Chapter 180 If You Are Willing to Help Me Come Over
Logically speaking, Ma Changle's family has a son-in-law who is the general manager of a supply and marketing company. Even if he cannot be rich, he should not be so shabby!
At a glance, there was no new furniture in the room, nor any valuable items, let alone big things like three-wheeled instruments and one-ring devices.

Is there some secret behind this?
Thinking of this, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but recall Ma Shufen's previous request to him to borrow a chicken to lay eggs, and a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

"Come on, Qiangzi, try this wine!"

Ma Changle had no idea what Li Guoqiang was thinking, and quickly took out a bottle of Lingchuan liquor from the kang cabinet and poured a full bowl for Li Guoqiang with a smug smile on his face.

When Li Guoqiang saw the bottle of Lingchuan liquor, he couldn't help feeling a little surprised.

You know, the locals often say "There is Moutai in the south and Lingchuan in the north", which shows how famous this brand of wine is.

Correspondingly, its price is not that cheap. Even if it is not as expensive as Moutai, it costs at least one yuan. For country people like Ma Changle, it can be regarded as a first-class wine.

Being able to use it to entertain him now is a sign of great respect for him.

As he thought about it, he picked up the wine bowl and took a sip. He felt the mellow fragrance in his mouth and couldn't help but nodded and praised: "Not bad, this wine is pretty good."

"hey-hey!"

When Ma Changle heard Li Guoqiang's praise, he immediately smiled proudly and said, "Not bad! This wine was specially brought back from the county town by our eldest daughter as a gift to me. Not counting the wine ticket, one bottle costs one dollar and eighty cents!"

"Then you are really lucky!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted and quickly spoke up to praise him.

"you do not say!"

Ma Changle couldn't help but open up after being praised like this, "If I were to say in my life, the thing that makes me most proud is that I gave birth to such a beautiful and filial daughter."

"You don't know! If it weren't for my eldest son-in-law's infatuation with our eldest daughter, I would not have agreed to let my eldest daughter marry him even if his father was a high-ranking official in the county."

"Also, don't look at our family as poor. It's because I'm worried that it will affect the future of my eldest son-in-law, so I don't let my eldest daughter bring money or things home."

"Otherwise, our family would have become the richest family in the village long ago."

After he finished speaking, a hint of resentment appeared on his face, giving people the feeling that his words were a little insincere.

"Dad, why are you talking about this?"

When Ma Jianshe heard Ma Changle's shameless words, his face changed slightly, and then he hurriedly complained.

"What?"

Ma Changle glared, then said with an unhappy look on his face: "Isn't it okay for me to just say this casually?"

Looking at him, it seems as if he has suffered a great injustice.

"Go, go, go!"

Seeing this, Ma Jianshe could only nod helplessly and said, "Just say what you want to say! If you are laughed at later, don't blame me for not reminding you."

"joke?"

Ma Changle's face darkened, and he shouted angrily, "Who dares to laugh at me? I'll beat him to death!"

Ma Jianshe: “.”

Li Guoqiang: “.”

【What the hell is going on? 】

[Everything was fine just now! Why did the style suddenly change? ]

At this time, Ma Shufen just happened to walk in from the outer room carrying a plate of fried peanuts.

When she saw Ma Changle's angry face, she frowned slightly and quickly gave Ma Jianshe an inquiring look.

Upon seeing this, Ma Jianshe immediately turned his head away, seeming to dislike Ma Shufen a little.

Ma Shufen's eyes dimmed, then she immediately forced a smile and walked forward, saying, "Come on, Qiangzi, eat some peanuts and drink some wine with my dad and brother first, the food will be ready soon!"

As she spoke, she turned her head to look at Ma Changle and said in a tender voice, "Dad, Qiangzi is a guest I invited to my house. Please greet him for me, but don't be rude!"

"Ok!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Changle snorted with a somewhat expressionless face, then reached out to pick up the wine bowl and greeted in a deep voice: "Come on, Qiangzi, let's drink one first!"

After saying that, he tilted his head back and took a big gulp of the wine in the bowl, then slowly exhaled.

Li Guoqiang looked at Ma Changle and then at Ma Shufen, and always felt that something was wrong.

However, thinking that less trouble is worse than more, he did not ask, but silently picked up the wine bowl and drank a bowl of wine with Ma Changle.

Afterwards, Ma Changle stopped bragging about his good son-in-law and started talking to Li Guoqiang about some gossip in the village.

Ma Shufen didn't say anything and just turned around and walked out.

Not long after, she came in with plates of steaming food.

Among them, in addition to the commonly seen pork and chicken, there are also some hairtail fish and shrimps, which can be considered very rich.

Li Guoqiang looked at the fried hairtail and boiled shrimps on the kang table, and suddenly an idea popped into his mind.

If he has the opportunity in the future, he might try to build a seawater pool in his small world and raise some seafood to achieve seafood freedom.

However, there is no need to rush about this. You can wait until next summer and find an opportunity to go to the beach.

Soon, the kang table was filled with food. Miao Cuilan and Liu Xuemei also came in with their children and sat next to Ma Changle and Ma Jianshe respectively.

Ma Shufen sat down next to Li Guoqiang, only a fist's distance away from him, and it looked like they were a couple.

Ma Changle and others did not think much about it and hurriedly asked Li Guoqiang to start eating.

Then, before Li Guoqiang picked up the chopsticks, they couldn't wait to start eating.

From this we can see that they rarely have such good meals on a normal day, otherwise they would not behave so badly.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang felt slightly happy in his heart, then he calmly picked up a shrimp and ate it slowly, which formed a very strong contrast with Ma Changle and others.

When Ma Shufen saw Li Guoqiang's performance, her eyes suddenly lit up and a look of admiration flashed across her face.

Although she was born in the countryside, her perspective has completely changed since she married into the county town and then lived in the city for several years. She now understands very well what kind of man is a truly good man.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have taken a liking to Li Guoqiang at first sight, and even directly asked to borrow a chicken to lay eggs.

At this time, Li Guoqiang had no idea that he had been rated higher in Ma Shufen's eyes. He ate his meal in silence, and occasionally accompanied Ma Changle and Ma Jianshe to drink. Before long, the food on the kang table was swept away, and most of it went into the stomachs of Ma Changle and others.

Immediately afterwards, Ma Changle and Ma Jianshe both smoked their pipes with a look of satisfaction on their faces, and their heads swayed as if they were recalling the meals they had eaten before.

Li Guoqiang reached out for the wine bowl and drank the remaining wine in the bowl. Then he got up and said goodbye, making the excuse that he had things to do at home.

According to local customs, when you go to someone's house for dinner, you usually have to chat for a while after the meal before leaving.

However, he and Ma Changle's family had no friendship to begin with, and their thoughts were on different tracks, so naturally there was nothing to talk about.

Instead of staying here and wasting time, it is better to go back early and wait for Luo Weixiong, Pan Qiaoyan and other educated youth, as well as Xu Yuchang, Xu Laosan and other family members to come and play cards and chat!

In addition, because Ma Shufen had bad intentions, he didn't want to have too much contact with her.

Even she looks very smooth!

Hearing that Li Guoqiang was going back, Ma Changle and Miao Cuilan hurriedly tried to keep him.

Later, seeing that Li Guoqiang's attitude was quite firm, they could only remind him to come to their house often, and then asked Ma Shufen to send Li Guoqiang away.

Li Guoqiang walked out of the yard and saw Ma Shufen still following him. He hurriedly stopped, waved his hand and said, "Okay, just send me here! It's very cold outside, you should go back to the house and warm up!"

After saying this, he was about to turn around and leave, but he found that his arm was grabbed by someone.

"Qiangzi, how can you help me?"

Ma Shufen stared at Li Guoqiang's handsome face and spoke with a hint of pleading.

"no!"

Li Guoqiang frowned, and then asked impatiently: "Sister Shufen, I have already told you very clearly before, I really can't help you with this kind of thing, you should find someone else!"

"no!"

Ma Shufen shook her head, then said seriously: "I know so many people, and none of them can compare to you. I want you to help me!"

"you"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then looked at Ma Shufen speechlessly, not understanding why she insisted on holding on to him.

Is this all because he is so handsome?

"Qiangzi, don't worry. Apart from you and me, no one else will know about this. I'm almost 30 now, and I just want to have a child. Please be kind and help me!"

Ma Shufen stepped forward, held Li Guoqiang's arms tightly with both hands, and then spoke in a pleading tone.

"Sister Shufen, calm down first!"

Seeing Ma Shufen like this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly tried to persuade her, then asked with some confusion: "Well, don't you have a man? Why do you need my help?"

"Yes!"

Ma Shufen nodded, then said with a sad face: "I do have a man, but what's the use? I have been married to him for almost ten years, and we still haven't had a child."

"That"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then hurriedly asked: "Then didn't you go to the hospital for a check-up?"

"How do you know we don't?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Shufen immediately spoke excitedly: "We have not only been to the city hospital, but also to the provincial hospital, but no matter how we were checked, they said there was nothing wrong with our health."

"Nowadays, both my family and outsiders say that I am a hen that can't lay eggs."

"I don't accept it. There's nothing wrong with my body. Why can't I get pregnant?"

"So I have to prove to those people that I have no problem, but he is the one with the problem."

Hearing these words, Li Guoqiang was a little stunned for a moment.

He didn't expect that things would turn out like this.

Then, he suddenly remembered some news he had seen in his previous life, which said that some couples had been married for more than ten years and still could not conceive children, but after they divorced, they each started a new family and soon had children.

Therefore, this can only be said to be fate!
Ma Shufen felt disappointed when she saw that Li Guoqiang didn't say anything.

Although she really hoped that Li Guoqiang could help her, she also knew that if Li Guoqiang was unwilling to cooperate, she would be helpless.

However, she was still reluctant to give up Li Guoqiang, the best candidate. After a moment of silence, she said softly, "Tomorrow morning, I will wait for you by the haystack in the threshing ground. If you are willing to help me, come over. If not, just pretend I never said anything!"

After saying that, she turned and went back into the house.

Li Guoqiang looked at Ma Shufen's plump and charming back, and for a moment he couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

If it were in his previous life, he might have considered it carefully, but now, the situation outside is so tense, he would have to be crazy to agree to do such a ridiculous thing with Ma Shufen!

Soon, he turned around and went back to his home, then briefly told Xu Yuping about the meal at Ma Changle's house, and then returned to his wooden house, waiting for Luo Weixiong, Pan Qiaoyan and others to come and visit and wish a happy new year.

Not long after, Luo Weixiong, Pan Qiaoyan and Shen Fengxia arrived as scheduled.

Li Guoqiang invited them into the wooden house and sat them on the kang, and served them some snacks such as melon seeds, peanuts, and candies.

Soon after, Xu Yuchang, Xu Yu'an, Xu Laowu and other members of the Xu family also came to pay New Year's greetings, which suddenly made the wooden house much more lively.

Then, at Xu Yuchang's suggestion, everyone started playing cards, and the stakes were cups of liquor.

Since Li Guoqiang can use his small world to see the cards in other people's hands, there is no possibility of losing at all.

After a while, he made everyone drink several glasses of wine as punishment, which scared everyone. Then they directly squeezed him out and made him responsible for logistics work.

Seeing that no one was willing to play cards with him, he could only stand aside with amusement, giving advice to Pan Qiaoyan and Shen Fengxia, determined to make Xu Yuchang, Luo Weixiong and others go back lying down.

To this end, he not only asked Xu Yuping to take out most of the liquor in the house, but also asked Xu Yuping to make a dish of pickled fish and a dish of spicy rabbit head as side dishes.

Looking at the festive and lively scene in the house, he seemed to have returned to his previous life, celebrating the New Year in the countryside.

Perhaps, this is the feeling of the New Year that is engraved in the bones of the Chinese people!
Even if we change the time and space, or the era, we will not forget it easily.

Just when everyone was having more and more fun and getting more and more excited, Xu Dani and Zhu Caixia suddenly ran in from outside with a box of firecrackers in their hands.

"Big brother, take us to play with firecrackers!"

(End of this chapter)