Chapter 357 It’s Too Troublesome for Me
"Sister Caixia, um, is your brother Qiangzi at home?"

Shao Ruian walked to the gate of the courtyard and a friendly smile instantly appeared on his face. Then he asked Zhu Caixia softly, whose little face was tense.

If Zhu Caixia had not already known what kind of person Shao Ruian was from Qu Yinfeng, Xu Yuping and others, she might have been deceived by him.

Soon, she shook her head, then said with a straight face: "Brother Qiangzi is not feeling well and will not see guests."

"Not feeling well?!"

When Shao Ruian heard this, he couldn't help feeling happy.

Then, he heard Zhu Caixia say that Li Guoqiang would not see guests. He suddenly remembered his mission and quickly suppressed the joy in his heart. He asked with concern: "Is he okay? How about I go over to see him and see if there is anything I can do to help?"

"no!"

Seeing that Shao Ruian wanted to bypass her to find Li Guoqiang, Zhu Caixia quickly reached out her hand to stop Shao Ruian, and then shouted in a deep voice: "Brother Qiangzi said that he will not see anyone at this time."

"Forehead"

Shao Ruian looked at the serious little girl in front of him, and was slightly stunned for a moment, then patiently spoke up and said, "Don't get me wrong, I just want to see if there is anything I can do to help."

"No need!"

Zhu Caixia glared and then spoke with some disgust.

As the saying goes, if someone shows you kindness without any reason, he is either a traitor or a thief!

Although she had not read many books, she had already known this basic truth many years ago.

Not to mention, since she met Li Guoqiang, she has listened to many stories told by Li Guoqiang and learned many principles of being a person and doing things.

Therefore, she naturally would not be fooled so easily by Shao Ruian.

Seeing this, Shao Ruian frowned immediately and tried to force his way in without saying a word.

"Stop!"

Zhu Caixia glared, then quickly reached out and pushed Shao Ruian, almost knocking him down.

"you"

Shao Ruian staggered, then looked at Zhu Caixia angrily, as if he had not expected that this little girl would dare to push him.

When Zhu Caixia saw that Shao Ruian looked like he was about to hit someone, her heart tightened a little, then she pursed her lips, tilted her neck, and stared at Shao Ruian stubbornly, as if she was determined to fight to the end.

At this time, Xu Dani also ran over from the other side and stood side by side with Zhu Caixia.

If Li Guoqiang were here, he would probably also say well done.

"Whoo~"

After a while, Shao Ruian slowly exhaled a breath, then forced a smile and said, "Well, don't get me wrong, I just have something urgent to talk to your brother Qiangzi about. Since you don't agree, forget it, I'll come another day."

After saying that, he saw that Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani both looked at him as if they were asking us to be stupid. He couldn't help feeling embarrassed and quickly turned around and left.

After all, he had always considered himself an outstanding educated youth, but now he was stopped by just two little girls, which was really embarrassing.

Besides that, he didn't know how to explain it to Sun Maocai.

You know, before coming here, he promised Sun Maocai that he could convince Li Guoqiang and let Li Guoqiang take the initiative to shake hands with Sun Maocai and make peace.

Now, he hasn't even met Li Guoqiang, and when he returns and sees Sun Maocai, he doesn't know what to say.

However, Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani didn’t know that Shao Ruian was the one who took the big bucks. When they saw Shao Ruian leaving, they immediately felt relieved.

Although they have Li Guoqiang as their backer, they still feel a lot of pressure facing a grown man like Shao Ruian.

This is not to say that they were worried about being beaten by Shao Ruian, but they were worried about failing to complete the task assigned by Li Guoqiang and leaving them without Coke.

Fortunately, Shao Ruian finally left, and they managed to get the chance to drink Coke.

After a while, some more villagers came over and wanted to make friends with Li Guoqiang.

Among them, there are not only those from the Ma family, but also those from the Sun family and the Xu family.

However, without exception, they were all blocked by Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani.

Therefore, soon, everyone in the village knew that Li Guoqiang was angry, and then they all started to worry that Li Guoqiang would no longer work so hard to help them make money.

There were even some people who simply gave up and threatened that if Li Guoqiang dared not help them make money, they would close Xiangmi Zhai and prevent Li Guoqiang from returning to the city to reunite with his family.

However, when many people heard this, they expressed agreement on the surface, but in fact they somewhat disagreed.

After all, even if Li Guoqiang doesn't help them make money, as long as they can make money, it's good.

If Xiangmi Zhai is closed down, wouldn't there be no benefit at all?
As for taking back Xiangmizhai and letting them arrange their own people to run it, no one would think of doing so.

On the one hand, most of them don’t know what the city of Beijing is like, so how can they have the confidence to run Xiangmizhai well?

On the other hand, since even the county leader Qian Weiguo failed in this matter, how could they have the confidence that they could do better than Qian Weiguo?
Soon, it was evening.

Although Li Guoqiang had been hiding at home for most of the day, he was not idle. He used this time to build a complete set of furniture in his small world, and planned to put it in the newly built brick houses in the mountains at night.

Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani also helped to stop people at the gate of the courtyard for most of the day, and then successfully got two bottles of Coke each from Li Guoqiang.

Then, just as they were about to finish work and go home to take a shower, they suddenly saw Xu Guangfu, and for a moment they didn't know whether to stop him or not.

"Grandpa Fu!"

"Ok!"

Xu Guangfu looked at Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani, the two little girls, smiled slightly, and then asked softly, "Are you going to stop me too?"

Hearing this, Zhu Caixia and Xu Dani looked at each other, and then hurriedly said, "Grandpa Fu, please wait a moment, can I go ask Brother Qiangzi?"

"Row!"

Xu Guangfu was delighted when he heard this, then he nodded and said with a smile: "Then I'll wait!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Zhu Caixia running quickly into the yard like a little rabbit.

Then, after a while, he saw Li Guoqiang and Zhu Caixia walking out of the house.

"Uncle Fu!"

"You little brat!" Xu Guangfu felt a little relieved when he saw Li Guoqiang, who looked very energetic. Then he said unhappily, "I thought you were really ill! It turns out you were just pretending."

"Ah!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang chuckled, then said helplessly: "You know, I'm always afraid of trouble, so I'll just close the door and refuse visitors, so that no one will come to me to ask for benefits."

"Let's talk."

Xu Guangfu raised his eyebrows, and then asked curiously, "Aren't you worried that the villagers will say you are unkind?"

"Just say it!"

When Li Guoqiang heard this question, he immediately said indifferently: "Anyway, as long as I can bring them benefits, what does it matter if I am unkind?"

"That's true!"

When Xu Guangfu heard this, he immediately nodded with some emotion and agreed.

Although he has little education, he has lived for most of his life and has been the team leader for so many years, so his understanding of human nature can be said to be profound.

In short, in this world, everyone is busy pursuing profit!

Previously, the reason why Sun Maocai, Ma Changshun and others confiscated Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping's job quotas was because Li Guoqiang had lost his usefulness.

Now, the reason why Sun Maocai, Ma Changshun and others are trying to find a way to reconcile with Li Guoqiang is because Li Guoqiang has regained his power and has become valuable for them to use.

This series of changes perfectly portrays the true face of human nature.

Moreover, when it comes down to it, the reason why Xu Guangfu was so optimistic about Li Guoqiang and even forced his own daughter to be Li Guoqiang's mistress was not because of the benefits that Li Guoqiang could bring to their family in the future, right?
"Come on, Uncle Fu, let's go inside first and talk!"

Li Guoqiang felt a little amused when he saw Xu Guangfu's emotional look, and then he quickly greeted him.

After saying this, he quickly pulled Xu Guangfu into the house to avoid being seen by others and getting close to them like a fly.

It must be said that right now in Jinshan Fort, the only people he cares about are Xu Guangfu, Xu Guangshou, Qu Yinfeng and others.

As for other people, he didn't take them seriously at all.

If it weren't for the restrictions of the overall environment, he wouldn't help these people make money.

Soon, Xu Guangfu sat on the fire pit and asked seriously, "Qiangzi, what are your plans next?"

"Intend?"

Li Guoqiang was slightly stunned, then shook his head and said, "I don't have any plans!"

"That"

Xu Guangfu frowned, then asked in a deep voice: "Then you really won't care about our brigade's apiary?"

In fact, when Li Guoqiang rejected Sun Maocai and others and asked Qu Yinfeng and Xu Yuping to return to the apiary, he had already seen that Li Guoqiang did not want to get involved in the apiary anymore.

Therefore, this also made him very worried about the future of the apiary.

Although Li Guoqiang is still in charge of the management of Xiangmi Zhai, which can bring certain income to Jinshanbao, he knows that the apiary is the guarantee for Jinshanbao to continue to live a good life.

Moreover, if the apiary really fails, then he, as the incoming deputy director of the Agricultural Bureau, will naturally not be able to continue working steadily.

Therefore, whether for his own sake or for the future of Jinshan Fort, he must ask Li Guoqiang what he thinks.

After all, in Jinshan Castle, except for those ungrateful people, most of the villagers are relatively simple and honest.

What's more, many of them are from the Xu family. He can't just watch the descendants of his own clan finally find a way out and then have it blocked again!

Li Guoqiang could naturally understand this.

He looked at Xu Guangfu's expectant eyes, hesitated for a moment, and then said seriously: "Uncle Fu, let me tell you the truth! If nothing unexpected happens, I don't plan to manage our brigade's apiary anymore.

After all, you also know that our brigade's apiary has now become a subsidiary industry of the county-run apiary.

Although it is only in name, but once I take charge of our brigade's apiary, it means that I will also be in charge of the county-run apiary as well.

That would be too much trouble for me.”

"This"

After hearing these words, Xu Guangfu was suddenly a little stunned.

If Li Guoqiang hadn't reminded him, he would have almost overlooked this matter for a moment!
In fact, if he thought about it carefully, he could understand Li Guoqiang's choice.

After all, now that Li Guoqiang has taken Xiangmizhai back, he can just stay in Sijiu City to manage Xiangmizhai and enjoy life with his family. Why bother with getting involved in the muddy water of running a bee farm in the county?

However, this would be a disaster for the villagers of Jinshanbao.

"Uncle Fu!"

Li Guoqiang saw Xu Guangfu's worried look, smiled slightly, and then spoke softly to comfort him: "If you ask me, you have been the captain for so many years, you should understand the principle of gratitude for a little bit of rice and hatred for a big bit of rice.

Since we are in a big team and there are so many people who don't treat me as one of them, why should I bother to curry favor with others?

Moreover, if there is a real need in the future, I can help you set up the apiary again.

So, you should stop worrying about it and just do your job well."

"Fine!"

Hearing this, Xu Guangfu stared at Li Guoqiang for a while, and finally nodded and agreed: "Since you said so, I won't worry about it. I believe you will not watch the villagers live a hard life again."

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang didn't say anything, but just smiled slightly.

In fact, what he will do depends mainly on how the villagers of Jinshanbao treat him.

Because in this world, whether it is love or hate, it is actually mutual.

If others are good to him, he will naturally be good to others. If others are not good to him, he will not be so generous as to care about other people's life or death.

Seeing that everything had been discussed and it was getting late, Xu Guangfu did not stay any longer and quickly said goodbye and left.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Yuping ran over with a happy face and said that dinner was ready and asked Li Guoqiang to go to the next room to eat.

When Li Guoqiang heard this, saw Xu Yuping's slightly wet hair, and smelled the faint scent of soap coming from her body, he suddenly felt happy in his heart, and then hurriedly got up and followed Xu Yuping out.

(End of this chapter)