Bianshanhan [farming]

On a sunny day, there is no wind, and in the distance is a large flat ground with wild flowers of various colors. Among them, there is a kind of flower with extremely high stems, and the flowers are as big as the mouth of a bowl. Standing so far away, you can smell that special Intense floral fragrance.

Many honeys were busy among the flowers, they sucked the nectar, and flew back immediately.

Tall old trees spread out their leaves idly, and some of them have large and small holes in their trunks, and bees make their homes in the tree holes, flying in and out all day long, buzzing non-stop.

Of course, no matter how loud their voices are, they can't compare to half of those wild ducks in the north.

These beehives sit facing south, enjoying the warm sunshine, relying on the huge body of the ancient tree to block the wind and snow for a long time. The bees don’t know how long they have lived here, and the beeswax of the hive flows down the tree in a thick layer. layer.

At this time, Li Qingwen was holding the beeswax that had just been cut off with a knife in his hand, and he was holding a torch in the other hand, and was roasting the beeswax on the fire.

Lao Sun and the others saw the wood with the saw "click, click, click". Li Qingwen squatted on the ground and glanced at it, indicating to them that it should be about the same thickness.

"We use wooden barrels to raise bees..." Zhang Yuhai said while stepping on a wooden saw, "There are also wooden boxes, which are usually hung under the eaves or on trees, but I have never seen so many boxes in boxes." Board."

On the ground next to them, more than a dozen wooden boxes and boards of appropriate size have been cut.

"This kind of honey is easy to get." Li Qingwen said, "It's more comfortable to carry the bees inside."

"Hi!" Someone sighed: "We haven't harvested the honey yet, so why did we find a new home for them first?"

Li Qingwen smiled, and the burnt beeswax dripped on the inside and outside of the wooden box.

Someone was holding wet firewood and piled it under a big tree, not daring to stay longer for fear of being stung by bees, so he ran over and asked, "When will you start harvesting honey?"

"Wait for Jiang Cong and Qingfeng to tame that wild horse." Old Sun said.

The person who asked the question clicked their mouths, they had been fighting with that horse for a long time, when is this a head.

Jiang Cong found a honeycomb in the depths of the birch forest. He brought Li Qingwen out to harvest some honey, but Li Qingfeng and his horse ran away.

I don't know if their horses are in heat, or the group in the birch forest is in heat. Anyway, they seduce each other, and the two groups of horses get together.

Unlike the group that Li Qingwen and the others raised, the horses in the birch forest had leaders, and the leader horses would not follow people, but as long as their leader was tamed, the other horses would not be tied and would follow by themselves.

Therefore, Jiang Cong tried to tame the horse, but Li Qingwen and the others couldn't help, so they prepared to cut honey here.

Li Qingwen has seen a beehive on an old tree, it is too high and too big, and the bees look very crowded, so before cutting the honey, first make some boxes to lure the bees, hoping that the bees can settle in this spacious new home, so that they will come over in the future Collecting honey can save trouble.

The wooden box was about to be finished, and Li Qingfeng's excited cry came from a distance, everyone nodded and said: "It seems to be done."

Sure enough, not long after, several people walked over leading the caged horse, followed by a group of Yakut wild horses, big and small.

The leading horse pawed the ground impatiently, with a "peddling" sound, and its mane flew wildly. Being used to being free, it obviously didn't like being restrained.

Jiang Cong grabbed a handful of beans and put it near its mouth. The big eyes of the horse bulged, and its tail swung vigorously, unmoved at all.

Jiang Cong raised his hand patiently. After a while, the hungry horse finally couldn't help but swallowed all the beans. While chewing, he still raised his hairy head.

Li Qingwen went up to touch it, and the leading horse wanted to hide, but Jiang Cong tightened the reins, and Li Qingwen finally rubbed its long hair one after another.

At this moment, the white mare came out of the harem of the leading horses and rubbed its head against Li Qingwen's shoulder.

Li Qingwen also touched its neck. After a year of recuperation, the horse was getting better and better. It finally came out for a walk, and was almost kidnapped.

Getting the horse back was the top priority, otherwise the wood wouldn't be able to get it back.

This big trouble was solved, and everyone looked at the huge hives and began to gear up.

Soon, the weeds under the tree burned, thick smoke billowed, and the bees in the hive on the tree scattered in a panic. Jiang Cong and a few people who climbed the tree put clothes on their heads, and only cut a small hole with a knife for their eyes. look at the road.

Holding short knives and daggers in their hands, they quickly climbed up, cut off a piece of the side of the hive, and hurried down the tree.

The cut honeycombs began to drip down with bees. Li Qingwen and his group brought the birch bark buckets that had been sewn and baked in advance, and put the cut honeycombs into the buckets with honey.

At the same time, Li Qingwen smeared the inside of the wooden box with the honey that flowed out, and glued the gaps of the wooden box with mud.

A few men climbed the tree four or five times, and did not cut too much, but only cut a small part at an angle, and the bees could quickly repair it.

After each of their beehives walked around, the smoke under the tree was also small, and the frightened bees were flying in circles, and several buckets had already been carried away.

Without delay, Li Qingwen and several others carried the hives and chose a warm place to put them down.

Although each beehive was only cut once, the size of the beehive couldn't be sustained, and the cut took up almost half of the bucket. One person carried a bucket and left quickly, for fear that the bees would fly to seek revenge.

Li Qingwen looked back at the bees returning to the nest one after another while walking, and sincerely hoped that they would like this new home...

Li Qingfeng also looked back while walking, there were so many wild ducks in the wetland to the north, he only ate a few...

They stayed in the depths of the woods for a while, afraid that people outside would be waiting in a hurry, and also worried that people at home would be waiting to use wood, so the group rode back at night, with Jiang Cong around, no one had to worry about getting lost.

Because they were holding things and had to look after the horses behind them, they couldn't walk fast, but Chou Shimo got out of the woods anyway.

Li Maosheng and the others have been thinking about it all the time, but they couldn't fall asleep. When they heard the sound of horseshoes, they got up and burned the fire even more.

From far away, Li Qingfeng yelled, everyone outside the woods heard it, and said excitedly: "I'm back, I'm really back this time, as long as I'm fine..."

They are elders who only know how to farm, have never used livestock, the reins are not fastened well, the horses run away, and their claws tingle as soon as they get into the woods, the trouble they caused, and the juniors have to go in and take risks. disturbed.

Now that they were all awake, they stopped sleeping, packed up the car and wood, and went straight back to the camp.

Everyone agrees, hurry up and set up the car.

These carts are all loaded with wood, there is no open space, beeswax and honeycomb are windfalls, there is no fixed thing on the horses, and there is no way to put heavy objects on them, so everyone can only carry buckets in their hands and baskets on their backs. .

In this way, a group of people drove the car around the high slope and walked south.

When it was dawn, the driver turned his head inadvertently, and saw that there was another horse beside Jiang Cong's horse, and behind him, a group of big and small horses without harnesses and bridles followed.

What, what's going on, someone couldn't help being surprised, and the people in front also looked over.

It was still dark when we set off, and everyone couldn't see clearly, they just wanted to drive the horses back, but where did the extra horses come from?

Some people even suspected that they had lost their eyes. After rubbing them hard a few times, tears were about to come out. Looking back, those horses were still there...

Li Qingfeng was always quick-mouthed, but now he deliberately didn't say anything, seeing his uncles stunned, he secretly smiled.

The old grandson who was still walking in the front opened his mouth and cleared up everyone's confusion.

After listening, the old and young men who came to Yangshu Village were even more stunned. This, such a good horse, just, just picked it up like this? !

I can't believe it.

Whether they believed it or not, Jiang Cong grabbed the leading horse and followed obediently behind. Some of them were delayed because of grazing, and they would come back quickly after a while, and they didn't want to leave the group at all.

Tired from walking, while resting, a group of men came to the back and carefully looked at the horse behind, the horse's legs, the horse's hair, and the horse's tail... Their happy mouths almost reached the back of their heads.

Well, that's great, how strong they all are!

On the way back, they also encountered officers and soldiers who came out to hunt. Those officers and soldiers were very surprised when they saw these wild horses. They were lucky to have picked up a dozen horses from the snow before, but this time they brought back a group...

What is this?

Why can't they come across this good thing?

The officers and soldiers with complicated emotions watched Li Qingwen and the others leave, feeling that they must ask them for advice after returning.

Ever since Li Qingfeng and the others left, Li Maoxian had been counting the days, thinking that it was almost time to come back, so he went to have a look from a distance from time to time.

If he didn't see anyone, he would go back to work. When a group of children saw it, they followed suit and went there to look around. Then they saw the cart pulling the wood back and shouted loudly: "Third Grandpa, six uncle!"

Upon hearing this movement, everyone who was working stopped and looked east together. Some people put down what they were doing and took a few steps forward.

After a while, the car arrived, and everyone was happy, shouting that it was a hard trip.

The first car was exposed, and soon, the second and third cars appeared. The children ran towards the car, and some of the shoes were tripped by weeds, and they turned back to pick them up quickly. He roared, "Wait for me."

The adults came out one after another, ready to unload wood.

Although the women couldn't exert their strength, they watched with joy on their faces. When the wood came back, the house was about to be built.

Fearing that the children would be injured by the car, Li Qingwen got off the horse beside him and said to them that there are delicious food here.

This trick was quite effective, the children "hula" surrounded Li Qingwen, and he couldn't take a step forward...

Li Qingwen put down the barrel, stirred a ball of honey with a short wooden stick, and asked them to lick it.

The first child who tasted honey yelled "Wow", "It's so sweet!"

The other children immediately picked up wooden sticks on the ground, stretched out their arms and handed them to Li Qingwen without wiping them, calling them elder brother and uncle. Shoe sole marks.