Chapter 178 Who dares not to listen to me?
"what?!"

It was unknown how long it had passed, but Xu Yuping, who was sweating all over, woke up from her drunkenness. When she saw Qu Yinfeng sitting across the table from her, she couldn't help but let out a cry of surprise.

Then, without thinking too much, she quickly broke free from the restraints, making a "bang" sound, and then slipped into a quilt at the end of the kang.

At the same time, Li Guoqiang, who had lost his protection, came back to his senses from his confusion, and then saw Xu Yuping's actions, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

Then, he suddenly thought of something, his heart suddenly tightened, and he quickly turned his head to look towards the head of the kang.

When he saw Qu Yinfeng lying there drunk, he took a deep breath and quickly cleaned up.

When he had finished cleaning up, Xu Yuping came out with a red face, and then glared at him with some anger and embarrassment.

"hey-hey!"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but let out a sullen laugh, then he quickly got off the kang and hurried out.

When Xu Yuping saw Li Guoqiang leave, her mood gradually calmed down. She glanced at Qu Yinfeng guiltily and quickly got up to clean up the dishes.

After a while, she cleaned the kang table and went to the outer room to wash the dishes.

As soon as she left, a sigh of relief was heard from the kang.

In the blink of an eye, it was the second day of the new year.

Li Guoqiang woke up early in the morning, and then had a breakfast of fried noodles with soybean sauce and tomato egg drop soup with Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping, Xu Dani, Zhu Caixia and others. Then he left home and went to the threshing ground.

According to local customs, people have to dance on the second day of the Lunar New Year, which is commonly known as the Yangko dance.

As soon as they arrived at the threshing ground, they found that many villagers had already arrived. Some of them were wearing colorful cotton-padded jackets, which looked very festive.

In addition, in the center of the threshing ground, there are national musical instruments such as gongs, drums, cymbals, and suona.

Brigade cadres such as Xu Guangfu, Sun Maocai, and Ma Chunmei are organizing the villagers of the yangko team to make final preparations, and they will start dancing the yangko as soon as the time comes.

Just as Li Guoqiang and Xu Yuping were cracking melon seeds and watching the excitement, they suddenly saw Ma Chunmei walking towards them with an anxious look on her face.

"Yuping, do you still remember the Yangko dances that we often performed in our village?"

"I remember! What's the matter?"

Xu Yuping was slightly stunned, then quickly answered.

"Great!"

Ma Chunmei was delighted when she heard this, and then she pulled Xu Yuping to the middle of the threshing ground and explained, "Someone in our village's yangko team has a stomachache and can't come. You can help take his place first."

After saying that, she didn't care whether Xu Yuping agreed or not and directly stuffed Xu Yuping into the yangko team.

When Xu Yuping saw this situation, she didn't say anything. She hurriedly recalled the yangge dances she used to perform, and also asked about her position.

Although she had not returned to the village for many years, most villagers knew Xu Yuping, so she quickly integrated into the yangko team.

However, her young and beautiful face still surprised many old sisters-in-law and young sisters-in-law.

[Didn’t they say Xu Yuping suffered a lot after she got married? ]

[How come I look so young now? I don’t feel like I’m already in my thirties, but rather I look like I’m in my mid-twenties.]

[Is this really weird? ]

At this time, Li Guoqiang didn't know that Xu Yuping's appearance had attracted other people's attention. He was busy greeting and wishing a happy new year to Shang Xiuzhen and other friends who had just arrived!

By the way, he also grabbed a few handfuls of melon seeds and peanuts from his pocket and scattered them around, which received a lot of praise.

In his opinion, it was totally worth it to get people to say good things about him just by spending some snacks.

You know, some words may become true as you say them.

While they were talking and laughing, Shao Ruian suddenly came over, took Li Guoqiang aside, and said with a laugh, "Comrade Li Guoqiang, I want you to help me with something?"

"What is it?"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, then asked calmly.

"This is what happened!"

Shao Ruian was delighted to see that Li Guoqiang did not refuse outright, and then he quickly said, "Didn't the team leader say before that we should divide the educated youth into two groups, male and female?"

"Shang Xiuzhen will be the leader of the female educated youth group, while the leader of the male educated youth group has not yet been selected!"

"Whenever you are free, come over to the Youth League site. Let's have a meeting and discuss who is the most suitable person to be the Youth League group leader."

"this."

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then asked in confusion: "I remember you asked for my opinion before and asked me to support you as the team leader? Why haven't you chosen a team leader yet?"

"Forehead"

Shao Ruian couldn't help showing an embarrassed look on his face when he heard this. "Well, I did ask for your opinion before, and you did promise to support me, but..."

"But other people's opinions were not unanimous, so it has been delayed until now!"

After saying this, he looked towards Li Guoqiang, and a hint of jealousy flashed across his eyes.

Originally, after getting Li Guoqiang's promise and support, he thought that the position of team leader would definitely be his. However, who would have thought that, except for Luo Weixiong who expressed his intention to compete with him for the position of team leader, most of the others actually wanted to support Li Guoqiang to be the team leader, which almost made him angry to death.

He had not come to talk to Li Guoqiang because he was worried that if Li Guoqiang knew about this, he would completely lose his position as team leader.

Just now, when he saw that everyone's attitude towards Li Guoqiang was becoming more and more friendly, he could no longer hold back and prepared to use a tactic of retreating to advance against Li Guoqiang.

At this time, Li Guoqiang also roughly guessed what Shao Ruian was thinking, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face. Then he nodded and said, "Okay! Then when I have time in a few days, I will go to the educated youth site and hold a meeting with everyone to discuss who should be the team leader!"

[Hey! No, how could you agree to this? ]

When Shao Ruian saw that Li Guoqiang agreed, he was stunned for a moment.

Logically speaking, Li Guoqiang had already agreed to support him as the team leader, so shouldn't he help him find a way to deal with the other people?
If Li Guoqiang were allowed to go to the educated youth site to attend the meeting and discussion, would he still have a chance to be the team leader?
Thinking of this, he hurriedly grabbed Li Guoqiang who wanted to turn around and leave, forced a smile and said, "Well, I think after all the discussions, it is very likely that we will still not be able to select the team leader in the end."

"How about we go talk to the captain and ask him to appoint me as the team leader?"

"Don't worry, I will take better care of you after this is done!" "No!"

When Li Guoqiang heard Shao Ruian's proposal, he shook his head without thinking and refused: "Since the captain has already told us to choose our own team leader, we shouldn't go to him to talk about this matter again."

"Otherwise, he will definitely think that we are not capable enough."

"At that time, it won't matter to me, but it will be difficult for you to become the team leader again!"

"This"

Shao Ruian was slightly stunned, then looked at Li Guoqiang speechlessly.

Although Li Guoqiang's words seemed to make sense, he knew they were just lies.

Nowadays, everyone in this village knows that Xu Guangfu treats Li Guoqiang like his own son!

As long as Li Guoqiang is willing to speak up, it would not be impossible for him to become the leader of the educated youth group, or even the captain of the production team.

"okay!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he saw Shao Ruian's reaction, then he patted Shao Ruian on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Comrade Shao Ruian, I think it would be better for us to hold a meeting and discuss it together as you said before."

"After all, we must uphold democracy in everything. Only by gaining the support of the majority can we better secure our position as team leader."

After saying this, without waiting for Shao Ruian to say anything, he quickly turned around and returned to Qu Yinfeng, Xu Dani and Zhu Caixia, ready to enjoy the performance of the yangko team.

Shao Ruian looked at Li Guoqiang who had already walked away, and his expression suddenly turned very ugly.

At the beginning, he didn't take Li Guoqiang, the sickly boy, seriously at all. He just regarded Li Guoqiang as an object that he could control at will, so he chatted with Li Guoqiang on the train.

He didn't expect that in just less than two months, Li Guoqiang would transform from a frail and sickly person into a heroic, kind, and promising sharpshooter.

He even had the support of the Xu family, headed by the team leader, and became the first educated youth to integrate into the Jinshanbao Production Brigade.

As a last resort, he could only choose to temporarily bow his head in front of Li Guoqiang in order to obtain the position of team leader, and then slowly surpass Li Guoqiang step by step.

However, even so, he still couldn't take the position of team leader and still had to live under the shadow of Li Guoqiang.

He knew that if he continued like this, he would never have any chance to show his abilities, never achieve any merit, and never be able to return to the city.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth secretly, and then quietly walked towards Sun Maocai in the crowd.

As a cheerful and simple melody sounded, the members of the yangko team lined up in four rows, faced the crowd, and began to twist their bodies non-stop. The scene instantly became very festive and lively.

While everyone was enjoying the yangko performance, Shao Ruian quietly invited Sun Maocai to the side, and then offered him a cigarette with a nod.

"What do you want from me?"

Sun Maocai glanced at the gentle Shao Ruian, and asked softly while playing with the cigarette in his hand.

"Secretary Sun, I have something to report to you!"

Upon hearing this, Shao Ruian hurriedly said in a flattering manner: "Well, didn't the team leader say before that we should divide the educated youth into two groups, and then join Team One and Team Two respectively?"

"I think Team Two will definitely perform better than Team One under your leadership, so I hope our male educated youth group can join Team Two."

"If you can let me be the leader of the male educated youth group at that time, I promise to obey your arrangements resolutely."

"Moreover, I will urge Li Guoqiang to contribute more to our second team, such as taking us into the mountains to hunt more prey and going to the small river bay to fish more fish."

"What do you think of my proposal?"

Hearing this, Sun Maocai's eyes flashed slightly, and then he asked softly: "Can you guarantee that others will listen to you?"

"Especially Li Guoqiang. Even though he seems to be easy to talk to on the surface, he is actually not an easy person to deal with. Don't let him cause any trouble. That would be very difficult to deal with."

"Don't worry about that!"

Shao Ruian was delighted when he saw that Sun Maocai did not refuse outright. He patted his chest and promised, "As long as I become the team leader, I will naturally find a way to make them obedient."

At this point, he glanced around and found that no one was paying attention. He quickly stepped forward, leaned close to Sun Maocai's ear, and continued to mutter: "As far as I know, among the seven of us male educated youth, one seems to be secretly dating, one has a difficult family situation, and one has a weak personality and is easy to control."

"As long as you are willing to support me, I will definitely be able to secure the position of team leader."

"When the time comes, I will represent the collective. Who dares not to listen to me?"

After saying this, a hint of pride appeared on his face, as if he had already seen the scene of Li Guoqiang, Luo Weixiong and others bowing down before him.

"Fine!"

Seeing Shao Ruian's confidence, Sun Maocai thought about it for a moment, then nodded and agreed, "Then I'll find a chance to mention it at the brigade meeting, let your male educated youth group join the second team, and then nominate you to be the team leader."

"Thank you, Secretary Sun!"

Shao Ruian was immediately surprised when he heard this, and then he quickly expressed his loyalty, "I will be your subordinate from now on, and I will never forget your great kindness."

"Ok!"

Sun Maocai snorted lightly, with a look of great satisfaction on his face.

Then he glanced at Xu Guangfu and Li Guoqiang who were mixed in the crowd, and couldn't help feeling a sense of anticipation.

Although the Jinshanbao Production Brigade has always been the private territory of the three families, he also wants to be the boss.

If he could really use Shao Ruian and tie Li Guoqiang to his chariot, maybe by the time of next year's election, he would be able to directly drive Xu Guangfu down.

As for whether doing so would make Li Guoqiang have a problem with him, he was not worried at all.

If it really doesn't work, then just hand over Shao Ruian and let Li Guoqiang vent his anger.

At this time, Shao Ruian had no idea what Sun Maocai was planning, and was completely immersed in the joy of becoming a team leader. People who didn't know would think that he was so happy because he was infected by the performance of the yangko team!

After carefully appreciating the yangko dance for a while, Li Guoqiang suddenly received a prompt from Jin Dad, saying that he had activated the yangko dance skill, which made him feel happy. Then he followed the villagers around him, slowly twisting his body and enjoying the fun.

Until someone suddenly fell into his arms.

(End of this chapter)