At seven o'clock in the evening, Ma Ming and Chen Lijuan had dinner at a restaurant on the high hill in the east part of the town. The restaurant was called Ah Xiang Kuey Tiao Soup.

The landlady's name is Ah Xiang. She is a young woman in her thirties, divorced, and runs the store by herself. The business is booming and she is known as the Kuey Teow Xiang. Baoshan Township Middle School is on the high hill, where teachers, students and fellow villagers

Government cadres and workers all like to eat here. It tastes good and is affordable. The landlady is hospitable, beautiful and generous.

Axiang wore her hair in a bun and wore denim shorts with her long legs exposed. She looked neat and tidy. When she saw the two people coming in, she greeted them warmly: "Wow, you two are finally together? What a good thing."

The two of them have come to eat Kway Teow alone many times, but this is the first time they have come together.

Chen Lijuan blushed and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, boss lady? We are colleagues."

"We are colleagues now, but maybe one day we will be more than just colleagues." Axiang continued to tease.

Ma Ming said shyly: "Boss, are you still doing business? We are here to eat rice noodles."

"Let's do it. I'm willing to do the kway teow business, and I'm also willing to do the matchmaking business." Ah Xiang chuckled, "The pretty boy or the fresh beef and meatballs for 15 yuan? The pretty girl the meatballs for 10 yuan?"

"Yes. But, add 10 pieces of fresh meat each, and then two bottles of beer." Ma Minghao said angrily.

Ah Xiang responded, turned around and asked his younger brother Ah Niu to cook the rice noodles and beef, and whispered: "You still don't admit it? They look like a couple no matter what. They are a perfect match."

Soon, all the food and drinks were served. Ma Ming drank beer and Chen Lijuan drank Coke. The two had a drink and both laughed happily.

Ma Ming took a few bites and said, "Speaking of love, Sister Lijuan, I have a question, why haven't you found a partner yet?"

"What? Are you worried about me?" Chen Lijuan smiled and sighed: "Yeah, in a blink of an eye, I became an old girl." After saying that, she looked at Ma Ming sadly, and Ma Ming looked up at her. She was busy.

She smiled shyly, tucked her hair behind her ears, and lowered her head to eat. She looked very shy and beautiful. Ma Ming was relatively slow in this regard, and his heart moved somewhere, but that feeling disappeared immediately.

"Oh, yes, Feng County is so small, there are really not many people who can match you."

"Are you making fun of me again?" Chen Lijuan picked up the Coke bottle and pretended to hit him, but she couldn't bear it. She took back her hand and took a few sips through the straw. She sighed and said, "I fell in love when I was in college.

We broke up after graduation. I am an only child and wanted to come back to stay with my parents, but my ex-boyfriend didn’t want to come to such a remote place, so he stayed in Zhuzhou.”

"It turns out that my sweetheart is in the provincial capital." Ma Ming said, "I think if you like him, don't worry about your family, otherwise you will regret it one day."

"The key point is that I don't like him and I have no feelings for him for a long time. In fact, when we were in love before, there was nothing between him and me." Chen Lijuan clarified.

"Nothing?" Ma Ming didn't understand.

Chen Lijuan blushed and said, "Oh, you are so stupid."

Ma Ming seemed to understand something and smiled honestly: "I've never been in love anyway, so I don't know what it's like, hahaha."

"Who are you lying to? Isn't Bai Qingxin your girlfriend? What a pretty girl. She is from the Cadre Department, the best department in the Organization Department, and she has a bright future." Chen Lijuan said a little sourly.

"Pull her down. I've only met her a few times, but nothing happened. Just don't mess around with her."

"Really?"

"It's really not true. Don't spread it to Bai Qingxin's ears. She will have to scold me. Besides, the county magistrate's secretary Wang Liang likes her."

"Ah? So that's it." Chen Lijuan was elated. Although he didn't know Wang Liang, once he heard about this name, who would dare to compete with him for his girlfriend?

"Here, let's drink." Ma Ming filled a glass of beer, touched it with Chen Lijuan's Coke bottle, raised his head and drank it all.

"Then why don't you find a girlfriend? You have good conditions."

"Me?" Ma Ming said with a smile, "I am a small civil servant at the 18th level. I am extremely poor and don't deserve it."

"Brother Xiaoma, you are not allowed to talk about yourself like that." Chen Lijuan said angrily, "Not all girls take money so seriously. In my eyes, you are very outstanding, very kind, and very... very..."

She was embarrassed to say the word "handsome", so she changed her words and said, "She looks a lot like Zhu Yawen."

Ma Ming laughed loudly and said: "Sister Lijuan, you really praise me. How can I be as handsome as Zhu Yawen?"

Chen Lijuan bit her lip, lowered her head and whispered, "Yes."

Ma Ming was drinking just now and didn't hear. After drinking, he wiped his mouth and said, "By the way, I'll buy a new mobile phone over the weekend and I'll give you the old one."

"No," Chen Lijuan said sternly, "You can keep your phone and use it. There is no need to buy a new one. A new one costs only two thousand yuan."

Ma Ming thought about it for a while. Of his salary of more than three thousand, he gave one thousand to his parents and one thousand to his sister who was in her first year of college. There was not much left.

"Sister Lijuan, you are the only one who treats me well in Baoshan Township and always takes care of me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. You are closer than my own sister. I give you a toast."

Ma Ming drank another glass of beer.

So you think of me as your sister?! Chen Lijuan took a big sip of Coke with mixed taste. As a result, she couldn't breathe well, choked on the drink, and kept coughing. Ma Ming hurriedly handed over a tissue, and Chen Lijuan covered her mouth and continued to cough.

Ma Ming was a little anxious. He got up and took a bottle of water from the refrigerator and unscrewed the lid for her to drink. Suddenly someone said with a smile: "Beauty, let me give you a pat on the back. Just touch it a few times and it will be fine."

Ma Ming hurriedly turned to look, and saw three arrogant young men walking through the door. The three of them had tattoos on their arms, which were the symbols of an axe.

The speaker was shorter and older, with a bald head, a green mark on his head, and a shiny face. He walked up to Ma Ming and said, "Brother, go ahead and leave the beauty to me. I'll give it to you today."

Take good care of her later!"

Can you meet gangsters here? Ma Ming immediately stepped forward to block Chen Lijuan with his body, and said coldly: "Go away, otherwise I will call the police!"

"Repay!" The bald man said and reached out to grab Ma Ming's neck. Ma Ming had studied Sanda in college. He used a grappling technique with his backhand to twist his hand and push it back. The bald man groaned and it hurt.

I have to keep shouting.

The two young men behind him were about to come over to help. Axiang held a sharp and shining meat cleaver in his hand and scolded sternly: "Xiong Jun, Xiong Bing, what are you doing? They are the leading cadres of the township government!"

The two young men stopped and looked at each other with a look of fear. They were not afraid of Axiang, but they were afraid of Aniu behind Axiang, who was 1.9 meters tall and as strong as an ox.

And he also held a killing knife in his hand.

The bald man begged for mercy: "Brother, let me go."

"Do you still dare to act like a hooligan in the future?" Ma Ming tightened his grip, his bald head hurt and howled again. After howling, he begged: "I don't dare anymore."

Only then did Ma Ming let go.

The bald man grinned and rubbed his wrists, glanced at Ma Ming, Axiang and Chen Lijuan with great hatred, and snorted: "Okay, let's see what happens next!"

After saying that, the three of them turned around and quickly walked out of the store, jumped into a convertible BMW at the door, and sped away, kicking up smoke and dust all over the place.
Chapter completed!