Chapter 344: One Heaven, One Earth
Not long after, Qu Yinfeng finished her meal first, and then took Xu Dani, whose belly was bulging, and Zhu Caixia, who was somewhat reluctant, back to their home.

Upon seeing this, Xu Yuping and others quickly put down their bowls and chopsticks, and then asked Li Guoqiang about the affairs of Sijiu City.

When they found out that Luo Huijuan and others were pregnant, they were so envious!

Among them, Ma Shufen is particularly special, because she originally got to know Li Guoqiang with the idea of ​​borrowing seeds. Now she hears that the girls around Li Guoqiang are all pregnant. How can she not feel envious?
What's more, she is not young anymore. If another ten or twenty years pass and she becomes old and ugly, and Li Guoqiang no longer has any feelings for her, she may not even have a child to rely on. It's a bit sad to think about it.

So, she hesitated for a moment, and finally asked with expectation: "Qiangzi, can you give me a child?"

Hearing this, Zhu Caiyan's spirits perked up, and then she hurriedly looked at Li Guoqiang with anticipation.

Although she is still young, if she can give Li Guoqiang a child, she will have a guarantee in the future and will not have to worry about being driven away by Li Guoqiang one day.

At this time, Xu Yuping couldn't help but feel a glimmer of hope.

However, before Li Guoqiang could answer, she thought of Zhu Caixia and silently extinguished this glimmer of hope.

After all, this is not the old society anymore. It’s impossible for both mother and daughter to give birth to a child at the same time, right?
Even if they are willing, it will be difficult to sort out the relationship between them in the future.

Soon, under their gaze, Li Guoqiang slowly shook his head, and then said softly: "Sister Fen, you also know that the countryside is not like the city, why don't you wait a little longer!"

"Ok!"

When Ma Shufen heard this, she felt instantly disappointed.

However, she also knew that in the countryside these days, it was basically impossible to give birth to a child without telling others.

Unless she could do what Xu Yuying did, first get a job in the city, then get a fake marriage certificate, and then come back to the village to give birth to the child.

Even so, one has to have a father who is a team leader as a backer like Xu Yuying, so as to avoid provoking villagers to gossip behind one's back.

She does not have any of these conditions now, so naturally she is not suitable to have a child.

Similarly, Zhu Caixia's face was filled with disappointment.

Fortunately, she is not a fool and can basically understand what Li Guoqiang means.

Moreover, she was not as old as Ma Shufen, so she adjusted quickly.

Then she saw Li Guoqiang put down his bowl and chopsticks and hurriedly got up to clean up.

Seeing this, Xu Yuping and Ma Shufen did not just sit there, but stood up and helped.

After a short while, they cleaned up the kang table and then brought hot water for Li Guoqiang to wash his hands, face and feet.

They worked like this for a while, and when they had finished washing themselves, they climbed up to the fire pit one after another, sat beside it, and looked at Li Guoqiang with watery eyes.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang raised the corner of his mouth slightly, then reached out and pulled Xu Yuping over.

Xu Yuping was delighted and sat on Li Guoqiang's lap.

Ma Shufen, Zhu Caixia and others were not surprised by this.

After all, whether in chronological order or in terms of relationship closeness, Xu Yuping was always ranked first.

What's more, this is not a bad thing for them.

Because this means that Li Guoqiang is a nostalgic person, and even if there are more new people in the future, they don't have to worry about being abandoned by Li Guoqiang.

Then, they watched Li Guoqiang peel eggs while learning from him.

It was not until late at night that they supported each other and quietly returned to Qu Yinfeng's home.

In the blink of an eye, it was early morning of the next day.

When Li Guoqiang got up early in the morning, he saw the little girl Xu Dani. She had run over to him at some point and was eating a piece of cake slowly.

When she saw Li Guoqiang wake up, a sweet smile immediately appeared on her face, and then she said in a crisp voice: "Big brother, you're awake! Grandma asked me to come over and call you to eat."

Since Li Guoqiang has moved here and lives alone, Qu Yinfeng and others should not rush to Li Guoqiang's house early in the morning to avoid any misunderstanding.

Therefore, breakfast could only be made at Qu Yinfeng's home.

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang nodded hurriedly and agreed, then turned over and got out of bed, wanting to go out to wash up.

Seeing this, Xu Dani immediately stuffed the half-eaten pastry in her hand into her mouth, then quickly jumped off the bed and ran to the outer room to prepare toothpaste, toothbrush and other things for Li Guoqiang.

"So good!"

Li Guoqiang reached out to take the water cup and toothbrush, then rubbed Xu Dani's head, said a word of praise, then walked out, squatted under the eaves and started washing.

After he brushed his teeth, Xu Dani brought him hot water and a towel, which made him suddenly feel like his daughter had grown up.

Immediately afterwards, before he could go to Qu Yinfeng's house for breakfast, Xu Guangfu appeared at the gate of his house.

"Uncle Fu, have you eaten?"

"not yet!"

"Which piece should we go to Auntie's house to eat?"

"Row!"

After exchanging a few simple words, Li Guoqiang and Xu Guangfu went to Qu Yinfeng's house together. Then, Xu Yuping and others warmly invited them to sit on the kang and had a light breakfast.

Immediately, Li Guoqiang first explained to Xu Yuping, and then drove the sika deer cart and rushed to the county town with Xu Guangfu.

In fact, as early as five or six days ago, the county leaders had asked someone to call the Youth League Office in Sijiucheng, but Li Guoqiang had already left Sijiucheng by then, so they were unable to get in touch at all.

In desperation, they could only tell Xu Guangfu about this matter and ask him to find a way to contact Li Guoqiang as soon as possible and ask Li Guoqiang to come back earlier.

Therefore, Xu Guangfu was so anxious to bring Li Guoqiang to the county to report to the county leaders.

Although he already knew that Li Guoqiang had great confidence to deal with this incident, he still had to do what he should do first, at least not to give others any excuses or handles.

They drove the sika deer cart all the way, and arrived at the county government compound at around eight o'clock in the morning.

At this time, the people in the county government compound had just come to work, and many people immediately recognized Xu Guangfu, the deputy director of the Agriculture Bureau who had been transferred but had not yet taken office. "Hey! Old Xu, you're here! Come and sit down!"

Not long after, when Qian Weiguo saw Xu Guangfu walking in from the office door with a very handsome young man, he immediately greeted them enthusiastically.

After saying that, he immediately turned his gaze to Li Guoqiang, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

In fact, when he learned that the apiary in Jinshanbao was led by a young educated youth who came from the city, he couldn't help but feel surprised.

Not to mention the Xiangmizhai store in downtown Beijing that makes a fortune every day.

Although he was just an official and had no business experience, he could still understand how difficult it was to achieve such results in just over half a year.

Originally, he had no intention of making things difficult for Xu Guangfu and Li Guoqiang. He just wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to make some political achievements and seek some benefits for the production teams below.

Unfortunately, this piece of fat meat was later noticed by the people above, who sent an agricultural technology expert down.

In desperation, he could only ask Xu Guangfu not to report to the Agricultural Bureau temporarily until he had a clearer understanding of the situation.

If Li Guoqiang is really a very capable person and a good person, then he must win over Li Guoqiang even if it means offending the people above him.

And if Li Guoqiang developed the apiary and Xiangmi Zhai just by chance, then don't blame him for siding with the expert.

Soon, Xu Guangfu took Li Guoqiang to sit on the sofa, and then waited for Qian Weiguo to get up and come over to sit opposite him. He immediately said proudly: "County Magistrate Qian, let me introduce you to Comrade Li Guoqiang who is in charge of Xiangmi Zhai in Sijiu City.

Comrade Li Guoqiang, this is the father and mother official of our Chang County, Qian Weiguo, the county magistrate. "

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Guoqiang immediately nodded to Qian Weiguo and greeted him, "Hello, County Magistrate Qian."

"Ok!"

Upon hearing this, Qian Weiguo nodded slightly, then laughed and praised: "Not bad, the young man is not only energetic in his work, but also handsome. He can definitely be called a young hero."

"You flatter me!"

Li Guoqiang smiled slightly, then spoke softly and modestly.

"original."

Qian Weiguo saw Li Guoqiang like this, hesitated for a moment, then asked seriously: "I was wondering if you could come back in time. Now that you are back, tell me about the situation in Xiangmi Zhai first!"

"Ok!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang nodded hurriedly and agreed, then quickly told him about the recent situation of Xiangmi Zhai.

Among them, apart from the specific procurement channels of lemons and tea, and his special relationship with Shang Xiuzhen and others, he basically had nothing to hide.

When Qian Weiguo heard that Xiangmi Zhai now not only has ordinary honey lemon tea, but also special cold drinks, a look of curiosity appeared on his face.

Then, when he heard that Xiangmi Zhai could now earn nearly two thousand yuan a day, he was even more shocked.

After all, even the state-owned restaurant with the best business here can only make two or three hundred yuan a day at most.

In comparison, it's like heaven and earth.

If, under his leadership, Xiangmizhai can really be developed and expanded and more branches can be opened, wouldn't it be possible to earn several million a year?
This is almost as much as the income of their entire county.

By then, will he still need to worry about promotion?

Just when he was feeling excited, he didn't know that Xiangmi Zhai was able to achieve such a large income mostly due to people's temporary curiosity.

After the novelty wears off, income levels will surely slowly drop.

By then, it would be very good if we could reach one-third of the current level.

Moreover, Qian Weiguo's idea of ​​opening a branch is not very realistic.

Not to mention that since entertainment news was relatively scarce at that time, the name of Xiangmizhai had long been known to most of the city through the gossiping wives. In other words, due to the herd effect and the crowd mentality, it should not be wasted on manpower and material resources to open any branches.

The best way to develop is to take the Arctic Ocean route and establish a bottled beverage production plant.

Only in this way can honey lemon tea spread throughout the city and even cover the surrounding major cities.

However, Li Guoqiang certainly would not tell Qian Weiguo all these things.

On the one hand, it was because Qian Weiguo did not have much trust in him. Telling him about it would not only fail to alert Qian Weiguo, but might make Qian Weiguo wonder if he was deliberately scaring people.

After listening to him, Qian Weiguo saw that Li Guoqiang had nothing to add, so he immediately couldn't wait to speak and test him: "Comrade Li Guoqiang, you should have known that we are going to set up a county-run bee farm. If this is done, do you think Xiangmi Zhai can consume so much honey?"

"of course can!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang answered without thinking, "Actually, I came back this time to report to the brigade about the external purchase of honey, and by the way, I also wanted to collect the honey produced in the past month and bring it over.

To put it simply, according to the honey output of the bee farm run by our team, it can only barely supply Xiangmi Zhai's business for more than two months, and there are twelve months in a year, which can be said to be far from enough.

Moreover, in addition to supplying honey to Xiangmi Zhai, the county-run bee farm can also sell excess honey to purchasing stations!

Although I can’t earn as much as Xiangmi Zhai, as long as I can make money, that’s enough.”

"very good!"

When Qian Weiguo heard what Li Guoqiang said, he was instantly delighted, and then he quickly praised: "You are right, in fact, the county also thinks so.

After all, beekeeping requires some space and wood, as well as some honey and manpower at the beginning, but you don't need to invest much money later, which is equivalent to doing a no-cost business.

Moreover, the country has now clearly stipulated that it will support the beekeeping industry.

In this way, even if a lot of honey is produced, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell it.

Maybe, in the future, the county-run bee farm will become the signature of Chang County!"

At this point, Qian Weiguo couldn't help but feel excited, as if he had seen the day when he would be promoted three levels in a year. He had completely ignored the issue of beekeeping, as the most important thing was the technique.

(End of this chapter)