Seeing the system's prompt, Shi Lin was stunned for a moment, then his face filled with joy.
He didn't expect that digging out honey could also earn beast servant points. Although 2 points was a bit low, things like this accumulate.
Moreover, digging out honey itself was beneficial for him.
He glanced at the panel,
【beast servant points: 14】
【Beast Servant: Jin Yi (Golden-ringed Hornet)】
Shi Lin nodded with satisfaction, picked up the items, and walked towards his Fifth Sister with a smile.
......
"How is it? How much did you get?"
Seeing Shi Lin walk over with the bag and tools, Shi Yuying excitedly went up to him.
Shi Lin chuckled, "Exactly eight pieces of honeycomb. I estimate it's around 20 catties, which is more than the two beehives Shi Zhengang dug out before."
"Wow! That much!"
Hearing this result, Shi Yuying's mouth dropped open in shock.
Old Shi had previously dug out two beehives, and the honey from both times combined was only about ten catties. But this time, they got twenty catties from one hive...
"Haha, yeah. Fifth Sister, your luck is really good to find a strong colony's beehive at the foot of Daxing Mountain. Wow, this honey is so sweet and refreshing. Fifth Sister, try it quickly. This is new honey, it's delicious."
Shi Lin tried a piece of honeycomb himself, full of praise, and didn't forget to break off a piece and hand it to Shi Yuying.
Shi Yuying took the honey and bit into it lightly. So sweet! There was also an indistinct floral fragrance mixed with the sweetness. It was sweet but not cloying, delicious!
"It's really delicious. The taste is a bit different from the honey Shi Zhengang got last time."
"The honey Shi Zhengang got last time was old honey. Ours is new honey harvested this year. There's a slight difference in taste, and the flowers they collected from might also be different. It's normal."
Saying this, Shi Lin broke off another piece of honey and put it in his mouth.
Seeing this, Shi Yuying snatched the bag from his hand and held it tightly.
"No more eating. We'll get the honey out when we get back and take it to the Town to sell tomorrow."
Shi Lin was stunned and asked, "Fifth Sister, do you need money?"
Shi Yuying didn't answer his question directly, but asked in return, "Don't you? Do you have money in your pocket?"
"......" Shi Lin patted his pocket. He really did have money, three small bills, totaling forty cents. He was indeed quite poor.
"I don't have money. If you need money, ask our parents for help first, or tell me what you need money for, and I'll help you think of a solution."
In his memory, his family shouldn't be too poor at this time.
When he was young, their family's condition was considered good in the Village. Lao Die was a hunter, at least they weren't short on meat.
Later, when the Market opened up, the things Lao Die hunted could be sold in the Market for money, which made their family's life even more prosperous.
Unfortunately, good times didn't last. Not many years after the Market opened, Lao Die's leg was injured...
However, it had only been half a year since his injury. Based on their family's accumulation in the past few years, they should still have some money now, right?
Seeing his younger brother still looked innocent and naive, Shi Yuying rolled her eyes.
"What money would I need? I don't need to marry a wife."
"Ah?! Is it money for me to marry a wife?"
Hearing Fifth Sister's words, Shi Lin finally realized that she was helping him save money to marry a wife. As expected of his own Fifth Sister.
However, in this life, he didn't want to burden his sisters anymore.
"No need, Fifth Sister. I have my own way to handle the matter of marrying a wife. You don't need to help me. Keep the money from selling this hive of honey for yourself."
"By yourself?" Shi Yuying glanced at him. "If you still insist on marrying a cultured girl from the city, I'm afraid Shi Zhengang and Lao Die won't live to see the day you get married."
Speaking of this, Shi Yuying was also a bit angry. She snorted, picked up the bag, and turned to leave.
This good-for-nothing scoundrel who was lazy and loved to eat, yet looked down on girls from the Village and insisted on marrying a cultured girl from the city, wasn't he also looking down on his sisters!
"Uh... Fifth Sister, wait a minute, we still have other things to do. Don't be in a hurry to leave."
Shi Lin called out from behind, feeling a bit awkward.
Regarding his impulsive actions when he was young and reckless, he could only say that he was young back then and spoke without thinking...
Shi Yuying stopped and turned to look at him. "What else?"
"There's another beehive we need to dig out. You've taken the bags, I don't have anything to put it in," Shi Lin chuckled.
"Another?!" A look of surprise also appeared on Shi Yuying's face.
This one beehive yielded twenty catties of honey, over thirty yuan. If they got another one, they could almost save enough for one of the 'three turns and one sound' items, and their parents would worry a little less.
"Yes, there is. Let's go dig out the next one."
As he spoke, a hornet suddenly flew out of Shi Lin's pocket, buzzing and flying ahead of the two of them.
"Ah?! A hornet! A hornet flew out of your pocket! You weren't stung, were you?"
Seeing Jin Yi, Shi Yuying was startled. She quickly put down the bag, stepped forward, picked up a branch from the ground, and prepared to drive Jin Yi away.
"Don't, Fifth Sister, don't hit it. This hornet is my pet, it won't sting me."
"It was this beehive that found the beehive. Today, it will lead us to dig out the honey. It's getting late, let's go quickly and come back quickly."
Saying this, Shi Lin picked up the bag from the ground and walked ahead first.
Jin Yi buzzed and flew in front of him, the hornet and the person maintaining a short distance, walking towards the south side of Daxing Mountain.
Behind him, Shi Yuying followed, looking bewildered.
She couldn't understand how a hornet could be kept as a pet? And even lead people? And when did Lao Liu start raising hornets?
......
An hour later.
Seeing Shi Lin successfully dug out another hive of honey, Shi Yuying finally believed that hornets could indeed be raised as pets and help their owners find beehives!
"This hornet is too intelligent! When did you start raising this little thing? Why didn't I know before?"
Glancing at Jin Yi perched on his shoulder, Shi Yuying asked Shi Lin excitedly.
Just now, while Shi Lin was digging out the honey, Jin Yi actually guarded her like a bodyguard, helping her drive away the approaching bees.
This completely overturned her understanding of hornets, making her even want to raise one herself.
"Haha, I just picked it up a few days ago. I saw it had a connection with me at the time, so I raised it. I didn't expect this hornet to be quite spiritual and able to understand what I say, so I named it Jin Yi."
Shi Lin casually made up an excuse.
It was better not to mention things like rebirth and the system, lest it spread and cause unnecessary trouble.
"Come, Jin Yi, as a reward for leading the way, do you want honey, pupae, or bees? Choose for yourself, eat whatever you want."
Saying this, Shi Lin opened the bag containing the harvest, letting Jin Yi go inside and choose its preferred reward.
Hearing this, Jin Yi transmitted excited emotional fluctuations, buzzed into the bag, bit out a bee pupa from the comb, and enjoyed it on the spot.
"It's really spiritual, but why didn't it pay attention to me when I talked to it just now?"
Seeing Jin Yi fly into the bag to eat after just one sentence from Shi Lin, Shi Yuying asked, very puzzled.
Shi Lin replied, "Lao Die's dog also didn't eat things given by others before, did you forget? It's the same principle, I am its owner."
"(⊙o⊙)... So that's how it is."
Shi Yuying nodded in agreement, then asked about the harvest, "How many pieces of honeycomb did you get from this hive? Was it more than the previous one?"
"A bit less than the previous one, only six pieces of honeycomb, but these pieces are relatively large, so the difference isn't much. There should be about Seventeen or eighteen catties of honey."
Speaking of the harvest, Shi Lin was quite satisfied.
Not only did he get over ten catties of honey, but the system also rewarded him with 1 more beast servant point. Now his beast servant points were back to 15 points.
All in all, it was equivalent to gaining a beast servant, Jin Yi, and two hives of honeycomb. A great profit.
However, the surprise didn't end there.
Just as Shi Lin felt the task was done and was preparing to go back, he suddenly felt an expectant emotion transmitted from the full Jin Yi.
Jin Yi, with a bee in its mouth, flew to the side, expecting him to follow!
This... Could there still be more?
"Jin Yi seems to have found something. Let's go, Fifth Sister, let's follow it."