Chapter 1621

The cucumbers were entering their peak fruiting period, with not only strips of fresh, tender, and crisp fruit, but also golden-yellow flowers.

One after another between the leaves, it was dazzling.

Clearly, this spring and summer, the bees at home were living an unprecedentedly wonderful life.

Little bees often buzzed back and forth in front of the livestream camera; Yun Duo was from the village, so even if she saw them, she knew that as long as she didn't provoke them, they generally wouldn't sting people.

Therefore, she held her phone generously and followed Qiao Qiao back and forth through the cucumber field.

It was just that after the bullet comments left San Bao and San Bao's baby, they gradually went off-topic.

At this moment, someone started muttering again:

【Haven't seen Big Bear for a long time.】

Once this was said, more and more people discussed it, and some fans had an especially deep affection for Big Bear.

After all, Qiao Qiao's first batch of fans were lured in by Big Bear's fluffy butt.

This kind of "edge-ball" behavior was something many subsequent rural streamers wanted to imitate but couldn't, and they didn't know how many times they had cursed it behind its back.

Thinking that this family's script was too calculating!

Yun Duo watched silently from the side, truly unable to understand the aesthetics and thoughts of contemporary young people.

It was just that as more and more people asked, she therefore reminded Qiao Qiao:

"Everyone says they haven't seen Big Bear for a long time."

Qiao Qiao also sighed: "The weather is hot."

He frowned in distress, but his hand didn't stop picking cucumbers: "Big Bear doesn't like working in hot weather."

【I don't believe it, I don't like working in hot weather either, why am I still working?】

【Is it up to Big Bear to decide? Isn't it because you spoiled it?】

【Didn't Teacher Qiao Qiao say Big Bear has to work from dawn till dusk to fill its stomach? Why isn't it working now?】

【Do bumblebees live that long? Big Bear isn't already gone, is it?】

This bullet comment clearly flashed by, but everyone actually started to get nervous!

【It's possible, Big Bear is a queen bee, its lifespan is longer than ordinary bumblebees, that should only be a year.】

【That's right, it's been a year and a half now.】

【Is Big Bear really...】

【If Big Bear is really gone, there's nothing we can do, this is the lifespan of the species, it has nothing to do with the streamer.】

【I know, it's just so sad, I've never seen such a bumblebee with a personality.】

【To the one above, it's mainly because you might have only seen that one bumblebee in your life...】

As everyone chatted, the atmosphere actually became sentimental, and even Qiao Qiao picking cucumbers in front couldn't attract people anymore.

Yun Duo was a bit bewildered: "Isn't Big Bear doing just fine?"

Her words were heard by everyone, and it caused another wave of excitement in the livestream room:

【Really? Streamer, I looked it up online, it really only has a lifespan of about a year, don't try to fool me.】

【If Big Bear is gone, it's gone, we know it's not the streamer's fault.】

【Let's not play that "substitute" game...】

However, Yun Duo thought to herself, when she started the job, she was even specifically taken to see Big Bear.

Sometimes Qiao Qiao went over to secretly give them extra meals, and she knew about that too.

Big Bear was really doing just fine!

It was just, it was just getting fatter and fatter.

The hole previously opened on the beehive could no longer let it crawl in and out smoothly, but if it were opened any larger, wasps could enter as if there were no one there.

Song Tan was also very helpless.

In short, when she first raised it, she didn't discover it had such a lazy and gluttonous nature.

Now, the entire bumblebee colony it raised was lazy.

Except for exerting some effort in the greenhouse during winter, for the rest of this great spring, summer, and autumn time, it was one thing that they couldn't support themselves by finding pollen, but they even had to accept the offerings of the honeybees.

Especially Big Bear, the entire bumblebee clan, anyway, it was difficult for them to fill their own stomachs, so they couldn't take care of it.

It relied entirely on the honeybees for support.

Now, well...

When Yun Duo first came into contact with Big Bear, she was afraid; such a large bee, although fluffy, was still a bee after all.

But looking at that chubby, fluffy, black-and-yellow striped body, and then looking at those poor little wings that were so light, thin, and small they couldn't carry this weight at all, and Big Bear slowly crawling on her finger...

Oh my!

Who would be afraid of such a bumblebee!

Now thinking about the comments from the livestream room again, she could actually understand them all.

However, everyone in front of her wasn't buying the substitute story about Big Bear, so she hesitated for a while, and seeing Qiao Qiao still focused on picking cucumbers in front, she had no choice but to send a message to ask Song Tan.

Song Tan also didn't expect the fans to be so sentimental!

But regarding Big Bear's appearance, saying it was already dead was truly a bit against her conscience.

If it wasn't dead, and this bumblebee lived for so long, if an entomologist came by later, she wouldn't be able to entertain them.

Therefore, she said: "Just tell everyone that Big Bear's offspring successfully inherited its queen position, and now it has the same 'virtue' as it."

Fans didn't want that kind of substitute story, but this kind of substitute story should be fine.

【"Virtue"】

Yun Duo carefully pondered these two words, but in the end, she said it to the livestream room exactly as it was.

Everyone was very indignant!

【How can you use the word "virtue" to describe our Big Bear's wonderful character?】

【That's right! If the honeybees are willing to support it, can that be Big Bear's fault?】

【Our Big Bear has limited innate species genes, that's why it eats a lot and doesn't fly fast, busy all day long, and can't save a bit of honey...】

【To the one above, stop talking, it feels like you're talking about me.】

【Wuwuwu, Big Bear is just me without savings, wuwuwu.】

【Don't go off-topic, this matter of virtue can't be blamed on Big Bear, right?】

【That's right, the honeybees are willing! Why don't we see them supporting other bumblebees? Why don't we see them supporting wasps?】

Yun Duo:...

Listen to what you're saying, honeybees supporting wasps, why don't workers support the boss—oh.

Workers really are supporting the boss.

In short!

She had indeed heard of Big Bear's great achievements.

But if she remembered correctly, Big Bear itself had only that one attack, using its weight to smash several wasps.

From then on, it rested easy as a queen, occasionally coming out to scoop up a few baskets of pollen when it felt like it, but it never relied on this to support itself again.

It was very un-self-reliant, very un-inspirational, and very inconsistent with values.

So everyone really likes getting something for nothing and sitting back and enjoying the fruits of others' labor, right?

The livestream room argued noisily for a while, and later it had nothing to do with Yun Duo, so she simply closed her mouth and said nothing.

And now the sun was rising, and the temperature was also shooting up, and Qiao Qiao looked at the three large baskets of cucumbers in front of him, his cheeks flushed red with hot sweat, and said to Yun Duo who was holding the phone:

"Little friends, let's go back."

"These cucumbers need to be quickly cooled and then packed and sent out; Fengfeng Express can now do next-day delivery in many places, so eat them quickly when you receive them."

He said this, and everyone reacted—

Oh! There are cucumbers today too!

Then wait to receive the goods—

【Wait a minute! You haven't posted the link yet!!!】

Everyone quickly swiped the screen:

【Post the link quickly!】

【Quick, quick, quick, I want to grab it! Hurry up, I want to take advantage before everyone notices...】

But the phone was held by Yun Duo and was already hot to the touch.

Qiao Qiao's figure walked calmly in front, and at this moment, he was nimbly putting the cucumbers onto the tricycle, not looking at the bullet comments at all.

Everyone:...

Fine, fine, fine, ignoring us again, right? Let's see where you send your things later.

But this fierce statement had just been made when Yun Duo's voice came:

"Oh my, the phone is too hot, and the battery is dead, let's end the stream first."

In the next second, the livestream room went black.

Everyone:...

No, what about my cucumber? Who exactly did you sell it to?!

After a period of chaos, everyone calmed down again.

They weren't in a hurry at all, they were confident, they were even discussing it in the group, and they were even chatting happily at the end.

According to the general progress, the cucumbers were harvested, and now it was time to prepare the shipping labels.

When the orders were printed, oh ho, there's no order!

Wouldn't the link come out then?

Everyone was also discussing that the new assistant lady was unreliable...

【Deduct her salary.】

【It's so hot, the girl is in the field every day, deducting her salary is too heartless—we have to let her speak well for us next time and sell one more basket.】

【Makes sense, makes sense, by the way, can we add her as a friend? If there are any welfare products, you can resell them to me.】

【Good fellow, so good at calculating, could it be that I'm not?】

The fans went back to bragging and chatting happily.

However, they waited and waited, waited and waited.

An hour had passed, why hadn't anyone contacted them yet?

In fact, sending these fruits and vegetables in hot weather requires pre-cooling treatment, but these cucumbers were small in quantity, so they didn't use vacuum pre-cooling, but instead placed them in plastic baskets and put them into a low-temperature cold storage to be blown by cold air.

This process had to last for two or three hours.

With such ample time, the three baskets of cucumbers only totaled 200 jin, which was really not worth mentioning compared to Brother Xiao Zhang's daily order volume.

It was just that the cardboard boxes needed every day were in large quantities, and the group of people in the village who had finished cleaning up the sweet potato stalks started sealing the cardboard boxes again.

For a time, the factory was full of the sound of tape being torn.

Qiao Qiao didn't like to listen to it, and anyway, his task was completed, so he took his phone and went back.

Until it was charged and an hour had passed, Brother Xiao Zhang asked: "Can we load the goods in another hour? Are the shipping labels printed? I'll stick them on now."

That's the good thing about shipping for Qiao Qiao's family; everyone gets the same amount, so they can be packed in advance, and there's no need to distinguish who is who, nor worry about making a mistake.

Yun Duo responded, and just as she opened the backend, she suddenly remembered:

Huh, did they list them this morning? Why didn't I see everyone frantically grabbing goods, and people complaining about not being able to grab them?

Let's go through the morning's process again...

Yun Duo:...!!!

She was so busy discussing Big Bear that she forgot to post the link just now!!!

Help, why do I keep making these mistakes when I just started working?

Entering the group again, she saw countless people tagging her, the assistant.

The group messages had scrolled through thousands of layers, and she could witness the entire process of everyone going from laughing and joking, to preparing, to preparing without results, to panicking, and finally urging... and finally being anxious.

What a sin!

Why play with the fans' hearts like this?

She hurriedly called Song Tan to tell her about this, feeling truly guilty.

Although the cucumbers wouldn't fail to sell, it really affected the fans' perception.

Song Tan also didn't expect it!

She had no choice but to remedy it helplessly: "Then tell Qiao Qiao to open a livestream to apologize, and then post the link."

"By the way, take everyone to see Big Bear—Big Bear's children."

?? It's here, it's here! Today is 3000 words.