After fleeing famine, I have thousands of acres of fertile land

"No, it was a bee sting. Wangcai found a beehive. We took a look from a distance and came back. We didn't dare to get close."

Boss Ye was relieved. "Qingya, if you want to eat, I'll go to the city to buy some for you. Just don't come near me."

Ye Qing was reluctant to leave such a big beehive unattended. "Dad, honey is very expensive. I will ask my uncle for help and bring it back tomorrow. If you are worried, come with me to help."

Boss Ye looked at his daughter's expression and knew he couldn't stop her, so he might as well follow her so he could feel more at ease.

Ye Qing first went to ask Old Man Ye for help, "Grandpa, please help me weave two backpacks. They should be bigger and have tighter seams, so that they can hold the things my uncle has."

Old man Ye didn't ask what he was doing, he just wove under the moonlight after dinner. He had been weaving for so many years that he could weave without even looking at it.

Ye Qing went to her uncle's house. Her uncle was waiting for her in the yard, fanning himself with a fan.

"Qingya, what are you going to do? I heard it's a big one. If you bring it back, you can eat it for a long time."

Zhou Yi is usually a brave man. If he hears of something good, he will not let it go.

"There is a dead tree under my uncle's beehive. The tree is not big. We can use it."

The two discussed for a while and finally decided on a final plan to go harvest honey tomorrow morning.

Although it was said to be early in the morning, in fact, we went out when the sun was already high in the sky.

My uncle was carrying a big jar on his back, which was bought by my aunt for pickling pickles. It had just been washed and drained.

Boss Ye also carried one on his back and took Ye Qing into the mountains.

I didn’t bring Wangcai today, but I brought Heizi. Wangcai’s face is still swollen.

Ye Qing took the two of them and looked at the beehive from a distance.

Boss Ye and Zhou Yi looked at the huge beehive with a determination to win it.

Zhou Yi looked around and found that the beehive was between two hills. Standing on the top of the hill, it was only a hundred meters away from the beehive.

The three of them climbed to the top of the mountain. Standing on the top, they could see the beehive more clearly. Some honey was dripping from under the beehive, and they were envious.

"Brother-in-law, take Qingya and hide away. I'll tie a burning cloth to the tip of the arrow and light the dead tree under the beehive. That should scare the bees away."

Boss Ye was unwilling, "How can this be possible? How can you run? Compared with people, I would rather not have honey."

Zhou Yi smiled and looked at Boss Ye. "Don't worry about me. Qingya asked uncle to help me weave a big backpack with two layers. After the fire is set, I will wrap my head and hands with clothes and squat under the upside-down backpack."

Only then did Boss Ye realize the use of the backpack. He looked around and found several trees on the mountain.

Boss Ye took the hatchet he brought with him and chopped a lot of branches, then wrapped the backpack with several layers of branches.

Boss Ye picked up the backpack and looked at it towards the sun. Not a single light came in, so he put the basket down.

He found another pothole, put down the backpack, crawled in, and felt it for a while before he felt relieved.

Ye Qing looked at what Boss Ye was doing and felt a little regretful. He should have told his family earlier so that they could have made more thorough preparations.

Zhou Yi touched the water bag and dry food on his body, and drove the two men down the mountain.

After watching the two men walk away, he lit the rags he brought and shot an arrow at the dead tree.

The dry dead tree was instantly ignited, and the smoke rose up directly towards the beehive.

All the bees in the hive were smoked out, the fire grew bigger and bigger, and the honey dripped down.

The queen bee was unable to bear the heat and came out of the hive, ordering the worker bees to find the person who destroyed her home.

Some bees ran slowly and were knocked unconscious by the smoke and fell into the fire.

The bees were buzzing around nearby, and they would angrily stab any animals they saw.

Zhou Yi was close and heard the bees flying around in swarms. He hid under the backpack and dared not move.

When Zhou Yi was hunting in the mountains, he once stayed motionless in the snow for a whole night and successfully caught a fox. He took it to the city and sold it for ten taels of silver.

There is no shortage of food and water under the backpack, so it is no problem to stay there for half a day. And when there are no bees around, you can change your posture.

Boss Ye took Ye Qing to hide in a small cave. In the cave, the two also hid under a backpack, for fear that bees would fly in and sting them.

Heizi and Ye Qing hid under a backpack. Ye Qing was small and took up little space.

After an hour, the sound of bees stopped outside. Ye Lao Da waited for another quarter of an hour before wrapping his head and face with clothes, carefully opened the backpack and looked outside.

After waiting for a while until no bees passed by, he walked outside the cave and looked in the direction of the hive.

The fire over there has been put out, and that place happens to be all stone walls, so there is no need to worry about setting fire to other trees in the mountain.

There was only some black smoke floating in the air. The bees had no way to go home and could only fly around the hive from a distance.

The two waited for another half an hour, carrying the backpacks and slowly approaching the location of the beehive.

If you get closer, you can see bees in groups of three or two, flying around persistently.

If you don't see the queen bee, it is possible that she has moved to a new location and built a new nest.

The two men didn't dare to move forward and waited there for another hour before the bees finally left in despair.

The two of them then took Heizi to the bottom of the beehive. They looked at the half-sprinkled honey and felt a little sad, as it could last for a long time.

Ye Qing called Zhou Yi from below, "Uncle, come down quickly, the bees have all flown away."

After shouting a few times, there was no response from the uncle. Ye Lao Da panicked and took Hei Zi up the mountain.

Ye Qing followed behind, feeling scared, fearing that something might happen to his uncle.

The hill was not high, so Boss Ye climbed up the hill first. Seeing the backpack lying upside down on the ground, he felt less panicked.

"Brother, get up, the bees have all run away." Boss Ye said as he was about to take the backpack.

Zhou Yi finally reacted, reached out to take the backpack aside, and stood up from the ground.

"Brother-in-law, why are you here? I was so bored waiting that I fell asleep." Zhou Yi touched his head and said embarrassedly.

Ye Qing also climbed up, and seeing that his uncle was fine, he sat down on the ground. He had climbed too fast just now, and his legs were cramping.

"Uncle, I called you, didn't you hear me?"

"I've been too busy lately and fell asleep accidentally." Zhou Yi felt a little guilty as he looked at his niece gasping for breath.

Boss Ye and Ye Qing didn't say anything else. They took the jar and walked carefully towards the beehive.

Zhou Yi and Boss Ye walked up to the beehive and could see what was inside clearly.

The two of them quickly squatted down, took out a bowl from the jar, and poured honey into the jar.

Both jars were filled, weighing about thirty pounds. Looking at the little honey left in the hive, the two felt distressed.

Ye Qing looked at the two in a daze, "Dad, uncle, let's go quickly, or we'll attract a bear and it will be even more dangerous."

The two men put the jar in a backpack, walked down the stone wall carefully, and headed home with Qingya and Heizi.