Chapter 208: A new person is coming?
Not long after, Li Guoqiang took Xu Guangfu to randomly check three or four beehives and found no problems. Then they returned to the wooden house together and talked about the construction progress of the educated youth site.

"Qiangzi, how is the furniture you made for the educated youth camp going?"

Xu Guangfu picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of water, then asked softly.

"Well, now the kang cabinet, wardrobe, cupboard and washstand are all ready, only the chairs and table are missing."

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang quickly replied.

"Ok!"

Xu Guangfu nodded, then laughed and joked, "I don't know what's wrong with your brain, kid. If someone wants to learn a skill that can support a family, they usually have to be an apprentice to a master for three years, and then go through many more years of training before they can become a master."

"And no matter what craft you learn, you only need to watch it once to learn it. It's really infuriating!"

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he heard this, then waved his hands and said with a smile: "Maybe I am what people often say, God is chasing me to feed me!"

"what!"

Xu Guangfu was slightly stunned, and then he couldn't help laughing and scolding: "You are really not modest!"

After he finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly continued, "By the way, when the Youth League Center is built, I will have people come over to the bee farm to build a house for you."

"In the next few days, you can take people to clean up the land next to it, and then we can dig the foundation directly."

"Row!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang immediately nodded and agreed, "Then I will clean up the place in the next few days. It won't delay anything."

"Ok!"

Xu Guangfu pondered for a moment and found that there was nothing else to say, so he got up and said goodbye.

As the team leader, he usually has to coordinate all the big and small matters in the village, and basically has little free time.

If the apiary wasn't so important, he wouldn't have taken the time to come here.

After sending Xu Guangfu away, Li Guoqiang immediately gave instructions on how to clear the land.

When Qu Yinfeng and others learned that adobe houses were about to be built at the apiary, they immediately felt happy.

Because this means that the apiary has been completely established, and they don't have to worry about losing this good job with a stable income anytime soon.

Soon, another week passed.

Under Xu Guangfu's supervision, the construction of the educated youth site was nearing completion, with only the yard left to be fenced off.

As early as two days ago, Li Guoqiang took the finished furniture from his home to the educated youth site.

Seeing these well-made and novel-style furniture, Xu Guangfu and others were instantly impressed by Li Guoqiang's craftsmanship, and then they rushed to Li Guoqiang to place orders.

In this regard, Li Guoqiang accepted all offers.

Anyway, for him, making one set of furniture can get him an extra ten sets of furniture. It basically doesn't take much effort, and he can also use it to earn more legal economic income.

However, he never imagined that someone would come to him to ask him to make funeral supplies, and it was an acquaintance.

He sat on the fire pit in his home, looking at Old Sun who was sitting opposite him, his face full of speechlessness.

"Uncle Sun, you are just making things difficult for me! I admit that I can make some furniture, but making coffins and furniture are two completely different things. Why don't you find someone else?"

"What?"

Old Sun raised his eyebrows, and then said with an unhappy look: "Do you think I can't afford the wages or what?"

"Besides, if you can make a cabinet, why can't you make a coffin? Isn't it just a few pieces of wood nailed together? How difficult can it be?"

"Ouch!"

Seeing that Old Sun was so unreasonable, Li Guoqiang could not help but explain in a somewhat unpleasant tone: "You don't know, making funeral supplies is not like making furniture, there are many details involved!"

"First of all, the wood used for the coffin must be from a tree that is at least as thick as one person can hug, and it must be cut all at once without breaking or splicing in the middle."

"In addition, people who make funeral materials also need to consider their fate. If their fate is not strong enough, they cannot do it."

"There are also many rules for the size of the coffin, and it's not something you can just do casually."

"So, please don't make things difficult for me. I'm just a young man and can't handle such a big thing."

"Boring!"

After hearing what Li Guoqiang had said, Old Sun could not force it any further. He could only complain with some dissatisfaction: "You are too boring!"

"I taught you how to drive a donkey cart, but now you won't even help me make a coffin. I'm so disappointed."

After saying that, he stood up and left angrily.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang had no intention of trying to keep Old Sun and quickly sent him out.

Although he is fully capable of making coffin for Old Sun, he should not forget that the situation outside is very turbulent these days and accidents could easily happen.

For such a small amount of money, there was absolutely no need for him to take this risk.

What's more, Old Sun had only given him some casual pointers on how to drive, which couldn't be considered a favor at all. Even if it was a favor, he had already repaid it with pork and wine.

Therefore, he really couldn't find any reason to make trouble with Lao Sun.

Seeing that Old Sun suddenly left with a gloomy face, Qu Yinfeng hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Qiangzi, what happened to Old Sun?"

"fine!"

Li Guoqiang waved his hand after hearing this, then laughed and said, "He wanted me to make a coffin, but I didn't agree, so he left in anger!"

"So this is ah!"

After hearing this, Qu Yinfeng nodded in realization, then asked in confusion, "Then why didn't you agree to it? If you really want to make a coffin, you should be able to make a lot of money!"

In fact, ever since she knew that Li Guoqiang could make furniture, and made it so beautifully, she had the idea of ​​asking Li Guoqiang to help her make a coffin.

Because generally speaking, in rural areas, many elderly people will prepare a set of coffins for themselves in advance in case of emergency in the future.

If you want to make a better coffin, it will cost a lot.

In her opinion, the main reason why Lao Sun set his sights on Li Guoqiang was to save some wages.

"You also know that the situation outside is quite complicated now. The wind direction may change one day, so there is no need to take risks for such a small amount of wages." Facing Qu Yinfeng's doubts, Li Guoqiang did not want to hide anything and directly expressed his true thoughts.

"Yeah!"

When Qu Yinfeng heard Li Guoqiang's answer, her heart tightened slightly, then she nodded quickly and agreed, "You are right. With your ability, there is no need to take risks for such a small salary."

After saying this, she silently gave up the idea of ​​asking Li Guoqiang to help make the coffin.

Anyway, she feels that her health is getting better day by day, so even if she needs to prepare funeral supplies, there is no need to rush.

Even if you really don't have time to prepare, as long as you have money, you can go to a state-owned store and buy a pair.

When Li Guoqiang saw Qu Yinfeng like this, he felt a little happy and didn't mention the matter anymore.

Soon, the day for the educated youth to move arrived.

In order to celebrate the relocation of the educated youth center, Xu Guangfu specially gave Shao Ruian, Shang Xiuzhen and others a day off so that they could have enough time to move and settle down.

In addition to three spacious adobe houses, the new youth settlement also had a wooden toilet and bathhouse in the yard, modeled after Li Guoqiang's.

In this way, Shang Xiuzhen and others no longer have to go to Li Guoqiang's house to use the bathhouse.

In addition, there are four large kangs in the three adobe houses, which can accommodate more than 30 people at most, making it much more spacious than before.

With the addition of the new furniture made by Li Guoqiang, the accommodation conditions suddenly became among the best in the village.

If it weren't for the fact that most of the cost of building houses was covered by the housing subsidies of the educated youth, the villagers would probably have raised objections by now.

Even so, there were always people gossiping behind their backs, saying that the educated youth lived too well.

And this is human nature!
Since Li Guoqiang was a member of the educated youth, he took time out today to ride his sika deer to help.

As the sika deer kept running back and forth, it didn't take long before the educated youths, each carrying their luggage and belongings, moved from the pigpen and sheepfold to the new educated youth site, and the first thing they did was to choose a bed.

After some selection and discussion, in the end, in the female educated youth group, Shang Xiuzhen, Pan Qiaoyan and Shen Fengxia lived together on the southern kang, while Xu Wanling, Zhang Chunyan and Wu Zhaodi lived on the northern kang.

This shows what their friendship and relationship are like.

As for the male educated youth group, there were seven of them in total and they had some conflicts among themselves in the past, so without waiting for Shao Ruian to say anything or for Luo Weixiong and Deng Hualiang to make a selection, Wang Zhiyong, Zhao Dabao, Liu Jianjun and Wen Jianguo gathered together and occupied the south kang.

Immediately afterwards, Luo Weixiong and Deng Hualiang teamed up to occupy the head of the north kang, and in the end only Shao Ruian was left, placing his bedding roll at the end of the north kang with a frustrated look on his face.

This scene actually fulfilled what he said when he first came here.

But now, no one believes him anymore.

After a while, when they were all settled, Li Guoqiang went home and brought back two rabbits as a housewarming gift.

Although he and other educated youth usually had only a casual relationship and did not have much contact with each other, he still had to do enough to save face, at least to prevent people from saying that he was out of touch with the collective.

Seeing the two fat rabbits, Shao Ruian, Shang Xiuzhen and others were very happy, and immediately invited Li Guoqiang enthusiastically to stay and have lunch together.

Not long after, Xu Guangfu and other brigade cadres came back from work, each of them carrying some wild goods and coarse grains, and came to the educated youth site to congratulate the educated youth on their new home.

Seeing this situation, Shao Ruian, Shang Xiuzhen and others hurried forward to greet them, then pooled their money together to find someone to exchange for some ingredients, and brought them back with the rabbit sent by Li Guoqiang, making two tables of fairly sumptuous meals.

In fact, they had thought about inviting the brigade cadres to have dinner on the day of moving.

It's just that one of them didn't have enough prestige, and the other didn't have the habit of actively flattering others, so they ignored this matter intentionally or unintentionally, and were caught off guard by Xu Guangfu and others.

Fortunately, Xu Guangfu and others did not have too high demands and expectations on them. After a simple meal, they dispersed.

At this point, the educated youth of Jinshanbao Production Brigade officially started their new life.

As the days passed, except for Li Guoqiang, all the other educated youth had slowly shed their childish faces and had more calluses on their hands. They successfully transformed from city students into qualified farmers.

The only thing that cannot be changed is their desire to return to the city.

But no one expected that before they could return to the city, a new batch of educated youth arrived.

That day, when Xu Guangfu was checking the working conditions of the bee farm, he suddenly said to Li Guoqiang: "Qiangzi, let the sika deer pull the cart tonight and go to the county town with me to pick up someone."

"Pick someone up?"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then asked in confusion: "Who are you picking up?"

"Who else can you pick up at this late hour?"

Xu Guangfu rolled his eyes and spoke in a somewhat unpleasant tone.

"Forehead"

When Li Guoqiang heard this, he immediately thought of something and asked hurriedly, "Are there more educated youth coming to our place?"

"Ok!"

Xu Guangfu nodded, then explained softly, "I just received a notice from above today saying that six new educated youths have been assigned to our area, and we are asked to pick them up at the county train station at around 10 pm."

"I was thinking that the red deer you raised at home is just sitting there doing nothing, so it could be used to help bring people back."

"to make!"

When Li Guoqiang heard what Xu Guangfu said, he nodded and agreed, "Then I'll get ready when I get home from work later. You can come and call me when it's time!"

After saying that, he thought about it for a moment and realized that it was time for the new batch of students to graduate.

In other words, the educated youth who came here this time should be the latest batch of graduates.

"Ok!"

When Xu Guangfu saw that Li Guoqiang agreed, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

In fact, the reason why he wanted Li Guoqiang to go with him to pick up people, in addition to borrowing the sika deer, was mainly because he wanted to use Li Guoqiang as a living signboard to bring honor to him and the Jinshanbao Production Team.

In addition, it can also set a good example for the newly arrived educated youth, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Soon, it was around six in the evening.

As the last rays of the sun disappeared into the horizon, a sika deer that was more than half a person's height, with strong limbs and thick, smooth hair, pulled a cart and slowly left the village entrance. Then, guided by a horse lantern, it ran towards the county town dozens of miles away.

By the time we arrived at the county town, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening.

Xu Guangfu and Li Guoqiang first went to the Youth League Office in the county town to handle relevant procedures, and then followed the people from the Youth League Office to the outside of the railway station.

(End of this chapter)