Chapter 358 The Biggest Winner
In the blink of an eye, it was late at night.

Li Guoqiang glanced at Xu Yuping and others who were already fast asleep, then put on his clothes and used the small world to teleport into the mountains.

At this time, Liang Xianglian, Erniu, and Sanwazi were sleeping soundly in the inner room, and had no idea that someone had quietly entered the room.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang smiled slightly, then flashed and went to Zhao Liming's house next door to check the situation.

Soon, he saw Zhao Liming, who had gained weight compared to before, and his wife, who had an even plumper figure.

This might be because of the daily necessities he provided, so the couple had no pressure in life at all, and naturally they gained so much fat.

In comparison, the food Liang Xianglian and Erniu eat is obviously better.

However, until now, they are only slightly plumper.

From this difference, it is easy to see that Liang Xianglian and Erniu must have done a lot of work in their daily lives and also controlled their diet, so they can maintain their figure.

Zhao Liming and his wife probably thought that it would be a shame not to take advantage of an opportunity, so they ate and drank as much as they could, fearing that if they didn't eat enough, Li Guoqiang would give them less.

In addition, their usual task is just to patrol the mountains and forests. They are not responsible for managing the various affairs of the apiary like Liang Xianglian and Erniu.

As a result, over the years, the gap becomes very obvious.

After making sure that there was nothing unusual, Li Guoqiang quickly came out of Zhao Liming's house and then appeared on the other side, in the three newly built brick houses.

Then, he used the vision of the small world and got cement mortar from it, and built a large fire pit in the east room and the west room, each of which could sleep more than a dozen people.

After finishing it, he used the white lime he had brought from Sijiu City to whitewash the walls.

Then he used cement mortar to pave the ground.

Next, you just need to wait for the cement mortar to dry, and then put the previously made furniture in place, and it will be completely completed.

Of course, there is no rush for this matter. There is still more than a month before winter, so we can take it slow.

After rechecking for any omissions, he used his little world to teleport back to his home in Jinshan Castle and lay down in the land of comfort.

When I woke up the next morning, Xu Yuping, Ma Shufen and Zhu Caiyan had already quietly returned to the next room and were busy making breakfast for Li Guoqiang.

Zhu Caixia, Xu Dani and others also waited at the gate of Li Guoqiang's house early, hoping to wait for Li Guoqiang to wake up so that they could ask for credit and exchange it for Coke.

Unfortunately, before they could ask Li Guoqiang for Coke, Xu Guangfu came running over and called Li Guoqiang, Qu Yinfeng and others to the threshing ground for a meeting.

The theme of the meeting, in addition to announcing to everyone that the honey produced by the team-run apiary in the future needs to be handed over to the county-run apiary first, and then the county-run apiary will settle with Xiangmi Zhai, the most important topic is the election of a new team leader.

And, according to the rules of previous years, a total of three candidates were introduced, namely Sun Maocai, Xu Yuliang and Ma Changshun.

After Xu Guangfu announced the list of candidates, voting began immediately.

Every villager has a piece of paper with the names of three candidates written on it. If you want to vote for someone, you just have to tick the name of the candidate.

One by one, the villagers stuffed the papers into the ballot box, and then it was time to count the votes.

In the past, this step was always handled by people sent by superiors, but this time, since Xu Guangfu had been promoted to deputy director of the county agricultural bureau, he was directly replaced in this position.

He just put up a wooden board in front of everyone with the names of three candidates written on it. Then every time he looked at a ballot, he would write the correct name under the corresponding name.

Soon, most of the votes had been counted, and the votes for the three candidates were very close.

Seeing this situation, the atmosphere at the scene gradually became tense, and everyone was guessing who would get the position in the end.

Logically speaking, now that Li Guoqiang has regained Xiangmi Zhai, the villagers must vote for Xu Yuliang in order to get closer to Li Guoqiang.

However, things are often not that simple.

Because there are three surnames in the village, and everyone knows how many votes each surname has.

In order to avoid being accused of not supporting their own people, basically every family with a certain surname will vote for their leader.

Perhaps someone will say at this time that these are all secret ballots, and no one will know even if you don’t vote for your own people.

However, don't forget that we are all together. If someone sees us, it would be like a fall out.

Therefore, unless there is some very special reason, basically no one will take the risk.

However, the biggest difference between this vote and previous years is the addition of educated youth such as Shao Ruian and Xu Wanling.

It can be said that their number of votes has become the biggest variable.

Otherwise, with the population of Old Xu's family, they are basically sure to win.

As time passed, the vote counting process gradually came to an end.

The votes among the three candidates gradually widened.

Among them, Xu Yuliang received the most votes, reaching 98 votes, while Sun Maocai followed closely behind with 97 votes.

As for Ma Changshun, he was already far behind with only 81 votes, which meant he had completely lost hope.

Seeing this situation, a look of disappointment appeared on Ma Changshun's face, and then he suddenly perked up and stared at the changes in the number of votes on the wooden board.

In fact, before the vote, Sun Maocai came to him and wanted him to give up the election and cast the votes of the Ma family to Sun Maocai.

In this way, no matter who Shao Ruian, Xu Wanling and other educated youth voted for, they could guarantee that Sun Maocai would be elected as the team leader.

However, taking into consideration his reputation as the head of the Ma family and his ambition for the position of team leader, Ma Changshun finally rejected Sun Maocai's request and prepared for a head-on fight.

Although he still lost this time, at least he saved the face of their Ma family, and people would not think that their Ma family had bowed to the Sun family.

This is also one of the main reasons why people from the Xu family have become team leaders over the years.

Otherwise, with the population of the Ma family and the Sun family, they would have already snatched the position of team leader long ago.

Soon, under the watchful eyes of Ma Changshun and the others, Sun Maocai's votes suddenly caught up with Xu Yuliang's, and then surpassed him by three votes. Just when everyone thought Sun Maocai had won, Xu Guangfu wrote down three more votes under Xu Yuliang's name, tying the votes once again.

Then, amid the tense anticipation of the crowd, Xu Guangfu reached into the ballot box and stirred it. Then he picked up the ballot box and shook it vigorously for a while. Finally, he spread his hands and said, "The votes are gone."

Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly broke into an uproar.

This is the first time in so many years that the result is a tie.

Just when everyone was thinking about who would win if they voted again, Li Guoqiang suddenly walked out of the crowd and said to Xu Guangfu, "Uncle Fu, according to the voting rules, candidates can also vote. Now you can ask the three candidates to cast their votes, and maybe there will be a result."

After saying that, he turned his head and looked at Ma Changshun with a mysterious look in his eyes.

Seeing this, Ma Changshun felt a little nervous, then he quickly thought about who he should vote for.

In this case, no matter who he voted for, he couldn't hide it, so he had to carefully weigh the pros and cons.

At the same time, everyone was startled by Li Guoqiang's reminder, and then they all turned their eyes to Ma Changshun, somewhat curious about who he would vote for.

As for the two parties involved, Xu Yuliang and Sun Maocai, they stared at Ma Changshun closely, with a hint of pleading in their eyes.

However, Ma Changshun never looked at Xu Yuliang, Sun Maocai and others from beginning to end. After a brief thought, he looked at Li Guoqiang who was standing in front of the crowd.

When he saw Li Guoqiang smiling at him, he immediately made up his mind, and then he stood up and said loudly: "I'm voting for Xu Yuliang."

When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then those people from Old Xu's family suddenly burst into cheers.

Xu Guangfu also made a note under Xu Yuliang's name, making Xu Yuliang's vote count surpass that of Sun Maocai.

At this point, the election for the team leader has finally been decided.

Sun Maocai looked at the number of votes on the wooden board, was silent for a while, then looked at Li Guoqiang deeply, and finally sighed softly with some helplessness.

He didn't expect that even though he had won most of the votes of the educated youth through Shao Ruian, he still failed to get the position of team leader.

If he missed this opportunity, he probably would never have the chance to become the captain again.

Perhaps, this is his fate!

Soon, Xu Guangfu announced publicly that Xu Yuliang had become the new captain of Jinshanbao, and then Xu Yuliang nominated Xu Yu'an and Sun Zhongping as candidates for the brigade accountant.

This was followed by another round of voting and counting of votes.

Since Xu Yuliang had already taken over the position of team leader, many villagers, considering that they would have to live under Xu Yuliang's command in the future, voted for Xu Yu'an.

As a result, Xu Yu'an's votes far exceeded Sun Zhongping's votes.

At this point, the Xu family has become the biggest winner today.

After seeing this result, Li Guoqiang quietly took Xu Yuping and others back home to avoid being entangled by some people in the village with ulterior motives.

Then, he used the excuse of going into the mountains to hunt, and used the small world to teleport to the deep mountains. He collected all the honey produced by the private apiary. In the end, he received more than 1,000 kilograms of honey, and more than 10,000 kilograms of honey.

With this honey, even if Qian Weiguo and others failed to set up the county-run apiary, he would not have to worry about Xiangmi Zhai running out of honey supply.

After finishing his work, he stayed with Liang Xianglian and Erniu for half a day until the sun set, then he said goodbye and returned to Jinshanbao.

Soon, it was the early morning of the third day.

Xu Guangfu ran to Li Guoqiang's house early in the morning, had breakfast, and then got on a sika deer cart and rushed to the county with Li Guoqiang and Xu Yuping.

Moreover, this time, there were many more people standing at the village entrance to see them off than last time.

However, neither Li Guoqiang nor Xu Guangfu paid much attention to it. They didn't even have the intention to stop and just crossed the road directly.

Because they know that even if they stop to greet those people, those people will not change their attitude towards them much.

If there is no profit to be made from them in the future, those people will still turn against them and become ruthless.

They sped along the way and soon arrived at Chang County Railway Station.

Li Guoqiang stopped the saddle cart, waved goodbye to Xu Yuping, Xu Guangfu and others, and then walked into the station to check tickets in a very casual manner.

However, Xu Guangfu's mood was not as relaxed as Li Guoqiang's.

This time he came to the county to take up the post in the Agriculture Bureau, and he had to work under the acting director Zheng Kaitao who came here to gain experience.

Based on his understanding of Zheng Kaitao, he knew without a doubt that the other party would not let him have an easy life.

In addition, he learned from Li Guoqiang that it was not an easy task to run a apiary.

If this goes wrong in the end, someone like him who has no background will easily become the scapegoat.

If he didn't want Zheng Kaitao to destroy the apiary in Jinshanbao, he wouldn't want to get involved in this mess!

Sure enough, when he walked into the Agricultural Bureau and reported to Zheng Kaitao, Zheng Kaitao immediately assigned him a very difficult task without saying a word, asking him to lead people into the mountains to dig up beehives.

Fortunately, he had already thought of a way to deal with it, and immediately said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Director Zheng, it's not impossible for me to lead people into the mountains to dig out beehives, but I don't know how to find beehives at all. Why don't you take me into the mountains first and show me how to do it!"

"fine!"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Kaitao quickly waved his hands and said, "This is very easy. I'll tell you how to find the beehive later, and then you just do it according to what I tell you!"

"That's it!"

When Xu Guangfu heard what Zheng Kaitao said, he raised his eyebrows, and then said seriously: "How about this? In order to better complete this task, I think it is necessary to tell everyone who enters the mountain how to find the beehive.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for me to complete this task successfully by myself!"

Hearing this, Zheng Kaitao immediately frowned, then looked at Xu Guangfu with a slightly gloomy face.

(End of this chapter)