"You mean, these three bags are all filled with honey? You two didn't even eat lunch, you just went up the mountain to get honey? And you got so much?"
Looking at the relaxed Shi Yuying and the sweating, panting Shi Lin, Ye Meihui asked, somewhat disbelieving.
This is too exaggerated. She had been in Xigou Village for so many years and had never heard of anyone being able to get so much honey in one day.
What's more, these three large bags of honey were gotten by her daughter and Son.
Doesn't she understand her own Son and daughter?
Neither of them had this ability, not even combined!
She had never heard before that any of them knew how to get honey,
Only today did her youngest Son Shi Lin bring back a hornet's nest, but getting a hornet's nest and getting honey aren't the same thing, are they?
"Heh heh, if you don't believe me, see for yourself."
Shi Yuying chuckled and opened the bag, letting Ye Meihui see clearly.
"Wow! It's really honeycomb! So much, how many pounds is this? This bag too, and this bag, wow, quickly, quickly, move them inside."
As the bags were opened one by one, Lao Ye Tongzhi was also completely shocked.
It really was three bags of honeycomb, all three bags!
Something she had never heard of before had happened in their home, had happened to her daughter and Son.
Without time to ask for details, she quickly picked up the bags and moved them inside. These were three bags of honeycomb, worth a lot of money, they couldn't be left at the door to show off.
Shi Lin saw Mother running into the house with a bag in each hand, moving swiftly, then looked at his own sweat-soaked clothes, and his resolve to exercise became firm.
As a grown man, surely he couldn't be inferior to Fifth Sister and Mother in terms of physical fitness?
Inside the house, Shi Zhengang, who had been resting on the kang, was startled awake by Lao Ye Tongzhi's hurried actions.
Seeing the two bags Lao Ye Tongzhi carried in, Old Shi couldn't sleep anymore either.
As an old hunter from the mountains, he knew with one sniff that the bags contained honeycomb, and asked with a shocked expression:
"Old woman, where did these two bags of honeycomb come from? Xiao Liu didn't go messing with beehives again, did he? Why is there so much? How many nests did he mess with?"
Old Shi had gotten honeycomb from beehives twice before, each time only getting a small bag, but here were two large bags, both filled more than halfway.
If calculated based on the kind of beehives he had gotten from before, one bag here would be equivalent to three to four of his previous nests.
Two bags, that would require getting from at least 7 beehives of the kind he had gotten from before.
Who got so much all at once?
Are beehives that easy to find now?
"Ask your precious Son and daughter yourself, my head is a mess right now too."
Ye Meihui left these words and turned to go out again; there was still one bag of honeycomb not brought in yet.
"Ah? What did that scoundrel do this time? Why is daughter involved too?"
Old Shi was also a bit confused, quickly got up from the kang, grabbed his crutch, and prepared to go out to see what was happening.
However, before he could even walk out, he saw Ye Meihui walk in carrying another bag.
"Why is there more? How many bags are there in total? What exactly is going on?!"
Watching his wife move the three bags of honeycomb into the house, Shi Zhengang didn't feel much joy,
Instead, he was a bit worried. Afraid that his scoundrel Son had caused trouble again,
And hearing his wife just now, why was daughter involved this time?
Seeing the Old Man was a bit anxious, Ye Meihui's voice softened considerably,
"Three bags in total, all honeycomb. This time it seems to be a good thing, Xiao Wu is here, ask her what happened, I didn't quite understand just now either."
Shi Yuying walked into the main room, holding a cornmeal bun in one hand and a bowl of water in the other, saying with a grin:
"No need to ask, I'll tell you from the beginning. This matter starts from when I saw a beehive while collecting firewood on the mountain half a month ago..."
Half an hour later.
Shi Zhengang and Ye Meihui finally understood the entire situation completely.
Xiao Wu first discovered a beehive, and also inquired about the price of honey, then saw that Xiao Liu knew how to catch bees, so she took Xiao Liu to get honey,
It turned out that when they got to the mountain, they discovered that Xiao Liu had actually raised a hornet that could find honey, which led the two of them to collect honey on the mountain for an afternoon, getting three bags of honeycomb!
"...Raised a hornet that can find honey, collected honey on the mountain for several hours, and even carried two bags of honey down the mountain himself, is this still Xiao Liu?"
Although he understood, and asked about the details several times, Shi Zhengang still felt it was somewhat unreal; this was too unlike their Xiao Liu.
Can a person really change this much all of a sudden?
Yesterday he was still gluttonous and lazy, stealing the family's chickens to treat his drinking buddies outside, today he's transformed into a motivated, hardworking Young Man?
Ye Meihui also shook her head, muttering, "It doesn't seem like him..."
Immediately, they didn't care about the honeycomb at home anymore, and directly pulled Shi Lin, who was resting slumped in the courtyard, inside.
They had a friendly "confess and be lenient" talk with him, and finally, with Shi Lin's eloquent speech and Jin Yi (Golden Ring Hornet)'s enthusiastic cooperation,
It was confirmed that this kid had really struck it lucky, had a breakthrough, figured things out, and knew he needed to improve himself.
Ye Meihui was so excited that she kept her hands clasped in thanks, wanting to prepare things to worship the great immortal, thanking the great immortal for allowing their precious Son to have a breakthrough.
Although Shi Zhengang didn't show as much excitement as Ye Meihui, it could be seen from the irrepressible smile on his face that the Old Man was very happy.
Fifth Sister Shi Yuying was also full of smiles, her two large eyes sparkling.
Looking at his family's excited appearance, Shi Lin rubbed his nose. So they knew he was that bad before? Then why did they keep indulging him?
"Son, you've been busy all day, you haven't even eaten lunch yet. There are still three buns left for you in the pot, Mother will go get them for you to eat."
After her excitement subsided, Ye Meihui saw her daughter eating a bun and remembered that Son hadn't eaten yet either. She got up to get buns for Shi Lin.
"I ate several pieces of honeycomb on the mountain, I'm not hungry, you don't need to get any for me."
Shi Lin shook his head, refusing Mother's kind offer,
After thinking for a moment, he added,
"Lao Die, Mother, can we kill a chicken to eat tonight? After we sell this honey, we can buy a few more back. We haven't eaten meat in so long, I don't have any strength..."
His current body didn't know how long it had been since he last ate meat. Just thinking about meat made him almost drool.
In addition, he wanted to exercise, and meat and eggs were essential sources of quality protein. Without these supplements, how could he quickly build up his body?
"Okay, go catch one yourself, we'll eat chicken tonight!"
Without waiting for Ye Meihui to respond, Shi Zhengang directly agreed.
Son was improving, the Old Man was very happy. What was one chicken?
As long as Son could keep improving, he would even agree to pawn his beloved hunting rifle.
Hearing Lao Die agree, although Shi Lin and Shi Yuying were happy, they still looked towards Ye Meihui.
After all, the chickens at home weren't raised by Old Shi; they had to wait for Lao Ye Tongzhi's approval before the chicken could be eaten with relish.
Seeing both Son and daughter looking at her, Ye Meihui rolled her eyes and said playfully:
"Your Lao Die has already agreed, why are you still looking at me? Go catch one, the remaining three hens have been raised for many years, they should be killed sooner and cooked for a longer time."
"Yay~"
After two cheers, Shi Lin and Shi Yuying ran out of the house together.
Since Lao Shi injured his leg, their family hadn't had meat for a long time. With chicken tonight, how could they not be excited?