Ma Buqi saw everyone looking at him. He cleared his throat, coughed twice, and then spoke.

"In ancient times, a scholar asked his teacher what love was. The scholar's teacher did not answer him directly, but took him to a large wheat field and asked him to pick the largest and yellowest wheat ear in the wheat field.

Come back to the teacher. But the teacher has one request, that is, the scholar is only allowed to move forward and is not allowed to retreat."

Everyone quickly asked Ma Buqi: What is the result? Ma Buqi continued.

"The result is that the scholar walked out of this large wheat field empty-handed, without picking a single ear of wheat."

Everyone asked again: Why? Ma Buqi continued.

"This is also a question asked by the scholar's teacher. The teacher asked the scholar why there was such a large wheat field, but you came back empty-handed. What is the reason? The scholar could only answer the teacher honestly: 'Because the teacher stipulates that I can neither

Looking back, I have to pick the biggest and yellowest wheat ear in this wheat field, so I am never sure whether the one around me is the best. I always think that the best is still ahead, so I keep walking and walking.

Look, but later I found that as I walked further back, the wheat ears I saw were not as good as the ones I saw before, so I didn't pick any." The scholar's teacher smiled and said to him: "This is what is called

love.'"

When everyone heard what Ma Buqi said, they couldn't help but praise Ma Buqi.

Mu Ping: "I can't tell. You know a lot about not riding a horse. Is your love the biggest and yellowest wheat ear?"

Ma Buqi's face suddenly darkened. Maybe Mu Ping's words touched a sensitive nerve in Ma Buqi.

Chu Yanhong quickly dropped the topic and said: "You just said 'love', so what about 'marriage'? You are the only one here who has experienced marriage."

Ma Buqi looked at Chu Yanhong and said, "Fifth sister, can you pour me a bowl of wine?"

Chu Yanhong: "Are you addicted to alcohol?"

Ma Buqi: "It's not because I'm addicted to alcohol. It's because you reminded me of some sad things. I feel a little uncomfortable in my heart."

Chu Yanhong: "You need to drink to drown your sorrows." Although he said this, he still got up and went to the house to pour half a bowl of white wine for Ma Buqi.

Ma Buqi took the white wine from Chu Yanhong and drank it in one gulp. After finishing the drink, he handed the bowl back to Chu Yanhong.

Chu Yanhong complained: "It's like I've never had a drink."

Ma Buqi wiped the liquid that came out of the corner of his mouth with his hand. He didn't know whether it was wine or saliva. Then he clasped his hands and rubbed them together. He said with a smile, "Fifth sister is still good to me."

Everyone saw that Ma Buqi drank the wine and wiped his mouth, so they joked. "Ma Buqi, you can't be the one who wiped the wine on his mouth and nothing happened, right?"

Ma Buqi said slowly: "Don't panic, everyone. I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." After a pause, he continued.

"It was also the scholar. Later, he asked his teacher what marriage was. This time, his teacher did not let him go to the wheat fields, but asked him to walk in a large forest, and also asked him to find a marriage.

The biggest and thickest tree came back. The requirement is still to only move forward and not look back."

Everyone joked: Did he come back empty-handed this time?

Ma Buqi: "Everyone, please be patient and listen to me. This time, the scholar did not come back empty-handed. He came back with a very ordinary tree. His teacher asked him why he brought such a tree back with him.

An ordinary tree? The scholar also answered the teacher honestly: 'When I went in first, I saw some big and thick trees, but I think the forest is still big, and there should be bigger and thicker trees ahead.

But as I walked, I found that I had missed many big and thick trees along the way. I began to be afraid that the trees I encountered as I walked further back were smaller and thinner than the current ones, so I hurriedly selected them.

This is a tree.’ His teacher laughed and answered him: ‘This is marriage.’”

Zhang Gang: "Ma Buqi, did you make up the story yourself, or did you hear it somewhere? However, it still seems to make some sense."

Ma Buqi: "I can't remember either. But I didn't make it up. I'm a cook and I haven't read a book for two days. How can I make up these stories? I saw them in a magazine.

Today everyone is interested, so I just said it casually for everyone’s reference.”

Yun Dajian: "Although this story about not riding a horse sounds true, but if you think about it carefully, don't you think it is full of loopholes?"

When everyone heard what he said, they all stared at him.

Ma Buqi glanced at Yun Dajian with disdain, and then said angrily: "When did a eunuch come here?"

Yun Dajian did not have a direct conflict with Ma Buqi. He just said to Ma Buqi very rationally: "Ma Buqi, don't think that you will do anything after taking a sip of wine. Everyone is just here to discuss love.

And marriage. None of us are married yet. Sister Wu and Sister Ping have both found their right husbands. It won’t be long before they treat us to nine bowls of food. We just want to learn some experience. Why do you have to do this?

?”

Chu Yanhong: "That's right. Everyone has nothing to do. Don't make it like this."

Kang Hongtai, who had been silent all this time, winked at Yun Dajian. "Yun Dajian, go on."

Yun Dajian: "I'm not in the mood to talk anymore."

At this time, the maid opened the door and came out: "Mu Yi, I have one chicken left here, do you want it?"

When Mu Yiyi heard this, he quickly said: "I want it. I just bought it and killed it. I'll treat you all to a meal."

The maid tied the chicken's feet with a rag belt and weighed it with a small scale. "Five jins and two liang is considered five jins. I sell it to Zhongpu for eight yuan a catty, but if I sell it to you, it's seven yuan a catty."

Jin. Five-seven-seven-thirty-five yuan."

Mu brought a chicken to Chu Yanhong's door. "Fifth sister, I'll buy a chicken and cook it in a while. I'll treat everyone to dinner."

Chu Yanhong: "Okay. It's just that the other dishes are a little lacking."

Mu Yi: "I still have some food, but it's a bit stale." Mu Yi didn't say that the food was left for him by Sister Hao, because Sister Hao had told him not to tell.

Chu Yanhong: "It doesn't matter if it's old. You go and get it. We'll clean it up and start cooking it later."

Ma Buqi: "Leave the chicken to me."

Mu Yi handed the chicken to Ma Buqi, and hurried back to the house to get the money and vegetables. He carried the instant noodle box to Chu Yanhong's house, and then took the money to his maid.

At this time, the sun was just right and the wind started to blow again.

Wen Gengzhi: "Muyi, the briquettes are almost dry. Find a few small wooden sticks to turn over the carbon. By the way, there are probably a lot of carbon."

Muyi: "Okay."

It's just that there is a lot of mud and gravel in the township government courtyard, and it's hard to find wooden sticks and bamboo poles.

Ma Buqi: "There are bamboo poles for lighting fires in the kitchen. Just go get one and break it into several sections for use."

Mu Yi knew that the kitchen Ma Buqi was talking about was the township government's kitchen. There was a large conjoined stove, two large iron pots, and a large sink. Carrying water for this sink wore out his shoulders.

My skin is not completely healed yet, it's just dry scars.

After turning over the briquettes, I counted more than 700 small briquettes with twelve holes. It looks like it can be burned for almost 200 days. I calculated in my heart and found that each briquette costs less than seven cents. Counting four per day, it is enough briquettes for one day.

It’s less than thirty cents. It’s really cheap.

By the time the sun was about to set, the briquettes had been completely dried. The chicken was also stewed, and the aroma was wafting out. Everyone helped Mu Yi take it into the house and stack it neatly. Then they washed their hands and ate.

Mu Yi went to invite Secretary Lamu, his maid, and Ke's township chief to dinner. But they didn't come.

Everyone had a sumptuous dinner talking and laughing. After clearing away the dishes, everyone went for a walk outside the township government. When they returned from the walk, it was already dark and everyone went back to their houses.
Chapter completed!