Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 417: Beating a dog depends on its owner
"I'm sorry, I don't understand what you're saying. If there's nothing else, I'll go get busy now!"

When Li Guoqiang heard what Xu Wanling said, he felt happy and almost couldn't help laughing out loud. Then he quickly shook his head and spoke in a deep voice.

After saying that, he immediately turned around and left, as if he didn't take Xu Wanling seriously at all.

When Xu Wanling saw this, she was stunned.

Originally, she thought that as long as she took the initiative to come to him, then with her beauty, she would be able to impress Li Guoqiang.

However, she didn't expect that Li Guoqiang wouldn't even look at her, as if he treated her like trash.

How could she accept this?
Soon, she came to her senses and ran after Li Guoqiang, wanting to get an explanation for herself.

In her haste, she completely forgot that many of her colleagues were watching her not far away, and she didn't realize that her image was about to collapse.

Just like that, under everyone's somewhat incredulous gazes, Xu Wanling ran nearly a hundred meters breathlessly, and finally caught up with Li Guoqiang on the village road.

Li Guoqiang paused, then shook off Xu Wanling's hand, and asked unhappily, "Comrade Xu Wanling, do you have anything else to say?"

"I"

Xu Wanling's breath caught slightly when she heard this, and then she asked with an indignant look on her face: "I just want to ask you, how am I worse than Shang Xiuzhen and the others? Why do you want them instead of me?"

"Hey!"

Li Guoqiang frowned, and then hurriedly said: "You can eat whatever you want, but you can't eat whatever you want. What do you mean I want them but not you? Don't talk nonsense here."

Although everyone with discerning eyes knew about his relationship with Shang Xiuzhen and others, knowing was one thing and speaking it out loud was another.

What's more, it was impossible for him to admit it in front of Xu Wanling, a proud girl.

"Humph!"

When Xu Wanling heard what Li Guoqiang said, she couldn't help but snorted coldly and said, "Whether you are talking nonsense or not, you know it in your heart. I want to know now, what exactly do you want me to join Xiang Mi Zhai?"

"this matter!"

Li Guoqiang's expression straightened, and then he said seriously: "I have already told you very clearly just now, Xiangmi Zhai does not need to recruit more employees now, so I can't help you."

"you"

Xu Wanling was extremely angry when she saw that even after she had said so much, Li Guoqiang still did not give in.

"okay!"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly continued, "There's someone watching behind you! I have something else to do now, let's talk about it next time when we're free."

After saying that, he turned around and left without caring about Xu Wanling's reaction.

Xu Wanling turned her head and glanced at her colleagues who were looking at her in surprise. She was instantly shocked. Then she didn't bother to argue with Li Guoqiang anymore, and hurriedly pretended nothing had happened and returned to the room where the female educated youth lived.

However, it was too late for her to hide her tracks now.

Anyone who is not blind can see the purpose of her looking for Li Guoqiang just now.

Therefore, her personality has completely collapsed.

Moreover, this caused several male educated youth who were interested in her to feel heartbroken.

In their opinion, they had already been crushed by Li Guoqiang, and now they saw with their own eyes the girl they liked actively offering herself to Li Guoqiang. This was simply too much of a bully.

At this time, Li Guoqiang was not interested in paying attention to the thoughts of those male educated youth. He hurried back home in a few seconds, then entered the house and greeted Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others. Then he drove a sika deer cart and took them all to the threshing ground.

Afterwards, he took Luo Huijuan with him to the places where Xu Yuchang, Ma Hongjun and Sun Jinda received gifts, and gave each of them a gift.

The amount was not much, only 5 yuan, which is considered a normal gift money in the city.

As for the other villagers, perhaps because they had just received dividends, they became more generous. Almost every family gave a gift of at least 2 yuan.

If it had been in the past, let alone a gift of money, even just some wheat flour would have been considered quite good enough.

From this point of view, it can also be seen that the lives of the villagers in Jinshanbao are really different.

However, although the gift money was included, the number of people attending the banquet was much larger than usual. Most of them came with their families, and they seemed to want to eat back the gift money.

At present, a pound of pork costs 80 cents, and a pound of flour costs 30 cents. The small amount of gift money they gave would at most be enough for them to buy three or four pounds of flour and a pound of pork.

In other words, even if there are only four of them, they can make their money back by eating a little.

Fortunately, the three families of Xu Yuchang, Sun Jinda and Ma Hongjun had already anticipated this situation and exchanged a lot of food and vegetables with the villagers in advance, so they didn't have to worry about having nothing to eat for the guests.

In addition, nowadays, few people think about making money from hosting banquets. As long as they don’t lose money, it’s already pretty good.

What's more, how much to eat and whether to eat well or badly are all decided by the hosts themselves. Since they have decided to hold a good banquet, they can't blame others for bringing their families to the banquet.

Soon, with the sound of a series of firecrackers, the three couples, Xu Yuchang, Sun Jinda and Ma Hongjun, also cupped their hands to invite the guests to take a seat, and then asked the villagers who helped with the preparations to bring out plates of steaming hot meals from the makeshift open-air kitchen.

In this cold winter, meals have to be cooked over a charcoal stove to prevent them from getting cold.

But nowadays, the tables are all full, and a dish is eaten up in no time after it is served, which saves a lot of trouble.

Another good thing is that there is no custom of using bags to carry food here, so even if you eat fast, you don’t have to worry about not being able to eat because you are not quick enough.

Of course, this problem is not a problem at all for Li Guoqiang, Luo Huijuan and others.

On the one hand, it was because they were eating at a banquet shared by three families, and on the other hand, because there were more of them and they each occupied a table, they naturally did not have to worry about not having enough food.

Soon, Luo Huijuan, Shang Xiuzhen and others had eaten their fill one after another, leaving Li Guoqiang alone, who was surrounded by villagers and toasted by them.

As they drank, before Li Guoqiang was even drunk, many villagers had already gotten drunk. They then asked their wives and parents to carry them back home to prevent them from accidentally freezing.

When the banquet was over, apart from the villagers who helped with the work, Li Guoqiang was the only one still sitting there steadily, which made people feel amazed.

They didn't expect that Li Guoqiang could get most of the men in Jinshan Fort drunk by himself.

At this point, in addition to the title of God of Wealth, Li Guoqiang also had the title of Wine Immortal.

Just when he was about to get up and say goodbye, he was suddenly stopped by Tian Guixiang, who handed him a bowl of prepared food.

"Qiangzi, I still have to work for a while. Can you help me deliver the food to Guifang's house?"

"no!"

When Li Guoqiang heard this, he immediately asked in confusion: "Is there no one from their family coming to the feast?" "Huh!"

Tian Guixiang sighed lightly, then said indignantly: "I don't know what Guifang's husband was thinking. He took the child and his parents to his sister's house in the county during the New Year and left Guifang alone at home.

If Guifang hadn't asked Xiuqin to bring the gift money, I wouldn't have known they could do such a thing!"

"Fine!"

Li Guoqiang frowned slightly when he heard this, then nodded and said, "Then I'll send the food over right away."

After saying that, he reached out to take the rice bowl, then turned and walked towards Ma Guifang's home.

Although he and Ma Guifang had only played a friendly match, he couldn't help feeling a little angry when he heard that Ma Guifang's man had gone so far.

As the saying goes, when beating a dog, you have to look at the owner!
You know, Ma Guifang is the manager of a bee farm!

If Ma Guifang's man did this, wouldn't that be a slap in his face?

Thinking of this, he quickly came up with an idea in his mind and hurriedly quickened his pace.

After a while, he arrived at Ma Guifang's house smoothly. Without knocking on the door, he lifted the curtain, pushed open the door and walked in.

"Who?"

Soon, Ma Guifang's voice came from the inner room. After seeing Li Guoqiang, she was stunned for a moment, "Why are you here?"

In fact, when she knew that Li Guoqiang came back this time, not only with his beautiful wife, but also with several young and beautiful girls, she no longer expected Li Guoqiang to come and see her.

Moreover, even though she was ruthlessly abandoned at home by her own man, she did not think of asking Li Guoqiang for help.

However, no matter how she thought about it, she never expected that Li Guoqiang would come uninvited. This made her feel a little surprised, but also a little happy unconsciously.

"I'll bring you some food!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang didn't make any excuses and just walked forward and put the rice bowl on the table.

When Ma Guifang saw the food in the bowl, she immediately understood where the food came from, and couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

She originally thought that Li Guoqiang came to see her on purpose!
"How is your injury now?"

Li Guoqiang saw the change in Ma Guifang's expression, raised his eyebrows slightly, and then asked softly.

"It should be healed soon, but you can't use too much force yet!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Guifang glanced at her bandaged hands and feet, then answered in a somewhat depressed tone.

"Let me see!"

When Li Guoqiang heard Ma Guifang say this, his eyes narrowed slightly, then he reached out and grabbed Ma Guifang's leg and examined it carefully.

Logically speaking, it has been more than a month since Ma Guifang was injured. Even if it was a fracture, it should have healed enough. Why is she still wearing bandages?
Soon, he discovered that Ma Guifang's injury seemed to have traces of secondary contusion, so he hurriedly asked in a deep voice: "What happened to you? Didn't I tell you to stay at home and recover? Why does it look like you haven't recovered at all?"

"I"

Ma Guifang saw that Li Guoqiang seemed angry, and her heart tightened. She then quickly explained: "I just accidentally fell while cooking. The doctor checked me and said it's nothing serious. I just need to take good care of myself for a while."

"Cook?"

When Li Guoqiang heard this, he immediately said angrily: "You are already like this, and your man still lets you cook?"

Hearing this, Ma Guifang's lips moved, but in the end she said nothing.

In fact, even if she didn't say it, Li Guoqiang could probably guess that Ma Guifang must have been unable to bear her man's sarcasm and ridicule, so she went to cook out of spite.

Otherwise, Tian Guixiang would not have asked him to deliver food to Ma Guifang.

Thinking of this, he shook his head slightly, and then said unhappily: "Okay, don't explain to me. I came here this time not only to bring you food, but also to ask you, what are your plans next?"

"Intend?"

Ma Guifang was slightly stunned, then said with some self-mockery: "For someone like me, what other plans can I have?"

After all, she is almost thirty years old now and has a child.

No matter how dissatisfied she is with her man, she can't just abandon her child and run away alone, right?
Besides, even if she ran away, where could she go?
Nowadays, the only thing that makes her still have some hope in life is to be able to return to the apiary and continue working after her injury heals.

It would be even better if I could get a little more care from Li Guoqiang.

"If you want to change, I can help you!"

Li Guoqiang looked at Ma Guifang's gloomy face, straightened his expression, and then spoke seriously.

"help me?"

Ma Guifang's eyes widened, and then she asked in confusion, "How can you help me?"

"I can help you"

Li Guoqiang's eyes narrowed, and then he spoke softly, "Take pictures of the good things your man does, and then give the pictures to you so that you can control him."

"This"

Ma Guifang couldn't help but feel tempted when she heard this, but after thinking it over again and again, she finally shook her head and refused, "Forget it!
No matter what, he is the father of my child. If what he did is exposed, my child and I will not be able to go out and see people. "

"Fine!"

Seeing that Ma Guifang had already made up her mind, Li Guoqiang did not force her. He simply nodded and said, "Since you don't want to, just ignore what I said. If you don't live well in the future, don't regret it."

After saying that, he stood up and walked out very decisively.

When Ma Guifang saw Li Guoqiang like this, she suddenly felt a little blocked in her heart and her eyes gradually turned red.

Because she knew that Li Guoqiang's departure was equivalent to directly severing the friendship that they had in the past when they had in-depth communication.

From now on, even if she could return to the apiary, the relationship between her and Li Guoqiang would only be that of a superior and a subordinate.

This means that she will have to be a widow again.

(End of this chapter)