Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 409 This is our home
"Drive~"

Not long after, a large horse-drawn carriage carrying Li Guoqiang and others rushed out of the county town and plunged into the white snow and ice.

Fortunately, before this, Li Guoqiang had specially prepared thick and warm cotton-padded clothes and leather jackets for Luo Huijuan and others, so they did not feel cold.

However, even so, every time they breathe, they will bring up a burst of white mist, as if they are puffing out smoke.

In addition, in order to avoid bumps on the road, Li Guoqiang also laid a thick mattress on the carriage, which was extremely generous.

You know, these days there are still many people who don’t even have a decent set of clothes, let alone put a valuable leather mattress on the carriage.

This also makes the already beautiful faces of Luo Huijuan and others even more noble.

They sped along like this for more than two hours before the entrance to Jinshanbao village finally came into their sight.

Among them, Shang Xiuzhen, Pan Qiaoyan and others did not have any special feelings, but just felt a little fortunate and that things and people have changed.

Back then, they all rode on donkey carts, weathering the cold and wind all the way to Jinshan Fort, and could be said to have nothing.

Now, they not only have warm and thick cotton-padded jackets to wear, but also large and stable carriages and soft leather mattresses to sit on.

There is even a little life in their bellies.

It can be said that they are completely different at this moment than when they first came here.

And all this was brought to them by Li Guoqiang.

Thinking of this, they all turned their heads to look at Li Guoqiang, their eyes filled with an indelible tenderness.

However, Li Guoqiang didn't have the time to pay attention to them at this moment. He was busy telling Luo Huijuan about his experience of coming here alone, as well as some of the situations in Jinshan Fort.

Before he could finish, the carriage rumbled into the village entrance and quickly attracted the attention of some naughty kids who were playing snowball fights outside their houses.

"Then isn't that Brother Qiangzi?"

"What? Where? Where is it?"

"Hey! Look! It's right there in the carriage!"

"Hey! It's really my brother Qiangzi!"

"Tsk, what do you mean by your brother Qiangzi? Is he that familiar with you?"

"none of your business!"

"Okay, stop arguing and let's hurry up and catch up! If we're late, we won't get any benefits!"

"Yes, yes, yes! The New Year is almost here. Brother Qiangzi must have brought back candy, peanuts, melon seeds and so on. We have to hurry and grab a spot first, otherwise when the adults come, we won't have a chance!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the naughty kids rushed to chase the carriage.

Since they had been staying in the mountains all year round, they were agile and nimble. After a while, they caught up with the carriage. When they were about to wave and say hello to Li Guoqiang, they were shocked by a row of beautiful women sitting in the carriage.

Then they stumbled and fell on the snow, splashing snowflakes.

When they got up again, the carriage had slowly stopped in front of Li Guoqiang's house.

"Qiangzi, is this your home?"

Luo Huijuan looked at the spacious, clean and simple courtyard in front of her, which was covered with snow, and couldn't help but ask softly.

"No no no!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly shook his head and said, "This is our home."

Hearing this, Luo Huijuan's heart suddenly felt sweet, and then she hurriedly put her hand on Li Guoqiang's shoulder and got off the carriage.

Then, while Li Guoqiang was helping Shang Xiuzhen and others down, she turned her gaze to the yard next door.

If she remembered correctly, that should be the home of Aunt Yinfeng who took Li Guoqiang in and made him the pillar of the family!
Just when she was wondering whether she should go and pay a visit to the elders first, two older girls and a younger girl suddenly ran out of the house, and stood at the gate of the yard, looking at her timidly.

Seeing this situation, her mind moved slightly and she guessed who the other person was. Then, without waiting for Li Guoqiang to come over to help introduce her, she walked up to him on her own, with a gentle and moving smile slowly appearing on her face.

"Hello! My name is Luo Huijuan, and I'm Qiangzi's wife. If I'm guessing correctly, you must be Caiyan, Caixia, and Dani!"

"Hello, sister-in-law!"

When Xu Dani saw that Luo Huijuan was so approachable, her reservedness disappeared all of a sudden. She hurriedly walked up to Luo Huijuan and spoke to her in a friendly manner.

When Zhu Caiyan and Zhu Caixia saw this situation, they naturally didn't dare to hide behind anymore. They hurriedly walked forward and shouted.

"Sister Juanzi!"

"Sister Juanzi!"

"Ok!"

Hearing these two consecutive calls that were different from Xu Dani's, Luo Huijuan's eyes narrowed slightly, and then she looked at Zhu Caixia strangely.

Originally, she only knew from Li Guoqiang that Zhu Caiyan was her younger sister, but from the way Zhu Caixia addressed her, it was obvious that this little girl also had hidden feelings for Li Guoqiang!

She had no objection to this, but she was a little worried that the little girl would regret it when she grew up.

"Hey! You all are out now, come over and give me a hand!"

At this time, Li Guoqiang, who had already helped Shang Xiuzhen and others down, also noticed the figures of Zhu Caiyan and others, and then hurriedly smiled and shouted something.

"Oh, here it comes!"

Upon hearing Li Guoqiang's order, Zhu Caixia, Zhu Caiyan and Xu Dani did not dare to delay and quickly agreed and ran towards the carriage.

Soon, they helped Li Guoqiang, Xu Yuchang and others to unload all the things on the carriage.

Among them, in addition to the luggage of Luo Huijuan and others, the most numerous items were various special foods produced in the old city.

For example, the pickles from Liubiju, the pastries from Daoxiangcun, the cola from Friendship Store, etc.

However, because they were afraid of being too conspicuous, all these things were wrapped tightly. Only Xu Dani, the little glutton, smelled a familiar fragrance when she was moving things.

However, as a clever little girl, she would naturally not ask Li Guoqiang for food at this time.

In addition to not wanting to leave a bad impression on her sister-in-law Luo Huijuan, the more important reason was that the naughty children in the village were already gathered at the gate of the yard with eager eyes, and she didn't want to share the delicious food with others.

Just as she was secretly wondering how many delicious foods Li Guoqiang had brought back this time, she saw Luo Huijuan directly open a small cloth bag, take out handfuls of candies, peanuts and melon seeds from it, and distribute them to the naughty children who were watching.

Soon, there were bursts of crisp cheers in the air, making everyone present burst into laughter. Only Xu Dani looked at the candies that were distributed and slowly pouted her lips.

In her opinion, even if the things were to be shared, she should be allowed to taste them first.

Just when she was feeling a little sad about Luo Huijuan's behavior, Luo Huijuan had already distributed all the things in the cloth bag, then walked directly to Xu Dani and gently held the little girl's hand.

"Come on, Dani, take me into the house and let me get you something delicious."

"Ok!"

When Xu Dani heard this, her expression suddenly changed from gloomy to bright. She nodded hurriedly and agreed, then skipped and pulled Luo Huijuan towards the yard.

"Hey, Dani, be careful, your sister-in-law is pregnant!"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang frowned, then hurriedly opened his mouth to give a warning.

Hearing this, Xu Dani immediately stopped and looked at Luo Huijuan's slightly bulging belly with curiosity.

Since Luo Huijuan was wearing a thick cotton jacket at the time, if you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't notice that she was pregnant.

"fine!"

Luo Huijuan saw Xu Dani stop, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and then she said softly: "Sister-in-law's body is not that delicate, please take me into the house quickly! I often heard Qiangzi say that the fire pit here is very warm!"

"Oops!"

When Xu Dani heard the word fire pit, she couldn't help but exclaimed, then hurriedly let go of Luo Huijuan's hand and ran towards the door.

When Zhu Caixia and Zhu Caiyan saw Xu Dani's actions, they immediately thought of something and hurriedly followed her in.

"no!"

When Luo Huijuan saw this, she was confused for a moment, and then she hurriedly asked Li Guoqiang who was walking over, "What's wrong with them?"

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang was slightly amused when he heard this, and then he laughed and explained: "They are in a hurry to go into the house to heat the kang!"

"Oh!"

When Luo Huijuan heard this, she suddenly felt something dawning on her mind, and then she couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

Before this, she only had a little impression of Zhu Caixia and others from Li Guoqiang's mouth. She was not sure about their true situation and their attitude towards her.

Now seeing the performance of Zhu Caixia and others, she can finally put her mind at ease.

"Come on, everyone, stop standing here, and go inside and get on the kang to warm up first!"

Soon, at Li Guoqiang's call, Shang Xiuzhen, Pan Qiaoyan and others, each carrying some packages, followed Luo Huijuan into the house.

Xu Yuchang, Ma Hongjun, Sun Jinda and their wives were not in a hurry to return home. Instead, they planned to stay at Li Guoqiang's house for a while, wait for their families to come over, discuss the entry ceremony, and then bring their wives back home.

At this time, with the busy work of Zhu Caiyan, Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani, the fire pits in both the east and west rooms were slowly emitting warmth.

By the way, they also boiled some hot water in the pot, preparing to wash the hands and faces of Li Guoqiang and others.

At the same time, those naughty kids who got candies, peanuts and melon seeds ran back home one by one and told the adults at home the news that Li Guoqiang had returned with his wife.

So, not long after, many villagers gathered in front of Li Guoqiang's house again, and each of them, like those naughty children, stared at the door of Li Guoqiang's house eagerly.

You know, it has been nearly half a year since the last dividend distribution, and just from what they know, there is a huge deposit of more than 100,000 yuan in the public account of the production brigade.

Therefore, they were looking forward to Li Guoqiang's quick return so that the team could give them dividends.

As a result, after waiting for a long time, it is already the 28th day of the lunar year, and Li Guoqiang has not returned yet.

Originally, they had planned that if Li Guoqiang didn't come back after today, they would surround Xu Yuliang's house and force Xu Yuliang to distribute the dividends from the bee farm before the New Year.

Otherwise, they would not have had a very peaceful New Year.

Fortunately, Li Guoqiang finally arrived back to Jinshanbao today, which made all the villagers feel relieved.

In less than half an hour, almost everyone in the village had arrived.

Just as Xu Yuliang, Sun Maocai and other brigade cadres were preparing to go into the house to discuss the distribution of dividends with Li Guoqiang, Li Guoqiang suddenly came out of the house with Luo Huijuan and others.

Moreover, in his hand, he was holding a large bulging cloth bag.

The next moment, the villagers who had the experience of distributing dividends once all turned their eyes to the big cloth bag, with excitement shown on their faces.

When they came to their senses, they found Luo Huijuan and others, and then they stared at their bulging bellies and whispered to each other.

"Hey, look, aren't those the educated youths who were in our production team before? How come they are back with Qiangzi now? And it looks like they are both pregnant. Do you think the babies in their bellies are all Qiangzi's?"

"Hush! Don't talk nonsense. Even if the babies in their bellies are Qiangzi's, so what? Are you planning to arrest Qiangzi?"

"Hey! I don't have the guts!"

"Humph! It's good that you know! Now, if anyone messes with Qiangzi, then he will mess with all of us in the village. Not to mention a few women, even if there are dozens of women, as long as Qiangzi has the ability to do that, we can only pretend that we didn't see anything. Do you understand?"

Soon after, as Li Guoqiang walked forward and stretched out his hands to signal, everyone shut up and stopped talking.

Moreover, they all reached a consensus that they would pretend not to notice the fact that Shang Xiuzhen, Pan Qiaoyan and others were pregnant, and all their attention was on the cloth bag in Li Guoqiang's hand.

"that."

Seeing the crowd like this, Li Guoqiang straightened his expression and said loudly: "Everyone has seen the cloth bag in my hand! This contains the total money that Xiangmi Zhai has earned as of the day before yesterday, excluding the money that was remitted to the brigade's public account.

I will hand over the money to the production brigade later, and the brigade will decide how to distribute it."

After saying that, he opened the cloth bag in full view of everyone, then reached into the bag, took out stacks of banknotes, and handed them to Xu Yuliang who was standing next to him.

Looking at these banknotes, everyone's eyes became red, and they couldn't wait to get their share.

Fortunately, Xu Guanglu and others already had experience and had already asked the militia to stand guard with guns.

Just like that, in a short while, Xu Yuliang had six neatly stacked stacks of banknotes in his arms, making his breathing unconsciously become rapid.

[This is too much money! ]

(End of this chapter)