Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 165
Ma Min'er shook her head, "This kind of person..." She snorted coldly, "God will take care of her."

Xia Zhen motioned to Xiaowen.Xiaowen asked the guards to come back.

Aunt Shan and the others didn't even have time to put their luggage, so they went directly to help. The somewhat deserted Ma's yard instantly became lively because of Ma Min'er's return!
Ma Qifeng stood where he was, looked at his second daughter, stood there in a daze, and didn't even know how to chase after his daughter-in-law was carried away.

"Father, hurry up to Aunt Wan and cheer her up, tell her not to be afraid, and have a good baby." Ma Min'er urged with a funny face.

"Oh!" Seeing that his daughter was neither thin nor dark, and had even grown taller, Ma Qifeng finally smiled reassuringly, turned around and ran after his wife.

"Second Sister, why are you so stupid?" Ma Yue'er still hugged Second Sister with both arms, reluctant to let go.

"He was so excited, he didn't know whether he was going to greet his daughter or the unborn child." Ma Min'er smiled.

"Second sister, shall we follow?"

"Of course, but it will take a while, let's settle ourselves first."

When her sister came back, Ma Yue'er felt relieved: "Okay!"

-

After lunch, there was a heavy snowfall in the capital, and the golden eaves and flying corners of the imperial palace were covered by white, which made it look more majestic and solemn. Living in the most prosperous place in the world, from the joy and excitement at the beginning to the loneliness and loneliness now, it is difficult Huier repaid the taste of wealth.

"Your Majesty, it's cold outside, let's go into the palace."

Ma Huier looked at the goose-feather-like snow like an idiot, and stretched out her hand to catch a piece. The snow fell into her palm and disappeared without a trace in an instant. "At least, I can still feel its coolness."

"Your Majesty...you will get sick like this." The close girl couldn't bear it, and reminded her aloud.

Ma Huier said desolately: "What does it matter if you are sick, anyway, no one cares."

"Your Majesty, Madam will feel distressed." The girl Luqi stood beside her and gently held her arm.

"My mother is in Beijing, but I can't see them."

"Your Majesty, I heard that during the Chinese New Year, the Holy Majesty will entertain all the officials, and I will meet you, Your Majesty."

Ma Huier shook her head, "How could grandpa see me, maybe I will meet grandma."

That's right, the most I can see is the old lady. The third lady doesn't even have a rank, so she is qualified to enter the palace to meet the emperor and queen.

Lu Qi said again: "I'll go to the servant's office to have a look, maybe the things my wife brought you have arrived."

When Ma Huier heard this, she smiled helplessly, "These are not even enough for the people in the palace."

Luqi lowered her head, she didn't know what to comfort, maybe, the empress could only wait endlessly.

Emperor Yuantai had a meal with the empress, and the old couple had nothing to say except for the affairs in the palace. Fortunately, there was Princess Baoyun chattering non-stop, making the deserted hall With vitality.

"Father, will you go to the city gate tower to celebrate with the world on New Year's Day this year?"

Emperor Yuantai shook his head: "This year is not good, and the emperor has no face to face the people of the world."

"Father—" Yuan Bao pouted, "No, I heard that tens of thousands of young ladies have gone to Liangzhou City to get married, and the north is very lively!"

Emperor Yuantai laughed, "Xia Zian did it."

"Royal father, do you know why those little ladies worked hard and ran over without fear of desolation?"

"You know?" Emperor Yuan Tai smiled at his mischievous second daughter.

Princess Baoyun replied proudly: "Yes, of course I know, because the king of Beijun promised them [-]% of the silver."

"Thirty percent? How much is that?" Emperor Yuan Tai asked as if joking.

"I asked Brother Zhuang, and he said that the most is 30 taels, and the minimum is five taels." Princess Baoyun said, "I asked Brother Zhuang, what can I do with 30 taels, and he said that even a golden hairpin on my head is worthless." Can't buy it."

Emperor Yuantai lowered his eyes slightly, took a sip of the hot tea in his hand, "How did you see Zhuang..."

"Uh..." Bao Yun realized that he had slipped his tongue, and immediately got up, "Father, I brought you something good." Changed the subject.

Emperor Yuantai followed his daughter's figure, and saw her enter the inner hall, and after a while, she came out with a square pillow in her arms, holding a half circle in her hand, "This is..."

"Father, my daughter heard that you have a sore back and a backache, so I made you a backrest, and you often critique your neck, and your neck hurts. This half circle is for you to rest and put it on the back of your forehead to relieve the pain. "

Emperor Yuantai smiled at the queen, "Sure enough, it's my daughter who is caring, and even thought of this for me."

"Father, I also learned from others."

"Have a heart."

"Thank you, Father, for your compliment."

Emperor Yuantai asked kindly: "What do you want Father to reward you?"

Bao Yun leaned close to Yuan Tai like a little girl, "Father...Father Emperor, Brother Zhuang always wants to practice Taoism, can you stop him from practicing Taoism!"

Emperor Yuantai raised his head slightly to look at his daughter, "Well, my father will consider it."

"Father, you are too kind."

Emperor Yuantai showed a smile on his face, and glanced at the queen, and the queen also glanced back with a smile on her face, and the glances at each other were full of content, only Baoyun, who was innocent, didn't know that she said something casually , the royal capital will be dug several floors, after digging, maybe as she wished, in a place where she can't see, the wind will blow away the clouds.

After the meal, Emperor Yuantai stayed with the queen for a while. Emperor Yuantai left the queen's dormitory and went to the imperial study to approve the memorial. Seeing the heavy white snow outside the hall, he raised his eyes: "Zili is leaving?"

The accompanying hidden guard replied: "Yes, Your Majesty!"

"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, he is alone..."

"No, Your Majesty, King Yancheng did not go to Yizhou alone."

Emperor Yuantai turned his head: "Who else?"

-

Seeing that it was getting dark and Mo Wanyi's stomach was still hurting, Mr. Tian helped find two famous midwives to enter the delivery room, "Ma'am, these two have delivered thousands of babies, so they will be safe."

"Thank you sir, I will trouble you as soon as I get back."

"Madam is still so polite."

Hearing the screams of struggle in the room, Ma Min'er's heart was filled with anxiety, and she walked to the side of the collapsed father, "Don't worry."

"It's been...it's been a long time." Ma Qifeng squatted on the ground, and he didn't even have the strength to speak.

For some reason, Ma Min'er suddenly felt that this tense atmosphere was not conducive to Aunt Wan's childbirth at all, "Sir, the county king is in the front hall."

Mr. Tian was stunned for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Madam, is there anything else I need to do?"

Ma Min'er shook her head and said relaxedly: "No, sir, let's go to the front yard to have dinner."

"Okay, then I'll go to the front yard first."

After Mr. Tian left, Ma Min'er called out: "Aunt Niu—" the voice was loud.

Aunt Niu was in the delivery room, when she heard her voice, she hurried out, "Little Boss——"

"Aunt Wan's ginseng tea should be kept warm."

"Yes, Xiaodong, it has been kept warm."

"That's good." Ma Min'er suddenly asked loudly: "Aunt Niu, how long did it take you to give birth to Xiaobao?"

Shi Chunyue thought to herself, I was standing in front of you and asked why it was so loud. Seeing Xiaodong's family looking inside, she instantly understood. This should reassure the wife, and she also replied loudly: "I gave birth for two days and two nights."

"Does every woman take this long to have a baby?"

"Not necessarily, some are faster, some are slower."

Ma Min'er yelled inward again: "Midwife, how long will it take for my Aunt Wan to give birth?"

"I haven't pointed it out yet, and it will probably be dawn."

Mo Wanyi's hoarse calling suddenly stopped.

Ma Min'er took the opportunity to shout: "Aunt Wan, we have called the best midwives, and they are all here, don't worry, the fifth brother said he wants to come out at dawn, so you can bear him all night, wait until he comes out before beating him. "

The dignified atmosphere suddenly relaxed because of Ma Min'er's fight against poverty. The midwives were cautious because of the people of the Wang family in Beijun, and they didn't dare to talk too much. The lady is right, ma'am, if the baby doesn't make your stomach hurt to a certain extent, just bear with it, humming will always take away your strength, and you won't have the strength to give birth to this stinky boy by dawn.

Being interrupted by them like this, Mo Wanyi felt less pain in her stomach, "I...I want to drink some ginseng soup."

"Okay, okay!" The few mouthfuls of feeding just now were thrown away, and Qin Hong hurriedly served the master to drink the ginseng soup.

Seeing that the people inside were not so nervous, Ma Min'er said to Aunt Niu, "Bring a small table, and we will eat here."

"Okay, little boss."

Yes, it takes a long time to have a baby. It's only been a long time. Everyone is so tired. What should I do when I really have a baby? Why don't I eat and drink enough now and run errands for my wife.

Ma Qifeng was pulled up by his daughter, "Min...er..." He was completely bewildered.

"Father, Aunt Wan is drinking ginseng soup, you should eat some too. When Fifth Brother comes out, you will have the strength to hug him."

"Ah, Wanyi gave birth, is it a boy?"

"Pfft..."

Everyone inside and outside the room laughed, Mrs. Shi said: "Da Dong, not yet!"

"Then how did Min'er know he was the younger brother?"

A midwife said: "Hey, Master Ma, this is an auspicious word."

Another midwife said: "Ma Erniang will be the princess in the future, she is a noble person, the words from her mouth must be effective, and the wife must be a kid in her stomach."

"Yes, yes, it's a kid..."

Mo Wanyi leaned back on the delivery bed, and heard everyone's voices in her ears. It was bustling and bustling. There was no longer the cold calculation in the morning. She gently stroked her big belly with her hand, feeling the baby struggling in her stomach. She secretly exerted force, Push the child down, my son, come out quickly, come out and see how well the brothers and sisters treat you!

God bless, when it was almost dawn, Mo Wanyi gave birth to a fat boy, and the mother and child were safe.

"Master Ma is a big fat boy!" The midwife arrived at the door of the delivery room with the wrapped baby in her arms.

Ma Qifeng took over and hugged the child, "Can I go in and see the child's mother?"

"Master Ma, not yet, you can go after we transfer her to the next room."

There was another burst of panic, and half an hour later, Ma Qifeng finally stood in front of his wife's bed with the child in his arms, and put the child gently beside her, "Thank you for your hard work, have a good sleep with the child, wake up You serve delicious food."

Mo Wanyi moved her head, "Husband, you have worked hard too."

"It's nothing for me to stand outside, sleep well."

Someone protected her from the wind and rain, and she didn't need to worry about anything. Mo Wanyi slept peacefully with her child!
The mother and child are safe, and Ma Miner finally calmed down, and said to the people around her: "You take turns to rest, and those who should rest should go to rest."

"Yes, little master."

When the little boss comes back, everyone is in charge, so don't panic, go and do what you should do.

Ma Min'er returned to her room and found Xia Zhen in her room, "Are you up?"

"Already woke up."

"So early?"

Xia Zhen said: "I originally wanted to wait for the person sent by the emperor, but don't wait now, I am going back to Fucheng immediately."

"In such a hurry?"

"It's going to snow heavily, and I'm afraid I'll be stuck on the road."

"That's true." Ma Min'er stepped forward and put her arms around his waist, "On the road."

"Ah."

To be separated for a while, the young couple almost lost their temper. If Shan Xiaodan hadn't called the door, Ma Min'er would probably be the next one to have a baby.

Awakened by the knock on the door, Ma Min'er realized that her clothes were half-faded, and Xia Zhen was not much better. Both of them couldn't figure out whether the clothes on their bodies were done by themselves or the other party. Anyway, they were in a mess.

Ma Miner covered her face in shame.

Seeing that there was no movement at the door, Shan Xiaodan knocked on the door again, "Xiao Dong, the general of the king of Beijun asked when to leave?"

"understood."

"Know?" Shan Xiaodan felt that it would be better not to answer these words, and suddenly realized something, shrank his head, and hurried downstairs.

Xia Zhen also blushed, but he wasn't ashamed, he was restrained. He quickly tidied up his clothes, and then reached out to help his daughter-in-law tidy up.

Ma Min'er turned around, "No, I will do it myself!"

Xia Zhen smiled silly, the little daughter-in-law is so cute even when she loses her temper.

"Don't laugh, everyone is waiting for you to go?"

Xia Zhen stretched out her long arms to hold her daughter-in-law in her arms, "I really want to take you back."

Ma Min'er fell into his arms, "Hurry up, what's the hurry."

"Can't you be in a hurry!" Xia Zhen's voice was low, with a childish pout.

"Hee hee..." It's great to enjoy the feeling of being needed!
Xia Zhen and the others hurriedly ate their breakfast and set off. He took away all the vegetables and dry food they had prepared at home, and everyone stood at the door to watch them leave.The spectacular team attracted everyone in Yunshui Town to watch the excitement.

The little general left, and Mr. Tian also bid farewell.

"Sir, Xia Zhen is in a hurry to go home for the New Year. You live in Pingding. What are you in a hurry for? At least have lunch."

Mr. Tian shook his head, "Come to your place for a meal in a few days."

"Alright then!" Ma Miner smiled slightly.

Everyone, Ma's yard is finally quiet. Ma Min'er sat down in the back room and asked in a deep voice, "What happened yesterday morning?"

Ma Yueer shook her head, "Second Sister, we didn't know Mrs. Mo was here, she cried and screamed as soon as she came, saying what made Aunt Wan suffer, suffer..."

Ma Min'er said: "Could it be that she knew that Aunt Wan was about to give birth, so she came here on purpose to trip her up?"

"I didn't expect someone to be so bad." Ma Yueer said in shock.

Ma Min'er raised her head and wanted someone to find Wu Xushi, but she didn't expect her to come.

"Er Niang..." Seeing Ma Min'er, Wu Xu seemed to have found an organization, and wiped away tears unconsciously, "If Qin Hong hadn't asked the Chen family to deliver a letter to me, I wouldn't have known such a thing happened, I'm afraid Ma'am almost..."

"what happened?"

Wu Xu bit her lip and didn't answer.

"Could it be that Mrs. Liu was motivated by something to come here to play tricks?"

"That can't be so bad?" Wu Xu asked eagerly.

"Say, what's the matter?" Ma Min'er narrowed her eyes slightly, making her intimidating.

Mrs. Wu Xu was startled, and suddenly realized that she was no longer the bright little lady who was standing in front of the counter selling embroidery work. She was the owner of Anlong Trading Company and the future princess of the King of Beijun. You have prepared some dowry, she is jealous."

"Aunt Wan prepared a dowry for me?"

Mrs. Wu Xu nodded and told about Wu Wanyi preparing her dowry, "Mrs. Liu asked his younger brother to rob her first. Fortunately, the door of our warehouse was locked, otherwise they would have robbed her. Then I met Mr. Tian , asked him to help us settle the Liu family. I didn’t expect my wife to be so bad. When I came to Ma’s house, I picked right and wrong in front of everyone, which made my wife almost... Fortunately, Er Niang, you are back..." I am really moved, if Wanniang has What the hell, how could she go to see Madam.

Ma Min'er did not speak for a long time.

Wu Xu's mood gradually calmed down, "Er Niang, if there's nothing wrong, I'll go and see Wan Niang."

"Go." Wu Xu backed out.

After she left, Shan Xiaodan asked: "My little master, Mrs. Liu is Mrs. Mo's wife."

Ma Min'er sighed, "The fifth younger brother was just born, and Chinese New Year is coming, I don't want to do anything, it's a waste of luck."

Shan Xiaodan didn't answer the call.

"However, I will definitely tell Mr. Mo about this matter. If he continues to let Mrs. Liu go on like this, not only will his official career be ruined in this life, but the children below will also..."

Shan Xiaodan sighed, staying with the North County King's people for a long time, she faintly felt that the consequences of Xiaodong's not doing anything were more serious than doing it, and it was true.

Shan Xiaodan looked up at Xiaodong's family again.

Ma Min'er knew what she wanted to say, "I didn't expect Aunt Wan to buy me a dowry, I guess Dad didn't know either."

"Then you... will you accept it?"

"For these dowries, the fifth younger brother almost... accept it, why not accept it, I will accept it happily." Ma Min'er was particularly moved in her heart.

She and Xia Zhen have been walking together for several years. Everyone knows that Xia Zhen will marry her, so Ma Qifeng has already started preparing a dowry for his daughter, but his character is here. It fell on Qiu Baiyan, the head of the shop, and it has been slowly done in the past few years, and it is almost done.

Moreover, this time on the road, Xia Zhen had clearly told her that they would get married in the capital next year, and that Qiu Baiyan and Fu Xiaoyou had already started preparing to go to the capital to get married next year.

Ma Min'er breathed out, "During this time, I happen to be at home, so I'll make confinement meals for Aunt Wan."

"I'll help you." Shan Xiaodan smiled.

Ma's Xiao Wu's three-challenge ceremony was very big. Master Mo who went to Fucheng took his son to catch up with the three-challenge ceremony. They didn't go home and went directly to Ma's house from the official road.

Although she is the stepmother of the future princess, not only did the future princess organize the three-dynasty ceremony in person, Mr. Tian, ​​the celebrity in front of the king of Beijun, also came to drink the three-dynasty wine, and almost all the wealthy officials and gentry in Pingding came. Those who want to walk the North County Wangmen Road, or want to do business with Anlong Trading Company, all came to congratulate.

The banquet was held three miles outside the yard. Usually, the wealthy gentry looked proud and arrogant. Today, at Ma's house, they could only sit on the wine table outside the yard. Fortunately, there was a shed, otherwise they would have to drink northwest wind.

People in the whole Xiaowang village have rice noodles, and the surrounding villages have rice noodles, but ordinary people don't have them. Those people ran around the courtyard of Ma's house for more than ten miles, "Oh my god, these few miles The wedding banquet here is probably the biggest ostentation I have ever seen in my life."

"Who says it's not? The last time I saw Fushen's family hold a wedding in Pingding County, it wasn't that big."

"Of course, she is the future princess of Beijun."

"God, since I was a little general, I became the king of Beijun, and I heard that he managed several mansions. If this continues, the 'Jun' will probably be eliminated and become the king directly!"

"That's really not sure..."

……

Among the onlookers, there were of course people from Niujia Village. Niu Dabao’s father was sloppy, and everyone around him was wearing neat cotton-padded jackets and trousers. Only he, like a beggar, leaned on a bamboo crutch and wore a torn melon hat, emitting a foul smell. , making the villagers unconsciously stay away from him.

"No way, there are still beggars in our area?"

"Maybe it's not from our place, it's from outside."

"Oh, that might be possible."

The villagers held their noses and gave way to the side.

The heat and aroma of the food at the wedding banquet made the villagers greedy, "I don't know what that dish is, but it tastes old and fragrant..."

"Yeah, it's so delicious!"

In Ma's courtyard, everyone was so busy that they wished they could be used by two people, and they all wanted to be four-legged, except for a mother and child lying on the bed in the warm room.

Qin Hong came over with a thick crucian carp tofu soup, walked to the door, took off her cool coat, and quickly entered the room, "Ma'am, you must be hungry!"

Mo Wanyi kept staring at the child, and couldn't get enough of it, when she heard the girl's voice, "It's so busy outside, why did you come in?"

"Master, Er Niang told me not to worry about anything, just take care of you."

Mo Wanyi smiled.

"Ma'am, you don't even know," Qin Hong said while putting away the food box, "The people who came to congratulate are all lined up several miles away."

"It's for Er Niang's sake." Mo Wanyi said with a smile.

"Ma'am, I know, what I mean is that Erniang treats Wu'er well."

Mo Wanyi reached out her hand happily to touch the child's face, and sighed softly: "I heard from my husband that when Er Niang and the others were born, apart from the deceased mother-in-law and two servants, there was no one else, let alone a lively scene." It's been three dynasties..."

"Ma'am, no way, no matter what, they were once the grandchildren of the emperor..."

Mo Wanyi smiled wryly and said: "You don't necessarily have a good life if you are born into a wealthy family, he is the one with bad luck."

"Husband... madam..." Qin Hong stopped holding the soup, her eyes and face full of sympathy.

"But it's all right now, my husband said, he gave birth to a good daughter, and their fortunes have finally changed, and they finally don't care about people's faces."

Bi Hong said: "No wonder Er Niang is so kind-hearted, so she came from hard times."

"Yeah, I have experienced hardship and can understand it. Such a person's life is not good, and who else can have a good life."

Qin Hong glanced at his wife, continued to take out the crucian carp and tofu soup from the food box, and took a small bowl of stir-fried pea sprouts, which were so fresh and green that people would have an appetite just looking at them.

Qin Hong, who was about to turn around, couldn't hold back, sighed secretly, the adults were eating outside, and the Ma family didn't say a word about his wife. I don't know if the servants at home will tell him, and after telling him, they don't know what he said How will you treat Liu Shi?

Next year, Erniang will go to the capital to get married. Without her, will the Liu family still come here with a 'caring' moth to keep people from being beaten or scolded? Will she become a hob? Meat?
Mrs. Liu was sitting at the dining table at home, with a sultry face, spitting stars, "What kind of broken wedding banquet, my wife is the wife of the county magistrate, I have never seen anything in the world, I have never eaten any good things, I don't care if they invite you, let me tell you, even They came to invite me with eight big sedan chairs, but I wouldn't go..."

There was food and rice in Liu's mouth, and there were three children on the table, some of them followed suit, some didn't understand at all, they played with their own, and the food didn't taste good, the girl struggled to make them eat .

One of the girls was older and seemed to understand better, and asked, "Mom, but I want to go..."

"Shut up." Liu suddenly shouted.

The girl cried aggrievedly: "The little ladies in the county don't like me, and I don't have a chance to go to flower parties or drink wedding wine."

"Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat!" Liu's repressed temper finally broke out, and he pushed the dishes on the table, and the dishes on the table were poured on the table, and the dishes were spilled on the ground.

Mo Erniang jumped away from the table in fright, but the expression on her face was the usual one, she didn't care, and even added to the anger: "Mom, why can't you go by yourself if you are so good! "

go by oneself?Liu Shi rolled her eyes, "Come here—"

"Ma'am..." The old nanny hurried forward.

"Change my clothes."

"Husband... Ma'am, they didn't send wedding stickers, so it's not good to go like this!"

"I am the wife of the county magistrate, who dares not let me in." Liu's bull eyes stared, "Besides, I brought three children with me, and they dare not let me in."

"Ma'am, with Chen Guang at this moment, the Ma family's wedding banquet is probably going to end."

"I don't care. Could it be that Mrs. Ben has gone, and won't make a table for me?"

The old mama didn't try to persuade her any more, since that was the case, they could eat and drink along, and if the adults asked about it in the future, they would persuade them anyway.

In Ma's courtyard, it was around two o'clock in the afternoon, and the wedding banquet was finally finished. The guests left one after another and asked the servants to clean up the table. They arrived at the main hall of the courtyard, and took the opportunity to leave and go back.

Mo Huaien is not only the magistrate of the county, but also the father of the hostess. He was enshrined in the main position. There were many wealthy gentry and officials who came to talk to him. He didn't even have time to think about the fact that he didn't see his wife having a wedding banquet, and talked and laughed with the guests. the wind.

"Father——" Mo Sanlang didn't see his father for many days, he broke free from his mother's hand, and jumped towards him.

"Shaodong!" Mo Huaien shouted with a smile, and caught his son, "You are eating at that table, why didn't I see you?"

"Father, we ate at home."

Mo Huaien felt strange, and looked at his wife, only to see her standing dragging her body with a strange expression on her face, his brows were wrinkled, what happened?

Mo Shaolin came in from outside the hall with a face full of anger. If Qin Hong hadn't said it himself, he wouldn't have believed that there are such vicious people in this world.

Mo Huaien asked: "Mr. Liu, what's the matter? Didn't you receive the post from your in-laws? "

"Hehe..." Liu sneered, "There must be a post, I'm not like you, I can sit at the table without a post."

what happened?Mo Huaien didn't dare to ask this out loud. He knew his wife too well, so he was a troublemaker.

(End of this chapter)