Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Lian Fang Zhou asked Lian Ze to wait and carefully walked towards the bee swarm, with her arms wide.
Ah Jian whispered, “Be careful!” and followed her.

Lian Fang Zhou looked at the bottom of the maple tree and sighed softly.

Sure enough, as she expected, there were many bees that could no longer hold on and had fallen dead to the ground.
After a few more days, the bees in the tree would join them.

“To raise bees, don’t you need beehives? We don’t have any at the moment!” Ah Jian whispered.

“True.” Lian Fang Zhou thought for a while and then suggested, “Couldn’t we make one off the shelf? We can use bamboo and put some big leaves at the bottom.”

Cut the bamboo apart and then cut it into pieces.
Without nails, they could use ratten to twist it!

It doesn’t need to be beautiful, or even very durable, as long as the bees could be installed as whole to avoid surprises.
They could make better arrangements after they returned home.
It was winter now and the bees were slow, so it was relatively safe to do.

Ah Jian heard her suggestion and nodded, smiling.
“Alright, this should be easy.”

Lian Fang Zhou was very happy.

Ah Jian and Lian Ze went to chop the bamboo while Lian Fang Zhou took the two small ones to look for tough vines to weave.

The mountains were rich with resources and everything was readily available.
Soon, all the material was collected.

Working together, Lian Fang Zhou explained the size of the temporary beehive while Ah Jian cut the pieces.
As he assembled them, Lian Fang Zhou and the others continued to cut the bamboo.

After about half an hour, they had a simple beehive.

Large leaves were placed on the bottom and walking carefully, Lian Fang Zhou and Ah Jian approached the swarm and gently packed the entire bee colony inside.
Everyone was relieved.

“That’s it! Let’s go back and nail it with a good nail and a wooden board and get them some sugar to eat.
As long as it’s winter, it will be fine!” Lian Fang Zhou was very satisfied.

“I understand!” Ah Juan took the hive that Lian Fang Zhou was holding into his arms.

When they went out, they carefully placed the beehive at the bottom of the bamboo basket and placed several layers of leaves on the surface before putting in the stumps.

They put their prey at the bottom of the other basket and also covered it with leaves.

Back at the entrance of the village, Lian Fang Qing and Lian Che refused to go back first and wanted to help plant the fruit trees.

Lian Fang Zhou thought that although the two of them were very young, they could help plant the trees faster, so she did not insist that they go home.

The group climbed to the top of Xiaohauguo Mountain and continued to plant according to their work from yesterday.

With two more people, they finished almost twice as quickly!

On the way home, the siblings joked and discussed how to make a proper beehive.
Didn’t they just make a cowshed a few days ago? There were many boards and nails left over, perfect for a small construction project.

From a distance, they saw a carriage parked in front of their house with half a curtain of sapphire blue flowers.

“Huh, we have guests?” Lian Fang Qing asked, with wide eyes.
The little girl couldn’t figure out when they had ever had such a guest before?

It was a real horse cart, not a donkey!

Moving closer, Lian Fang Zhou and Ah Jian could see the ‘Zhao’ character on the carriage and exchanged a glance.
Lian Fang Zhou was confused and dissatisfied while Ah Jian looked angry and a little guilty.

It seems that it must belong to Zhao Ru Jun’s house in the city.

Seven out of ten, it was the girl who liked to call ‘Brother Ah Jian, Xi Que!

Lian Fang Zhou had only just finished muttering in her heart when the magpie noticed them, yelling “Brother Ah Jian!” softly and twisting as she walked like a snake.

Lian Fang Zhou felt goosebumps slowly climb over her body, gradually spreading, and Lian Ze felt the same.
Lian Fang Qing and Lian Che also felt very uncomfortable and they looked at Xi Que, unhappy.

“Brother Ah Jian, why are you just coming back?” Xi Que winked at Ah Jian, with a bright aura.

Ah Jian hummed light and her face drooped slightly.

Xi Que did not expect that Ah Jian would not give her face in front of others— she was a member of the Zhao family!

Jealousy on her face, she turned her head and greeted Lian Fang Zhou.
“It’s Miss Lian…”

Lian Fang Zhou smiled lightly and said, “Is there anything wrong for Miss Xi Que to come to my house?”

Not waiting for Xi Que’s unique ‘Brother Ah Jian’, she immediately added, “It’s cold outside, let’s talk in the yard!”

The yard was also outside and was just as cold as the street, but Lian Fang Zhou didn’t want her to be seen by too many people.

At this moment, Xi Que only had Ah Jian in her heart.
What else would she pay attention to? She barely registered what Lian Fang Zhou said, only hearing her say to go in.
She smiled and agreed, twisting and walking beside Ah Jian on purpose.

Ah Jian was extremely disgusted in his heart and frowned.
But what could he say? Thinking that it was fortunately not many steps, he accelerated slightly.

“Brother Ah Jian, what did you do today? Why are you coming back so late? Are you exhausted?” Asked Xi Que.

Ah Jian did not answer.

However, she was not discouraged in the slightest.
She smiled and said softly, “Brother Ah Jian should take care of his body, what would I do if you are tired?”

Having entered the yard while she spoke, Ah Jian let out a long sigh and said, “What are you talking about?”

The magpie looked at him with a smile, her face flushed before she spoke.
A pair of white, soft, slender hands were loosely draped in front of her with a handkerchief.
Her pink beck was bowed.
After a pause, Xi Que raised her eyes and looked up at Ah Jian with a smile.
She whispered softly, “Brother Ah Jian, the day after tomorrow is my birthday.
My lady has ordered a private room for me at Donglaifu Resturant and set up a table for me to invite from friends to gather.
I don’t know if Brother Ah Jian is free?

In the beginning, Xi Que had only wanted to complete the task assigned by Zhao Ru Jun but now the beauty could only blurt out that she wanted to marry Ah Jian.
Somehow, the more she looked at Ah Jian, the more pleasing he was, she really liked him!

As long as she thought of Ah Jian, her heart felt sweet, her eyes would start to go crazy, and the corners of her mouth would turn up!

She felt that Ah Jian must not feel the same yet, so she treated him like this.

She firmly believed that one day, he would like her too!

She had already decided so she stood behind him, staring silently at his back.

No matter how Ah Jian treated her, her heart was always hot!

Just like at this moment, after Ah Jian said without hesitation “I’m not free!”, she was not angry or sad.

“Not free? I don’t know what Brother Ah Jian is up to?” Xi Que resisted the first wave of disappointment and hurriedly smiled: “If its not urgent, I can go talk to Miss Lian? I can ask for someone to replace your work.
Brother Ah Jian, it’s too much! Why do you have to work so hard? Why—”

TN: She’s annoying but very funny.
I almost feel bad for her!