"Goudan, hurry up and tell me, as long as it exceeds the size of the rice bowl, I will reward you with a dime," Ergazi said excitedly.

"Do you really want to give me money? I know that two honeycombs are as big as rice bowls. Do you want to give me 20 cents? And my brother knows that a honeycomb is as big as a washbasin. How much money do I have to pay?" Goudan said loudly.

"If you have a big washbasin, just take us there and give you fifty cents. Help me knock it down and give me a piece. After hearing this, Li Wen walked over and shouted."

"I don't believe it. My brother is the same age as you and he doesn't even have a dime. You lied to me. If you want to know how to give me money first, Goudan immediately shouted loudly."

"Goudan, you are unjust. My brother said you would give it, so I will give it to you. How dare you look down on others? My brother is awesome. He is better than many adults in our village. If you do this, I won't give you candy next time.

, Li Tao said excitedly after hearing this."

"Okay Xiaotao, don't quarrel with your little friend, we are all friends."

As Li Wen spoke, he took out a handful of change from his pocket, which added up to more than two yuan.

"Look, little guy, I'm not lying to you. The money is at least a few yuan. As long as you lead me to find the honeycomb, there will definitely be a reward." After speaking, Li Wen took out a large handful of candies from his pocket and asked Cui Erga to share them with everyone.

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"Okay, I'll go find my eldest brother. He will definitely take you there. My eldest brother is also very good. He often brings me honey, and he runs towards the village with sweets in his mouth."

"Let's go, Erga, to your house. Your aunt will bring you some good things," Li Wen touched Cui Erga's head and said with a smile.

"My aunt brought us something good," Cui Erga's eyes lit up.

Let's go and look again when we get home. Li Wen led a group of little guys and walked into the village in a swaggering manner.

This village is called Shibei Village. It is a small village with about thirty households and probably less than three hundred people.

"Po, I'm back. Cousins ​​Xiaoyong and Xiaotao are here to see you. Cui Erga shouted even from afar before he even entered the door."

When you walk in, the second aunt's house and walls are all made of stone, which looks very beautiful. From this, you can see the benefits of relying on the mountain.

"Xiaoyong, Xiaotao is here, let me see my grandson," an old lady about sixty years old came out of the backyard.

The two little guys also ran over and hugged the old lady.

"Young man, you are the second son of the eldest son of the Li family, right?" Seeing Li Wen, the old lady went to Li Wen's house six or seven years ago when her second aunt gave birth to two little boys, and met Li Wen once. At that time, Li Wen was still

He was young, so the old lady didn’t know Li Wen very well.

"Grandma Zhang, you have a very good memory. I am the second child. You can just call me Awen. She said and pulled Li Min again. This is my brother Li Min." Li Wen said with a smile.

"Okay, okay, children, you all sit down. Time flies so fast. Several years have passed. The last time I went to your house, your brother was still breastfeeding, and you were only as tall as a stool. Seven or eight years have passed.

You have become a young man," the old lady said with a smile.

"Grandma Zhang, this is what my second aunt asked me to bring you," Li Wen said, taking the things out of the backpack.

Five kilograms of flour and three feet of cotton cloth were bought by the second aunt with cloth tickets exchanged some time ago. Li Wen also put a pack of glutinous rice sticks inside.

"Girl, your life is not good, why are you bringing me white flour and cotton cloth?" It's a waste of money. You can bring it back when the time comes, the old lady complained.

"Haha, we have been sharing food recently, and our family's life has improved a lot. This is also my second aunt's wish. Grandma Zhang, please don't refuse."

Finally, the old lady accepted the cotton cloth and opened the fruit for her grandchildren to eat.

Li Yong and Li Tao occasionally get Li Wen's snacks recently, so they are not particularly greedy. Cui Erga's family is in the mountains, and their life is indeed very ordinary. They haven't had snacks for a long time. When they saw rice sticks, they immediately grabbed a handful and put them in their pockets.

"You damn kid, who asked you to pretend? You put it on the table to eat, and you pretended to let everyone eat," the old lady scolded with an unflattering face.

"It's okay, Grandma Zhang. As for my children, this is for your family. They often eat it at home and they are not too greedy. If you don't believe me, ask.

The old lady looked at her grandchildren and saw that the two little guys nodded, so she stopped saying anything. She thought to herself that her daughter's family might have become more prosperous recently, and she was keeping snacks close to her children.

"You guys sit down while grandma makes honey water for you. The honey your uncle made some time ago is really good," he said and went back to the room to make honey water for everyone.

"Well, Grandma Zhang, your honey water is so sweet," Li Wen put down the pottery bowl in his hand and said with a smile.

Li Wen felt sincerely in his heart, the honey at this time was so pure, it was just wild honey without any contamination, and it was not fed with sugar. The quality was very good.

"If it tastes good, drink more. If it's not enough, grandma will pour more for you," the old lady said happily.

At this time, the courtyard door opened, and a group of children ran in. Goudan was shirtless, and Li Wen recognized them at a glance.

"Brother Wenzi, I called my brother here. He knows where the honeycomb is and he will take you there," Goudan said as he came to Li Wen and ate some sweets.

"Grandma Zhang, we came here today to get some honey, so I won't bother you now," Li Wen stood up and said with a smile.

"Okay, you go and have some fun. Don't go back at noon. Let's have dinner at grandma's place with A Yong and A Tao. Do you know," Grandma Zhang warned.

"Well, I'll trouble you this noon," Li Wen smiled.

Let's go and poke the honeycomb, Li Wen and a group of little kids headed towards the mountains in a mighty manner.

"Hello, I'll give you 10 cents for the one as big as a bowl, 50 cents for the one as big as a basin, and a piece if you knock it off." At this time, Goudan's eldest brother, who was also a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, stepped forward and asked.

Well, don't worry, I'll give it to you when you get there, Li Wen said with a smile.

I also knew a few hives. At this time, several older boys also emerged from the group of children. It seemed that they were family members of several other little guys.

Okay, everyone goes. If you find a honeycomb as big as a bowl, it will be counted as 10 cents, and if you knock it down, it will be counted as 20 cents. Li Wen waved his hand and said.

Along the way, more than a dozen little guys were chatting and laughing, which was very lively. By the way, they slapped two honeycombs as big as a palm. Li Wen gave each of them 20 cents without saying a word. Now everyone became more active.

"Look, this is a honeycomb that's bigger than a washbasin." Goudan's eldest brother pointed to a honeycomb hanging under a rock cliff.

Li Wen looked up from under the tree and said, "I'm going to go."

This stone cliff is next to a small stream, and the surrounding climate is relatively humid. The honeycomb is more than one meter wide, and there are more than a dozen bee embryos.

"Okay, very good. This hive is very big. If you guys take it down, I'll give you ten yuan," Li Wen said excitedly.

It's no problem to get these bee embryos back and produce at least twenty or thirty kilograms of honey. You can make a lot of money for only ten yuan.

"It's settled, let's do it together," several fourteen-year-old and fifteen-year-old boys said excitedly.

You must know that their family only earns a few yuan a month. Ten yuan is enough for several adults to come and take risks, let alone a few half-year-old teenagers.

Li Wen took out a bundle of ropes from his backpack and handed it to Brother Goudan and said: "You beat them from above, while these children and I will burn the leaves below to make thick smoke for you.

"I know, we mountain people have equipment," Brother Goudan picked up his backpack, took out the rope and the fireworks made by Akiko Pine Tree and walked up.

Several other people also took out their tools and started climbing up the mountain.

"They all came prepared," Li Wen said calmly.

A dozen children below gathered more than a dozen tree branches in baskets, lit the leaves and wetted them, then fanned them continuously, sending thick white smoke straight into the cliff.

Several young men on the mountain were also fully armed, wrapped and covered with leaves. They slid down the cliff with a hatchet in one hand and a cigarette stick in the other with ropes tied around their waists.

When the smoke enveloped the entire cliff, the bees couldn't bear to return to the hive or flew out, and then they started to chop down the hive with a sickle.

After a few clicks, the bee embryo was chopped open, and thick honey flowed down the cliff. Goudan's eldest brother was really powerful. He still had a basket hanging at his feet, and the chopped honey fell directly into the basket.

After more than ten minutes of operation, the baskets on the backs of several teenagers were already full, leaving a large area of ​​hives in the crevices of the cliff that they gave up because they were out of reach. The remaining hives were enough for the bees to use themselves, and they can continue to cut honey in the coming year.

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"Wow, what a bumper harvest," Li Wen looked at the bee embryos placed in four baskets in front of him. They weighed at least a hundred kilograms in total. Li Wen was so happy that he took out twenty yuan and gave six yuan to Brother Goudan.

The other three teenagers got four yuan each, and the other little guys got two yuan.

The teenagers thought that each person would get more than two yuan at most, but they were overjoyed when they didn't expect Li Wen to be so generous.

Let's go home. We still have to take out the honey. Li Wen waved his hand and everyone followed.

After returning home, Li Wen asked the children to put their backpacks at Ergazi's house, and then gave each person a few candies to pass away.

It was already noon, and Li Yong, his grandfather, uncle, and aunt had already returned from work. They were shocked to see several beehives in baskets.

Hello Grandpa Cui, uncle and aunt Li Wen greeted everyone in a circle.

Uncle Cui Dashan was surprised and said: "Where did you build a bee nest? It's so awesome."

"Dad, Brother Wenzi is the big one. Brother Goudan discovered these honeys. Brother Wenzi directly gave them twenty yuan to get them," Ergazi said hurriedly.

"Twenty yuan, my dear, Dashan, our total income last year was less than forty yuan, Awen, you are so generous," Ergazi's mother said in shock.

"Uncle, I don't know how to do it, can you help me get this honey out," Li Wen said with a smile.

"No problem, I'll get it for you right now. It's a pity that the honey flows out of the basket," Cui Dashan stood up hurriedly.

After more than an hour of hard work, two jars weighing more than 20 kilograms were filled. After all the honey was squeezed out, Li Wen put several small hives directly into the space.

A few little guys chewed the squeezed honeycomb and finished the last bit of honey.

"This is really a lot of harvest, two jars weigh fifty kilograms of honey," Cui Dashan praised.

"It costs 40 cents per catty. Awen is not worth the price. Someone in the village took the honey to the commune food company and only paid 30 cents per catty," Ergazi's mother said.

"Aunt, it's not a loss for 40 cents. I have channels to sell more. If uncle gets honey in the future, I'll give you 60 cents for it," Li Wen said with a smile.

"Awen really gives six cents," Cui Dashan said with wide eyes?

"Yes, you can also go to the village to buy it secretly and give the villagers 40 or 50 cents. If you have saved more, you can bring it directly to my house."

"I also want walnuts, pine nuts, and chestnuts from the mountains. They are 20 cents more expensive than those from the food company. But when you collect them, be careful so that people don't talk nonsense. It is best for everyone to sell enough to the food company first, and you can buy the rest. There is a risk.

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Chapter completed!