Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 540 Working Together to Move Forward
Soon, Old Sun drove the donkey cart out of the yard, leaving only Xu Yuliang, Li Guoqiang and others standing at the door of the workers' room.

Then, Xu Yuliang first glanced at the villagers who were coming over, then leaned close to Li Guoqiang's ear and asked in a low voice, "Well, Qiangzi, do you think we should divide the dividends first? Or should we go and see what the bee farm looks like first?"

"In my opinion, we should distribute the dividends first!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang smiled slightly and then answered softly.

"Got it!"

When Xu Yuliang heard what Li Guoqiang said, he not only did not think there was anything wrong with it, but he smiled obediently and nodded in agreement.

If you don’t know, you might think that Li Guoqiang is the production team leader of Jinshanbao!
In fact, Li Guoqiang's current position in Jinshanbao is completely incomparable to that of a production team leader.

If I have to use one word to describe him, perhaps the uncrowned king would be more appropriate.

What's more, Li Guoqiang is now the director of a deputy-section-level research institute under the Agriculture Bureau, and is at the same level as the deputy director of the Agriculture Bureau.

Therefore, whether from the perspective of facts or the system, there is nothing wrong with Xu Yuliang's choice to listen to Li Guoqiang, and it can even be said to be natural.

Soon, under Xu Yuliang's arrangement, someone moved a few tables and chairs and placed them at the door of the workers' room.

Then, Xu Yu'an, the accountant of the brigade, took out a thick stack of banknotes from the cloth bag in front of everyone and gently placed it on the table.

When they saw these banknotes, a fiery light instantly shone in everyone's eyes, and then they hurriedly lined up in rows in front of the table under the shouting of the production team leaders and scorers.

One of the groups belonged to the educated youth.

At this moment, they all looked at Li Guoqiang sitting behind the table with mixed feelings.

If they had not seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed that a 20-year-old young man who was once a little sickly and was not optimistic about by everyone could lead his fellow villagers to build such a big business in less than two years.

And they, who were worried about their future and wanted to escape from this hard place at the beginning, have become the enviable recipients of dividends.

Although their living standards are still not as good as those of the workers who stay in the city, at least they no longer have to ask their families for money. Instead, they can send some money back home to help their families.

In fact, if the situation continues in this way, they may be able to get much more dividends than the workers in the city every year.

At that time, even if there is a place for them to return to the city, they will have to consider carefully whether it is worth it.

After all, once they returned to the city, they were not sure they would be able to find a job, let alone a job that would pay more than the dividends from Jinshanbao.

As we were thinking, suddenly someone in the team asked a question, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Hey, what do you think? Can we do what Qiangzi did and ask the brigade to grant us a piece of residential land, and then spend money to build a few houses of our own?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the eyes of all the educated youth in the team lit up, and then they all started to think about it in their hearts.

After all, although the place they live in now is quite large and can accommodate so many people, it is still a bit inconvenient to not have a private space to do anything.

If they could build a few houses of their own, it would be much more convenient for them to do anything in the future.

The only thing that made them a little unsure was whether the brigade would agree to allocate housing land to them?
You know, as outsiders, they can get a share of the dividends for free without doing anything. This matter has already made the villagers very dissatisfied. If they propose to divide the homesteads, won’t they be eaten alive?
As for using the excuse that Li Guoqiang also has a homestead, they dare not do so, otherwise they will be spit in the face by others.

Unless, unless they can ask Li Guoqiang to help, but is this possible?

Nowadays, they can’t even enter Li Guoqiang’s house, let alone ask Li Guoqiang to help them intercede.

Thinking of this, they couldn't help but look at Li Guoqiang with resentment.

After all, they are all educated youth from the city, why are you so cruel to them?

At this time, Li Guoqiang also noticed the strange looks of the educated youth, and then he looked directly over.

The next moment, those educated youths, one by one, all turned their heads away hastily, not daring to look him in the eye at all.

Seeing this situation, he felt a little happy in his heart, and then he didn't pay any more attention to them, and turned his gaze directly to the back of the group of villagers.

There, in addition to some women and children who did not have to queue, there were also a few outsiders.

And these people were none other than Sun Dezhuo and others who were preparing to send a girl to Li Guoqiang not long ago.

When they saw Li Guoqiang's eyes on them, they hurriedly forced out a flattering smile, and then when Li Guoqiang's eyes moved away, they unconsciously turned their gaze back to the stack of banknotes in front of Xu Yu'an, their eyes full of desire and yearning.

Then, Sun Dezhu seemed to have thought of something, and couldn't help but ask with some worry: "Hey, do you think Comrade Li Guoqiang can forgive us?"

Upon hearing this question, the brigade cadres from Sunjiashan standing next to him looked at each other in confusion.

In fact, they were not sure whether Li Guoqiang could forgive them.

After all, the previous incident was not a big deal, but it was not a small deal either. It all depended on how Li Guoqiang viewed it.

If Li Guoqiang insisted on holding on to him, there would be nothing they could do.

Sun Dezhu didn't feel surprised when he saw the performance of several people.

If there really was a way, they would not have chosen to run to Jinshan Castle with a lot of gifts and eager eyes.

The reason why they chose to come here today was, on the one hand, to apologize to Li Guoqiang and avoid the revocation of their production team's beekeeping quota, and on the other hand, to see with their own eyes whether the dividends from Jinshanbao were real, and to learn about the dividend experience.

However, before they could find Li Guoqiang to apologize, their attention was attracted by the thick stack of banknotes. Then they began to imagine involuntarily in their minds, whether they would have that much money when their production team distributed dividends.
Later, when they saw the money being distributed to the villagers little by little, and the excitement and happy smiles on the villagers' faces after receiving the money, they felt envious but also a little afraid that they would not be able to obtain Li Guoqiang's forgiveness.

After all, this is hard cash!
If the villagers of Sunjiashan knew that they had angered Li Guoqiang and caused them to lose so much money, they would definitely eat them alive!
The more they thought about it, the more frightened they became. They were almost about to run up and kneel down in front of Li Guoqiang and kowtow.

Just when they were all getting anxiously waiting, the dividend distribution meeting finally ended.

Afterwards, without much time to think, they hurriedly carried their bags and stuff, passed through the bustling crowd, and squeezed towards the door of the workers' room. However, before they reached the door, they saw Li Guoqiang, surrounded by Xu Yuliang and others, walking out of the yard from the other side.

This made them all dumbfounded, and they quickly turned around and chased after him.

After a while, they finally caught up with Li Guoqiang outside the yard, not far from the beekeeping area, and shouted loudly: "Comrade Li Guoqiang, Comrade Li Guoqiang!"

Hearing the sound, without waiting for Li Guoqiang to stop, Xu Yuliang, Sun Maocai and other brigade cadres turned around in surprise and looked at Sun Dezhui and others, and then their attention was immediately attracted by the large and small bags in the hands of Sun Dezhui and others.

When Li Guoqiang saw that Xu Yuliang, Sun Maocai and others had stopped, he stopped as well, then turned around and looked at Sun Dezhu and others indifferently, with neither enthusiasm nor anger, as if he was looking at some strangers.

"Comrade Li Guoqiang, I'm sorry to bother you. We came here uninvited to apologize to you."

Soon, Sun Dezhuo brought his men to Li Guoqiang and stated his purpose very clearly.

"Apologise?"

When Xu Yuliang, Sun Maocai and others heard what Sun Dezhu said, they couldn't help feeling confused. They had no idea why Sun Dezhu and others had come to Li Guoqiang to apologize.

Li Guoqiang knew this very well. Hearing this, he waved his hand and said, "No need. You haven't done anything to offend me. You don't need to come and apologize to me."

After saying that, he quickly turned around and walked towards the beekeeping area, ready to carefully check if there were any problems so that he could make timely adjustments.

Seeing this, Sun Dezhuo and others were slightly stunned, and then hurriedly tried to chase after them, but they were soon stopped by Xu Yuliang, Sun Maocai and others.

"No, Brother Sun, what are you doing? Why are you suddenly here to apologize to Qiangzi?"

"this."

When Sun Dezhu heard this, he immediately hesitated and had no idea how to answer.

After all, what they did was not something that could be known to others.

"Well, if it's inconvenient for you to talk, then wait here for a while. When Qiangzi has finished his examination, you can go find him!"

Seeing this, Xu Yuliang did not force Sun Dezhuo and others, but directly reminded them.

When Sun Dezhuo and others heard what Xu Yuliang said, they felt a little anxious, but they did not dare to act rashly and could only stand there and wait patiently.

They waited for more than ten minutes until Li Guoqiang finally finished checking all the beehives in front of them. When they were about to go up to Li Guoqiang and continue to plead with him, they saw Li Guoqiang crossing the stream from the other side and walking towards another beekeeping area.

This made them dumbfounded for a moment, and they had no choice but to continue waiting obediently.

Fortunately, not long after, Li Guoqiang finished checking the second beekeeping area, then slowly walked back, and walked directly towards them.

Seeing this, Sun Dezhu did not dare to waste time and quickly stepped forward to greet him. Then he smiled humbly and said, "Comrade Li Guoqiang, we came here this time to sincerely apologize to you. We hope you can forgive us this time."

After saying that, he looked at Li Guoqiang expectantly, while at the same time he was wondering in his heart whether he should kneel down to Li Guoqiang.

If kneeling down could earn Li Guoqiang's forgiveness and put the previous incident behind him, then there would be nothing wrong with him kneeling down.

I was afraid that Li Guoqiang would think that he was forcing her in disguise.

By then, not only will nothing be accomplished, but the conflict will become even bigger.

"okay!"

Seeing that Sun Dezhu was so old and had humbled himself to ask for forgiveness, Li Guoqiang's anger immediately disappeared. He waved his hand and said, "In the end, this is not a big deal. Even if you didn't come to apologize to me, I wouldn't take it to heart."

"So what do you mean?"

Sun Dezhu was delighted when he heard this, and then asked in disbelief.

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he saw Sun Dezhu's reaction, and then he said with a laugh: "What else can I mean? Of course, we should work together and move forward!"

"Yes, yes, let's work together and move forward!"

When Sun Dezhu heard this, he immediately reacted, then nodded quickly and agreed.

At the same time, his heart, which had been in the air, could finally be put back into his stomach.

Then, he saw Li Guoqiang wanted to turn around and leave, so he hurriedly waved to his companions standing behind him, signaling them to quickly bring up the gifts they had brought.

"Well, Comrade Li Guoqiang, this is a small gift from all the villagers of our Sunjiashan Production Brigade. I hope you can accept it!"

"What are these?"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang glanced at the bags and then asked with a serious face.

"Don't worry, these are just some of the mountain products we picked up when we went into the mountains. They are not expensive."

When Sun Dezhu heard Li Guoqiang ask this, he immediately guessed something and hurriedly explained.

Having said that, in order to reassure Li Guoqiang, he asked someone to open the bag and show it to Li Guoqiang.

When Li Guoqiang saw that there were indeed various mountain products in the bag, his expression eased a little, and then he nodded and said softly: "Since these things are your kind words, I will not refuse them."

After saying that, he waved to Xu Yuliang, Sun Maocai and others who were standing not far away, and asked them to take all the things sent by Sun Dezhuo to the workers' room, in order to improve the meals for the workers on duty at the third and fourth apiaries.

(End of this chapter)