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Chapter 206 Su Xiaoxiao Discovers a "New World"

If Su Xiaoxiao encounters this queen bee, wouldn't that mean she can start keeping bees?

She was thrilled, thinking that it would be wonderful to be able to eat honey without limit in the future.

Su Xiaoxiao took a small net and slowly approached the queen bee. Fortunately, she was quick enough not to disturb the surrounding bees. The queen bee was about to be captured and put into the cage.

Everything went incredibly smoothly; Su Xiaoxiao captured the queen bee, but she couldn't take the swarm with her.

Su Xiaoxiao had to prepare several beehives, put the queen bee into the beehives, and then wait for the bee colonies to enter the beehives together to meet the queen bee.

Su Xiaoxiao immediately decided that she had to go find Brother Wang Er and ask him to help her order a few beehives.

Su Xiaoxiao asked Pei Yuan to watch over the queen bee while she quickly ran to Wang Er's house, where Wang Er was doing carpentry work in the yard.

"Brother Wang, could you make me a few wooden beehives..."

Su Xiaoxiao gestured with her hands to show the size of the beehive, "You can build a few more wooden frames inside so the bees can build their nests there."

"Can you keep bees? Xiaoxiao, that's too dangerous. Bee stings hurt a lot. Aren't you afraid?"

Su Xiaoxiao replied with a smile, "It's alright, Brother Wang, just do it for me. As long as we don't provoke them, it'll be fine. I've already caught the queen bee, and now we're just waiting for the beehive to be used. Brother Wang, hurry up."

The queen bee has now been caught by Su Xiaoxiao and is waiting for the hive, since the other bees won't wait.

Wang Er listened to Su Xiaoxiao's every word. Although he didn't quite understand, he immediately started sawing wood.

Su Xiaoxiao helped out, while Wang Er was in charge of sawing the wood. The two of them were sweating profusely, and finally, the three simple beehives were finished.

Su Xiaoxiao took the beehive and ran towards her family's rapeseed field.

Su Xiaoxiao ran like the wind, panting as she asked Pei Yuan.

"How are you? Are you still there, those bees?"

Pei Yuan nodded. Su Xiaoxiao saw that Pei Yuan had been dutifully guarding the spot, not daring to move an inch.

Others who wanted to come and watch the excitement were also stopped by Su Xiaoxiao.

The Emperor called out to Su Xiaoxiao from a distance, "Boss Su, be careful, those bees can sting!"

The other onlookers were all talking at once, saying that it would have been better if the bees had chased them away, so why bother them?
They couldn't understand it either, so Pei Yuan explained to them in a low voice, "It's for beekeeping."

"What? Not only do you not drive them away, but you also want to keep them? Has Su Xiaoxiao gone mad?"

Pei Yuan glared at them, thinking to himself, "What do you ignorant children know?" Actually, he didn't know either, as he was worried that Su Xiaoxiao would get stung by the bees.

Su Xiaoxiao turned around and shushed the people, then turned back to catch bees.

At this moment, the onlookers quieted down. Some people were worried that Su Xiaoxiao would anger the bees and be attacked, so they all kept their distance.

Su Xiaoxiao picked up the queen bee from the net and put it into the beehive. Then she placed the beehive next to the buzzing bees and said to everyone, "Go back to your work and stop watching here."

After shooing everyone away, Su Xiaoxiao said to them, "Let's all go over there and harvest first, instead of crowding around here."

When everyone returned that evening, they discovered that the two beehives Su Xiaoxiao had brought were already full of bees.

Su Xiaoxiao felt quite lucky this time; at least she didn't have to go deep into the mountains to find the queen bee. It must be because the rapeseed flowers in the fields were in bloom that the bees were attracted here.

Since they had met, Su Xiaoxiao felt it was fate.

From now on, at least when it comes to eating honey, we won't have to worry about it anymore.

Su Xiaoxiao came to the beehives fully armed this time.

The next day, Su Xiaoxiao wore a headscarf, long sleeves and a long coat, and covered her head with a cloth bag, leaving only her eyes showing.

Pei Yuan, along with the Emperor and Eunuch Liu, followed behind Su Xiaoxiao. They really didn't understand why she had to go to such lengths if she wanted honey; she could have just bought it.

However, Su Xiaoxiao felt that making honey was both delicious and hygienic.

That will make it much more convenient if I want to eat honey anytime in the future.

"You all stay away from me for a while, and don't shout loudly, or you'll disturb the bees."

Su Xiaoxiao gave instructions to the people behind her. Her outfit was already funny enough, but she still insisted on saying such things.

Pei Yuan stepped forward and said, "Xiaoxiao, leave this matter to me. I'm worried that something might go wrong if you go by yourself."

Su Xiaoxiao wasn't that pretentious, but this was her first time doing something like this, and she was actually quite nervous.

Su Xiaoxiao discovered that the swarm of bees had already filled the three beehives she had brought.

The bottom of the beehive has ventilation holes, and there is a place inside where the queen bee can stay. This is actually to prevent the queen bee from going to other beehives to lay eggs.

Su Xiaoxiao slowly moved the three large beehives onto her oxcart, and after loading them, she prepared to take them home.

Pei Yuan quickly came over to help drive the oxcart. The group carefully made their way back to Su Xiaoxiao's house, as if they were carrying a time bomb.

Su Xiaoxiao placed the three beehives in the backyard, which was large enough to accommodate them.

In that case, we can just sit back and wait to collect the honey.

The rapeseed that Su Xiaoxiao and her team collected has now been taken to the threshing ground to dry, and they are currently preparing to thresh it.

If Su Xiaoxiao doesn't have time to harvest the rapeseed, it will probably go to waste, since rapeseed can be used to make oil.

The group of workers hired by Su Xiaoxiao were using sticks to thresh the rapeseed in the threshing ground. The rapeseed slowly popped out of the shells growing on the rapeseed stalks, and the crackling sound was like firecrackers being set off during the Chinese New Year.

After the rapeseed stalks were dried, they could be used as fuel for fires. They were piled up high and left aside. Looking around, Su Xiaoxiao saw a scene of joyful harvest everywhere.

The black rapeseed is collected by the workers, sifted clean, and then sifted again before it is used to make rapeseed oil.

Then the next round of separation from work began.

When it comes to oil extraction, it's usually rapeseed oil, which has a low oil content and is suitable for stir-frying.

However, in this era, people did not know that rapeseed could be pressed for oil. In fact, they did not understand why Su Xiaoxiao was collecting such black rapeseed.

The Emperor naturally didn't understand, but Eunuch Liu, who knew a little common sense, stared wide-eyed and curiously grabbed a handful of black rapeseed. "Can this stuff be pressed for oil? Isn't it just ordinary rapeseed?"

(End of this chapter)