Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 101
Ma Min'er doesn't care anymore, if you want to stay, just stay there, turn around and let Aunt Niu arrange a table for noon.

Zhang Nianmei didn't see Mr. Tian and hurried to Zhuang Hao's side, and asked in a low voice, "Where's Mr.?"

Zhuang Hao turned to the side to avoid it: "There is a disturbance by the family members of the sergeants."

"Isn't it gone recently? Why is there again?"

"I don't know, Mr. Tian is going to deal with it." Zhuang Hao whispered again: "The little general has a bad temper and is going to explode."

Zhang Nianmei was startled, and quickly looked towards the loofah stand, the little general was eating noodles with his head down, "I didn't realize that!"

"Maybe..." Zhuang Hao glanced towards the kitchen, "It's at Ma'er's family."

Zhang Nianmei looked at the smiling King Yancheng again, "I always think this guy is a smiling tiger."

"There are very few people who can stand out from the crowd and get the respect of the emperor." Zhuang Hao said: "He may be more powerful than the smiling tiger."

Zhang Nianmei, who always had a hippie smile on her face, no longer had a smile on her face, "Little General..." looked over worriedly.

Seeing that the two aristocrats were about to put down their bowls, the cousins ​​of the Ma family hurriedly looked for cloth towels, but found that there was no one carrying basins to deliver water, so they called out, "Er Niang, where is the water, where is the cloth towel?"

When Shan Xiaodan heard Ma Rou'er calling for someone, she put down the soup plate in her hand and was about to serve water, but was stopped by Ma Min'er's eyes, "Leave them alone."

"Er Niang, don't you care about the little general?"

"He's in charge of himself."

"Oh."

Under the loofah stand, Xia Zhen squinted at the little lady who was circling around them. His eyes were deep and chilling, and Xiaowen hurried forward. When he passed by Ma Rouer, he elbowed her and made her fall to the ground. Startled, she screamed, "Ah..."

Ma Min'er in the kitchen came out in fright when she heard the scream, "What's going on?"

Xiaowen smiled lightly, "I accidentally bumped into her."

"You...you clearly did it on purpose." Ma Rou'er wiped her tears, she came out today without a girl, she fell to the ground without anyone to help her, she was embarrassed and embarrassed.

From Xiaowen's expression and words, Ma Min'er understood that it was for her family's face. If Ma Rou'er had either broken an arm or a broken leg in other places today, she would have fallen to the ground so easily.

"Little General, Prince Yan, the tables in the dining room are ready, please go over and have dinner." Ma Min'er felt her head growing.

King Yan's followers came from nowhere with a water basin and a cloth towel. They wiped their master's hands and tested the corners of their lips. The style of serving them was something that the Ma family's concubine children had never seen before. He used to be a nobleman in the capital and the family of the emperor's teacher, but compared with the royal family, he was still much worse.

Ma Zhier finally came to her senses, and pulled her cousin up, blushing and turning pale.

"Cousin Rou, Cousin Zhi, the tables in the dining room have been arranged, please go over to have dinner."

If it was an ordinary person, they would definitely leave after such an embarrassing situation, but how could the Ma sisters who came here with a great purpose give up so easily!

Ma Min'er lowered her head and patted her forehead, feeling really tired.

In the restaurant, three tables were divided before everyone was arranged for dinner.After the meal, the big and small guests who did not leave were led to the living room by the Ma family, where they served them with tea and water.

Ma Min'er came out after arranging the affairs in the living room, and Fu Xiaoyou had already summoned several craftsmen who cleaned up the yard and brought them to Erniang.

"As for me, it's not a big move, just tidy up."

"Little boss, what do you want?"

It is estimated that within three days, the county magistrate will invite the official media to come over. Ma Miner thought for a while and said: "It is the stone slabs on the ground inside and outside the gate, the blue bricks on the wall, and the eaves. My house is a new yard, there should be no missing pieces, just brush it clean."

"Understood, little boss, we know how to do it."

"Well, thank you for your hard work."

"Little Boss, you're being polite, then we'll go back and prepare the guy to work."

"it is good."

One matter was settled, and another came. The shopkeeper Peng from the town brought the account book, along with the recently spun yarn and fine white cloth.

"Boss, what do you think?"

"I don't quite understand, you can try the texture and color of an expert."

Shopkeeper Peng replied: "I've already looked for it, and they said it's good, it's durable and washable."

"That's good."

Shopkeeper Peng said: "After Qiu's work, many merchants came to order, so I will make it in batches?"

"Okay, let's do it."

Shopkeeper Peng thought about it and said, "Little boss, do you want to open a dyeing workshop?"

"What does Master Qiu say?"

"It's better to open one, so that we have everything from cotton to the final finished product in one line, and we are not controlled by others." Shopkeeper Peng said.

Ma Min'er thought for a while and said, "Let's dye the cloth from the outside."

"Little Boss?"

Ma Min'er said: "The cost of one dyeing workshop is too high, two, if the cotton cloth is monopolized by us, it is not a good thing, we should make money together."

"This……"

"Just tell Master Qiu what I said."

"Okay, I understand." Shopkeeper Peng came out of Ma's house after recalling the incident.

Before Ma Min'er could drink his saliva, the owner of the farm came, "Little Boss, June is coming soon, pig..."

"Boom..." The empty chair in the room was kicked away by Xia Zhen who was standing at the door.

The principal was so frightened that he quickly turned his head, saw the rumored little general, and hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, "Xiao...Xiaomin kowtowed to the general when he saw the general."

Xia Zhen looked at Ma Min'er coldly, meaning, you're never finished.

Uncle, I am doing things at home, but you still blame me. What is the reason for this? Ma Miner wanted to show off, but in the end she was defeated by the feudal hierarchy and angered his boss. There is no good fruit for her family. He quickly grinned, "Uncle Shi, you go back first, and I will find you when I am free."

"Oh, yes..." Most of the people in Xiaowang Village have the surname Shi, and the donor just crawled out.

Shan Xiaodan didn't dare to bring in the person responsible for the incident, so he went to the door and explained to Father Fu, "Father, if anyone wants to come over, you can let them come over in two days. The little boss wants to entertain My lord, I'm not free."

"Okay, I see."

Liu Zaili stood at the door of Ma Erniang's bedroom with folded arms, watching Xia Zhen kick a stool to the left and another chair, his long and narrow eyes twinkled, and the corners of his mouth turned up.

Uncle, everyone is gone, why are you still kicking the stool? Ma Min'er was very puzzled, and stood in front of Xia Zhen, with her hands outstretched to prevent him from kicking, "I'm not happy, I'm not satisfied with you!" Just say, why do you get angry at every turn and kick the stool?"

Blocked by the young daughter-in-law, Xia Zhen held back her emotions. Pay attention, it's not restraint, but forbearance, those eyes still look like they want to eat people.

Ma Min'er couldn't figure out what this guy wanted to do.

What do you want?Liu Zaili understood, "Haha..." He couldn't help laughing out loud.

It was only then that Ma Min'er noticed the entrance of King Yancheng's station, hurried to the door, and gave a slight salute, "The king..."

Liu Zaili raised his eyebrows, "It's inappropriate not to accompany us and handle housework here by yourself!"

"Ah..." Ma Min'er turned to look at Xia Zhen. It turned out that he was angry because of this, "Uh, sorry, I see that there are quite a lot of people in the living room. My father and elder brother are all accompanying you, so I just Come out and clean up, someone just came over to ask something."

Liu Zaili put down his arms, and just stepped into the room, bang...another stool fell down.

Ma Min'er was so frightened that she turned around and looked at him. Xia Zhen was already sitting on a chair with an impatient expression. She suddenly thought of something, and immediately reacted with a smile on her face, "Junjun Yan, don't take a nap this afternoon. meeting?"

No matter who Liu Zaili was, he immediately understood that Ma Erniang was driving him away so that she could get along with Xia Zhen.

If Ma Min'er knew that he thought so, he would definitely say, "Oh, I'm so tired of him, I'm so annoying, ten of the stools in the room for the stewards to hold meetings are broken, and five or six are broken." , who to pay for.

As if she didn't hear it, Ma Min'er was so anxious that she bared her teeth and laughed, "Your Majesty, after you have finished your lunch break, go pick peaches in my fruit grove."

"Picking peaches?"

"Yeah, some early-blooming peaches are almost ripe."

"Oh!" Liu Zaili dragged his voice deliberately, "It sounds very interesting."

"That's for sure." Ma Min'er said and gave him a wink, meaning, brother, help me.

The little secret that belongs to himself and Ma Erniang, Liu Zaili was so happy that he stopped walking inside, smiling, and gave him a wink, which means, the king of this county is interesting enough, remember my kindness!

Ma Min'er nodded repeatedly, meaning, I know, I know.

"Haha..." Solving the little lady's difficulties is also one of the ways to please the little lady. Liu Zaili didn't bother anymore and left with a big laugh.

Finally, a great god was invited away, Ma Min'er patted her heart secretly, then turned to look at Xia Zhen.

In the living room, only Ma Yueer accompanied the two cousins. She hugged the pillow and leaned slightly on the back of the sofa, looking at the anxious two cousins. The two wanted to discuss each other, but they didn't open their mouths. The atmosphere was awkward. stalemate.

Ma Yue'er leaned on the sofa, squinted her eyes and dozed off.

"Yue'er..."

Hearing the cry, Ma Yueer opened her eyes, "Cousin Zhi, you called me?"

"Yes." Ma Zhi'er smiled softly, "The Prince of Yancheng..."

"Cousin Zhi wants to ask how long he will live in my house, isn't it?"

Ma Zhier nodded quickly, "Yueer is so smart."

Ma Yueer shook her head: "I don't know, and the second sister didn't ask either."

"Oh." Ma Zhi'er was a little disappointed, but she still didn't let go of the temptation, "I heard that the magistrate is going to come to your house to propose a marriage, will he still live in your house?"

Ma Yueer shook her head again, "I don't know."

Ma Rou'er was so anxious that she almost jumped, Ma Zhi'er's eyes signaled her not to be anxious, it was so easy to get into the eyes of a nobleman.

Ma Yueer acted as if she hadn't seen it, the second sister was right, some people just put their eyes on the top of their heads, they always put their eyes on the top of their heads, for those who look down on them, they can't wait to step on them, and for the powerful, they can't wait to add People's feet.

Xia Zhen just sat and said nothing, so Ma Min'er could only say, "It's hot, why don't you take a rest after lunch?"

No one responded, even Jingmo and Xiaowen at the door didn't know where to hide.

This uncle is really difficult to serve, he doesn't say a word, so that Ma Min'er doesn't know what to do next, "Miss Shan—"

"Second Niang—"

"Bring a jug of mint-sweetened water from the well."

"Okay, I'll take it right away."

After explaining the matter, Ma Min'er didn't know what she was going to do, so she had nothing to say, "Why didn't you see Mr. Tian?"

"What's wrong with him?"

It was Xia Zhen who spoke, and Jing Mo didn't speak for her. Ma Min'er felt that she was still not used to it.

"Oh!" Ma Min'er asked again: "What is Yancheng County King doing? Why did he run to my house?"

Hearing this, Xia Zhen raised her eyelids, "The rich and the idle."

If Ma Min'er is really 12 years old, maybe she can really believe this sentence, the prince's son, if you don't want anything, it's normal to go out for a trip.

In fact, there are not many princes and grandchildren who can leave the capital, let alone go to the various state capitals. Be careful that the emperor suspects you of plotting wrongdoing and will punish you.

Just kidding, wealthy idlers, who are you lying to?I don't want to talk about it, so this girl just has nothing to say.

When she was about to fall into silence again, Shan Xiaodan came over with a teapot, "Er Niang, mint tea."

"Okay, give it to me."

Ma Min'er picked up the jug and poured a cup for Xia Zhen, and delivered it to him, but Xia Zhen grabbed her own hand, and she staggered and fell into his arms.

"Hey, what do you want to do in broad daylight?" Ma Min'er was scared to death by him.

"I just want to hug you." By the way, they put their hands on their waists, and the feeling of cuddling each other calmed down Xia Zhen, who was full of prickles.

Ma Min'er wanted to struggle to get out, but the other party's arms were like pincers, she couldn't get rid of it at all, so she had to shout again, "Xia Zhen, let me loose..."

He called a few words in a low voice, but no one answered.

He raised his head and looked up, only to find that Xia Zhen was asleep.Actually fell asleep.Yes, Xia Zhen was restless for a few days and didn't have a good night's sleep at all. She fell asleep peacefully with her little daughter-in-law in her arms.

At the gate of the barracks, Mr. Tian sent a lot of sergeants to watch over the troubled family members while negotiating conditions with the reasonable family members. As a result, those people were like bandits, just unreasonable, wanting to make trouble, and wanting to toss.

If it were according to the little general's temper, whoever makes a fuss would be stabbed with a knife, but it would be easy if it really did like the little general. In the past few years, people have been frightening the little general with memorials. If it wasn't for the drought three years ago. However, the Yizhou government may have been weakened to [-] troops by the emperor's excuses, just like the Xiangzhou government.

Thinking of the strength of the army, Mr. Tian frowned. Unexpectedly, this time, although the Xiangzhou government replaced the general, it increased the strength to 15. What does the emperor mean by this?

In the guest room of Ma's house, the secret guard stood in front of Liu Zaili, "Your Majesty, calm down the camp, there are hundreds of families of soldiers making trouble."

"Why the fuss?"

"During the battle of Yixiang, Xia Zhen beheaded a few small officers who had neglected their duties, and the families of those officers came to make trouble."

Liu Zaili squinted his eyes and lay on the bamboo chair, shaking it lightly, "Perhaps, the emperor has already received the bullet."

"It's... not so fast, is it?" The dark guard was puzzled, the incident happened only today, how could the emperor know about it.

The staff took a step forward and smiled softly, "I think the same as the county king."

The dark guard thought, anyway, I just want to deliver the news, the rest has nothing to do with me, bowed his hands, and quietly left the room.

"From my husband's point of view, who is doing the trouble?"

The aide replied: "Several are possible."

Liu Zaili nodded slightly, "In less than three days, the emperor's order for me to investigate and deal with it will definitely be delivered by pigeons."

"Then is the county king waiting here, or is he waiting in the little general's mansion?"

"This county thinks the scenery here is good."

"I understand it."

In Ma's house in Yunshui Town, Mrs. Ma also knew about the fact that the king of Yancheng County in the capital was in Ma Laoliu's house. As for getting married, do you want us Huier to..."

Ma Qimeng was overjoyed at first, and immediately shook his head after he was overjoyed, "No, no, we are direct descendants and cannot leave Pingding County."

"Dirty line refers to men, right? Women are not in this range." Mrs. Ma San looked for a loophole.

"That's what the emperor's decree said back then?"

Mrs. Ma San said: "Our famous book says it's exile, but it's clearly relegated, and it's because of relegation. Besides, it's men who commit crimes. It's impossible to be so harsh on women."

"I..." Ma Zhang was moved. The Jingcheng family did not rely on the marriage of their children to consolidate their own interests. "

"I have to ask my father."

"Then, let's ask quickly."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Ma Qimeng went to find his father immediately.

Ma Chengzu looked at his bright-eyed son and sighed: "In two days, I just have a chance to go to Lao Liu's place, and then I will find out what the king of Yancheng is saying."

"Father, that's great."

Ma Chengzu said, "Don't be too happy, I will go to the king of Yancheng County, he will definitely marry and accept a girl from the Ma family, I just ask the emperor to show mercy to the Ma family through his mouth. Daughters can marry to the capital, or other places."

"Father, what do you mean?"

Ma Chengzu sneered, "You...you don't understand such a clear thing, you..."

"Father...Father, what do you mean, as long as there is a chance to marry in the capital, even if the king of Yancheng County doesn't marry, we can still find another family, right?"

Ma Chengzu nodded: "Yes."

Ma Qimeng thought about it: "That's good, so I don't have to live in this small place like Pingding."

Mo Wanyi knew that her father had found an official matchmaker and was planning to go to Ma's house to propose a marriage. She finally settled down and nestled in her embroidery room, embroidering the dowry quietly. In fact, her dowry was two years earlier. It was ready in [-], and there is no need to prepare any more, but now, she has prepared some more things, which are all for that man's child.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but Qin Hong feels that knowing that the official media went to Ma's house to propose marriage the day after tomorrow, the eldest lady has changed completely, not the kind of heartbroken change, but... but a little happy, to happy !
"Miss, you... have you accepted your fate?"

"Accept fate?" Mo Wanyi raised her head, "I don't know why, but I believe in fate."

"Big lady, are you not angry that you married a man with so many children?"

Mo Wanyi lowered her head, "This is life."

Uh... Are these words sad, or something else... Bi Hong doesn't know.

Mo Shaolin hid in his room and was sad all day, so he found his sister's embroidery room, "Sister, I'm going back to Fucheng to study."

Mo Wanyi quickly put down the work in hand and asked Qin Hong to take out the clothes she had prepared, "The weather is getting hotter and hotter, these are thin clothes, take them to wear."

"Sister..." Mo Shaolin lowered his head sadly.

"Brother, don't worry, sister will be fine."

"Sister, I am not willing to marry you to an old man, I am not willing to marry you."

Mo Wanyi sighed, "Brother, don't talk about it, everyone has their own destiny, sister thinks it's good, at least let that one give up."

"Sister..." Mo Shaolin raised his head.

Mo Wanyi said: "Brother, the Ma family is not easy to bully. If my sister marries them, she will always be protected, so that her mother's dowry will not be robbed by that black-hearted woman."

Mo Shaolin couldn't say anything.

Mr. Tian was blocked in the barracks by the family members of the sergeant, so he could only use the form of flying pigeons to pass on the situation to the old general's mansion in Fucheng. Xia Shiyong was so worried that his brows were knotted.

"Zian... Zi'an, your father and I are both gentle and gentle, why are you so irritable? You are giving the emperor something to blame!"

The staff looked at the old general who was sighing and sighing, and comforted him: "Old general, it's not a blessing if you lose your horse!"

The old general raised his eyebrows, "But now, they force me to stand in line one by one. If I'm careful, the entire Xia family will..."

"Old general, although the young general has a violent temper, the people he killed were all killed during the war, and they all delayed the military aircraft. They cannot be punished as bad tempered. This kind of mistake is not a mistake."

At this moment, the hidden guard came in, "Old General, someone sent a secret letter."

"bring here."

"Yes." The dark guard handed the secret letter to the old general, he took off the seal, took a look at it, and threw the paper ball into the oil lamp before passing out.

"Old General..."

No one expected that a secret letter would make the old general unconscious.

"Hurry up and invite Langzhong, hurry up..." The general's mansion without the old lady is in chaos.

The beggar hid behind the stove and didn't go there except to eat.The cook felt very strange, "It makes me unable to light the fire, why don't you do it?"

The beggar didn't say anything, just picked up the firewood and added it to it.

"You..." The cook shook her head and had no choice but to let him light the fire.

Drowsily asleep, Xia Zhen sat up abruptly, her eyes filled with terror, "Father...Father..."

Ma Min'er was sitting next to him doing needle pointing. Seeing Xia Zhen muttering non-stop, she quickly put down her needle and thread, sat next to him, reached out and patted his back lightly, "What's the matter?"

"Father is being hunted down?"

Father?Ma Min'er remembers that Xia Zhen's father died in the battle ten years ago. Was it the shadow left by her childhood, a nightmare?
"Xia Zhen, it's afternoon!" Ma Min'er said softly, diverting his attention.

Sure enough, Xia Zhen woke up from the nightmare, turned his head and looked outside, it was almost evening, the light from the window lattice was not as strong as at noon, and it shone softly into the room, only then did he realize that he was sleeping on a small bed .

Seeing him looking down at the bed, Ma Min'er didn't dare to say that it was a small bed for the stewards to work overtime and had no time to go back to sleep, but said: "I asked General Jing to carry you to the bed."

"Oh." The bewildered Xia Zhen, at this moment, is like a child, not aggressive at all, his eyes stopped on the sewing basket.

Ma Min'er smiled and said, "The guard Xiao told me that you like to sleep with rabbits in your arms. This time, I will make a few more for you. There are big ones for you to sleep with, and small ones for you to play with." , there are also those hanging on pen holders and saddles, in short, I will make ten or eight for you, big and small."

"Min'er..." Xia Zhen put her head on her little shoulder, "Grow up quickly, I want to hug you to sleep."

Ma Min'er was so frightened by Xia Zhen's fierce words that she almost fell off the bed, "Hey, brother, what nonsense are you talking about?"

"Can't a husband hug his daughter-in-law to sleep?" Xia Zhen pouted, "When I was young, I saw my father hug my mother to sleep like this."

……

In addition to blinking, Ma Min'er sighed secretly, your parents were too careless, and you, a little kid, saw him sleeping. From another perspective, his parents are quite loving.

Mother, although she is an old core, she does look like an underage girl. Ma Min'er hurriedly stood up from the bed and packed her sewing basket, "Get up quickly, I'm going to patrol the fields."

"When will the rabbit be ready?"

"Tonight, I will make the biggest one for you to hug and sleep. The rest will be in a few days."

"Oh."

"Get up quickly and go for a drive."

Xia Zhen didn't move.

"Hurry up."

"No." Xia Zhen looked like an angry child.

"Didn't you say you were going to ride a horse?"

It's not riding a horse, it's wanting to cuddle her waist, and she has already succeeded before going to bed, Xia Zhen is having fun.

"Not going again?"

"You went out to pick peaches for Liu Dezi."

... The corners of Ma Min'er's mouth twitched, patrolling the fields and picking peaches are both right, doesn't it mean that my world revolves around you? Even if I get married, I still have freedom, okay? She held the sewing basket angrily, "Xia Zhen, I'll give you one last chance, will you go?"

Not good, the little daughter-in-law got angry, quickly put down her long legs, and got up immediately, "I don't want to go with Liu Dezi."

"I promised others, I can't keep my word, understand?"

"I……"

This awkwardness, sir, who is the woman, who should coax whom, does she owe you eight lifetimes, calmly, Ma Min'er grinned, "The main thing is to ride with you, and pick two peaches for him along the way."

Hearing this, Xia Zhen narrowed her eyes and was satisfied, "Then I want to change into a robe."

It doesn't matter if you change or change eight sets, Ma Min'er grinned, "Hurry up!" After finishing speaking, she went out of her own room, uncle, to coax a brat who looks twenty in appearance but twelve in heart, sister easy Well!
Just arrived in the corridor, looked down to the downstairs, at the gate of the yard, the two sisters of the Ma family were talking with Liu Zaili, that Liu Dezi, who is full of hormones, do you know what he is doing, the peach blossoms have long since withered, and they have all become peaches, What else is there, really.

Liu Zaili saw Ma Min'er going downstairs with a sewing basket, reached the stairs, and reached for the embroidery in the basket, "What is this?"

"Ready to sew a rabbit."

"Rabbit..." Liu Zaili looked upstairs subconsciously. Xia Zhen just came out, and he couldn't help laughing, "Haha..." Mother, I really did not waste my trip to peace, Xia Zi'an's secrets are all covered. I see!
Xia Zhen rolled her eyes in disdain, and went back to her guest room to change her robes.

Ma Zhier also walked up to her cousin, "Who is this rabbit for?" As soon as she finished speaking, a cold light shot at her, frightened and looked around.

Everyone looked at her coldly, did she ask something wrong?

(End of this chapter)