Chapter 583 The Black Old Man’s Honeycomb
Ever since Zhang Jianjun and his wife sent their eldest son to school, Zhang Xing has been having so much fun.
There used to be a second aunt at home. If he dared to be playful and came home a little late, he would be chanted with a tight curse at least, or a bamboo stick would be attached to his body.
At this moment, the adults were not at home, so he just let go and played, trying not to waste these rare few days without anyone caring about him.
However, this guy is not too playful. Whenever it is time to eat, he will go home early and wait without anyone shouting.
Because he was the only one at home these days, although he could cook simple meals, Zhang An called him over directly.
Although Zhang An’s second uncle’s family has been building houses for people everywhere in the past two days, the conditions are much better than before.
But the second aunt is frugal by nature. On weekdays, unless there are no relatives coming to visit during the holidays or holidays, and the family does not ask anyone to work, the quality of life of their family is similar to that of most families in the village.
Zhang An understands the second aunt, because Binzi has just entered college and needs a lot of money. Although the second son, Zhang Xing, is only in junior high school and is a bit playful, his grades are still pretty good.
So she and Uncle Zhang An have high expectations for their two children. Except for necessary expenses, most of the family's income is saved for their two children.
Otherwise, their family could have built a beautiful big house in the village long ago.
Because of this, Zhang Xing heard his eldest brother Zhang An calling him to go over to his house for dinner. He followed without saying a word.
After all, these brothers and sisters all know that the living conditions of the uncle's family are good.
In the past, Wang Fang would often call them and their nephews to have dinner at home.
But later, Zhang An’s second and third aunts may have told the children privately, and they learned to refuse.
Now that there are no adults at home, no matter how playful Zhang Xing is, he will still go home before eating.
Because Zhang An told him that if he went home and solved the problem by himself because he was playful, he would not shout.
Zhang Xing naturally didn't want to go home and make do with hot and dry rice. It was not as fragrant as the food cooked by his aunt, so he stopped playing a little bit.
I have to say that this trick is more effective than shouting everywhere when the second aunt is at home.
“Brother, look, I got a big guy.”
Zhang Xing, who had gone out to play after breakfast, had come back and was very excited to talk to Zhang An.
"Oh my god, why are you going to provoke this thing? You think your life is too long."
Zhang An heard the excited tone of his brother, looked up and found This guy came back with a hive bigger than a pumpkin.
And that's not all. At this moment, Zhang Xing's face has been stung into a pig's head. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a swollen face.
"Hey, I only got stung by two arrows. In fact, I packed my bag, but there was a hole in it that I didn't find. Two arrows were missed, otherwise they wouldn't be able to bite me. Come to me."
Although his face was stung like a pig's head, Zhang Xing said without caring at all.
The kids in the village have long been used to it, especially the boys. For them, this pain is much easier than being beaten by an adult at home.
But if it were a child in the city, it might be another doomsday scenario.
"I haven't seen you for a while, and you've made such a big deal out of me. When the second aunt comes back tomorrow and sees you, she won't beat you hard."
Zhang An checked Zhang Xing's body and found that just as he said, he was only stung in two places, and he felt relieved.
"It's okay. As long as you apply some bee sugar, the swelling will go away. The bee sugar you have is very effective. I was bitten last time too. My mother put some on it and it was fine in a few hours."
Zhang Xing didn't care about this at all. He had been stung by bees countless times since he was a child.
In the village, if you are stung by a bee, you don’t need injections or medicine. You just need to apply some honey. In fact, you don’t need to apply it at all, but it will take a little longer to reduce the swelling.
“Oh? It’s so fast, why didn’t I know.”
Zhang An was still a little confused when he heard this. He had only known that his own honey was delicious, but he had never thought about returning it. It has this effect.
Because he had been stung by a bee before, more than once. Although honey can be used to reduce swelling, it will take at least a day to have an effect after applying it, and it may take two days in severe cases.
But now Zhang Xing actually said that if you apply their honey, it will be fine in a few hours. This is not comparable to ordinary honey.
“You have never been stung by a bee, so of course you don’t know. If you don’t believe it, ask your third uncle. He was stung before, and he just wiped it on and was fine.”
Speaking of this, Zhang Xing felt a little uncomfortable, because he had seen Zhang An picking honeycombs and dividing bees at home before, but neither domestic bees nor wild bees would sting his elder brother.
At this moment, he was thinking in his heart, if he could be like his cousin and bee-free, he would be able to find more honeycombs.
"Then let me get some and put it on you first. Look at your face and your eyes. You can hardly open them."
Zhang An had no doubts about this; I have never found that my own honey has such an effect before. After all, my own honey is not an ordinary thing.
Now that I know it, I can use it more in the future.
“Ouch, you little bastard, why did you get bitten like this?”
When Zhang An went home to get honey, Wang Fang happened to come back from outside and found Zhang Xing’s face swollen. It looked like a pig's head, and I was immediately startled.
“It’s okay, uncle, I was only stung by two arrows, but I made such a big honeycomb with many pupae in it. In a moment, uncle, you can blow it up for us to eat.”< br>
Wang Fang truly loves her nephews and nieces, and there is no trace of hypocrisy in her actions.
But Zhang Xing really didn’t feel too uncomfortable. He only knew that he had made such a big honeycomb, and he would definitely be very proud if he told it.
And he just saw that the honeycomb was full of bee pupae. Thinking of the smell of fried bee pupae, his mouth watered.
"It's okay, Mom. He just looks a little swollen. I'll just put some honey on him and it'll be fine."
At this time, Zhang An also came out with a jar of honey and said to his mother.
"Okay, okay, let me fry it for you. What can I learn? I just learned your brother's bad habit of delicious food. But you are not allowed to do it in the future. Otherwise, even if your mother is not at home, I will I have to whip you."
Seeing that Zhang Xing still looked so stubborn, Wang Fang felt relieved when his son said this again.
"How can we say this is a bad habit? Who doesn't like to eat delicious food? Don't you think so?"
Zhang An was helpless. This is so good, why is it so bad? It's all about myself.
“Yes, no one doesn’t like delicious things, and no one likes bad things.”
Teenagers are the most greedy age group. Zhang Xingye was nothing more than that, nodding his head in agreement. Wang Fang saw that the two brothers were getting lively again and ignored them. She shook her head and returned to the house, preparing to go to the kitchen to get a big bowl and pick out bee pupae.
Zhang An also poured some honey on his hands and spread it on Zhang Xing's face.
You don’t need to apply too much, just a little bit on the stung wound.
Even though the two big bumps on Zhang Xing's face were so swollen, the wounds were very obvious and could be found as soon as he looked for them.
"Hey, this is a black old man's honeycomb. Xingwazi really can't mess with them next time."
Wang Fang took out a big bowl, broke open the honeycomb and started When I was picking bee pupae, I found that although the bee pupae inside were white and fat, they were very big, much larger than ordinary bee pupae. I could tell what bee species they were at a glance.
Hei Laohan is a local name called by the locals. It mostly refers to giant wasps, black wasps and other bees that are huge in size and look darker.
If there are only a few of these bees alone, no matter how large they are, it will be nothing if they sting people, they will just become swollen.
But what is frightening is that once these bees are dispatched, hundreds of them will attack together. It is not just a matter of swelling. Large numbers can sting people directly.
So they have another name, killer bees.
When Wang Fang saw such a big honeycomb, how many black old men there were, he immediately felt afraid for Zhang Xing.
Zhang An took half of the honeycomb and inspected it. Sure enough, it was filled with the bee pupae of the old black man. No wonder Zhang Xing was only stung by two arrows, and he had such a big bag. Logically speaking, the bee pupae of a normal bee The tail needle is not that powerful, and if it is a black old man, it would not be surprising.
"Don't worry, mother-in-law. I burned some grass to drive away the bees, but a few of them didn't fly away. I was careless and got stung."
Although Zhang Xing is young, he is not stupid. If the bees on the honeycomb are not gone, he will not dare to do it.
"Anyway, don't touch this thing in the future. If I find out, I will ask your mother to whip you hard."
Seeing that Zhang Xing still has some unfinished thoughts, Zhang An His eyes widened and he warned him.
“Oh, I know.”
Seeing that his brother didn’t look like a joke, Zhang Xing quickly agreed.
In his heart, it doesn't matter if he gets beaten up, but he can't let Xiao An feel that he is disobedient.
Afterwards, Zhang Xing did not run out to play. Instead, he stayed at home and picked bee pupae with his aunt and brother.
I don’t know if it’s because I want to eat fried bee pupae early, or because my face is swollen like a pig’s head, making it inconvenient to go out and play.
The honeycomb is very big. The big bowl Wang Fang took out just now was already full, but he only picked half of the honeycomb.
So Wang Fang could only change the big bowl into a soup bowl, because the bee pupae could not be kept for too long after leaving the bee colony, so they could only pick them up at once, otherwise it would be very difficult. waste.
Finally, after picking out the bee pupae in the entire hive, he filled a whole soup bowl, which was really a lot.
However, even if there are so many bee pupae that you can’t finish them in one meal, you can still fry them and put them away for your next meal.
"Hey, what's wrong with you."
Su Ying, who came back from school, looked at Zhang Xing with a swollen face and thought she had a guest at home.
The school will start registration tomorrow, and all their staff will have a meeting today. She went there in the morning, and took little Siqi with her.
Xiao Siqi was originally quite familiar with Zhang Xing, his uncle. But after his face grew a little bigger, he no longer recognized him, and stared at Zhang Xing in a daze.
Zhang Xing is quite afraid of this sister-in-law at home, because Su Ying is his teacher. This is a kind of natural suppression, and he has never dared to speak.
"What else can I do? Go out and tease Hei I’m old man.”
Seeing that he didn’t say a word, Zhang An explained his great deeds again.
“I know how to play day by day. I don’t care about playing, but I also go to do dangerous things. You don’t listen to what I usually say to you. You will sign up tomorrow and you have finished your summer homework. No, since you are so leisurely, I will focus on checking your summer homework tomorrow. If you have not finished it, you will pay attention to it then."
As expected, Su Ying's face dropped as soon as she heard this.
Actually, she is usually nice to students, but she is particularly strict with Zhang Tie and Zhang Xing. After all, they are members of her own family, so being strict is not a bad thing.
"Sister-in-law, I have finished my summer homework."
Zhang Xing was like a mouse meeting a cat at this moment, he said tremblingly.
"That's the best."
Su Ying's face improved a little, because she knew that although the two cousins in the family were playful, their studies were still guaranteed. of.
At noon, because of Zhang Xing, the family ate delicious fried bee pupae.
Wang Fang fried all the bee pupae. Before putting them in the oil pan, he specially wrapped them in a layer of flour. They tasted very fragrant and crispy, and then dipped them in five spices. The chili powder was so satisfying that even Xiao Siqi ate a lot of it.
But because he was still young and could not eat too much, Su Ying quickly stopped him.
“Hey, it seems that the swelling is going down pretty quickly.”
Not long after finishing the meal, when Zhang An saw Zhang Xing again, he found that the two big bumps on his face had disappeared a lot.
Originally in the morning, my left eye was so squeezed that I could hardly see through it, but now I can see the eyeball inside.
This is only a short amount of time. I am afraid that I will be able to recover in a few hours. The speed will be much faster than what Zhang Xing said.
But this may be the reason why he took space honey, because all the honey at home was sold out, and the rest was space honey that Zhang An kept for home consumption.
On the second day, primary and secondary schools started registration together.
After more than a month, the student who returned home appeared again on the road in the village.
Zhang An found that the expressions on the faces of these students and children were different, and they seemed to be unhappy and unhappy.
Some students gathered with their classmates, chattering and talking happily. This may be because they have not seen each other for a summer vacation, and they miss them very much.
As for other students, the expressions on their faces looked very depressed, as if they were worried about something, and there was no trace of happiness at all.
Zhang An was also a student when he was a student. Looking at the expressions on their faces, he could guess that these students were probably too playful during the summer vacation and had not finished their summer homework. .
That's why I am so worried and scared right now, and I am thinking about how to fool the teacher who is checking my summer homework later.
(End of this chapter)