Traveling through the mountains and farming

As soon as Lin Wan opened the door, she saw Aunt Li, who looked panicked, and Li Changyi, who looked anxious, standing at the door.

Before she could speak, Aunt Li said anxiously:

"Wan'er, what should we do? Ping'er was stung by a bumblebee. This could be fatal!"

Li Changyi, who was standing next to her, saw that Aunt Li didn't get to the point, so he immediately asked:

"Did you prepare any medicine when you went to the county town? Is there any medicine that can cure bee venom?"

When Lin Wan heard this, she quickly ran into the house to get the medicine.

She dug out the bottle of detoxifying pills given by Doctor Zhong, but she didn't know if it would be useful, so she decided to take it away first.

She ran out with the medicine and quickly handed it to Li Changyi.

Without paying attention to the questions from Fang Yun and others in the room, he followed Li Changyi and the others and ran to the cave entrance on the side of the gentle slope.

Chen Lian was seen sitting there holding Li Chongping, crying anxiously, and constantly comforting Li Chongping who was crying loudly in pain in her arms.

Seeing that Li Chongping's right arm was swollen, Lin Wan hurried over and squatted down to check the condition of his right arm.

I found that the stinger had been removed, but it seemed that no blood was squeezed out.

He saw that Li Changyi next to him had already fed the detoxification pill to Li Chongping.

Lin Wan said, "Third Aunt, there is still poisonous blood in Chongping's wound. We need to squeeze it out and then wash it with light salt water."

When Chen Lian heard this, she immediately rushed to squeeze out the poisonous blood.

Lin Wan hurriedly stopped her: "Third Aunt, don't worry, I'll do it."

After saying that, Lin Wan began to squeeze out the poisonous blood.

Li Chongping gasped and cried out in pain.

Aunt Li next to her quickly ran to prepare the salt water and brought it over.

Not long after Lin Wan treated him, Li Chongping's crying gradually subsided and the redness and swelling on his arms began to slowly subside.

Everyone felt relieved, thinking that the poison had been detoxified.

"How did Ping'er get stung by a bumblebee?" Lin Wan then asked.

She was very confused. Aren’t the children still sleeping?

Why did he come out alone so early in the morning and get stung by a bumblebee?

"The child got up to go to the toilet in the morning, on the west side of the gentle slope. He said he saw an earthworm and wanted to catch it to feed the chickens. But he didn't realize it was a bumblebee and he was stung," Chen Lian explained.

Li Chongping whispered, "Cousin, there are still a lot of wild bees there."

Seeing that he still had the energy to talk, Lin Wan felt relieved as he seemed to be fine.

Hearing that there were still many wild bees, she began to think about collecting wild bee pupae.

She likes to eat fried bee pupae. Every year her uncle goes up the mountain to get wild bee pupae for her. He also told her how to find wild bee nests.

Lin Wan asked quickly, "Ping'er, do you still remember where the beehive is?"

Li Chongping looked outside the cave, pointed at the big tree on the west side of the gentle slope and said:

"Remember, it's on the slope next to the big tree."

Lin Wan looked in the direction of Li Chongping's finger and found that the environment was indeed suitable for bumblebees to build nests.

She remembered her uncle saying that bumblebees usually built their nests in well-drained caves on slopes.

Then, Lin Wan said, "We have to deal with that beehive to prevent anyone from getting hurt."

In addition to really wanting to avoid anyone getting hurt, she also wanted to see if there were any bee pupae in these earthen beehives.

If possible, we can give everyone an extra meal today.

"This wild wasp is not easy to deal with. It would be terrible if you get stung." Li Changyi said worriedly.

"Let's be careful, wrap ourselves up well, sprinkle some insect repellent powder made by Grandpa Luo on ourselves, prepare torches and thick smoke, and smoke them away before we take action." Lin Wan gave advice.

Everyone thought this idea was feasible and began to prepare.

After they were ready, they asked everyone in the cave to hide.

Li Changyi brought two or three people with tools to the place where the beehive was located.

He lit a torch, creating thick smoke, and carefully approached the beehive.

He kept smoking the hive entrance with thick smoke, and soon, the wild bees flew out one after another.

After no bumblebees fly out, use a hoe to dig open the hive entrance and continue to fumigate the inside with thick smoke to ensure that no bumblebees remain.

Finally they dug out a beehive as big as a wooden basin with five or six layers, which was filled with many plump white bee pupae.

Lin Wan had been paying attention to the movements outside and discovered that Li Changyi was holding the huge beehive and was about to throw it into the fire pit nearby to burn.

She ran over there, shouting:

"Second cousin, don't burn it. Let me take care of these beehives."

Li Changyi looked at her with confusion, "Lin Wan, what's the point of keeping this beehive?"

Lin Wan explained with a smile: "Second cousin, these bee pupae can be made into delicious food, fragrant and crispy. I guarantee that you will want to eat them again after eating them for the first time."

After hearing this, Li Changyi handed the beehive to Lin Wan doubtfully.

Amid everyone's puzzled looks, Lin Wan happily took the beehive and walked home holding it.

When we got home, the children got up one after another.

They were working together to fold the quilt, and when they saw Lin Wan holding the bee pupa, they all came over curiously.

Li Chongle asked: "Sister-in-law, is this a beehive?"

"Yes, this is a wild beehive. It was made on the slope."

"Cousin, is there honey in this?" Li Tao asked.

"There is honey only in beehives. This is a wild beehive and there is no honey in it. However, the plump white bee pupae inside can be made into delicious food." Lin Wan answered with a smile.

"Wow, really?" the children excitedly asked.

"Really, but you have a mission this morning. When you finish it, I'll treat you to fried bee pupae."

Hearing this, the children cheered.

Li Ke immediately asked: "What task do we have to do?"

"Go wash up first, then go find Brother Li Chonghao. He will tell you what to do."

After hearing this, the children hurried out to get their own toiletries and wash up.

Li Chonghao was sitting at the dining table in the activity area at the entrance of the cave, holding a copy of Thousand Character Classic, waiting for the children to come.

He remembered that two days ago, Lin Wan came to him to discuss and asked him to spend half an hour or an hour every day teaching the children to read and write.

He was a little hesitant at first. After all, in his opinion, only scholars and Confucian scholars who were well-read in poetry and books were qualified to teach and educate people.

At that time, after listening to his speech, Lin Wan encouraged him and said, "I think teaching and educating people is not about status, but about dedication. And with your current knowledge, you are more than capable of providing children with enlightenment education."

"We teach our children to read and understand the world so that they can have more choices in the future and not just have to work hard on this piece of land."

Li Chonghao was deeply touched by Lin Wan's words.

He often heard his grandfather say that the Li family used to be a farming and reading family, and the family even had its own clan school.

But later, the family fell apart due to fleeing famine.

At that time, his father, two uncles and cousin were all too young. They had just learned to read and write when they followed their family to escape famine. After settling in Quanshui Village, they had been struggling to make ends meet and had no energy or conditions to continue their studies.

This is also Grandpa's concern. He has always hoped that his family can prosper again, and that he can reopen the family school so that all the children in the family can have books to read and go to school.

So he agreed to do it.

At this time, the children ran over happily, sat around the dining table, and asked him what tasks he had for the day.

Li Chonghao came back to his senses and said with a smile: "Don't worry, let me ask you first, do you want to learn to read and write?"

The children looked at each other, too embarrassed to express themselves.

Li Chongle immediately said: "I want to!"

Although he had learned some words from his elder brother before, no one taught him after his elder brother left.

When the other children saw this, they all began to express their desire to read and learn to read.

After hearing the answer, Li Chonghao continued:

"Then starting from today, let's set aside half an hour every day before breakfast to study."

When he was about to start teaching them literacy, he found that it would be difficult to teach them the Thousand Character Classic without pens, ink, paper and inkstone, so he decided to teach them the Three Character Classic instead.

After that, he read aloud sentence by sentence, and the children followed suit, nodding their heads and reciting.

"When people are born, their nature is good. Natures are similar, but habits make them different..."

Although the children's pronunciation of some words was not very standard, their serious expressions were very cute.

The aunties who were cooking and the adults who had already started building the house were all attracted by the sound of children reading.

Seeing the children working seriously makes me more motivated.

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After the children left, Lin Wan went into the kitchen and started dealing with the beehive.

She carefully picked out the bee pupae in the hive one by one and placed them in a wooden basin that had been prepared in advance.

After finishing the selection, she lit the stove, boiled a pot of hot water, then slowly poured the bee pupae into the pot and boiled the water for a while to remove the impurities on the surface.

Then, she rinsed the bee pupae with cold water and placed them in a bamboo basket to drain.

Then she poured new oil into the pot, and when the oil was heated to a suitable temperature, she quickly put the bee pupae into the pot.

All you could hear was a sizzling sound, and the bee pupae gradually changed color in the hot oil.

Lin Wan held a wooden spatula and kept turning the pupa to ensure that each bee pupa was heated evenly.

Soon, the fragrant fried bee pupae were cooked out of the pot.

Just as I was about to pick up the bee pupae, I heard a commotion outside.