Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 231: Are you going to do this business or not?
"Hey! Team Leader Shang, you're here. Have you eaten yet? If not, come in and eat with us on the kang."

When Xu Yuping heard the voice, she immediately walked out and greeted them with a warm smile on her face.

"No no no!"

Shang Xiuzhen heard this and quickly waved her hand to decline, "Sister Yuping, I've already eaten. Don't worry about me. I just came here to discuss something with Comrade Li Guoqiang."

"to make!"

When Xu Yuping heard Shang Xiuzhen say this, she didn't insist and immediately nodded and agreed, "Then I'll tell him for you. You go to his room and wait for a while."

After saying that, she turned and went into the house.

Seeing this, Shang Xiuzhen hesitated for a moment, then slowly turned and walked towards the wooden house next to her.

Not long after, Li Guoqiang finished his meal and hurried back to his wooden house. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Shang Xiuzhen sitting on the edge of the kang with her head down in a daze.

After more than half a year of life in the countryside, especially after the recent busy farming season, both Shen Fengxia who came before and Shang Xiuzhen in front of her have had their skin deteriorate. It is no longer as fair and tender, but appears a little rough and dark yellow.

The only thing that remains unchanged is their youthful and beautiful figures, which have even become more mature and charming.

If Shen Fengxia is a plump and juicy peach, then Shang Xiuzhen is a crisp and delicious spring bamboo shoot, which makes people want to bully her.

Hearing the sound of the door opening and footsteps, Shang Xiuzhen immediately came to her senses, then hurriedly raised her head and gave Li Guoqiang a slightly flattering smile.

"You're full!"

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang nodded slightly in response, then walked to the table beside him, picked up the thermos and teacup, and poured a bowl of water for Shang Xiuzhen.

Then, he sat on the other side of the fire pit, laughed and said, "Team Leader Shang, I'm sorry! I was just having a meal and kept you waiting for a long time!"

"fine!"

Shang Xiuzhen heard this and quickly waved her hand and said, "Actually, I didn't wait long."

As she spoke, she raised her eyelids slightly, glanced at Li Guoqiang, then pursed her lips and asked, "Well, I ran into Shen Fengxia when I came here just now. She came here to look for you, right?"

"Correct!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, then replied softly: "She just came to me and talked to me about something!"

"What did she want to talk to you about?"

Shang Xiuzhen's heart tightened, and then she asked hurriedly.

"Oh!"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, then laughed and said, "Actually, she didn't say anything. She just asked me if I could take her back to Sijiu City to manage the office."

"That"

Shang Xiuzhen's heart instantly rose to her throat when she heard this, and she blurted out, "Did you agree to her?"

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he saw Shang Xiuzhen's reaction, and then he laughed and replied, "I saw that she was so sincere, so I agreed to her request!"

"Sincerity?"

Shang Xiuzhen was slightly stunned, then asked doubtfully, "How sincere can she be?"

"Could it be her?"

As she was talking, she suddenly thought of a possibility. Her heart skipped a beat and she looked at Li Guoqiang with an expression as if she wanted to say something but was too embarrassed to ask.

"okay!"

Seeing Shang Xiuzhen like this, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but waved his hand cheerfully and said, "I told you to stop speculating here. I said she was sincere, but she just came to tell me in person."

"At once"

Shang Xiuzhen frowned, then asked with a look of doubt on her face: "Is it that simple?"

In fact, it was no wonder that she didn't believe what Li Guoqiang said. After all, after more than half a year of living in the countryside, these educated youth had already deeply realized how hard it was to repair the earth in the countryside.

Especially for these female educated youth, there were all kinds of inconveniences and difficulties.

Therefore, they even dreamed of returning to the city.

And she also believed that Li Guoqiang should know how precious this opportunity to return to the city is.

Such a precious opportunity, and Li Guoqiang agreed just because Shen Fengxia came to talk to him personally?
How could there be such a cheap thing in this world?
unless
Soon, Shang Xiuzhen thought of some unspeakable things, and the look in her eyes when she looked at Li Guoqiang became a little strange.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Li Guoqiang noticed Shang Xiuzhen's eyes, and immediately couldn't help but said in a somewhat unpleasant tone: "If you have anything to say, just say it directly!"

"that."

Shang Xiuzhen swallowed her saliva, then asked nervously, "Can you tell me the truth, what conditions did she give you to make you agree to take her back to the city?"

"Forehead"

When Li Guoqiang saw that Shang Xiuzhen didn't even believe the truth, he felt speechless for a moment.

Afterwards, he didn't want to waste time talking to Shang Xiuzhen, so he asked directly, "So what conditions do you think she set?"

"this."

Shang Xiuzhen hesitated for a while, but finally did not dare to speak out her guess.

In fact, according to her own personality, she usually wouldn't think about it that way. But who can blame her for the fact that in recent times, the aunties in the village always whisper to these female educated youth that if anyone can get together with Li Guoqiang, they will be able to enjoy a good life!
In this case, she couldn't help but wonder whether Shen Fengxia had made some kind of PY deal with Li Guoqiang in secret, so Li Guoqiang agreed to take Shen Fengxia back to the city together.

Besides, she came here this time with the same idea in mind!

As the saying goes, put yourself in others' shoes and judge others as you would like to be judged.

Therefore, it is normal for her to think this way.

However, Li Guoqiang never thought about it this way at all. He thought Shang Xiuzhen knew that Shen Fengxia liked him.

So, after pondering for a while, he decided to get to the point so that Shang Xiuzhen wouldn't continue to ask him riddles.

"Okay, I'll tell you the truth! Shen Fengxia came to me and at the beginning she did give me a condition, saying that she could do that with me."

"What? Did she really say that?"

Before Li Guoqiang could finish his words, Shang Xiuzhen opened her eyes wide and asked in surprise.

"Yes!" Li Guoqiang was stunned for a moment when he saw Shang Xiuzhen's big reaction, then he nodded quickly and replied, "Actually, I didn't expect her to say that."

"So."

Shang Xiuzhen pursed her lips, then suddenly asked, "If I can be like her, can you promise to take me back to the city with you?"

After she finished speaking, she saw Li Guoqiang standing there in a daze, not saying a word, so she quickly continued, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this, and I won't ask you to be responsible in the future."

"you"

Li Guoqiang had just come to his senses when he heard Shang Xiuzhen's words and was immediately caught again.

He never imagined that Shang Xiuzhen would misunderstand his meaning and propose such an attractive condition.

So, he quickly calculated the pros and cons in his mind, and then explained with a bit of regret: "Well, you misunderstood, there is really nothing between Shen Fengxia and me."

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Before he could finish his words, Li Guoqiang was startled by Shang Xiuzhen's actions.

Shang Xiuzhen, however, grabbed Li Guoqiang's hand seriously, pressed it firmly on her conscience, and then said in a deep voice: "Now you can believe that my sincerity is no less than hers, right?"

"you"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang's mouth twitched slightly, and then he said with a somewhat helpless smile: "Why are you doing this? I didn't say that I can't take you back to the city with me!"

"Humph!"

Shang Xiuzhen snorted, then said with some embarrassment: "Before you say this, can you look at your hands first?"

"Forehead"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then quickly retracted his restless hand, with an embarrassed look on his face, "Well, this is a purely natural reaction, don't mind it!"

"okay!"

Shang Xiuzhen rolled her eyes, then said in a somewhat unpleasant tone: "Don't pretend with me here, just tell me the truth, are you going to do this deal or not?"

"I would like to do it."

Seeing Shang Xiuzhen's attitude, Li Guoqiang nodded hurriedly and said, "But I have to make it clear to you that there is really nothing between Shen Fengxia and me. Please don't misunderstand me!"

"I don't want you to say I lied to you!"

"rest assured!"

At this moment, Shang Xiuzhen didn't believe a single punctuation mark in Li Guoqiang's words. She simply nodded and said, "I did this voluntarily. No matter what happens in the future, I won't blame you. Is that okay?"

"Row!"

At this point, Li Guoqiang stopped talking and immediately nodded in agreement, "Then it's settled!"

Shang Xiuzhen was slightly relieved when she saw Li Guoqiang agreed. Then she hesitated for a while and asked in a low voice, "Then when do you want it?"

"Not urgent!"

Li Guoqiang shook his head, then laughed and said, "Let's talk about this after I take you back to the city!"

"Ok!"

Upon hearing this, Shang Xiuzhen hurriedly nodded and agreed, and her heart finally settled down.

Afterwards, she did not stay for long, but asked Li Guoqiang to inform her if there was any news, and then she got up and left.

Looking at her pretty back as she hurriedly left, Li Guoqiang couldn't help shaking his head and laughing. Then he quickly put the matter behind him and took Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping to the apiary to check the situation.

At this time, Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and Zhang Mei'e all knew that the bee farm was going to be turned into a brigade-run enterprise, and that Li Guoqiang was about to go to Sijiu City to set up an office.

When they saw Li Guoqiang coming, they surrounded him without saying a word and asked about the relevant situation.

Among them, the most concerned issue is the selection of branch managers after Li Guoqiang leaves, and whether there will be any major changes in their daily work.

Li Guoqiang had already thought about this, and had discussed it with Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping while having dinner at home, so he gave the answer directly this time.

"Sister Xiuqin, Sister Guifang, Sister Mei'e, you can rest assured. I have already told Uncle Fu that when I go to Sijiu City, I will choose one of you three to be the branch director of the bee farm. The specific person will need to be discussed by the brigade cadres in a meeting."

"As for your daily work, it will basically remain the same. The only thing you need to pay attention to is that the bee farm will be a business run by the brigade in the future, so the various work processes will become more standardized."

"That's good, that's good!"

After hearing Li Guoqiang's answer, Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and Zhang Mei'e all breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at each other and started to think about it in their hearts.

As family members of brigade cadres, they naturally understood what the position of branch chief represented, which could be said to be no less important than that of the production team leader.

If I can become the branch chief, I will be very powerful in this village in the future!
That is why they were so concerned and nervous, fearing that Li Guoqiang would abuse his power for personal gain and force Xu Yuping to take over.

Now, since Li Guoqiang has made it clear that the deputy director will choose one person from among the three of them, they obviously have to do a fight.

Thinking of this, the way they looked at each other suddenly became fierce, like a tigress.

Li Guoqiang didn't care about the competition between them. After he finished talking about the matter, he immediately went to the beekeeping area and inspected it carefully, and solved the problems that had arisen during this period.

For example, pests, temperature, humidity, etc.

Although he had given a lot of technical training to Xu Yuping, Qu Yinfeng, Li Xiuqin and others before, many problems could not be discovered in time without sufficient vision and experience.

Therefore, he had to work harder and do it himself.

However, precisely because of this, his contribution to the apiary has always been above 60%, so the honey, beeswax, bee pupae, etc. produced can naturally get an additional ten times reward.

After such a long period of breeding, it is preliminarily estimated that he can get at least 300 beehives and more than 10000 kilograms of honey and beeswax.

However, he has not harvested it yet, so he has not got it yet.

Considering that he will have to live permanently in Sijiu City soon, he proposed to harvest the honey and beeswax produced by the apiary before leaving, and to divide the bee boxes for some bee colonies that have already produced a second queen bee, so as to open a second apiary.

Afterwards, he would take the time to visit the private apiary, settle the bee colonies he had caught, and bring some daily necessities to Erniu and Sanwazi's family.

Once these things are done, he can return to Sijiu City and start a new life.

While he was busy arranging the next itinerary, on the other side, Shang Xiuzhen had been working in the fields for half a day. She was so tired that she was sweating profusely. Even her clothes were almost soaked, sticking tightly to her body, fully showing off her exquisite and petite figure.

Then, she took advantage of the break to call Shen Fengxia aside and said in a low voice, "Shen Fengxia, I already know everything about you and Li Guoqiang."

As soon as these words were spoken, Shen Fengxia was frightened. Her clothes, which were already soaked, began to shake violently, as if there were two big white rabbits hidden inside, which made Shang Xiuzhen's eyes twitch.

(End of this chapter)