Lu Lu suspected that Chen Xiuyu was not here to help find bees, but to pick up mushrooms.
But it has to be said that autumn is the best season for picking mushrooms in Xiaoxing'anling. After summer rainwater and sunshine, mushrooms suitable for growth are produced in large quantities.
The air is crisp in autumn, and the temperature difference between day and night begins to increase. Mushrooms are large in size and have thick flesh, especially the yellow mushrooms and round mushrooms, which are stacked in several layers in the shape of a fan. If you find one, walk up to it and you will see a large one when you lower your head.
This was simply an attempt to tease Chen Xiuyu's excitement.
She picked a few elm mushrooms at the foot of this tree, some black fungus from that rotten wood, a hericium mushroom from this tree, and a nest of hazel mushrooms from that canopy...
Running happily in front of him, she was just too excited to scream.
In the past few days, Hu Qiu knew that there were a lot of wild animals coming down the mountain, especially Chen Xiuyu and the other women. The news about encountering a blind bear on the mountain as close as three stones spread out, and many people who entered the mountain weighed it.
A lot less people dare to go into the mountains.
But not everyone has Chen Xiuyu's luck, and not everyone dares to tickle a blind bear and tie it to its eggs.
With fewer people entering the mountains, there will naturally be more mushrooms around.
Chen Xiuyu was in Caodianzi, but she was always thinking about the things in this large mountainous field. It felt like she was patrolling her own territory.
Lu Lu ignored her and just kept his direction as much as possible, walking around and listening carefully to the movements in the surrounding trees.
Unfortunately, after climbing two hills in a row, the two of them never found it.
This is all four or five miles away.
Lu Ludu began to wonder if he had missed it. After all, he was guessing the direction. Although the Mine Bees mostly walked in a straight line when returning with food, there was no guarantee that they would not turn and change their route due to the mountainous terrain.
After leaving the forest, Lu Lu was resting on the grass at the edge, while Chen Xiuyu was still walking around nearby.
Just when Lu Lu was considering whether to return to the forest and expand the search area, there was a buzzing sound above his head. Instinctively, he looked up and found a black spot that quickly disappeared among the trees on the opposite hillside.
Is it a mine bee?
Lu Lu was a little unsure.
There are many larger bugs in the mountains and forests, and they all make relatively low sounds when flying.
To make sure further, he continued to look up.
After waiting for a while, there was another buzzing sound, and a black dot flew out from the forest on the opposite side.
This time, Lu Lu could see clearly that it was indeed the Mine Bee.
Snakes have snake ways, pigs have pig ways, and mine bees also have their own ways.
He couldn't help but stood up and looked at the hillside opposite. After a while, he saw a returning mine bee throwing itself into the forest on the opposite side.
"Found it!"
This time, he clearly saw the landing point of the Thunder Bee, which was inserted into the gap between the trees from the side of a big oak tree.
"Where is it?"
Hearing Lu Lu's cry, Chen Xiuyu ran back with a basket on her back.
On the way here, she had already picked up half a basket of mushrooms in her basket, and they were all in excellent condition.
Lu Lu smiled at her: "Put the things right here. Come with me and have a look. It's not far."
After he finished speaking, he climbed up the hillside where the big oak tree was.
Chen Xiuyu put down her backpack as instructed and followed carefully.
A few minutes later, Lu Lu and Chen Xiuyu came to the big oak tree. They did not see the mine bee's nest, but they could already hear the sound of the mine bee rising and falling.
Go to the forest to the left of the oak tree, follow the sound and walk only seven or eight meters away, you will find a few small shrubs in the small clearing in the forest.
The two of them could see the Thunder Bees flying out from the roots of a small bush from a distance.
As I got closer, I saw seven or eight mine bees at the base of the bushes, constantly moving soil out, and there were also mine bees that were constantly rising and falling in and out, looking very busy.
They are expanding their hive space.
Looking at the large amount of soil particles that were carried out and accumulated at the entrance and exit of the hive, you can tell that this hive is not small, and there must be up to two hundred Mine Bees in it.
This is a rare large group.
Looking at the mine bees, both of them were a little scared and did not dare to get too close for fear of disturbing the swarm and being attacked.
Lu Lu just glanced at it. After remembering the position, he quickly led Chen Xiuyu back.
"Brother Lu, how do you do this?"
Chen Xiuyu knew that these mine bees had to be exterminated to capture the black bees she kept, but where did the evil reputation of this thing come from? Seeing this swarm now, she was scared just thinking about it.
If you saw this in normal times, you would definitely stay away from it.
It is not uncommon for someone to step on a mine bee and be chased and stung until their entire body is deformed.
"Come here at night and burn it with fire..." Lu Lu didn't have any good ideas.
"They are hidden under the ground. How do you burn them? If you want to burn them, you have to dig them out. They are at the base of the tree, so it is not easy to dig them out. If you are disturbed, they will come out immediately!" Chen Xiuyu was a little worried!
Worry.
When Lu Lu heard this, he frowned slightly.
The swarm of mine bees burned in Zhang Guangcai Ridge last time was overturned by cannon eggs to expose the hive. It is of course easy to burn them with fire.
But now, if they want to burn it with fire, they have to dig out the hive. If they don't dig it out, they don't know how long it will take.
Digging out the honeycomb is the most dangerous thing.
As Chen Xiuyu said, once disturbed, even in the dark, the mine bees in the hive will immediately rush out. When it is dark, the mine bees fly around and bump into each other, making it difficult for people to see and more likely to be stung.
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He thought for a while, sighed softly and said: "It would be great if there was a fuse. That would be a good thing. Get a piece of fuse, light it and stuff it through the entrance of the hive, closing the hole.
If it's blocked, the smoke will easily stun these mine bees, so you can just dig them out..."
"The fuse? Is it the thing used to detonate explosives?" Chen Xiuyu asked uncertainly.
"Yeah!" Lu Lu nodded.
"I know who has it!" Chen Xiuyu laughed.
"Who has it?" Lu Lu asked quickly.
He originally planned to ask Zhang Shaofeng. As the security director, he was in charge of such a group of militiamen and the distributed guns and ammunition. He might have them somewhere.
But now, militiamen rarely use explosives.
Using fuses to index explosives is more commonly used in places such as quarries and mines.
Now that Chen Xiuyu said that someone had it, Lu Lu was naturally surprised. It would be convenient to ask someone for it directly, or spend a little money to buy some.
"Liu Bao...he must have it!"
Chen Xiuyu laughed and said: "He used to work in the coal mine in Hegang and brought back some explosives. The winter before last, he used explosives to blow up the blind bear squatting in the warehouse."
"Use explosives to blow up the blind bear squatting in the warehouse..."
Liu Bao, whom Lu Lu knew, was also a member of the militia. He was about the same age as Chen Xiuqing. He happened to be one of several militia brothers that Lu Lu knew well. He was a very fun and noisy person.
It is not strange for Lu Lu to use explosives to blow up wild animals. These days, there are many people who use explosives to blow up wild boars, big claws and blind bears.
It's just that this operation is a little bit awkward!
It's not that the method doesn't work, the key is that this thing is more dangerous, and often after the prey is exploded, what good is left?
"The year before last, he heard someone said that a blind bear squatting in a barn was found in the mountains, so he made an appointment with two people in the village, brought a chain saw, and looked for it together. When they got to the mountains, they also found the big tree hole. They saw that there was frost at the entrance of the hole.
I knew that Blind Bear was still in the tree hole.
Together, the three of them planned to throw explosives into the tree hole, which would hit the blind bear's buttocks. After the explosion, the blind bear would be a cripple even if he didn't die, and might be able to directly collapse the tree hole. If the tree hole didn't collapse, it wouldn't be possible.
It can be cut open with a chain saw... So I lit a tube of dynamite and threw it into the hole.
As a result, the explosives thrown out were blocked by the branches at the entrance of the cave. They did not throw it in and fell to the roots of the tree. The three of them were so frightened that they got up and hid far away. After the explosion, they came back after seeing that there was no movement. Just as they were preparing
When it exploded again, the blind bear climbed out of the tree hole above and chased the three of them.
The three of them were so frightened that they ran away and were chased by Blind Bear for a while, but Xu Pao from Huilongtun also met and rescued Xu Pao who was going to kill Blind Bear."
Chen Xiuyu said it with great joy.
Lu Lu also wanted to laugh when he heard this, but after thinking about it carefully, he said, "It's actually a pretty good idea."
For skilled hunters, they always want to wake up the blind bear squatting in the barn and irritate it so that the bile in the body can flow back into the gallbladder. This way the bear bile will be fuller and heavier, and of course more valuable.
But for ordinary people, they don't think so much. Anyway, after killing the blind bear, you can always get the bile. Even if the bile is of poor quality and sells for less money, it is still money!
In a word, being able to kill someone is a gain.
When it comes to making money, everyone has their own tricks, but there are so many things to pay attention to.
Since Liu Bao has it, you might as well go to Xiushan Tun to ask him. There is a fuse and it will be easier to use.
In fact, even if there is no fuse, Lu Lu has another way. Chen Xiuqing is getting reloaded ammunition. He has a lot of gunpowder there. Ask him for some. Then get some newspapers and put the gunpowder on the paper.
Rolling it up, setting it on fire and stuffing it into a honeycomb, it can also stun these mine bees.
However, this effect is not as good as that of fuse.
The main reason is that when Lu Lu thought of stunning these mine bees, he had another idea in mind.
Use these mine bees to make a good jar of mee wine.
Bee venom is a good thing, a good medicine for treating rheumatism.
In later generations, the price of extracted bee venom will be no worse than gold.
A jar of bee wine is not cheap either.
However, extracting bee venom is very dangerous and troublesome. It is not easy to operate and preserve it under current conditions. The key is that these days, not many people realize the benefits of bee venom and it is not worth the money.
Unlike in later generations, there were people who specialized in finding wasps, selling bee pupae, and making wine, and even risked their lives for it.
Get a jar and soak it, use it occasionally, it's good for your body.
When you travel to the mountains all year round, you are most likely to suffer from ailments, so you need to take care of them from time to time.
The bee swarm had been found, and the two of them returned directly to Caodianzi without stopping along the way.
There are still a swarm of Mine Bees and a swarm of Sky Thunder Fronts that have not been found.
The couple once again found the direction and searched all the way.
This time, things didn't go so smoothly. The forest was so dense that it was difficult for Lu Lu to see anything from above his head. He just blindly searched in the forest along the straight line of the Thunder Bee's return home.
After spending a lot of time, they still couldn't find the location of the swarm of mine bees. Seeing that it was already late, the two had no choice but to return home.
Dinner was simple. They heated up the braised rice dumplings made by Aunt Duan and the unfinished chicken stewed at noon. The two of them ate and drank happily. Chen Xiuyu stayed at home to feed the lynx cubs and the flying dragons.
There are also mushrooms picked up that need to be processed.
Lu Luze asked Zhui Feng to ride to Xiushan Tun.
Pretending to ask Chen Xiuqing for gunpowder if he couldn't get the fuse, Lu Lu went directly to Liu Bao's house first.