao Qiao's wages."

  Qiao Qiao half-understood, and at this moment said "Oh", and carefully swept the bees away with a brush.

  His movements were extremely gentle, slow and light.

  Song Tan stood there holding the spleen, not urging him at all. It took a full ten minutes before the bees were brushed away, leaving a flat flat plate with different shades of yellow comb.

  Put the spleen on the basin, Song Tan took the knife, and carefully pointed it out to Qiao Qiao:

   "Look, the white ones here are the children of bees, and their larvae are hatching inside."

   "So they left a lot of honey for the children to eat. These older sisters don't move. Let's cut off the half that doesn't have bee pupae."

   "Didn't you just ask why the honey was cut? Because we need to use a knife first to peel off the top layer of white beeswax..."

   "The knife must be placed as flat as possible, not forcefully, gently, little by little..."

  Song Tan's action was actually fast and steady, but for Qiao Qiao's sake, he still proceeded slowly.

  After the whole piece was cut, the honey was not protected by the beeswax, and the honey began to flow out slowly.

  She turned the spleen over again: "Come on, try the remaining half, Jojo."

   Qiaoqiao took the knife, hesitating to go forward: "I'm afraid I'll make a mistake and cut off their child."

  This problem is very unsolvable.

  Even skilled beekeepers, sometimes with quick hands, will inevitably cut bee pupae.

  Song Tan gave up the usual way of coaxing children, but said seriously: "But if you don't do it, you can't get honey. These bees have no economic value, so they are worthless."

   "It's been a long time, and no one is taking care of them. The winter is so cold, and they may freeze to death in a heavy snowfall."

   "If Jojo is braver at this time, be more careful, and take his time. At the beginning, he may make mistakes and feel sad. After he becomes proficient, this situation will not happen again."

  The passage was many and complicated, but Qiao Qiao understood the overall meaning.

  He stood there, hesitated for a long time, and finally clenched the knife.

  Song Tan also breathed a sigh of relief.

   "That's it, slowly, bit by bit, pay attention, don't cut your hands."

   "Look, the little bees are waiting by the side. When we are done, they can go home again."

  She instructed Jojo to put the knife as flat as possible, moving forward little by little—

"ah!"

  Jojo suddenly called out.

  Song Tan looked again, and saw that his blade made a wrong move forward, and directly shoveled out the three bee pupae larvae above. The white larvae were cut in half, obviously dead.

  He stood there with a knife in his hand. Song Tan could clearly see tears rolling in his eyes, but this time, the other party insisted on not crying.

   I just sniffed, carefully picked out the larvae, and continued to work.

  Song Tan also breathed a sigh of relief.

  She knew that she must have lived longer than Jojo, but her parents didn't know.

   And they don't want to put this responsibility on their daughter. If Qiao Qiao can support himself through beekeeping in the future, then they will be very happy.

  On one side of such a small honeycomb, it took Qiaoqiao 20 minutes to peel off the beeswax.

   Then, Song Tan put the nest spleen into the honey shaker bucket beside it.

   There are two splints in the middle of the shaker honey bucket, and the honeycomb is stuffed in like a file, one on the left and right sides, and then you can turn the handle to quickly shake the honey flowing inside.

  The effect is similar to that of a washing machine.

  One box of five combs, here are five boxes.

   Qiao Qiao became more and more proficient in doing it. It took half an hour to do one side at the beginning, and it could be finished in ten minutes later. This afternoon's progress is not insignificant.

  However, by the time he gets used to it, it will be dark soon.

  The two rearranged the beehives, Qiao Qiao was holding the basin, Song Tan was holding the heavy honey bucket, and came down from the mountain again.

  It's dark and you can't see the tea leaves, plus you have to pick tea leaves tonight, Ulan is almost ready to cook.

  Seeing her come back with a bucket in her arms, she walks relaxedly, with a happy expression on her face, and said with a smile: "I said, how can honey be produced so quickly? Can it be fermented for a few days when the pollen is in hand?"

  Who knows, I turned my head and took a look, hey! There are actually quite a few in this cylindrical barrel.

  Ulan said "Ouch" and couldn't help complaining to her daughter: "Why didn't you say that there is so much honey? The jars prepared by our family haven't been washed yet."

   At this moment, I was in a hurry to set up a pot to boil water again, and quickly put all the glass jars prepared in advance into it to cook.

  Qiaoqiao carefully covered the honey bucket with a gauze net, then puffed out her chest and said loudly: "Jojo shook down the honey today!"

   "Ah!" Ulan praised without distraction: "Jojo is awesome!"

  She thought it was Jojo who was in charge of turning the handle.

   Normally, Qiao Qiao would not be able to notice her perfunctory, but today he worked really hard, bent over and worked for hours.

   Now my back hurts and my hands hurt too.

   At this moment, she felt aggrieved and said, "Mom, I did it all." Ulan froze for a moment.

  Song Tan quickly explained: "Yes. From taking the honeycomb to cutting the beeswax, and finally shaking the honey, it was all done by Qiao Qiao, and I was responsible for helping."

   "Really?" Ulan was also shocked.

  Really, Jojo can do it by himself, so what can’t be done? "

   She said it as a matter of course.

  A six-year-old child already knows a lot of things, not to mention that Qiao Qiao has been able to control his body and strength well for so many years.

   It's just that there is a lack of such meticulous and patient teaching.

   After all, there are so many jobs at home, and it is impossible for parents to revolve around him every day.

  I saw that Ulan's eye circles were instantly red, and then she looked at the honey bucket with pride in her eyes:

   "Good! Good! Jojo is amazing! Really amazing!"

   At the same time, he quickly shouted: "Old Song! Lao Song, come and see, your son is back from cutting honey!"

   On the one hand, he laughed happily again: "After bottling later, save the first bottle for Mom to soak in water to drink, and let me try our Jojo's ability."

  Qiao Qiao was very proud: "Okay! Leave it to my mother! The rest will be sold to my sister to raise bees."

  Song Sancheng had already trotted out of the house, and now he asked about the process again, watching Qiao Qiao's dancing gestures, his nose was still sore despite his age.

  Looking at Song Tan again, he said with satisfaction: "Okay, okay, you two are doing well, 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 hurriedly reminded: "Mom, are your bottles ready?"

   I have been busy all morning without stopping. Get up at six o'clock.

   Now I'm getting sleepy... I'll sleep for a while, wake up and update.

   I will still work hard today! Write as much as you want.

  (end of this chapter)