Summary of the previous chapter: The Minister of Industry came to Ma Xiaoquan to ask for someone, and Ma Xiaoquan gave him a large sum of money...
Tomorrow will be February 2nd, Year 2.
Men in ancient times had to tie their hair when they reached adulthood, but Ma Xiaoquan kept his hair short.
In fact, Ma Xiaoquan's short hair is not too short. According to today's standards, it can be styled. However, considering the length of men's hair in the Ming Dynasty, the length of Ma Xiaoquan's hair is relatively too short.
There is a saying on February 2nd that the dragon raises its head. Ma Xiaoquan has not studied the specific meaning of it. Mrs. Ma told it several times, but he didn't pay attention to it, but... on February 2nd, the dragon raises its head.
When you raise your head, it means you have to take care of your hair.
There were also barbershops in the Ming Dynasty. Men and women in the Ming Dynasty took good care of their hair. As the saying goes, the body, hair and skin are inherited from their parents. On the one hand, caring for hair is equivalent to filial piety, and on the other hand, it is for beauty.
All men in the Ming Dynasty had to take care of their hair on February 2nd. If the conditions were good, their wives or concubines would help them take care of their hair at home. If the conditions were average or worse, they would go to a specialized barber shop.
Taking care of your hair is very cheap, only a small amount of money.
Early in the morning, Ma Xiaoquan and other men were called up by Mrs. Ma.
Currently, there are more women than men in the family, so Mrs. Ma asked the women to help the men in the family take care of their hair.
The three girls, Li Qinghan, Dongfang Qingxue, and Bei Mingxue, were fighting over the right to take care of Ma Xiaoquan's hair.
Li Qinghan thought it should be her because she was most familiar with Ma Xiaoquan, while Bei Mingxue and Dongfang Qingxue raised objections, believing that Li Qinghan should not be special and should draw lots fairly.
Ma Xiaoquan stood in front of the girls, feeling very embarrassed. His hair was not long. He could clean it after washing it and brushing it a few times. Why should he let them help with such a simple task?
"Three beauties, please listen to what I have to say..." Ma Xiaoquan said to smooth things over.
The three girls looked at Ma Xiaoquan and motioned for you to say.
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "I have short hair, so I can do it myself. You can do it for me. If you don't do it for a long time, I have something to do later, so I can't waste time."
Li Qinghan said: "How can that be done? Today is the second day of February. Ma Xiaoquan, you are not only sloppy, but you also want your head to be sloppy too."
Ma Xiaoquan: "..."
Dongfang Qingxue said: "Yes, Ma Xiaoquan, February 2 is very important for a man. If you don't take care of your hair properly, your hair will not grow well."
Ma Xiaoquan: "..."
Bei Mingxue said: "Ma Xiaoquan, Sister Qinghan and Sister Qingxue are all right. I heard from my mother that if a man doesn't take care of his hair on February 2nd, he will be in bad luck when he goes out, so you just listen to us.
, how about the three of us help you do your hair together?"
Seeing something was wrong, Ma Xiaoquan hurriedly hid behind him, shouting as he hid, "I have nothing to do with my short hair. There are other men at home, so just watch and do it..."
..." After saying that, Ma Xiaoquan dodged and ran out of the Ma family compound.
Complaints from Li Qinghan and the others came from the courtyard. Ma Xiaoquan heard it and laughed: "Who said you have to take care of your hair when you raise your head on the second day of February? Who said you will be unlucky if you don't take care of your hair? Well, how can it be so?"
Xuanhu, I don’t believe it anymore. If I’m really unlucky, I’ll be hit by a car, hit by a tile, step on a roasted sweet potato and be thrown around..."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and walked down the steps. At this moment, a carriage roared towards him. On the carriage, the driver shouted: "Get out of the way. The horse is frightened and can't hold it anymore. Get out of the way..."
....”
Ma Xiaoquan was startled and hurriedly hid aside. At the moment when Ma Xiaoquan had just dodged, the carriage passed by him. If Ma Xiaoquan had been slower, he might have been hit.
"Holy shit, it's really thrilling. It's so early in the morning..." Ma Xiaoquan patted his chest and walked under the eaves of a roof.
At this moment, the eaves suddenly rattled twice, and a tile on the eaves became loose and fell straight down.
Ma Xiaoquan reacted quickly enough. When he heard the sound of loose tiles, he had already made a judgment. After a "crash", a huge tile hit Ma Xiaoquan's feet.
Ma Xiao was covered in cold sweat. This tile was quite large. If he had reacted slower, he would have hit his head and suffered a bloody head injury on the spot.
At this time, a child walked over. The child was holding a roasted sweet potato in his hand. The roasted sweet potato was relatively large, and the child ate for a long time before taking a small bite.
"Huh..." The child kept blowing on the roasted sweet potato, but he lost his grip and the roasted sweet potato slipped out of his hand.
Ma Xiaoquan thought proudly and shook his head, thinking that his reflexes were damn fast. He raised his eyebrows and took a step forward, just in time to step on the roasted sweet potato.
Ma Xiaoquan felt his feet were weak, but he didn't think much about it. As soon as he exerted force, he felt a scratch under his feet, and then there was a "pop" and he fell backwards.
"Uh" Ma Xiaoquan lay on the ground depressed, looked up to the sky and shouted: "Damn, it's not so unlucky, I just said it casually..."
...
The door of Ma's house opened with a creak. Li Qinghan and his three daughters looked towards the door, only to see Ma Xiaoquan walking in alone, with his head hanging down, like a defeated rooster.
Li Qinghan stepped forward and asked: "What's wrong with you? Why are you back again?"
Ma Xiaoquan pointed to his pants and said: "Hey, I'm so unlucky. I was either frightened by a carriage or hit by a tile when I went out. I managed to escape, and even stepped on a sweet potato and fell. Qinghan, my head is so cold.
I'd better trouble you to help me take care of it."
Li Qinghan covered his mouth and chuckled. He looked sideways at Ma Xiaoquan's pants and saw a large sweet potato print on his pants, which was dark yellow and very disgusting.
"Okay, go ahead and change your pants. Look, you don't listen to us..."
Ma Xiaoquan sighed and murmured in his heart: I can't think of such bad luck, it's really...
...
After taking care of his hair, Ma Xiaoquan stood up and stretched heavily. At this moment, the Lu family suddenly sent someone to find Ma Xiaoquan, saying that they had something important to discuss.
Li Qinghan said: "Ma Xiaoquan, the Lu family is looking for you probably because of the training ground project, right?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "I have knocked down such a large sum of money from the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the Lu family and the Minister of the Ministry of Industry are allies. Of course, this tone is hard for them to swallow... Qinghan, you and Bei Mingxue stay here
, I’ll take Qingxue there.”
Bei Mingxue pouted and said, "No, you don't take me with you every time. I want to go this time."
Li Qinghan smiled and said: "Ma Xiaoquan, just take them both!"
Ma Xiaoquan sighed and nodded: "Okay then"
"Oh, that's great," Bei Mingxue jumped up happily.