Although he was mentally prepared, Lee Zhengxiao still took a deep breath after hearing Lu Yu's affirmative reply.
This was the honey of the nest!
A whole basket of 20 to 30 catties of nest honey!
If it was an ordinary person, they might not understand why Lu Yu would spend so much effort and take so much risk for just honey.
But Lee Zhengxiao understood!
As the eldest son of Tong Ren Hall, Lee Zhengxiao, who knew most of the Chinese herbs like the back of his hand, understood the preciousness of the nest honey all too well.
Ordinary honey was just food or health supplements for ordinary people.
However, nest honey had always existed as a medicine!
As we all know, honeycombs are usually light yellow in color. Such honeycombs usually don't last long, and the honey stored in them is also relatively thin. It's the kind that we usually eat.
But the nest honey was different.
Only the honey that had been stored for many years and had become very deep in color, even slightly blackened, but had not deteriorated internally could be called nest honey.
Honey wasn't meant for humans to eat. Instead, it was stored in the hive as food for the bees.
However, most of the beehives that were used to extract honey were taken away before the bees could open them for consumption.
Therefore, this kind of ordinary honey was relatively light in color, clear, and had a very simple sweetness.
Unlike ordinary beehive honey, which only accumulated a single sugar content, the special thing about nest honey was that since there was no human intervention to shake the honey out of the hive halfway, the nest honey always existed as the bee's food.
Every time the lid was opened and stored, some pollen and bee sap would be brought in. After years of mixing and fermentation, it would form this kind of deep and transparent nest honey that was as pure as liquid amber.
Of course, its taste was also very complex and varied, absolutely different from ordinary honey.
"Brother Lu, can I have a taste of this honey?”
Lee Zhengxiao looked at the basket of honey in front of him. He couldn't help but want to try it, but he didn't dare to do it directly. He looked at Lu Yu and asked.
"What are you saying? I picked it for you. Guess if you can try it?”
Lu Yu smiled and directly cut a small piece of honey from the nest on the top of the bamboo basket. It was divided into two halves about the size of a thumb. He handed one half to Lee Zhengxiao and threw the other half into his mouth.
Seeing Lu Yu's action, the netizens in the live broadcast room were a little indignant.
Brother Lu is not loyal. Didn't he just say that this basket was for Young Master Li? Why did you only give him so little to eat?
That's right. Although Young Master Li didn't contribute much, there was so much nest honey. What could he do if he ate more? He couldn't finish it anyway.
Even if he was afraid that the honey would be too sweet, a small piece the size of a thumb was indeed a little small!
Lu Yu didn't see these bullet comments. He just closed his eyes and slowly chewed on the nest honey in his mouth.
Lee Zhengxiao solemnly put the honey into his mouth, closed his eyes and slowly chewed.
However, compared to Lu Yu, his expression was more complicated, and his brows were tightly furrowed.
After a few minutes, Lee Zhengxiao slowly opened his eyes and said with some emotion,"
"I wonder how many years this old nest honey has been. This is too strong!”
Lu Yu spat out the remaining beeswax in his mouth and looked at Lee Zhengxiao strangely. He asked,"Where's your beeswax? Why didn't you spit it out?"
"I swallowed it."
Lee Zhengxiao chuckled." It's such a good thing. I can't bear to spit out the beeswax. It's edible anyway. There's no harm in eating it. I'll just swallow it."”
"You don't mind this thing pulling your throat.”
Lu Yu glared at Lee Zhengxiao and scrolled through the bullet screen. He smiled and said,
"The netizens in the live broadcast room are all denouncing me.”
"Denounce you? Why?"
Lee Zhengxiao was confused.
"They all said that I was so stingy. I cut off such a big basket of nest honey but only gave you a small piece of fingernail. It was too much.”
Lu Yu wasn't angry. He just smiled and repeated the words in the bullet screen to Lee Zhengxiao.
After hearing Lu Yu's words, Lee Zhengxiao waved his hand and said seriously,"
"Don't talk nonsense. It's not that Brother Lu is stingy. You can only eat a little of this stuff.
If I eat too much, I might have to go back with tampon-filled nostrils!”
Hearing Lee Zhengxiao's words, everyone looked at each other.
Wasn't it just honey? How much more could he make up? Young Master Li is exaggerating.
Young Master Li, don't be afraid of Little Brother Lu. With us backing you up, it's fine if you just say it! Anyway, she would be going back in the afternoon!
Seeing that everyone was backing him up, Lee Zhengxiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"I really didn't lie to you, and I didn't say that on purpose because I was afraid that Brother Lu would be angry. This basket of beehive honey isn't ordinary beehive honey, but nest honey that can be used as medicine.”
Afraid that everyone still didn't understand, Lee Zhengxiao deliberately reached out and scraped a little bit of the honey that was exposed outside. There was about a drop on his finger and he sent it to the drone for everyone to see clearly.
Everyone looked at it and saw that the drop of honey in Lee Zhengxiao's hand was very dark. It was almost coffee color, but it was more transparent and shiny than coffee color.
Moreover, the honey looked extremely sticky. If it was just a drop on his hand, it would not flow at all. It was like glue that stuck firmly to Lee Zhengxiao's finger.
"This kind of nest honey is completely different from the ordinary honey that we usually eat. Because of the special conditions for its formation, it also creates its properties that are better than tonics and comparable to medicinal herbs.”
"Moreover, the taste of this thing is not as good as everyone thinks.”
Lee Zhengxiao smiled bitterly and thought for a while before saying,
"How should I describe it to everyone? It's very sour and astringent, with a slight bitterness and spiciness. The sweetness is the least obvious.
If one had to describe it…the phrase 'mixed feelings' was probably the most appropriate.”
"And everyone knows that eating too much ginseng will cause a nosebleed. It's the same with honey.
Especially for a young man like me who has a good body, it's easy to overdo it. Therefore, Brother Lu only gave me this little bit because he was thinking for me.”
After Lee Zheng Xiao finished explaining earnestly, he looked at the drop of honey in his hand and directly put it into his mouth to scrape it clean. After eating, he did not forget to add,
"Although it's used as an example, such a precious thing can't be wasted!”
After listening to Lee Zhengxiao's explanation, everyone finally understood that Lu Yu wasn't stingy.
Thinking about it, it made sense. Although Little Brother Lu only gave Young Master Li a little bit, he only ate that much himself.
Young Master Li, Young Master Li, you even ate the drop of honey that was used as an example. How precious is this thing?
"I really don't know how much the honey from the nest can be sold for.”
Lu Yu shook his head."
"Even in the mountains, this thing is a rare good thing. Usually, when people find it, they keep it for themselves or share it with their close friends and relatives.
Although I've eaten it before, I picked it myself and didn't buy it, so I don't know how much it can be sold for.”
Lu Yu looked at Lee Zhengxiao and said,
"But don't we have someone here who knows the ropes? Just let him tell you.”
"Brother Lu, everyone is asking how much the honey is worth?”
Lee Zhengxiao asked.
"Yeah, seeing that you can't even bear to waste a drop of honey, they're all clamoring to ask how much this thing costs.”
Lu Yu smiled.
"If I were to say that it was priceless, everyone would think that I was exaggerating. However, this is indeed the case in the market now. There is a price for aged nest honey, but there is no market for it. Even if it is just a little bit, it is still difficult to find a piece of honey.”
Lee Zhengxiao said seriously,
"As you all know, I work in Tongren Hall. Other than dealing with large quantities of suppliers, I also go to the countryside and the mountains to buy rare medicinal herbs or supplements with some retail investors.”
"I can honestly say that before Brother Lu let me taste this nest honey today, I had not tasted or received nest honey for two years. Moreover, the quality of the honey I received before was far inferior to the one I saw today.”
Lee Zhengxiao took a deep breath and looked at Lu Yu, then at the basket of honey on the ground. He slowly said,
"The nest honey I received previously was very small. Even the nest weighed only six pounds.”
"I cut this small beehive into six pieces to sell.”
"If we calculate the average price, it's about 150,000 yuan per catty. This is the friendship price given by six of the big customers who have worked with us for more than 5 million.”
"Now you know how much this basket of unremarkable things is worth, right?”
"In our industry, we call this thing 'liquid gold'!”
After Lee Zhengxiao finished speaking, the live broadcast room fell into a dead silence.
Most of the people who came to watch the live broadcast were ordinary people.
The monthly salary was a few thousand yuan, and it was at most ten to twenty thousand yuan.
They really couldn't imagine what kind of precious honey could be sold for more than a hundred thousand yuan per catty!
And according to Lee Zhengxiao, that price was a friendship price they gave to their customers.
The quality of the honey from the nest was far inferior to the ones Lu Yu had picked today.
Didn't that mean that the honey in Lu Yu's basket could be sold for hundreds of thousands of catties?？
After figuring this out, this group of people was deeply shocked by Lu Yu's handiwork.
He had taken such a huge risk to obtain such a precious nest honey, and he actually gave it away just like that?？
A sentence floated in everyone's mind at the same time.
Tycoon, do I still have a chance to be friends with you?
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