Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 499 Then you guys go do it

"Hey! Qiangzi, you're here! I heard that you brought people to dig up more than a dozen beehives from the mountains today. Is this true?"

When Xu Guangshou saw Li Guoqiang walk into his yard, his eyes lit up instantly, and then he hurriedly put down the axe in his hand and walked forward to meet him.

"of course it's true!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, and then said with some pride: "I am afraid of scaring everyone, otherwise, I can dig up more than a hundred beehives in a day."

"cut!"

When Xu Guangshou heard this, he couldn't help but roll his eyes, and then said in a sullen tone: "Just brag as much as you can! You don't have to pay for bragging anyway."

"what!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he saw Xu Guangshou's reaction, and then he laughed and said, "Then I just want to make you happy!

By the way, I caught this pheasant when I went into the mountains. You can have it as a side dish tonight."

As he said this, he handed over the pheasant in his hand.

"Okay!"

Xu Guangshou looked at the brightly-haired pheasant in front of him, his eyes slightly lit up, and then he praised with some admiration: "Others may not be able to catch prey even after going into the mountains for several times, but you can catch a pheasant even if you just go into the mountains to dig a beehive. Your ability is really amazing."

"where!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang quickly waved his hands and said modestly: "I just happened to come across it. It's not as mysterious as you say!"

"okay!"

When Xu Guangshou saw Li Guoqiang like this, he glared at him, and then said unhappily, "Don't be so modest in front of me, other people may not know, but how can I not know your ability?
It is thanks to the higher-ups that you were arranged to be with us, otherwise, we would not have the blessing to live such a good life now!"

Speaking of this, his heart was filled with emotion, and even a little fortunate.

He was glad that he did not think so much at the beginning and showed great sincerity to accept Li Guoqiang as his apprentice.

Otherwise, let alone being able to live such a comfortable life, he wouldn't even know to whom to pass on his skills as a butcher.

Therefore, every time he sees Li Guoqiang now, it doesn’t seem like he is looking at his apprentice, but rather at the benefactor in his life.

"You are serious!"

When Li Guoqiang heard Xu Guangshou's increasingly exaggerated words, he quickly said with a sincere face: "It is because everyone believes in me, supports me, and provides me with a platform to display my abilities that I can achieve such results.

If it were in another place, the result would probably be different.”

"Ok!"

Seeing Li Guoqiang being so humble, Xu Guangshou showed admiration in his eyes, then nodded and said, "You are right, as the saying goes, when you drink water, you should remember the well digger. I think you have done a good job in this regard.

As long as you can keep going, I believe you will achieve great things in the future."

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he heard this, then he laughed and said, "Then I appreciate your advice."

After saying that, he handed the pheasant over, and after Xu Guangshou took it, he began to say goodbye.

Because of their master-disciple relationship, Xu Guangshou did not bother to be polite with Li Guoqiang. He just reminded him to be careful in everything and let Li Guoqiang go back.

Soon, a week passed in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Li Guoqiang would take people into the mountains to dig beehives every day, and they would dig more than ten beehives every day.

Therefore, the number of bee colonies in the First Bee Farm unknowingly exceeded one hundred and reached more than one hundred and thirty colonies.

Such a large number of bee colonies can not only make up for the missing number in the first apiary, but also initially meet the county's demand for contracting bee breeding projects.

At noon that day, Xu Yuliang called Sun Maocai, Xu Guanglu and other brigade cadres to his home, ready to discuss with everyone how to get Li Guoqiang to agree to build the third apiary first.

After all, the number of bee colonies in the first apiary has increased a bit now. As long as we can delay some time with the county, we can build the third apiary first.

If the third apiary is built, based on last year's harvest, everyone in their team can increase their income by half.

You know, this income is not a small amount, it can be several hundred yuan easily.

Therefore, how could the villagers of Jinshanbao not feel jealous!

In the past few days, many villagers have approached Xu Yuliang, Sun Maocai and others, wanting them to talk to Li Guoqiang and ask him to set up the third apiary.

When Xu Yuliang saw how strongly everyone was willing, he immediately realized that this was an opportunity to undermine Li Guoqiang's reputation, and then there was this meeting of brigade cadres.

After asking everyone to sit down on the kang, he looked around and then said with a serious face: "This time I asked you to come to the meeting to discuss the establishment of the third apiary. Tell us what you think!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ma Chunmei couldn't wait to speak: "Captain, I think we should go and have a good talk with Qiangzi and ask him to build the third apiary for us first.

Anyway, up to now, there has been no movement from the county. Even if someone comes, we can just hand over some of the bees from the third apiary."

"That's right!"

When Ma Changshun heard what Ma Chunmei said, he immediately nodded and agreed, "I think so too. No matter what, it's always right for us to build the third apiary first."

"That's true, but who should we talk to Qiangzi about this?"

Soon, Sun Maocai raised the most critical question.

When they heard this question, everyone's eyes immediately avoided, and it was obvious that no one wanted to be the first to stand out.

After all, Li Guoqiang had already made it very clear to them before that the beehives dug back from the mountains, in addition to replenishing the number of bee colonies in the First Bee Farm, must first meet the needs of the county.

What if they force Li Guoqiang to build the third apiary first, and Li Guoqiang quits later? What should they do then?

Don’t let it end up offending the county and having them take away all the beehives from their apiary. That would be a huge loss.

In short, none of them could bear the responsibility, nor did they want to face the anger of the villagers.

"What's going on? All of you are silent. What are you worried about?"

When Xu Yuliang saw the look on everyone's face, his expression darkened slightly, and then he asked with some dissatisfaction.

After asking, he glanced at everyone, then continued in a deep voice: "Don't forget, we are the leaders of the Jinshanbao Production Brigade. No matter who they are, they must obey our instructions and decisions.

Otherwise, that would be going against all the folks in Jinshanbao.

What's more, setting up the third apiary was originally the request of the villagers.

Even if Qiangzi said that he couldn't set up the third bee farm first, he still had to consider the opinions of the villagers, right? "As soon as these words came out, Xu Guanglu, Sun Maocai and others immediately understood what Xu Yuliang meant.

The meaning was simply to use the villagers of Jinshanbao to put pressure on Li Guoqiang, forcing Li Guoqiang to listen to their advice and set up the third apiary first.

However, based on their understanding of Li Guoqiang, they still have great doubts about the success of such an operation.

If they fail to subdue Li Guoqiang, who among them will be able to withstand his anger?

"you."

Xu Yuliang was furious when he saw that no one stood up to support him even after he had said so much.

If possible, he really wanted to point at the noses of Xu Guanglu, Sun Maocai and others and call them spineless.

It's a pity that his qualifications are not enough for him to be so presumptuous.

Helplessly, he could only suppress his anger and persuade them kindly: "I hope you can all think seriously about whether what I just said makes sense? If we can't seek benefits for the villagers, how can we be the cadres of the brigade?

What's more, you should all know what kind of person Qiangzi is. He has always been very righteous.

I believe that if he knew what everyone wants, he would definitely express his understanding and support.”

"How about that"

Ma Chunmei pursed her lips when she heard this, then she suggested a little embarrassedly: "Why don't you talk to Qiangzi about this?"

"Yeah!"

When Sun Maocai heard this, he immediately agreed, "You are the captain, it is reasonable for you to talk to Qiangzi. When the time comes, you can say this is our collective opinion and see what he says.

If he can agree, that would be the best. If he has a different opinion, we can discuss it together then.

Brother Guanglu, Anzi, don't you agree? "

As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the faces of Xu Guanglu and Xu Yu'an.

Seeing this, Xu Guanglu and Xu Yu'an hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

After all, this matter was originally proposed by Xu Yuliang, and he is also the team leader, so no matter what, he should be the one who talks to Li Guoqiang.

"Okay, I'll tell you what I want to say."

When Xu Yuliang saw this, he opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but after thinking it over, he didn't know how to refute, so he could only grit his teeth, nodded and agreed.

Originally, he wanted Xu Guanglu, Sun Maocai and others to go to Li Guoqiang to talk about this matter first to see what Li Guoqiang's attitude was, and then he would make the next arrangements based on Li Guoqiang's reaction.

In this way, he can attack or defend.

Unfortunately, Xu Guanglu, Sun Maocai and others were not fools. Not only were they not fooled by him, but they also used the fact that he was the team leader to push the task onto him.

What a bunch of old foxes!
Soon, Xu Guanglu, Sun Maocai and others left, and said some compliments to Xu Yuliang, saying that they and the villagers were waiting for good news from Xu Yuliang.

This routine is exactly the same as the one he used on Li Guoqiang before.

However, he didn't have the ability to ignore this routine like Li Guoqiang.

If he failed to convince Li Guoqiang and bring back good news to the villagers, it would undoubtedly be a heavy blow to his prestige.

Therefore, whether it is to consolidate his position as the captain or to enhance his prestige in the hearts of the villagers, he must accomplish this.

Soon, it was evening.

Li Guoqiang, Xu Yuping and others, brought back more than a dozen hives of bees from the mountains as usual.

Then, before he could finish explaining his affairs and sit down to take a breath, he saw Xu Yuliang walking towards him with a serious face.

This made him feel a little surprised and curious. He wondered what Xu Yuliang's purpose was in behaving like this?
"Qiangzi, you've worked hard today!"

"It's okay! We've been busy for more than a week. I'm used to it."

"Well, that, I came here this time because I want to discuss something with you!"

Xu Yuliang looked at Li Guoqiang's handsome face, and finally did not dare to say that he came to inform Li Guoqiang, but said that he came to discuss it.

"Okay! You say!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows and made a gesture of invitation.

"It's actually nothing!"

Xu Yuliang took a deep breath, and then he said while thinking: "The number of beehives in the first apiary has exceeded the limit! In addition, no one from the county has come, so several of us brigade cadres held a meeting to discuss and decided to build the third apiary first. I hope you can understand and support it!"

After saying this, he suppressed his nervousness and uneasiness, and looked at Li Guoqiang with some anticipation, hoping that Li Guoqiang would give him some face and allow him to take the opportunity to establish his prestige in front of his fellow villagers.

"Okay!"

After listening to what Xu Yuliang said, Li Guoqiang raised his lips, nodded very readily and said, "Since you have all decided, just go for it! I have no objection!"

After saying that, he wanted to turn around and go into the house to have some tea.

"no!"

When Xu Yuliang heard Li Guoqiang's answer, he was delighted at first, then suddenly realized something was wrong and hurriedly shouted, "Qiangzi, wait a minute, what did you mean by what you just said?"

"What do you mean?"

Li Guoqiang's face darkened, and then he said expressionlessly: "Can't you hear what I mean?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Xu Yuliang's expression changed instantly.

Although he had anticipated that Li Guoqiang might not agree with this decision, he never expected that Li Guoqiang would simply ignore what he said.

This made him feel somewhat humiliated, and anger kept rising in his mind, eventually succeeding in making him lose his mind.

"Li Guoqiang, you are too presumptuous. Do you know who you are talking to? Do you believe that I will have someone arrest you right now?"

"Okay!"

Li Guoqiang looked at Xu Yuliang's angry expression, and then he nodded calmly and said, "Then you can call someone over now. Anyway, I'm a little tired after being busy for so many days, so I can have a good rest."

"you"

When Xu Yuliang heard this, he felt as if he had been poured with cold water. Not only was the anger in his heart extinguished, but he also began to feel a little uneasy and afraid.

(End of this chapter)