Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 205 Let the rest of the village take some credit

"Oh! Aunt Yinfeng, Sister Yuping, you are here!"

"Hurry, hurry, come in and sit down!"

"Now that you're here, it's even more lively here!"

Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang, Zhang Mei'e and others were not surprised to see Li Guoqiang coming with Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping. They immediately went forward to greet them enthusiastically.

"No, don't be so polite. We are here to work, not to visit friends. You are making us feel embarrassed!"

Seeing how polite they were, Qu Yinfeng quickly waved her hand and spoke.

Hearing her words, Xu Yuping also quickly said: "Yes! Sister Xiuqin, Sister Guifang, Sister Mei'e, if you have time, tell us what we usually do! We are new here and don't know anything. We still need you to give us more advice."

"Harmful!"

Hearing this, Li Xiuqin couldn't help but laugh and joked, "You and Qiangzi are neighbors. He's always here, so it's not our turn to give you orders!"

"Yep!"

When Ma Guifang heard Li Xiuqin's words, she was moved and nodded quickly, saying, "I think we will have to ask you for advice in the future."

After saying that, she glanced at Li Guoqiang lightly, wanting to see his reaction.

However, Li Guoqiang seemed not to understand this sentence and had no intention of speaking at all.

Helplessly, she could only secretly wink at Zhang Mei'e, hoping that she would be more straightforward in her words next.

Zhang Mei'e immediately understood what Ma Guifang meant when she saw this, and before Xu Yuping could reply, she smiled and said, "Sister Yuping, if Qiangzi gives you special lessons in the future, you must remember to teach us!"

After she said this, everyone present was slightly stunned, as if they didn't expect her to say it so bluntly. She almost said that Xu Yuping and Qu Yinfeng were Li Guoqiang's own people.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang was slightly happy, then he waved his hand and said, "No, I think we don't need to bother with that. In the next few days, you can follow me into the mountains, and I'll cook for you."

"This"

When Zhang Mei'e heard what Li Guoqiang said, she was stunned.

Although she, like Li Xiuqin and Ma Guifang, was somewhat worried that Li Guoqiang would take special care of Xu Yuping and Qu Yinfeng, allowing them to take over, this did not mean that she was willing to accompany Li Guoqiang into the mountains and suffer together.

Even if she was willing to go with him, it might cause gossip.

Thinking of this, she could only smile bitterly and said, "Why not just forget it! I don't know anything, and following you into the mountains will only be a burden to you."

"That's it!"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, then turned to look at Li Xiuqin and Ma Guifang, and asked with a smile: "What about you? How about you accompany me into the mountains?"

"Don't!"

Li Xiuqin felt nervous when she heard this, and then she quickly waved her hand and refused, "I don't have that ability!"

As soon as the voice fell, Ma Guifang also hurriedly said: "Me too!"

"Are you sure you don't want to come with me?"

When Li Guoqiang saw them like this, he immediately said with some regret: "I can teach you how to go into the mountains to find beehives, and I can also teach you how to collect bees."

Hearing this, Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang, and Zhang Mei'e couldn't help but feel moved.

If they can really learn the techniques of finding beehives and collecting bees, then wouldn't they be able to take charge of the apiary?

However, they soon remembered that Li Guoqiang once said that when the number of bees in the apiary increased, the number of bees could be expanded by dividing them into groups, and there would be no need to go into the mountains to find beehives so hard.

Nowadays, there are already thirty beehives in the apiary. By the time they have gone through untold hardships and learned how to go into the mountains to find beehives and collect the bees, they probably won’t need to go into the mountains to find beehives anymore.

In this case, why should they do such useless work? Wouldn't it be better for them to just stay in the apiary and learn how to divide the bee colonies?
Thinking of this, they hurriedly shook their heads at Li Guoqiang, once again expressing their unwillingness to go into the mountains, fearing that Li Guoqiang would misunderstand them if they were late.

"OK then!"

Li Guoqiang couldn't help feeling sorry for them when he saw how determined they were.

In fact, the reason why he suggested that they go into the mountains with him was not only to show that he would not take care of Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping specially, but also to train one or two laborers to go into the mountains to collect bees.

Although once the apiary is on track, the size of the bee colony can be expanded through normal swarming activities.

However, insisting on going into the mountains to collect bees can not only reduce the competition between domestic bees and wild bees, but also obtain some extra income, which can be regarded as something very necessary to do.

If no one else would do it, he would have to do it himself.

Soon, in order to prevent Li Guoqiang from making any more scary suggestions, Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang, Zhang Mei'e and others hurriedly took Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping to the beekeeping area, explained clearly what they needed to do every day, and taught them how to use mesh protective clothing.

Looking at the bees flying all over the sky, Xu Yuping and Qu Yinfeng both unconsciously showed a look of pride on their faces.

Even if they couldn't let everyone know that Li Guoqiang was their son-in-law and man, the mere fact of the obvious relationship between them and Li Guoqiang was enough for them to show off to others.

What's more, Li Guoqiang put them all into bee farms, turning them into high-paid villagers with a stable income.

With such a job, even if Li Guoqiang doesn't help them in the future, they have the confidence to raise Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani well.

When Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and Zhang Mei'e saw the proud looks on Xu Yuping and Qu Yinfeng's faces, they couldn't help but feel that they were so lucky.

It can be said that since Li Guoqiang came to their house, good things have happened one after another, making people jealous.

Having said that, who could have thought that the sickly-looking young man would one day become an important figure in Jinshan Fort!

In the evening, as the villagers went home from work, the news that Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping had joined the apiary spread quickly, and naturally gave rise to many words of envy, jealousy and hatred.

Among them, the ones who regretted the most were those families who did not give Li Guoqiang the opportunity to stay overnight.

If they had been able to invite Li Guoqiang back home to stay overnight, they would be the ones who could join the apiary now.

In addition, many people in the educated youth group were also worried in their hearts, especially Pan Qiaoyan and Shen Fengxia, who had a crush on Li Guoqiang and could not help but think about it.

If they could establish a relationship with Li Guoqiang in private, would they have already joined the apiary by now?
You know, after working in the fields for all these days, they have deeply experienced the hard work of farming.

In comparison, the work at the bee farm was simply a beautiful job. Just when they were thinking about whether they should take the initiative to find Li Guoqiang to cultivate their relationship in the future, all the other educated youth, except Shao Ruian, wanted to get closer to Li Guoqiang.

It really is true that interests can move people’s hearts!

Under such circumstances, it is hard to imagine what they will do when Li Guoqiang has the power to allow them to return to the city one day?
At this time, Li Guoqiang naturally didn't know.

Since the situation of the apiary was already well known to the villagers, and the number of bee colonies had reached a certain level, after some consideration, he decided to arrange for someone to be on duty in the apiary from today.

For safety reasons, two people are required to be on duty every day.

And there are exactly six of them now, who can be divided into three groups.

Taking into account the differences between men and women, it was finally decided that he and Qu Yinfeng would be the first group, Xu Yuping and Li Xiuqin would be the second group, and Ma Guifang and Zhang Mei'e would be the third group, and then they would rotate in turn.

In addition, since he, Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping received such a big favor from the brigade today, they also need to express it in time.

Therefore, when he got off work, he asked Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping to go home first to get food and drinks, and brought Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani over to prepare a good treat for the team cadres.

Then, he asked Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang, Zhang Mei'e and others to go back to the village and invite cadres from each brigade to come for dinner.

On the one hand, this can avoid giving people a chance to talk about them, and on the other hand, it can give them a chance to save face.

Soon, Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping brought Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani over with various ingredients, including the honey that Li Guoqiang specifically asked for.

Since we are inviting guests to dinner at a bee farm, of course we have to make a special dish using honey.

Soon after, smoke began to rise from the simple kitchen in front of the wooden house.

Xu Guangfu and others also arrived one after another in the gray night, and were then invited by Li Guoqiang to sit on the kang in the wooden house.

As soon as he sat down, Xu Guangfu asked in a serious tone, "Qiangzi, I heard from Xiuqin that you are planning to arrange for someone to work the night shift in the bee farm starting today?"

"That's right!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, and then replied in a deep voice: "You also know that the bee farm is related to the interests of all members of our Jinshanbao, and we cannot afford to lose it."

"This place is a bit far from our village. If something happens, it will be difficult to take care of it."

"Therefore, to be on the safe side, it is best to arrange for someone to be on duty every night."

"When I asked the brigade to build a house in the apiary, it was mainly for this reason."

"Ok!"

After listening to this, Xu Guangfu immediately nodded and agreed, "You are right. We need to be more cautious about the safety of the apiary."

"How about this? Our brigade's militia company has the responsibility of patrolling and protecting collective security. You can discuss with Guanglu later to see if you can arrange for the militia company to come and take night shift duty."

"At that time, the brigade can give the night watchmen a subsidy of ten work points."

"This will not only avoid affecting your daytime work, but also allow other people in the village to benefit from it."

"Row!"

When Li Guoqiang heard the last sentence, he immediately came to his senses, nodded quickly and agreed: "After dinner, I will discuss this matter with Uncle Lu and arrange it."

In fact, he didn't care at all about who was on duty, he just didn't think too much about it at the beginning.

Now that Xu Guangfu wanted to take the opportunity to give some benefits to the villagers, he naturally couldn't raise any objection.

"Ok!"

When Xu Guangfu saw that Li Guoqiang agreed so readily, he couldn't help but smile in appreciation.

In his opinion, a young man like Li Guoqiang who is so young, so capable, and so sensible is something that is rarely seen in a century.

If possible, he really hopes that Li Guoqiang can become his father-in-law and son-in-law.

It’s a pity that there is a big age gap between Li Guoqiang and his daughter Xu Yuying, and they don’t have a chemistry.

Thinking of this, the smile on his face suddenly faded a lot, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

At this time, Li Guoqiang didn't know that Xu Guangfu had come up with the idea of ​​recruiting him as his son-in-law again. Seeing that Xu Guangfu didn't say anything, he turned around to greet other guests.

As his position became more and more important, none of the other brigade cadres dared to act arrogantly in front of him. They were all as friendly as they could be. Even Xu Yuliang, who was usually serious and stern, took the initiative to chat with him about some gossip.

As we chatted, the food was ready.

Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping, Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang, and Zhang Mei'e each came in with a pot of steaming hot food, and soon the entire kang table was filled with food.

Among them, the most eye-catching ones are the two honey-roasted pheasants with golden and crispy skin.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were attracted by this special dish, Li Guoqiang hurriedly introduced it: "This dish is called honey-roasted pheasant. It is marinated with honey and then slowly roasted. Everyone must try it later."

"No wonder I smelled the scent of honey when this dish was brought in just now!"

After listening to Li Guoqiang's introduction, Sun Maocai suddenly spoke with some enlightenment.

Xu Guangfu immediately realized the purpose of Li Guoqiang's arrangement of this dish, and then he said with a cheerful look on his face: "I think you are very thoughtful. The first time you invited everyone to the bee farm for dinner, you served such a hard dish made with honey."

"Harmful!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang quickly waved his hands and said modestly: "Actually, I didn't think that much, I just wanted to go along with the occasion."

"After all, today is the first day that the bee farm is officially on track. Making a dish made with honey can not only let everyone know how sweet their future life will be with the bee farm, but also have commemorative significance."

"it is good!"

After hearing such inspiring words, everyone present cheered and started working quickly.

After all, no matter how much you talk, it is better to eat the food first.

(End of this chapter)