Chapter 246 How can you just say no?

"Come on, let's sit here!"

Soon, Li Guoqiang found two empty adjacent tables, then greeted everyone with a smile.

After all, these days no waiter would treat customers like gods like in later generations.

The most famous slogan, "Do not beat customers without reason," is still posted on the wall!

After everyone sat down, Li Guoqiang did not reach out to call the waiter over, but took the money and went to the counter to order food.

After a short while, the waiter wrote the order and handed it to the kitchen, and at the same time placed a wooden sign in front of Li Guoqiang. During the whole process, he almost never looked up at Li Guoqiang, as if he had ignored Li Guoqiang.

Li Guoqiang did not feel dissatisfied with this.

Although he is indeed very handsome, there are definitely people in this world who don't like his type.

What's more, she is an old lady in her forties with wrinkles all over her face. You can tell at a glance that she is stuck in menopause and can't extricate herself. He doesn't want to bring bad luck to her.

Soon, he returned to his seat and listened to Li Dawei, Xu Yuchang and others bragging about Quanjude's roast duck and various special foods of Sijiu City. Xu Yuchang and others were so excited that they swallowed their saliva and turned their heads frequently to look at the roast ducks in the mouths of the guests at other tables.

Seeing how useless they were, Li Guoqiang could only silently reach out and hold his forehead.

Then, he suddenly found that Luo Guofu seemed to be a little abnormal. His eyes kept staring at Pan Qiaoyan, as if he was fascinated by Pan Qiaoyan.

This made his face darken instantly.

Then, before he could figure out how to reveal his special relationship with Pan Qiaoyan to Luo Guofu, Luo Huijuan suddenly leaned close to his ear and asked in a low voice, "Qiangzi, are you hiding something from me?"

"Forehead"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, and then his mind raced. Finally, he nodded and confessed, "Yes, I do have something to tell you, but I haven't found a suitable opportunity yet."

"several?"

"How many?"

"I asked, how many sisters did you bring back for me this time?"

When Luo Huijuan heard Li Guoqiang's answer, a look of astonishment appeared on her face, and then she continued to ask with some anxiety.

"Forehead"

Li Guoqiang saw that Luo Huijuan asked so directly, he hesitated for a moment, and then answered awkwardly: "Three!"

"Oh~"

Luo Huijuan nodded, and then said with certainty: "If there are three, then it should be Shang Xiuzhen, Shen Fengxia and Pan Qiaoyan!"

"wise!"

Seeing that Luo Huijuan had even figured out who it was, Li Guoqiang could only praise her in a very humble way: "You are so wise!"

"cut!"

Luo Huijuan rolled her eyes, then said in a somewhat unpleasant tone: "The three of them are almost gluing their eyes to you, even a fool can see it!"

"Is it that exaggerated?"

"What do you say?"

"Well, then help me teach them a lesson when you get back!"

Li Guoqiang laughed awkwardly, then spoke with a serious face.

"Come on!"

Luo Huijuan glared, then said angrily, "If you ask me, I shouldn't have agreed to let you find concubines outside. How long have we been married? And you found three for me at once! If it's a few more years, wouldn't you have three harems and six courtyards?"

"It's really not my fault!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang quickly opened his mouth and complained: "This is actually the case."

Soon, he leaned close to Luo Huijuan's ear and told her everything about how Shang Xiuzhen, Shen Fengxia and Pan Qiaoyan had agreed to eat dumplings with him in order to go back to the city with him.

Then, he honestly explained, "Because this matter has not been approved by you, I haven't touched them even once until now!
If you don't like it, I'll find a chance to tell them in the next two days that all previous agreements are void!"

"do not!"

When Luo Huijuan heard that Li Guoqiang wanted to let Shang Xiuzhen, Shen Fengxia and Pan Qiaoyan go, she quickly persuaded him, "Since they have already agreed to follow you, they are members of our Li family. How can you just say no to them?

Moreover, I have taken a close look at them before, and I feel that the three of them should be sensible and good girls. After they enter our Li family, they should not cause any trouble.

Anyway, I'm a little overwhelmed. Sooner or later, I'll have to find a few sisters to help share the burden. Now that I've met the right one, I can't let it go easily.

The only troublesome thing is that two of them are from this city. If their families find out, who knows how big a fuss it will cause!"

Having said that, a look of worry appeared on her face, and then she gave Li Guoqiang a somewhat unpleasant look, as if to say that this was all his fault.

"hey-hey!"

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang could only laugh awkwardly a few times, and then suggested: "Why don't you talk to them first? See what they think?

I can assure you that I will never do anything out of line with them without your permission."

"okay!"

Luo Huijuan curled her lips, then suppressed the sourness in her heart, nodded and said, "Don't worry about this matter, wait for me to discuss it with them first."

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang was delighted when he heard this, and then he suddenly thought of something and said hurriedly: "Well, there is another matter that you may need to do in person!"

"What's the matter?"

Luo Huijuan was slightly stunned, then asked with some confusion.

"Hey, look!"

Li Guoqiang raised his eyebrows, then raised his chin towards Luo Guofu, indicating that Luo Huijuan should look at it herself.

Seeing this, Luo Huijuan quickly turned her head to look at Luo Guofu, and then quickly saw the problem, and her brows instantly frowned.

[How could this brat fall for her? This guy is just causing trouble! ]

Seeing Luo Guofu stealing glances at Pan Qiaoyan from time to time, Luo Huijuan first secretly cursed him in her heart, then hurriedly stood up, found an excuse, took Luo Guofu to the corner of the store entrance, and gave him a good lecture.

Not long after, when they came back and sat down, Luo Guofu looked at Li Guoqiang with a complicated look, including envy, admiration, annoyance, surprise and confusion, as if he had many questions to ask Li Guoqiang. But soon, he was glared at by Luo Huijuan, and then he could only sit there obediently, not daring to sneak a peek at Pan Qiaoyan again.

When Li Guoqiang saw Luo Guofu like this, he immediately felt a little relieved.

If possible, he had not intended to let Luo Guofu know about his special relationship with Pan Qiaoyan so early.

However, in order to avoid making things worse, and since Luo Huijuan had already noticed the conspiracy between him and Shang Xiuzhen, Shen Fengxia and Pan Qiaoyan, he simply went with the flow and let Luo Huijuan talk to Luo Guofu.

In this way, Luo Guofu can know Luo Huijuan's attitude and it will also make it easier for Luo Guofu to accept it.

However, if he wanted to completely resolve this matter, he had to find an opportunity to have a good talk with Luo Guofu, so that Luo Guofu would not accidentally let the matter slip.

Just as he was thinking about how to tell Luo Guofu, the waiter brought the roast duck to them one by one.

The scene, which was like a high-class banquet, instantly attracted the attention of many customers in the store.

Fortunately, although this situation is relatively rare, it does happen.

In addition, Xu Yuchang, Sun Jinda and others were obviously from other places, so people naturally thought that they were the family of some leading cadre entertaining poor relatives.

Therefore, no one was so blind as to suddenly run over and question why Li Guoqiang had so much money.

At this moment, Li Guoqiang was busy inviting Xu Yuchang, Sun Jinda and others to start eating. He didn't worry at all about being questioned about the origin of the money.

After all, these days, no matter which family it is, they have exchanged some supplies with others. As long as the exchange is not long-term and large-scale, and no profit is made from it, no one will risk incurring public anger and question the origin of other people's things.

Otherwise, you could be put in a sack and beaten up on the street at any moment.

Xu Yuchang, Sun Jinda and others were drooling when they saw the waiters bring out plates of golden and tender roast duck meat and smooth and soft pancakes, as well as shredded green onions, shredded cucumbers, sweet noodle sauce and other ingredients.

Then, hearing Li Guoqiang's call, he immediately started to eat, imitating other guests' way of eating in a somewhat awkward manner.

After they finally rolled up the dough, they immediately opened their mouths and took a big bite. Some even stuffed the entire roast duck wrap into their mouths, wolfing it down voraciously.

"fragrant!"

“This roast duck is so delicious!”

"delicious!"

After a while, Li Guoqiang's ears were filled with words of praise. At the same time, he could see the roast duck on the table decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, which made people secretly amazed.

In fact, it is normal for such a situation to occur.

As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers. Besides, Xu Yuchang, Sun Jinda and others are all big eaters who work in the fields all year round. Let alone a roast duck for each of them, even if they were given one more, they would probably be able to eat it.

On the contrary, Li Dawei, Yao Meilan, Luo Huijuan, Luo Guofu and others ate much better, and even deliberately slowed down their eating pace to allow others to eat more.

It can be seen that after more than half a year, with the various supplies and money that Li Guoqiang sent back and brought back to his family from time to time, they have completely bid farewell to the hard days of not eating meat for three months. At least they no longer have their eyes light up when they see meat.

Even Li Dawei and Yao Meilan seemed to have become younger, which was obviously the effect of the Tiger King spicy strips.

Seeing this situation, Li Guoqiang couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction.

Since a person lives in this world, he must do something. Among them, making his family live a good life is undoubtedly the most important.

Today, through his efforts, his family has solved their basic living needs, and the next step is to make their family gradually prosperous.

Soon, two large tables of food were finished by Xu Yuchang, Sun Jinda and others. Everyone had a rosy face after eating, and a sense of satisfaction was revealed from head to toe.

If not for anything else, just for this meal, they felt that the trip was well worth it.

"Well, has everyone finished eating?"

Li Guoqiang glanced at the dishes on the table that looked cleaner than if they had been washed, and while wondering who was so thirsty, he asked with a smile.

"All right!"

"I'm full!"

"Me too!"

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Hearing the question, Xu Yuchang, Sun Jinda and others answered with a smile, and there was a hint of gratitude in their eyes when they looked at Li Guoqiang.

They knew that if Li Guoqiang had not been willing to spend so much money to invite them to dinner here, they probably would never have the chance to have such a delicious and sumptuous meal in their entire lives.

What's more, Li Guoqiang also took great pains to help the Jinshanbao Production Brigade set up a apiary enterprise with great potential for making money, which gave them hope for their lives from then on.

It can be said that in their hearts, Li Guoqiang has long surpassed an ordinary friend and has become a benefactor.

Therefore, they all made up their minds that no matter what happened in the future, they would stand firmly on Li Guoqiang's side, even if it meant going against brigade cadres such as Xu Guangfu and Sun Maocai.

When Li Guoqiang saw that Xu Yuchang and Sun Jinda had finished their meal, he stood up and went to find the waiter, asking him to pack up the remaining ten roast duck skeletons and take them back to make soup in the evening.

Immediately afterwards, Yao Meilan, Luo Huijuan and Luo Guofu left for their respective units to work, leaving only Li Dawei and Li Guoqiang, father and son, strolling on the street with Xu Yuchang, Sun Jinda and others.

Afterwards, Li Guoqiang went to the train station and bought train tickets for Xu Yuchang, Sun Jinda and others to return to Chang County early the next morning, and then led them back to the courtyard.

What's more, what was quite coincidental was that he ran into Dai Guangliang head-on as soon as he walked into the gate of the courtyard.

So he hurriedly greeted Li Dawei, asked Li Dawei to take the person home, and then pulled Dai Guangliang aside to ask about the house.

"Uncle Guangliang, I heard you are moving to Jinshi? Is that true?"

"Yes! What? Do you have any ideas?"

When Dai Guangliang heard this, he immediately guessed Li Guoqiang's purpose.

"Ok!"

Li Guoqiang nodded, and then said calmly: "You also know that I am now representing our production team and responsible for selling specialty honey in Sijiu City. We need to find a place to temporarily store the goods.

Your house and ours are in the same yard, so it is convenient to use them for anything.

So please give up your love!"

"This is it!"

When Dai Guangliang heard that Li Guoqiang was really coming for their house, he couldn't help feeling a little hesitant for a moment.

Because it wasn't just Li Guoqiang who was interested in their house, but also the eldest uncle Yi Zhonghai and the third uncle Yan Bugui.

This is a bit difficult!
(End of this chapter)