Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 374 The only way

"Qiangzi, good news, good news. I've been looking for so many days, and today I finally found a girl who's suitable for Shazhu. Look at this photo of her. What do you think? She's pretty good, isn't she?"

Sister Zhang spoke excitedly as she took out a headshot from her pocket and handed it to Li Guoqiang.

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly reached out to take it and took a look, and a look of surprise instantly appeared on his face.

"Oh! This girl is really pretty! Aunt Zhang, where did you find her?"

"that."

When Sister Zhang saw Li Guoqiang's surprised expression, her smile froze, and she said with a guilty conscience, "This girl is from the Wujiagou Production Brigade of the Red Star Commune outside the city. She just gave birth to a daughter last year, and then her husband fell off the mountain and died."

"what do you mean"

Li Guoqiang frowned, then said with some displeasure: "Is this girl a widow? And a widow with a bad reputation?"

"That's what you said!"

Sister Zhang nodded, and then explained seriously: "But don't worry, I have carefully checked it out. Her man's affairs have nothing to do with her. It's all those gossipy people in the village who are talking nonsense outside.

Moreover, this girl is not only good-looking, but also good at her work.

If Shazhu can marry her home, life will definitely get better and better."

"no!"

Li Guoqiang waved his hand, and then said unhappily: "You know how picky Uncle He is. If you introduce him to a widow with a child, do you think he will be happy?"

"I know!"

Hearing this, Sister Zhang nodded, then said helplessly: "But you also know what kind of situation Sha Zhu is in. It's not that I deliberately found a widow for him, but I really couldn't find anyone better!

To put it bluntly, most girls within a ten-mile radius would shake their heads when they heard Sha Zhu's name.

If you think this girl is not suitable, then I can’t do anything about it.”

After saying that, she spread her hands, looking helpless.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang didn't know what to say for a moment.

In fact, he also knew how difficult it was to find a suitable partner for Sha Zhu, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult that even Sister Zhang, a veteran matchmaker, had to go to the countryside to find a widow.

From this point of view, it is not unreasonable that Sha Zhu in the original drama was under Qin Huairu's control.

On the one hand, it was because Qin Huairu knew Sha Zhu too well, and she didn't have to put in any effort to control him.

On the other hand, Sha Zhu himself understood that he couldn't find a better partner except Qin Huairu.

If Lou Xiao'e had not suddenly returned with his child to find him later, allowing him to stand up a little, he probably would not have lived to be seventy or eighty years old, and would have been squeezed dry of his surplus value by Banggeng and then driven out to beg for food.

Thinking of this, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but shook his head secretly in his heart, and then said to Sister Zhang in a deep voice: "How about this! You can continue to help keep an eye out and see if you can find a better girl.

I'll find an opportunity to have a good chat with Uncle He and see what he thinks. "

"to make!"

When Sister Zhang heard what Li Guoqiang said, she had no intention of refusing and immediately nodded and agreed.

After all, there are not many customers as generous and magnanimous as Li Guoqiang.

If possible, she would naturally want to get a big red envelope.

Moreover, if she could help Sha Zhu become a matchmaker, it would be a huge boost to her reputation, making her status in the underworld even higher and more stable.

Therefore, if possible, she would not give up Li Guoqiang, her big customer.

Not long after, Li Guoqiang stood at the door of Xiangmi Zhai, watching Sister Zhang leaving in a hurry, and he no longer had much hope of introducing a partner to Sha Zhu.

Actually, if you think about it, if this matter was really that easy, it wouldn't be his turn to worry about it for Sha Zhu.

never mind!

Since I can’t find it, let’s just leave it like this for now!

When he gets back, he will find a chance to tell Sha Zhu about it. He is sure that Sha Zhu will not blame him.

Soon, time passed by and more than a week had passed.

At this time, more than a month had passed since Li Guoqiang returned from Jinshanbao. The leaves of the trees on the streets had gradually turned yellow. I wonder what had happened to the apiary in Chang County?
Just as Li Guoqiang was thinking about whether he should take some time to go back to Jinshanbao to check the situation, Qian Weiguo was getting angry at Zheng Kaitao in Chang County, hundreds of kilometers away.

"Director Zheng, what on earth are you doing? Didn't you say that you could set up a county-run bee farm? Now it's been nearly two months, and you're telling me that you only have less than thirty boxes of bees in total?

Moreover, there are twenty boxes here, which were obtained from the Jinshanbao Production Brigade!

How can I explain this to other county party committee leaders, and how can I explain this to the higher-ups?"

Hearing this, Zheng Kaitao moved his lips as if he wanted to say something, but as soon as he moved the corners of his mouth, the redness and swelling on his cheeks increased, causing him to gasp.

When Qian Weiguo saw Zheng Kaitao's face swollen like a pig, he couldn't help rolling his eyes in disgust, then walked to the sofa and sat down in anger.

Originally, he thought that Zheng Kaitao was a technician from the Municipal Agriculture Bureau. Even if he was unreliable, he should have the ability to set up a county-run apiary.

However, he never imagined that Zheng Kaitao was just a useless person with no real ability at all. He usually just relied on his mouth to fool people, but when it came to the real thing, he was completely useless and even hurt himself.

Seeing that autumn was about to arrive and the county-run apiary was still far from being ready for opening, he finally couldn't help it and called Zheng Kaitao over, ready to put the blame on Zheng Kaitao.

Anyway, Zheng Kaitao still has the city leaders as his backers!
If Zheng Kaitao doesn't take the blame, who should?
After a while, Zheng Kaitao finally calmed down. He turned around and looked at Qian Weiguo, who was sitting on the sofa with a gloomy face. A hint of resentment flashed in his eyes very obscurely.

Soon after, he forced a smile and said to Qian Weiguo, "Leader, you can't blame me for this. It was all because of that old guy Xu Guangfu, who relied on his age and refused to work hard. He led people into the mountains for more than half a month and only got a few boxes of bees. In the end, I led the team into the mountains myself and successfully got some bees."

"Humph!"

After hearing this, Qian Weiguo couldn't help but snorted coldly, and then said in a tough manner: "I don't care what the reason is. Anyway, you are the first person in charge of this county-run bee farm. If you can't make the county-run bee farm reach a certain scale before winter, then you should be prepared to accept the accountability of the county party committee!"

After saying that, he waved his hand, indicating that Zheng Kaitao could leave.

Seeing this, Zheng Kaitao's face suddenly turned very ugly.

In fact, he had not expected that Xu Guangfu would actually dare to be perfunctory about the task he had assigned him. He also had not expected that going into the mountains to dig beehives would be so difficult.

Among them, not only do you need to be on guard against various dangers in the mountains at all times, you also have to learn to find the traces of bees, then follow the bees to find the beehive, and then find a way to dig out the beehive and take it away in a beehive.

Each of the procedures here is very simple to explain, and basically anyone can understand it.

However, only when you actually do it will you know how difficult it is.

It’s like the process of digging a beehive. Do you think you can just go and dig it?

God knows where bees will build their nests?

If this was on a tree, it would be okay, but if it was on a cliff, would that be risking your life?
Even if you are willing to risk your life, you have to be able to dig it out!
Therefore, if you don’t know how to attract bees, then even if you find a beehive, you can often only sigh in despair.

What's more, if you fail to attract the queen bee when attracting bees, it will be all in vain.

All these truths were learned by Zheng Kaitao after being stung by bees dozens of times.

It’s a pity that even if he understood these principles, it would be of no use.

It's like a person who knows what ingredients Coke is made of, but if you ask him to make it, how can he possibly make it?

Besides, it was already autumn and the bees in the mountains were about to hibernate. Even if he could improve his bee collecting skills, it would be too late.

In other words, Qian Weiguo has made up his mind to let him be the scapegoat this time.

Thinking of this, Zheng Kaitao's face turned a little darker. Then he did not lose his mind and argue with Qian Weiguo. Instead, he hurried back to his office and called his brother-in-law who was a leader in the city.

Afterwards, he tried his best to persuade Qian Weiguo and finally brought up his sister, which made his brother-in-law agree to call Qian Weiguo and ask Qian Weiguo to find a scapegoat again.

He also helped to select this candidate, who was his deputy Xu Guangfu.

Just when he was feeling proud of this, on the other side, Xu Guangfu also heard the news that Qian Weiguo wanted to be held accountable, and immediately thought of the fact that Zheng Kaitao would push him out as a scapegoat.

He was not surprised by this, but just secretly cursed Zheng Kaitao for being stupid.

Because he believed that as long as Qian Weiguo still wanted to make achievements with the county-run apiary, Qian Weiguo would never touch him.

Otherwise, how would Qian Weiguo ask Li Guoqiang for help?
Moreover, even if Qian Weiguo really listened to Zheng Kaitao's advice and put all the responsibility on him, the worst that could happen to him would be a change of job with less money and wait for retirement.

That way, he can save a lot of trouble.

In short, no matter what, he will not lose, otherwise he would not have worked without putting in any effort after receiving the task of going into the mountains to dig bees.

And the fact was just as he expected.

When Qian Weiguo received a call from Zheng Kaitao's brother-in-law, saying that Xu Guangfu should take the responsibility for messing up the county-run apiary, Qian Weiguo declined without a second thought.

Moreover, he also brought up the fact that the county party committee had designated Zheng Kaitao as the first person in charge, leaving Zheng Kaitao's brother-in-law speechless.

Now, the only way for Zheng Kaitao to protect his future is to try to complete the county-run apiary before winter.

After learning the news, Zheng Kaitao was stunned for a moment, and then he quickly racked his brains to think of a solution.

After thinking it over, he found that the only way for him to break the impasse was to find Li Guoqiang, the capable man who founded the Jinshanbao Bee Farm, and ask Li Guoqiang to help him run the county-run bee farm.

But would Li Guoqiang be willing?

At this time, Li Guoqiang had no idea that Zheng Kaitao, who was far away in Chang County, had already set his sights on him. He was busy in Xiangmi Zhai, preparing to make warm honey lemon tea in preparation for maintaining Xiangmi Zhai's business after winter.

After dozens of experiments and improvements, he still failed to make a warm honey lemon tea that tasted better than the cold honey lemon tea.

The main reason for this is that when honey is exposed to heat, its taste becomes less good.

Since the raw material of honey cannot be changed for the time being, he has no choice but to make do with it for the time being and wait until he finds inspiration later.

If it really doesn't work, then after winter comes, the worst that can happen is that Xiangmi Zhai will only sell raw honey.

Anyway, most of the money that should have been earned had been earned in the summer, and an explanation had also been given to the villagers of Jinshanbao.

In addition, he was not afraid of being held accountable. After all, everyone knew that bees did not collect honey in winter. Without honey, Xiangmi Zhai naturally could not maintain its previous business status.

If they really don't plan to launch warm drinks, then by then, Xiangmi Zhai will just need Xu Yuchang and others to look after it. He can take Shang Xiuzhen and others and quietly return to Jinshan Fort to hibernate and take care of the baby.

Thinking of this, his enthusiasm for researching warm drinks suddenly decreased a lot.

Then, he suddenly thought of the newly built house deep in the mountains of Jinshanbao, which had not yet been furnished with furniture and various living facilities. He immediately had the urge to go back and take care of this matter and check the situation at the same time.

However, if he wanted to go back to Jinshan Fort, he had to first arrange for Luo Guofu and Jiang Xiaohu's medical treatment, to prevent any deterioration in their conditions after he returned.

"what?"

At noon, when Zhen Hexiang heard Li Guoqiang say that he needed to go back to Jinshanbao in two days, she immediately became nervous and asked in surprise, "You said you were going back to the countryside? And you'll be back for at least a week?
If you leave, what will happen to Xiao Huzi's illness? You can't just leave him alone!"

(End of this chapter)