Chapter 345 The Farmer and the Snake
After a while, Qian Weiguo finally ended his fantasy and returned to reality. Then he suddenly thought of something and asked hurriedly:
"By the way, Comrade Li Guoqiang, there is something I would like to ask for your opinion on first!"

"Please tell me!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang nodded hurriedly and agreed, then waited quietly for Qian Weiguo to reveal the next step.

"Is such that!"

Qian Weiguo hesitated for a moment, then said seriously, "In view of your outstanding performance, our county has held a meeting and discussed the matter. We plan to have you return to our county government office as a confidential secretary. Your rank will be temporarily set at the section level, and you will be promoted to deputy section level after you achieve certain results.

As for Xiangmizhai in Sijiu City, let the county reassign an old comrade who is steady and capable to take over.

I wonder what you think? "

After saying this, he stared at Li Guoqiang with his bright eyes, emitting an unquestionable aura.

In fact, when he decided to set up a county-run apiary, he had already decided to take control of the Xiangmi Zhai of Sijiu City into his own hands.

In order to prevent any problems from arising, he must keep the founder, Li Guoqiang, firmly by his side.

In this case, the position of confidential secretary is just right. Not only can it allow Li Guoqiang to be on call at all times, but it can also allow Li Guoqiang to help with ideas.

Who knows, he might be able to come up with better ideas than the apiary in the future, allowing him to gain a greater share of political achievements!

As for whether doing so would cause Li Guoqiang to have objections, he was sure that there would be some.

It is precisely because of this that he needs to keep Li Guoqiang under his nose to prevent Li Guoqiang from doing anything bad.

At this time, Li Guoqiang also roughly understood Qian Weiguo's intention, and then he shook his head and refused: "I'm sorry, I'm not interested in this, so I can only let you down."

"Oh?"

When Qian Weiguo heard this, he frowned slightly, and then asked with some displeasure: "Then what is your ambition?"

“My ambition.”

Li Guoqiang straightened his face, and then said seriously: "I will conscientiously carry out the old man's instructions, devote myself to the vast rural areas, and make my own contribution to the construction of the rural areas."

After saying this, he looked at Qian Weiguo, and a hint of disdain flashed across his eyes.

Although Qian Weiguo's question just now seemed to be asked casually, in fact, it was setting a trap for him!
If he had not expressed such an ambition, Qian Weiguo would definitely seize this opportunity to criticize him, saying that he lacked the spirit of organization and dedication.

Then, Qian Weiguo could take advantage of the situation to force him to agree to come back and serve as the confidential secretary, and keep him firmly under his control.

Fortunately, he had already thought of a strategy to deal with it, which is why he could express such an impeccable ambition.

After all, these young people had responded to the call and came from the city to the countryside to do construction, and they would not allow Qian Weiguo to refute at all.

And so it is.

When Qian Weiguo heard Li Guoqiang's answer, his expression suddenly turned ugly, and then he looked at Li Guoqiang with some surprise and some realization.

What surprised him was that Li Guoqiang, at such a young age, could speak so flawlessly.

What suddenly dawned on me was that there was a reason why Li Guoqiang had been able to achieve such good results before.

However, he soon thought of a solution, then nodded and said in a deep voice: "Okay, in this case, I won't force you.

It just so happens that we are about to set up a county-run bee farm. Next, you will be responsible for assisting Zheng Kaitao, a technician from the Municipal Agriculture Bureau, to do a good job in technical training."

The implication was that Li Guoqiang would not be given the chance to return to Sijiu City, and that Li Guoqiang would be made a scapegoat in case Zheng Kaitao messed things up and Li Guoqiang would take the blame.

However, although this plan was good, no one expected that Li Guoqiang would not accept it at all.

He smiled slightly, then directly declined, "Leader, you think too highly of me. With my limited skills, how can I be an assistant to the city's technicians?

In my opinion, I'd better stay in Jinshanbao Production Brigade and try to learn more advanced beekeeping techniques from Technician Zheng as soon as possible to avoid our bee farm dragging down the county!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Qian Weiguo's expression immediately became somewhat ugly again.

He didn't expect that Li Guoqiang would dare to be so disrespectful to him and reject his arrangements one after another.

If Li Guoqiang didn't have the old man's certificate in his hand, he would definitely teach Li Guoqiang a lesson.

At the same time, Xu Guangfu was also shocked by Li Guoqiang's bold remarks.

Although he already knew that Li Guoqiang had a powerful backer and didn't care at all about the benefits Qian Weiguo gave him.

However, it was the first time in his life that he had seen an ordinary villager dare to be so disrespectful to the county leaders.

Is Li Guoqiang really not worried that he will never be able to return to Beijing from now on?
Just as he was thinking about whether he should speak up to help Li Guoqiang and ease the tense atmosphere, he suddenly heard Qian Weiguo's voice.

"Okay, since you asked for it, I won't force you. I'll have someone buy you a ticket to Sijiu City the day after tomorrow morning. Then you can go to Sijiu City with the county representative to hand over your work, and then come back to manage your team-run bee farm in Jinshanbao."

"Ok!"

Upon hearing this, Li Guoqiang immediately nodded and agreed, "Thank you, leader, for your understanding."

In fact, when Qian Weiguo asked him to hand over Xiangmi Zhai, it was already destined that he and Qian Weiguo could not live in harmony.

In that case, there is no need for him to pretend to be nice to Qian Weiguo. He can just confront him directly if he has anything to say.

Anyway, Qian Weiguo couldn't do anything to him except restricting him from returning to Sijiu City.

What's more, it's still unclear who will win or lose next!

At this point, Qian Weiguo was in no mood to talk to Li Guoqiang any more. After a while, he made an excuse that he was busy and asked Li Guoqiang and Xu Guangfu to come out.

As it was almost noon, Li Guoqiang took back the sika deer cart at the gate of the county government, and then ran directly to the state-owned restaurant on the other side, preparing to have a meal before going back.

While waiting for the dishes to be served, Xu Guangfu tried to hold back, but in the end he couldn't help but speak up and said, "Qiangzi, why are you doing this? Even if you don't want to hand over Xiangmi Zhai, there's no need to confront County Magistrate Qian directly, right?
Do you really want to abandon Yingzi in the city?"

"fine!"

Hearing this, Li Guoqiang was slightly happy, then he quickly waved his hand and explained: "Uncle Fu, don't worry, I know what I am doing, and the kind of thing you said won't happen. Besides, Sister Ying is just pregnant now, and there is still more than half a year before she gives birth!"

"Fine!"

When Xu Guangfu heard this, he thought of how Li Guoqiang had never made any mistakes, so he could only talk to himself, nodded and agreed, "Then you can do it yourself!"

Afterwards, they didn't talk about these things anymore, but instead chatted about the situation in the village while eating the special meals of the state-owned restaurant.

As he was talking, Xu Guangfu suddenly thought of something and asked hurriedly, "Who do you think is more suitable to take over my position as the team leader?"

"This is it!"

Li Guoqiang was silent for a moment, then said seriously, "I think you can recommend Brother Yuliang to be the team leader, and then let Brother Yuan be the team accountant."

"Ok!"

When Xu Guangfu heard this answer, he just nodded slightly in agreement and said nothing more.

It was obvious that he did not agree with Li Guoqiang's proposal, but he was not in a position to say it in front of Li Guoqiang.

Li Guoqiang didn't think there was anything wrong with this. To him, as long as someone from the Xu family served as the team leader, it would be fine.

As for who this person is, it actually doesn’t matter much.

What he is thinking about now is what should be the best thing to do next.

Although he had made some preparations beforehand, and didn't care about Qian Weiguo's opinion of him, there were some things that had to be done in a way that left people speechless.

Otherwise, if we really want to investigate it, it will cause a lot of trouble.

Soon, they finished their meal and drove the sika deer cart directly back to Jinshan Fort.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Guangfu didn't even go home, but went to the fields to find Sun Maocai and others and told them the situation.

After hearing that Li Guoqiang had rejected Qian Weiguo's proposals one after another, Sun Maocai and others were immediately surprised, and then unconsciously began to blame Li Guoqiang for being ungrateful.

If he were to go to the county to work as a confidential secretary as Qian Weiguo suggested, wouldn't that help him protect the interests of the apiary run by their team?

Even if I don't want to be a confidential secretary, it would be nice to be able to stay with technician Zheng Kaitao and help look after the apiary run by their team!
All in all, this is just too selfish.

Not long after, as Sun Maocai and others spread the news intentionally or unintentionally, the villagers of Jinshanbao gradually began to have some bad opinions about Li Guoqiang.

Although they knew that the person who wanted to take over Xiangmi Zhai was Qian Weiguo, most of them did not dare to have any opinions about Qian Weiguo, so they could only vent their resentment and anger on Li Guoqiang.

They felt that it was precisely because Li Guoqiang was unwilling to cooperate that they were unable to preserve the interests of the team's apiary, which led to their future income becoming less and less.

It's like the story of the farmer and the snake.

When it comes to their own interests, who would care who brought them this income in the first place?

Soon, the opinions of these villagers reached the ears of educated youth such as Xu Wanling and Shao Ruian, and they could not help but feel gloating.

Who made Li Guoqiang never take them to play together?
Now, not only have the fruits of victory been robbed by others, but we can’t go back to the city.

Moreover, when Xu Guangfu is no longer the team leader, will Li Guoqiang still be as powerful as before in this production team?

Thinking of this, Xu Wanling, Shao Ruian and others immediately had some other ideas.

Among them, Shao Ruian was particularly good. He quickly found Sun Maocai during his break and directly proposed to support Sun Maocai to take over the position of captain.

When Sun Maocai heard this, he immediately felt moved.

Although the Sun family has fewer people than the Xu family, if they could add educated youth like Shao Ruian, the situation would be reversed.

What's more, he believed that there must be many people in the Ma family who were unhappy with Li Guoqiang and Xu Guangfu.

If he could get this, then he might actually be able to grab the position of captain!
The only thing that made it difficult for him to make up his mind was Li Guoqiang's evil spirit.

Moreover, based on his understanding of Li Guoqiang, he felt that things might not be as simple as they seemed.

What if Li Guoqiang rises again by then, or even achieves greater success, will he still be able to hold on to his position as captain?

Therefore, after thinking it over, he finally did not give Shao Ruian any positive response, but just said that he would see the situation first.

Seeing this, Shao Ruian couldn't help but curse Sun Maocai for being useless in his heart, then went back to work with a sullen look on his face.

As for Li Guoqiang, he had already gone to the apiary and inspected it carefully. He did not point out the problems to the people in the apiary, but solved them directly.

Then, seeing that it was still early, he found an excuse and used his small world to teleport to a private apiary deep in the mountains, preparing to finish building the house first.

When Erniu and Sanwa saw Li Guoqiang coming back, they were immediately very excited and ran up to him, wanting to jump into his arms.

Seeing this, Li Guoqiang hurriedly stretched out his hand to block Sanwa, allowing Erniu to rush in alone.

When Sanwazi saw this situation, he immediately felt lost.

Fortunately, Li Guoqiang quickly reached out and rubbed his head, which made him feel much better again.

Then, after briefly inquiring about the situation, Li Guoqiang used his small world's vision to start walking around the private apiary, trying to find a place that would be more suitable for building a house.

However, after searching for a long time, he still couldn't find a satisfactory place. Finally, he decided to go to Erniu's home and deliver some daily necessities to Erniu and Zhao Liming.

When Liang Xianglian saw Erniu and Sanwazi bringing Li Guoqiang back, she was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly stood up and walked forward, taking the bags of things from Li Guoqiang's hands, just like a wife who had stayed at home and waited for her husband to come back with great difficulty.

Then, she went to fetch hot water and towels, and carefully washed Li Guoqiang's face, hands, and feet. She had no intention of avoiding Erniu and Sanwazi. It was obvious that she was too excited about Li Guoqiang's return.

She was busy like this for a long time, until Li Guoqiang spoke, and then she reluctantly stopped.

(End of this chapter)