The happy little days of the Ye family

Father Ye: "I'll come over tomorrow morning to harvest honey. Dad, please invite people from the village to collect honeysuckle in the afternoon.\"

Mr. Ye feels that he is not in a hurry for this day and a half.

"These flower buds are still small now, and there is still time to pick them the day after tomorrow. Tomorrow morning, you and I will go harvest the honey. In the afternoon, you will send the honey to the apothecary and confirm the collection of honeysuckle by the way."

Father Ye: "Okay."

Back in the village, Mr. Ye did not go home directly, but went to the village chief's house.

"Brother, I just came back from Xiaohou Mountain. There are a few honeysuckles blooming on the mountain. I plan to invite the villagers to pick honeysuckle the day after tomorrow."

He was very surprised and said: "Has it bloomed yet? I went to the mountain yesterday to see that the flowers were still small buds. I will go to see them again early tomorrow morning."

"Then you have to be careful. If the honeysuckle blooms, the efficacy of the medicine will be much worse. Drug stores only accept honeysuckle that has not yet bloomed."

The village chief was very generous, "It's okay, just keep the ones that bloom. The bees on the mountain also need to collect nectar, and we have to leave some food for others."

"My brother is still very generous."

"Picking is still a small matter. The most important thing is that someone comes to collect the honeysuckle. Xia Yang has already contacted a pharmacist who collects the medicinal materials."

"40 yuan per catty. Although the price is relatively low, the quantity required is large. If you can't find a suitable pharmacist here, you can sell it to the pharmacist Xia Yang is looking for."

Mr. Ye smiled and said: "Feng Sheng found a drug store that we usually cooperate with. The owner of the drug store has several drug stores in Fucheng. The shopkeeper said that you can eat 1000 kilograms of honeysuckle. I estimate that the honeysuckle on the mountain should be more than 1000 kilograms. It's hard work, brother. Please help me set up a line."

"No problem, this guy Fengshou can do it. How much does the drug store charge?"

"It costs a lot of money to transport honeysuckle to Fucheng. The price charged is similar to that of apothecary."

After coming out of the village chief's house, Mr. Ye found a few familiar families and agreed to help pick honeysuckle the day after tomorrow.

The families I found had all worked in Xiaohoushan and Zhulinshan before. I was very happy to know that I could work odd jobs at Ye's house again.

There is no restriction on men, women, old or young to pick honeysuckle. One pound of honeysuckle is paid two cents, and the money is given by weighing it on the spot.

Mr. Ye also specially reminded that the medicinal effect of honeysuckle is not good after it blooms, so you must pick the flower buds that have not yet bloomed.

As soon as Father Ye entered the door, he smelled a fishy smell, and the smell became even stronger when he entered the backyard.

I saw that the backyard was covered with dried fish cut into small pieces. On the wall of the yard, there were three skinny wild cats looking at it, coveting the dried fish in the yard.

Ye Qingqing stood in the corner with a small bamboo pole to chase away the wild cats. He even wanted to snatch my girl's dried fish, but he didn't even think about it.

Two of the little yellow wild cats reluctantly jumped off the courtyard wall, leaving only one black wild cat, grinning provocatively at Ye Qingqing.

One person and one cat compete with each other.

As soon as Father Ye came over, the black wild cat got scared again and jumped neatly from the corner to the Tang house next door.

Ye Qingqing was so tired that he was sweating profusely and sat down on the small bench beside him.

"Thank you for your hard work, little Qingqing. I will harvest honey tomorrow and leave more honey for the family this time."

"Dad, can you let me cut the beehives at home?"

"Aren't you afraid of being stung by bees?"

The little girl is very delicate. If she is stung, Mrs. Ye will not let her go.

"I'm still scared. Dad, please help me drive away the bees. I'll just cut the honey at the end, so I won't get stung, right?" Ye Qingqing stared at her father with watery eyes.

"Okay, wait until I drive the bees away. When you go out to harvest honey, you must cover yourself tightly. If your mother scolds you, you must stand in front of me."

"I know, I know, dad, you are getting more and more verbose."

Father Ye gently flicked Ye Qingqing's forehead, "You little white-eyed wolf."

At this time, Mrs. Ye just came over to collect the dried fish and rolled her eyes at Father Ye, "You are such a grown-up person and you still bully a child."

"Mom, we are joking."

Father Ye and Ye Qingqing smiled and helped Old Mrs. Ye collect the dried fish.

The weather was nice the next day, perfect for harvesting honey.

Father Ye took some half-dried straw, a clean bucket, and a sickle to the backyard, followed by a little tail.

Ye's father and Ye Qingqing wrapped the exposed skin tightly, and then put on Ye's mother's special hats. Of course, they did not forget to drive Ye Qingqing back into the house before driving away the honey.

After confirming that Ye Qingqing returned to the house, Ye's father took a small bundle of dry straw and skillfully lit the half-dried straw on fire.

A lot of thick smoke came out of the undried straw, and the little bees who couldn't bear the smoke fled out one after another. After making sure that no bees continued to fly out, Ye's father opened the beehive in a familiar way.

The flowers are blooming in spring, and there is so much honey in them.

After confirming that there were no bees inside, Father Ye called Ye Qingqing out.

Ye Qingqing held the sickle and clumsily cut the honey. It was either too light or too heavy. The honey in the hive dripped down the sickle, which made Father Ye feel heartbroken.

After a lot of effort, Ye Qingqing was able to cut off two-thirds of the hive.

The hive that was cut beyond recognition was placed in a clean bucket, and the honey from the cut slowly flowed out.

Ye Qingqing couldn't hold back and broke off a small piece of honey and put it into his mouth. It was so sweet.

At this time, Ye's father coughed slightly, and Ye Qingqing broke off a small piece of honey and stuffed it into Ye's father's mouth.

Father Ye and Ye Qingqing ate honey and happily carried the honey to the kitchen. Father Ye gave the honey to Mrs. Ye to filter.

Then he took Mr. Ye to Xiaohoushan to harvest honey.

There are 10 beehives in Xiaohoushan, and each beehive contains a lot of honey. The Ye family collected a total of 66 kilograms of honey in one morning.

Father Ye packed 60 kilograms of honey in two large ceramic jars, and filled a small two kilogram jar with two kilograms of honey, and kept the rest at home to eat.

After packing the honey, Mr. Ye packed another large bag of dry goods, which included dried bamboo fungus, dried mushrooms and dried bamboo shoots. A small jar of honey was also put in.

The Ye family's donkey cart was used by Ye Donglin. Ye's father went to his father-in-law's house to borrow the donkey cart and deliver honey by the way.

For 60 kilograms of honey, the Ye family received another 2 taels and 340 Wen.

Father Ye happily accepted the money from the shopkeeper, and then took out a big bundle.

"Shopkeeper, this is dry food produced in the mountains at home. It's not worth much. I hope you don't dislike it."

When the shopkeeper saw that there was honey and dried bamboo fungus inside, he thought it was too expensive. However, he knew why Father Ye sent the things, so he accepted them generously. If he didn't accept it, Father Ye would probably not feel at ease.

"Brother Ye, you are so polite. We have already agreed on the honeysuckle on your mountain, so our pharmacy will not go back on it."

"I must trust the shopkeeper. The honeysuckle on the mountain can be picked tomorrow. I will send the first batch of honeysuckle over in half a month."

"Yes, be careful when picking honeysuckle. As long as the buds are in bud, don't discard the ones that have already bloomed."

"Don't worry, shopkeeper, I guarantee that they are all buds waiting to bloom."

The shopkeeper thought for a moment and then said: "Although the agreement has been signed, I still want to remind Brother Ye that the price for our large-scale purchases will not be the usual 55 Wen per catty, but only 43 Wen per catty. "

"I understand, shopkeeper, it will cost you a lot of money to transport the honeysuckle to the provincial capital."

This price is much lower than selling it directly to a drug store, but the wholesale price is a little lower than the retail price, which is normal.