Chapter 139 Sweet Trouble

Qi Bin returned to the Red Flag Brigade and the Gu family. He was very happy to see Gu Wan.

Unfortunately, I can't find an opportunity for the two of us to be alone together for the time being, and it's inconvenient to exchange glances in front of everyone, which is really frustrating.

As soon as Qi Bin came back, he was surrounded by the Gu family and asked about the specific situation at the provincial hospital.

Although Gu Zhiqiang also explained it in detail, everyone still felt more at ease after listening to Qi Bin's words.

Even if others don't say anything, Shi Guixiang and Qiao Yuemei are both understanding people, even if the third brother comes back and says that it was Dr. Wei who helped.

The two female comrades were even more convinced that Qi Bin had put in a lot of effort, and that Dr. Wei probably helped out of Qi Bin's kindness.

Gu Wan felt that she and Qi Bin had just started dating, and their future relationship was still unclear, so the two had agreed to wait for a while before telling their families.

Gu Wan really understood that things were different these days. Basically, after dating and meeting each other's parents, the pace was to get married.

Unlike in later generations, even if a relationship lasts for ten years, it will still end if the relationship changes.

Gu Wan knew clearly that there was still a gap between her and Qi Bin. If she told her family now, the elders of the Qi family would not accept her and they would not be able to get married.

By then, it will be difficult for the Gu family to accept it, and her parents may even feel that she is being held back by the family’s poverty.

Therefore, Gu Wan did not plan to make it public so early. If Qi Bin knew about his partner's thoughts, he would be even more impatient to get rid of his so-called father without conscience.

When a bunch of people gathered around Qi Bin and chatted, Gu Mingfeng, who rarely followed the gossip, said:

"This thing has been done. Recently, many people in the village want to follow Lao San and work together. They are either surrounding Lao San or looking for the team leader all day long. I don't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. After all, most of the people Lao San brings with him are from our family."

Once this matter is accomplished, it will be considered the collective property of the brigade. I just don't know if it will cause trouble if other villagers become jealous.

After all, old ginger is wiser, and the younger generation is still thinking about continuing to work hard and what will happen in the future.

As a result, Gu Mingfeng saw things more deeply.

This time, the three brothers of the Gu family brought several people from the village with them and brought back a lot of money, some of which they had to hand over to the team.

Everyone got a lot, too. In the past, the dividends from a year's work might not have been this much.

The key point is that after paying the money, they also got some extra sugar coupons, cloth coupons, meat coupons and so on, which was even more surprising.

After all, they are in the countryside, and what they lack most are various tickets.

Generally, tickets are issued per person only when the brigade settles work points every year. This only happens once a year and the number is extremely small.

It's like cloth coupons. Each person can get at most three to five feet a year, and it takes several years to make a piece of clothing.

How could it be enough? For example, sugar coupons will be needed when my daughter-in-law gives birth.

But there was no place to get it. This time, the few people who followed Gu Zhiqiang out not only got more than ten yuan each, but also several tickets of various kinds.

This made all the villagers jealous. They didn't expect that Gu Laosan was so promising and could actually come up with a way to collect medicinal herbs and then cooperate with a big hospital in the provincial capital.

Of course, smart people can also see that this matter was probably helped by the distinguished guest living in Gu's house.

But everyone could see clearly that although Qi Bin lived in the Red Flag Brigade, he rarely walked around the village on weekdays. Apart from the Gu family and the captain, no one else in the Red Flag Brigade could talk to him.

So after he came back this time, more and more people in the village came to Gu Zhiqiang, just to get close to him and see if they could work with Gu Laosan.

I don't want to make a lot of money, but at least I can improve the life of my family.

They were all from the same village, and for a moment, Gu Zhiqiang really didn't know how to refuse.

So when the old man brought it up, everyone realized that the third child now had an additional sweet worry.

The old Gu family members were all shy and didn't know what to do, so Gu Mingfeng thought about mentioning this matter to Qi Bin.

After all, everyone knows that the biggest credit for the Third Brother being able to accomplish this goes to this person.

Qi Bin was not a member of the Red Flag Brigade after all. He considered the issue more rationally and comprehensively. He told Gu Zhiqiang:

"Uncle San, the team you are going up the mountain with has already been confirmed. You must ruthlessly reject all those who come to you now."

"what?"

"Don't be so sure. If we want to reach a bigger cooperation with the provincial hospital in the future, we will definitely need to add more people. The market is so small at the moment. If you rashly add more people, the profit that each person can share will be reduced, and you may even be complained about it."

Now there are a lot of people in the village who want to get a piece of the pie. Even people from the neighboring brigade came over to find out more after hearing about it.

Even if Gu Zhiqiang wanted to add more people at this time, he could only add a few more people. What about the others who were rejected?
In the face of huge interests, all human relationships and friendships are fake, and those people will definitely find ways to make trouble.

Who knows, it might even bring trouble upon yourself, and ruin your already started career for no reason.

Gu Wan actually has a similar idea to Qi Bin. As a decision maker, if he is easily controlled by personal relationships and cannot learn to say no, it will be difficult for him to accomplish great things.

Gu Zhiqiang had another idea. He had discussed it with the captain before, but after hearing Qi Bin's words, he simply brought it up again for discussion with his family.

Because they have more people now, and each of them is a strong laborer and brings tools with them when they go up the mountain, they can go deep into the back mountain.

It turned out that the medicinal resources on the mountain were richer than they had imagined, but most of them had previously acted alone and did not dare to travel too far.

Collecting herbs is a technical job, and the herbs need to be processed a little after they are brought back, which all requires manpower.

With the number of people they have now, it is not cost-effective to run to the provincial capital every few days to deliver not much medicinal materials, so they can actually increase the number of staff.

And only after following Qi Bin to the provincial capital and seeing the world there did Gu Zhiqiang realize more deeply the huge gap between urban and rural areas.

It's not just about material life, there are gaps in fact in all aspects, just like there are supply and marketing cooperatives near almost every street office in the city.

There are several department stores alone, and the houses are even built several stories high. Not only does every household have electricity and lights, but there are also many electrical appliances.

Not to mention televisions, even washing machines and refrigerators were the first time Gu Zhiqiang had heard of them.

At that moment, seeing the prosperity of the big city, a strong idea arose in Gu Zhiqiang's mind.

At his age, he still wants to make a career, not just provide a better life for his daughter.

Instead, I thought about taking my family and even the villagers out of the mountains to see the wonderful world outside.