Siheyuan's Journey Through the Ages

Chapter 94 A Choice after Careful Consideration
It's another weekend, and Ma Qing has accepted this kind of life arrangement: from Monday to Saturday, he works, eats, and sleeps, and does things on the weekends.

On Saturday night, Ma Qing returned to the courtyard early. After entering his home, he went into the space without saying a word to relax. During the days in the machine repair factory, there were several people in the dormitory. Not only at night, but also when sleeping, the roommates chatted, farted, grinded their teeth, and talked in their sleep. The key point was that Ma Qing had no way to enter the space.

This made Ma Qing very uncomfortable. When Ma Qing was lying in the huge bathtub in the space, two dogs beside him were chasing the bubbles thrown by Ma Qing.

Ma Qing finally felt that he was living a decent life. He admired the people of this generation, but he couldn't bear to integrate into this kind of life.

Ma Qing stayed in the space very late, but someone came to the door the next morning and disturbed Ma Qing's sweet dream.

When he opened the door, he saw Yan Jiecheng standing at the door. How should I put it? The young man standing in front of him was about twenty years old, but he had an indescribable sense of vicissitudes. Ma Qing couldn't help but sigh that setbacks are really the best medicine for people to grow.

Ma Qing let Yan Jiecheng into the house and poured him a glass of boiled water. The two sat down opposite each other, speechless for a while.

Yan Jiecheng held the water cup in his hand without saying anything, but just turned the cup around in his palm. Seeing this, Ma Qing did not say anything either, thinking to himself, you are playing deep with your buddies, you are still a little naive, so I won't say anything and you will be suffocated to death.

After a long time, Yan Jiecheng saw that Ma Qing was really not understanding, and he felt a little embarrassed about his decision. After all, he was ready to agree, but the man in front of him knew his background, and he would be inferior to him when they met in the future. Forget it, it would be better not to meet this guy in the future.

"Why don't you speak?" In the end, Yan Jiecheng spoke first.

"You talk, I'm listening." Ma Qing said coldly.

Yan Jiecheng let out a sigh of relief and said, "I've thought about it. I'm going to do it." After saying these words, Yan Jiecheng seemed to have lost all his strength and his body became weak.

"You have to really think it over. It's not easy to go back on this. This is not just playing house." Ma Qing reminded again.

Yan Jiecheng said, "Ma Qing, you know my situation very well. My family conditions are like this. Not as good as the rich but better than the poor. I have many brothers and sisters, and my parents have limited abilities. I am not good at studying, and I am just an ordinary person at work. You are right. I can now imagine what my situation will be like in ten, twenty, or thirty years."

Yan Jiecheng became excited. "I feel that I am much better than ordinary men after finding a wife like Yu Li. At least my wife is beautiful. This is not bad for my life. I had already accepted my fate. But now that this has happened, I realize that I am just an ordinary person. But I am not willing to accept it. I am not willing to accept it."

Ma Qing said nothing. In his previous life, he was probably similar to Yan Jiecheng, not as good as the best but better than the worst. He could see the end of his life so early. It was really meaningless.

Yan Jiecheng continued, "When you told me about this opportunity the other day, I was a little scared. This is completely different from my previous life. I hate you a little. You gave me hope, but the price was so high."

"However, this week, I also figured it out. Opportunities are something you have to fight for yourself. Why should others help you or give you opportunities? I did it. No matter what happens in the future, I did it." Yan Jiecheng shouted excitedly, as if he was cheering himself up.

"Don't be so excited, brother. You've attracted the neighbors here. They'll think I did something to you." Ma Qing soothed him. "Then go back and wait for the news. Someone will come to look for you next week."

Before sending Yan Jiecheng away, Ma Qing specifically reminded him: "Yan Jiecheng, remember, this is your own choice. No matter what happens in the future, it has nothing to do with me. If the result is good, I don't need your gratitude. If the result is bad, I am not afraid that you will hate me." Ma Qing distanced himself from the matter, "I just introduced you. I will not be involved in future matters. I don't know the conditions or how to do it. Don't ask for my opinion in the future. You can handle everything by yourself. Do you understand?"

Yan Jiecheng nodded, turned around, and strode away, with a kind of tragic and heroic feeling as if the wind was whistling and the Yi River was cold, and the hero would never return once he left.

Ma Qing curled his lips, thinking that such people wanted to take shortcuts and had to deceive themselves. People were funny.

I have to complete the final deal with Li Huaide this weekend. As usual, I went to the small canteen of the steel rolling mill in the afternoon, found He Yuzhu, and threw all the prepared ingredients to him.

"Wow, the food this time is not worse than last time, Ma Qing, is it necessary for you to spend so much money just to sell a work station? And you even treated Li Huaide to dinner twice, this is a losing deal." Sha Zhu took a look at the ingredients and said something unnecessarily.

"The same old rules, Brother Zhuzi, you can keep whatever you like. As long as it looks good on the surface, it's fine. As for whether it's worthwhile to treat Li Huaide to dinner twice, that depends on the individual." Ma Qing did not tell Sha Zhu that in addition to selling workstations, he also helped Liang Huandi transfer jobs, which made him seem a bit stupid to outsiders.

In order to change the subject, Ma Qing asked, "Brother Zhuzi, why are you always working on weekends? Isn't that bullying?"

"Hehe, you don't understand this. There are fewer people eating in the cafeteria on weekends, so the work is easy. Besides, these leaders have special meals mostly on weekends, and they need me, so I basically take shifts on weekends, which is pretty good." Sha Zhu didn't mind this. Instead, he thought he was getting the best deal.

“……”Okay, that makes sense.

In the evening, as usual, Li Huaide was late again. Ma Qing suspected that these leaders were late on purpose, so that they could appear important by arriving last. They first gave a small warning to those who got in through the back door, so that they would naturally be in an advantageous position in the subsequent conversation.

However, this time Li Huaide also brought a stranger. After introduction, he found out that this person was the one who bought Ma Qing's work station. Li Huaide gestured, and the man took out an envelope and handed it to Ma Qing. Ma Qing took it, touched it, and it should be 1200 yuan for the work station.

Li Huaide said to Ma Qing, "Ma Qing, this is Director Zhang. His family bought your workstation. Tomorrow you and he will come to the factory to handle the formalities. Everything will be settled. You just need to sign a few signatures when the time comes."

Ma Qing casually threw the envelope aside and waited for Li Huaide's next words.

Li Huaide saw this and said hurriedly, "As for your transfer of people to the steel mill, it's a little troublesome, but don't worry, the Zhang family has also contributed to this matter. The transfer order will definitely reach the steel mill by next week at the latest. Don't you still believe me, brother?"

"Brother Li, what are you talking about? How can I not believe you?" Ma Qing said as he put the envelope into his pocket.

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