Chapter 213: All Eyeing the Position of Director

"Brother Qiangzi!"

Not long after, a slim and pure figure walked out from the inner room, and a clear and gentle voice came from the other party's mouth.

Then, before Li Guoqiang could turn his head to look, his arms were held by a pair of slender hands.

He tilted his head slightly and looked down, his eyes just met a pretty face with a sweet smile, and finally fell on a pair of big, dark and bright eyes that fluttered constantly.

It's really big!

After only climbing for a year, he didn't expect that Zhu Caixia's height would grow so fast like bamboo shoots after the rain.

In addition, she has no worries about food and drink, and her temperament is more pampered than the people in the city, just like a rich lady.

Looking at the increasingly slender and white neck, he couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion that his daughter has grown up.

"Brother Qiangzi, will you come back after you enter the city this time?"

Seeing that Li Guoqiang didn't say anything, Zhu Caixia hurriedly clenched her hands, letting her arms sink into them, and then asked nervously.

Compared with Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping, her thoughts are undoubtedly simpler and more direct.

Therefore, she asked the questions that Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping did not dare to ask at the first opportunity.

She even planned to ask Li Guoqiang if he could take her into the city so that she could see the world and avoid Li Guoqiang never coming back.

"Go back!"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw Zhu Caixia's little action, then nodded hurriedly and replied: "I went to the city to report on my work, and I must come back in the end!"

"Oh!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Caixia instantly felt relieved. She then opened her mouth hesitantly, but ultimately did not say her request.

After all, Li Guoqiang said he was going to report on work, not to play, so she couldn't possibly interfere with Li Guoqiang's work.

However, she did not let go of Li Guoqiang, but snuggled up to him obediently.

That graceful figure, standing next to Li Guoqiang, looked like a pair of people standing against a wall.

Xu Yuping took the time to glance at it while she was busy. She couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Then she secretly wondered in her heart whether she should find a chance to ask Li Guoqiang what he meant.

As the saying goes, no one knows a daughter better than her mother.

She had already noticed Zhu Caixia's thoughts.

If Li Guoqiang can really accept it, then she would be happy to see it happen.

If Li Guoqiang didn't mean that, then she would have to have a good talk with Zhu Caixia to avoid things getting out of control.

From this point of view, she really loves Li Guoqiang to the core.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have such a shocking idea.

Li Guoqiang naturally didn't know about this.

He struggled a little to free his arms and rubbed Zhu Caixia's head gently, as if he was petting a cat.

Afterwards, he felt that the time was about up, so he gave some instructions, turned around and walked out, returning to his own wooden house to continue entertaining Shao Ruian, Shang Xiuzhen and others.

After some discussion, they had already agreed on the shift schedule and wrote a list, which they handed over to Li Guoqiang.

"Row!"

Li Guoqiang took the list and took a look at it. He found that there were basically no problems, so he put it away, nodded and said, "If there are no problems, you can send people to the bee farm according to this list to learn how to raise bees."

"I estimate that with your intelligence, you only need to study for a month or two to learn it."

"By then, the apiary should have just entered the swarming period, and new bee colonies can be separated out for you to open a new apiary."

"Great!"

Hearing Li Guoqiang's words, everyone was overjoyed.

Originally they thought that they would need to go into the mountains to dig wild bees and raise them like Li Guoqiang did, but they didn't expect that Li Guoqiang had considered everything for them.

Under normal circumstances, every hive of bees will swarm every year. With human intervention, it can basically be guaranteed that every hive of bees can swarm into a new colony.

In this way, they would not have to do anything and would be able to own eighty hives of bees, thus becoming a new group of dignitaries in the Jinshanbao Production Brigade and gaining various invisible benefits from it.

Thinking of this, they couldn't help but become even more excited, and then they all set their sights on the position of director of the new apiary.

If I could become the director of a new apiary, wouldn't that be much more prestigious than being the leader of a group of educated youth?
If the ordinary team members were thinking of taking advantage of this opportunity to seize power and usurp the throne, then Shang Xiuzhen and Shao Ruian were thinking about how to preserve their leadership positions.

If they really failed to become the director or deputy director of the new apiary, they would be embarrassed.

As they thought about it, they realized that Li Guoqiang should have a lot of say in this matter, and immediately turned their attention to Li Guoqiang.

Among them, there is no need to talk about Shao Ruian, because he is a selfish person who will do anything to climb up.

Shang Xiuzhen was a little conflicted because her personality was completely opposite to Shao Ruian's.

Last time, because of the army recruitment quota, she had forced herself to bow her head in front of Li Guoqiang, but that was also because they would not meet again after joining the army, so she could only do it reluctantly.

But this time is different.

If she really begged Li Guoqiang to help promote her to the position of field manager, it would undoubtedly make her bow down to Li Guoqiang from then on.

This made her, who had always been quite competitive, feel a little bit unacceptable.

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Or let’s just forget it!

Maybe, with my hard work, I can successfully become the manager of the new apiary?

Thinking about it in the end, she could only comfort herself with some self-deception.

Then, seeing that it was getting late, everyone didn't stay any longer and got up to say goodbye and leave.

Li Guoqiang sent everyone out of the yard, and just as he was about to turn around and go back to the house to eat, he saw Pan Qiaoyan running back again.

"Are you okay?"

"Ok!"

Pan Qiaoyan stared at Li Guoqiang's handsome face with her bright eyes, then nodded and said in a low voice: "Li Guoqiang, can I ask you a question?"

"sure!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he heard this, and then he nodded quickly and agreed: "Ask!"

"that."

Pan Qiaoyan dodged his gaze for a moment, then hesitantly asked, "What kind of girls do you like?"

"Forehead"

When Li Guoqiang heard the other party's question, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized something, and his eyes were fixed on the young, beautiful, lively and lovely girl in front of him.

"Why are you asking this?"

"oops!"

Pan Qiaoyan stamped her feet, then said a little embarrassedly: "I'm just a little curious!"

"Then I..." Li Guoqiang smiled slightly, and then answered in a somewhat mischievous tone: "Can I say that I like you like this?"

"Really?"

Pan Qiaoyan was delighted, then she looked up and saw the mischievous smile on Li Guoqiang's face. Her brows suddenly furrowed, "Why are you like this?"

"Hmph! I don't want to bother with you anymore!"

After saying that, she turned around and ran away in a hurry.

Li Guoqiang stood there, watching Pan Qiaoyan's figure gradually disappearing into the distance, and a look of regret appeared on his face.

In fact, from the moment Pan Qiaoyan asked the question just now, he could tell that she might have some feelings towards him, but because dating was too troublesome these days, he could only reject her in a joking way.

As night fell, Xu Yuping sang again in the wooden house.

The sound of their singing could be heard faintly in the two rooms next door, causing Qu Yinfeng and Zhu Caixia to feel somewhat disturbed.

Fortunately, Li Guoqiang blocked her mouth in time, which made her calm down.

"Qiangzi, you are so nice!"

"Well! Thank you for your hard work!"

Li Guoqiang looked at the sweat on Xu Yuping's forehead and coaxed her in a gentle voice.

"It's not hard work!"

Xu Yuping shook her head, and then said happily: "Compared to other people in our village, I am the luckiest. If it weren't for meeting you, I probably would never know how happy a woman can be in my life."

In fact, if nothing else, just the idea of ​​becoming younger is enough to make many people crazy.

As a woman who knows how to advance and retreat and knows how to appreciate things, she naturally understands how lucky her situation is.

As the saying goes, only those who have been caught in the rain know the value of a good umbrella.

That's why she worked so hard to serve Li Guoqiang, and even though she was exhausted and sweating, she enjoyed it.

"That"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang raised a mischievous smile, then leaned close to Xu Yuping's ear and said, "Since I'm so kind to you, shouldn't you repay me with gratitude?"

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Hearing this, Xu Yuping couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"Hey!"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly shouted: "Don't faint! I was just kidding you!"

After saying that, he reached out and gently patted Xu Yuping's face, trying to wake her up.

It’s a pity that Xu Yuping seemed determined to be lazy, so she never woke up.

Helplessly, he could only lie down and sleep feeling a little depressed.

If anyone is to blame, we can only blame him for having the ability of cattle and horses, but not the pasture that cattle and horses should have.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

During these few days, Li Guoqiang first discussed with Xu Guangfu about letting the educated youth take turns to go to the apiary to study, and then he gave Xu Guangfu, Sun Maocai and other brigade cadres a crash course in the basic knowledge of beekeeping to prevent them from messing around and ruining the current good situation.

In addition, he also specially prepared some multi-flower honey for the winter, and picked the hundred-year-old ginseng, intending to give it to the old man as a token of his love.

As for the smaller ginsengs next to the hundred-year-old ginseng, he collected them together with the soil and planted them in his small world to avoid having to worry about them in the future.

After picking ginseng, he also went to a private bee farm deep in the mountains and brought a lot of daily necessities for Erniu and Sanwazi. He also told them that he would be away for a while so that they didn't have to worry.

Since he always kept his word, Erniu and Sanwazi didn't think much about it, but just reminded him to be careful when he went out.

Because they grew up in the mountains where the strong prey on the weak, they obviously understand the dangers and cruelty of the world better than people outside the mountains.

This was also the main reason why they were so obedient in the first place.

After all, everything is fake, only surviving is real.

Li Guoqiang was very satisfied with their obedience, and then he handed his Type 56 semi-automatic rifle directly to Erniu, so that she would be more capable of protecting the safety of their home and apiary in the coming days.

Immediately afterwards, when he returned to the apiary in Jinshanbao, he saw Xu Guangfu waiting there with a certificate for reporting work in Beijing.

When Xu Guangfu saw Li Guoqiang coming back, he handed the certificate to him without saying a word, and then took out 20 kilograms of national food coupons and two large black notes from his pocket.

"Uncle Fu, what are you doing?"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows slightly, then asked with some confusion.

"Take it!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Guangfu stuffed the things into Li Guoqiang's hands, and then explained in a deep voice: "These food coupons and money were decided by everyone in a meeting to be taken from the brigade's public account. It is at least a token of our appreciation."

"When you see the old man, you must say hello to him for us."

"Row!"

When Li Guoqiang heard that the money was from the brigade's public account, he nodded without hesitation and said, "I will do it when the time comes!"

"Ok!"

Xu Guangfu patted Li Guoqiang's arm with a proud look on his face, "Then go back and prepare yourself! I'll take care of you here! Tomorrow morning, I'll ask Lao Sun to take you to the county town to catch a bus!"

"Got it!"

Li Guoqiang thought that he really needed some time to comfort Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani, so he did not reject Xu Guangfu's kindness.

Soon, he returned home with the certificate.

At this time, sisters Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani were feeding sika deer with grass in the yard. When they saw Li Guoqiang coming back early, they hurried forward to ask about the situation.

When they learned that Li Guoqiang had to leave early the next morning, their little faces drooped immediately.

"Okay!"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly said, "It's not like I won't be back. Don't be so unhappy. Otherwise, I won't like you anymore!"

"Brother Qiangzi, you must come back and cannot abandon us."

Zhu Caixia tightly grasped Li Guoqiang's arm, and then spoke with a choked voice.

Xu Dani threw herself into Li Guoqiang's arms and cried, "Brother, can you please not leave? I'm afraid, I'm afraid you won't want me anymore!"

"OK OK!"

Li Guoqiang patted Xu Dani's back, then rubbed Zhu Caixia's head, and then coaxed her softly, "I promise you, no matter what happens, I will not abandon you."

"If you don't believe me, we can make a pinky promise!"

After saying that, he clenched his fist, stretched out his little finger, and hooked his lips with Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani respectively. An innocent oath also rang out from their mouths.

"Hang yourself with a hook and don't change for a hundred years!"

(End of this chapter)