Summary of the previous chapter: Zhang Tianhao, a rich man in the capital, suddenly brought his daughter to Ma’s house...
Listening to the conversation between grandma and Zhang Tianhao, Ma Xiaoquan learned some interesting facts about Zhang Tianhao's business.
It's just that...it's the Ming Dynasty now. Starting from Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, the wealthy people have been squeezed a lot.
"Uncle Zhang." Ma Xiaoquan couldn't help it and asked, "I feel very strange. Why, after listening to you for a long time, is it your business that makes money? But starting from the Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, I remember that you squeezed the rich.
ah?"
Zhang Tianhao laughed, shook his head and said: "Quan'er, I wonder if you have heard of this sentence?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled slightly: "If I guessed correctly, it should be something like money can communicate with gods, right?"
Zhang Tianhao nodded slightly: "Yes, the Emperor did squeeze us rich people very hard, but that was all in the past... Emperor Tianqi is now in power. As far as I know, Emperor Tianqi will arrive one day
I was obsessed with carpentry all night and had no time to care about government affairs."
Mrs. Ma interjected: "Your Majesty is still young, it would be nice to be older."
Zhang Tianhao sighed, secretly glanced at Liu Yijing sitting next to him, and said, "Well, I hope..."
...
The elders were chatting, but the younger ones naturally felt bored. Liu Xiangxiang pulled Ma Xiaoquan out of the main hall, clamoring to play with Ma Xiaoquan.
Li Qinghan also walked out without showing any signs of weakness, glaring at Ma Xiaoquan with his beautiful eyes, meaning that you can take care of it.
Caught between two women, Ma Xiaoquan couldn't choose at all, and he didn't dare to choose.
At this moment, the eldest daughter of the Zhang family suddenly walked over and said seriously: "Ma Xiaoquan, you still owe me three promises."
"Ah?" Ma Xiaoquan said in surprise, "Promise? When did I owe you?"
Miss Zhang said: "It should be at the beginning of the year...well, we were still engaged at that time."
Li Qinghan said dissatisfied: "Zhang Jing, this is your fault, isn't it? You have canceled your engagement with Ma Xiaoquan, so those so-called promises will not count?"
Miss Zhang was stunned for a moment. In her impression, Li Qinghan, the Ma family's eldest grandson and daughter-in-law, had always been very polite to her, but just now Li Qinghan called her by her first name, which made Miss Zhang feel very unhappy.
"Sister Qinghan, this matter has nothing to do with you, right?" Miss Zhang responded rudely.
"Of course it does matter." Liu Xiangxiang walked to Li Qinghan, stood in line with Li Qinghan, put her hands on her waist and said, "Sister Zhang Jing, you have canceled your engagement with Brother Quan, which means...
..Well, all of us can like Brother Quan, right, Sister Qinghan?"
Li Qinghan blushed and thought to herself, Liu Xiangxiang, this little girl, just say what you want, why are you dragging me along...
Miss Zhang's face darkened and she said: "Canceling the engagement means canceling the engagement, but if I, Zhang Jing, am willing to resume the engagement, I have priority."
"How is this possible? No," Liu Xiangxiang shook her head.
Li Qinghan also said: "Zhang Jing, are you too confident in yourself?"
...
Ma Xiaoquan really couldn't listen anymore, so he walked to the three women and said, "Let me say a few words."
The three women replied to Ma Xiaoquan with the word "go away" without even looking at it. Ma Xiaoquan was defeated in despair.
Originally, I had already thought of my lines, so I had to show off my manly charm no matter what... But when these three women came together, it was completely a show, and I had no way to get involved.
"That's enough for you!" Ma Xiaoquan suddenly shouted loudly.
The three women were stunned for a moment and turned to look at Ma Xiaoquan in surprise.
Ma Xiaoquan coughed twice, stepped forward again, and said to Liu Xiangxiang: "Sister Xiangxiang, thank you for supporting me, but this is my personal matter. Who I, Ma Xiaoquan, want to like is my own decision. You listen."
Do you understand?"
Ma Xiaoquan's expression was very serious. Liu Xiangxiang was so frightened that her little head kept nodding. As she nodded, she muttered: "I understand, Brother Quan is so fierce."
"And you!" Ma Xiaoquan looked at Miss Zhang, "Zhang Jing, right? My engagement with you is in the past tense. Now, I will not resume any engagement with you again. Don't take yourself too seriously."
Gao, do you understand?"
Miss Zhang snorted and turned her head.
"Sister-in-law" Ma Xiaoquan looked at Li Qinghan, looking straight into Li Qinghan's eyes.
Li Qinghan took a step back with some vigilance.
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head, leaned close to Li Qinghan's ear, and whispered: "Thank you."
After that, Ma Xiaoquan left the three women without looking back.
...
On the way back to his room, Ma Xiaoquan felt both proud and sad at the same time. What he was proud of was that after what he did deliberately just now, Liu Xiangxiang and Miss Zhang would definitely make trouble for Li Qinghan. In this way, the sister-in-law would have no time to take care of herself. Besides,
Well, from what grandma said, there are more than 20 families in the capital who want to marry me. If they all come, wouldn’t it bother me to death?
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the deaths of Hua Yuexin and Diao Chan made Ma Xiaoquan extremely sad. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, Ma Xiaoquan did not want to have any emotional entanglements between men and women anymore, but...for his sister-in-law...why...
Feeling familiar?
"Hey" Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and said to himself, "I don't care, I'm still thinking about how to find the underground detector... uh uh"
...
evening.
When he woke up, Ma Xiaoquan thought that all the guests had left, but after taking a nap, he returned to the main hall and found that the guests were still there, especially the old guy Liu Yijing. When he saw Ma Xiaoquan coming, he quickly excused himself and said that he had important matters.
So he ran away by himself, leaving Liu Xiangxiang at Ma's house.
This old guy is determined to marry Liu Xiangxiang. He is so shameless.
Liu Xiangxiang understands what his grandfather means. Although it is difficult for a woman to pursue a man, Liu Xiangxiang is young. Once she encounters something difficult to solve, Liu Xiangxiang can say that I am young and ignorant...
Zhang Tianhao couldn't help cursing secretly when he saw Liu Yijing acting like this, but at the same time he also became anxious.
"Haha..." Zhang Tianhao said to Mrs. Ma, "Aunt... Mr. Liu was here just now, and Tianhao didn't dare to call her that. Aunt... Jing'er and Quan'er's
matter......"
Mrs. Ma smiled and said: "Tianhao, I understand, but a lot of things have happened in the past few days. I'm afraid I can't make the decision in this matter."