Chapter 209 This is wrong
It was summer at this time.

As a cool night breeze blew over, the sika deer squinted its eyes comfortably, then shook its tail to drive away a few flies on its body.

Li Guoqiang stood aside and glanced at Xu Guangfu who was sitting on the cart and taking a puff of his pipe from time to time. Then he looked at the donkey carts and mule carts parked around. In a trance, he seemed to have returned to the time when he first arrived from the old city by train.

However, it was still the middle of winter at that time, and people's urine on the ground would freeze, so naturally there was not much interest in chatting.

Soon, someone noticed the sika deer and ran over to talk to it with a curious look on their face.

"Brother, how did you do that? I've lived for most of my life, and this is the first time I've seen someone use a red deer to pull a cart!"

"Haha! Haven't you seen it?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Guangfu couldn't help but smile proudly and said, "This red deer was tamed by our Jinshanbao Production Brigade with great effort. You won't see it anywhere else."

"Great!"

When the visitor heard what Xu Guangfu said, he immediately raised his thumb, then laughed and asked, "Well, brother, can you teach me how to tame a deer? When I have the chance in the future, I will also ask someone to get a red deer to tame."

"You should ask him about this!"

Seeing that he had finished bragging, Xu Guangfu sold out Li Guoqiang without saying a word.

When Li Guoqiang saw this situation, he was speechless for a moment, and then hurriedly took out some experience in animal taming to deal with those who came to him for advice.

Soon, the noise here attracted more people's attention, and then they all slowly gathered around, standing on tiptoe and listening to Li Guoqiang's explanation of how to tame sika deer.

In fact, not many people are really interested in this matter. It's just that people are gossipy and curious by nature, and it's also quite rare to tame sika deer to pull carts, so this situation has arisen.

Originally, Xu Guangfu was thinking of finding an opportunity to disclose the news that their Jinshanbao Production Brigade had built a large-scale apiary so that people would be envious and jealous. However, he did not expect that the incident of the sika deer pulling the cart would steal the limelight.

This made him feel so happy!
When Li Guoqiang finished explaining how to tame a red deer, he stood up from the cart and said proudly, "Listen to me, everyone. Our Majiadian Jinshanbao Production Brigade not only successfully tamed this red deer, but also dug many beehives from the mountains and set up a large apiary."

"If anyone wants to buy honey in the future, you are welcome to come to our Jinshanbao Production Brigade in Majiadian."

When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they all asked about the specific situation of the apiary.

These days, they often hear about pig farms and sheep farms being set up somewhere, but they have never heard of a bee farm being set up somewhere.

Generally speaking, some farmers secretly raise a few beehives in the mountains, or they go into the mountains and dig out beehives.

Therefore, when they heard that the Jinshanbao Production Brigade had set up a large apiary, they couldn't help but become interested.

You know, the value of honey is not low. If you can produce several thousand kilograms of honey in a year, it would be much better than farming.

Faced with everyone's questions, Xu Guangfu immediately repeated his old trick and threw the matter directly to Li Guoqiang.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang had no intention of objecting and immediately began to answer everyone's questions.

In fact, the questions people asked were very simple. To sum up, they mainly asked about the scale of the bee farm, the daily expenses, and how much honey it could produce.

After learning that the Jinshanbao Production Brigade's apiary had eighty colonies of bees and was expected to produce more than three thousand kilograms of honey, everyone quickly calculated in their minds and were instantly shocked by the profit of over ten thousand yuan.

Especially when they learned that the apiary only needed six workers and a small amount of money to run, they couldn't help but reveal a look of shock on their faces.

How can this be considered beekeeping? This is simply picking up money!
Then, the first thought in their minds was whether they could do it in their village?

If they can also set up such a bee farm, then can they just sit at home and wait to collect money?
Soon, Li Guoqiang was overwhelmed by the crowd's passionate gazes.

Fortunately, he saw that the situation was not right and jumped onto the cart without hesitation, otherwise his innocence would probably be lost.

"Everyone calm down and listen to me. If you really want to run a bee farm, you can come to our Majiadian Jinshanbao Production Brigade another day for on-site learning. We promise to tell you everything we know."

"As long as you are willing to learn, we can teach you. Don't worry that we will hide our secrets."

"What do you think about this?"

"Row!"

After hearing what Li Guoqiang said, although everyone was a little anxious, they did not make things difficult for Li Guoqiang. They all nodded and agreed.

Afterwards, under the persuasion of Li Guoqiang and Xu Guangfu, everyone dispersed one after another, and finally only Director Tang Shenglin of the Youth League Office was left, who held Li Guoqiang's hand with joy on his face.

"Comrade Li Guoqiang, you really brought honor to our educated youth this time. I will definitely have someone go to your Jinshanbao Production Brigade to conduct an on-site interview someday and publicize your deeds so that other educated youth can learn from you."

"Thank you for the compliment, leader!"

When Li Guoqiang heard what Tang Shenglin said, he quickly spoke modestly: "In fact, I just did a little bit within my ability, and I don't deserve such a high evaluation from you."

"Hey, that's wrong!"

Hearing this, Tang Shenglin hurriedly waved his hands and said seriously, "Since you have made achievements, we must give you praise and encouragement in time. You don't have to feel any psychological burden."

"Besides, young people like you need to work harder and strive to achieve greater results in the future."

"Yes Yes Yes!"

Seeing that Tang Shenglin had said so much, Li Guoqiang could only nod sincerely and said, "You are right. I promise that I will work harder in the future and strive to achieve greater results."

"Ok!"

Tang Shenglin nodded with satisfaction, and then he made the final decision: "Then it's settled. In the next two days, I will have someone go to your Jinshanbao Production Brigade to learn more about the situation, and then write an article and submit it to our Changxian Daily and Tieshi Daily to publicize your deeds."

"When the time comes, I hope you can cooperate with this work."

"no problem!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang nodded readily and agreed, "I will cooperate with you when the time comes." Seeing him like this, Tang Shenglin was suddenly delighted, then he patted Li Guoqiang's arm hard, and showed a very appreciative smile on his face without hesitation.

In fact, what he meant by cooperation was that he just wanted Li Guoqiang to mention him, the director of the Youth League Office, when he recounted his glorious deeds.

It would be best if Li Guoqiang could cooperate well.

If not, it doesn't matter. He has the authority to review the article anyway, so he can make any changes he wants.

What's more, judging from Li Guoqiang's performance, he believed that Li Guoqiang would definitely be a sensible child.

As the train was about to arrive, he did not say much to Li Guoqiang. He quickly returned to the entrance of the train station and waited quietly with the staff of the Youth League Office.

Not long after, with the sound of a loud whistle, more than a hundred young people aged seventeen or eighteen suddenly rushed out of the train station.

Looking at the uneasy looks on their faces, Li Guoqiang felt as if he was seeing his old friends.

However, compared to the past, the situation of these newcomers is more or less better. At least they no longer have no place to sleep.

Soon, Tang Shenglin led his men to meet them and conduct the handover with the comrade leading the team.

After a busy period, Xu Guangfu and Li Guoqiang finally received the new recruits assigned to the Jinshanbao Production Brigade.

Among them, four are girls and two are boys.

Li Guoqiang's gaze gently swept across the faces of the six of them, and finally stopped on a thin, pale, and tattered girl.

If he was not mistaken, this girl must have been in a state of malnutrition for a long time, and she didn't look like a high school graduate from the city at all. Instead, she looked more like a child who grew up in the countryside.

Before this, he had heard that some people, in order to avoid being far away from home, would deliberately find relatives in the countryside to exchange their children, so that the children of their relatives in the countryside would go to a foreign place instead.

Perhaps, this is the case with this girl.

However, speculation was just speculation, and he had no intention of asking further questions. He did not even come out to receive the guests. He just stayed aside quietly and acted as a tool.

However, after calling out the names one by one, Xu Guangfu did not intend to let Li Guoqiang go. He pointed at him and introduced him, "Come, let me introduce you. This is Comrade Li Guoqiang, the first batch of educated youth from our Jinshanbao Production Brigade and the current director of the bee farm of our Jinshanbao Production Brigade."

"If you have anything you want to know later, you can go ask him. Now, grab your luggage and get in the car."

After saying that, he sat down in the passenger seat of the cart, smoking his pipe and acting like a hands-off boss.

In fact, in his opinion, with Li Guoqiang's ability, he would take over the position of team leader from him sooner or later, so now is a good time for him to have more contact with the team's affairs.

Seeing Xu Guangfu's look, Li Guoqiang could only take over the task of greeting the newcomers reluctantly.

After the newlyweds put their luggage on the car and sat on it somewhat stiffly leaning against the luggage, he waved and said goodbye to several uncles and brothers who had also come to pick up people, then shook the reins and let the sika deer start its return journey.

After several months of training, this elk has completely become an experienced driver, running fast and steadily on the road.

Compared with horses and donkeys, its only disadvantage is that its endurance is not very good, that is, its stamina is a bit poor.

However, this has little impact on the distance of more than 30 miles between Jinshanbao and the county seat.

After a while, they left the county town with the sound of wheels turning.

As it was pitch black all around with only a lantern on the front of the car, the newlyweds unconsciously moved closer to Li Guoqiang and Xu Guangfu.

As a mountain breeze blew over, Li Guoqiang suddenly smelled the unique scent of soapberries, and then he couldn't help but turned his head and looked behind him with some confusion.

The next moment, a pale, weak face came into his sight.

Perhaps she didn't expect him to suddenly look back at her, Chu Meiling was stunned, then hurriedly lowered her head uncomfortably, like a frightened rabbit.

Looking at her ordinary chest, Li Guoqiang felt a little happy, then without saying anything, he turned around and continued driving.

When Chu Meiling saw that Li Guoqiang was not angry, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Then she hugged her legs silently, curled up into a ball, and hid behind Li Guoqiang, as if only in this way could she feel a little safe.

Li Guoqiang noticed Chu Meiling's movements and quickly glanced back at the other newcomers. He found that they were all a little nervous, so he quickly spoke to comfort them: "Don't worry, we have walked this mountain road countless times. Even with our eyes closed, we can still send you back to the village safely."

"Also, I have nothing to do right now. If you have any questions, you can ask me. I will do my best to answer them for you."

Hearing this, a plump girl sitting next to Chu Meiling couldn't help but ask, "Um, senior, I heard before I came here that we don't lack food. Is this true?"

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, and then explained softly: "I don't know if there is a shortage of food in other places, but at least our Jinshanbao Production Brigade has more than enough food, so you don't have to worry about not having enough to eat in the future."

"Great!"

When the slightly plump girl Yuan Cuiyun heard Li Guoqiang's answer, she couldn't help but cheer.

In addition, other people also showed some joy on their faces, and it was obvious that they were quite concerned about this issue.

Then, a tall and thin young man sitting opposite Fan Cuiyun asked anxiously, "Well, do we have a lot of work to do every day?"

After asking, he seemed to be worried that someone would misunderstand him as a lazy person, and quickly added: "I don't mean anything else, it's just that my body is a little weak, so I'm worried that I can't do so much work."

"fine!"

At this time, Xu Guangfu suddenly pointed his pipe at Li Guoqiang, laughed and said: "When Qiangzi first came, he also looked like he would fall down at the slightest gust of wind. Later, after practicing boxing, he even knocked down Tiger King."

"If you are worried about being too weak, you can learn more from Qiangzi in the future. I believe you can become young people as outstanding as Qiangzi."

Hearing that Li Guoqiang had even defeated the Tiger King, the newcomers were all stunned by the news, and then they all looked at Li Guoqiang in awe, almost kneeling down in worship.

(End of this chapter)