Chapter 1 Lin Yi

The sun rises slowly, and a new day repeats itself. Every family in the village has to struggle for a living. They are really too poor.

The village is far away from the nearest towns. Whenever you need to buy some daily necessities or sell some local products, it takes a long time to go back and forth. Whenever you want to go to the town, the children in the village are looking forward to following the adults.

But due to the long distance, this wish is rarely realized.

Today they went to take care of the crops as usual. One of them was a family named Lin.

There is a child in the family named Lin Yi, who is five years old this year.

The little guy is very sensible and knows that life at home is difficult, so he helps the family with whatever he can.

Someone called Xiao Yi in the distance. The person's name was Lin Sheng. He was six years old and was Lin Yi's best friend. He called Lin Sheng "Little Fatty".

Lin Yi smiled and said: "Little fat man, you are so happy after eating candy."

The little fat man was very excited and said: "I am happier than eating candy. I will finally go to town tomorrow!"

"Ah, little fat man, is it true?"

The little fat man nodded his head vigorously.

While Lin Yi was happy for the little fat man, he was also a little disappointed. He wanted to go too, but would his father take him?

The little fat man saw Lin Yi's disappointed look and said, "I heard that a few more people will go tomorrow. I wonder if your father will go? Then we can go to town together."

When Lin Yi heard the little fat man's words, he seemed to see hope. Maybe his father would go to town tomorrow, and his eyes lit up with longing.

Along the way, the little fat man kept talking in his ears, chirping and excited.

But Lin Yi's mind has been worrying about whether his father will go to town tomorrow. Lin Yi feels that today is passing so slowly. He really wishes that it was already the next day.

It was finally time to go home for lunch, and Lin Yi rushed home with longing.

Not far from home, Lin Yi saw smoke coming from his kitchen and knew that lunch was being cooked at home.

When I got home, I said, "Mom, I'm back."

After saying that, Lin Yi looked around hurriedly, but did not see his father's figure, feeling a little depressed.

Then he walked to the kitchen and saw a thin figure, who was Lin Yi's mother. Although Lin Yi's mother was thin, her face was pretty and her eyes were filled with perseverance.

Seeing Lin Yi coming over, "Xiaoyi, the food will be ready soon, please wait a moment."

Lin Yi nodded, "Mom, let me help you add firewood."

Mother Lin looked at the sensible Lin Yi with a look of relief.

Lin Yi was adding firewood and chatting about home affairs, and asked intentionally or unintentionally: "Mom, why hasn't dad come back yet?"

Mother Lin said: "Your father is not at home for dinner today. He went hunting and picking herbs in the mountains with the villagers very early."

Lin Yi snorted and asked, "Mom, have you heard? Someone in the village is going to town tomorrow."

Mother Lin didn't pay attention, she just said she didn't know clearly.

Lin Yi did not continue to ask questions. After lunch, he did not go out to work as usual, but waited at home.

At home, Lin Yi was anxiously waiting for his father to show up, hoping that the evening would come early, but the time felt surprisingly long. Lin Yi thought that instead of waiting like this, he might as well go and do some work for the family, so that the time would feel longer. If he was faster, he could still help his family. So he finally waited until evening came, but when he got home, he still didn't see his father.

He asked anxiously: "Mom, hasn't dad come back yet?"

"Well, depending on the time, I don't know if I will spend the night outside tonight."

Hearing this, Lin Yi felt a chill in his heart. Mother Lin saw something was wrong with Lin Yi and asked, "Xiao Yi, do you have anything to do with your father?"

"Mom, no, it's nothing."

Mother Lin saw that Lin Yi didn't say much, so she didn't ask any more questions. It's just a child.

After dinner and waiting for a while, it seemed that he might not be back tonight, so Lin Yi went out to find the little fat man.

The little fat man saw Lin Yi coming and asked hurriedly: "Xiao Yi, how are you? How are you?"

Lin Yi was in a low mood, "My father went to the mountains and may stay out tonight."

The little fat man consoled him, "Maybe your dad is already on his way back."

Lin Yi knew that the little fat man was trying to comfort him, so he just smiled and said nothing more.

When the little fat man saw Lin Yi in a bad mood, he felt bad too.

Suddenly said: "Xiao Yi, do you remember the bees we saw last time? I passed by there today and they were all covered with honey."

When Lin Yi heard what the little fat man said, he also remembered the honeycomb he saw last time. He couldn't remember the last time he ate honey. He missed the taste very much, so the two hit it off and took advantage of the moonlight. Heading towards his destination, Lin Yi temporarily forgot about his troubles.

The two came to the tree. It was the largest tree nearby. It was difficult for several people to surround it. However, the tree had reached its twilight years and there were tree holes everywhere. In a relatively large tree hole, there were Bees, you can see the bees on the honey by the moonlight.

Lin Yi said excitedly: "Little fat man, there is really a lot of honey. It can be enough for us to eat for a long time."

The little fat man said excitedly: "I will have honey to eat in the future!"

But the two of them looked worried, wondering how they could pick the honey without being stung by bees.

The little fat man said: "Xiaoyi, what do you think we should do?"

Lin Yi remembered the scene when the adults picked honey last time, so he said: "We first use smoke to lure the bees out, and then wrap them all up. This should be able to pick honey without getting stung."

The little fat man said: "Xiao Yi, you still have a way."

As he said that, the two of them divided the work and found something to attract smoke, and they wrapped their bodies up.

Then they fanned the wind to attract the smoke to the tree hole, and slowly began to hear a buzzing sound in the tree hole, and it became more and more urgent.

Not long after, bees began to fly out of the tree hole. Lin Yi and the little fat man couldn't help but smile knowingly, knowing that they were not far from success. Seeing more and more bees flying out, and gradually decreasing in the end, they knew that it was almost time to harvest the fruits.

The little fat man asked: "Lin Yi, is it almost done?"

Lin Yi also felt that it should be done, so he said: "It should be done, I'll pick it, and the little fat man will bring the basket."

Lin Yi put his little hand in, and when his hand touched it, his little hand trembled slightly, unable to suppress his excitement.

Lin Yi felt it with his hands and said to the little fat boy, "There are so many inside!"

Lin Yi carefully picked one of the pieces and took it out of the tree hole. There were still some bees on it. He slapped the bees off, broke off a piece, put the other big piece into the basket, and then divided the small piece into two pieces, handed one piece to the little fat boy, forgetting that there was still a lot of honey inside. The two of them just smiled silly and ate it.

"Wow, it's so sweet and delicious. This is the most delicious thing I have ever eaten."

Lin Yi also ate slowly. He hadn't tasted this kind of taste for a long time. After all, the two were still five or six years old, and they were poor. Honey was definitely the most delicious food for them.

While eating honey, the two looked at each other and laughed silly from time to time, unable to close their mouths. A small piece took a while to finish, and they were still unsatisfied and intoxicated.

When the two recovered, they remembered that there was still a lot of honey to pick, so they continued the great honey picking business. When they finished all, the basket could no longer hold the honey, and they happily lifted the basket aside.

"Little Fatty, bring your basket here. We'll have half each. Is that okay?"

The little fat boy was very straightforward. "That's it."

After the two of them divided the honey, they licked the honey on their hands cleanly, and then they jumped home with the basket.

Preparing to go home and share this joy with his mother, but when Lin Yi got home, he found that she had already gone to bed. It was already very late. Lin Yi smiled bitterly. How could time pass so quickly at this time?

Lin Yi put the honey away, washed up in a hurry, and fell asleep with a mood that changed from anxiety to joy in the day. He was still dreaming in his sleep, eating honey sweetly, and forgetting the troubles of the day.