Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 145
Ma Yue'er raised the letter in her hand: "Here's a letter..."

"Whose one?" In fact, Ma Min'er knew it was from her elder brother, but she still couldn't stop asking, expecting it to be from Xia Zhen.

"Of course it belongs to big brother."

The expected disappointment was just a letter from the eldest brother, and Ma Min'er was still happy, "Hurry up and take a look."

Ma Yue'er soon arrived at the second sister's side, and the two sisters quickly opened the letter, glanced at a few lines, and looked at it with a smile.

Ma Qifeng and his wife were doing work in the corridor of the bedroom and basking in the sun, when they heard Youxin, the two walked around the corridor, "Yueer, what did your brother write in the letter?"

"Brother said he has arrived in the capital."

"That's good, that's good." Ma Qifeng breathed a sigh of relief, "Finally back to the place where I used to live."

Mo Wanyi smiled and said, "The capital must be very prosperous."

"Well, the place where the emperor lives must be prosperous." Ma Qifeng asked the younger daughter again, "What else did your elder brother say?"

"Brother said that the capital is still as prosperous as before, and he is doing well now. After my master has seen the emperor, I will arrange for him to study in the famous Linxian Academy in the capital."

Ma Qifeng looked at the distant sky, Linxian Academy, he had only studied in the family academy for a few years, even if he was from Beijing, even if he was the son of the emperor's teacher, he would not have the opportunity to go to the famous Linxian Academy. One day his wish in life will come true.

"Second sister, second sister, look, elder brother said he met the little general." Ma Yue'er was more excited than Ma Min'er, she was happy for her sister, she finally had news of her future brother-in-law, but unfortunately there was only one sentence, saying they I was very busy in Beijing, and we separated after a quick meeting on the street.

"Second Sister..." Ma Yueer pouted.

Ma Min'er pursed her lips, "It's okay, let's continue reading."

"Oh."

In fact, Ma Dalang's letter is really a few sentences, just to report the itinerary, and he didn't even tell his family about the fact that his wife let him stay in the hotel, so as not to worry them, and Zhang Nianmei said he went to Hualou. I won't mention it, it will only increase my sister's worry and pain. I have to say that Ma Dalang is a qualified brother. A letter has been sent back, and everything that should be said has been said, and nothing that should not be said has not been mentioned. , It's really messed up.

Ma Dalang's letter was passed around in everyone's hands, and after reading it several times, it was finally taken away by Ma Qifeng, "In the future, no matter who of you sends letters back, I will put them away and take them out to read when I have free time. Look."

"Father, I think it's better to watch it when you're too old to walk. It's weird to be young."

"What's so weird about this?" Ma Qifeng glared at his eldest daughter.

Ma Min'er pursed her lips, "I won't tell you, I'll go downstairs to jump rope with Niu Xiaobao."

"Second sister, wait for me, I will go too."

"Okay!" The two daughters hooked their shoulders and went downstairs to play.

Mo Wanyi said: "Er Niang's thoughts are all hidden in her heart."

"This child has always been like this, no matter how big it is, he likes to carry it alone." Ma Qifeng sighed, "Let's go, let's go back to the yard, it's windy here."

"it is good."

The couple went back to the yard and porch arm in arm, and continued to pick up the needles. Together, they prepared clothes for the children for the New Year. One hemmed, the other embroidered. In the movie, they are already familiar with each other without knowing it, and they know what the other party is going to take with just one look.

When he got the news that Xia Zhen had left the capital, he was already three hundred miles away from the capital, "Jun Wang, when Xia Zhen left, no one greeted her, and no one sent her off."

Whether he is in a hurry to see a woman, or just pretending to show the emperor that he does not form a party, maybe only Xia Zhen knows, but when he thinks of a woman, Liu Zaili has a fresh face in front of him, like that It was so vivid and bright that it made his heart ache uncontrollably.

"Jun Wang..." Seeing him frowning, the subordinate called out in a low voice, "We're on the way..." made a killing motion.

Liu Zaili glanced at his subordinates, looked at the clear sky, and replied after a long time: "No."

"Yes, the king of the county!"

The days seem to be back to the usual track. In winter, although people work at sunrise and rest at sunset, they spend more time sitting at the door to bask in the sun, either today at your door or tomorrow at my door. The parents are short in the west, to pass the long winter.

The Ma family has a big business, and although Auntie Wan is in charge of the family affairs, Ma Min'er still needs a lot of work outside, such as patrolling the fields, looking at the shop, and checking accounts.

And the year is getting closer and closer, and the business of the shop is also getting busy. Ma Miner spends more time in the county seat. Together, it's not deserted at night.

"Go to sleep now."

In the well-heated wing, Ma Saburo's little butt didn't want to move, and acted like a baby: "Second sister, you can just talk about it, why do I think you can talk better than the master."

"Come on, I can't even read the article coherently. How can I speak better than my master? Don't be lazy here, go to bed quickly."

"Second sister, it's true. Although you can't read it, after I read it to you, you can explain it better than Master."

"That's because the second sister has a lot of contacts in business and simplifies many profound things, so you think it is better than the master." Ma Miner glanced at the younger brother and thought that your elder sister has read it for decades. book, I still don't understand this.

"Is that right?"

"En." Ma Min'er urged him to go to the room to sleep.

"Oh." Ma Sanlang reluctantly left the small warm room, "Second Sister, what are you going to make breakfast for me tomorrow morning?"

"I'll make you fried rice with eggs tomorrow, so that you won't be hungry before noon."

"Okay, okay, I like to eat Yangzhou egg stir-fry." Ma Sanlang asked: "Second sister, what is Yangzhou like?"

"Flowers bloom like brocades, mist and rain south of the Yangtze River."

"Wow, that sounds beautiful."

Ma Min'er snorted, "Yangzhou is an important route in the south of the Yangtze River. It is not only rich in agriculture, but also more developed in commerce. If it is poor, it will be beautiful."

"Hee hee, I know that only with an economic foundation can there be flowers blooming like a brocade, and Jiangnan in misty rain, don't you, Second Sister?"

"Of course, go to bed quickly." Ma Min'er picked up the little rabbit slippers and sent her brother to his room.

The hot pit in the room has been heated, the water basin for drying in the room has been placed, and everything has been done for clean clothes, nodding at ease, and said to Xiao Gen, his younger brother's book boy: "Go to bed early with Sanlang. "

"Yes, Er Niang, I understand." Luo Xiaogen nodded calmly.

"It is easy to dry your mouth when burning earth pits, so put a warm porcelain bottle next to the bed."

"Okay, Er Niang."

Like a mother, Ma Miner asked about everything before going to sleep. When she reached the door of her bedroom, she yawned and said to Shan Xiaodan who was serving water: "Miss Shan, it's cold in the night, you Go to sleep now, too."

"Oh, I changed the water by the side of the pit again. I don't want to waste the water. I will use it for my father and brother."

Shan Xiaodan's expression was a bit awkward, but Ma Erniang didn't see it, and yawned again: "Well, let them also rest quickly."

"I... I see." Shan Xiaodan couldn't help but glanced inside the door, and then at Erniang, seeing her yawning and sleeping like she was waiting for her to leave, so she had no choice but to walk away.

As long as Ma Min'er is there, the young and old of the Shan family will follow them. The small yard in the county town, from the gatekeeper to the woman who cooks, and serving Ma Min'er, are all taken care of by their family.

Really sleepy, Ma Min'er didn't notice Shan Xiaodan's unusual behavior at all, yawning, half-closed her eyes, and walked towards the pit with her slippers on, the oil lamp in the room was not on, it was hazy, like a dream magical.

Ma Min'er walked to the edge of the pit with her eyes half closed, took off her outer robe, and only put on her middle coat. After hanging up her robe, she habitually reached for a little white rabbit doll and hugged her in her arms. She sat on the edge of the bed, fascinated. Mihu tugged at the little white rabbit's ears, "Little rabbit, it's almost Chinese New Year, aren't you back yet?"

After talking to himself, he sighed, "Could it be that the feasting and feasting in Beijing are so distracting that you can't find your way home?"

"No, I can find it."

"Oh, as long as you can find it." Ma Min'er answered the words smoothly, as if this was what she wanted to hear, she leaned on the pit with peace of mind and rolled towards the warm bed.

"Mother, oh my god, this..." Ma Min'er, who realized it after a while, bounced and stood on the pit, completely sleepless, her sober and beautiful eyes were wide open, and the pupils were full of surprise and joy. Covering her mouth with both hands, "Why...how is it you..."

"Who else but me?" Xia Zhen's deep voice was particularly magnetic in the oil lamp, extremely charming.

Ma Min'er choked on her saliva, suppressed her excited and excited mood, pouted her face and pouted her mouth, "Huh!" She folded her arms and raised her chin, "I don't know you, please leave quickly!"

"No...you don't know me?" Xia Zhen, who was leaning on the pit, stood up and giggled, "If you want to blame it, blame me for growing up and getting better and better, so you don't recognize me."

Ma Min'er really didn't know him, and stared at him, "You have a stubble, and you dare to say that you are in the wind, you are really thin-skinned."

Xia Zhen smiled, "Rushing all the way, the north wind has thickened my skin."

"Hmph!" Ma Min'er glanced at the dusty cheeks, it was wrinkled by the wind, which made people feel distressed, but she said, "It's so cold, what way to go, the capital city is full of feasting and feasting, how good it is to lie drunk !"

"Drunk lying down?" Xia Zhen clicked her mouth deliberately aftertaste.

Ma Min'er was so angry that she pursed her mouth: "Don't think I don't know, you are enjoying yourself in the capital, and you can't think of leaving."

"No way, you know what I do in Beijing!" Xia Zhen deliberately teased her with a suppressed smile.

Seeing the man's disapproving look, Ma Min'er was really angry: "Of course, so please leave quickly."

"Are you willing for me to leave?" Xia Zhen blinked her beautiful Ruifeng eyes, the tiredness, grayness, and stubble on his face from the rush made him more flavorful.

"Huh." The nose snorted disdainfully, and Ma Min'er, who had been captured in her heart, quickly turned her face away, mother, mother, I haven't seen you for more than a year, that big boy has become more and more mature and attractive!
Xia Zhen's light laughter echoed in the warm room: "Then who was missing me just now, afraid that I can't find my way home?"

"I said the rabbit, not you!"

"But you once tapped my forehead and said 'you cute bunny' wasn't it me?"

Ma Min'er puffed her mouth and stood on the pit, condescending, frowning and pouting again, which made Xia Zhen's heart itch, looked at the awkward and cute little daughter-in-law, touched her stubble, and stretched out the other hand, that is patient enough to tease her, and dragged the little lady standing on the pit into her arms, the stubble was so stubbled that Min'er couldn't help giggling, she kept protecting her with her hands, Let Xia Zhen play tricks, "You...you move away quickly?"

"Don't move..."

"Move!"

"Then say you miss me." The voice was low.

Ma Min'er covered her ears with her hands: "There are so many beauties in the capital, who cares about me?"

"I miss you, I miss you every day."

"You lied to me thinking why didn't I write me a letter."

"wrote."

"What about the letter?"

"I was intercepted."

"Ah..." Ma Min'er paused, "Who is so boring, even intercepting letters?"

"An irrelevant person." Xia Zhen would not mention Liu Zaili in front of his daughter-in-law, even if it was a negative sense of existence, he would not let Min'er know.

"It doesn't matter...could it be the emperor..."

"Well, more or less." Xia Zhen took advantage of the opportunity of the little lady's stupefaction, lowered her head, and once again intimately tied her beard to the little daughter-in-law, lovesickness became a disaster, and finally she could truly feel her existence, "Min'er..."

"Xia Zhen..." Ma Min'er put her hands on his thin cheeks, "You've lost weight..."

"Min'er..." Xia Zhen, who was thin and thin, his eyes were rotten like stars, and in the starlight, there were all young daughter-in-laws. He couldn't help lowering his head,...the word N will be omitted below.

The reunion after parting for more than a year cannot be written in three hundred or six thousand words, only N words.

After the word N, Ma Min'er sat on the pit warm as spring, Xia Zhen's head was resting on her lap, he was already asleep, and the sound of snoring, which was not light or heavy, rang in her ears, like the most beautiful The music, the small hand touching the beard on his lips, was messy and hard, but it finally made her restless heart settle down.

Back, he's finally back!Ma Min'er lowered her head and tapped his forehead lightly, "I must be exhausted from traveling day and night, I reward you, hee hee!"

Gently put Xia Zhen's head on the pillow, Ma Min'er got down the pit, put on her clothes and went to the door, opened a crack, "Is anyone there?"

Shan Xiaodan and Xiaowen stepped forward at the same time, "Er Niang—"

"Do you have the little general's razor blade?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Xiaowen said again and again.

"Bring it here, I'll shave him."

"it is good."

Seeing that Erniang was about to close the door, Shan Xiaodan quickly asked, "Erniang, General Zhang and the other generals have already eaten in the kitchen, do you want some for the little general?"

Ma Min'er looked up the pit, Xia Zhen was sound asleep like a piglet, "Let them eat, after they finish eating, find a room for them to rest."

"Okay." Shan Xiaodan replied, but he didn't move.

"Any thing else?"

"Erniang, my mother...mother said that you and the little general have not...not...so..." Shan Xiaodan bit the bullet and reminded.

Ma Min'er blinked and replied, "I...I won't sleep tonight, so I just... sit next to the little general."

Shan Xiaodan wanted to say that this is not right, but Xiaowen glared at him, "What the master says is what, why are there so many things?"

Shan Xiaodan was in a bad mood after being rushed by him, and puffed up: "Er Niang, what else do you need, you call me."

"Okay, I will." Ma Min'er closed the door embarrassingly. When Xia Zhen came back, she was only interested in being happy. She really didn't think of this problem, but now this guy sleeps like a pig, so it shouldn't matter.

After closing the door, Ma Min'er hurriedly scooped up water to shave Xia Zhen by the side of the pit. This was the first time I did it. I don't know if it would scratch his skin. If... Will he beat her up when he wakes up?

Thinking about it, I found it interesting, curled up my neck and smiled secretly, and started working happily.

The ideal of shaving a fiancée is plump, but the reality is skinny. The razor blade in Ma Min'er's hands doesn't work at all, and she can't even shave it off.

"Forget it, it won't be good if his skin is scratched." Ma Min'er finally gave up after tossing for a long time, turned around to put the blade, but Xia Zhen held her hand, "I will do it myself."

"Hey, aren't you asleep?"

"After a while, it's much better." Xia Zhen sat up.

"If you are so tired, go to sleep quickly, I won't disturb you anymore." Ma Min'er said impatiently.

Xia Zhen lowered her head and rested her forehead on her shoulder: "No, I don't want to waste the time with you."

"Xia Zhen." Ma Min'er wrapped her arms around his waist, "Then you come back this time..."

"I'm not going back to Beijing."

"Really?"

"Ah."

"Great."

The unmarried young couple began to get bored again. As for when it was over, we had no way of knowing. Shan Xiaodan was sleeping in a separate wing, in a daze, as if someone had left the room. hello.

"General—"

"Go to sleep." Xia Zhen said.

"General—" Xiaowen means that I want to serve you?
Ma Min'er smiled and said, "The little general and I went to the kitchen to get some food, you go and rest."

"Then I'm going to rest." The little general rushed like desperately, they were already exhausted, and Xiaowen heard that they could go to rest, so he didn't feel pretentious, and went to sleep quickly.

Xia Zhen and Ma Min'er hugged each other to the kitchen, "What do you want to eat, I'll make it for you?"

"Quick and hot ones are fine." Xia Zhen smiled and hugged her little daughter-in-law's waist, not caring what to eat, but who she was with.

Ma Min'er said playfully, "Then... how about talking at night around the fire?"

"What to burn?"

"Hee hee, hot pot for two!"

"Baxia offering?"

"Yes, that's right!"

Xia Zhen pursed her lips: "You are not allowed to eat rabbit meat."

"Uh..." When Ma Min'er came to her senses, she leaned forward and back with laughter: "Little rabbit, haha..."

"Laugh, you still laugh..." Xia Zhen stretched out his hand to tickle his daughter-in-law, "Look how dare you laugh!"

"Don't dare...don't dare..." Ma Min'er almost huddled into a ball. In the cold winter night, they walked down the corridor, although it was very cold, but there was no chill at all.

The two walked and chatted, and they arrived in the kitchen after a while. Shan Xiaodan's mother heard the voice and came out from the next door: "Little boss..."

"Is there any food left?"

"have!"

"Okay, Aunt Shan, then go and rest."

"Don't let me help..."

"No...no..." Ma Min'er laughed.

(End of this chapter)