Siheyuan's Journey Through the Ages

Chapter 27 Where to settle down

Ma Qing was still having a sweet dream when his head teacher called him to the principal's office.

"Student Ma Qing, please sit down quickly." The principal was so kind and friendly.

"Principal, please tell me what you have to say. I feel something is wrong with you."

"You little brat, your song was published in the newspaper and received a very good response. Look, the school has received a lot of letters from you these days, almost over a hundred, and I just want you to come and pick them up. These are letters from readers from all over the place, so you have to take them seriously."

Ma Qing was confused and anxious: "How can I take it seriously? Should I reply to all the letters? How much time will it take to reply to so many letters? I will graduate soon, and then there will be entrance examinations in July. As a student, these are the most important things to me. I can't reply to every letter."

"Why are you in such a hurry, kid? Who said you have to reply to all the letters? It's only been a few days and you've received so many letters. When your song spreads all over the country, you will receive so many letters. If you reply to all of them, you won't have to do anything. Just take a look, pick a few, and reply to a few. But you can't not reply to any of them. Do you understand? This is a matter of attitude."

"I see. If you can't reply to all the letters, it's a problem of ability. If you don't reply to any of them, it's a problem of attitude. Or maybe you are cunning. No, you are mature and steady."

The principal said angrily, "Don't be so funny. Besides, as an outstanding graduate, you have to give a speech at the graduation ceremony. You should prepare well and don't let me down. Also, many sister units want to invite you to give a speech, but you informed me first, so I helped you to turn it down for your academic studies. Do you know how much pressure I am under?"

"My dear principal, I just wrote a song, and you really treat me as if I were a god of literature. Writing is a natural thing, and it was created by a master's hand. Can someone else give the graduate speech?" Ma Qing now regrets writing this song very much. With the system, he just wants to hide away.

"You kid, do you know how to return a favor? I have helped you to avoid so many problems, and you have to do this even if you don't want to. This is a political task," the principal threatened.

Ma Qing had no choice but to agree. After school, he returned home with a bag full of letters. Unexpectedly, he got an unexpected reward. Among the letters Ma Qing received, the stamps on the envelopes were of various types.

There was actually a wrong stamp commemorating the 54th World Student Congress in it, which would have been worth millions in later generations. The mailing address of the letter was actually the Bamiancao Post and Telecommunications Bureau at No. 98 Wangfujing Street, which made perfect sense.

Wangfujing Bamiancao Post and Telecommunications Bureau was an excellent branch of the post office in the 50s. On October 1958, 10, the Bamiancao Post and Telecommunications Bureau installed new domestic equipment such as stamp vending machines, postcard vending machines, envelope and letter paper vending machines, newspaper vending machines and coin-operated public telephones, becoming the first automated experimental post office in the post office in the 1s.

The guy who sent the letter was most likely an employee of the Post Office, and he must be very knowledgeable and well-connected in stamp collecting. Ma Qing thought that he could maintain this relationship, as making friends provides many ways to go, so he had to reply.

That night, Ma Qing picked out two letters from more than a hundred letters. One was from a student of the Agricultural Mechanization College of Sijiucheng, and the other was an accountant of the Haidian Commune of Sijiucheng. With a mercenary mentality, Ma Qing wrote back to these three passionate young people in order to maintain the relationship first, which would be useful in the future.

Fame is like a whirlwind. Under Ma Qing's behavioral guidance of never expanding his influence, Ma Qing's celebrity effect was limited to a very small range and gradually turned dull. At the end of June, Ma Qing also welcomed his second junior high school graduation in his life. After completing the old principal's instructions, he took his junior high school diploma and studied at home, waiting for the technical secondary school entrance examination in July.

Of course, for Ma Qing who was almost certain to pass the exam, how could he stay quietly at home? At this time, Ma Qing naturally strolled around the city and continued to work hard to build his dream town. So, Ma Qing went out at noon every day and traveled to Xiangshan, Shijingshan, Fangshan and other places.

Ma Qing basically visited wherever there were mountains. He would go into the mountains and, as long as there was no one around, he would release the robots to collect a large amount of supplies without destroying the basic terrain. Finally, he had collected basically all the basic materials for ceramics: clay, quartz, feldspar, porcelain clay, etc., and began to build the villa area of ​​his dream town.

Ma Qing plans to build a Barbapapa-style home in the space. Friends born in the 1980s should have seen this cartoon.

With the help of Xiao Qi, Ma Qing perfected the Bubble Palace. The entire Bubble Palace covers an area of ​​more than 2 mu, more than 1300 square meters, and is divided into more than 20 rooms of different sizes, all made of ceramic materials. The main structure of modern residential partitions including bathing partitions, kitchen partitions, study partitions, game partitions, bedroom partitions, etc. was arranged in place, and some spaces for household appliances that cannot be realized now were reserved, and then the universal robot began to build it.

Ma Qing stood in front of the busy construction site, watching the robots busy at work, and asked, "Brother Xiaoqi, when will our Bubble Palace be completed?"

"It will take three days. After the construction is completed, I will heat the Bubble Palace continuously at 1500 degrees for 28 hours. Add the cooling time, and you will get a pure white ceramic palace in three days. Then you will have a home in the Dreamland."

"It's good to have a home, but can I really have a home?"

Xiao Qi did not answer, Ma Qing turned around and left the space. People with empty hearts became addicted to collecting supplies. Dream Town still lacked a lot of things, especially various metals. After making four large fans and two pumps in the last spy secret library, there was not much left, so we had to continue.

After hanging out outside for an entire afternoon without any results, Ma Qing happened to pass by Zhengyangmen, so he simply went to the "Daqianmen Tavern" to relax.

For Ma Qing, who had experienced the information explosion, this era was really dull. Only a tavern like this could barely be considered a form of leisure. Ma Qing stepped into the tavern.

"Boss, give me a bottle of beer, a double serving, and a plate of peanuts, a plate of edamame, and a plate of braised vegetables." Ma Qing said to the pretty proprietress who was walking over while sitting at the shiny wooden table.

"Little brother is here again, but your parents are not here this time."

"Madam boss, you have a good memory. I've only been here once and you already remembered me. Last time, my elders brought me here. I feel like your tavern is special to me, so I came here alone this time."

"Last time your parents brought you here, they sold you some wine because you were so young, and I didn't think you could drink."

"Oh, Madam Boss, I'm just young and I'm already an adult. It's okay. Please go to the bar."

The proprietress said helplessly, "Okay, but we don't have Shuanghesheng. This wine is too popular. I heard that Shuanghesheng will be used for state banquets this year. My small shop doesn't have much stock. It's sold out as soon as it arrives. The stock won't last overnight."

"Then let's go with Sijiucheng. I think Shuanghesheng Five Star Beer has a high sugar content, which can quench your thirst and hunger."

"You say you're an adult, but isn't this obviously a child's taste?"

"Okay, Madam Boss, I drank last time I came here, a bottle of beer is fine."

The proprietress didn't know what to say anymore. She nodded and turned to prepare the food. "The beer needs to be cold. The colder the better." Ma Qing shouted at the proprietress's back.

(End of this chapter)