Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 377 I'm ashamed for you

"Yuliang, what's the situation now?"

Hearing this, Xu Yuliang turned his head and saw Xu Guangfu's anxious look. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing. He just raised his chin towards the beekeeping area, motioning Xu Guangfu to look for himself.

Seeing this, Xu Guangfu hurriedly looked towards the beekeeping area.

The next moment, his pupils suddenly shrank and he froze there for a moment.

When he heard Lao Sun say that something happened at the apiary, he thought it was just a minor problem.

He didn't expect that almost all the bees in the first apiary were dying.

After being stunned for a while, he suddenly thought of something and came back to his senses. He hurriedly grabbed Xu Yuliang's arm and asked in a deep voice: "What about the second bee farm? How is the situation?"

"The situation over there isn't good either!"

Xu Yuliang shook his head, and then answered with a heavy face: "Xiuqin came to me just now and said that more and more bees are dying over there. If there is no way to treat them in time, it is estimated that in a few days, the bees over there will die like here."

"This"

When Xu Guangfu heard this, his eyes widened, and then he said in disbelief: "How can this be so serious?"

At this moment, he finally understood why Li Guoqiang had always told him that raising bees was a technical job.

If you don't have some solid skills, it's really easy to lose everything!

"do not know!"

Facing the question raised by Xu Guangfu, Xu Yuliang's expression froze slightly, then he shook his head bitterly and said, "We have tried everything we can think of in the past two days, but we can't stop the bees from dying one after another.

Now I don’t know how to explain this to my fellow villagers!”

"Humph!"

Hearing this, Xu Guangfu glanced at Xu Yuliang, then snorted in dissatisfaction and said, "Explanation? What to explain? If they hadn't all thought Qiangzi was useless and kicked him out of the bee farm, how could this situation happen now?"

"That's what you said!"

Xu Yuliang frowned, then said with a worried look on his face: "But the decision to let Qiangzi leave the apiary was made by our brigade. Now that there is a problem, the brigade must be responsible."

Hearing this, Xu Guangfu's face instantly turned a little ugly.

You know, when he made this decision, he was still the captain.

This means that he has to shoulder at least half of the responsibility here.

If he had known this would happen, he would never have listened to Li Guoqiang and let Sun Maocai, Ma Changshun and others do whatever they wanted.

However, it is too late to say anything now. Even if Li Guoqiang can come back earlier and find a way to solve the problem of the mysterious death of bees, he cannot save the bees that have already died.

Therefore, let’s not talk about what the situation will be like at the second apiary. Just looking at the situation at the first apiary, the bees are almost all dead, and there is no way to make money from this apiary in the future.

Thinking of this, he didn't know what to feel in his heart.

Although all of this was the villagers' own fault, the price they paid was too high.

"correct!"

Seeing that Xu Guangfu didn't say anything, Xu Yuliang hurriedly asked, "Uncle Guangfu, have you called Qiangzi to tell him to come back quickly?"

"beated!"

Xu Guangfu nodded and said with some worry, "I called the street office where Qiangzi works yesterday morning. They said they would arrange someone to tell Qiangzi the news. I don't know when he will be able to come back."

Hearing this, Xu Yuliang fell silent.

In fact, he also knew that distant water could not put out a nearby fire, but now he really couldn't think of any other way except waiting for Li Guoqiang to come back.

Even a little bit of hope is much better than complete despair.

"Let's go!"

Xu Guangfu turned his head to look at the dead bees, then said solemnly: "Let's hold a village meeting and tell everyone about the situation of the bee farm.

No matter what, there has to be an explanation for this matter.”

"Ok!"

When Xu Yuliang heard what Xu Guangfu said, he did not object. He just nodded and agreed, then got on the donkey cart with Xu Guangfu and headed to the village.

At this time, it was just the time for lunch and most people in the village were at home.

After hearing the meeting notice on the radio, everyone ran to the threshing ground to gather as usual.

When they saw Xu Guangfu, Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and other bee farm workers suddenly appear in front of the warehouse door, they all became nervous.

In fact, most of them had already known about the accident at the apiary, but because Xu Yuliang had not yet officially notified them and they were still uncertain about the specific situation, they did not react too much.

Now, seeing that even Xu Guangfu had rushed back from the county town, and brigade cadres such as Xu Yuliang and Sun Maocai all looked as if their mothers had died, they immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

Sure enough, not long after, they learned from Xu Yuliang the bad news that the bees in the first apiary were almost dead, and the bees in the second apiary were also dying one after another.

This frightened them instantly, and then they were like ants on a hot pan, yelling at Xu Yuliang and others, wanting them to think of a way to recover their losses.

Seeing the scene becoming more and more chaotic, Xu Yuliang panicked for a moment, and then hurriedly looked at Xu Guangfu with a look of help.

Although he has become the team leader now, in terms of authority, he is still inferior to veterans like Xu Guangfu.

Seeing this, Xu Guangfu did not want to shirk his responsibility. He stepped forward, raised his hands and shouted loudly, "Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. Everyone, please be quiet for a moment.

We understand your feelings, but now things have already happened, so it’s no use for you to be anxious.

Now let's discuss what to do next!"

After hearing this, everyone paused for a moment, then continued shouting loudly.

"No, this apiary belongs to all of us. Now that you have ruined it, you must give us an explanation." "Yes, this apiary can make a lot of money for us in a year. If you ruin the apiary, what will happen to our money?"

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The more they talked, the more excited everyone became, and everyone was thinking that they would not be able to get so much money in the future.

As the saying goes, blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents.

At this moment, Xu Yuliang, Li Xiuqin and others were undoubtedly regarded by the villagers as the murderers of their father.

If Xu Guanglu had not brought some militiamen with him and stood nearby with guns in hand, Xu Yuliang, Li Xiuqin and the others would have been beaten to the ground by the angry villagers.

Seeing this situation, Xu Guangfu was immediately furious. He then snatched the gun from Xu Guanglu's hand and fired directly into the air.

With the sound of a gunshot, everyone was startled instantly, then they all closed their mouths and looked at Xu Guangfu with some fear.

Except for the educated youth and the children, basically everyone present knew that Xu Guangfu had led a team to kill the Japanese before, so they were a little hesitant to act rashly when facing Xu Guangfu, and they did not dare to doubt whether Xu Guangfu dared to hit anyone.

Seeing that everyone was frightened, Xu Guangfu stuffed the gun back into Xu Guanglu's hand, then stepped forward, pointed at everyone, and angrily cursed: "Are your brains filled with cow dung?
There's something wrong with the apiary. Do you think we want this?

After all, this is because you felt that Qiangzi was useless and didn't want him to take care of the apiary anymore.

You have all completely forgotten how the apiary was originally started.

If it weren't for Qiangzi, who worked hard to go into the mountains, dig up boxes of bees, and then selflessly contributed his beekeeping skills, there would be no way our brigade would be able to run a apiary.

You are so ungrateful, and you don't feel ashamed. I feel ashamed for you."

After these words were spoken, everyone lowered their heads somewhat unnaturally, not daring to look at Xu Guangfu.

Obviously, they were not unaware that their actions were wrong, but they were blinded by interests and were afraid of being implicated by Li Guoqiang, so they supported the team in expelling Li Guoqiang from the apiary and even took back the job quotas of Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping.

In addition, they also knew that it was unreasonable to blame Xu Yuliang, Li Xiuqin and others for what happened at the apiary.

It's like if the crops in the field are infested with bugs, you can't blame the farmers.

After all, it was completely a natural disaster, and how can a natural disaster be blamed on humans!
What's more, if they had not driven Li Guoqiang away in the first place, such a serious problem would not have occurred now.

At this moment, Xu Guangfu saw that the arrogance of the crowd had been suppressed, and he slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he quickly gave Xu Yuliang a look.

Seeing this, Xu Yuliang suddenly perked up, then hurried forward and said loudly to everyone: "Everyone, listen to me first, we called the street office over there yesterday and asked him to come back as soon as possible after receiving the message. By then, maybe there will be a way to save the second apiary.

As long as the second apiary is still there, there will always be a chance to restore the first apiary in the future.

However, everyone should not be happy too soon. Not to mention whether Qiangzi can come back in time, it is still uncertain whether Qiangzi will be willing to help us find a solution to the problem of the apiary.

After all, it was everyone who didn't want him to continue to manage the bee farm. If we want to invite him back now, we have to show our sincerity."

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what kind of sincerity they should show to Li Guoqiang.

Seeing this, Xu Yuliang did not waste any time and immediately continued, "Well, after our brigade cadres held a meeting and discussed, it was decided that the apiary will be completely handed over to Comrade Li Guoqiang for management.

As long as the bee farm doesn't have any major problems and can provide us with a stable income, we shouldn't interfere. Do you think this is okay?"

As soon as the words fell, a loud response suddenly came from the crowd.

"Row!"

"I think it works!"

"The captain is wise!"

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Soon, the appointment of Li Guoqiang was finalized.

However, brigade cadres such as Xu Yuliang and Sun Maocai were not as optimistic as everyone else.

After all, based on their understanding of Li Guoqiang, they knew that it would not be easy to let Li Guoqiang take over such a mess, and they might have to agree to some other conditions from Li Guoqiang.

But no matter what, compared with the annual income of several hundred yuan per household, these are minor problems.

Now, the most urgent task is to try our best to save the second apiary.

Otherwise, if the second apiary is also gone, then everything will be over.

Therefore, after the villagers' meeting, Xu Yuliang immediately took Sun Maocai and others to the second apiary to check the situation.

When they saw the dead bees scattered around the beehives, they fell silent in an instant.

After a moment of silence, Xu Guangfu was the first to come to his senses. He pointed at the dead bees and shouted angrily, "Look, look carefully, this is all your fault!

I told you at the beginning that beekeeping is not that simple and it would be better not to take away Qiangzi's title of technician, but you refused to listen.

Now, if you really can’t keep the apiary, how are you going to face the villagers in the future?”

After hearing these words, Xu Guanglu, Xu Yu'an and other members of the Xu family glared at Sun Maocai, Ma Changshun and others.

Sun Maocai, Ma Changshun and others could only lower their heads with regret on their faces.

In fact, they originally just thought that there were already technicians specifically in charge of the county-run apiary, so they no longer had to rely on Li Guoqiang.

Who would have thought that Zheng Kaitao would be so useless that he couldn't even figure out how to dig bees in the mountains, let alone teach the specific beekeeping techniques.

If they had known this would happen, even if they were given a hundred times the courage, they would not dare to drive Li Guoqiang away from the apiary so easily!

After all, compared to losing face in front of Li Guoqiang, it is more important to put real money in your pocket.

Just as they were hoping that Li Guoqiang could come back from Sijiu City as soon as possible, the train that Li Guoqiang was riding on slowly approached Chang County, and finally arrived at the station smoothly at around 1:00 a.m.

(End of this chapter)