Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 238

Ma Min'er raised her eyebrows high: "Master Xiao wants to stay in Xicaogou?"

"Why not!" Xiao Lin raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, it's amazing." Ma Min laughed, and pointed to the small hill not far away, "Did you see it?"

"Small temple?"

Ma Min'er replied in detail: "Yes, right next to the small temple, there is an open space specially reserved for the Enlightenment Academy. The scale is not large. Except for the three villages of Xicaogou, some scattered students are also prepared for the surrounding area. There are about 100 students."

"About 100 students, [-] students to a teaching dormitory, three to five rooms should be enough."

Ma Miner nodded, "Enough."

Xiao Lin smiled and said, "Understood, I'll let the steward pull materials to build the teaching dormitory."

Ma Min'er smiled, "Then we'll wait for Mr. Xiao to build it and visit it!"

"No problem." After finishing speaking, Xiao Lin left.

Ma Min'er looked at his back, this guy is so handsome that people can't take his eyes off him just from his back, he really deserves to be the number one son of the capital.

"What are you looking at?" Xia Zhen patted the young daughter-in-law's head, "What's so interesting about other people's husbands?"

Brother Zhen was jealous, and Ma Min'er quickly hugged his arm, "Beautiful things, people can't help but look at them more, and it's the same when my husband goes out!"

"Well, who is that? Seeing other girls staring at me, I wish I could poach their eyeballs."

"Hee hee, it's the obsession of lust. If I appreciate it, I will never dig it."

"In terms of cunning, no one is my wife's opponent." Xia Zhen said slowly.

"Haha Brother Zhen, how can you say that about your daughter-in-law, right?"

Xia Zhen looked away at the little daughter-in-law, "Didn't you say to cut leeks, you are taking a basket!"

"Oh, here we come, here we come!" Ma Min'er quickly went to get her hat and basket, "Let's go!" She took Xia Zhen's hand and went out.

Zhaoxia took brisk steps to the eastern sky, the morning sun was slightly dew, and in the faint sky, a few soft white clouds were instantly painted with a charming orange red by the glow, which was wonderful.

It's rare to be at leisure, Liu Zai walked away from the path, bathed in the morning light, the breeze was blowing, the corners of his robes followed the wind, watching the sunrise and the glow, his heart soared with pleasure, but when he saw the people coming out of the small wooden courtyard After that, his heart fell to the bottom again.

Walking along the path, the brisk steps of the two of them, and the way they smiled lightly from time to time, deeply hurt Liu Zaili's eyes, and he forced his smile to say hello, "Good morning, both of you!"

"Morning, Prince Yan, are you taking a walk?" Unable to avoid it, Ma Min'er could only greet him with a smile.

"Yes." Liu Zaili smiled slightly.

"Have you had breakfast yet?" The unavoidable greeting, what can Ma Miner do.

"not yet."

"Oh." Ma Min'er pointed to the public restaurant of the resort, "There is breakfast served there, King Yan can go there to eat."

Liu Zaili nodded, "Thank you, don't worry, this is..."

"Cut leeks." Ma Min'er was afraid that he would follow, so she quickly smiled, "That...Yan County King, we won't bother you anymore, you walk away slowly, the scenery is beautiful!" After finishing speaking, she secretly pulled down Xia Zhen quickly went to the place where leeks were grown.

The sun is rising, the small Xicaogou, the thin mist like a chain, slowly dissipates under the sunshine, and the grass on the roadside is covered with crystal dew, which looks extraordinarily clean and fresh;
The birds on the trees are flying and jumping happily, the leaves make a "rustling" sound in the morning wind, and the little turtle by the stream also sticks out its small head, lying on the river beach, stretching its head and shrinking its neck, like a little living thing God, come out to accept the baptism of the first ray of sunshine.

Xicaogou is full of vitality, bathed in the morning breeze, children are jumping and chasing after the birds on the grass, and the hardworking villagers have already started their day's work, either carrying water, or tidying up the yard, or It is to weed and fertilize the fields.

"Morning, aunt..."

"Morning, ma'am!"

"Morning old man!"

"Good morning, my lord and my concubine!"

……

Xia Zhen's stern face made people look up to him, and he didn't dare to approach at will. The villagers left quickly after greeting Ma Min'er, and they didn't dare to say anything at all.

Xia Zhen looked around seemingly unintentionally, and saw Liu Zaili who had turned his head, with an imperceptible chuckle on the corner of his mouth.

Zhuang Hao originally wanted to find Xia Zhen, but thought that Liu Zaili was there, so he didn't. He heard that fishing was possible here, so he asked the manager of the resort to find him a fishing rod, and he went fishing by the small river.

Sure enough, Liu Zaili had nothing to do after breakfast, and joined the fishing ranks, "I'm very interested."

"It's the same." Zhuang Hao put down his fishing rod and greeted him.

"Is there any fish?" Liu Zaili asked.

"Yes." Zhuang Hao looked at the small wooden barrel beside him, there was already one in it.

"Really good."

While talking, the two sat down on the folding stool and started fishing.

"I saw Mr. Xiao, and he said he would bring his son over to fish with us later."

Liu Zaili smiled, "I don't know why Liu Zicheng went."

"I heard you haven't woken up yet."

Hearing this, Liu Zaili laughed, and sure enough there was a difference between being okay and being okay.

Are you okay?How could it be, although Liu Zaicheng didn't get up early in the morning, but as soon as he woke up, he went to find Ma Yueer, "Yueer...Yueer..."

She was led to the main hall by the girl, and she called her before she saw anyone.

Ma Yue'er blushed when he called her, and looked at her future sister-in-law embarrassedly, "Sister Yaoyao, wait a minute, I'll send him away."

Feng Luoyao can be regarded as someone who has been here, how could she not understand the meaning of Luoyang County King, but she has the same thoughts as Ma Miner, this guy is probably not a good man.

Hey, if Liu Zaicheng heard their voices, he would definitely not dare to show his presence. Seeing Ma Yueer, he was at a loss, "Yue... Yueer, how are you?"

"I'm fine." Mayue'er's face was still a little red.

"Oh, that's good." Liu Zaicheng smiled foolishly.

Ma Yue'er was taken aback by him, "It's nothing, you can go, we still have to do needlework."

"I... I have something to do."

"What's the matter?" Ma Yueer raised her head and asked.

"Just... just... I'm going to go fishing, and I'll make soup for you when I catch fish, will you know?"

"Cooking fish soup, of course I can." Ma Yueer wondered what it was, and didn't take it seriously.

"Then... that's good." Liu Zaicheng scratched his head, "Then I'll go fishing now, and I'll bring it to you when I catch it." After finishing speaking, he ran out.

Ma Yue'er looked at Pao Yuan's back and laughed, "What are you doing, you idiot."

Yan'er flattened her mouth, "I want to please you."

"Why is he trying to curry favor with me?" Mayue'er was puzzled.

Yan'er is a smart girl, she dare not say the following, but said: "Maybe it's for Er Niang's sake."

"Oh." Ma Yue'er didn't think that was the case, but she couldn't tell what was going on, anyway, she didn't hate him as much as before, "Let's go, let's do needlework."

"Okay." Yan'er asked, "Then what shall we have for lunch?"

"I saw my sister went to cut leeks. She must be making dumplings and will give them to us."

"Oh, I see, then I'll cook some simple ones, and we girls will eat together."

"Ah."

The girls all avoided, Yu Feng Luoyao and Ma Yue'er were just sitting in the corridor, chatting while doing needlework, Feng Luoyao was a native of the capital, and her grandmother was a respectable lady, so she knew Seeing that Liu Zaicheng was interested in Si Niang, she talked about a lot of things about Prince Liang's mansion, whether intentionally or intentionally.

"So powerful, even the Empress Dowager and Empress are proud of him?"

"Yeah." Feng Luoyao said, "He is a well-known baby lump in the capital, and most people will take a detour when they see him."

Ma Yue'er clicked her lips and shook her head, but she didn't speak, as if she was concentrating on her needlework.

Feng Luoyao knew that she couldn't talk anymore, and that she would offend others, so she quickly changed her mind and said, "In a few days, I'm going back."

"Ah, so fast?" Ma Yueer raised her head and asked.

Feng Luoyao nodded, "A letter came from home saying that my father is fine, I want to go back and see my father."

"Oh." Ma Yueer thought about it, "Then I'll go back to Beijing with you."

"You can play for a few more days if you have nothing to do."

"No, I miss my fifth brother." Ma Yueer said.

"Then we'll go back together."

"Okay!"

-

At noon, Ma Miner did not invite Zhuang Hao and the others, but gave them cooked dumplings. After eating, she and Xia Zhen took a nap together. , each busy on their own, without disturbing each other.

In the evening, after a busy day, the couple went out for a walk and found that the entire resort was full. "What's going on?"

Shan Xiaodan hurried forward, "Mrs. Hui, there are many noble young masters and noble ladies here."

"Who is there?"

Shan Xiaodan replied: "The leader is Prince Yancheng's fiancée——Zhao Yuning, Second Lady Zhao."

Ma Min'er laughed: "Is the small wooden courtyard enough?"

"Not enough to live in, those servants lived in the newly built inn outside."

"Oh." Ma Min'er said, "Speak to Big Brother Qiu, pay attention to safety and defense, and don't run into these noble young masters and noble ladies."

"it is good."

"Is Brother Xiaoyou back?"

"not yet."

"Brother Qiu may be too busy." Ma Min'er said, "Xia Zhen, ask your people to help and pay attention to the surrounding safety."

"Well, I see."

Xiaowen received a hint from his master and hurried to find Mr. Wei.

The servants around Ma Min'er have a separate yard, which is connected behind Ma Min'er's yard. When Xiaowen found Wei Ren, he was reading a book by the bamboo fence between the two buildings, opposite to the office room of Xing'er and others.

Seeing Wei Ren like this, Xiaowen was so angry that he also liked Xing'er, but no such guy would chase people, and he would act like a 'gentle scum' all day long to seduce little girls.

"Mr. Wei..." Xiaowen called out in a bad voice.

"What's the matter?" Wei Ren looked leisurely.

"My lord wants you to strengthen the defense of the resort."

"Anyone here?"

"All the nobles and misses live here, who do you want?"

Xiaowen was impatient, and Wei Ren was not angry, "Understood, I will find General Zhang right away!"

"Yeah." Xiaowen looked towards the office opposite, Xing'er was making plans, he wanted to call her, but he didn't bother her to settle accounts after thinking about it, so he left with a sigh.

The second-class girl Lanxi was helping Aunt Shan to pick up chicken feathers for dinner. Seeing that Xiaowen was unhappy, she quickly put down the chicken feathers in her hand and chased him, "Brother Xiaowen, what do you want to eat tonight, I'll make it for you."

"I don't want to eat anything." Xiaowen left impatiently.

Not being pleased, Lan Xi pouted and went back to the porch in the backyard. Seeing her like this, the other little girls secretly smiled.

"Why are you laughing?" Lan Xi stared at them angrily.

"No...not laughing at anything."

Zhang Nianmei's life is very good, why?At Ma Min'er's suggestion, he took over his wife and children long ago, and has been living a carefree life where some people cook and some cook.

As soon as he came back from the barracks, he saw Wei Ren coming, "What's the matter?"

"Ah."

"What's the matter?" Zhang Nianmei took his wife's towel and wiped her face before she could hug her son.

"Liu Zaili and the others are here, the prince asked to strengthen the guards."

Zhang Nianmei nodded, "Wait a minute, I'll go ahead and walk around."

Zhang Nianmei's wife Xing asked politely: "Mr. Wei, dinner is ready, do you want to eat together?"

"Thank you, sister-in-law, then I'm not going to be polite."

"You're welcome." Mrs. Xing smiled.

Seriously speaking, Weiren and Xing are both nobles in the prefectural city of Yizhou. Their families not only move around, they are also intertwined and related. Bar.

The mothers and maids of the Xing family quickly put the dishes on the table. The mothers wanted to take the little master away, but Zhang Nianmei left her behind and sat on her lap, "Ruirui, come here, dad will make some for you." vegetable."

Calling names with overlapping characters is not a habit at this time, but since Ma Min'er used to call them this way, Zhang Nianmei also likes to call them this way, showing that she loves children.

The Xing family was happy, but also felt that the etiquette of the nobility was missing, but her husband said that etiquette is for others to see, and what can I do if I come here as I like, so I can only teach my son etiquette when the man is not at home.

The mother is a lady of the family and the eldest daughter. The two-year-old Zhang Hongrui has been taught very well. Even though he is sitting on his father's lap, he is a little complacent, but when he sees his mother's eyes at a young age, he still has restraint. , not reckless and unrestrained, the rules are casual, and there are aristocratic rules in the casual, which is the performance of a wealthy middle class.

The so-called prodigal son is not exchanged for money, it is said that a man like Zhang Nianmei, after going through thousands of sails, returns to the family, respects his wife and loves his children, does not stick to the form, can always give his wife and children unexpected romance, and live a happy life It's delicious.

After eating, Zhang Nianmei handed her son to his wife, "I'll go ahead and have a look."

"Oh." Xing Shi hugged his son with one hand, and straightened his husband's robe with the other, watching him and Wei Ren leave the yard and go to the front.

"Ma'am, let me hug the young master."

"I'll feed Rui'er some soup."

"Yes, ma'am."

The Xing family usually doesn't rush into the house at will, it's not that she doesn't want to. For a person like her, she was born to be taught by the head of the house. Her husband is a fifth-rank military general. She needs to manage at the top and win over at the bottom. Such a housewife.

But under the command of the King of Beijun, she, the head of the house, really doesn't need to be wooed, because their relationship is simple, and they don't need to be careful, and they don't need Bala.

It's even easier to get along with the concubine of Beijun. You only need to be simple and friendly, you don't need to worry about anything, and you don't need to be both.

Xing's life is simpler and freer than in her mother's house. Of course, the premise is that she can understand clearly and not complicate simple things. Fortunately, even if she thinks more, her husband who knows everything always If you can tap one or two, let her not think too much, just keep it simple.

After getting along for nearly a year, the Xing family understood that the princess of Beijun likes a life of freedom, freedom from restraint, and no need to manage up and down, so they should follow suit, how good it is.

Zhang Nianmei and Wei Ren came to the front, on the central lawn surrounded by several small wooden courtyards, more than a dozen young masters were playing hammer balls, laughing constantly, "Come in, come in..."

"Wang Wu, what kind of tricks are you playing?"

"No, I hit the hole seriously!"

"I bother……"

The two sons said while grabbing sticks, "I'll...I'll..."

……

Zhang Nianmei smiled, "It's really lively."

Wei Ren smiled, "Most of the young masters were brought here by Liu Zaicheng."

"This kid is a tyrant in the capital. I heard that even the Empress Dowager and Empress dote on him."

Wei Ren said: "I heard from Mr. Zhuang that this kid has a good birthday, and all the women in the palace regard him as Xi Langjun."

"No wonder." Zhang Nianmei wanted to say, Ma Erniang is also a Fuwa, no wonder the two hit it off, but he regarded Erniang as his younger sister, so he would not say such words easily.

Since there were many young ladies, Qiu Baiyan asked Shan Xiaodan to help with resettlement, and it was not until dark that the young ladies from the capital were settled.

Zhao Yuning happily sat in the main hall of Liu Zaili's cabin, "Brother Li, you... don't blame me for coming here."

Liu Zaili's face was light, "Since you're here, let's enjoy the scenery here."

"Thank you, Brother Li!" Seeing that her fiancé didn't blame herself, Zhao Yuning let go of most of her nervousness, "Brother Li, it's getting dark, dinner..."

"I've already been brought back."

"Oh."

"After eating, go to rest early."

This meant that she was allowed to eat together. Zhao Yuning was in a good mood, "Yes, Brother Li!" Smiling, her eyes kept falling on her brother Li.

I haven't seen him for a few days, but brother Li seems to have become more attractive again, with a clear and handsome appearance, and he is elegant and graceful from the bottom of his heart, which makes people's hearts flutter, and does not allow anyone to think about it, so charming.

Liu Zaili lowered his eyelids and drank tea quietly. The servant who knew him knew that the county king was thinking about something. Those who didn't know him couldn't guess what he was thinking.

For example, his fiancée, even though she was sitting next to him, always felt that he was thousands of feet away from her. This feeling made Zhao Yuning uneasy, "Li... Li brother..."

Liu Zaili raised his eyes.

"When... are you going back to Beijing?" In fact, she wanted to ask, why didn't she speak? Did she hate me? After all, she didn't dare to ask. Courage to do so.

"Not sure yet." Liu Zaili returned indifferently.

"Oh."

The servant came in with a food box, "Master, dinner is here."

"Ah."

The servants hurriedly brought out the food in the food box, and after a while, it was ready, "Master, it's ready."

Liu Zaili stood up, "Mother Ning, sit here."

"Yes, Brother Li." Zhao Yuning, who was restless, was brought back to life by this simple sentence. Brother Li must be tired from doing things, so he doesn't like to talk, yes, it must be like this.

-

After Zhang Nianmei walked around, she immediately figured out who and what was going on in the resort village, and said to her subordinates, "Bring 300 people over here."

"Yes, General, the little one will do it right away."

"Don't disturb the people, check carefully."

"Yes, General!"

Looking at the sky, it was completely dark, Zhang Nianmei still went to Mr. Zhuang's small wooden courtyard, "Rat, I didn't bother you."

Zhuang Hao had just washed up, when he heard that he was coming, he hurried out to greet him, "I was afraid of disturbing you, a busy man."

"Haha..." Zhang Nianmei laughed, "What am I busy with, there are [-] people in total, what a joke."

Zhuang Hao led the way, led him to the study, and closed the door behind him, "There are only 2 people, you and the prince take turns training all day long?"

"Zian and I are afraid that these people will be useless, so we train them every day."

Zhuang Hao shook his head, "I don't believe it."

"Believe it or not, it's up to you."

Zhuang Hao said, "Zhang Tiaozi, we are friends over shoulders."

Zhang Nianmei looked at him silently.

Zhuang Hao smiled and waited for his answer.

"That's boring, train some strong soldiers."

"Same as the Vanguard Battalion of the Forbidden Army?"

"Almost." Zhang Nianmei smiled. In fact, there are better words to describe the Pioneer Camp, but he doesn't know how to say it. Just like what my sister said, whenever you want to do something, even a very simple one Everything can be done to the extreme, and whoever does it to the extreme will be successful, such as training soldiers, leisure time in the capital, so what, not only in an orderly manner, but also training soldiers to become special.

Zhuang Hao sighed, "I don't know why, as long as I'm with you, my blood boils all over my body, and I have an urge to do things, but..." As a horse, he is a wealthy idler.

Zhang Nianmei laughed, "Don't you like to pray to gods and immortals, you can do it too."

Zhuang Hao shook his head, "Come on, for this matter, the Empress has approached me several times, I can only be a rich and idle person."

"Then you... you just study calligraphy, collect jade and seal carving, and become a calligrapher and seal cutter?"

"Okay, Nianmei, I haven't seen you for two years, your xinxing is so high."

"Haha..." Zhang Nianmei laughed, "Let me tell you, there is a boy in our camp who can't do anything, even a little stupid, but he can write well, and was directly appointed by the prince to join the army. Yu Chao Teng writes, the small life is quite comfortable."

"Really!"

"Of course, this guy was just writing on the stone with a brush dipped in water, and Erniang saw it, and the prince made an exception and promoted him, saying that he should give priority to people with special skills."

Zhuang Hao answered with a smile: "Is it true that others with special skills have also been promoted?"

"Ah."

"for example?"

"For example, climbing trees, jumping high..." Zhang Nianmei smiled when she realized that she had said too much, "It's all the little tricks of the people in the countryside."

Zhuang Hao smiled, "Not bad."

"Hee hee, don't talk about me, talk about interesting things in the capital."

"There are many interesting things in Beijing."

"Let's hear it!"

……

It was rare for the two old friends to sit together and chat, no matter whether they were defended or not, they finally had a good time, and they chatted until midnight before Zhang Nianmei went back.

(End of this chapter)