Summary of the previous chapter: The game ended with Li Qinghan defeating Ma Xiaoquan. After all, Ma Xiaoquan lost to Li Qinghan twice...
Seeing Li Qinghan's proud smile, Ma Xiaoquan felt very uncomfortable.
Damn it, my suggestion, who would have thought that I would be the worst loser? Let alone losing money, I would find time to go to Feng Lai Building to win some more, but I lost to my sister-in-law under two unknown conditions.
It's a bit of a loss.
At this moment, the elders of the two families came over and watched the juniors having fun. The elders were very satisfied.
Zi Biao stepped forward and said to Ma Xiaoquan: "Ma Xiaoquan, do you have time now? Let's talk?"
Ma Xiaoquan sighed, nodded, and followed Zi Biao out of the main hall.
The two of them walked to a side room, and Zi Biao's expression suddenly became serious.
Ma Xiaoquan didn't notice the change in Zi Biao's expression. At this moment, he was still thinking about how to mess up the appointment between his sister-in-law and Zi Long.
"Ma Xiaoquan!" Zi Biao suddenly shouted.
"Ah?" Ma Xiaoquan raised his head, looked at Zi Biao, and then noticed the other person's expression.
"What's wrong?"
Without saying a word, Zi Biao raised his fist and hit Ma Xiaoquan.
"Oh my god!" Ma Xiaoquan lowered his head and shrank, avoiding Zi Biao's fist.
"Zi Laoer, what are you doing? You said it nicely, do it?"
Zi Biao was a little surprised. He was supposed to have had a sneak attack just now, but who would have thought that Ma Xiaoquan had easily dodged it.
"Nonsense, why do you think I asked you to come out? Of course I'm going to beat you up!"
"Oh," Ma Xiaoquan understood, "We've been making trouble for a long time, and you lost to my third brother. You feel unbalanced and want to take it out on me?"
"Humph, what's going on?"
Ma Xiaoquan smacked him and said, "Of course I can't let you succeed! Zi Biao, look behind you!"
Zi Biao subconsciously turned his head and glanced, and found that there was nothing behind him. When he turned back, Ma Xiaoquan had disappeared.
Zi Biao's teeth were itching with hatred, but he couldn't help it. He had already run away. Even if he chased him again, it would be impossible. Hum, Ma Xiaoquan... you wait, wait until the new year is over, you go
When I was in Zijia Academy, no matter how good I was... I would bully you slowly! Heh heh!
Thinking of this, Zi Biao grinned.
In the darkness not far from Zi Biao, Ma Xiaoquan shook his head gently. It seemed that he and Zi Biao had formed a friendship, but this relationship was really unfair.
...
Back in the main hall, the elders had almost finished chatting.
"Quan'er, come here!" Ma Ruiqing, Ma's father, waved to Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan nodded, walked over, and bowed respectfully.
"Haha..." Ma Mu said with a smile, "Quan'er, we just talked with your uncle Shaoyan and Shaobo, and we planned to let you and Qinghan go to Zijia Academy together. There's a deadline.
.....Well, you can come back now that you’ve learned enough.”
"Ah? Going with my sister-in-law?"
Li Qinghan came over and said, "Why, can't it be done?"
Ma Xiaoquan pursed his lips, smiled bitterly and said, "Mom, I'll go alone. My sister-in-law lives with a daughter. How inconvenient is it?"
"Ma Xiaoquan!" Li Qinghan glared at Ma Xiaoquan, "Father and mother have already made arrangements, what are you talking about?"
Ma Mu sighed and said: "Quan'er, you are so naughty and mischievous, let my sister-in-law follow you so that I can take care of you!"
"Mom, if you want to take care of it, someone else has to take care of it. Sister-in-law..." Ma Xiaoquan looked at Li Qinghan and found that the other person was looking at him with a frosty face and rolled his eyes.
Ma Xiaoquan covered his mouth before he finished speaking. Hey, why is this woman still haunting her wherever she goes?
Zi Shaoyan chuckled: "Then it's settled, well, we'll leave after the new year!"
Zi Long and Zi Biao were very happy around Zi Shaoyan, but... Zi Long was happy that Li Qinghan was going, while Zi Biao was happy that he finally had many opportunities to bully Ma Xiaoquan.
Yes, hum.
...
During the day on New Year's Eve, Ma's house was very lively outside.
Early in the morning, Ma Xiaoquan and his father went to the palace to deliver gifts to the emperor.
On the way, the Ma family and his son met Wei Jinzhong.
When Wei Jinzhong saw it was Ma Xiaoquan, he was so frightened that he lowered his head and ran away.
Father Ma looked strange and stopped Wei Jinzhong: "Father, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
Wei Jinzhong glanced at Ma Xiaoquan secretly and found that Ma Xiaoquan was staring at him playfully.
"No, no, I'm just a little anxious. Well, you are General Ma. The Emperor is here. Come in quickly."
Father Ma nodded and led Ma Xiaoquan into the Qianqing Palace.
In the palace, the carpenter Emperor Zhu Youzheng was playing with his newly crafted machine carpentry. When he saw Ma Xiaoquan coming, he happily stepped forward and hugged Ma Xiaoquan.
"Oh, Ma Aiqing, look, I have a new set of machine carpentry. Come over and give me a review."
Ma Xiaoquan and the groom looked at each other, and the latter nodded slightly. Then Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, your machine carpentry is extraordinary at first sight!"
Carpenter Zhu nodded, with a look of pride on his face: "Of course, Ma Aiqing, you once said that I specially ordered someone to find the mechanism skills of the Mo family. No, this mechanism carpentry was learned from my childhood."
Father Ma sighed softly. He originally wanted to use the opportunity of giving gifts to talk to the emperor about the war in Ningyuan. But now, the emperor is just a carpenter. Ma Xiaoquan understands what Father Ma is thinking.
, the conversation changed and he said: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen and his father came to visit the Emperor today for two things. The first thing is that Wei Chen plans to ask the Emperor for a long leave to go abroad to find good woodworking classics for the Emperor...
..”
Upon hearing this, Zhu Youxiao clapped his hands happily and said: "Okay, it's accurate, this is accurate!"
"The second thing...Your Majesty, the Houjin Army in Ningyuan has been rampant recently..."
Zhu Youxiao said disapprovingly: "Then there is nothing to be afraid of. Ningyuan has our brave soldiers of the Ming Dynasty, so there will be no problem."
"Your Majesty, you can't say that. The fact is..."
"Okay, okay" Zhu Youxiao interrupted Ma Xiaoquan, "I don't want to hear such troublesome news on such a good day, you can take care of it!"
The emperor's words had come to this point, and Ma Xiaoquan could no longer continue. The father and son bowed to the emperor and slowly exited the Qianqing Palace.
On the way back, Ma's father kept sighing. Ma Xiaoquan could see that Ma's father was very loyal and affectionate to Daming.
"Dad, don't think so much. It's my 30th this year, let's celebrate the New Year first..."