Zhang An saw Zhou Yang cowering at the door and did not dare to come in, and knew that he was afraid of bee stings before.
"Where can there be bees that don't sting? Don't coax me."
Zhou Yang didn't believe Zhang An's words. There were no bees in the local area that didn't sting.
"What are you afraid of? Look at me sitting here and they don't even bite me."
Zhang An stood up, stretched out his hand, and turned it around to show him, before Zhou Yang walked in doubtfully.
When he walked to Zhang An, a swarm of bees began to surround him.
He thought he was going to be stung, but he didn't expect the bees to just stick to him for a while and then fly to Zhang An.
"Look, what am I trying to do to coax you? Our bees won't sting if you don't mess with them, but if you hit one, there might be a swarm of bees chasing you and stinging you."
Zhang An is absolutely confident in his own bees, otherwise he would not dare to keep them near the house.
"This rapeseed has just bloomed, and there is already so much honey?"
From two boxes of bees, Zhang An collected three to four kilograms of honey.
"This must be last year's Chenmi. During the cold weather, I confiscated it because I was afraid that they would not be enough to eat. I didn't expect that they were not finished and there was so much left."
From the original two boxes of bees, Zhang An found three queen bees, so he divided them into three more boxes.
Now that the rapeseed fields are blooming, many bees have gone out to collect honey and have not yet returned.
Zhang An planned to put them in the cherry forest first and wait for the other bees to come back to collect honey in a few days.
Wait until the number of bees in each box is almost the same, then move it to the river.
"Uncle, do you have any leftover mutton? I want to buy some."
"There are some more. You can just go and get them later. Why did you suddenly think of getting some mutton?"
Zhang An was quite curious. Everyone in the village liked pork more than mutton, even Zhou Yang's family was no exception.
"Hey, my aunt is bringing Chen Wenwen and her parents over tomorrow to see how our family is doing."
Chen Wenwen was the girl in Maomaoqing Village who was on a blind date with Zhou Yang. When Zhang An heard this, he raised his eyebrows.
"Hey, this is finally done."
Generally on a blind date, two people randomly choose one of them to meet first.
If both parties are satisfied, the introducer will tell both parties.
Then the two families will go to each other's house to see the situation. If they are satisfied, they will start to discuss the terms and set them.
The relative who told Zhou Yang that she was close to him was Zhou Yang's aunt.
She must treat Zhou Yang, her nephew's lifelong event, as a top priority.
After the last blind date, these two people also saw each other right.
This girl doesn't think Zhou Yang is fat like others.
Some of the chefs who cook are not fat.
Although Zhou Yang stayed in the village, he still had cooking skills and made a lot of money in the village last year.
Therefore, Chen Wenwen's parents are quite satisfied with him. In other words, if he can't make money in the village in the future.
You can also rely on this cooking skill to help others cook outside or open a small restaurant of your own. There are opportunities.
Such a family can be considered a good family, and the daughter will not have too hard a life after marrying into it.
So with Aunt Zhou Yang's lobbying, the two families finally settled the matter.
This time the Chen family came to visit Zhou Yang's house, mainly for a formality.
Next, we will talk about conditions such as betrothal gifts and dowry, as long as they are not too excessive.
The relationship between Zhou Yang and Chen Wenwen is basically a done deal.
"This is a good thing. Whatever you want to cook tomorrow, just go to our house and get it. Don't be polite to me. I'm waiting to have a drink."
Based on the situation at Zhou's sister-in-law's house, Zhang An estimated that something good was coming for Zhou Yang, and since they met on a blind date like this, they would get married soon.
Zhang An finished the work of sorting the bees and moved the beehives to the nearby eaves.
"Okay, I'll finish it here and go back first. If you want anything, just come and get it yourself."
Zhang An locked the door of the old house, greeted Zhou Yang, and prepared to run away with the bucket.
On the way home, Zhang An saw several tricycles pulling things into the village from a distance.
Although they were far apart, Zhang An could still see clearly that the top was made of cement, sand and bricks.
Which family is planning to build a house and bringing in so many materials?
But building a house is a big deal, and even if you don't know the family well, the news should have spread throughout the village.
"Mom, I collected a few more kilograms of honey bee sugar. Remember to filter it later."
"I'll take it and filter it now."
When Wang Fang heard her son shouting, she came out and took the bucket of honey from Zhang An's hand.
"What's going on with the bees? I didn't see them scratching outside the box last year."
"Nothing's wrong, it's just that a few big queen bees appeared in the box, and they were trying to separate their families. I divided them into several boxes and put them in them, and everything was fine."
"It turns out that these bees will separate when they grow up. I thought something got into our beehive, but they didn't dare to go in."
Wang Fang didn't know about the bee-splitting fever, but Zhang An told her about it and she knew it.
In the past two days, more and more swallows have returned north, and they can be seen everywhere in the sky.
I don’t know if Yanzi will publicize it or what, ever since the family rescued the Yanzi couple that day.
There were more swallows at home. When Zhang An came back, he found that several pairs of swallows had been coming in and out of the yard.
Busy figures one after another were carrying mud and grass under the eaves of Zhang An's house, busy building nests.
When Zhang An first got up and washed up in the morning, he hadn't even seen them yet.
It was only now that I came back from the old house that I discovered their presence.
"Mom, there are new swallows coming to our house."
"It came in the morning, but you didn't notice it."
Yanzi is no more thief than his hometown, Wang Fang's face is very happy.
As the saying goes, "Swallows, rich and noble birds, will not fall into the Aimen family".
It is said that swallows, such spiritual birds, only like to build nests in harmonious and clean homes.
They are not willing to go to a house where people often quarrel and get upset.
Because it is very noisy, it affects the breeding of swallows' offspring.
This is really true. When Zhang An first heard this sentence, he observed it carefully.
Most of the families in the village where swallows build their nests are quite harmonious, and even quarrels only happen occasionally.
On the contrary, there are those families who like to curse every day, such as Li Laifu and a few others in the village.
Those old women like to curse in the yard every day, either at outsiders or at their own family members.
Under the eaves of such a house, those swallows really don't want to build nests.
When lunch was about to begin, Zhang Jianguo came back from buying piglets.
When Zhang Jianguo got up this morning, his uncle came over with someone from the village and asked him to go to the town to buy piglets.
Zhang An originally wanted to go with him because it would be convenient to drive the piglets.
But the old uncle said no, he drove a carriage and could bring everyone's purchases back together, so Zhang An did not follow.
Zhang An could see at a glance that among the piglets in the pig cages, three were particularly eye-catching.
Because these piglets are very small, just like puppies.
This is a local breed in Guizhou Province, called fragrant pig.
"Hey, who bought this fragrant pig?"
Zhang An saw it at this time and remembered that there was such a thing. He really didn't remember it in the past two years.
Now that I saw it, I actually wanted to raise it.
The fragrant pig is small in size, so many people in later generations bought it back and kept it as pet pigs.
"Hahaha, this is your family. Who else in the village is willing to raise this thing?"
The old uncle listened to Zhang An's question and answered him with a smile.
"Xiao An, our family bought this."
Zhang Jianguo said with a look of helplessness, and it seemed that there was something else going on.
While carrying the pig, he explained the matter to Zhang An.
It turned out that when Zhang Jianguo and others went to see the piglets, they saw a small fragrant pig next to them.
Then everyone gathered together to take a look, and Zhang Jianguo casually asked the price.
Unexpectedly, the boss selling piglets immediately chatted with Zhang Jianguo enthusiastically when he heard Zhang Jianguo's inquiry.
He was worried that these little fragrant pigs could not be sold. There were many people coming to see them all morning.
But no one asked about the price. Zhang Jianguo was the first one to ask.
So the boss didn't want to let go of such a potential customer, so he immediately got involved with him.
Zhang Jianguo was not good at talking to himself, but he met this businessman who could speak like a lotus.
He was no match for Boss Pig, and he was quickly ensnared by others.
He kept selling this little fragrant pig to him, even though Zhang Jianguo wanted to refuse several times.
But before he could say anything, Boss Pig stole his words.
Someone else might have just left, but Zhang Jianguo really felt embarrassed to leave.
In the end, in order for Zhang Jianguo to buy these fragrant pigs, the boss even took the initiative to lower the price.
Otherwise, their family specializes in selling piglets, and they definitely don’t want to keep the piglets for themselves.
Moreover, Boss Pig’s family has already sold a lot of these small pigs. These are the last few, and they all make a profit.
Seeing the boss selling the pig so cheaply, Zhang Jianguo suspected that there was something wrong with the piglet.
When the piglet seller heard this, he quickly explained.
He has been selling piglets in Hongyan Town, but he can't get a bad reputation because of this.
Finally, I told Zhang Jianguo that it was because these were the last few and Zhang Jianguo was the one who took the initiative to inquire about the price.
In the past, Zhang Jianguo bought piglets from him every year, so he was giving a discount to an old acquaintance.
For this reason, Zhang Jianguo was given a preferential price even with the native piglets that he had previously been optimistic about.
The pig boss has repeatedly assured that these pigs are absolutely healthy. If there is a problem with the pigs, he will go directly to their home.
Zhang Jianguo thought so. After all, his family was there and it would be easy to find any problems.
And Zhang An really likes playing with these things, and these little piglets don't cost much anyway.
The boss lowered the price so much that I just bought it.
The roast suckling pig that people often talk about is this kind of fragrant pig.
Its meat is much more delicious than that of pork, and many people like it.
Although this fragrant pig is a local breed, not many locals raise it.
Because of this thing, every time I eat, I eat less, and I basically don’t see any gains every day.
Not to mention looking at it the next day, even if you look at it every other week, you may not be able to tell that the pig has grown.
Moreover, these pigs are not very big as adults, with the largest one only weighing around eighty pounds.
What do ordinary people nowadays raise pigs for? It’s not just for their own food.
Most of them are used to fatten pigs and sell them to dealers to make money.
So this fragrant pig grows so slowly, it definitely doesn’t meet everyone’s requirements.
Basically, normal people who raise pigs will buy piglets, and they would rather buy native piglets than fragrant pigs.
Because the care of pigs is casual and simple, just lock them up and feed them a few meals a day, and the meat on their bodies will grow rapidly.
As for fragrant pigs, they cannot be raised in a cage.
The quality of the captive-bred fragrant pork is inelastic, and it will definitely not be able to compete with other fragrant pigs.
They have to be raised free-range in the mountains. This is called wild boar, and the meat they produce is of the highest quality.
So this is one of the reasons why people are reluctant to raise them.
The last factor is the issue of sales.
Pork from pigs is the most commonly eaten meat.
So when pork dealers come to collect pigs, they come for the meat pigs.
There is no lack of market for the meat pigs and local pigs that everyone raises. People come to buy them even if they are kept at home.
Fragrant pork is different. Fragrant pork is very expensive and few people can afford it.
Generally, people who specialize in raising fragrant pigs have their own special sales, so they don't have to worry about being overwhelmed.
It is not easy for normal people to sell them after raising them.
"This pig is a good buy. We don't want to sell it, so we raise it ourselves. Anyway, we don't lack room for it to run around."
Zhang An looked at these three little fragrant pigs and felt very satisfied.
I just took a closer look and found one male and two females, and neither of them have gelded.
Zhang An is even happier now, so that he can use the space to keep them breeding in the future.
From now on, you can roast suckling pig whenever you want at home.
And there are sheep at home, roasting whole sheep, roasting suckling pig, etc.
Seeing Zhang An so happy, Zhang Jianguo felt that the money was not wasted.
My son likes to play around, but it doesn't matter even if he doesn't grow up.
Zhang An chose a room at the far end of the pen for these little pigs and locked them up first.
Zhang An will not let them out now without being domesticated in space.
Wait until night to train them.
There's no need to worry about it then. Anyway, there is a huge area behind Zhang An's house.
There are no trees here, but they are all covered with grass.
It was a place where Zhang An specially stayed to let the animals in his family have fun.
Zhang An had previously built a large fence to surround the open space behind.
After unloading Zhang An's pig cage, the old uncle was going to drive into the village to distribute pigs to other families.
"Uncle, don't leave yet, have a sip of tea before you go."
Zhang An had already poured a cup of herbal tea and came out. When he saw the old uncle was about to leave, he called out.
Zhang Jianwen was not polite, tied the reins, and drank a glass of water at Zhang's house first.
They went out in the morning and didn't even bother to buy some water on the street.
So I'm very thirsty now. We're all in the village anyway, so it's okay to send the pigs there slowly.
My uncle's family followed the old rules this year, buying two piglets to raise, killing one to celebrate the New Year, and then selling one at the end of the year.
Last year when Zhang An's family was killing the New Year pig, Zhang Jianwen took some back to eat at home.
He found that the local pork tasted much more fragrant than the white pork.
So I won’t buy any white pigs this year. I will raise local pigs like Zhang An’s family and eat local pork during the Chinese New Year.