Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 164
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."

"Qiu... Qiuniang..." Gu Dun couldn't believe his ears, he was rejected by her, "Did Madam say something to you again, did she not let you marry?"

"Madam let me marry, but not let me be a concubine!"

Gu Dun was in a daze for a while, then suddenly turned around and walked out the door, "I'm going to find her, who else will hold you on top of my heart in this life except me!" After speaking, he strode out of the door and trot towards the front yard and go.

"Don't go...don't go..." Shi Qiuju covered her mouth and cried, and sat behind the door.

Ma Min'er knew that Gu Dun would come to her again, so she was not surprised to see him.

Standing in front of the future princess, Gu Dun wanted to lose his temper, but he didn't dare to lose his temper, so he turned himself into a pig's liver.

Ma Min'er didn't talk nonsense with him: "It's absolutely impossible to take a concubine."

"It's impossible, that man isn't three concubines and four concubines..." Gu Dun's words were overwhelmed by her, "Will the prince not marry three concubines and four concubines in the future? If he doesn't accept it, the emperor and the rich and powerful will let him accept it." , can you stop it?"

"The old general didn't, the great general didn't, and I believe Xia Zhen didn't either." Ma Min'er said directly.

"..." Gu Dun's words were suddenly blocked.

Ma Min'er stood up and stood in front of him, "Either marry Aunt Shi, or give up on me."

"No, I won't give up, I can't do without Qiuniang." Gu Dun said with a cross-eyed look.

"It's up to you if you can't do without, but it's impossible for Aunt Shi to be a concubine." Ma Min'er emphasized again.

"You..." Gu Dun really has nothing to do with the future princess, "I...I..."

Ma Miner glanced at him, "Go out if you have nothing to do."

"I..." Gu Dun was so angry that he wanted to point at someone, but he just raised his hand a little, but turned around angrily and left. This woman is the prince's favorite, and he can't afford it.

Seeing him leaving, Shan Xiaodan closed the door, "Little Boss——"

Ma Min'er sighed, "When Xiaoyou comes back, ask him to find two more fire burners."

"Little Boss, you...you agree?" Shan Xiaodan covered her mouth in surprise.

"I didn't agree."

"Then you recruit...?"

"We're going to get married next year, so we should recruit more people."

Shan Xiaodan felt that something was wrong, "Little Boss, you... what do you think?"

"I have an idea."

Shan Xiaodan looked at Ma Miner with interest.

Ma Min'er said: "Aunt Shi can no longer sit behind the stove and do odd jobs. She has to come out to exercise. Even if she doesn't marry a general like Gu Dun, she still has to learn how to deal with the complicated life of the mansion."

Shan Xiaodan understands that Xiaodong's family will be the princess in the future, and the people around her, even if they are a firefighter, will be flattered and flattered. won't have a good time.

In the room, a master and a servant were lost in thought. Suddenly, Ma Min'er asked, "Where's Zi'an?"

"My lord is out with General Zhang." Shan Xiaodan said, "We're leaving the day after tomorrow. They probably have a lot of things to do."

"Oh."

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Knowing that their daughter was coming back, Ma Qifeng and the younger daughter were very busy, taking all the clothes and bedding Ma Miner left at home to dry in the sun.

"Father, it's been in the sun for four or five times, why hasn't the second sister come back?" Mayueer asked anxiously.

"It's freezing cold, and the road is difficult to walk, so it will definitely be delayed."

"Father, can Second Sister come back to celebrate the New Year?"

"It's definitely possible." Ma Qifeng said: "Maybe it's almost in Yizhou."

"Oh." Ma Yue'er was a little listless, from the excitement at the beginning to the anxiety of waiting, she was tired of waiting.

Ma Qifeng smiled and said: "You girl, don't be listless, go learn housekeeping with your aunt Wan."

"Father, you asked me to help Aunt Wan take care of the house, so what about studying..."

"Haha..." Ma Qifeng smiled cheerfully, "Did you see Dad's little thoughtfulness?"

"Hmph, of course I can see it." Mayue'er pursed her mouth deliberately.

"Go, I'll take the quilt."

"Oh." Ma Yue'er thought for a while and said, "Father, Aunt Wan is due to give birth in a few days, you should go down too, don't take pictures."

Ma Qifeng replied: "Understood, Aunt Wu is talking to your Aunt Wan, I am inconvenient."

"Then why did you let me go down?"

Ma Qifeng said: "Go and see what dishes your Uncle Niu has prepared, don't wait for your second sister to come back and run out of food."

"Oh, I see." Ma Yueer went downstairs to find Uncle Niu and Aunt Niu.

In the small living room of Ma's house, Mo Wanyi was talking to her head in charge with her belly that was about to give birth, "So, everything is almost ready?"

"Well, Wanniang, it's almost ready, and it cost nearly [-] taels." When Wu Xu mentioned the money, she felt distressed.

Mo Wanyi felt her distress, and said with a smile: "Aunt Wu, don't feel distressed. If it hadn't been for Erniang's favor these years, not only would my shop not be able to open a branch, let alone make so much money."

"I know, I know." Wu Xu sighed, "Thanks to your mother, I let you marry a good man. Seeing that you live as you wish, I don't want to lose money."

Mo Wanyi took Aunt Wu's hand, "Thank you, Auntie, if you hadn't worked hard for me all these years, I would have had so much money."

"Don't say that, I promised your mother, and I will do it."

Mo Wanyi smiled, "There are still many good people in this world."

Aunt Wu smiled, "You child, it's not that there are many good people in the world, it's that you are lucky."

Mo Wanyi lowered her head, took Aunt Wu's hand and said, "Auntie, feel it, this child is quite skinny, he probably knows that he is going to come out these few days, and he doesn't like to move."

Aunt Wu said: "This round and flat stomach is probably a boy."

"No matter what happens, I like it." Mo Wanyi said happily.

After visiting the shop, Mrs. Wu Xu left a list and went back happily. Before going home, she went to the main shop to have a look. She thought that the man was beaten in the shop, and she asked in horror: "What's going on?" ?”

The little guy in the store said: "The shopkeeper, the Liu family beat up the big shopkeeper and wanted to grab things. Fortunately, our warehouse door was locked and they didn't break it open, but they said they would come over tomorrow."

Wu Xu hurriedly asked the staff to find the doctor, and after cleaning up, he helped the man to the store's account room, "Does the Liu family know that we are shopping?"

The man from Wu Xu's family nodded, he was very angry, "It's something for the future princess of the county, and they dare to do it."

"It must be a moth made by Mrs. Liu!" Mrs. Wu gritted her teeth, "After you have seen the doctor, come with me to Mr. Mo."

Shopkeeper Wu nodded.

As a result, Mr. Mo was not in the mansion, but went to the city. On the one hand, he was going to report the situation to his superiors, and on the other hand, he went to make contacts for his son.

The couple of the Wu family were almost caught by Mrs. Liu and couldn't get out of the mansion. Fortunately, they brought a few assistants over, and they escaped only after they blocked them.

"The head of the family, what should I do?" Mrs. Wu Xu panicked. Those things were either bought from Beijing, or they were bought by someone who produced them. They are all high-quality goods. how good "

The Wu family man also lost his mind, "Then... what should I do then?"

Mrs. Wu Xu was circling on the street in a hurry. Mr. Tian received the news that the county king was going back to Pingding. He had just had the vacant General's Mansion cleaned up and was about to return to the camp.

Wu Xu's eyes swept over his carriage. This is a carriage that Pingding people dare not mess with. Everyone in Pingding knew it. She stared at the carriage and patted the man, saying: "I have a solution." After finishing speaking, she He ran over, but before the person arrived, he was blocked by the guards, "Who is running around?"

"I... I'm from Ma'er's family..." Wu Xu didn't hold back his words for a long time.

On the other hand, when Mr. Tian heard about Ma Erniang, he felt cordial, and opened the curtain of the carriage, "Who is it?"

"I'm Aunt Wan from Ma'er's family..."

Before she finished speaking, Mr. Tian knew who she was, "Are you the shopkeeper of Xu's Embroidery Workshop?" Mr. Tian would send someone to inquire about anyone who had any relationship with the Xia family, let alone the future. The concubine's natal family, this natal family includes the stepmother, this stepmother is not bad, the shop at home did not bully the market under the banner of the county king.

"Yes, exactly..."

Mr. Tian waved his hand with a smile, and the guards who were blocking her immediately stepped aside and said, "Sir, sir, Xiaomin has something to ask."

"What's the matter?"

Wu Xu told him about the difficulties she encountered.

"Is that so?"

Wu Xu nodded again and again, "Yes, sir, please find a few people to help me look at the warehouse."

Mr. Tian smiled and nodded, "It's hard for your master, okay, I know about it."

"Thank you sir, thank you sir..."

Mr. Tian waved his hand, and someone came over immediately, and he said, "Find a small group of people and let the Liu family stop."

"Yes, sir."

Wu Xu's family heard this with their own ears, and saluted repeatedly happily.Mr. Tian left in her salute.

Liu Shi was furious when she heard that her younger brother was injured, but she dared to vent her anger on Mr. Tian, ​​and after spending two days at home, she finally thought of a way.

The servant dissuaded him: "Ma'am, when the master is about to leave, please ask Qian Ding Ning Wan, then don't..."

Mrs. Liu said indifferently: "Don't worry, I neither pinch nor beat anyone, so why can't my stepmother come to my stepdaughter's house. "

"Ma'am... the county king's people have all intervened in this matter, so you don't want to..."

"Nothing..." Liu's heart ached when she thought of those glittering dowries, "My brother said, those are all good things bought in the capital and the place of origin, and they are worth tens of thousands of taels of silver, ten thousand taels of silver." ... This little slut, use it to please my stepdaughter, and don't leave some for her brother and sister, how can I swallow this tone."

"Madame, madam..."

In the early morning of the next day, Mrs. Liu took all the girls and women with big arms and round waists, and arrived at Ma's house in a carriage. When they arrived, it was eight or nine o'clock in the morning, just when the sun began to warm up.

His wife was about to give birth, and Ma Qifeng refused to let her go downstairs. He was busy with his own business, and was talking to Niu Dabao about the New Year's goods in the hall.

In addition to being busy with the kitchen, Shi Chunyue is also in charge of cleaning chores at home, and she is also too busy to touch the ground.

At the door, the gatekeeper is a man in his forties. He is an old bachelor in the Shi family. He has never married a wife in his life. Life is difficult. Father Fu is getting old. Ma Qifeng let him go to his house when he saw that he was honest. Watch the door.

Ma Yueer and Mo Wanyi were basking in the sun on the porch on the second floor. The second floor was higher, and they could see far away. When they suddenly saw the carriage turning down the official road, Ma Yueer exclaimed in surprise: "Could it be my second floor?" sister?"

Mo Wanyi shook her head: "I'm afraid not!"

"no?"

"Well, Er Niang said in her letter that she will come back with the Duke of the county, the carriage team must be bigger, it won't be one."

"That's true, it's possible that Brother Daping is back." Ma Yueer made a guess.

"It's possible." Aunt Mo Yi replied.

Ma Yueer pouted, "Aunt Guo hasn't come for a long time."

Mo Wanyi said, "If you miss her, you can invite her to have a meal at home."

Ma Yueer shook her head: "She is busy with business."

"That's true."

"I asked her to ask a few people for help, but she couldn't bear it." Ma Yueer said, "Aunt Guo is really working hard."

"It will be fine when she marries a daughter-in-law."

"I don't know what kind of wife Daping will marry, and whether she will treat Aunt Guo well..."

……

Downstairs, Old Man Shi was sitting inside the door, basking in the sun, chatting with Father Fu, knocking his teeth, when the door knocker rang, "Open the door, open the door..."

Old man Shi hurried forward to open the door, poked his head out, "You are..."

"We are family members of Mr. Mo's family."

"What are Mr. Mo's family members doing at our house?" The honest old man didn't transfer his brains to the owner's family. Xu Xian is Mrs. Mo's daughter.

The mother-in-law exclaimed: "Hey, my mother, what kind of family is this Ma family? She married Master Mo's daughter, turned her face away, and didn't know her mother's family anymore. What's the reason..."

The mother-in-law's voice was very loud, and there were many people wandering in the countryside. They were originally attracted by their carriages. Although the life in Xiaowang Village was good, there were few people who could own a carriage. He was wondering why this carriage came here. They all followed, but they didn't expect it to be Ma's Xuxian's natal family.

But having said that, Xu Xian has been married for more than a year, why do you rarely see people from the Mo family, or don't come, this time, you actually bring so many women and girls.

Sure enough, it is a wealthy family with many servants.

Old man Shi turned his head away now, Madam's natal family, that is the most respected, opened the door quickly, "Please—please..."

Mrs. Liu was helped out of the carriage by the girl and woman, dressed in colorful clothes, rich and noble, with a half-raised face, glanced at the crowd with disdain, and walked towards the door.

"Tsk tsk... It really is the wife of the county magistrate, this whole body is really luxurious..."

"Stylish, Mrs. Guan..."

The onlookers also moved into the door. They were all from the village, and old man Shi didn't let them in.

Mo Wanyi and Ma Yueer had already seen the battle upstairs, and Ma Yueer helped her stepmother down the stairs carefully.

For some reason, Mo Wanyi felt her eyelids twitch violently. On the left was the girl and on the left was the stepdaughter. She was still flustered. She heard that her father had gone to Fucheng. Why did the Liu family come here?

Looking at the stepdaughter in front of her who only went back for a year except for the boxing gift, Liu felt as if she had overturned the vinegar jar. She had always wanted to see her stepdaughter suffering, but she was disappointed every time she saw it, not only that , I don't get along well with my stepdaughter, but seeing that she gets along well with the stepdaughter of the Ma family, I hate it even more, this little bitch...

Seeing the woman in front of her with unfriendly eyes, Ma Yue'er was a little nervous, so she quietly slapped the girl beside her, Yan'er, and asked her to report to find someone.

"Ma'am—" Mo Wanyi called out calmly, but she couldn't do it even if she wanted to salute, her stomach was too big.

Liu looked at the big belly, and suddenly burst into tears without warning, "Madam, I'm sorry, I'm not good..."

When Liu suddenly snatched the ground, Mo Wanyi was taken aback by the raised hands, thinking that she was reaching out to push her, subconsciously protecting the child, she backed away, almost fell, Qin Hong was so frightened that she instinctively knelt down , Stretched out his hands to support the lady with a hug.

The action happened in an instant, and when everyone realized it, Mrs. Liu was held up by the two wives she had brought, and her fat body was leaning on them, wiping her tears and crying.

When Mo Wanyi calmed down, she found that Liu Shi didn't reach out her hand, but she was frightened. She patted her heart secretly, but felt a dull pain in her stomach, but she held back and asked, "Ma'am, what are you doing?" ?”

Liu's nose burst into tears, "I'm sorry Madam, I know you are young, but let you take care of the shop, take care of the servants, and make you work hard, I shouldn't be a stepmother...God ...I shouldn't be lazy and let you suffer like this at such a young age..."

The corners of Mo Wanyi's mouth twitched, she couldn't grab her own shop, and now she said she couldn't help, what does this woman want to do?
Before Mo Wanyi could figure out what, Ma Qifeng ran out in a panic, stood beside his wife, supported her, and looked at Mrs. Mo's stepmother: "Ma'am, what are you doing?"

The spectators around heard Liu's crying and complaining, seemed to understand, and said to Ma Qifeng: "Mrs. Mo said I'm sorry for your wife, for making her suffer."

"..." Ma Qifeng couldn't figure it out. Master Mo's stepmother and his wife didn't get along well, so why did he just say these things?

"God, why did you make Wanyi suffer so much? A county magistrate's eldest daughter married a widower as his stepmother. That's all. For the sake of the child in her belly, she spent a lot of money to please her stepdaughter. Bitter, my Wan'er, you are so miserable!"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Ma Qifeng reprimanded loudly when he saw that the surrounding villagers were discussing a lot.

"I'm talking nonsense?" Mrs. Liu wiped away her tears and snorted coldly, "Are you talking nonsense? Ask your wife, didn't she spend ten thousand taels of silver to please your daughter, don't you know?"

Ma Qifeng knew that Mrs. Liu was not a good person, so he didn't believe her words at all: "For the sake of Mr. Mo and Mr. Shaolin, I don't care about you. If you come as a guest, I welcome you. If you come to run on people, please leave .”

"Hehe, are you guilty of deceiving Wanyi's dowry money, afraid that others will say you..." Liu's eyebrows were raised high, and the corners of her eyes glanced at the neighbors who were chattering.

"No way, Mr. Ma is so rich, how could he cheat my wife's money?"

Liu sneered: "Oh, why not, don't forget that he has a daughter who is going to marry the young general of Zhen Guo General's Mansion. In order to let his daughter marry in a dignified way, he has to dowry more!"

"But Mr. Ma is so rich, and his own money is enough, why do you need the lady's dowry money?" Someone in the village asked.

Mrs. Liu sneered: "Heh, you people from Tucun, do you know how much money it costs to marry the prince?"

"How many?"

In this world, at any time, ordinary people are extremely gossip about the words and deeds of the rich and powerful, food, clothing and housing. Usually, they want to know and have no place to know. I didn't expect the magistrate and wife of the county to reveal this news, and everyone stared round looking at her.

"This number." Mrs. Liu stretched out a hand.

"Ten taels?"

"Hehe...that's a rich man in the town marrying his daughter."

"Ten taels?"

"Hehe...that's the county magistrate marrying his daughter."

"What, Master Ma married a second wife, and my wife actually has 5000 taels of dowry silver. My God, my family doesn't even have 100 taels, so he can get 5000 taels for his second marriage..."

Hearing the 5000 taels, Mo Wanyi felt her stomach hurt even more. This was the sum of the shop and property left by her mother at that time. She said that they came here as a dowry. She opened her mouth to speak, but Ma Qi Feng covered it, shook his head at her, and whispered: "Let's live our own lives and let her say."

"Husband..."

Being appeased by her husband, Mo Wanyi felt much better. Yes, instead of arguing with her about these unnecessary things, she gently supported her stomach with both hands, and it didn't hurt so much.

"5000 taels, I'm afraid I won't be able to earn it in my life..."

"That's right, it's no wonder Mr. Ma is so kind to his new wife. If my wife can have so much dowry, I'll be a grandpa and give it to her..."

"Ahem..." Seeing that everyone only paid 5000 taels, Liu coughed a few times anxiously, but the onlookers were shocked when they heard the 5000 taels, and completely forgot about the [-] taels just now. You said it was weird.

Seeing that everyone didn't answer, Liu Shi started to act again, "Bitter, Wanyi, you are so miserable..." She leaned on the two old mothers, doing things on the ground.

Everyone's attention was turned back by her yell, "Your daughter is not bitter. Look at how kind Master Ma is to her. Standing here, they all support her and be careful."

"You don't know, he is defrauding my daughter of her money. When he defrauds her, he will pack up and go back to the capital. My daughter is still there..."

"Liu Shi, you can talk nonsense about me, but you can't slander my husband." Mo Wanyi hurriedly stepped forward, pointing at Liu Shi and said.

Mrs. Liu said earnestly: "Wanyi, you were really deceived by him. His eldest son is in the capital, and his second daughter is about to marry the young general of Zhenguo, so he will stay in this poor The place where..."

"That's not lying to me, what nonsense are you talking about?" Mo Wanyi was so angry that her stomach hurt again, and this time the pain was severe, but she was so anxious to argue for her husband that she didn't even notice that the amniotic fluid was quietly left down.

"Wanyi, you forgot, you've been with him for a long time and haven't conceived a child, so you're afraid that if you have a child, it won't be easy to dump you..."

"You..." Ma Qifeng was also very angry at Liu Shi, the wife of the county magistrate, no matter how she talks like a shrew.

God, the villagers have been wondering why Ma's family has returned to Beijing to be a high-ranking official. Why does Master Ma Liu refuse to go back? It turns out that the money was not cheated!Alas, there is a lack of entertainment in the countryside, and Liu's nonsense has caused N gossip scripts to come into the minds of the villagers, so it doesn't matter whether the matter is true or not.

Niu Dabao is dying of anxiety, what is this woman talking nonsense about, what is cheating money, their family's silver is more than 5000 taels, even 10 taels, how could they cheat his wife of this little money.

Shi Chunyue felt something was wrong, Madam's life was just two days away, Liu and Madam had been at loggerheads, Zeng Erniang mentioned that the magistrate was able to marry the county magistrate's daughter, and the county magistrate's stepwife was 'indispensible', she did not Maybe she came here with such good intentions to seek 'justice' for his wife, what kind of heart does she have?

She walked to Madam's side worriedly, and just as she walked to her side, she smelled the amniotic fluid.

"No!" Shi Chunyue yelled, "Master, hurry up and call the midwife, Si Niang, hurry up and get someone to find my mother."

"Aunt Niu, what's the matter?"

"Your aunt Wan is about to give birth."

"Oh."

As soon as Ma Yueer heard this, she backed away and called the servants at home, "Go and boil the water, and go and call Aunt Shi..." The 11-year-old girl already had the demeanor of being a housewife.

Everyone was startled by Shi Chunyue's cry and Ma Yueer's order.

Mo Wanyi was also frightened, she looked at herself, only to find that her dress was wet, and trembling with fright: "Husband... Husband... I don't want to have a difficult delivery like a mother, I don't want... I don't want... "

Ma Qifeng was also frightened, "Wanyi, don't be afraid, don't be afraid..." In fact, he was more panicked and scared than anyone else. Yue Erniang's body also became weak after giving birth to Yue Er. gone.

Mrs. Liu didn't care about these things. When she saw the crowd looking at her stepdaughter, she continued to cry and howl: "My poor son, in order to please the Ma family, you ruined the family fortune and bought ten thousand taels of makeup to marry the second mother of the Ma family..."

"what……"

"what……"

Everyone was attracted by Mrs. Liu again, "Why is 5000 taels not counted, there are still [-] taels..."

"Oh my god, this Ma family is really... actually cheated Wanliang again..."

……

Mo Wanyi, who was so frightened when she heard her stepmother spoiling her husband like this, shouted: "No... nothing..."

Mrs. Liu waited for her to talk, and walked up to the stepdaughter who was about to be taken away by Shi Chunyue: "Then what are the Wanjia households you put in the warehouse of Xu's Embroidery Workshop for? Is it furniture that you plan to buy independently?"

"You...you..." In winter, Mo Wanyi's stomach hurts, and she was stimulated by her stepmother, sweating all over her body. After a while, sweat the size of soybeans dripped down her forehead.

The midwife lived at home. She was in the backyard. Now she was called over. Seeing that Mo Wanyi had not been placed in the delivery room, she was sweating anxiously. She stepped forward and pushed Mrs. Mo. Pushed it down, and pointed at her, "Mrs. Mo, you also have sons and daughters, can you stop being so narrow-minded and accumulate some virtue for your children."

"The midwife is right, don't be so desperate to be a human being, and accumulate some virtue for your children." The sudden voice made everyone jump.

"Second Sister—" Ma Yueer was in a panic and didn't know what to do. Hearing Second Sister's voice, she hurriedly bypassed the crowd and threw herself into her arms, "Second Sister, save Aunt Wan quickly, save Aunt Wan quickly..."

"Come here, hurry up and carry him to the delivery room, and all the idlers leave quickly."

Seeing that she had achieved her goal, and seeing the villagers disperse, the women and maids she brought along protected her and followed the crowd to coax her away.

Xia Zhen asked, "Do you want to chase it back?"

(End of this chapter)