Summer afternoons are particularly drowsy.

At this time, Yun Xiaotang was taking a nap in the room with her arms around Xiao Ping An, and Xiao Ping An's little hand was still on her face.

Zhao Tian'er was lying in his room, already sound asleep.

At this time, the courtyard door was pushed open, and Zhao Xueer and Dou Hongxia came back. Their bamboo baskets were filled with red hawthorns.

As soon as they put down the bamboo basket, they both breathed a sigh of relief, filled a basin of water, took turns washing their faces, and drank a large glass of well water before they felt relieved.

Coming down from the mountain, the closer you get to the village, the hotter you feel, and you break out in sweat with every step you take.

After sitting in the yard and resting for a while, Zhao Xueer took the lead in taking a few hawthorns, washed them, and tasted them with Dou Hongxia.

"Hey, you, this thing is so sour~"

Holding a hawthorn fruit in her hand, Zhao Xueer covered her mouth, feeling that her teeth were numb with soreness.

Looking at the hawthorn in her hand, she remembered the candied haws she bought on the streets of Beijing after she went to Beijing in her previous life. The hawthorn was wrapped in syrup and she bit into it. It tasted sour and sweet.

This hawthorn is not covered in syrup, but it is very sour.

Dou Hongxia saw Zhao Xueer's reaction and took a bite of the hawthorn in her hand. It was indeed very sour.

She had seen a vendor selling candied haws in the village before, which was made from hawthorn and sugar. But now there is no sugar at home. Sugar is not only expensive, but also requires sugar stamps to buy sugar.

sugar……

Dou Hongxia thought about this problem, oh, yes!

She suddenly thought of the wild honey found in the mountains.

"Xueer, these hawthorns are really sour, but they are especially delicious when wrapped in sugar and made into candied haws. Since these are all sweet and there is no sugar, honey can be used. The wild honey we discovered before may be

It can be used."

Zhao Xueer thought it made sense when she heard it. She was thinking about the wild honey.

Now that you have discovered something good, there is no reason to give up. Of course, you have to find a way to get it.

"Auntie, you are right, that wild honey is a good thing. I want to think about how to get it first."

Dou Hongxia nodded. The key point was that the wild bees were too ferocious, so we had to consider the long term.

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Inside the room, Yun Xiaotang felt something pressing on her face. When she opened her eyes and woke up, she saw a small hand.

Taking away Xiaopingan's hand, she stretched out her hand and gently poked Xiaopingan's face. Xiaopingan turned over, did not wake up, and continued to sleep.

Yun Xiaotang smiled and heard something moving in the yard. She picked up the quilt and placed it on the edge of the bed to prevent Xiaopingan from accidentally falling when he turned over.

Then she put on her shoes and left the room.

In the yard, Zhao Xueer was washing hawthorn with Dou Hongxia.

As soon as Yun Xiaotang walked to the yard, she saw red hawthorns all over the yard. She reached out and picked up a washed hawthorn. When she was about to take a bite, she was stopped by Zhao Xueer.

"Hey, don't eat it, it's sour."

Looking at the hawthorn in her hand, Yun Xiaotang reluctantly put it down.

At this time, Zhao Tian'er also came out of the room. He also picked up a hawthorn fruit and took a bite. Neither Zhao Xue'er nor Yun Xiaotang had time to stop him.

"Ah~ It's so sour. What kind of fruit is this?" Zhao Tian'er's whole face wrinkled up because of sourness.

Seeing her brother's weird look, Zhao Xueer was angry and funny.

"This is a wild hawthorn picked from the mountain. You cannot eat it directly. It will be too sour if you eat it directly."

Several people were talking in the yard. After a while, the radio rang and it was time to go to work.

Dou Hongxia went to Yun Xiaotang's room, picked up Xiao Ping'an, walked out of the room, put her into a bamboo basket, and then carried the bamboo basket on her back.

Yun Xiaotang glanced at the bamboo basket and saw that Xiao Ping'an was still sleeping.

Lock the door and go to work.

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At noon the next day, Zhao Xueer dug out old fishing nets from the debris pile in the yard, found some old clothes and put them into bamboo baskets.

Afterwards, she assisted Dou Hongxia by wrapping firewood together with soft vines to make a homemade torch.

After everything was ready, they headed towards the mountains to get wild honey.

The purpose of going up the mountain this time was very clear. The two of them barely stopped on the way. When passing by a small bamboo forest, Zhao Xueer cut down two bamboos and dragged the bamboo poles to the location of the big tree.

Soon the two of them arrived under the tree and looked up at the honeycomb on the branch of the tree. The wild bees were so densely packed around it that it made one's scalp numb.

Zhao Xueer and Dou Hongxia first wrapped their exposed arms and legs with old clothes, and then wrapped their heads with old fishing nets.

Then Zhao Xueer erected a bamboo pole to compare the height, and cut off a section with an axe. Then she tied a homemade torch to the bamboo pole, took out a match, and lit the torch.

Holding the bamboo pole, extend the extended torch under the hive to smoke the bees.

The thick smoke was choking, and bees kept coming out of the hive, making a "buzzing" sound. After circling the hive, they flew to other places.

"Auntie, you hold the torch and continue to smoke down there. I'm afraid the bees will fly back. I'll climb up the tree first and get the honey."

Passing the torch to Dou Hongxia, Zhao Xueer picked up the bamboo basket and was about to climb up the tree. On the way, there were one or two bees flying around that had not yet left. Zhao Xueer was so shocked that she could not move.

Fortunately, the torch was still burning, and the bees flew away in a daze.

At this time, Zhao Xueer had already climbed to the branch of the tree. She took out a knife from the bamboo basket and carefully cut the honey spleen. After cutting off the honey spleen, she put it into the bamboo basket and quickly came down from the tree.

"Auntie, I got it. Let's leave quickly to prevent the bees from coming back again."

After extinguishing the torch, the two people quickly left the place.

After walking a long way, they took off their simple protective equipment, pulled a few shrub leaves and placed them on the bamboo basket, and then the two slowed down.

As soon as she got home, Zhao Xueer couldn't wait to take a look at the honey spleen. The golden wild honey inside made her want to take a bite just by looking at it.

She was so close that she could smell the sweet aroma of honey.

Wrap the honey spleen with clean gauze and push out the honey with both hands. Drops of honey dripped from under the gauze and fell into the clean ceramic jar.

Zhao Xueer didn't let go until the last drop of honey was squeezed out. Now there was a jar full of honey.

It's just such a jar of honey, but it's so precious.

She took a ladle and scooped a spoonful into a large kettle, put warm water in it, mixed it into honey water, and placed it on the table in the main room for several children to drink.

After that, I went to the kitchen, heated the pot, poured a few spoonfuls of honey into the pot to boil the syrup, and poured the hawthorn fruits into the pot until the fruits were completely coated in syrup.

"Auntie, try it first and see how it tastes."

Putting the candies on a plate, Zhao Xueer asked Dou Hongxia, who was peeling bamboo sticks in the yard, to taste them.

Each hawthorn fruit is coated in golden syrup, which looks tempting and delicious.

Dou Hongxia put down her hand, walked over, took a candy bar and took a bite. The syrup was mixed with the pulp of the hawthorn, which was sweet and sour, sour and sweet. The candy bar made with wild bees had a very different taste.

"Xue'er, this tastes pretty good. I've finally made the candied haws."

Zhao Xueer was overjoyed after hearing this. She had just tasted one and she thought it tasted good. But everyone has different acceptance levels of sweet and sour. Now Aunt Dou also thinks it tastes good, which is a success.

At this time, Dou Hongxia also cut the bamboo skewers and used the bamboo skewers to string the candy canes, and the homemade candied haws was completed.

Yun Xiaotang, who got up after taking a nap, saw the candied haws on a plate on the table in the main room as soon as he walked out of the room.
Chapter completed!