Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 385 That's Your Business

"without"

When Sun Maocai heard Xu Guanglu's question, he suddenly came back to his senses, forced out a smile that was uglier than crying, shook his head and said, "It's okay, I just didn't expect this to be so difficult."

"Yeah! I didn't expect that either."

Upon hearing this, Xu Guanglu couldn't help but speak in agreement with some emotion.

In fact, he had originally thought that with so many people going into the mountains, even if there wasn't much gain, at least they could dig up one or two beehives and bring them back.

However, he never imagined that after being in the mountains for most of the day, he didn't even see the shadow of a bee.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly continued, "Well, do you think we should continue to go into the mountains tomorrow?"

"this."

After hearing this, Sun Maocai hesitated for a moment, and finally said with some reluctance: "Why don't we give it another try? After all, he is a county leader. Even if we fail to dig up the beehive, we can't let people think that we are just perfunctory."

"Ok!"

Xu Guanglu nodded, then agreed: "Okay, I'll go tell them right away."

After saying this, he looked at Sun Maocai meaningfully, then turned and left.

If before, he still thought that Li Xiuqin and Ma Guifang agreed to go into the mountains to dig beehives because they were eager to make a contribution, then now, after spending a whole day with Li Xiuqin and others, and seeing Sun Maocai's strange reaction, he could guess that all this must have been done by Sun Maocai.

However, since this matter had nothing to do with him, he did not delve into it too deeply and just gave Sun Maocai a warning with his eyes.

When Sun Maocai saw Xu Guanglu's eyes, his heart tightened slightly, and then he secretly prayed that Li Xiuqin, Ma Guifang and others would be more capable when they went into the mountains tomorrow.

Otherwise, not only would he have worked in vain this time, but Li Guoqiang would also have to take note of it when he returned.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next morning.

Just as Li Xiuqin and Ma Guifang, somewhat reluctantly leading their men, under the escort of Xu Guanglu and other militiamen, went into the mountains to search for beehives, on the other side, Li Guoqiang also took the train and returned smoothly to Sijiu City.

Afterwards, he had just returned to Xiangmizhai when he ran into Zhen Hexiang right at the door of the store.

Seeing Zhen Hexiang's haggard face, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then he hurriedly stepped forward and asked in a deep voice: "Aunt Zhen, why are you here so early in the morning? Did something happen to Xiao Huzi?"

"Hadron!"

When Zhen Hexiang heard Li Guoqiang's voice, she was stunned, then quickly turned her head to look at Li Guoqiang, and said with a look of surprise: "You, you are finally back, I have been waiting for you for so long!"

"Forehead"

Li Guoqiang looked at Zhen Hexiang's resentful look, and his forehead darkened. He then asked hurriedly, "Well, why did you come here to wait for me? Didn't I say that I would help Xiao Huzi continue to treat his illness after I came back?"

"I"

Zhen Hexiang pursed her lips, then said worriedly, "I'm just afraid that you'll be angry and not go."

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he heard this, and then he said unhappily, "Do you think I am the kind of person who doesn't keep his word?"

"no!"

When Zhen Hexiang heard this, her heart tightened, and she quickly waved her hands and explained, "That's not what I meant. I just, I'm a little worried."

"okay!"

Li Guoqiang's expression turned cold, and then he said in a deep voice: "You don't need to explain so much to me, go back and prepare the money! Otherwise, I won't help you without the consultation fee."

"This"

When Zhen Hexiang heard Li Guoqiang say this, her eyes widened, then she looked at Li Guoqiang anxiously, stammering, not knowing what to say.

You know, she has no savings at all over the years in order to treat Jiang Xiaohu, and she even owes a lot of foreign debts.

If what Li Guoqiang said before was true, one session of acupuncture would cost 10 yuan, how could she possibly afford it?

Originally, she thought that she could write an IOU to Li Guoqiang first, and then find other ways to repay the debt. However, Li Guoqiang didn't even give her a chance to speak.

What should I do now?
"What?"

Li Guoqiang saw Zhen Hexiang standing there with a look of wanting to say something but not being able to, so he raised his eyebrows, then laughed and said sarcastically, "You don't want to pay for the consultation, do you?"

"no!"

Upon hearing this, Zhen Hexiang hurriedly shook her head and said, "It's not that I don't want to give it, it's just that I can't afford so much money."

"That's your business!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang ignored the pleading in Zhen Hexiang's eyes and said in a cold voice: "Anyway, I won't do anything without the consultation fee, so that no one will think that my efforts are taken for granted."

"Hadron!"

Zhen Hexiang was shocked, and then she said with regret, "I know I was wrong. I was just confused at the time. Please be magnanimous and don't bother with me so much, okay?"

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang sneered, then said angrily, "Isn't it just according to the rules that I charge you a little consultation fee? How can I be arguing with you about this?"

Those who know it are fine, but those who don't think I'm a bad guy!"

"I"

When Zhen Hexiang saw that Li Guoqiang was angry, she was suddenly at a loss.

In fact, with her many years of experience in officialdom, she should not have made such low-level mistakes, but as the saying goes, care leads to confusion.

Because now, Li Guoqiang has become Jiang Xiaohu's only hope to survive, so she repeatedly makes these low-level mistakes in front of Li Guoqiang.

Just when she was thinking about whether to kneel down to Li Guoqiang, she saw Li Guoqiang waving his hand impatiently, and then said in a deep voice: "Okay, I don't have time to talk nonsense with you now. If you want me to continue to treat Xiao Huzi, then go back and prepare the consultation fee. If you don't want me to continue to treat Xiao Huzi, then just ignore what I said."

After saying that, he turned around and knocked on the door of Xiangmi Zhai, and shouted loudly into the store: "Sister-in-law Yu Li, Sister-in-law Yu Li!"

"Hey, here we come!"

Not long after, there was a response from the store, and then with the sound of footsteps, the door opened from the inside, revealing Yu Li's plump and charming figure.

"Hey! Qiangzi, you're back!"

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang looked at Yu Li's surprised expression, nodded slightly in agreement, and then walked into the store.

Seeing this, Yu Li was about to follow him, but suddenly she found Zhen Hexiang standing outside the store with a tearful look on her face. She was stunned for a moment, and then quickly remembered that Zhen Hexiang had angered Li Guoqiang before. For a moment, she didn't know whether she should invite Zhen Hexiang in.

When Zhen Hexiang saw that Li Guoqiang was so heartless and saw Yu Li's conflicted look, she felt both regretful and scared.

Afterwards, she did not stand there to waste time, but turned around and rode her bicycle to Wu Cai'e's home. At this point, she could only pin her hopes on Wu Cai'e.

Otherwise, she really didn't know what to do.

When Yu Li saw Zhen Hexiang leave, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. She then hurried into the backyard, found Li Guoqiang, and said softly, "Qiangzi, she's gone!"

"Ok!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang nodded slightly, and then said calmly: "If she left, she left. Don't worry about her. Can you tell me first if anything happened in the courtyard and the store during the time I was away?"

"without!"

Yu Li shook her head and replied softly, "In our store, apart from Aunt Zhen who comes here every day, Aunt Wu comes here occasionally, and basically everything is the same as before.

As for the hospital, I haven't been back for a while, so I don't know the specific situation, and I haven't heard from Juanzi and the others, but it shouldn't be a big deal."

"That's good!"

After hearing this, Li Guoqiang felt a little relieved. He then reached into the package he brought back and took out some mountain products such as mushrooms, black fungus, ginseng, etc., and asked Yu Li to take them to the kitchen and put them away.

Yu Li put the things away and did not bother Li Guoqiang. Instead, she quickly scooped out half a basin of flour and started kneading the dough to make noodles.

As the saying goes, eat dumplings when you get on the bus and noodles when you get off. Now that Li Guoqiang has just returned, as the woman who is secretly with Li Guoqiang, she naturally has to make a bowl of delicious noodles with soybean paste for Li Guoqiang in time.

But before she could finish cooking the noodles, Luo Guofu had already taken Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others to Xiangmi Zhai on his tricycle.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Yuchang and others also walked in.

When they saw Li Guoqiang, they were stunned for a moment, then one by one, all surrounded him with surprise on their faces, and asked about the situation of returning to Jinshan Fort this time.

Li Guoqiang had nothing to hide and told everyone that he had taken over the management of the apiary again and had been allocated a small hill as his own private plot.

Afterwards, he took out some mountain products from the package and gave them to Xu Yuchang and others.

These things were asked by Xu Yuchang and others' families to be brought back by him, and they also asked him to convey a message to Xu Yuchang and others, asking them to bring their wives back if they were free at the end of the year so that their families could take a good look at their wives from the city.

When Xu Yuchang and others heard this, they immediately started to think about it, and then looked at Li Guoqiang eagerly.

After all, they have obtained the marriage certificate with their wife, but have not yet held the wedding banquet!
If you could bring your wife from the city back to your hometown at the end of the year and set up a banquet in front of relatives and friends, it would be such an honor.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but said with a smile: "If you want to go back, go back! Can I stop you from going back?"

"That's definitely not possible!"

When Xu Yuchang and the others heard this, they immediately smiled happily, and then hurried to the side, and gathered together to discuss what to bring back so as not to be looked down upon.

When Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others saw Xu Yuchang and others disperse, they lowered their voices and asked Li Guoqiang about the situation of Xu Yuping, Ma Shufen and others.

When they learned that Xu Yuping, Ma Shufen and others were very satisfied with the gifts they gave, and were going to sew a fur coat for each of them as a gift for the winter, they immediately felt very happy, and then ran to the kitchen to help prepare breakfast, leaving the space for Luo Guofu and Yao Meilan.

"Qiangzi, please help your brother check his health! He has been doing a lot of nonsense recently, don't let him hurt his health again!"

When Yao Meilan saw Li Guoqiang turning his gaze towards her, she immediately couldn't help but urge him.

After saying this, she glared at Luo Guofu viciously, obviously feeling very annoyed at his lack of restraint.

"Row!"

Li Guoqiang was slightly happy when he heard this, then he nodded quickly and agreed: "Then I will help him take his pulse!"

After saying that, he waved to Luo Guofu, then turned and walked towards the counter.

Seeing this, Luo Guofu didn't dare to say anything and hurriedly followed.

Soon, he sat in front of the counter, put his hands on the counter, and asked Li Guoqiang to help take his pulse and check his condition with some trepidation.

Although Li Guoqiang lifted the ban on him before returning to Jinshan Fort, he might have been too depressed during the previous period, so he couldn't control himself and had too much fun.

Therefore, now that Li Guoqiang is back, he can't help but feel a little nervous, fearing that his condition will become more serious.

After a while, Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows and slowly let go of his hand.

"How's it going?"

Yao Meilan was standing nearby. Seeing this, she quickly stepped forward and asked, "Is Xiaofu okay?"

"fine!"

Li Guoqiang shook his head, then answered softly, "It's just that his body is a little weak. I'll prepare some medicinal food to nourish him when the time comes."

"Harmful!"

When Luo Guofu heard this, he immediately felt relieved, and then he said smugly, "That's what I told you! Since my brother said it's okay, then it must be fine. You're just worrying about nothing, Mom!"

"Go! Go! Go!"

When Yao Meilan saw Luo Guofu like this, she immediately spat in annoyance: "You are the only one who can do this. If you really ruin your health, just wait and see how I will deal with you!"

After saying that, she glared at Luo Guofu, then turned and went to the kitchen to help.

Seeing this, Luo Guofu curled his lips, then looked at Li Guoqiang in a flattering manner, lowered his voice and asked: "Brother, do you think I should continue to hold it in?"

"That's for sure!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, then spoke seriously.

"what?"

When Luo Guofu heard this, his face suddenly fell, and then he asked reluctantly: "How long will it take?"

"It's hard to say!"

Li Guoqiang shook his head, then said softly: "If everything goes well, it should be almost done by the end of the year."

"Oh!"

When Luo Guofu heard this answer, he rolled his eyes and then responded weakly.

"okay!"

When Li Guoqiang saw Luo Guofu like this, he couldn't help but said in a bad mood: "You are only in your early twenties now. If you want to have fun, you will have plenty of time to have fun in the future. You are a grown man, but you act like you are dying all day long for such a small matter. Aren't you ashamed?"

After saying that, he didn't care about Luo Guofu's reaction and got up and went to the backyard.

Luo Guofu looked at Li Guoqiang's back, thinking about what Li Guoqiang had just said, and was stunned for a moment.

(End of this chapter)