Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 163
Xia Zhen replied: "Min'er said that the generals don't take concubines. Whatever concubine he takes, he either takes it or breaks it. There are no concubines or concubines."

Xia Zetao shook his head, "The ancestors of our Xia family were harmed by concubines, so there is a saying that we don't accept concubines, but in the world, that powerful person doesn't have three concubines or four concubines."

Xia Zhen smiled wryly: "There are so many people getting married in the army during this time, my money was spent like water."

"If you don't give up, you have something to gain." Xia Zetao sighed, "You are really bold, you clearly know that the emperor was lured to Xiangzhou by you, why did you say that there are mines in Beishan?"

"Father, the Holy Majesty is suspicious, I have to dispel his doubts."

Xia Zetao said: "But this is too risky."

"It's not a risk. The previous guards have already dug it up. If they haven't dug it up, there is one in the capital. The emperor will definitely check with him."

"That is to say, what if he doesn't give up and find someone to check?"

Xia Zhen said: "That's okay, Beishan is an empty pit dug by the previous people."

"You, you..." Xia Zetao shook his head, "But the gold mine you discovered is not far from those abandoned empty pits, if..."

"Father, don't worry, our Xia family has been digging gold mines for a long time, they have experience."

"It's better to be careful."

Xia Zhen nodded: "I understand."

Xia Zetao reminded: "This time to Pingding, if the people sent by the emperor go to Xiangzhou Prefecture, they will definitely come to you, so you should be careful."

"Yes, father, I will go back earlier to celebrate the New Year with you."

"Yes, this is the last year before you get married. By next year, you will have a family."

Xia Zhen smiled unconsciously when she heard "home".

Seeing the happiness on his son's face, Xia Zetao also felt happy. In life, why do you expect so much, as long as there is one thing that can make people feel at ease, then they are satisfied.

It's time to go back to Pingding. Fu Xiaoyou is handing over work to the newly trained shopkeeper. After three days, it's almost done. Sitting in front of Qiu Baiyan's desk, he said with a smile: "Brother Qiu, I wonder if I can see you next year?"

Qiu Baiyan smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if I don't see you, I will return to Xiaodong's side after the manpower here is trained."

"Brother Qiu is right!" Fu Xiaoyou smiled easily, learning a lot from him.

Qiu Baiyan smiled, "In the evening, the two of us drink a little wine alone, and I will practice it for you..."

Before he could finish speaking, the door was pushed open, "Brother Qiu...Brother Qiu, you can't leave..." Panic and restlessness filled the delicate Jiangnan accent.

Fu Xiaoyou stood up from the chair, glanced at the person coming, and said with a smile, "Brother Qiu, I'm going downstairs first, and I'll look for you tonight."

"En." Qiu Baiyan nodded slightly.

Fu Xiaoyou passed by the crying little lady, secretly smiled, secretly said, Brother Qiu, I can only help you here, stepped out of the room, and closed the door.

Qiu Baiyan was about to sigh, but the little lady's teary face was pressed against her chest, "Yao Niang——"

"Brother Qiu, I won't let you go, I won't let you go..." Huang Hanyi tightly hugged Qiu Baiyan with both hands, tears all over his body.

"Who said I'm leaving." Feeling helpless and sweet to be clinged to by the little lady, Qiu Baiyan seemed to have a sense of belonging at this moment, he was no longer a lonely person who packed up his luggage and left immediately People, maybe from now on he is also a person who is missed.

"Ah..." Huang Hanyi raised her eyes, tears welling up in her eyes.

Alas, women are really made of water, so many tears came, Qiu Baiyan reached out and wiped the tears from her face with gentle and tender movements.

The little lady has been turned into soft fingers by his tenderness, "Qiu... Brother Qiu..."

"Things here are on track, and they cannot be separated from me. I won't leave for the time being."

"Temporarily? You still want to go?" The little girl's tears flowed down again.

"Alas..." Qiu Baiyan folded his arms and held the little lady in his arms, "I will propose marriage to your family after my little master gets married."

"Now... can't I mention it now?" Huang Hanyi raised her eyes, her big innocent eyes were filled with anticipation.

Xiaogua is stupid, how can a woman say such a thing?If there are people with ulterior motives, wouldn't you be looked down upon by others, or even scumbag by others.

Qiu Baiyan let go of his arms.

"Brother Qiu..." Without her embrace, Huang Hanyi's face turned pale with fright, "You...you don't want me?"

Maybe only the wealthy Jiangnan can raise such a simple and innocent little lady, Qiu Baiyan turned around.

"Brother Qiu..." Huang Hanyi stepped forward in fright, and hugged him tightly from behind, "Brother Qiu, don't go, please don't go..."

Qiu Baiyan half turned around, took her little hand, "Qiu... Brother Qiu..."

Qiu Baiyan didn't speak, took her by the upper hand, walked to the back of the desk, sat down, let the little lady stand beside him, with a serious face.

"Autumn……"

"Shut up."

"Qiu Da..."

Qiu Baiyan's serious eyes made Huang Yihan too scared to make a sound.

Seeing her obediently standing silently, Qiu Baiyan spoke again: "Come out, did you not tell your parents?"

"I do not……"

"Answer yes or no, don't make any excuses." Qiu Baiyan saw that when she should be honest, she would be dishonest, and if she should not be honest, she would be as white as a piece of paper. She had a headache. Since she wants to marry her, she should teach her in advance. .

"I……"

"Yes or no?"

Huang Hanyi kept rubbing her hands in front of her body, lowered her head slightly, and peeked from the side.

"If you don't answer, then I will go back to calm down."

"No, Brother Qiu..." Huang Hanyi reached out and pulled his arm.

Qiu Baiyan looked at her little hand.

Huang Hanyi was scared back by the cold and majestic gaze, "No...no...no..."

"Your parents didn't teach you, or your elder brother didn't teach you?"

Huang Hanyi's voice was as soft as a mosquito's humming: "No..."

"Then why are you so rude and don't say hello when you come out?" Qiu Baiyan was really stricter than his parents.

Huang Hanyi pouted: "I... If I say hello, they won't let me out..."

"Why didn't you come out?"

"Because...because..."

"Don't hesitate and say..."

"Because there are bad people out there."

Qiu Baiyan said coldly: "Your parents are right, there are bad people outside."

"But you are not a bad person." Huang Hanyi shouted loudly.

"Who says I'm not a bad guy?" When a man is the most attractive, it is at this moment, everything is unquestionable, domineering is fully expressed through a warm means, women are more dependent while being afraid.

"Qiu...Brother Qiu..." Huang Yihan's eyes widened and she couldn't believe that the man in front of her was that gentle and refined boss.

"Don't look at me, and don't worry about me leaving. What you have to do now is, first, go back and confess your mistake to your parents, tell them that you will greet them when you go out, and tell them where to go, and second, come to me at this time tomorrow afternoon , I'll tell you what a bad guy is."

One moment she was still panicking, but the next moment she heard that she could see you tomorrow, Huang Yihan laughed through tears: "Brother Qiu, really, I can still see you tomorrow?"

"Yes." Qiu Baiyan nodded slightly, "But can you do what I ask?"

Huang Yihan nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: "I will do it, I will definitely do it."

"Then go back now. I will send someone to pick you up tomorrow afternoon."

"Ah..." Huang Yihan was really surprised and happy, "Then... then if my mother won't let me..."

"Don't worry about this, I will take care of it myself."

"Oh oh..." Huang Yihan's mood was as beautiful as the colorful clouds in the sky, and the smiling ones were almost dancing.

For some reason, those words flooded into Qiu Baiyan's mind again. Could it be that he was too busy to teach his future daughter-in-law? Touching his forehead, he felt a burst of pain.

"Qiu... Brother Qiu, are you getting a headache from my anger?"

Qiu Baiyan suddenly raised his eyes.

Huang Yihan then shrank her head, "I... my mother often gets a headache from being angry with me."

Putting down the hand on his forehead, Qiu Baiyan stood up, "I'll take you downstairs, and someone will take you back."

"Thank you, Brother Qiu!"

Now he became polite again, Qiu Baiyan felt a burst of pain again, and thought to himself, it seems that a person who has lived alone for a long time is indeed idle.

Shan Xiaodan came from the kitchen with a hot water bottle and saw someone wandering around the door of Xiaodong's house. Taking a closer look, it was really Aunt Shi. Mother was right, she came to find Xiaodong's house, maybe she wanted to be a concubine.

"Aunt Shi..."

Shan Xiaodan suddenly made a sound, Shi Qiuju was startled, and turned around quickly, "Xiao...Xiao Dan..."

"Are you looking for Xing'er?" Shan Xiaodan asked deliberately.

"I..." Shi Qiuju glanced at the door of the room embarrassingly, and stammered, "No...no, I...I just walked around."

"It's cold outside, let's sit inside."

"No... no, I just remembered that I haven't finished my work yet." Shi Qiuju waved his hands again and again.

"Oh, then I'm in!"

"You...you go in, I'm leaving." Shi Qiuju left as if her butt was on fire.

Shan Xiaodan stared at her back, shook his head and sighed, opened the door and entered the room, "Little Master, the water is here."

"Was it just Aunt Shi?"

"Ah."

"gone?"

"Yeah." Shan Xiaodan poured a glass of water for Ma Min'er and put it in her hand. She was looking at the account book delivered from the shop, and sighed, "My mother said that Aunt Shi wanted to be General Gu's concubine."

"I like it so much, why are you rushing to be someone else's concubine?" Ma Min'er was furious.

Shan Xiaodan sighed, "Mainly, my mother said, Aunt Shi has low self-esteem and thinks that she is not good enough for General Gu. She feels that it is already a great kindness for others to accept her as a concubine."

"Oh, it's really pitiful and disgusting."

"Little boss, what should we do? My mother said that it is better to demolish a temple than destroy a marriage, or..." Shan Xiaodan sympathized with her.

Ma Min'er's face was serious: "If she can't find a man in this life, my family will support her, but it is absolutely impossible for her to be a concubine."

Shan Xiaodan pursed her lips, sat down, picked up a needle and thread to sew clothes, and didn't dare to say anything.

Ma Min'er put down her work, drank a few sips of boiled water, and said, "I heard from her younger sister, Aunt Niu, that Aunt Shi was not bad when she was young. The village is also above average. In the countryside, she is a charming lady. One time when I went to the market, I met a handsome boy. The family is self-proclaimed, and the mother-in-law looks down on her at all, and she has been rubbed into a prematurely aging woman, and even her daughter can't lift her head to be a human being, and she can raise..."

Shan Xiaodan has heard that when Xing'er first came to Ma's house, she was a little dazed. It was the good life of Ma's house that nourished her mother and daughter.

Ma Min'er sighed again and again: "I didn't expect fate to come to this point again."

"Little Boss, what do you mean, Aunt Shi lives like this..." Shan Xiaodan asked with a frown.

"Even if that family is scum, Aunt Shi is also half responsible."

"Little boss..."

Ma Min'er sighed: "Sister Xiao Shan, although you don't say anything, you are a person with ideas, and your future life will not be bad."

"Little boss..." Shan Xiaodan smiled after being praised by the master, "Now it's about Aunt Shi, not me."

"I know, she has no idea, and her will is not firm. I will help her with this. If that guy Gu Dun really likes Aunt Shi, he will definitely break through the family's resistance to marry her. If it's not necessary, then that's fine." , I will find another man for Aunt Shi who can make her happy."

"Little boss, can Aunt Shi understand your painstaking efforts?" Shan Xiaodan asked worriedly.

"I..." Ma Min'er blinked, "Is the first marriage not enough for her?"

"Maybe some people just heal their scars and forget the pain?"

Ma Min'er almost cursed, oh fuck, that's hopeless.

So will Shi Qiuju repeat the past?She returned to the kitchen full of worries, and sat behind the stove habitually. On the one hand, it was warm behind the stove, and on the other hand, she was used to hiding behind people.

After two o'clock in the afternoon, Aunt Shan usually chats with her husband in the house, talking about the family's incompetence, and there is no one in the kitchen. Xing'er comes in wearing a well-fitting padded jacket. little lady.

Walking to the edge of the stove, she called softly, "Mother—"

"Xing—" Shi Qiuju hurriedly stood up, like a primary school student who made a mistake.

"Mother, my little boss won't let you marry, so don't marry." Xing'er said every word.

Shi Qiuju panicked even more: "Xing...Xing'er..."

"Mother, it's not that I disagree with your remarriage, I just hope that your future life will be better than before."

"Myolie..." Shi Qiuju covered her mouth and cried, "I...I'm sorry for you, Myolie, for making you suffer with me."

"Being by Mother's side, I don't feel bitter there."

"Xing'er, my good daughter." Shi Qiuju reached out and pulled her daughter to hug her, but she slightly avoided her.

Shi Qiuju was so surprised and uncomfortable that she forgot to cry.

"Mother, in the past few years, I have read a lot of books by Xiaodong's side."

Shi Qiuju nodded quickly, "You are just like your father, you are Wenqu..."

"Mother, if my father and I are stars of Wenqu, then what is a person like Brother Zhao?" Xing'er looked at her mother, and there seemed to be stars shining in her beautiful eyebrows.

"Xing...Xing'er..."

Xing'er said: "Mother, you are the same as you were 15 years ago. If you remarry, life will not be so much better."

"Xing..." Shi Qiuju looked at her daughter in surprise.

Xing'er said again: "Mother, a few years ago, I was like you, seeing myself in the dust and seeing the person I like in the sky, but after a few years, I can't, I see myself as an ordinary person , think of the person you like as what you should be, and you will not praise him as a literary star or a champion of martial arts."

"Myolie..." Shi Qiuju's face turned green and pale.

Xing'er said coldly: "Even if it is to be General Gu's concubine, in fact, you are not qualified, mother."

"Xing'er, mother...mother knows! Mother is five years older than him, and she doesn't understand anything, how can she be worthy of him..." Shi Qiuju covered her face again and cried.

Xing'er lowered her eyes, "Mother, besides asking you to ask about his health, a man also needs you to support his family. You don't have the ability to do this. Just relying on liking won't last long."

Shi Qiuju fell down on the small stool, covering her face and crying.

Xing'er, who was expressionless, stood with her mother for a long time, until there were footsteps outside the kitchen, her mother was startled, stood up and wiped away her tears, and she turned around and left calmly.

Walking outside the door, it was Gu Dun, the fourth-rank general, who wanted to accept her mother. As usual, she saluted, bowed her head, stepped back, and left.

Gu Dun walked in a hurry, not paying attention to the expression of his future stepdaughter, and walked into the kitchen, "Qiu Niang, Qiu Niang... my dear Qiu Niang, just answer..."

Myolie didn't hear the voice behind, she was walking back to her room in a leisurely pace, halfway, Xiaowen stretched out her hand and called her, "Myolie, I'm hungry, do you have anything to eat?" ?” Said while running over.

"What do you want to eat?" Xing'er looked indifferently.

"I don't pick, I eat whatever I have."

Xing'er replied: "There is someone in the kitchen, you follow me to the small living room, there are some sprinkles there, you can eat them with some bubbles."

"Okay." Xiaowen happily followed her to the living room. There was still a short distance along the way, and he could only listen to the non-stop gossip.Xing'er listened with a faint smile, but said nothing.

"I'm going back to Pingding soon, do you want to go to Dongqiu to buy some rare things, and I'll take you there?"

Xing'er thought for a while, "Yes, I want to buy it."

"Then I'll take you there."

"when are you free?"

"How about tomorrow afternoon?"

"Thank you, Guard Xiao, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"Xing'er, we are so familiar, you are too polite." Xiaowen said with a smile on his face.

Before turning into the living room from the corridor, two people came from the front corridor, "Xiaowen, where is the prince?"

"In the lady's wing."

Zhang Nianmei yelled: "Let me know something, there is something wrong."

"Oh." Xiaowen pouted, "My son..."

"I'll keep it for you." Xing'er replied gently.

"Thank you, Myolie." Xiaowen jumped up and down happily.

Wei Ren followed Zhang Nianmei, Zhang went in, he took a step back, and looked at Xing'er who was standing beside him with a smile, "Is there a place for me?"

"Yes!" Xing'er replied politely.

Wei Ren smiled even more, and leaned forward slightly, "You won't give me the share of guard Xiao."

"Yes, half of it will be given to you."

"Haha..." Wei Ren straightened up triumphantly, and stepped into the small living room.

Zhang Nianmei had already sat in the small living room, and seeing Wei Zi's frightened look, she squeezed a sprig and threw it into her mouth. This kid's way of picking up chicks is not on the same level as he handles the prince's affairs. , looks childish, no wonder, he doesn't have experience in going to the building, hey, no, this is my sister's girl, this kid is so courageous!
Wei Ren saw Zhang Nianmei reaching out to take it, and quickly snatched it over, "Miss Xing'er gave it to me."

"You... what kind of virtue." Zhang Nianmei called out, "Myolie, pour me a glass of water."

Xing'er poured water for him again, seemingly honest and dignified, reached out to take the tea, and took a sip. The old girl likes the tea to be light, so he also got used to only putting a little tea in the boiling water , it tastes light and light, with a sweet aftertaste.

While eating snacks, Wei Ren stared at Xing'er, unintentionally or intentionally, as if he had never seen a girl before.

Xing'er also poured tea for him, "You two take it easy!" After finishing speaking, she took two steps back before turning around and leaving the small living room.

"A few years ago, when Princess Baoyun was in Ma's house, this girl learned proper etiquette, no worse than the girls in our family." Zhang Nianmei looked at her back.

Wei Ren withdrew his gaze and lowered his head to drink tea.

Zhang Nianmei saw that the kid was silent, and said: "Fatty Gu takes her mother as a concubine, my older sister doesn't agree, you want to take her too!"

Wei Ren glanced at him and continued drinking tea.

Zhang Nianmei laughed suddenly, "Aren't you inferior to Fatty Gu in seniority?"

"..." Wei Ren felt a black line all over his head.

"Haha..." The more Zhang Nianmei thought about it, the more funny she felt, the more she couldn't stop laughing. If Xia Zhen hadn't come over, she would have gasped for laughter.

Gu Dun sought out his sweetheart and begged the lord, but it was useless. His stomach was stuffy and the boss complained. He was so angry that he lay on the bed for a whole day. His subordinates seemed to be having trouble persuading him, saying: "General Gu, marrying a wife is fine." Wife is the job of our men, even the emperor can't control this matter, why are you so depressed. "

"Fuck, why can't the emperor care about it? He said that whoever he wants to marry, he will let whoever marry, and whoever wants to accept it, let him accept it. If you flatter you, you will lose your head..."

The Ministry will grin out a smile, "Little one, this is not to advise you not to be angry."

"Can I not be angry, finally there is a woman who doesn't dislike me as an old man, but was blocked by the prince and wife."

The general whispered: "General, if it really doesn't work, you can cook raw rice and bring it directly to your room."

"That's no good, I don't want to treat Qiu Liang like that."

"Why don't you tell her to marry you with sweet words in the past, so the prince and wife have nothing to do."

"But we don't know how to say sweet words."

The general shouted: "Hey, my general, what's the matter, if you say what you want to say most in your heart, she will be touched, and she will follow you desperately."

"so……"

"Yes, General, you don't have something in your heart?"

"Yes, I have a lot of thoughts in my heart."

"Then go quickly."

Gu Dun put on his clothes and was about to go out, but was stopped by the general again, "My general, I slept all day, didn't brush my teeth, didn't wash my face, it stinks, that woman wants you..."

He was dragged by his subordinates, brushed his teeth, washed his face, shaved his face, and put on new clothes. He became much more energetic, and his heart that was hit also became energetic.

Seeing that Mrs. Shi was listless, Aunt Shan didn't let her do anything, "Go and rest!"

"There's... still a lot of things to do!"

"It's okay, I'll let your uncle come over and work for a while."

"It's... not good."

"Go, go!" Aunt Shan pushed her out of the kitchen, "Go back to the house and rest."

The daughter's words kept buzzing in Shi Qiuju's heart, and she was not polite anymore, and dragged her heavy legs back to her room. Her room was not far from the kitchen, and she arrived in a short time, but she saw Gu Dun waiting for him at the door. .

She stopped and didn't go forward. It was dark early in winter, and at this moment, the sky was already covered with shadows. The man's strong and tall figure stood in front of the cabin, making the room even smaller.

Through this man's back, she seemed to see the figure of her ex-husband. The ex-husband was just the opposite of the man in front of her. He was thin and weak. He was a scholar. When she went to the market that year, she caught her eye at a glance, and she couldn't leave him anymore. Even if she knew that his family was orphaned and widowed, and the conditions were not good, she still married without hesitation. She thought in her heart that if a man could read and write, she would have strength and know how to take care of the family, so she would definitely make the poor family prosperous.

I thought, the man's mother is a girl from a small official's family, and she had a relationship with the male master and gave birth to a husband. The person is neither human nor ghost, thinking of the past, her legs tremble unconsciously.

While she was awake, Shi Qiuju seemed to understand her daughter's words, she settled down, pulled herself together, and walked towards the room.

Gu Dun was waiting anxiously, just about to turn around to find someone, when he saw his sweetheart, he grinned foolishly, although this woman was five years older than him, but standing beside him, she was about the same age as him, with a neither tall nor thin figure, Just right, with snow-black hair combed neatly, round face, often slightly bowing his head, always makes him happy, "Qiu Niang—"

Shi Qiuju, just as he thought, lowered her head slightly, and used to say, 'You are here! ', without saying anything today, I opened the door and walked into the house.

"Qiu Niang... Qiu Niang..." Seeing that his sweetheart ignored him, Gu Dun hurriedly followed in, and was about to close the door, but she turned around and opened it again.

Gu Dun still wanted to close it, but she put her hand on the door.

"Okay, I don't close it, I don't close it, but I really want to welcome you in." Gu Dun said sincerely.

There was no light in the room, it was dark, just like Shi Qiuju's heart, "I'm not good enough for you."

"No, no, no, you are worthy of me, a big bastard." Gu Dun said, "If my mother hadn't insisted on me marrying the town's pavilion chief's daughter, I would definitely marry you."

Shi Qiuju lowered her head heavily, "Then you go back and marry the pavilion chief's daughter!"

"Qiu Niang, you follow me first, and I'll go back later."

Shi Qiuju felt her heart throbbing with pain, "I'm going to light the lamp." She endured the pain, turned around and took a fire pocket to light the lamp.

With a puff, the whole small room brightened instantly, and Shi Qiuju's face was reflected in the light. Since she followed Ma's family, she lived a good life, and the fragrance from the little boss's family was also applied to them. Even younger than her age, like a woman from a rich family in the village, but that's all.

The cowardice and humbleness of her body cannot be ignored. Compared with the arrogant and domineering Gu Dun, she looks even lower in the dust. Her appearance made Gu Dun feel distressed, and he grabbed her hands, "Qiu Niang, follow me, I will let you live the life of a rich man, let you live a life of being served by someone!"

Shi Qiuju's eyes full of stories held back the tears, and shook her head firmly: "If you don't deserve it, you don't deserve it. I won't be with you."

(End of this chapter)