Chapter 240 I must be one of the three?

In the evening, when Li Guoqiang, Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping just returned home, they saw Ma Shufen busy cooking in the outer room with the two sisters Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani.

Smelling the tempting aroma of food in the air, Li Guoqiang felt a little surprised.

He didn't expect that Ma Shufen, who seemed to be pampered, also had such good cooking skills.

When Ma Shufen saw Li Guoqiang, Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping coming back, she quickly put down the spatula and came over to greet them. She greeted Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping respectively, then smiled at Li Guoqiang and said with emotion:

"Qiangzi, if Xiaoxia and Dani hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that you had hidden so many good things at home!"

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he heard this, then he laughed and said, "That's nothing, there are so many things you don't know!"

"Oh?"

Ma Shufen raised her eyebrows, then said curiously, "Then you must take the time to talk to me about it in the future."

"It's done!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, and then said with a double meaning: "Then don't go back after dinner. Sister Yuping and I will talk to you in detail."

"This"

Ma Shufen's cheeks flushed, and she turned to look at Xu Yuping, with a questioning look in her eyes.

Xu Yuping smiled slightly when she saw this, then walked forward and took Ma Shufen's arm and walked towards the stove, saying with a smile as she walked, "It just so happens that I have something to tell you, so don't go back after you finish your meal here."

"Ok!"

Ma Shufen felt relieved, then nodded quickly and agreed: "Then I'll listen to you."

Originally, she came here just to have a good meal before Li Guoqiang came to Beijing. Now that Xu Yuping didn't mind playing duo with her, she naturally wouldn't object.

After all, no matter what, she came later, and if she wants to live a comfortable life, she still needs to be more tolerant.

What's more, this proposal was made by Li Guoqiang, so she had even less reason to object.

Hearing their conversation, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile on his face.

Qu Yinfeng and Zhu Caixia were secretly astonished, as if they could not believe that Ma Shufen and Xu Yuping would become fighting partners so quickly.

Then, Qu Yinfeng just shook her head and stopped thinking about it, but Zhu Caixia was somehow possessed by the thought that one of the three must be involved, and her cheeks suddenly turned red.

However, having said that, if she wants to achieve this goal, she will have to wait at least three or four years.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help feeling anxious and wished time would pass faster.

Li Guoqiang naturally had no idea what she was thinking. He saw Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping were busy cooking with Ma Shufen, so he turned around and went back to the wooden house next door and packed his luggage.

In fact, he didn't have much to pack, because he had basically left all the important things in his private villa in the small world. The reason he had to bring some luggage was just to hide his whereabouts.

After packing everything up, he thought about it for a moment and took out 500 yuan from his small world, intending to leave it to Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping for household expenses and emergencies, in case something happened and he was left without money.

In addition, this was also meant to appease them and prevent them from having wild thoughts after he arrived in Beijing.

Not long after, Xu Dani came running over excitedly and called for dinner.

After hearing this, Li Guoqiang immediately picked up Xu Dani and went to the next room. As soon as he entered the room, he saw the kang table filled with fragrant dishes, as if it was New Year's Day.

Afterwards, he naturally held Xu Dani and sat in the main seat, with Zhu Caixia and Qu Yinfeng on his left and Xu Yuping and Ma Shufen on his right. It was just the right fit.

"Come on, Qiangzi, try Shufen's cooking. I think it tastes much better than the food I cook!"

As soon as Xu Yuping sat down, she very virtuously picked up a few pieces of chicken thighs stewed with mushrooms for Li Guoqiang, and at the same time, she smiled and praised Ma Shufen.

"No way!"

Upon hearing this, Ma Shufen quickly spoke up and said humbly, "I think the dishes cooked by Sister Yuping are really delicious. I couldn't help but secretly eat a few bites before they were even served on the table!"

After saying that, she picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of braised rabbit meat for each of Li Guoqiang, Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping, Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani, leaving none behind. Her attitude was very humble.

You know, although she was divorced from her husband, the general manager of the county supply and marketing company, she was still a staff member of the county women's federation. Compared with country people like Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping, her conditions were much better.

In addition, she is several years younger than Xu Yuping, and her figure and appearance are more outstanding. No matter how you look at it, she has more advantages than Xu Yuping.

In this situation, she can still keep such a humble attitude, which can only be said to be that she knows how to behave.

Seeing her performance, Li Guoqiang felt more and more satisfied.

Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping and others also began to understand why Li Guoqiang decided to bring Ma Shufen home, and they felt more at ease about their future together.

Not long after, after finishing his meal, Li Guoqiang immediately took out the 500 yuan from his pocket and put it on the table, then smiled and said, "Auntie, Sister Yuping, I have to go to Beijing tomorrow morning to take care of the office, and I don't know how long it will take me to come back."

"I'll give you this money to protect yourself, in case something goes wrong when I'm not at home!"

"to make!"

As soon as the voice fell, before Xu Yuping could say anything, Qu Yinfeng nodded hurriedly and agreed: "Then I will keep the money for you first, and give it to you when you come back!"

After saying that, she put the money away and gave Xu Yuping a look, indicating her not to refuse.

The main reason why she did this was that she wanted Li Guoqiang to remember that they were her family and not want to come back after going to the old city.

Seeing Qu Yinfeng's look, Xu Yuping could only swallow her refusal and looked at Li Guoqiang with watery eyes.

As for Ma Shufen, she couldn't help feeling a little surprised when she saw Li Guoqiang casually taking out so much money.

As far as she knew, Li Guoqiang was indeed a good marksman, and he had no problem going into the mountains to hunt. He even learned the skill of slaughtering pigs from Xu Guanglu.

In this way, it shouldn't be difficult to make some money.

But even so, it would be difficult to take out so much money casually, right?

Thinking of this, she suddenly felt that Li Guoqiang was somewhat mysterious, and she felt an interest in exploring him.

However, in front of Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping, she naturally couldn't ask the truth. She quickly got up and cleaned up the dishes with Xu Yuping, preparing to go back to the house as soon as possible to listen to Li Guoqiang's story. Seeing her so enthusiastic, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but feel amused, and then he casually gave instructions and went back to the wooden house, carrying two bottles of Lao Baigan and two pheasants, and left the house and walked towards Xu Guangshou's house.

Since he and Xu Guangshou went to slaughter a pig together last winter, he has never gone out with them to slaughter a pig again.

To be honest, he still feels a little sorry for the reputation of being a pig butcher.

Fortunately, when he brought gifts to Xu Guangshou to show his filial piety, Xu Guangshou also told him that as long as he could pass on his knife skills of butchering an ox, it would be fine.

As for slaughtering pigs, it’s not too late to wait until winter this year.

Soon, he walked into the gate of Xu Guangshou's house, and then met Sun Ermei who came out to pour water.

Seeing him coming over with something in his hand, Sun Ermei frowned slightly, and then said with some displeasure: "What's wrong with you? Didn't I tell you not to bring anything over here?"

"Ah!"

Li Guoqiang chuckled, then said calmly, "Actually, there aren't many things here. Just two bottles of ordinary wine and two pheasants caught in the mountains. They're not worth much."

"Besides, you see, I have to go to Beijing tomorrow to do some work, and I don't know when I will be back. I must do my best to show my gratitude to my master!"

"Alright, alright!"

Hearing this, Sun Ermei couldn't help but said in a somewhat unpleasant tone, "You are the only one who can talk. If you spoil your master like this, and he gets spoiled in the future, what can you do?"

"what!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted, and then he quickly said with a smile: "Don't worry! With my ability, even if I give Master some good things every now and then, it won't be a problem."

"That's true!"

Sun Ermei was slightly stunned, then nodded with some emotion and spoke.

At first, she just thought that Li Guoqiang was a down-to-earth and honest young man with a bit of smartness, and was a good young man worth cultivating.

As a result, Li Guoqiang did not disappoint her. Not long after, he learned her husband's secret swordsmanship, and he was even better than him.

But who could have thought that in the blink of an eye, Li Guoqiang would build such a big business as a bee farm and lead the whole village to a better life!
Compared to a bee farm, a skill that can only be used to slaughter pigs is naturally not as impressive as it could be.

Therefore, in the final analysis, it is not Li Guoqiang who feels proud of the skills they taught, but they are proud of the business that Li Guoqiang started.

What's more, to this day, Li Guoqiang still remembers to bring some good things to honor Xu Guangshou and her, his master's wife, which makes her feel very gratified.

If it weren't for the fact that she already had a son and her daughter had already been married off, she would probably really want to treat Li Guoqiang as her own son, or even marry her daughter to Li Guoqiang.

Of course, this was just what she thought in her mind. Even if she had that intention, Xu Guangshou would not let her do it.

Because they know that someone as outstanding as Li Guoqiang cannot stay here forever, and only big cities are his destination.

Thinking that Li Guoqiang had to go to Beijing for business early tomorrow morning, Sun Ermei came to her senses all of a sudden and hurriedly invited Li Guoqiang to come into the house and sit on the kang.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang handed over the thing in his hand and strode into the house.

At this time, Xu Guangshou had just finished his meal and was sitting on the kang with Xu Yuchang, puffing on their pipes.

When the father and son saw Li Guoqiang coming in, they showed a slight joy on their faces, and then hurriedly asked Li Guoqiang to sit down.

After Li Guoqiang sat down on the kang, Xu Yuchang immediately said excitedly: "Qiangzi, you came at the right time. I just told my dad that if I get a chance to go to the city, I must come to your house to visit!"

He said this as if he had a 100% chance of getting a spot.

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he heard this, and then he nodded quickly and said, "That's great, I can take you to eat all kinds of delicious food and visit the palace at the same time."

"Really?"

When Xu Yuchang heard what Li Guoqiang said, his eyes lit up instantly, and he quickly asked: "Can you really take me to see the palace? Is there gold everywhere in the palace?"

"Gold?"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then asked with a smile: "Where did you hear that the palace was full of gold? If there was gold, then it would have been emptied out when the Japanese invaded!"

"hey-hey!"

Xu Yuchang scratched his scalp, then laughed angrily, "Then I haven't seen it! If I had seen it, I would know what the palace is like!"

"And, of course, what I want to see most is the flag-raising!"

After he finished speaking, a hint of longing emerged in his eyes, and it was obvious that he very much hoped to go to Beijing to see the red flag rising.

After all, it is the pride of all Chinese people!
"Row!"

Seeing Xu Yuchang like this, Li Guoqiang could only nod and agree: "As long as you can win the quota to go to Beijing, I promise to let you see enough in one go."

"Ugh!"

Xu Yuchang was delighted at first, then he sighed with some worry and said, "There are at least a hundred people in our village who are suitable to go to Beijing, but there are only six places. I don't know if I can be selected later!"

"Come on you!"

At this time, Xu Guangshou couldn't stand it anymore, and directly knocked Xu Yuchang on the head with his pipe, and then said with disgust: "Look at you, you are so useless. You should know that Qiangzi is the head of the Beijing office. With him around, do you still need to worry about not having the opportunity to visit Beijing in the future?"

"Yes!"

Xu Yuchang was slightly stunned, then he said with some sudden enlightenment: "How could I have forgotten about this!"

After saying that, he looked at the man holding Li Guoqiang's arm with a smile on his face, and said shamelessly: "Qiangzi, whether I can go to Beijing to watch the flag-raising ceremony in the future depends entirely on you, so please don't let me down!"

"Fuck off!"

Seeing Xu Yuchang's shameless behavior, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but laugh and scolded him in a bad mood: "I think you should wash your hands clean so that you can draw lots later!"

"Forehead"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yuchang was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly gave Xu Guangshou a look for help.

(End of this chapter)