Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 268 Waiting for an Opportunity

"Sister Xiuzhen, you are so useless, aren't you?"

"That's right. I originally wanted to let you hold on for a while, but you collapsed before you even had a chance to catch your breath. I almost died."

"How dare you criticize me? If you hadn't pushed me up in the first place, would I be so exhausted?"

"Well, we are giving in to you because you are the oldest!"

"Alright, let's stop the elder sister laughing at the younger sister. It's already like this, who wouldn't know what kind of person the other person is?"

"By the way, our eldest sister is really amazing! She managed to take care of the second half by herself."

As soon as these words were spoken, Shang Xiuzhen and Shen Fengxia nodded in agreement unconsciously, and then, together with Pan Qiaoyan, turned their gazes to the other side.

Under the orange candlelight, white waves rolled and hit the cliff, making bursts of crisp and loud sounds.

Then, wisps of salty sea water slid down from the cliffs and were blown into their noses by the breeze, making them feel dizzy.

A long time passed like this. As the moon rose and the sun set, and the birds returned to their nests, everything calmed down, leaving only the low sound of the wind.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, Luo Huijuan chuckled, then stretched out her finger, tapped Li Guoqiang's forehead, and said with a smug look, "So? No matter how tough you are, you still can't resist in the end. Are you convinced by the tenderness between us sisters?"

"I'm done with it!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang nodded hurriedly with a cooperative look on his face and admitted defeat.

In fact, with the exclusive skill of watering flowers, let alone being as soft as a finger, even being as gentle as a pillar is just a piece of cake.

"You know what's going on!"

When Luo Huijuan saw Li Guoqiang like this, she felt happy, then she spat lightly and turned to talk to Pan Qiaoyan and the others in private to deepen their sisterly relationship.

【She is really my good daughter-in-law! 】

Li Guoqiang looked at Luo Huijuan's actions and instantly felt a sense of emotion in his heart. Then he hurriedly used his mental power to pass through the small world and observe the situation outside.

When he found that everything was calm, he immediately felt relieved, then leaned aside quietly, admiring the four golden flowers in front of him.

In a trance, he seemed to see coconut trees, and then he suddenly understood why there was a big coconut milk brand in his previous life, and why every time it advertised, it would hire some big and white spokespersons.

It turns out that there is such a profound life lesson in this.

Not long after, Luo Huijuan, Pan Qiaoyan, Shen Fengxia, and Shang Xiuzhen were chatting when suddenly someone started fighting, and then they gradually turned into a fight.

Soon after, Pan Qiaoyan controlled the others, and then invited Li Guoqiang over and gave him a good beating.

Pan Qiaoyan was naturally very unwilling to accept this, and she took advantage of the opportunity to use Shen Fengxia as a scapegoat.

Shen Fengxia was so frightened that she could only drag Shang Xiuzhen into the incident.

Later, Luo Huijuan could not bear to see her sisters suffer, so she had no choice but to fall into the trap herself and feed the tiger with her own body.

Before I knew it, it was already the second half of the night.

Pan Qiaoyan and others, who had finally escaped from the tiger's mouth, fell asleep immediately.

Seeing that they were all fast asleep, Li Guoqiang quickly emerged from his small world and sent them all back to the next room.

Then, he and Luo Huijuan returned to their room and fell asleep in each other's arms.

The next morning, as soon as Pan Qiaoyan, Shang Xiuzhen and Shen Fengxia woke up, they were instantly shocked by each other's beautiful appearance. Then, after confirming that everyone had the same change, they suddenly understood why Luo Huijuan and Xu Yuping were much more beautiful and younger than other women.

It turns out that all this is due to Li Guoqiang's contribution.

After understanding this, they were instantly filled with surprise, and then hurriedly got up, dressed, opened the door and walked out. They also discussed their explanation to the outside world, saying that they looked so fair and rosy because they drank too much last night.

However, they could hide it from others but not from Yao Meilan who already knew the truth.

When she saw Pan Qiaoyan and the others, they all became more beautiful than flowers in just one night. She instantly realized that they had completely become members of the Li family. She hurriedly glared at Li Guoqiang and Luo Huijuan, and secretly cursed them for being naughty.

In this regard, Li Guoqiang could only pretend not to know.

However, Luo Huijuan smiled slightly, then walked directly to Yao Meilan, took her arm, and spoke in a low voice to comfort her.

When Yao Meilan saw Luo Huijuan's expression and thought that the matter was done, she could only sigh helplessly and acquiesce. Then she hurriedly and enthusiastically invited Pan Qiaoyan and others to sit down and have breakfast, and her words were more intimate and less polite.

Seeing this, Li Dawei couldn't help feeling confused for a moment. He didn't understand why Yao Meilan's relationship with Pan Qiaoyan and others suddenly became so good.

Fortunately, he was not a person who liked to dwell on trivial matters. After thinking about it for a while but couldn't figure it out, he stopped thinking about it.

After finishing breakfast, he said hello to Li Guoqiang, holding his enamel teacup, and went to the entrance of the alley to find someone to play chess with.

Nowadays, because Li Guoqiang has made some progress and his family has a considerable amount of savings, he has completely given up the idea of ​​continuing to do odd jobs and is living a peaceful retirement life.

Afterwards, Luo Huijuan and Yao Meilan also went out together and went to work in the textile factory.

Li Guoqiang took Pan Qiaoyan and others to the gatehouse and moved all the baskets of honey combs to the gate of the courtyard. Then they went outside the alley to call two carts and took all the honey combs to the shop on Zhengyangmen East Street.

Then, after teaching Pan Qiaoyan and others how to shake honey, Li Guoqiang pretended to go out to purchase goods. He got out dozens of kilograms of lemons and more than ten kilograms of black tea from his small world, and directly carried them back on a shoulder pole and placed them in the side room.

At this time, through the efforts of Pan Qiaoyan and others, the pieces of honeycombs slowly turned into bottles of golden and transparent honey, and then were placed on the shelves one by one.

Moreover, the store exudes bursts of sweet and tempting fragrance of flowers, which makes passers-by unable to help but look sideways, wanting to know why this long-closed store has such an enticing aroma.

Li Guoqiang went forward to check and found that there was no problem. Then he took the empty honey comb to the backyard and quietly put it into his small world to completely squeeze out the last bit of honey to make beeswax.

Then, he brought a ladder and placed it at the door, and hung up the plaque he had made earlier. On the plaque were written three large and graceful characters, "Xiang Mi Zhai", which looked simple and clear, yet quite ancient.

When passers-by saw the words on the plaque, they immediately understood what the tempting aroma was. Then, through word of mouth, many people soon knew that a new shop selling honey had opened on East Street.

Since people have a lack of spiritual entertainment activities these days, even the smallest things can make people talk about them for days on end, let alone a newly opened honey shop.

You know, at this time, no matter what kind of sugar it is, it is an irresistible temptation for people.

If I can drink a glass of sugar water on a normal day, it would be like winning a prize.

However, because everyone knows that the price of honey is far more expensive than that of white sugar, and it costs a lot of money to buy just one or two kilograms, therefore, until near noon, no one took the initiative to come to the door to ask how the honey was sold.

Seeing this situation, Pan Qiaoyan and others couldn't help but feel a little worried.

However, Li Guoqiang was working leisurely with Pan Qiaoyan and others. He also took the time to go out and get some food, meat and vegetables from the small world, so that Pan Qiaoyan and others could cook in the store.

Just like this, the day passed quickly. At night, Luo Huijuan kept Pan Qiaoyan and others in the house as usual, and then fought to the death with Li Guoqiang.

Since it was not the first time, Pan Qiaoyan and others relaxed a lot and were able to bring some surprises to Li Guoqiang all the time.

Li Guoqiang also reciprocated by directly improving his exclusive flower-watering skill to the fullest.

As a result, when they woke up the next day, Pan Qiaoyan and others immediately found that they had become more beautiful and charming.

Then, Yao Meilan naturally could not be concealed from their changes, which instantly caused Yao Meilan to worry for a while, and at the same time, there was a trace of indescribable envy.

Li Dawei saw Yao Meilan suddenly rolled her eyes at him and couldn't help feeling a little confused for a moment.

Fortunately, Yao Meilan did not take any more drastic actions, which made him feel relieved and continue to enjoy his retirement life.

Soon, three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the more than 3,000 kilograms of honey combs were all turned into jars and bottles of honey.

At noon that day, Li Guoqiang, Pan Qiaoyan and others were sitting in the store eating.

As they were eating, Shen Fengxia couldn't help but ask with some concern: "Qiangzi, our store has been open for three days, and we still don't have a single customer. If this continues, how are we going to explain this to the captain and the others?"

"Yes!"

Hearing what Shen Fengxia said, Pan Qiaoyan also hurriedly said: "Why don't we think of a way together to see how to sell the honey!"

"What about you?"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang looked at Shang Xiuzhen who remained silent, and asked with a smile, "What do you think?"

"What else can I think?"

Shang Xiuzhen rolled her eyes, then said unhappily, "If you're not anxious, what's the point of us being anxious?"

"what!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he heard Shang Xiuzhen's words, and then he said with admiration, "If you ask me, among the three of you, you, as the elder sister, are more stable.

If I go back to the countryside, you will be in charge of the store."

"what?"

Pan Qiaoyan and Shen Fengxia were stunned when they heard this.

They didn't expect that just by mentioning it, they would lose the opportunity to take power.

Shang Xiuzhen glanced at Pan Qiaoyan and Shen Fengxia with a hint of pride, as if she had guessed the result long ago.

In fact, among the three of them, she has spent the longest time with Li Guoqiang, so she understands and believes in Li Guoqiang's abilities better, and naturally she is not so anxious.

What's more, she knew that she was Li Guoqiang's person now. With Li Guoqiang taking care of her, even if they failed to complete the task in the end and were called back to the countryside, their life would not be as hard as before.

"okay!"

Seeing the indignant looks on Pan Qiaoyan and Shen Fengxia's faces, Li Guoqiang waved his hands and comforted them: "Don't worry, if you behave well in the future, I will let you enjoy being the shopkeeper for a while."

After hearing this, Pan Qiaoyan and Shen Fengxia finally felt better. They looked at Li Guoqiang eagerly, wanting to know what his plan was.

"actually."

Li Guoqiang smiled slightly when he saw this, and then explained softly: "You are all wrong. The potential customers of our store are not those ordinary workers at all, but those officials.

So, I am still waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to make our honey a hit."

"What kind of opportunity is that?"

Pan Qiaoyan was slightly stunned, then asked with some curiosity.

"Don't worry about this!"

Li Guoqiang waved his hand, then laughed and said, "After you finish your meal, go and boil some water for me and let it cool down. I want to make something good to give away."

Hearing this, Pan Qiaoyan and others looked at each other, and then vaguely guessed that Li Guoqiang wanted to make honey lemon tea.

However, they still couldn't understand why Li Guoqiang wanted to take the honey lemon tea?

Are you going to the street and treating people to free drinks?

Because Li Guoqiang had told them not to ask so many questions, even though they felt like they were scratched by a cat, they had to force themselves to endure it. They finished their meal in a few bites and then got busy according to Li Guoqiang's instructions.

Soon, they boiled a large pot of water, then poured it out and put it in a large vat to cool.

In his small world, Li Guoqiang took out two large wooden barrels that seemed to be used to store beer in his previous life, and then used lemon, black tea and honey to make honey lemon tea.

This busy work lasted until after three in the afternoon.

Finally, Li Guoqiang explained something to Pan Qiaoyan and others, then took two buckets of freshly made honey lemon tea and went to the street office to find Wu Cai'e.

When Wu Cai'e saw Li Guoqiang coming, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she hurriedly welcomed him into the office. She asked in a friendly manner, "Qiangzi, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Harmful!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang quickly smiled and replied, "I just missed you! So I came to see you!"

"you"

Wu Cai'e was slightly stunned, then she said happily: "Is what you said true?"

It looked like a little girl seeing her lover.

"Forehead"

Li Guoqiang felt a little strange when he saw this, and then he quickly explained: "Well, of course I miss you, but I came here this time to trouble you with something else!"

"Oh!"

When Wu Cai'e heard Li Guoqiang's words, she calmed down instantly. Then she turned around and sat down behind her desk, and said softly, "Then tell me!"

"Here's the thing."

Li Guoqiang didn't think much about it and quickly told the story.

(End of this chapter)