Siheyuan's Journey Through the Ages

Chapter 122 Ordinary Days

On an early summer night in 1964, Ma Qing sat at the door of a supermarket, and Huang Hongtu sat next to him, with a bottle of beer in front of each of them.

The two looked at the wonton stall across the street, and saw a man in a suit and a woman in a beautiful cheongsam sitting at a small table, eating wontons in silence.

"Boss, what's wrong with Mr. Liang and Mrs. Zhang? They always meet silently, and always walk away silently, but they always have to meet each other again."

"Boss, do you think they know about what happened between Mrs. Liang and Mr. Zhang..." Huang Hongtu was gossiping in a low voice.

"Shh," Ma Qing interrupted Huang Hongtu's chattering. He had never realized that this kid was a gossipy man. After using Xiao Qi's scanning and computing capabilities to observe him for half a year and finding that he was indeed clean and hardworking, he began to trust this person more and more.

Since agreeing to let him stay in the store at night, Huang Hongtu's true nature has gradually been exposed.

"Stop talking, they've finished eating, and Mrs. Zhang is coming." Ma Qing looked at the woman in a cheongsam and high heels, swaying gracefully as she walked into the building. The plain cheongsam showed off her charming figure in a gentle, graceful and decent manner.

Ma Qing had to admit that Mrs. Zhang was indeed the most beautiful woman in the world, but this made Ma Qing admire Mr. Liang even more. What kind of man could endure this? Could it be that his wife who cheated on him was too skilled?

"Mrs. Zhang, you're on the night shift. Thank you for your hard work." Ma Qing took the initiative to speak.

"Mr. Landlord, you have worked hard too." Mrs. Zhang replied softly, but there was no substance in her words. After that, Mrs. Zhang went upstairs from the stairs next to the shop.

"Mr. Liang is back too?" Ma Qing asked the man following behind. The man smiled slightly, nodded, and followed the leaving beauty with his deep eyes.

"If you don't grasp some things, you will have no place to regret in the future." Ma Qing said to the air.

The man paused, glanced at Ma Qing, and went upstairs.

"Boss, what are you talking about? I don't understand."

"I don't understand either. Why can there be a man who can be so tolerant? If he doesn't touch flowers in his prime, he's crazy." Ma Qing said.

"It turns out that the boss is thinking about women."

"Nonsense, why would I think about women? Women will only affect the speed at which I make money." Ma Qing said righteously.

"But last time you got drunk in the nightclub with Lawyer Liang, and I was the one who picked you up." Huang Hongtu muttered.

"I went there just to discuss business. You don't know the pain of drinking." Ma Qing defended himself and quickly changed the subject: "But you, Old Huang, should be 29 now. How are you? You are considered stable now, right? When you find a wife, I will give you a big red envelope."

Huang Hongtu replied happily, "It's almost there, I've saved some money in the past few years, and I'm asking my fellow villagers to help me find it. But how come there's no news about your third aunt who is always pestering you?" Speaking of this third aunt, she is the biggest gossipmonger in Xintiandi Street. Her main job is a housewife, and her side job is a matchmaker. However, her side job is very big. Ever since Ma Qing bought No. 22 Xintiandi Street and opened this supermarket, he has become a favorite in the eyes of this gossipmonger. She has always wanted to introduce her relatives' children to herself, which really troubles Ma Qing.

What bothered Ma Qing was not the matchmaking of her Third Aunt, nor her constant desire to introduce her relatives' children to herself. What bothered Ma Qing was that the quality of her relatives' children was so poor.

In order to completely eliminate the harassment from the Third Aunt, Ma Qing thought of a solution that was not a solution, which reminded Ma Qing of the conversation he had with the Third Aunt a few days ago.

"Boss Ma, what do you think of my second niece? Look at how big her butt is. She can definitely give birth to a son." The third aunt handed the photo in her hand to Ma Qing.

Ma Qing looked at the girl in the photo who weighed at least 160 pounds and had a round nose. He felt nothing in his heart and returned the photo to his third aunt. "Third aunt, I won't say anything else. I don't think you know me, Ma Qing, well."

"How can I not know? You are the owner of Building 22 and you also own this supermarket. You are young, rich, handsome and elegant." The third aunt interrupted Ma Qing, showing the demeanor of an excellent matchmaker.

"This is all superficial. I am a man who has not gotten rid of vulgar tastes." Ma Qing said bluntly. Seeing that Third Aunt looked completely confused, Ma Qing secretly cursed himself. It seemed that people of this era could not understand what he said.

"Let me be frank. I only have three requirements for women: pretty, pretty, or fucking pretty." Ma Qing felt something was wrong after saying that. "No, I'll add three more: good figure, good figure, or fucking good figure."

Seeing that Third Aunt didn't care, Ma Qing used his ultimate move: "Of course, everyone wants a beautiful woman, so there is no shortage of them. If Third Aunt can introduce one to me, I will give you a thank you gift of 1000 yuan."

The third aunt was stunned. "How much did you say, 1000 yuan?" The third aunt excitedly raised a finger to confirm.

"Don't get excited. It's not easy to get 1000 yuan. Let me make it clear that I'm not marrying a wife, but a concubine. I have no plans to marry a wife for the time being. You can also find a mistress. A beautiful woman with a clean family background and a clean personality, with a good figure, to be my concubine. I'll give you 1000 yuan as a gift. If you can't meet this condition, don't look at me. I'm a man who can make hundreds of yuan every minute." Ma Qing didn't think that San Gu was finding such a woman was just an excuse. He really didn't want to waste time with this bitch.

Ma Qing felt a look of contempt flash across Third Aunt's face, which was then replaced by an expression of greed mixed with joy. Ma Qing didn't care what others thought, he just did whatever made him feel comfortable.

Ma Qing thought that it would be impossible for the Third Aunt to have access to such resources. If a top-notch woman was willing to be a concubine, it would never be her turn now. The important thing to do was to get rid of this annoying gossip.

"Boss, boss, what are you thinking about? Sir is calling you." Huang Hongtu interrupted Ma Qing's thoughts and pointed at a uniformed policeman standing in front of the store.

Ma Qing came back to reality with a start. Looking at the uniformed policeman in front of him, he sighed in his heart and said with a smile on his face, "Sir Li, I'm on patrol. Sorry, I was lost in thought just now."

Policeman Li took off his hat, put it in his hand, and said with a smile: "Boss Xiao Ma, you may be missing a girl. Don't think about it. When I get off work, I will take you to the Green Window where I am familiar with to have some sex."

Facing this policeman who came to collect protection money, Ma Qing felt nothing but disgust, because he was not facing an evil policeman, but the entire Hong Kong police force of 10,000 people, the Royal Hong Kong Police Force formed to protect Hong Kong's three million people.

(End of this chapter)