Chapter 124 Everyone’s Concern

"Li Guoqiang, Li Guoqiang, are you okay?"

"Hey, why are you here?"

When Li Guoqiang saw Shang Xiuzhen, Shen Fengxia, Pan Qiaoyan, Wu Zhaodi, Xu Wanling, Zhang Chunyan and other young and beautiful girls walking in from the outer room, he couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise on his face.

Could it be that something happened in the educated youth team?

Before he could figure out why Shang Xiuzhen and the others came, Shang Xiuzhen quickly took a few steps forward, walked to his side, and then put her bright big eyes on his face and looked at him carefully.

As a faint scent of soap wafted towards him, his breathing was slightly choked, his eyes unconsciously fell on Shang Xiuzhen's cherry lips, and his throat felt slightly dry.

The reason why he had these reactions, in addition to the fact that Shang Xiuzhen's face was indeed quite attractive, was mainly because his body, with his increasingly advanced martial arts skills, had turned into a volcano ready to erupt. It only took a little bit of spark stimulation to make his body naturally become restless.

Fortunately, he was not one of those innocent people who had never eaten pork. He quickly adjusted himself, rolled his eyes, and asked unhappily, "Hey, you can look at it, but can you not look so close? It's easy to be misunderstood, right?"

"Misunderstand?"

Shang Xiuzhen raised her eyebrows, then asked in confusion, "What misunderstanding? How can I know the severity of your injury if I don't move closer to take a look?"

"Fine!"

Li Guoqiang saw Shang Xiuzhen's confused look, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. Then he nodded helplessly and said, "Have you finished reading it now?"

"finish watching!"

Shang Xiuzhen nodded, then stood up straight, turned around to look at Shen Fengxia, Pan Qiaoyan and others, and said seriously: "Don't worry! Li Guoqiang was just beaten up with some bruises on his face. He is in good spirits and should be fine. He just needs to take good care of himself for a few days."

Hearing this, Shen Fengxia, Pan Qiaoyan and others all breathed a sigh of relief, and then hurriedly surrounded Li Guoqiang, who had already turned over and sat up, and asked in unison: "Li Guoqiang, what is going on?"

"Li Guoqiang, I heard that you were beaten by Director Ma of Majiadian Commune. Is this true?"

"Li Guoqiang, why did Director Ma hit you?"

"Li Guoqiang"

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Li Guoqiang listened to the questions they kept asking and quickly interrupted them with his hand. Then, without waiting for them to ask again, he quickly recounted what had happened.

After listening to his story, Shang Xiuzhen and others were stunned by the twists and turns of the incident.

Originally, they had only heard that Director Ma Qixiong of Majiadian Commune wanted to put the blame on Li Guoqiang, who was unwilling to sell bear paws to Shen Wanpeng because his nephew Shen Wanpeng was attacked by a pack of wolves. He even beat Li Guoqiang to the point of hanging his life. However, they did not expect that when Ma Qixiong was in the county town, he would be hit half to death by hail falling from the sky.

Could it be that this is really God’s will?
When Li Guoqiang saw the reactions of Shang Xiuzhen and others, he felt a little happy. At the same time, he also understood why they came to visit him at the first opportunity.

In fact, it was not because they cared about him so much, but because his experience made them, as educated youth, feel somewhat uneasy and indignant, so they wanted to get things clear from him.

By the way, they also want to use this method to let everyone know that these educated youth need to stick together and keep each other warm.

If his guess was correct, the male educated youth including Shao Ruian and Luo Weixiong should be here soon.

Thinking of this, before Shang Xiuzhen and others could come to their senses, hurried footsteps were heard outside the house, and then Xu Guangfu, Shao Ruian, Luo Weixiong and others walked in from the outer room, and suddenly the inner room was filled to the brim.

"Brother Qiang, are you okay?"

As soon as Luo Weixiong walked in, he immediately came up to Li Guoqiang and asked with a concerned look on his face.

"fine!"

Li Guoqiang shook his head, then laughed and answered, "The doctor said I just had a concussion and some injuries on my face. I'll be fine after resting for a while. Sorry to have worried you all."

"Ok!"

Luo Weixiong nodded and responded, then opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but seeing so many people in the room, he ended up saying nothing.

When Shao Ruian and others heard Li Guoqiang's words, they did not have any special reaction. It was obvious that they had already learned what had happened from Xu Guangfu.

"okay!"

At this time, Xu Guangfu saw that no one said anything, so he waved his hand and said, "Now that you have all seen Qiangzi's condition, you don't have to worry about him anymore."

"The doctor said that Qiangzi should get more rest. You all should go back first!"

"Ok!"

Hearing this, Shao Ruian immediately nodded and agreed: "That's right, since Li Guoqiang needs to have a good rest, let's not disturb him here."

At this point, he hurriedly stepped forward, patted Li Guoqiang on the shoulder, and said with concern: "Li Guoqiang, you should stay at home and recover first. If you need any help, just let us know."

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang glanced at Shao Ruian's hand on his shoulder, then smiled slightly, nodded and said softly: "Thank you all for your concern!"

After saying that, he got up from the kang and sent Shao Ruian and others out. In the end, only Xu Guangfu was left sitting on the kang, smoking his pipe.

After he came back from sending people off and sat on the kang, Xu Guangfu first slowly exhaled a stream of smoke from his mouth, and then immediately spoke in a serious tone and warned: "Qiangzi, even though even God is helping us this time, we don't have to worry about being retaliated by Director Ma."

"But Director Ma's family and that buyer Shen's family probably hold a grudge against us, so no matter what you do in the future, you'd better be careful."

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang straightened his face when he heard this, then nodded quickly and agreed: "Don't worry! I know what to do!"

If Ma Qixiong's family and Shen Wanpeng's family dare to provoke him, don't blame him for being ruthless and trying to wipe them out completely.

"Hmm!" Seeing that Li Guoqiang already knew what was going on, Xu Guangfu relaxed a lot. He then pondered for a moment and said in a strange tone, "Besides, after this incident, you have become famous in our commune!"

"Now not only the commune leaders, but even the people in our village think you are a bit weird."

"Otherwise, why would several large hailstones fall from the sky for no reason, and hit Director Ma on the head?"

"Originally, I thought you were a good candidate for the government because you were thorough and smart. But now, you have no chance of developing in the government."

"After all, no one wants to have a conflict with you and then be killed by hailstones falling from the sky."

"fine!"

When Li Guoqiang heard what Xu Guangfu said, he quickly waved his hands and said, "Anyway, I don't plan to be a high-ranking official. Besides, I believe that the people have sharp eyes. They should be able to know that this incident was originally an accident."

"Besides, this is already a new society, and everything must be scientific. If it were really as mysterious as those people say, then when Uncle Lu kicked me and Brother Chang, and when the villagers looked down on me, they should have been hit by hailstones falling from the sky a long time ago."

"Ah"

Xu Guangfu was delighted when he heard this, and then he nodded unconsciously and said in agreement: "That's true!"

After saying that, he thought for a while, and then he could not help but remind her in a deep voice: "That being said, you should know that these things are hard to explain to others. Just like that girl Dani, she was always said to be a disaster star. If it weren't for the fact that she happened to draw the first fish this year, and if you were not there to help her, I guess it would still be impossible to shut up those gossipers in the village!"

"So, you still have to be more open-minded!"

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, then laughed and said, "Don't worry! I'm not so fragile that I can't stand people saying something behind my back."

"That's good!"

Seeing that Li Guoqiang really didn't take the matter to heart, Xu Guangfu didn't say anything more and soon got up and left.

When Qu Yinfeng saw Xu Guangfu leaving, she hurriedly went to get a chicken and prepared to make some chicken soup for Li Guoqiang to supplement his nutrition.

Xu Dani, with a stern face, sat on the kang, responsible for supervising Li Guoqiang's sleep.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang could only crawl into bed obediently, then close his eyes and practice the health-preserving breathing method to gain physical fitness points and speed up the recovery of the injuries on his face.

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

During these two days, since Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani were always worried about his injuries, apart from eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and sleeping, he could only lie in bed and practice health-preserving breathing techniques.

If he hadn't been able to listen to the radio and talk to Qu Yinfeng and Xu Dani at the same time, he would have been bored to death.

However, this also almost healed all the bruises on his face, and he also gained more than 200 points of health-preserving breathing skill experience, and 0.2 points of physical fitness.

On the morning of the third day, he was so quiet that he wanted to move. After making promises to Qu Yinfeng, he finally regained his freedom. Then he hurriedly pulled the sled and took Da Huang to the back mountain to check the rabbit traps he had set a few days ago.

Soon, he arrived at the location where the first rabbit trap was placed, and after searching for a long time, he found the rabbit trap that had been collapsed by the snow.

After quietly putting away the rabbit trap, he continued to pull the sled towards the second rabbit trap location.

However, he soon discovered that the second rabbit trap was also empty and he gained nothing.

He was not disappointed about this because he knew that this was the normal state of hunting in the mountains.

If prey in the mountains were really that easy to hunt, there wouldn't be so many hungry people in this world.

Calculating the time, there is only more than half a month left until the Chinese New Year, which makes him think of his previous plan to go into the mountains to check for the hundred-year-old ginseng.

It just so happened that he was in the limelight right now, so going into the mountains for a while could help him avoid the limelight, so that no matter who he met in the village, they wouldn't have to ask him about the story between him and Ma Qixiong.

Thinking of this, he made a decision immediately, and then with a wave of his hand, he took out more than 200 kilograms of firewood from the storage space, put it on the sled and pulled it home.

As soon as he returned home, he told Qu Yinfeng about his plan.

When Qu Yinfeng heard that he wanted to go into the mountains to hunt, she immediately tried to dissuade him, but after he gave the reason of avoiding the limelight, Qu Yinfeng finally nodded and agreed.

The next morning, Qu Yinfeng got up early and prepared breakfast, and also prepared some dry food and hot water for Li Guoqiang.

After finishing his breakfast, Li Guoqiang did not waste any time. He quickly carried his gun and Da Huang and set out on a journey into the mountains under the dim light.

Since he had entered the mountain once before with Xu Guanglu and others, and had the map given by Xu Guangshan, it didn't take long for him to successfully arrive at the place where he had killed the blind bear last time, and then continued to rush towards the place where the century-old ginseng was.

Along the way, he did not pay too much attention to the movements of prey. He just occasionally set some traps in places where small prey such as hares, pheasants, and flying dragons might appear, and prepared to wait until he came back to see if there was any gain.

At the same time, he also found that the map drawn by Xu Guangshan was too simple.

If you want to find the hundred-year-old ginseng according to the map, it will probably take a long time.

Fortunately, what he has the most now is time, and he doesn't have to worry about having no place to stay. As long as he looks patiently, he will eventually find it.

Before he knew it, he had been walking in the mountains for five or six hours, and was already several hills away from the place where he had last killed a blind bear.

After checking the map and making sure he had not deviated from the direction, he slipped into the small world and prepared to make a fire and cook.

At this time, after this period of expansion and care, the land area in the small world has more than doubled to more than 50 square meters, and the crops and vegetables planted before have also begun to grow tender leaves one after another.

If he grows faster, maybe he can eat fresh vegetables on New Year's Eve.

As for the chicks, ducks, geese and the two piglets, with sufficient food and a good environment, their growth rate was quite good. In just over ten days, they had grown visibly larger.

After checking the situation in the small world, he used the bricks he had collected before to build a simple stove. Then he took some firewood, a small clay pot from home, a two-pound piece of pork, some oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and other seasonings, and prepared to make a dish of braised pork to try.

(End of this chapter)