Xia Guifang was decisive in her actions and quick in her thoughts. Moreover, she wasn't afraid of offending people, possessed a certain level of management ability, and there was another reason: Xia Guifang was Wang Xiaoqiang's girlfriend. If Wang Xiaoqiang didn't promote her, who would he promote?!

When Wang Xiaoqiang announced Xia Guifang as the vice director, everyone's eyes were fixed on her. Xia Guifang immediately felt a bit uncomfortable and, shaking her head and waving her hands, said, "Director Wang, this won't do, I can't handle being the vice director..."

Having the title of vice director was okay, but if Xia Guifang were to be fully responsible for all the operations of the factory, she couldn't help but feel a bit uneasy, feeling a lack of confidence.

"Be more confident. Actually, there isn't much to deal with in the chicken farm, just the usual purchasing, selling, and checking of accounts..." Wang Xiaoqiang said to Xia Guifang in a relaxed tone and then swept his gaze over the crowd, asking, "Does anyone have any objections to promoting Xia Guifang as vice director?"

"Little Fang is both young and capable, we all respect her," Li Jinye spoke on behalf of herself and her husband, indicating their approval.

"No objections," Li Xianghong also said. Although she didn't like Xia Guifang very much, she still had a lot of respect for her abilities.

Wang Qizhi and his wife were new and had no say, and Xia Guifang's mother, of course, would support her daughter becoming vice director. It was just inconvenient for her to express her opinion at the moment.

Seeing that no one had any objections, Wang Xiaoqiang said, "Since no one has any objections, then it's settled!"

Seeing that Wang Xiaoqiang had made up his mind, Xia Guifang didn't make any more futile refusals.

Then, Wang Xiaoqiang readjusted the assignments at the chicken farm a bit. The work in Xia Guifang's cold storage room was handed over to Li Xianghong, and Li Xianghong's chicks' growth room responsibilities were taken on by Wang Qizhi and his wife, while the work of Zhao Dabao and his wife remained the same.

No one raised any objections to this arrangement.

The planning for a year lies in the spring, and during these three months of spring, Wang Xiaoqiang still intensified efforts to hatch chicks.

To expand the scale of the chicken farm, it was essential to increase the number of wild mountain chickens, which was the most fundamental issue.

At the same time as intensifying hatching efforts, Wang Xiaoqiang found the village's construction team and asked them to build two chicken houses on the mountain that could accommodate 20,000 chickens each. And he promptly paid half of the construction fee to the team.

Because Wang Xiaoqiang was prompt in paying, the village construction team quickly started work on the mountain.

At the beginning of the second lunar month, the Big Spotted Dog gave birth to puppies in the Old Village Committee Courtyard. To Wang Xiaoqiang's delight, the Big Spotted Dog gave birth to four puppies. Two of the puppies took after the Old Yellow Dog with yellow fur all over, like yellow satin, looking adorably simple.

The other two took after the Big Spotted Dog, with black and white fur intermixed, very beautiful, somewhat resembling Scottish sheepdogs.

Only Wang Xiaoqiang knew that these dogs were even more precious than Scottish sheepdogs.

When the four puppy whelps were born, they were already larger than ordinary puppies, opened their eyes upon leaving the fetal membrane, and could walk as soon as they stood on their legs, very sturdy and showing no signs of weakness. It was just that the Big Spotted Dog, having just given birth, appeared slightly weak.

After Wang Xiaoqiang infused some Wood Element Spiritual Qi into her, she immediately became much more spirited, in fact.

Ever since Wang Xiaoqiang had infused the Big Spotted Dog with Spiritual Energy, she had become more intelligent. Not only did she lose her fear of Wang Xiaoqiang, but she also wagged her tail happily whenever she saw him, giving him adoring looks and treating him as her master.

She was utterly obedient to Wang Xiaoqiang's commands, never going against them, and would be of great use in the future, so Wang Xiaoqiang felt it necessary to infuse her with some Spiritual Energy.

After the chick hatching work was done, with Wang Xiaoqiang's help, Xia Guifang became completely familiar with and took over the operations of the chicken farm. Now, all the work of the chicken farm was Xia Guifang's responsibility, and Liu Juyi handled the affairs back at the Old Village Committee Courtyard, making Wang Xiaoqiang a true hands-off boss.

Usually, apart from observing the growth of the yam fields, Golden Sand Tree Chrysanthemum, Reeve's Shad, and four puppies, and regularly infusing them with some Spiritual Energy, he really had plenty of leisure time.

Since there were no more troubles with the wild mountain chickens and because Wang Xiaoqiang's Five Element Spiritual Energy constantly harmonized things, the growth rate of the yam field completely defied natural knowledge.

Normally, yams have a flowering period from June to September and a fruiting period from July to November, and as the best variety of yams, the flowering and fruiting periods are even longer, roughly between two to three years. However, Wang Xiaoqiang's yam field was already half-ripe.

The signs indicated that they would mature along with the wheat in the field, which means that they could be harvested at the beginning of June this calendar year.

What was usually a three-year maturation cycle for the Jade Bamboo Yam was shortened by two years, reaching maturity within one year, making it hard for Wang Xiaoqiang not to make a profit!

Time flew like an arrow, and in a blink, the May Day holiday arrived. Xu Qingxue called, asking Wang Xiaoqiang if he was free.

Wang Xiaoqiang spoke truthfully, "Recently, I really do have some free time."

"A bunch of my friends want to use the May Day holiday to come over to your place for a visit..." Xu Qingxue said weakly, fearing that Wang Xiaoqiang would not agree.

"That's fine, but if there are many people, there really won't be anywhere for you to stay..."

"It's okay, we will bring sleeping bags and tents..."

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"You all want to go hunting, right..." Wang Xiaoqiang guessed.

"Yes, hunting, we want to hire you as a guide..."

"Sure, there are quite a few game animals on the mountain here; we've got pheasants, hares, wolves, wild boars..."

"Ah, there are wolves and wild boars!?" Xu Qingxue hesitated.

"Exactly, tell your bunch of friends everything, and see if they're scared or not?"

"Okay!"

The next day, bright and early, Xu Qingxue called again, saying her classmates were all fine with it and they would be coming over today.

Wang Xiaoqiang hadn't expected they would really dare to come. While he admired the courage of these white-collar workers, he was also very anxious because what he had told Xu Qingxue the day before was the truth. Take Great Green Mountain, for instance, not only were the mountain paths precipitous, but they were also extremely dangerous.

Li Xianghong's husband, Wang Baoshan, who was an experienced hunter, had met his bloody demise in those valleys, let alone these delicate city folks.

But since they really wanted to come, Wang Xiaoqiang didn't feel it was right to stop them. After ending the call with Xu Qingxue, Wang Xiaoqiang went home to prepare. He changed his clothes, wearing the couple's outfits that he and Xu Qingxue bought. The clothing, a sports and casual style with stretchable fabric, made it more convenient to move around during activities.

He also put on a pair of Nike sports shoes, and brought the slingshot and about a dozen steel balls that he hadn't used for a long time, then he went up to Mantou Mountain to bring out Big Black.

Xu Qingxue's friends were not as frail as Wang Xiaoqiang had imagined; there were seven of them in total, four women and three men.

Among the four women, Xu Qingxue was a policewoman, physically strong with courage, intelligence, and hand-to-hand combat experience. The other two women, her colleagues, were not much different from Xu Qingxue in build; they were certainly not weaklings.

The only one, Xu Qingxue's classmate, was a true white-collar worker, an office lady, yet someone with a strong sense of competitiveness, or else she would not have dared to join them.

The other three men included a colleague of Xu Qingxue's who was also a policeman; the other two white-collar workers, though they were big and strong, frequented either the gym or the archery range after work.

They arrived in three cars – a Beijing Jeep, an Eastern Wind Warrior, and an H3 series Hummer. Regardless of where the three cars came from, they roared in, quite a spectacle on the road.

"Qingxue, that's a nice outfit, how come it looks like the couple's wear that was popular last year..." in the back seat of the Eastern Wind Warrior, Xu Qingxue's colleague Wu Haimei commented while feeling the fabric of Xu Qingxue's sportswear.

When questioned, Xu Qingxue became slightly uneasy because the sportswear she was wearing was indeed the couples' set that she had bought with Wang Xiaoqiang. She suppressed the emotions welling up in her heart and rebuffed Wu Haimei with a glare, "Cut it out, how is that possible? I bought this on Taobao."

The reality was that Xu Qingxue usually didn't want to wear that set of clothes. When she was selecting an outfit for today and saw it, a sudden impulse to wear it struck her, especially since she was about to see Wang Xiaoqiang after a long time.

She thought Wang Xiaoqiang probably wouldn't wear his set of the couple's outfit.

"Hey? Qingxue, how did you meet that country friend of yours?" one of Xu Qingxue's male classmates, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked with interest.

Xu Qingxue had anticipated such questions, so she replied without any hesitation, "He knew my father first, and it turns out that he once helped my father..."

"He, a guy from the countryside, could help your father how?" Xu Qingxue's male classmate named Xu Gang used to have a crush on Qingxue since middle school, but because of his competitive nature and seeing that Xu Qingxue wasn't warm to him, he never lowered his pride to confess his feelings to her.

"He just helped my father in a fight..." When Xu Qingxue mentioned Wang Xiaoqiang, there was a note of admiration in her voice.

"Er, then he must be pretty skilled, right?" Xu Gang asked, his tone laced with sourness.

"Sort of," Xu Qingxue said hesitantly. She hadn't personally witnessed how skilled Wang Xiaoqiang was but had heard from her father that Wang Xiaoqiang was the most formidable person he had ever met. None came close.

"Um, Qingxue, when we meet him later, I'd like to spar with him a bit, you don't mind, do you?"

"No problem, but it should be a friendly sparring session, you shouldn't hurt each other..." Xu Qingxue knew Xu Gang's character very well—he was someone who meant what he said, and his statement just now wasn't made in jest.

"Why? Qingxue, are you worried that I'll get hurt or that he will?" Xu Gang asked with a sly smile.

"It's not good if either gets hurt." Xu Qingxue answered ambiguously. In truth, she was worried about Wang Xiaoqiang getting hurt, and if he could give this presumptuous guy a lesson, it would be all the better.

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