This little variety store was anything but simple, as its owner was the village chief, Ma Decai.
With a few hundred residents in Peach Blossom Village, daily necessities were all purchased from this store.
In big cities, Ma Family's little variety store would be considered a shopping district.
As its name suggests, the store had everything one could think of – if you can't think of it, you couldn't buy it here.
And because Ma Decai was the village chief, he had all the advantages – right time, right place, right people – so the business was booming.
However, his wife had passed away due to illness a year ago, and he had since remarried Zhuang Yufen.
Ma Decai was an old lecher, and Chu Dazhuang knew it well, otherwise the security chief Zhaxi Dele's choir wouldn't exist.
But his brother, Ma Degui, was a timid farmer, evident from the incident in the cornfield.
In fact, Chu Dazhuang was well aware of the Ma Family's scandals, but there was one member of the family he couldn't stop thinking about.
For some unknown good fortune, Ma Decai had a daughter as beautiful as a flower, named Ma Xiaoqin.
She was a real wild horse, so beautiful and so vibrant she seemed almost to drip with life.
Ma Xiaoqin had grown up with Chu Dazhuang from childhood, childhood sweethearts, playmates since they were little, so she'd had her heart set on him for a long time.
She had even secretly resolved to marry no one but Chu Dazhuang.
Men's attraction to women generally comes down to a few key points.
Being handsome, having a good "foundation," being wealthy, and being attentive and persistent with women.
And Chu Dazhuang actually had one quality that Ma Xiaoqin simply couldn't resist.
The two of them had actually been together since their school days, just short of taking the final step.
True to his name, Chu Dazhuang had a "foundation" like a donkey's, shocking Ma Xiaoqin to her core – from the moment she saw it, she had made up her mind to find a man like Chu Dazhuang.
Her heart belonged to him, and having found the "foundation" she approved of, now even if Ma Decai looked down on Chu Dazhuang and opposed their being together...
She was as stubborn as ten mules and was planning to elope with Chu Dazhuang.
"Big brother Dazhuang!"
Seeing Chu Dazhuang walk into the variety store, her eyes lit up; if it weren't for the others in the room, she would have vaulted the counter to throw herself at him.
Chu Dazhuang was well aware of Ma Xiaoqin's feelings for him, but he had his sister-in-law Wang Guiqin, a match from childhood, besides, Chu Dazhuang was not a man to be satisfied with just one woman.
He had no desire to be tethered to this wild filly for life – life was neither too long nor too short, and Chu Dazhuang felt it should be splendid.
Even if he were to spend his whole life in Peach Blossom Village, he wanted to taste different flavors; after all, it would be a waste not to use his extraordinary gifts.
While he was lost in thought, Ma Xiaoqin had already grabbed him and, with force and determination, dragged him into the back room.
"My dad wants to marry me off to the village secretary's son, Xu Gen'er! What should I do, big brother Dazhuang?"
Chu Dazhuang laughed, "That's great news! You'll be the village secretary's daughter-in-law. That's like being the Crown Princess Consort of our Peach Blossom Village!"
"Big brother Dazhuang, what are you saying? My love for you is real. I can't stand that good-for-nothing Xu Gen'er. You're the only one in my heart!"
With that, Ma Xiaoqin wrapped her arms around Chu Dazhuang.
"Xiao Qin, if you really like me, then find me. There's no need to delay your marriage!"
Chu Dazhuang thought this arrangement was perfect; once married, Ma Xiaoqin would have a husband, and he wouldn't really have to marry her.
Let alone whether Chu Dazhuang could afford to marry the village chief's daughter, even if Ma Decai agreed, Chu would have to become his son-in-law at home.
What's a "live-in son-in-law"? It's basically marrying into a wife's family — something Chu Dazhuang understood as not the kind of life a man should lead.
Providing for his wife, doing menial tasks.
He might even have to pour out Ma Decai's footbath water, is this the life a person should lead?
"Big brother Dazhuang, what are you saying? Don't you want to be with me?"
"Of course, I do!"
Ma Xiaoqin obviously didn't grasp that Chu Dazhuang's idea of being together was fundamentally different from what she was thinking.
"If that's the case, I mustn't marry Xu Gen'er. I belong to you and only you, big brother Dazhuang!"
Ma Xiaoqin clung to him desperately, her head as if trying to burrow into Chu Dazhuang's heart.
"But what about your dad? He won't agree," Chu Dazhuang said.
Ma Xiaoqin understood that her father was the biggest problem. Steeling her heart, she looked up at Chu Dazhuang, "Big brother Dazhuang, let's elope!"
"What!"
Chu Dazhuang was startled by her idea as well, this was pestering him to death. If they eloped, Ma Decai would definitely call the police.
Human trafficking was a crime that could land you in prison, and with Ma Decai's connections, it would be easy for him to deal with Chu Dazhuang.
Chu Dazhuang knew he had to stay calm at this time; Ma Xiaoqin, that wild horse, would do anything she said. He knew her temperament and couldn't play it tough.
Chu Dazhuang asked with a smile, "Xiao Qin, are you serious about following me?"
"Yes! I am willing to do anything for you!"
Ma Xiaoqin pleaded, "As long as you want me, big brother Dazhuang, as long as you don't make me marry Xu Gen'er, I'll do anything you ask."
"Then wait a bit longer."
"Wait?"
Ma Xiaoqin couldn't wait. If she waited any longer, she would really end up marrying Xu Gen'er.
"My good big brother Dazhuang, please take me with you! I'd rather beg with you than stay another second in Peach Blossom Village!"
But Chu Dazhuang didn't think so. Seeing he didn't agree, Ma Xiaoqin thought it was because he didn't believe her sincerity.
Ma Xiaoqin stripped off her outer clothing to reveal the black lace underwear beneath. Her fair neck, flushed with nervousness and shyness, caused her chest to heave violently.
Chu Dazhuang's gaze inevitably fell on that sensitive place...
Ma Xiaoqin tilted her delicate little chin, her lips slightly parted, murmuring, "Take me, big brother Dazhuang! I, I'm yours today!"
If she's offering herself that eagerly, Chu Dazhuang saw no need to refuse.
The desire he had felt at Reba and Nazha's was now ignited once more by Ma Xiaoqin. He too was a twenty-year-old young man.
With tinder and flint so close together, it was easy to catch fire. Chu Dazhuang reached out and pulled Ma Xiaoqin into his arms.
Seeing this, Ma Xiaoqin immediately responded, her body rubbing against his, one hand hooked around Chu Dazhuang's neck and the other pushing him away coquettishly, "Big brother Dazhuang, be gentle!"
This was Ma Xiaoqin's first time.
Chu Dazhuang immediately softened his approach, opting for gentleness. Although it wasn't the first time he'd been intimate with Ma Xiaoqin, if they were to go further, he still needed to prepare her.
The two moved from the wardrobe to the end of the bed. Ma Xiaoqin was trembling, incessantly crying out, "Big brother Dazhuang! Big brother Dazhuang! I, I want you!"