Siheyuan's Journey Through the Ages

Chapter 33: Treasures of the Northern Spring City

In fact, for Ma Qing, this price was nothing, but in order not to attract unnecessary attention, Ma Qing had to pretend to be unhappy and said, "There are cheaper ones, as long as they are single rooms."

"A normal single room is 3.5 yuan, a room with a bathroom is 4.1 yuan, a slightly better room is 5.2 yuan, and then the best room is yuan. Which one do you plan to stay in?"

"The price is 5.2 yuan a day. I'll stay for three days. Could you please register me?" Ma Qing said as he started to take money out of his pocket.

The young lady probably didn't expect Ma Qing to live in such an expensive room, but when she saw Ma Qing starting to pay, she looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

In the end, the young lady didn't say much. She just asked Ma Qing in detail about his background and registered him according to the information on the letter of introduction.

Under the guidance of the waiter, Ma Qing entered his room. Yuelai Hotel is indeed the most representative high-end hotel in Changchun, and the room facilities are first-class at this time. The Soviet-style room is not only equipped with high-quality beds, sofas, desks, large wardrobes and other furniture, but also equipped with modern sanitary facilities such as hot water showers and flush toilets.

Ma Qing was lying on the bed in the room, feeling a little regretful. Was he too high-profile? He clearly had his own space and only needed a single room, but he asked for the best single room, spending extra money and causing himself trouble. He was still unable to wrap his mind around the idea.

After sitting on the train all night, Ma Qing felt tired and sleepy. He quickly returned to the space, ate two sweet potatoes, and fell asleep on the bed in the hotel.

It was afternoon and Ma Qing was awakened by a knock on the door. Ma Qing opened the door unhappily. Two people in white caps and wearing Type 58 police uniforms stood in front of the door. The two police officers stated their purpose. In fact, they came to inquire about the specific situation because Ma Qing was so young and lived in such a high-end room. Ma Qing finally realized the power of the people's war in this era.

Ma Qing had no choice but to explain in detail to the two policemen the reason and purpose of his trip, and also expressed his family's financial situation in detail, saying that he was fully able to afford the accommodation expenses.

After seeing off the two responsible policemen, Ma Qing couldn't sleep anymore. He decided to go for a stroll around the Northern Spring City of this era. The most important thing was to find someone to exchange some local food coupons for him. With a sense of evil, Ma Qing once again found the young lady who helped him register.

"Miss, you are so unkind. You actually reported me."

The young lady seemed a little embarrassed, but she said stubbornly: "This is my job. Any abnormal situation must be reported."

"The police have been here, so that proves that I'm a good person."

"No one thinks you're a bad person, they just worry that you're a little brat who ran away without telling the adults." The little sister said, "My last name is Ye, you can either call me Comrade Ye or Sister Ye, don't call me Sister, it doesn't sound nice."

"Well, Sister Ye, since you let me see the police, you have to do me a favor." Ma Qing said shamelessly.

"Why are you like this, kid? What's the matter? Tell me."

Ma Qing immediately stated his purpose, saying that he did not have national food coupons, let alone Changchun food coupons, and that eating had become a problem these days. He was willing to buy two kilograms of Changchun food coupons at the market price. Of course, it would be even better if he had meat coupons. Perhaps Sister Ye knew about Ma Qing's situation from the police, so she did not hesitate to exchange two kilograms of food coupons and three taels of meat coupons for Ma Qing, and took 3 yuan from Ma Qing. She was not cute at all.

In the next two days, Ma Qing completely let himself go and checked in at the Geological Palace, the Provincial Library, Changchun Gymnasium, Nanhu Hotel, the Workers' Cultural Palace, the Imperial Palace of the Puppet Manchukuo (which was still the Jilin Provincial Museum at that time), etc.

Changchun Hotel, went there;
Go back to Baozhen's dumplings and eat them;
I tried Lao Hantou’s tofu skewers and bought Dingfengzhen’s cakes.
I tried the snow-covered bean paste from Chunfahe Restaurant;
Changchun fresh beer, drink it.

In one word, awesome. Of course Ma Qing exchanged a lot of tickets and spent almost 60 yuan to buy various tickets. Of course, it was all worth it, mainly because Ma Qing was not short of money.

In addition, Ma Qing also bought some specialty crops from Changchun, including Songhua River rice, Hongshilao millet, peanuts, soybeans, corn from the Northeast Plain, etc., all of which were added to the Dreamland seed bank, making an outstanding contribution to enriching Ma Qing's small dining table.

Finally, Ma Qing certainly did not forget the most important mission in Changchun - to discover undiscovered underground treasures. Unfortunately, in the past two days, after wandering around most of the northern city of Changchun, Ma Qing found nothing.

Until the last day, when Ma Qing came to the south of the city, Liutiao Hutong, Lixin Street, and Baicao Road, the gathering place of the puppet Manchukuo ministers and wealthy people, Ma Qing was really enlightened. Almost every family had a dark room, but unfortunately most of them were empty. However, there was still some left, which was enough for Ma Qing to eat his fill.

Ma Qing and Xiao Qi discussed it and made an excavation plan.

Ma Qing first found a dead end, and when no one was around, he summoned a space gate.

Two universal robots jumped out, and with the antique bricks prepared in advance in the space, they quickly built a wall in the dead end, separating an open space more than 1 meter wide. From outside the alley, nothing could be seen, but the robots inside were digging holes quickly and silently, doing earthwork excavation.

In just over an hour, Ma Qing harvested more than 1 kilograms of gold, more than 200 yuan, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and more than 7 pieces of jewelry. Sorry, the descendants of these owners will only have to eat dust when they come back.

After the search, Ma Qing restored everything to its original state and swaggered out of the dead end.

"No more digging. I won't dig anymore. It's boring and not challenging at all." Ma Qing walked back to the hotel with the mentality of a saint, but was stopped at the door of the hotel.

"Young man, would you like to buy some antiques? I have some interesting things here." A middle-aged man with a downcast look came over stealthily, his demeanor exactly like the man selling color CDs at New Century.

Ma Qing, who had just received a large amount of income, was in a good mood. "Brother, are you so direct? Am I someone who can afford antiques?"

"Haha, the conditions for staying at Yuelai Hotel are pretty good. Generally, only wealthy and sophisticated people would spend money on accommodation. I've been eating at the door of Yuelai Hotel. How about it? Are you interested?"

"I'm not interested in antiques and cultural relics, but I do plan to buy some beautiful bowls, cups and so on. I'm quite particular about this. If you have any, come to 305 to find me." Ma Qing planned to leave tomorrow. To be honest, he had no demand for antiques and cultural relics, but they were still okay to kill time.

The middle-aged man was stunned at first, then suddenly understood, "Okay, okay, I'll come to you in a while." The middle-aged man saw that Ma Qing was young and lived in Yuelai Hotel, so he wanted to make some money, but he didn't expect to meet an expert.

Ma Qing was in the room and soon heard a knock on the door. Ma Qing was relieved immediately. This antique broker must be in collusion with people inside the hotel. It has become a fucking industrial chain. But it also means that this matter should be safe. Ma Qing opened the door and let the person in.

(End of this chapter)