Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan followed Dongfang Qingxue's suggestion and secretly went to Liu's house to comfort Liu Xiangxiang...
When he heard that there was a guard, Ma Xiaoquan felt relieved: "Well, since there is a guard, that's great."
Dongfang Qingxue said: "Ma Xiaoquan, you haven't answered me yet. Who do you want to see at first glance?"
Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head: "If I really want to say it, I actually don't want to see anyone."
"Oh? How do you say this?"
Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly and said, "Miss Dongfang, aren't you asking questions knowingly?"
Dongfang Qingxue smiled and said: "Why, you can't even be tempted by a woman as beautiful as Li Qinghan and Bei Mingxue who likes you?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "It's because I'm tempted that I don't want to see anyone. It's not like you don't know my identity. What do you think they will do if I leave in the future? Rather than doing this, it's better not to delay anyone."
Dongfang Qingxue said disapprovingly: "Ma Xiaoquan, it's too selfish for you to say this. You only consider yourself, but have you ever considered them?"
"Am I selfish?" Ma Xiaoquan didn't understand what Dongfang Qingxue meant.
"Well, whether it's Liu Xiangxiang, Li Qinghan, or even Bei Mingxue, you all think that you will leave one day, and you will feel sorry for them, but have you ever thought about seizing the moment?"
"Seize...the moment?"
"Yes, seize the moment... Ma Xiaoquan, I am also a woman. Do you know what women want most?"
"Don't we love each other until we grow old?" Ma Xiaoquan asked.
"This is one aspect, but how many people can actually stay together until old age? Let me tell you the truth. What a woman needs is a commitment and a sincere heart."
"But..." Ma Xiaoquan defended, "Miss Dongfang, do you know why I left when I was in the late Han Dynasty?"
Dongfang Qingxue shook her head.
"It was not my intention to leave, it was my wife and children who asked me to leave..."
"they?"
"Yes, because I won't grow old. Girl Dongfang, you just told me what women need most, so you must understand what women are most afraid of, right?"
Dongfang Qingxue nodded and murmured: "Getting...old..."
"Yeah...I won't grow old. There was no problem at first, but as time goes by, I am still the same as I am now, and my wives are getting older day by day, and my children are getting older.
Growing up every day... At that time, what should I do? In other words, what should my wives do? What should my children do? How can they face me? In other words, what will they do?
Started to be afraid to face me..."
Ma Xiaoquan sighed, held his head in painful hands, and sat down slowly.
Dongfang Qingxue stepped forward and gently hugged Ma Xiaoquan's head.
"Ma Xiaoquan, it turns out you still have such a painful past, it doesn't matter, you still have me..."
...
The next day, Ma Xiaoquan got up early.
Opening the door and breathing in the fresh morning air, Ma Xiaoquan murmured: "Damn, the air is so good, there is no smog at all..."
"Ma Xiaoquan..." Dongfang Qingxue suddenly appeared and called softly.
"Oh, it's an Oriental girl. Good morning."
Dongfang Qingxue nodded and stepped forward: "Ma Xiaoquan, can you cook?"
"Cooking?" Ma Xiaoquan looked at Dongfang Qingxue, "What? You want to eat the food I cooked?"
Dongfang Qingxue nodded.
"Well... Okay, let's just fill in some food in the morning, and then you and I go shopping for groceries. I'll prepare lunch for everyone today."
"Really? Are you really good at cooking?"
"How are you talking? What do you mean I really know how to cook?" Ma Xiaoquan said with a smile, "My cooking skills are quite good, hehe."
"Okay" Dongfang Qingxue took Ma Xiaoquan's arm, "Then I'll wait and see."
Ma Xiaoquan laughed: "Okay"
...
In ancient times, the task of buying vegetables was usually the work of maids and cooks. When Ma Xiaoquan asked Mrs. Ma that he wanted to go shopping, Mrs. Ma was really helpless.
Why is this first-generation family head so dishonest?
"Then...Quan'er, do you really want to go by yourself?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Yeah, what's wrong with buying groceries?"
"It's not bad, it's just your status..." Mrs. Ma said.
"Identity?" Ma Xiaoquan blinked, "It's okay. Why don't you buy some groceries? You don't have to mind so much. Grandma, I'll leave then."
"Ah? Hey, okay, then go and come back early."
"Know it."
...
Walking out of Ma's house, Dongfang Qingxue joked: "Ma Xiaoquan, you are really different."
"Really?" Ma Xiaoquan said disapprovingly, "In my time, it was normal for men to buy food and cook. Of course, most of the good cooks are men."
"Oh, then what else was different about your time?"
Ma Xiaoquan thought for a moment and said, "It's different. Well, the most different thing is probably a couple."
"A couple?"
"Yes, one husband, one wife, no concubines."
"Wow, if that's true, that would be great."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "Well, that's natural."
"Ma Xiaoquan, if you have time, can you take me to your era?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "I'm sorry, Miss Oriental, it's not impossible, it's just impossible to achieve..."
"Why, is it because there is something wrong with me?"
"No..." Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly, remembering the time in the late Han Dynasty when Ling'er's wife's hand was corroded by the space-time layer.
"Oh" Dongfang Qingxue saw that Ma Xiaoquan had stopped talking and knew that he must have difficulties, so she stopped asking.
...
When she came to the vegetable market, Dongfang Qingxue was very excited. It seemed that she was the one who came to buy vegetables instead of Ma Xiaoquan.
Ma Xiaoquan was also happy about this. After all, it was rare for a young lady like Dongfang Qingxue to come out to play. Today, when she went out to buy groceries, she was allowed to have a good time shopping.
"Ma Xiaoquan, buy this, this big radish..." Dongfang Qingxue held up a big radish and shouted.
Ma Xiaoquan walked to the vegetable stall and asked the vegetable vendor with a smile: "How much does a radish cost?"
The vegetable vendor looked Ma Xiaoquan carefully up and down, and said with a wry smile: "You are the Fourth Young Master Ma, right? Oh, Fourth Young Master, please don't try to bully me. If you come to buy vegetables, I won't believe you even if I beat you to death."
Ma Xiaoquan curled his lips: "Believe it or not, just tell me how much the radish costs and I will buy it."
"Oh my dear mother, Master Ma Si, please buy radishes for one penny each."
Ma Xiaoquan got a piece of money from Dongfang Qingxue? Are you trying to trick me?"