Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 496 What else can he say?
"Qiangzi, how was your visit to the mountain today?"

Not long after, Xu Yuping sat on the kang, picked up the wine pot and poured a glass of wine for Li Guoqiang, then asked softly.

Hearing this question, Qu Yinfeng, Ma Shufen, Zhu Caiyan and Zhu Caixia all looked at Li Guoqiang, obviously very concerned about the answer to this question.

After all, they knew very well that the reason why their family enjoyed various preferential treatments in the village was basically because of the apiary set up by Li Guoqiang.

If this apiary develops smoothly, their lives will be more comfortable, right?
"I looked around in the mountains and found that there are quite a lot of wild peaks. It shouldn't affect what happens next."

Li Guoqiang smiled slightly when he heard this, and then without keeping anyone in suspense, he directly told the result of his investigation into the situation in the mountains.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present breathed a sigh of relief, except Xu Dani, who was happily eating a chicken leg.

Soon, Xu Yuping noticed that Li Guoqiang's eyes fell on Xu Dani, and also saw Xu Dani's ugly eating posture, then she immediately reached out and gave Xu Dani a slap.

"Ah! Aunt, why are you hitting me?"

Xu Dani was suddenly attacked and immediately cried out in pain, then looked at Xu Yuping with great grievance.

Then, she moved her butt out of habit, trying to hide towards Li Guoqiang.

However, Li Guoqiang immediately reached out and pushed her back.

This made her stunned for a moment, then she seemed to realize something and lowered her head silently.

"okay!"

Seeing this, Xu Yuping couldn't help but said in a bad mood, "Don't act pitiful in front of me. I hit you because you eat in such an ugly way, you don't look like a girl at all.

If you go out and people see you eating like this, they will think we are the reincarnation of hungry ghosts!"

"Forehead"

When Xu Dani heard this, her defense was instantly broken. She stared at Xu Yuping with blank eyes, as if asking how to eat.

"that."

Seeing this, Xu Yuping hesitated for a moment, then said uncertainly, "From now on, just watch how your aunt Shufen eats and learn from her."

"Hey, how can this be possible?"

Ma Shufen heard this and before Xu Dani could say anything, she immediately objected, "My own eating manners aren't very good either, so let Dani learn from me!"

"If not from you, who should I learn from?"

Xu Yuping frowned, then spoke with some difficulty.

After all, Ma Shufen is the one who eats the most beautifully among all of them. She can't just learn from others instead of the best, right?

"Learn from Qiangzi!"

When Ma Shufen heard this question, she answered without thinking.

After hearing this answer, Xu Yuping, Qu Yinfeng and others immediately turned their heads to look at Li Guoqiang with a thoughtful look in their eyes, as if they were thinking about the feasibility of this answer.

Li Guoqiang was suddenly stunned by this scene.

No matter how he thought about it, he never expected that Ma Shufen would actually make such a suggestion.

Although his eating manners were relatively generous and decent, he was a grown man and it was not suitable for Xu Dani to learn from him.

You can't possibly learn to be a tomboy, right?
"no!"

Soon, Xu Yuping also realized the problem and rejected it in a deep voice: "How can a girl learn from a man? I think I should learn from you."

"That"

Ma Shufen immediately reacted when she heard it, then nodded awkwardly and agreed, "Okay then!"

After saying this, she immediately raised her head and chest, and imitating the posture of those noble ladies she had seen before, she picked up the bowl and chopsticks and began to chew slowly.

While eating, she signaled Xu Dani with her eyes to follow her.

When Xu Dani saw this, her little face suddenly fell.

You know, she has always been free and easy, and she especially likes to eat meat with big mouthfuls. If she were to learn to be like Ma Shufen, wouldn't that be a living torture?
However, facing the stern gazes of Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping and others, even if she was reluctant, she had to cheer up and learn it in an orderly manner.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang was delighted and gave Xu Yuping an appreciative look.

When Xu Yuping saw Li Guoqiang's eyes, she felt relieved and hurriedly asked others to start eating.

In fact, even though she seemed to speak quite forcefully just now, she was also a little worried that Li Guoqiang would think that her performance was not good.

After all, she didn't have much experience in disciplining children, and she mostly said whatever came to her mind.

Fortunately, Li Guoqiang seemed to approve of her approach, which made her feel relieved and gave her greater confidence in disciplining Xu Dani.

Soon after, the whole family finished their meal and the sky gradually darkened.

Seeing that it was still early, Li Guoqiang went to Xu Yuliang's home and told him about what he saw in the mountains today and the next work arrangements.

Among them, the most important thing is the work of awakening the hibernating bees in the apiary, and arranging people to follow him into the mountains to dig wild beehives.

Xu Yuliang couldn't help but admire Li Guoqiang's well-organized speech, and then he suddenly thought of something and asked hurriedly: "Well, Qiangzi, you want people to follow you into the mountains to dig wild beehives. In principle, I support it, but how can you guarantee that these people will not get into trouble?
You know, last year, Uncle Maocai almost caused a death!"

"fine!"

Li Guoqiang was not surprised to hear this question. He waved his hand and said, "I know the situation. I will find the location of the wild beehive first and then lead people there.

In this way, we can ensure everyone's safety to the greatest extent and improve the efficiency of digging wild beehives."

"this."

When Xu Yuliang heard Li Guoqiang's answer, he felt both surprised and anxious.

Originally, he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to have someone learn Li Guoqiang's technique of digging wild beehives in the mountains. However, he did not expect that Li Guoqiang had no intention of handing over the most critical step to the villagers.

In that case, even if someone learned how to dig out a wild beehive, it would be of no use. After all, if you want to dig out a wild beehive, you must first be able to find it!
"What's the matter?"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he saw Xu Yuliang's reaction, and then he asked softly, "Is there any problem with my arrangement?"

"without!"

Hearing this, Xu Yuliang hurriedly shook his head and said, "No problem, I just think that this arrangement would be too hard for you."

"Whoa!"

When Li Guoqiang heard this, he immediately said with a sense of righteousness: "What's the big deal? It's my honor to be able to make a contribution to everyone."

"Forehead"

Xu Yuliang was speechless for a moment when he looked at Li Guoqiang's handsome face. He thought, if Li Guoqiang really wanted to make a contribution to everyone, he should teach everyone the beekeeping techniques without reservation!

Unfortunately, he only dared to mutter this sentence in his heart and didn't dare to say it out loud.

What's more, even if he said it out loud, Li Guoqiang could still say that he had never kept it secret, it's just that no one could learn it.

Thinking of this, he secretly sighed, then raised his thumb and praised reluctantly: "Not bad, no wonder everyone says you are the most righteous person! You are really great."

"No way!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly said something modest, then laughed and said, "Then it's settled. I'll have to trouble you to inform everyone tomorrow."

"Okay! I will make sure to explain this matter clearly to everyone."

Xu Yuliang nodded, then spoke with a serious face.

After saying that, he sent Li Guoqiang to the door, and then watched Li Guoqiang walk away with a complicated expression.

In his opinion, Li Guoqiang did good things most of the time and was quite respectful to him as the team leader.

The only bad thing is that Li Guoqiang's reputation is too high and his status is very special, which makes him always feel like a thorn in the back.

If possible, he really hoped that Li Guoqiang would never come back to Jinshanbao.

Unfortunately, this is absolutely impossible, and he doesn't even dare to reveal a hint of it.

Otherwise, his tenure as captain would be over.

"Qiangzi, you're back! What did the captain say?"

When Xu Yuping saw Li Guoqiang coming back, she hurried forward and asked.

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang chuckled upon hearing this, and then said with some amusement: "What else can he say! He must agree!"

"That's true!"

When Xu Yuping heard this, she was immediately amused by the stupid question she asked.

Nowadays, in Jinshanbao, not to mention the villagers, even the livestock in the villagers' homes know that Li Guoqiang is the person with the most say in the village.

The main reason why Li Guoqiang went to talk to Xu Yuliang was to save face.

Even if he didn't tell Xu Yuliang and notified the villagers himself, no one would dare to disobey his orders.

"okay!"

Li Guoqiang saw the proud smile on Xu Yuping's face, smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "It's getting late now, let's go wash up and go to bed! We will be busy starting tomorrow."

"Ok!"

When Xu Yuping heard this, her eyes lit up slightly, and she nodded and agreed. Then she quickly turned and went into the house to get some clean clothes for Li Guoqiang, and called Ma Shufen and Zhu Caiyan.

Soon, the night passed in the rolling waves.

Li Guoqiang got up early in the morning, washed up, had breakfast, and then took Xu Yuping to the First Bee Farm.

At this time, the villagers who were elected to be responsible for contracting bee breeding had all arrived at the first apiary early and had taken care of the hygiene.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang showed a slightly satisfied smile on his face. Then, without saying any polite words, he directly gave instructions on what to do next.

According to his arrangement, the thirty or so people present were divided into four teams, two of which stayed in the first apiary and the second apiary respectively, responsible for relocating the awakened bees to the beekeeping area.

The other two teams were responsible for going into the mountains with him to dig up wild beehives.

Soon, everyone divided into teams according to his instructions and started to work.

"Qiangzi, why don't you let me go into the mountains with you?"

Seeing that Li Guoqiang was about to take his men out, Xu Yuping couldn't help but move forward and asked in a low voice.

After all, this was the first time that Li Guoqiang brought so many people, especially so many women, up the mountain. She was a little worried that Li Guoqiang would not be able to handle it, so she wanted to go with him to support Li Guoqiang.

However, she still underestimated Li Guoqiang's charm.

Not to mention asking these women to go up the mountain with him, even if he wanted to do something secretly, I guess no one would refuse.

Therefore, when Li Guoqiang heard Xu Yuping's request, he just glanced at those women who were in high spirits, shook his head and said politely: "No need. If you are interested, you should help me take care of the bee farm. Don't be careless and cause any trouble."

"OK then!"

After hearing what Li Guoqiang said, Xu Yuping did not insist any more.

Because she knew that everyone present was learning for the first time how to move the bees that had just awakened from hibernation and resettle them, and it would be easy for mistakes to occur, so they had to keep a close eye on them.

Soon, Li Guoqiang led the team out. He walked in front alone, followed by more than a dozen women of all ages, like a touch of green among a sea of ​​red.

In addition, behind him, he was carrying a Type 56 semi-god rifle for show.

The women each carried some water bottles, dry food, hoes, shovels, burlap bags, straw hats, etc.

Some of these things are their supplies, some are tools for digging beehives, and some are personal protective equipment.

Of course, some gauze and alcohol for first aid are indispensable in the end.

Soon after, they walked into the forest on foot.

At the beginning, the women were quite chattering, gossiping and teasing Li Guoqiang, the only man there.

After climbing over a few hills, they all lost interest in talking and just wiped the sweat from their faces silently.

I have to say that the forest was already starting to get a bit stuffy at this time.

Plus, the clothes they were wearing were long pants and long sleeves, so naturally they couldn't stand it and were almost getting prickly heat.

The only good thing was that there weren't so many mountain mosquitoes at this time, which saved them some suffering.

But even so, no one complained about being tired or suffering.

Because they know that going into the mountains to dig beehives is related to whether they can continue to live a good life in the future.

Compared with the hard days in the past when we could only eat meat a few times a year, the current difficulties are nothing.

After walking for more than half an hour, Li Guoqiang finally stopped, pointed at a tree that was so big that two people could hug it, and shouted loudly, "Okay, we're here."

(End of this chapter)