Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 147
Shuang Lian originally didn't want to tell his wife about it, but seeing her mourning all day long, she thought, maybe seeing a more pitiful person, she can know how good her life is!
Shuanglian hurried to the room, "Madam..."

Zhao Suxin rested her head on the side of the bedpost, her eyes squinted as if she was sleeping, but she didn't open her eyes when she heard the girl calling her.

Shuanglian called softly: "Madam, are Madam Ling and Miss Biao here?"

"Where is it?" Zhao Suxin woke up suddenly, with surprise on her face.

"Back door."

"Why don't you invite them in?"

Shuanglian said with a bitter face: "Madam, you can't invite them in."

"Why?"

Shuanglian explained: "Ma'am, General Ling left with the rebels, and they are not with our Xia family. The generals will definitely not accept them."

"Rebels?" Zhao Suxin looked confused.

Shuang Lian nodded: "Yes, ma'am, last year General Ling and General Shao who rebelled in the army fought against the young general. Later, he was killed by the defeated General Shao, and only Mrs. Ling and his mother remained."

Zhao Suxin was dumbfounded: "How could such a thing happen?"

Damn, all the servants in the mansion know about Miss Biao's family, why is Madam like...an idiot, Shuanglian said patiently, "Madam, why don't I send them away with some money?"

"Aren't they very pitiful now?" Zhao Suxin burst into tears.

Damn, when I see my wife like this, Shuanglian secretly thinks it’s not good. After all, my wife is my wife, and I can be forgiven if I make a mistake, but I’m not sure. She doesn’t want to be betrayed in the winter, so hurry up and dismiss her as a demon. Thoughts, asked her: "Ma'am... don't you have pity?"

"I……"

Shuanglian looked pitiful: "Yes, ma'am, you didn't do anything, and the general didn't come into your room very often. If you brought the rebel general's wife here, wouldn't the general neglect you even more..."

Just when she wanted Shuanglian to bring her younger sister, mother and son into the mansion, Zhao Suxin hesitated when she heard that the man was ignoring her even more, "Then...then drive them away quickly."

"Ma'am, that silver..."

"Take as much as you want."

"Oh."

For some reason, even though I don't like Madam Ling and think she used to please Madam everywhere, Miss Biao has been with Madam for so many years, how could Madam treat her like this?

For the first time, Shuanglian felt that her master was very selfish. She could only think about herself all day long. She shook her head and sighed. She went to the box and took three big silver coins to the door of the backyard. let's go."

Seeing that there were 30 taels, Mrs. Ling cried, "It's better to be my sister."

it is good?Shuang Lian said, "It's not my fault, I took three of them, and with a smile on my face: "Hurry up and rent a small yard to live in, and find some sewing in the future, so you can support yourself."

"I know, I know..." Mrs. Ling thanked left and right, and took her daughter away.

Ling Ruya was stunned, when she was pulled away by her mother and turned her head, the eyes that looked at the little general's mansion were full of hatred. Unfortunately, Shuanglian had already entered the door and didn't see it. Maybe even if she saw it, she couldn't think about it. What will happen to her!

Xia Zhen who returned to Pingding was busy, but no matter how busy he was, no matter how late he was, he always came to Ma's small courtyard, slept with Ma Min'er until dawn, and left in a hurry after dawn!
In the small courtyard of Ma's family, except for Ma Sanlang, who didn't know that his future brother-in-law had come, everyone in the Shan family knew that the little general and Ma Min'er just shared the same bed.

Standing beside her mother, Shan Xiaodan whispered, "Mother, they slept on the same pit, but they didn't sleep under the same quilt, does it matter?"

Aunt Shan said: "It's definitely not okay to follow the truth. If you are not married, you can't be in the same room, let alone the same pit."

"Oh, that……"

Aunt Shan said: "Don't talk too much, he is a little general, even if we remind him, he might not listen."

"That's true." Shan Xiaodan sighed, "Mother, Erniang said, let you prepare a light snack at night, saying that the little general got angry from eating."

"On fire?" Aunt Shan snorted and laughed, "It's no wonder if you don't get on fire."

Uncle Shan sat on the side and laughed too.

"Father, mother, what are you laughing at?"

"You're a girl, don't ask, go get busy." Aunt Shan held back her smile.

"Oh." Shan Xiaodan didn't know what his parents were laughing at, and left suspiciously.

Uncle Shan shook his head: "This little general probably has a nosebleed."

"They're both young and full of vigor. It's no wonder if my daughter-in-law can see if she can eat or not if she's looking forward to the future." Aunt Shan was angry and funny, "Do you think I should remind my little boss."

"Farewell, Xiaodong's family is right on their minds. I've heard people say that the little general's family is going back to Fucheng for the New Year. I'm afraid they can't bear the pain of parting, so they just spend more time together."

Aunt Shan said: "The little general should just marry Erniang."

"Didn't the big boss say he's going to be 16 years old, the little boss is only [-] this year, and he's going to be the next year."

"Then what is the life of this young couple?"

Old Uncle Shan said: "What's the matter? The little general is going back to Fucheng. The little boss is here. It's fine if we don't meet."

"Too."

In Pingding's general ledger shop, Ma Min'er checked the accounts and fell asleep lying on the table, but Qiu Baiyan shook her head and went out without disturbing her!

Guo Daping was in another accounting room, and when he saw shopkeeper Qiu going out, he stood up and walked out of the accounting room lightly. When he arrived at the general accountant, he just wanted to talk to Erniang, but he thought she fell asleep, no wonder shopkeeper Qiu went out. up.

Turning around to leave, I couldn't help but stop my feet, stood aside, looked at her carefully, with a smile on her face, it was so nice, so quiet, so beautiful!

Guo Daping walked lightly to the hanger, took her cloak, and gently helped her cover her body. Although there was a charcoal fire in the room, it was always cold in winter, he was afraid that she would freeze!
Ma Min'er was startled awake by the thing on her back, "Brother Daping, why are you?"

"Come here to see how your account is doing, when will you return to Xiaowang?" Guo Daping smiled.

Patted his dozing face, "I'm sorry, I fell asleep."

"It's okay." Guo Daping knew why she was sleepy, because the little general came back, they must have talked very late every night, their hearts were sour and astringent, but they were happy for her, the rumors finally stopped, Er Niang must be her Be happy.

Ma Min'er woke up, "Brother Daping, it's only been two or three days, I'll go back after reading the account, how about you?"

"I can leave anytime."

"Then you can go back with me."

"Okay." Guo Daping was very happy, "Then I will go to work." After speaking, he lifted his feet and walked out.

"Brother Daping—"

"What's wrong?" Guo Daping turned around.

"Next year, I may go to Qingzhou and Liangzhou. I need manpower. You can do things independently!"

"It's okay!" Guo Daping thought about it.

Ma Min'er asked: "Then next year, can I let you shoulder the burden here?"

"here?"

"Yeah." Ma Miner smiled and said, "I'm going to take Master Qiu out. There's no one in charge here. Let you be in charge, is that okay?"

Guo Daping wanted to go out with Ma Erniang more, but he knew that he was not as good as Shopkeeper Qiu, so he could only stay at home and nodded, "Okay!"

"Brother Daping, you are here to exercise. When I go to the capital one day, I will take you to see the bustling capital."

"The capital city?" Guo Daping's eyes lit up in a sad heart, "Really?"

"Of course." Ma Min'er said: "But you need to practice, learn more from shopkeeper Peng in the future, and try to become a big boss in three to five years."

"Okay, okay." Guo Daping was very excited.

"but……"

"What's wrong?" Guo Daping asked nervously.

"Oh, it's nothing." Ma Min'er suddenly felt that she shouldn't ask people about their relationship, so she smiled.

"Oh." Erniang smiled and didn't want to say it, and Guo Daping didn't ask, "Then I'm going back to the accountant."

"it is good."

After Guo Daping left, Ma Min'er patted her head hard, oh my god, I chatted with Xia Zhen every night until late at night, I really couldn't sleep now, luckily this guy is going back to Fucheng, so she can relax up.

Relaxed, but also a little sentimental, for some reason, Ma Miner expects not to pass the age of 15, and to be 16 directly, so that it can be...not good, 16 is not too old!God...she, an old-hearted and tender-skinned little lady, is really squeamish!

I'm going back to Fucheng, Zhang Nianmei is buying a lot of things, whether it's his own or the little general's mansion, he has to buy some souvenirs in person, if he doesn't show up, those guys will take it If you want to fool him, he won't do it.

He came out of another shop and was stopped by someone, and it was a beauty!
"General..." There were crystal clear teardrops on the beauty's eyelids, and the tears flowed down her cheeks. She wiped the tears away from her face with trembling hands, but the tears seemed to be broken and couldn't stop.

Zhang Nianmei, with a hippie smile on her face, raised her head and looked towards the distance of the street. He knew that she had been waiting for him for more than a year, but...it was impossible between him and her.

"General, can't I just be a concubine?"

Zhang Nianmei turned her head, "You are already a good man, you should find someone to live with." After speaking, she lifted her foot and left.

"General... General..." Rou Yue grabbed Zhang Nianmei's skirt, "But I only like you." Her face was full of tears and anticipation.

"I'm sorry, I don't treat you differently from other women." Zhang Nianmei said coldly.

"No, no, no...Little General, as you once said, concubines are different from others."

Zhang Nianmei's face was cold: "Do you believe that men play tricks every time?"

"No...no...Little General, Concubine Xin!" Rou Yue collapsed helplessly on the ground, hugging his legs with both hands, and leaning her head against his legs, extremely humble.

Zhang Nianmei lowered her head, with unbearable flashes in her eyes, her outstretched hand rested on top of her head, hesitated for a long time, but finally did not touch it, and gently stretched out her legs, "I'm going back to Fucheng." After finishing speaking, she turned and left.

"General, general..." Rou Yue crawled forward, heartbroken, and all the onlookers were moved.

"Poor woman..."

"What a crime!"

"General... General..." Rou Yue's voice changed from loud to soft, from small to nothing, lying on the cold street, pitiful and helpless.

For some reason, Qiu Baiyan felt her former self from this woman. In the capital, she was squeezed out by the people of Yancheng County King.

Unexpectedly, wandering all the way to the north, I met a nobleman, and finally got out of the predicament of life, from where the sea and the sky are brighter.

Rou Yue felt that her body was frozen and stiff, and gradually she seemed to lose consciousness, and suddenly her body seemed to warm up, she raised her head, opened her eyes with great effort, and opened them upwards.

"Girl, the world is dangerous. If you don't stand up again, you will be snatched away by traffickers or people with ulterior motives. From then on, you will be in trouble. Why bother?" Qiu Baiyan covered her with her cloak.

"Grand...son..."

"I'm not a son, but an ordinary gentleman, get up quickly."

"I... I can't get up anymore." Rouyue burst into tears. She was trafficked to a building since she was a child. She never knew whether she had parents or not. Where is her hometown? She has no childhood memories. What? She can't remember either, being ruthlessly rejected by her beloved, she has no sustenance in life, let alone the courage to live!
Qiu Baiyan sighed: "Girl, if you want to die, then die happily. If you are taken away by thieves, life is worse than death. Do you want this?"

"Life is better than death?" Rou Yue recalled the suffering she had experienced in the building, and cried loudly: "No...no..."

Those who hid in the crowd with ulterior motives waited for the opportunity to attack, but unexpectedly, they were caught first, asking, "Who is this person?"

"Even you don't know about him? The head of Long'an Trading Company, he is the number one person in our Pingding."

"Long An Trading Company?"

"You don't know this, this is the shop of the little general's future daughter-in-law, alas, brother, are you an outsider, why don't you know anything..."

"That's right, you don't know anything, and you still dare to mess around in Pingding, I advise you to go home quickly."

……

Seeing that the woman wanted to live, Qiu Baiyan stood up, waved his hand, and immediately stepped forward with his long follower, "Your Majesty..."

"Send the girl back."

"Yes, Master."

"Greeting to the people around, just say that the girl is a customer of Long'an Trading Company."

"Yes, Master."

……

The crowd of onlookers clicked their tongues, "This little lady is lucky, she was actually covered by the people from Long'an Trading Company, not bad, not bad..."

"This little lady is also amazing. Everyone knew that she was looking for General Zhang. They thought it was General Zhang. No one dared to touch her. Unexpectedly, General Zhang didn't want her just now, and she came to Long'an Commercial Firm..."

"So it is not false to say that beautiful faces produce rice."

"Ha ha……"

……

Ma Min'er did not expect that Zhang Nianmei would come to him, "Brother Zhang, you are a rare visitor!"

Zhang Nianmei entered the accounting room with a straight face, "No matter what I'm busy with recently, I can't see you, let alone eat the delicious food you cook."

Although her mouth was poor, Ma Min'er felt that he was not in a good mood, "What's the matter, Brother Zhang?"

"Oh, nothing?" Zhang Nianmei sat down on the chair, raised her legs, and picked her fingers.

It's no wonder the tone is normal, Ma Min'er put down the pen in her hand, raised her chin, "Dumped by a woman?"

"Joke, how could I be dumped by a woman." Zhang Nianmei shouted anxiously.

"Then why are you acting so unlovely?"

Zhang Nianmei looked at her old sister, "It's not good to be a man."

"Pfft..." Ma Min'er burst out laughing, "I said bro, a man like you is romantic, cheerful, unrestrained, how dare you say that being a man is boring?"

"What do you know."

Ma Min'er was so angry that he waved her hand: "Okay, I don't understand, then why did you come here and leave as quickly as you can."

"Stingy!"

Ma Min'er rolled his eyes at him, continued to settle accounts with a pen and ignored him.

Zhang Nianmei didn't care either, she rested her head on the chair handle, stared blankly at the roof, and didn't speak for a while.

Ma Min'er raised her eyes and looked outside the door. It was almost evening, and this guy didn't feel anxious.

Suddenly, Zhang Nianmei said: "Old sister, being rejected by a man, do you women think it hard?"

"Divide people, some people will, some people won't."

Zhang Nianmei raised her head and asked, "What kind of people can, and what kind of people can't?"

"A few sentences make it clear."

"If you are caught in public on the street..."

Ma Min'er immediately knew what was going on: "Stop... Brother Zhang, are you rejecting Miss Rouyue in public?"

"how do you know?"

"Everyone in Pingding knows that Beauty Rouyue only has General Zhang in her heart, you..." Ma Min'er didn't know what to say to him.

Zhang Nianmei said: "For a while, I liked her quite a lot, but you know, how could I marry a romantic woman, even if I was a concubine."

Ma Min'er shook her head, "I understand, you are a man with distinct classes, you play as you play, your wife is still a good match, and a famous matchmaker is marrying, right?"

"That's natural, the orthodox rules are here, how can I break these rules."

Ma Min'er shook her head again, "To put it bluntly, you still don't like her enough. If a person really likes someone, it doesn't matter what family background or worldliness is there. He only has eyes for the other person, and he (she) just wants to be with him."

"Maybe." Zhang Nianmei pouted.

Ma Min'er sighed deeply for Rou Yue: "Brother Zhang, you are not young, why are you not married yet?"

"I'm waiting for myself to have enough fun, then marry someone well and treat her well."

Ma Miner smiled.

"Why do you just laugh and don't talk?"

"I thought Big Brother Zhang would be a top-notch scumbag, but I didn't expect him to be a man who can handle things clearly..." Ma Min'er didn't know how to evaluate this cheap brother.

"That's natural. Your eldest brother also lives in the building when he wants to play. He has never deceived anyone with sweet words outside. He also knows that his heart is not settled, so he dare not marry casually."

Ma Miner asked curiously: "Then is your heart settled now?"

"It's almost done, I've seen enough, and I've seen it too lightly. It's time to start a family, marry a wife, and have a baby." As if the depression in her heart had been relieved, Zhang Nianmei stood up from her chair, "I'm going back."

Ma Min'er said: "Well, let's go back."

Zhang Nianmei turned to go out and stopped at the door, "It's not easy for a woman, help me to see her."

"Are you worried that she won't think about it?"

"After all, he liked me."

"Okay, I see, I'll send someone there right away." Ma Min'er nodded.

"Thanks, sister."

Ma Min'er said: "Why are you being polite, remember to treat your wife well in the future."

"Ah."

"No, be serious," Ma Min'er said, "For a woman, nothing can hit her, but as long as her husband cheats once, she can be sent to the [-]th floor of hell."

Zhang Nianmei turned her head to look at Ma Miner.

Ma Min'er pursed her lips: "I hope that in this lifetime, Xia Zhen will only belong to me. If one day, he has another woman, I think I may die!"

"Old sister..."

"Your future wife is just like me."

"But..." Zhang Nianmei blinked and wanted to say, men in this world don't have three wives and four concubines, they don't look for women, and women don't die!

As if knowing what he wanted to say, Ma Min'er said: "There is another kind called 'heart death'"

Zhang Nianmei was stunned there!
As the sky darkened, Shi Xiaoe happily went from the tailor shop to the back door of the general ledger shop, and the old janitor opened the door, "Miss Shi——"

"Dad—"

"Hurry up and eat, they just started eating."

"I'm sorry, old man." Shi Xiao'e handed a small packet of sanzi to the doorman old man, "This is so crispy, you can eat it with your teeth."

"You little lady, why did you bring me something again?" The gatekeeper smiled and wanted to refuse.

Shi Xiao'e had already run away, and when she reached the kitchen restaurant, she saw the place where Guo Daping was sitting, and immediately went to the sink to wash her hands, took the plate to cook, and sat next to him, "Brother Daping——"

Guo Daping raised his head and smiled at him, "Eat."

"Okay!" Shi Xiao'e felt that he was more enthusiastic than before, and he was not so cold and indifferent, and he couldn't close his mouth when he was happy.

Guo Daping seems to be eating with his head down, but in fact he is full of thoughts. Everyone in the shop knows that Xiao'e likes him, but he... he feels that he is very cowardly at one moment, and feels sorry for Erniang at another, and sometimes he finds Xiao'e annoying, so why should he like him? I, can't let myself like the second...

Thinking of this, Guo Daping's brain stopped abruptly, and he counted... what...

"Brother Daping, isn't the food delicious?"

"No."

"Then why are you frowning?"

"Nothing, hurry up and eat!"

"Oh."

Ma Min'er didn't have dinner in the shop, and met Qiu Baiyan when she went out, "Master Qiu, why did you come back, have you eaten tonight?"

"Something happened."

"Oh." Ma Miner asked, "Is it important?"

Qiu Baiyan shook his head, "It's someone else's little matter, I reached out to help."

"Oh, so that's the case." Ma Min'er smiled and said, "I'm going back, you should hurry up and eat."

"Yeah." Qiu Baiyan watched Xiao Dong's family get into the carriage before entering the door with a sigh. If all the women in the world were as independent as Xiao Dong's, maybe it would be much easier.

Shan Xiaoshan was driving the carriage, and said to the young owner in the carriage: "Er Niang, you asked me to go to Miss Rouyue just now, and I met shopkeeper Qiu."

"What?" Ma Min'er lifted the curtain, "What's going on?"

"The shopkeeper Qiu just said that he was helping others, and he was referring to Miss Rouyue." Shan Xiaoshan told the ins and outs of the matter.

"So that's what's going on!" Ma Min'er thought to herself, and it was a coincidence that the 'slag' Rouyue and the people who helped Rouyue were all acquainted by herself, and they all talked to her today. fate.

This evening, Xia Zhen came earlier than the previous few days, and San Lang saw him, "Little General, I heard that you have been back for more than ten days?"

"Ah."

"Oh." Ma Sanlang frowned, meaning that it has been more than ten days since you came to see my sister, do you not want a daughter-in-law?
Xia Zhen and his daughter-in-law looked at each other, held back their smiles and lowered their heads to eat.

Ma Sanlang was dissatisfied, and winked at the second sister, which means show your temper to give him some color!

Ma Min'er raised her head and picked up a piece of fried tofu wrapped in meat, "Eat it, it's cold, go to bed early after eating."

"Second Sister..." Ma Sanlang was dissatisfied, thinking that my future brother-in-law is supporting you, why are you so unworthy.

Seeing the little brother's dissatisfied face, Ma Min'er dared to say that your future brother-in-law and I dated every night, wouldn't that spoil the underage, so she had to pretend to say: "Well, I know, eating is the most important thing. Calculate it carefully..." It means to correct him again.

This is almost the same, and Ma Saburo finally eats to his heart's content.

Xia Zhen raised her head, "I'll go back to Xiaowang Village tomorrow, and I'll have a meal with my uncle."

"Okay." Ma Min'er said.

Ma Sanlang immediately asked: "Second Sister, can I go back too?"

"When is the school closed?"

"There are two more days."

Ma Min'er said: "Then I'll talk to my master tomorrow and take home what I'm going to teach tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

"Okay!" Hearing that he could go home early, Ma Sanlang almost turned his head, "Little General, you have to come to my house for dinner two days earlier, maybe I can ask for two more days off."

"The brat wants to get spanked, doesn't he?"

Ma Sanlang made a grimace, he dared not speak, and quickly lowered his head to eat.

After dinner, Ma Sanlang pestered Xia Zhen to talk about the war and the capital city. The two of them kept arguing until eight or nine o'clock. No, it was Ma Sanlang who made the quarrel. But it's not as simple as winking at the dinner table tonight.

Haha... How could there be such a creature as a brother-in-law in the world? He was still depressed when Xia Zhen sat quietly by the pit with his daughter-in-law in his arms!

"I'm going to Xiaowang Village tomorrow, so you're going back to Fucheng the day after tomorrow?"

"Ah."

Ma Min'er asked, "When will you come back after that year?"

Xia Zhen replied in a low voice: "Maybe the first month will be over. After all, I haven't been in Fucheng for so long, and there are a lot of things to deal with over there."

"Oh." Ma Min'er's head burrowed into his arms again, her hands tightly wrapped around his waist.

Xia Zhen looked at the little daughter-in-law who relied on him, satisfied, and asked, "Have you considered what I told you two days ago?"

"Considered."

"Follow west?"

Ma Min'er nodded again and again: "Well, go, I'm going to do business to make money."

"You money fanatic, can't you just say accompany me?"

"Hee hee, I'll accompany you by the way."

"See if I don't tickle you..." After Xia Zhen finished speaking, she stretched out her hand to scratch her armpit, making her laugh a lot, and she fell onto the pit with a smile.
In Xiaowang Village, Ma Qimeng went to Ma's yard three times a day, asking each time, "Has the little general not come yet?"

Ma Qifeng replied as usual: "Third brother, the little general brought tens of thousands of soldiers back from Beijing, he must be busy, he didn't come here so soon."

"It's his business that he's busy. No matter what, I have to have a meal with you, the future father-in-law. This is the minimum courtesy." Ma Qimeng said seriously.

Ma Qifeng twitched the corner of his mouth in embarrassment, "Third brother, drink tea... drink tea..."

"I'm like you, heartless, how can I have the heart to drink tea?"

Mo Wanyi's eyebrows fluttered, sitting at my house, drinking my tea, and counting on my powerful son-in-law to bring news, her attitude was so bad, she couldn't help sneering, "His third uncle, then the tea in your cup was stolen by the family." My cat stole it."

Ma Qimeng turned his head to look at the cup, it was already empty, but his old face was thick, "I'm talking to my brother, why do you, a woman, get in the way!" Even worse.

(End of this chapter)