Seeing Old Shi so angry he was about to swing his cane and hit someone, Shi Lin helplessly left a sentence and hurriedly ran out of the house.
"I won't marry Lin Xiaoxia, no need to go to her house to ask again. I have my own way to find a wife, you don't need to worry."
Ever since the Old man injured his leg, his mood had not been good. Shi Lin didn't want to just be reborn and make him so angry that something bad happened.
Thinking about it, it was indeed quite abnormal for him, who had been a scoundrel in the Village for several years, to suddenly say such words.
Change still had to come step by step, giving everyone time to adapt.
...
Half an hour later.
Shi Lin and another young man whose face was swollen like a pig's head stood in front of a small tree at the Village Tail.
The young man with the swollen face pointed at the treetop of the small tree, "Look, Linzi Ge, it's this hornet's nest."
Looking at the hornet's nest on the treetop, which was as big as a millstone, Shi Lin looked at the young man with the swollen face, feeling speechless and angry.
"This is the 'small' hornet's nest you mentioned? You even planned to have Shi Lin's father, using a cane, come help you get rid of this nest of hornets?"
The young man with the swollen face was named Li Qinghu, and his home was next to Shi Lin's.
Just as Shi Lin went out, he saw Li Qinghu with a swollen face, heading to his house to ask Old Shi for help in getting rid of the hornets.
Shi Lin thought that he was free now, and that he had more experience in dealing with hornets than Old Shi, so he took on the task and followed Li Qinghu to check the situation.
After seeing it, he was a bit unhappy.
This hornet's nest was so big, even when Old Shi's legs and feet were fine before, he might not have been able to handle it, let alone now that he was using a cane...
Hu Zi couldn't possibly want Old Shi to die, could he?
"No, Linzi Ge, you misunderstood. Grandfather is already using a cane, how could I possibly ask him to do it himself?"
Feeling the change in Shi Lin's mood, Li Qinghu quickly explained,
"What I meant was to ask your Grandfather to come and take a look, give me some ideas, teach me how to get rid of this hornet's nest, and I'll do it myself later."
"You've also seen, my family's land is right here. The other day, my Mother was stung by this group of hornets when she went down to work. Today, my third Brother and I came to work, and both of us were stung. We have to get rid of them..."
Hearing Li Qinghu's explanation, Shi Lin felt much better.
If it was just asking Old Shi to give some guidance, there was nothing to say about it. If he could help, Old Shi would definitely be willing.
However, having said that, if Old Shi was really going to do it himself, he would have to agree to it. Old Shi wasn't an idiot.
After figuring it out, Shi Lin's face regained its smile, and he said:
"So that's how it is, I'm sorry, I misunderstood."
"However, this hornet's nest is too big. Let alone letting Shi Lin's father teach you how to get rid of it, even if his legs and feet were fine, it would be very difficult for him to get rid of it himself. He only knows how to shoot, he's not good at dealing with bees."
What Shi Lin said was the truth. Although Shi Lin's father had dealt with beehives a few times, they were all honeybees, and he would get stung several times each time.
If Shi Lin's father were to deal with this hornet's nest, they would probably need to arrange an ambulance to stand by. These things were much more poisonous than honeybees.
"Ah? What should we do then? Besides your Grandfather in the Village, I haven't heard of anyone else who knows how to deal with hornets?"
A troubled look appeared on Li Qinghu's face, and his swollen face felt even more painful from the stings.
If he hadn't heard that someone in the neighboring Shanghe Village was stung to death by hornets last year after poking a hornet's nest, he would have really wanted to just ignore everything and poke this hornet's nest with a stick,
But thinking that he was only 20 years old and hadn't married yet... he decided to endure it.
Seeing Li Qinghu's anxious and flustered look, Shi Lin smiled:
"Don't worry, I said Shi Lin's father can't do it, I didn't say I can't. I can handle this hornet's nest!"
"Huh?" Hearing this, Li Qinghu was startled, then shook his head again, "Linzi Ge, don't joke around. Your Grandfather can't even do it, how can you?"
Who in the Village didn't know that the hunter Shi's precious Son was a scoundrel, didn't do any productive work, and only knew how to tease cats and dogs, play cards, and drink.
Many older generation people would warn their own children not to get too close to Shi Lin.
Just now, Li Qinghu was just anxious, so as soon as he heard Shi Lin say he could do it, he brought him to the field,
Thinking about it now, he was desperate and sought help from anyone. How could this kid possibly deal with a hornet's nest?
"Hehe, don't you believe it. When it comes to dealing with hornet's nests, I'm much more experienced than Shi Lin's father."
Shi Lin said with a confident and composed look,
"Go get a big sack, it needs to be big, at least bigger than this hornet's nest, and bring a box of matches with you."
"Today, I'll show you my skills and see if I really know how to deal with hornets."
"Oh, right, let's agree beforehand, after I'm done, the hornet's nest must belong to me."
Hornet larvae tasted quite good, were rich in protein, and he heard they could also nourish yin, strengthen yang, and resist aging. Shi Lin planned to take them back to nourish his family.
"The hornets you deal with, the nest will definitely belong to you, that's no problem.
It's just, Linzi Ge, can you really do it?
This is no joke! Someone in Shanghe Village just died last year, stung to death by hornets."
Seeing Shi Lin's confident and composed look, which didn't seem like a joke, it made Li Qinghu feel a bit conflicted.
He definitely hoped Shi Lin could get rid of the hornet's nest, but he was also afraid that this person was pretending to know something he didn't and might cause a death...
"Don't worry, I'm not an idiot. I wouldn't do something I'm not confident about. Go get the sack and matches, and just watch my performance."
Shi Lin remained relaxed and casual, full of confidence.
Li Qinghu lowered his head and thought for a moment. It seemed there really was no one else he could ask besides Shi Lin. He could only treat a dead horse as a living one and try.
Anyway, he was the one eagerly offering to do it, and not everyone was so unlucky as to die from a few hornet stings.
"Okay, then I'll trouble Linzi Ge. I have matches on me, and we happened to bring a sack when we came over this morning."
Saying this, Li Qinghu took out a box of matches from his pocket and found a large sack in his family's field.
Actually, when the two Brothers came to the field this morning, they also had the idea of dealing with this hornet's nest, but they were stung before they could even start...
"Haha, okay, just watch my performance and it'll be done."
Shi Lin chuckled as he took the matches and sack handed over by Li Qinghu, picked up a handful of dry grass from the ground, and then confidently walked towards the hornet's nest.
Walking to the area below the hornet's nest, Shi Lin stopped, and used the dry grass to make a small bonfire on the ground.
As soon as the bonfire started burning strongly, he backhandedly covered the bonfire with a large handful of dry grass, causing a large amount of smoke to rise from the bonfire.
The smoke rose up, directed precisely towards the hornet's nest.
In an instant, the hornet's nest was in chaos. Some hornets were directly smoked out and fell to the ground, some emergency escaped and flew elsewhere, and some hid inside the hornet's nest and didn't come out...
What was magical was that Shi Lin, who was squatting on the ground creating smoke, was not attacked by any hornets, as if there was some great terror where he was, and not a single hornet dared to fly over.
After a while, Shi Lin saw that many hornets had fallen to the ground, knowing that they were mostly smoked out. He casually climbed up the small tree, precisely put the sack over the hornet's nest, and then tied the opening of the sack.
Hornet catching finished!
【Ding! Congratulations to the host for capturing a nest of golden ringed hornets, the beast servant system is activated.】
【Initial beast servant points 10 points are gifted.】
【beast servant points can be used to contract beast servants. Beast servants will be completely loyal to you. Different beasts require different amounts of beast servant points. Please use them cautiously, host.】
【Captured a nest of golden ringed hornets, obtained 5 beast servant points.】
Following each message was a very simple panel.
【beast servant points: 15】
【Beast servant: None】