Siheyuan's Journey Through the Ages

Chapter 30: Unparalleled Smooth Progression

Ma Qing looked at the chicken. It had a round pointed beak and long, soft hair, large round eyes, and long, fluffy feathers in three colors: white, black, and red. It was indeed a Bailin chicken, also known as a "Hualou chicken," a breed unique to the city of 1949.

"Uncle, your chicken is a little small, at most about 2 kilograms, which means it costs 10 yuan per kilogram, which is more than 10 times more expensive than in the butcher shop."

"The butcher shop wants a ticket but I don't want one. Give me the ticket and you can take it at 8 cents a pound."

"This is just a rooster. Aren't there any hens? If there are, I'll buy one."

"Kid, I need to keep the hens for laying eggs, so I won't sell them to you. If you think the hens are too expensive, look at these eggs, which are laid by my Bailin chickens. They are 4 cents each. Do you want them? You can take them back and hatch them yourself and raise chickens." The old man took the opportunity to sell his eggs.

Ma Qing asked Xiao Qi in his mind, "Seventh Brother, can you hatch eggs?"

"...If you can't speak, don't talk. I'm just hatching an egg. But this egg is indeed a fertilized egg of a Bailin chicken, and I can indeed hatch the egg scientifically. This job can be done by a robot. I don't know how to hatch eggs." Xiao Qi emphasized.

That was a coincidence! Under Xiaoqi's guidance, Ma Qing quickly picked out five eggs, two males and three females. God knows how Xiaoqi distinguished the male and female eggs, but he spent 2 yuan to buy five eggs.

This time, Ma Qing finally found the bug. He wandered around the pigeon market and whenever he saw someone selling eggs, he would go up to them and ask Xiao Qi to identify them. After an hour of hard work, Ma Qing bought more than 1 eggs and filled the bag he brought with him.

The list of these 20+ eggs is as follows:
5 Bailin chicken eggs, two males and three females.

Three North China Dwarf Chicken eggs, one male and two females.

3 Jingjiu black chicken eggs, one male and two females.

3 Xiangshan black-bone chicken eggs, one male and two females.

There are 2 eggs from Sijiucheng duck, one male and one female.

There are 2 eggs from the grass duck, one male and one female.

There are two eggs from the knob-headed goose, one male and one female.

Two unknown pigeon eggs, one male and one female.

There are two white-feathered quail eggs in Sijiucheng, one male and one female.

There were 24 eggs in total, which cost Ma Qing 14 yuan. In that era, the price of anything meat-related would skyrocket. It was indeed a painful era.

It’s a pity that I didn’t see anyone selling rabbits. There were some dead rabbits, but not a single live rabbit.

There were dogs for sale, and Ma Qing originally planned to buy two to put in his space as companions, but considering that he really couldn't afford to raise them now, he had to give up.

Ma Qing carefully held his bag and walked back home slowly. On the way, he naturally met many neighbors in the courtyard. The title of "a greedy egg-showing maniac and a prodigal son" probably fell on his head, but Ma Qing didn't care at all. Since he had the system space, Ma Qing's mentality has become more and more free, and he is no longer as cautious as when he first came here. An old lady in the east wing of the middle courtyard said to Yi Zhonghai.

"Isn't Ma Qing too wasteful? He bought so many eggs. The neighbors saw it. How bad! Do you want to remind him?"

"No need. First, we can't eat all his family's wealth with just food. Second, he is still young and growing up. Who can say anything? Besides, they are just a few eggs, not some delicacies. If I say something, I will offend him for no reason. I won't do it."

Such conversations may be constantly played out in every room of the Siheyuan, but Ma Qing no longer cares. With the system in hand, the world is his. Ma Qing is now waiting for an opportunity. His heart is no longer in the Siheyuan. His buddies have the artifacts in their hands, so why bother playing in the Novice Village? Isn’t the world outside colorful?

Ma Qing entered the space, handed the egg to the robot, and couldn't wait to come to the cooled bubble palace.

The pure white surface of the Bubble Palace exudes the soft light of ceramics, and the palace is full of postmodern artistic atmosphere, a sense of advanced technology and a warm feeling full of humanistic atmosphere intertwined.

Ma Qing was lying in a newly-fired large white bathtub, watching the warm water slowly flowing out of the golden faucet in front of the bathtub. That's right, Ma Qing had re-melted and purified all of his gold and made it into various daily necessities.

The golden faucet is just one of them. All the silver coins except the rare ones have been remelted and purified. Now the tableware in Ma Qing Restaurant is all pure silver, which is a bold and dignified one.

New home, new look. Ma Qing originally wanted to celebrate with great fanfare, but he was short of money, so he had to ask the housekeeper. Oh, Ma Qing promoted one of the universal robots to be his full-time housekeeper, who was specifically responsible for taking care of Ma Qing's daily needs, cleaning, cooking and washing dishes. After all, he was an universal robot.

Ma Qing asked the housekeeper to boil two Bailin chicken eggs. He bought a lot of eggs, so he reluctantly boiled two to celebrate the move into his new home. Ma Qing used a silver knife to cut the boiled eggs on the silver plate, and cut the eggs into thin slices about 5 mm thick. Holding the gold seasoning bottle in his right hand, he gently sprinkled salt (only salt, no other seasonings) on the eggs, then used the fork in his left hand to gently pick up the egg slices and put them into his mouth very elegantly. Ma Qing gently closed his eyes, feeling the long-lost light of modern life shining on him.

Xiao Qi's words rang in Ma Qing's mind at an inopportune time: "According to your conception of your Bubble Palace, such as lighting, home appliances, computers, entertainment facilities, etc., since there is space reserved for these things, you just need to wait for the material manufacturing machine to manufacture them. However, these things are relatively more complex in structure and require more precision. They consume a lot of energy and time. You can slowly install them in place in the next period of time. In addition, you need to collect some rubber, cotton and other materials to meet your soft furnishing requirements."

"No problem, don't worry, little comrade, take your time, there will be bread and milk." After swallowing the last bite of egg, Ma Qing answered like an old leader.

"...".

In the following time, Ma Qing studied academic subjects to ensure that he would pass the technical secondary school entrance examination, and at the same time, he did not forget to collect supplies everywhere, until he faced the second high school entrance examination in his life on July 7.

The poor students who did not perform well in the five subjects of Chinese, mathematics, politics, physics and chemistry wailed. Of course, for Ma Qing, who was re-learning as a human being, it was easy to pass the exams. The most important thing was that in order not to attract attention, Ma Qing also used the method of controlling the scores. It was enough to get the admission score 30 points higher than that of previous years so that he could get into the Sijiucheng Agricultural Machinery School. He didn't want to make himself into a genius and then be unable to get out.

In fact, Ma Qing wanted to apply to a school in Guangdong (everyone knows this), but the enrollment scope at this time was not as free as in the previous life. Ma Qing finally decided to go to a mechanical manufacturing school in Sijiu City, which not only echoed his previous statement in front of others, but also laid a foundation for future plans. Everything is for the character setting, Ma Qing shouted in his heart.

At the end of July, when Ma Qing received the admission letter, he also received a letter from his aunt who lived far away in the Northeast. In fact, Ma Qing had already contacted these relatives and informed his aunt in the Northeast and his second uncle's family in the South of his family's recent situation. Of course, he also rejected the invitation of the two families to live together, but after the high school entrance examination, Ma Qing naturally put visiting his aunt's house on the agenda. The rich Northeast Plain was still waiting for Ma Qing to reap the benefits.

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