Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 487: Greedy
"This is it!"

Li Guoqiang looked at the burning eyes of Xu Yuliang, Sun Maocai and others, hesitated for a moment, and then said softly: "For the time being, I am not sure how many beehives we can dig out from the mountain next. For the sake of safety, let's not be so anxious.

Moreover, even if we can dig up a large number of beehives at that time, we have to send them to the first apiary first.

So let's wait until the first apiary is replenished before considering setting up the third apiary!"

After hearing these words, Xu Yuliang, Sun Maocai and others looked at each other in bewilderment, their eyes full of disappointment.

In fact, they also knew that what Li Guoqiang said was true, but having one more apiary could bring in a lot of extra money.

Especially nowadays, the beehives in the apiary are contracted to every household.

When the time comes, the dividends will be calculated based on the honey produced by the beehives they contracted.

In other words, whoever contracts the beehives that produce more honey can get more dividends.

Under such circumstances, they certainly want to contract more beehives.

In this way, they can increase dividends and avoid any accidents that would cause them to lose everything.

It’s a pity that Li Guoqiang didn’t agree in the end.

After a moment of silence, Xu Yuliang moved his lips, then said in a deep voice: "Qiangzi, there is one thing I know I shouldn't say, but as the captain of our Jinshan Fort, I have to think about everyone.

According to what you said just now, the beehives dug up from the mountains will not only be added to the First Bee Farm, but also be taken to the county and distributed to other production brigades for contracting.

Wouldn't this be too much of a stretch?
Don’t let the beehives we dig up from the mountains not be enough to take to the county. Wouldn’t our team be at a great disadvantage?”

"Yup!"

When Sun Maocai heard what Xu Yuliang said, he nodded and agreed without waiting for Li Guoqiang to respond, "Although we have already lived a good life earlier than the people in other production teams, we can't just ignore our own lives and take care of others first, right?"

"That's right!"

"I think we have to take care of ourselves first!"

"Qiangzi, you can't turn your elbow outward!"

As Xu Yuliang and Sun Maocai started talking, Xu Guanglu, Ma Chunmei and others all spoke up to express their support, and some even hinted at blaming Li Guoqiang.

After all, they are all ordinary people. Of course they will be unhappy when they see their own interests being damaged.

However, they don’t think about who brought all this to them first?
If it weren't for Li Guoqiang's selfless dedication, they would probably still be living a miserable life, relying on the little food grown in the fields to make a living!

What's more, this project was originally launched to protect the brigade's apiary.

If it weren't for Li Guoqiang coming up with such a project, the apiary in Jinshanbao would have been taken away by the city by now, and there would be no good life in the future!
Maybe this is human nature!

Li Guoqiang was not surprised or unhappy about this.

He just smiled slightly, and then said calmly: “I heard everything you said, and if possible, I don’t want to do such a thankless task.

How about one of you go to the county and talk to the leaders above to stop this project?"

After saying this, his eyes swept across the faces of Xu Yuliang and the others one by one, feeling a little curious in his heart, wondering who among them would be the fool?

The next moment, Xu Yuliang, Xu Guanglu and others all lowered their heads silently, not daring to look at Li Guoqiang, let alone agree to go to the county.

"What?"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang raised his lips, and then asked knowingly: "Didn't you just say that you would take care of our fellow villagers in Jinshanbao first? Why are you unwilling to even go to the county now? Could it be that you just said this casually?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Yuliang, Xu Guanglu and others felt their cheeks burning instantly.

At the same time, they all understood that Li Guoqiang was using his own medicine to retaliate against them, secretly accusing them of forcing others to do things against their will.

You know, they didn't even dare to go to the county to talk to their superiors, so how could they dare to ask Li Guoqiang to go against the decision from above?

Isn't this a typical case of talking without any back pain?

Fortunately, Li Guoqiang did not say these words explicitly, otherwise, every one of them would have to dig a hole in the ground and crawl into it.

They even had to ask Li Guoqiang not to tell anyone about this.

If the folks of Jinshanbao knew that their brigade cadres only knew how to talk when encountering problems and no one dared to take action, then their dignity would be completely lost.

After a while, they looked at each other and finally all focused their attention on Xu Yuliang.

After all, it was Xu Yuliang who first brought up this matter, and he was the team leader, so it should be him who should find ways to solve these problems.

Seeing this, Xu Yuliang felt a little reluctant, but he knew he couldn't refuse.

Therefore, he could only exhale a breath of foul air, then forced a smile and said to Li Guoqiang: "Well, Qiangzi! Actually, we don't mean to force you, we just make some suggestions.

Since you think this won't work, forget it! Just pretend we never mentioned it, okay?"

After saying that, he looked at Li Guoqiang nervously, with a hint of pleading in his eyes, and feeling a little humiliated in his heart.

He didn't expect that after he finally became the team leader, he would end up having to look at Li Guoqiang's face everywhere.

Therefore, he silently made up his mind and vowed to take advantage of the next opportunity to go into the mountains to dig beehives and train villagers to have people learn all of Li Guoqiang's beekeeping techniques.

As long as someone can replace Li Guoqiang, he will no longer have to look at Li Guoqiang's face.

However, he seemed to have overestimated the abilities of the villagers in Jinshan Fort.

You know, even the agricultural technicians from the city were not sure that they could learn Li Guoqiang's beekeeping technology in a short period of time.

Moreover, even if a beekeeping genius emerges among the villagers of Jinshanbao, Li Guoqiang must be really willing to teach him carefully!
Otherwise, if a pest that has never been seen before appears, we will be completely doomed.

Therefore, Li Guoqiang didn't care about Xu Yuliang's thoughts at all. He saw Xu Yuliang chose to admit his mistakes on behalf of others, and he was slightly happy in his heart. Then he waved his hand and said:
"Captain, you are too kind. As a member of our Jinshan Fort, I will firmly support whatever decision the team makes."

What he meant was that no matter what happened, he didn't care, as long as Xu Yuliang and others were happy.

As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Yuliang, Xu Guanglu and others immediately felt embarrassed.

In fact, they knew that their status as brigade cadres was nothing in front of Li Guoqiang.

As long as Li Guoqiang wanted, he could call a meeting of the villagers to vote and replace them at any time. Therefore, it is better to say that Li Guoqiang gave them a little face rather than supporting their decision.

Thinking of this, they all breathed a sigh of relief and did not stay in Li Guoqiang's house for long. After a while, they found an excuse to leave.

"If you ask me, they are just greedy. There is no need for you to be so polite to them. If it really doesn't work, you can just go back to the Fourth Nine City and see how long they can be happy."

When Ma Shufen saw Li Guoqiang sending Xu Yuliang and others away, she couldn't help but come forward and start to slander them.

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he heard this, and then he laughed and said, "What will you do if I go back to Sijiu City?"

"us?"

Ma Shufen raised her eyebrows, then said bluntly: "Of course we will go back with you!"

After saying this, she looked straight at Li Guoqiang with a calm and determined look in her eyes.

Obviously, as the most knowledgeable among so many women here, she had already realized that Li Guoqiang would not stay in the countryside forever.

That's why she expressed so bluntly her desire to go back to the city with Li Guoqiang.

The implication is that Li Guoqiang has no intention of leaving them behind.

"Row!"

Li Guoqiang looked at Ma Shufen with a little surprise, then nodded very readily and agreed: "If that day really comes, I will definitely take you back."

After saying that, he returned to the house, sat on the kang, took out paper and pen and began to write the next action plan.

Among them, in addition to selecting some people to follow him into the mountains to dig beehives, the most important thing is to arrange various training matters.

In his plan, he planned to first train a group of relatively mature beekeeping technical workers in Jinshanbao, and then divide these people into five groups to go to the five selected production brigades to provide training to the villagers who contracted the beehives.

By the way, these people are also asked to look after the beehives that have been transferred over to ensure the smooth progress of the initial work.

As for himself, he is responsible for the overall planning and random inspections to find and fill in the gaps.

In addition, he had already thought of a corresponding solution to the problem raised by Xu Yuliang and others that there were not enough beehives in the mountains.

On the one hand, the main source of funds comes from Jin Daddy's rewards, and on the other hand, new beehives separated from private apiaries can be used as a backup.

All in all, no matter what, he can ensure that this project can be carried out smoothly.

By the time he had written down his many ideas and plans on paper, more than an hour had passed without him noticing.

During this time, Xu Dani stayed in the house drinking Coke and doing nothing, just like those opium smokers, which made Ma Shufen frown.

In addition to being dissatisfied with Xu Dani's performance, Ma Shufen was mainly busy taking out Li Guoqiang's quilt and pillow to dry in the sun to ensure that Li Guoqiang could sleep more comfortably at night.

Just when she finished her chores and started looking for various ingredients to prepare a welcoming banquet for Li Guoqiang, Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping, Zhu Caixia and Zhu Caiyan, who had been to Majiadian Commune for a day's market, happened to come back on the brigade's donkey cart.

Moreover, they saw the quilts drying in their own yard from afar, and their eyes immediately lit up. Then they all quickened their pace and ran towards their homes.

Not long after, they ran into the yard carrying large and small bags of things, and just happened to bump into Li Guoqiang who had just finished writing his plan and came out to get some fresh air.

"Hey! You guys are back!"

"Brother Qiangzi!"

"Brother Qiangzi!"

"Qiangzi, when did you come back?"

"What a fool you are! Why didn't you write a letter and send it back to let me know when you came back?"

Soon, Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping and others were talking to Li Guoqiang in a buzzing voice, all with happy smiles on their faces.

Among them, the little girl Zhu Caixia was particularly impressed, as she looked at Li Guoqiang with eyes that were almost tearing.

If she hadn't considered that she had grown up recently and was worried that Xu Yuping would scold her, she would probably have thrown herself into Li Guoqiang's arms.

"okay!"

Li Guoqiang heard them rushing to speak, and he waved his hand and said, "I'm not leaving right away. You still have things in your hands! Go into the house and put your things away first!"

"Oh!"

When Xu Yuping and the others heard this, they remembered what they were holding in their hands, and then nodded hurriedly and agreed, and followed Li Guoqiang into the house obediently.

After a short while, they put all the things they bought on the kang and the kang table in different categories, and did not forget to talk to Li Guoqiang about it.

Among them, most are things needed in daily life, such as salt, sugar, sauce, vinegar, aniseed, oil paper, tooth powder, etc.

Another part is various things that girls need, such as rubber bands, hairpins, combs, serpentine belts and so on.

Finally, there are some local special snacks, such as pancakes, glutinous rice noodles, fried cakes, etc.

As they spoke, Xu Yuping, Zhu Caiyan and others placed the snacks in front of Li Guoqiang, motioning him to taste them quickly.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang didn't hesitate and directly pinched a few glutinous rice strips and put them into his mouth. He felt that they were crispy and fragrant.

Afterwards, without waiting for him to ask, Xu Yuping talked about the recent situation in Jinshanbao and explained why they went to the market in Majiadian Commune.

"You mean"

After hearing this, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Now the villagers in Jinshanbao are all paying money to exchange tickets with people in Majiadian Commune, and then going directly to the big market to buy things? Aren't they afraid of being arrested?"

"Whoa!"

When Xu Yuping heard this question, she immediately waved her hand and said disapprovingly: "In our village, no matter which family you are, you can find relatives or friends in Majiadian Commune. If someone asks, just say that you bought it for your relatives or friends.

Anyway, as long as you don't speculate, who can say there is a problem?"

(End of this chapter)