Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 91 What is this?
"Shang Xiuzhen, how about we go over there and sit down?"

After a while, Shao Ruian saw Li Guoqiang walking out, and hurriedly leaned over to Shang Xiuzhen's ear and made a suggestion.

"You have to go, I won't go!"

Shang Xiuzhen frowned when she heard this, and then refused in a cold voice without even thinking.

As a martial artist, what she despises most are those who like to flatter and fawn on others.

What's more, she had already seen that Shao Ruian was a selfish villain, so how could she possibly go along with Shao Ruian now?

When Shao Ruian saw Shang Xiuzhen's attitude, his face instantly became a little gloomy, and then immediately changed into a smiling face, as if the person who was rejected just now was not him.

Then, he pondered for a while, then suddenly stood up and said with a laugh, "Well, you guys sit down and drink some water first. I'll go out and see if there's anything I can do to help."

After saying that, he didn't care about other people's reactions, and hurriedly got off the kang and walked out, and then soon found Li Guoqiang who was helping chop firewood in the yard.

"Li Guoqiang, I'm here to help you!"

"Yo!"

Li Guoqiang saw Shao Ruian suddenly approaching, raised his eyebrows, and then asked in confusion: "Why did you come out?"

Logically speaking, Shao Ruian should be in the house trying to find ways to get closer to Xu Guangfu and other brigade cadres, so why would he be so kind as to come out and help him chop firewood?

"Harmful!"

Upon hearing this, Shao Ruian quickly waved his hands and said, "You've already been very kind to us by treating us all to meat. I can't just sit on the kang and wait for food and do nothing, right?"

"to make!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted, and immediately nodded and agreed, "Then you'll have to chop all the firewood and bring it in. I'll go in and greet everyone first."

After saying that, he stuffed the axe directly into Shao Ruian's hand, then quickly turned around and walked into the house.

"Hey"

Shao Ruian looked at Li Guoqiang's back as he left, and hurriedly wanted to call Li Guoqiang to stop him, but before he could say anything, he saw Li Guoqiang's figure had disappeared behind the door curtain, and in the end he could only swallow his words back silently.

Then he looked down at the axe in his hand, then at the large bundle of firewood on the ground, and suddenly he wanted to slap himself in the face.

Can't you just say it directly if you have something to say?

Do you really have to be polite to others?
Now, not only did the deal not get done, but I also have to do hard labor for others. What kind of thing is this?
Originally, Shao Ruian planned to ask Li Guoqiang to help talk to Xu Guangfu, Sun Maocai and other brigade cadres to let him serve as the leader of the male educated youth group.

The result is now
Ugh!
do not talk!
Let’s get to work!
Soon, the sound of chopping wood was heard in the yard.

At this time, Li Guoqiang had already forgotten about Shao Ruian and sat down on the edge of the south kang. While greeting the guests, he listened to Xu Guangfu and Sun Maocai talking about things in the village.

Not long after, Pan Qiaoyan lifted the door curtain of the outer room and shouted loudly, "Dinner is ready!" Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly got up and walked out, brought in the liquor that had been warmed on the coal stove, and then started with Xu Guangfu, pouring it for the guests one by one, even the girls.

As the saying goes, serve the food first and the wine first. This is the way to entertain guests.

There were more than twenty people, each of them poured a small amount of wine, and they finished half a jar in no time.

He placed the remaining half next to Xu Guangfu, then laughed and said, "Uncle Fu, this is all the wine left at home. I'm young and don't know the rules, so I'll trouble you to help me arrange it later!"

"Row!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Guangfu immediately agreed with a satisfied look on his face: "Then leave it to me to arrange it!"

Seeing this scene, Sun Maocai, Ma Chunmei and others couldn't help but look at Li Guoqiang with some surprise, as if they didn't expect Li Guoqiang to be so thoughtful.

After all, apart from Shang Xiuzhen and Shao Ruian and other educated youth, those present were basically the most powerful people in the village. At that time, it would be inappropriate for Li Guoqiang to give more wine to anyone, and it might even make people misunderstand that he was not giving face.

Now, Li Guoqiang has handed the remaining wine over to Xu Guangfu to deal with, which not only perfectly solves the problem, but also highlights Xu Guangfu's status. It can be said that it couldn't be better.

Thinking of this, they couldn't help but value this young man Li Guoqiang even more. Their gazes towards Li Guoqiang became more formal, and they basically no longer regarded Li Guoqiang as a child.

Afterwards, before they could say anything, Pan Qiaoyan and Shen Fengxia came in each carrying two baskets of cornmeal cakes and cornmeal porridge.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang hurried out to help serve the dishes.

After a while, both the south and north kangs were filled with tables of steaming food.

In addition to cornmeal cakes and cornmeal porridge, there was also a pot of steamed buns made of two-grain flour, a plate of spicy and sour potato shreds, a plate of fried rabbit offal with sauerkraut, and a plate of pickled mustard greens.

Next, it was the turn of today's main dish, two large pots of stewed rabbit meat in an iron pot.

When Pan Qiaoyan and Shen Fengxia each brought a large iron pot of stewed rabbit meat and placed it on the kang table, the room was instantly filled with a fresh and fragrant smell, making everyone swallow their saliva.

Although most of the people present had eaten fish not long ago, the fish was not cooked with enough oil and water, so it could only barely satisfy their cravings. How could it compare to the iron pot stewed rabbit meat with enough oil and ingredients in front of them!
This taste is enough to make your mouth water, let alone eating it.

Just as Li Guoqiang was calling Pan Qiaoyan and Shen Fengxia to sit on the kang quickly, and then called Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani to come in and sit on the kang to prepare for dinner, Shao Ruian finally finished chopping the large bundle of firewood.

When he walked into the outer room, panting a little, carrying firewood, he bumped into Li Guoqiang who was about to go out to call him for dinner.

Li Guoqiang looked at Shao Ruian, who looked exhausted, and smiled, saying, "Thank you for your hard work. Come into the house and eat soon!"

After saying that, without waiting for Shao Ruian to say anything, he walked up to Shao Ruian, pulled him into the inner room, and then pushed him to the north kang.

Shang Xiuzhen and others were surprised when they saw Shao Ruian's dusty appearance. They didn't understand what Shao Ruian was doing.
Shao Ruian saw everyone's eyes, opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to start.

Could he really say that he was cheated by Li Guoqiang and had just stupidly chopped a large bundle of firewood?
If he really said that, then he would never be able to become a team leader again!
Therefore, in the end he could only smile awkwardly, then silently climbed onto the kang and sat back in his seat.

(End of this chapter)