After traveling through time, I rely on force to survive

Poking a beehive is completely unrelated to being elegant, so Zhou Yimo naturally couldn't do it.

But looking at Xier and Xiaoshuang, the reason Zhou Yimo gave was that he was worried, a thousand times worried.

If this bee stings someone, at least I am taller than you, so I will let him protect your back!

"My lady, this matter is too dangerous. Let me go with you!" Zhou Yimo tried hard to maintain the elegant appearance of a scholar. His expression was serious and his eyes were deep.

After all, Li Qingqing still had the soul of a twenty-something from her previous life living in her body. She could see the light flashing in Zhou Yimo's deep eyes, revealing his excited heart at the moment.

Li Qingqing felt somewhat helpless about this and could only nod and agree: "Okay, if you want to go, then go ahead."

It’s still early before dark, so we’ll finish this quickly.

The two came to the back mountain. Not far away there was a thick old pear tree. A huge beehive could be vaguely seen hanging on the tree, with a few bees occasionally flying low around it.

"Look, the beehive is there." Li Qingqing pointed ahead and said to Zhou Yimo beside her, she was a little excited.

What a pleasant surprise! With such a big beehive, several kilograms of beeswax must be produced, right?

Zhou Yimo tried hard to control his nervous and expectant expression, and followed Li Qingqing carefully.

This beehive is really huge. I wonder how many bees are inside?

"Madam, do we need to use smoke?" Zhou Yimo suggested in a low voice while looking at the beehive. He vaguely remembered that using smoke should be able to drive the bees away.

Li Qingqing didn't answer. Zhou Yimo turned his head and saw that Li Qingqing had already taken out a spear from the space and was about to approach the old pear tree.

Zhou Yimo couldn't help but feel nervous. Is his wife just going straight to the beehive?

"Madam?" Zhou Yimo asked in a low voice.

"Wait for me here, don't follow me, I'll be back soon." Li Qingqing was thinking about how to get rid of the beehive, and found that she had forgotten Zhou Yimo was beside her, so she quickly spoke out to remind him.

Li Qingqing approached the old pear tree cautiously. She was looking for the right angle to destroy the beehive in one fell swoop.

Zhou Yimo stood in the distance, appearing calm but feeling very nervous inside. He suddenly recalled the appearance of Xier and Xiaoshuang and felt a little worried.

He watched Li Qingqing raise the spear in her hand and continue to approach the old pear tree. Several bees began to circle around her, and one even landed on her body.

Zhou Yimo wanted to call her back, but he was worried that the noise would be too loud and would arouse the bees.

At this moment, Li Qingqing had found the right angle. She suddenly jumped up, pointed the tip of the gun at the beehive, and attacked decisively with clean and neat movements.

The spear drew a delicate straight line in the air, accurately lifting the beehive up by the roots. Li Qingqing then quickly flew away with the beehive.

Suddenly, a buzzing sound arose beside the old pear tree, and countless bees swarmed out of their nests like angry warriors, circling in the air, and then chasing in the direction of Li Qingqing. The overwhelming swarm of bees quickly obscured Li Qingqing's figure.

Zhou Yimo witnessed this scene and was suddenly shocked: It's bad!

This scene is so shocking!

Zhou Yimo instinctively wanted to chase after her, but then he remembered Li Qingqing's instructions and stood back where he was.

In just a few minutes, Li Qingqing had already thrown the spear and the honeycomb into the space. She jumped a few times in the distance, then quickly turned back, getting closer and closer to Zhou Yimo. When she returned to Zhou Yimo, she pulled Zhou Yimo into the space.

A black mass of bees, without a target, flew low, circled, and collided in the wild, making a series of restless buzzing sounds.

Fortunately, it was evening and there was no one around. Otherwise, if someone accidentally came here, they would probably become the target of bee attacks.

Zhou Yimo's pale face has not yet regained its color.

He carefully looked at his wife's beautiful face, which was smooth and white, without a trace of redness or swelling. Only then did he feel relieved.

Zhou Yimo looked at the swarms of bees outside, then looked at the huge empty beehive in the space, blinked, and couldn't believe that things were over so quickly.

"it's over?"

"Yes, we got the beehive!" Li Qingqing smiled and fiddled with the beehive. "We can stay a little longer and then go home."

Not long after, the swarm of bees gradually dispersed, and the two returned home safely. As soon as they got home, Li Qingqing went straight to the kitchen.

"Let's try to extract beeswax before it gets dark!" Li Qingqing suggested. In fact, this was her first time trying it.

"Okay!" Zhou Yimo was curious. He also wanted to know what beeswax looked like.

Li Qingqing began to cut the honeycomb carefully.

Zhou Yimo saw that Li Qingqing had started to get busy, so he quickly cleaned the pot, poured water in, and lit firewood.

Seeing that Zhou Yimo had already prepared the pot, Li Qingqing put the cut honeycomb fragments into the pot and let it heat up slowly.

As time goes by, a faint honey aroma begins to emanate from the pot, and the beeswax slowly melts.

Smelling the fragrance, Xier and the other three got up from the bed and wanted to see what was going on, but Li Qingqing sent them back to bed.

Li Qingqing stirred the beeswax with a spatula and asked Zhou Yimo to find a large piece of gauze. The two of them filtered out the larvae and impurities in the pot with the gauze.

After all the impurities are removed, turn off the fire and let the beeswax cool naturally in the pot.

Looking at the beeswax in the pot that had not yet solidified, Li Qingqing had an idea and decided to make a few candles.

Li Qingqing found a long, thin bamboo from the woodshed, cut it into bamboo tubes along the joints, split the bamboo tube in half and tied it tightly with a rope. She asked Zhou's mother for some cotton thread as a wick, and asked Zhou An to carefully fill the bamboo tube with beeswax.

As the beeswax slowly flowed in, the bamboo tubes were filled one by one.

Li Qingqing placed the bamboo tube upright on the table and said to Zhou An with a smile, "It's too late. Let's rest and come back to see the results tomorrow morning!"

At dawn, before daybreak, Li Qingqing and Zhou An couldn't wait to check the results.

They saw that the beeswax in the pot had solidified into blocks and was floating on the water. The two of them collected the beeswax in a container together.

Checking the bamboo tube again, the beeswax inside had already hardened. Li Qingqing untied the rope wrapped around the bamboo tube and carefully opened it. With a slight "click," a slender candle slid out of the bamboo tube.

Li Qingqing picked up the candle and took a look at it. Since the beeswax was not finely purified, the color of the candle was slightly yellowish, but fortunately the candle was finally successfully made.

Li Qingqing was delighted. She immediately lit a candle, and the flame flickered in the morning breeze.

"Yes, we succeeded!

Zhou Yimo came forward and looked at the candle carefully, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"So this is a candle. It's much more convenient than an oil lamp, easier to carry, and safer."

"The cost is also much lower. This is a simplified version, a bit crudely made. If it's processed properly, it can be sold outside."

Li Qingqing was somewhat pleased with herself and continued:

"When Changshun and Shitou arrive, talk to them and ask them to find out the price of beeswax. If it's feasible, we can produce candles ourselves."

"Okay!" Zhou Yimo nodded. "If the price is low, it can benefit a lot of people."

"Oh, right. I'll go cut wood this morning. Remember to ask a few people in the village to dig a big hole in the area we've marked out on the back hill. We'll use it to get the bricks. Once the molds are made, we can hire someone to make the bricks."

Li Qingqing was making breakfast while talking to Zhou Yimo.

Not long after the two of them discussed what needed to be done today, Changshun and Shitou arrived.

Since the success of their first trial sale yesterday, the two have gained confidence.

After seeing the candles, the two became even more excited and quickly said that they would go and inquire more about it after selling all the prey for today.