Chapter 241: Secretly Happy
"Qiangzi, you will be going to Beijing to work tomorrow. As your master, I don't have anything to give you, but I have a few words that I hope you can remember."

The next moment, Xu Guangshou did not pay attention to Xu Yuchang, but reached out and patted Li Guoqiang on the shoulder and spoke in a deep voice.

"You say!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang's expression straightened, and then he straightened his back and waited quietly for Xu Guangshou's words.

"That's what I want to tell you."

Xu Guangshou hesitated for a moment, then slowly said: "If a grown man wants to accomplish great things and walk more steadily, he cannot focus on some romantic affairs, and he must not make mistakes.

Otherwise, once people find out, your future will be ruined.”

After hearing this, Li Guoqiang suddenly understood something.

It turns out that Xu Guangshou is worried that he will make some mistakes that men often make!
However, it is normal to think about it. After all, he brought three female educated youth to Beijing to work, which is bound to make people think about it.

What Xu Guangshou didn't know was that with his abilities, there was no risk of being discovered at all.

Even his good wife has tacitly approved of him finding a mistress outside.

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered that he had not yet told Xu Guangshou about his marriage!

So he nodded hurriedly and said, "Master, I understand what you mean, but don't worry, I got married to my wife when I went to Beijing last time. With her watching over me, I will never make a mistake."

"what?"

Xu Guangshou was stunned for a moment, then asked in surprise: "You... you are already married?"

"Yup!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, then laughed and said, "I wanted to tell you when I came back from Sijiu City, but I was so busy that I forgot about it. Please don't mind!"

After saying this, he turned around and saw Xu Yuchang and Sun Ermei standing beside him. They looked stunned, and he couldn't help but feel a little funny.

In fact, the main reason why he didn't tell others about his marriage at the first time was because there were too many people in the village who wanted to introduce him to a partner. Once they knew the news, who knows how they would blame him!
What's more, Xu Guangfu had always wanted to take him in as his son-in-law. If he knew that he had obtained a marriage certificate with that blank certificate, he would definitely scold him.

Therefore, it was just the right time to tell Xu Guangshou now. By the time the villagers knew the news, he would have already returned to the old city. Then, when he had set up the office and returned with the money, even if the villagers still had any opinions about him, they would not dare to raise them with him.

“I really didn’t expect that!”

After a while, Xu Guangshou came back to his senses and said with emotion: "I originally thought that you didn't want anyone to introduce you to a partner because you really didn't want to get married so soon!
As a result, you have married a wife without saying anything. It turns out that everything you said before was just a lie. In fact, you just don't like country girls!"

"Hey~"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang quickly waved his hands and explained, "Master, please don't say that. How can I look down on country girls?
There was a reason why I got married to my wife so quickly."

Not long after, he recounted the general course of events, mainly mentioning that Luo Huijuan was older than him. This was also an explanation to those in the village who wanted to introduce him to a partner.

No matter what, he couldn't let anyone put a hat on his head that looked down on country girls.

"No wonder!"

After hearing this, Xu Guangshou suddenly said in a daze, "No wonder you ignored Yuying even when she came to your house. It turns out you already have a partner!"

As he spoke, he looked at Li Guoqiang with a satisfied smile, and then praised: "Not bad, I can rest assured that you are like this."

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang just smiled.

At this time, Xu Yuchang and Sun Ermei also came to their senses. They congratulated Li Guoqiang and told him to bring Luo Huijuan over if he had the chance, so that they could see what kind of girl could win Li Guoqiang's heart.

Li Guoqiang naturally agreed to this.

Anyway, there is no time limit, and if nothing unexpected happens, after the reform and opening up, he will open a private bee farm business here, and then he will have plenty of opportunities to bring Luo Huijuan here.

He might even be able to bring his kids along!
Soon after, someone came and called Xu Yuchang to the threshing ground to draw lots. Xu Yuchang hurriedly ran out with an expectant look on his face.

Seeing this, Xu Guangfu and Sun Ermei hurriedly got up and followed behind, wanting to watch the fun.

As for Li Guoqiang, he naturally could not be absent, because after the lots were drawn, he would have to hold a brief meeting with the people who drew the lots, explain the things they needed to pay attention to on the road, and be responsible for keeping everyone's identification documents to prevent them from being accidentally lost.

When they arrived at the threshing ground, they found that almost all the villagers had arrived, including educated youth such as Shao Ruian and Xu Wanling.

If we talk about the people who most want to win the lottery, they are undoubtedly among them.

For this purpose, Shao Ruian went to find Sun Maocai specifically to see if he could help him get one of the places.

However, Sun Maocai rejected him without a second thought, and warned him not to think about these crooked ways again, otherwise he would peel off the layer of team leader's skin from him.

With no other options, he could only come to the threshing ground to try his luck.

The person who regrets the most is probably Luo Weixiong.

Ever since he knew that Shang Xiuzhen, Shen Fengxia and Pan Qiaoyan had obtained the opportunity to work in Beijing, he hadn't slept for several nights in a row. He had two big dark circles under his eyes and looked like a panda.

He was somewhat naive and thought that the reason why Shang Xiuzhen, Shen Fengxia and Pan Qiaoyan were able to get this quota was because they had the closest relationship with Li Guoqiang. He never imagined that there was a PY transaction involved.

Therefore, he always believed that if he had not deliberately distanced himself from Li Guoqiang because of his self-esteem, he would definitely have been given a chance to work in Beijing.

Every time he thought of this, he felt so regretful.

Although he was relatively strong, he couldn't stand the scorching sun and was treated like an animal!

What's more, as a city dweller, how could he not know the benefits of working in the city?
Not to mention anything else, just the food and drink are enough to attract him.

In the past six months, he has been eating either cornmeal or potatoes and sweet potatoes every day, which has almost made him feel nauseous. [It's all my fault, God, please have mercy on me and let me win this spot! ]

With the red light of the torch, Luo Weixiong looked up at the sky slightly, and then prayed devoutly in his heart.

Because, according to the information he had inquired about, the brigade intended to have those who won the quota this time form a delivery team for the apiary, who would be responsible for delivering things to the office in Beijing in the future.

In this way, if he can win this spot, he may have the opportunity to stay and work in Beijing in the future.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly turned his head to look at Shang Xiuzhen, Shen Fengxia and Pan Qiaoyan who were already surrounded by other educated youth, then quickly stepped forward and squeezed over, wanting to seize the opportunity to get close to them and get some good luck.

Unfortunately, he was a man, and was quickly blocked outside by Xu Wanling, Zhang Chunyan and other girls. He could only jump in anxiety along with Shao Ruian and others.

At this time, Shang Xiuzhen, Shen Fengxia and Pan Qiaoyan did not notice the situation of Luo Weixiong, Shao Ruian and others. They were being annoyed by the sudden enthusiasm of girls such as Xu Wanling and Zhang Chunyan.

If they hadn't considered that they were all a group and didn't want to make the relationship too awkward, they would probably have pointed at Xu Wanling, Zhang Chunyan and other girls and called them shameless.

He was clearly slandering them behind their backs not long ago, but now that he sees an opportunity to go to Beijing, he comes over to curry favor with them. He is simply treating them as fools.

However, besides being angry, they couldn't help but feel secretly happy.

Especially when they heard Xu Wanling and others speaking such compliments to them with a shameless face, they felt so happy.

And all this is because of that man.

It was worth it for them to sacrifice their dignity to get such an opportunity.

Now, without paying anything practical, they have already enjoyed many benefits brought by Li Guoqiang.

Perhaps, it is not so unacceptable to just follow Li Guoqiang secretly.

Thinking of this, they all raised their heads unconsciously and looked towards the warehouse door. They soon saw the handsome face chatting and laughing with Xu Guangfu, Sun Maocai and other brigade cadres. For a moment, they couldn't help but feel a little dazed (moist).

Soon after, the draw officially began with Xu Guangfu's announcement.

Since it is not clear how many people want to participate in the lottery, the rules are very simple: first come, first served.

After hearing this rule, Xu Wanling and others didn't bother to flatter anymore and hurriedly squeezed to the front of the warehouse with others.

Afterwards, Xu Guangfu stopped them after a while and they had no choice but to line up and draw lots.

This time, the lottery was not done with mung beans and red beans like last winter when catching mullets. Instead, a handful of small sticks of different lengths were chosen in a very unique way.

At that time, the six people with the longest draws will win the spots.

This is both fair and avoids the trouble caused by the uncertainty of the number of people drawing lots, which is the best of both worlds.

Sure enough, after hearing the specific rules of the drawing of lots, everyone felt much more at ease. Then, under the organization of team cadres such as Sun Maocai and Xu Guanglu, everyone took turns to draw lots, and then handed the drawn wooden sticks to Xu Guangfu.

First, he will keep the small wooden sticks drawn by the first six people, and then wait for the seventh person to draw one, and then compare it with the person with the shortest one. The longer one will stay and the shorter one will be eliminated. It is clear at a glance and fair.

In this way, once everyone has drawn, the results will be out.

Soon, all the educated youth including Shao Ruian and Xu Wanling had drawn their lots. As a result, only Wu Zhaodi, who was usually very low-key in everything she did, and Chu Meiling, who had just arrived and looked weak, unexpectedly ranked first and fourth. No one else made it into the top six.

In addition, Xu Yuchang was also very lucky to be ranked second. He then ran to Li Guoqiang excitedly on the spot, making faces and shouting like a child.

Soon after, Xu Laosan, as if by luck, squeezed into third place.

When he saw the result, he was so excited that he danced with joy. Then he stood aside with a nervous look on his face, staring at the person who was drawing the lot behind him.

Fortunately, God did not play tricks on him. Even after Xu Guangfu called out several times if there were any more people, he still held his third place firmly and successfully won a spot to visit Beijing.

Finally, after Xu Guangfu announced it on the spot, the list was officially finalized.

In addition to Xu Laosan, Xu Yuchang, Wu Zhaodi and Chu Meiling, there are two others, Sun Jinda and Ma Hongjun, who just make up the three major surnames of Jinshanbao.

Among them, except Ma Hongjun, who is Ma Hongying's brother and has little contact with Li Guoqiang, the others can be considered his acquaintances.

After the crowd dispersed, Li Guoqiang called Shang Xiuzhen, Shen Fengxia and Pan Qiaoyan over, and then called the six people who had just won the places. He gave them detailed instructions and asked them to go back home, pack their luggage and gather at the apiary to avoid delaying their departure the next morning.

Immediately, Li Guoqiang followed Xu Guangfu to his home to get various certification documents and handling expenses.

Since they had 2000 kilograms of honey as a backing, the brigade directly approved 300 kilograms of national food coupons and 100 yuan for the office, so that Li Guoqiang did not have to worry about the food and drink expenses of the office.

Little did they know that Li Guoqiang turned around and threw all the national food coupons, money, and certification documents into his little world, as if he didn't care about this little bit of money at all.

For him, being able to return to Sijiu City smoothly is the most important thing. Even if the brigade is unwilling to approve so much funding for him, he will not argue with the brigade.

By the time he finished his work and returned home, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening.

Under normal circumstances, Qu Yinfeng, Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani would have already fallen asleep at this time.

But because Li Guoqiang is leaving tomorrow, they are all still waiting at home.

Li Guoqiang walked into the room, saw this situation, and hurriedly smiled and spoke to comfort her. Then, with the help of Xu Yuping and Ma Shufen, he washed his hair happily, making his hair shiny and glossy.

Then, Xu Yuping and Ma Shufen made him a sandwich, allowing him to taste the delicious food he had eaten in his previous life.

He returned the favor by going into the old water lanes and using his savings to buy them a lot of tickets for sky-high rides and roller coasters, allowing them to have fun until their hands and feet were tired.

Before I knew it, it was already early morning.
(End of this chapter)