Chapter 230 You said you were married?

You know, this is a watch that turns three times and makes one sound!
In this countryside, there are countless young ladies who dream of having one or two such special things when they get married.

Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping, mother and daughter, never imagined that even though they had become widows, they could still own such a brand new, beautiful and fashionable watch.

If I wear this out, all the young girls and wives in the village will be extremely envious!

Of course, they are not the kind of people who like to show off or do things ostentatiously. After trying on the watch for a while, they took it off and put it back in the box, preparing to keep it as a treasure in the bottom of the box.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang did not force them to wear watches and show off outside.

After all, it’s a gift! As long as the emotional value is right, it’s fine.

Then, without waiting for the mother and daughter to put away their watches, he stood up and called them to the outer room, pointed to the two large baskets of good things, and asked them to put them away in different categories.

Looking at the dazzling array of things in the two baskets, Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping immediately smiled so hard that they couldn't stop, and then hurried forward to start working.

In fact, compared with these things, what makes them happiest is Li Guoqiang's attitude of valuing them.

At this point, they can finally put their minds at ease and no longer have to worry about losing Li Guoqiang, the pillar of the family.

While their home was filled with laughter and joy, on the other side, in Xu Guangfu's home, the atmosphere seemed a little depressing.

Xu Guangfu sat cross-legged on the kang, holding a pipe in his hand. His eyes swept across the faces of Sun Maocai, Ma Changshun, Ma Chunmei and other brigade cadres, and then he said in a deep voice:
"That's roughly what happened. Now let's talk about what we should do, okay?"

After saying that, his gaze fixed on Sun Maocai's face, and a hint of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes.

As far as he knew, the group of people in the village who had the most objections to Li Guoqiang's arrangement of Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping to work in the apiary were the Sun family headed by Sun Maocai, followed by the Ma family.

If he said that all this happened without the support of Sun Maocai, Ma Changshun and others, he would never believe it even if he was beaten to death.

Sun Maocai didn't care about this at all. What concerned him most at the moment was Li Guoqiang's initiative to step down and let others take over.

Because he was originally instigating the Sun family to have opinions about Li Guoqiang behind the scenes. His main purpose was to prevent Li Guoqiang from getting too close to the Xu family, and to try to place more people in the apiary.

In short, he had no intention of getting rid of Li Guoqiang at all.

After all, apart from Li Guoqiang, who else can guarantee that the apiary can hand over at least 3,000 kilograms of honey to the production team at the end of the year?

As a result, he never expected that Li Guoqiang would actually propose to hand over the management rights of the apiary back to the brigade, and then go to Sijiucheng to set up an office. He also made a promise for everyone to meet with the old man and increase the price of honey sales.

This was a blatant conspiracy, and they had no choice but to agree.

At the same time, this also completely solved the villagers' concerns that Li Guoqiang would abuse his power for personal gain.

【The young are really formidable! 】

After thinking for a while, Sun Maocai couldn't think of any reason to object, and finally could only sigh with admiration in his heart.

Then, he raised his right hand very straightforwardly and said, "I agree with Comrade Li Guoqiang's suggestion to make the bee farm an enterprise of our brigade, and then let Comrade Li Guoqiang go to Sijiucheng to set up an office to find experts from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to study beekeeping technology and sell honey."

Hearing this, Ma Chunmei also hurriedly raised her hand and said, "I agree too!"

"me too!"

Seeing that Ma Chunmei had already expressed her opinion, Ma Changshun naturally followed suit.

Seeing this, Xu Yuliang and Xu Guanglu looked at each other, then raised their hands silently.

Although they were very dissatisfied with Sun Maocai, Ma Changshun and others who deliberately slandered Li Guoqiang behind his back, at this point, they knew that they had no choice but to agree with Li Guoqiang's proposal.

When Xu Guangfu saw this situation, he was not surprised at all.

With a puff of smoke, he immediately decided the matter.

“Since everyone agrees, then this matter is settled.

Maocai, please take some time out in the next two days to go to the commune and ask about the procedures for setting up an office in Sijiucheng, and also get a certificate for Qiangzi.

Changshun, Guanglu and Liangzi, you should go to the apiary in the next two days and set up the racks. Once the procedures at Maocai are completed, you can directly turn the apiary into a business run by the brigade.

In addition, you should first think about who will be the director of the next branch."

At this point, he looked at Sun Maocai and Ma Changshun meaningfully, then waved his pipe gently and said, "If there is no problem, let's go back first!"

Hearing this, Sun Maocai, Ma Changshun and others said nothing, and they all got up and left.

The next day, the news that the bee farm would be turned into a brigade-run enterprise and that Li Guoqiang would go to Sijiu City to set up an office spread throughout Jinshanbao like a whirlwind.

When hearing the news, some people were happy, some were sad, and some were angry.

The ones who were most worried were Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping, mother and daughter.

However, they were not worried that Li Guoqiang would not come back after going to Sijiu City, but they were worried that the honor and interests that originally belonged to Li Guoqiang would be taken away by others.

At the same time, they were also a little worried that they would be kicked out by the team and lose this job that could ensure a stable income regardless of drought or flood.

When Li Guoqiang saw the worry in the mother and daughter's faces, he couldn't help but feel a little funny, and then hurriedly explained the key point to them.

"Auntie, Sister Yuping, even though I have handed over the apiary to the brigade, I still have the final say on matters concerning the apiary.

After all, no matter who is in this village, no one can guarantee that they can successfully complete the production task after kicking me out.

Even if they want to have bad intentions, they have to at least wait until winter this year and after the honey is harvested.

By then, I had already controlled the sales channels of honey, and whoever wanted to kick me out would have to consider whether they could sell it at that price.

So, just be at peace with yourself.”

After hearing these words, Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping, mother and daughter, immediately showed a look of realization, and then gave Li Guoqiang a thumbs up.

Later, just when they were relieved and prepared to have dinner with Li Guoqiang, Shen Fengxia suddenly ran over.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang could only invite Shen Fengxia into the house, and by the way, he did not forget to pour her a bowl of boiled water, and then asked softly: "Shen Fengxia, what do you want to see me for?"

"that."

Shen Fengxia hesitated for a moment, then asked expectantly, "I heard that you will be returning to Sijiu City in a while to set up an office. Will you bring someone with you then?"

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this. He immediately understood Shen Fengxia's intention, nodded, and replied softly: "I should bring one or two people with me by then!" "Great!"

Shen Fengxia's eyes lit up, and she asked eagerly, "Can you take me with you then?"

After she finished speaking, she saw that Li Guoqiang didn't say anything, and her heart tightened slightly. Then she hurriedly continued, "I promise that I will listen to you when the time comes. I will do whatever you ask me to do, and I will never cause you any trouble."

As she spoke, her body kept leaning forward. Under the influence of gravity, her big D became more and more prominent, making people worry that it would break at the next moment.

Li Guoqiang looked at Shen Fengxia's oval face with a little baby fat and a hint of pleading in her eyes. He couldn't help but waved his hand helplessly and said, "Don't worry, it's not that I don't want to take you with me, but because things haven't been finalized yet, so I can't agree to you at all."

"Also, even if this matter is settled, I can't take you back with me so soon. At least I have to wait until the address of the office is selected and the procedures are completed before I can come back and take you there."

"That's it!"

When Shen Fengxia heard Li Guoqiang's explanation, a look of disappointment immediately appeared on her face.

Then, she bit her lip lightly and asked expectantly, "Then can you promise me that if you can bring someone over in the future, you will take me with you? I really want to go home."

"Okay!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang nodded without even thinking and agreed, "I can promise you that if I can bring someone over, I will definitely bring you with me."

In fact, he had already considered who to bring back with him to help before he made this suggestion.

Originally, based on the closeness of their relationship, the best candidates would of course be Xu Yuping and Qu Yinfeng.

However, considering that they needed to stay at home to take care of Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani, and that taking them along would easily lead to gossip, he had no choice but to give up on taking them along.

Apart from these, the most suitable candidates are their two fellow villagers Shen Fengxia and Shang Xiuzhen.

On the one hand, it was because they had a close relationship with him, and on the other hand, they were all from the old city, so there was no need to arrange accommodation for them or worry about them not being able to adapt, which could save a lot of trouble.

As for Liu Jianjun, who was also his fellow villager, he was simply ignored by him.

Originally, he planned to wait until things were completely settled before finding an opportunity to tell Shen Fengxia and Shang Xiuzhen, but he didn't expect Shen Fengxia to come to him on her own initiative.

This made him deeply realize how great the temptation was for the educated youth to return to the city.

To put it bluntly, if he took the opportunity to make some excessive demands now, Shen Fengxia would probably agree!

Thinking of this, his eyes unconsciously moved slowly downwards, and then he was dazzled several times in an instant.

At this time, Shen Fengxia had no idea that Li Guoqiang was teasing her in his heart. After getting Li Guoqiang's promise, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and her chest naturally caused a violent shock as it rose and fell.

Then, she seemed to have thought of something, and couldn't help but ask with some worry: "Well, although you promised to take me with you, what if the team disagrees?"

"or."

As she spoke, she pursed her lips nervously, then lowered her head slightly and suggested in a soft voice: "Why don't we be a couple first?"

"Fellow date?"

Li Guoqiang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked in surprise: "Are you saying you want to date me?"

"Ok!"

Shen Fengxia nodded, and then said shyly: "If we can get along well, then the team will have no reason to object to you taking me back with you."

"Forehead"

When Li Guoqiang heard Shen Fengxia's explanation, he was immediately speechless.

He didn't expect Shen Fengxia to be so naive and childish, or even too optimistic.

If the team really knew that he and Shen Fengxia were dating, I'm afraid some people would immediately think of forcing Shen Fengxia to stay in Jinshan Fort in order to tie him down!
However, he did not want to explain these principles to Shen Fengxia, because it would be difficult for people who had not been whipped by society to understand them.

Therefore, he hesitated for a moment and decided to confess.

"I'm sorry, I can't date you because I got married two days ago."

"what?"

Shen Fengxia raised her head suddenly, and then asked in surprise: "You said you are married?"

"That's right!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, and then answered very calmly: "I am indeed married. If you don't believe me, I can show you my marriage certificate."

"Need not!"

Upon hearing this, Shen Fengxia hurriedly shook her head and said, "No need, I just didn't expect you to get married so soon!"

After she finished speaking, a hint of sadness flashed across her face.

In fact, she already had a lot of good feelings for Li Guoqiang in her heart, but due to various restrictions and concerns in reality, she had never taken a step forward.

This opportunity to return to the city was obviously a powerful catalyst, allowing her to muster up the courage to express her feelings to Li Guoqiang.

Who would have thought that I would hear the news that Li Guoqiang was already married.

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he saw Shen Fengxia like this, and then he laughed and said, "In fact, not to mention you, even I didn't expect it to be so fast.

Besides, I think you really don’t need to worry so much. I will try to convince the team to let you manage the office with me.”

"Ok!"

At this moment, Shen Fengxia only felt a little empty in her heart, and there was a trace of lingering regret.

In her opinion, if she had been braver and held on tighter before, she might not have missed such a good man like Li Guoqiang.

Soon, she got up and said goodbye and left, preparing to find a place to be quiet.

After Li Guoqiang sent Shen Fengxia away, he had just entered the house and eaten a few bites of food when he heard Shang Xiuzhen's voice coming from outside the house.

(End of this chapter)