Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 250
Liu Zaicheng said: "But this is neither the direction of Ma's house nor the direction of Beijun Prince's Mansion. Could it be that he has returned to Xicaogou, but this is not the direction of Xicaogou either!"

"Master, Princess Beijun is at Mrs. Zhao's house."

"That Mr. Zhao?"

Ah Lai replied, "It's the head of the household department who has been scolded the most."

"The dog leg of the old master?"

"Yes, sir, that's him."

Liu Zaicheng raised his eyebrows, "How do I get to his house?"

"Master Zhao's wife is Ma Erniang's cousin, you know that." Ah Lai said.

"Oh, I forgot, I don't remember these little people." Liu Zaicheng didn't take it too seriously, and didn't ask, "Then hurry up."

"Yes, sir."

-

Feng Jiangyi also heard that Xia Zhen and his wife had gone to Mr. Zhao's house: "Do you know Mr. Zhao is having a hard time recently?"

Feng Zhiping asked: "Father, will Mr. Zhao be transferred from the household department at the end of the year?"

Feng Jiangyi sighed deeply, "Yes."

Looking at his tired-looking father, "Then next year's taxes will be as smooth as this year's?"

Feng Jiangyi said, "The basic model has already gone down, next year, I will let go appropriately."

"Father..." Feng Jiangyi was surprised, "Then..." Will the tax money in the treasury still increase?

Feng Jiangyi didn't intend to say more to his son, "Fortunately, I have quite a lot of students. Although they are mediocre, as long as I don't get in the way for my face."

"Oh." Feng Zhiping nodded, "That's true."

"I don't know why, but I also want to go to Master Xiao Zhao's house." Feng Jiangyi smiled.

Feng Zhiping smiled helplessly: "Father, Mrs. Zhao's house is a small two-in-two-out yard. You went out, where do you live?"

"I can't stay, I'm going to have dinner."

"..." Feng Zhiping was speechless, "Then you take Yao'er with you, grandparents and grandchildren, there is a companion."

"Ah."

-

When he arrived at Zhao's house, Liu Zaicheng first looked for Ma Yue'er, but there was no one at all, "Hey, Ma Erniang, why did you come to visit relatives by yourself, where is your sister?"

Ma Min'er rolled her eyes at him, "Xiaoyou—"

"Young Madam, I am here."

"Change this kid into ordinary clothes."

"it is good."

"Why do you need to change clothes?" Liu Zaicheng was puzzled, and when Fu Xiaoyou brought over the crumpled linen robe, he directly refused.

Ma Min'er said directly: "If you don't wear it, then don't even think about marrying my little sister."

"You..." Liu Zaicheng blushed with anger, "You agree to wear it?"

"I don't necessarily agree, but if you don't wear it, you don't even have a chance."

"Why, you are not Yue'er's father."

"I am a sister, and I am qualified to speak."

"You..." Liu Zaicheng turned in circles angrily, "Ma Erniang, don't overdo it, don't think that I'm afraid of you and Xia Er's idiot."

"Why should I scare you?"

"I..." Ma Min'er's light words instantly caught Liu Zaicheng's mouth, yes, the Xia family couple didn't care whether they were afraid or not.

The little prince was furious, he was about to burn at one o'clock, Ma Meier secretly traced the decorations in the main hall, he wouldn't just smash them down, and signaled the servants on the side to watch carefully.

She guessed right, Liu Zaicheng was like a struggling little beast, he really wanted to reach out to grab the ornaments on the table, wanting to smash them to express his inner dissatisfaction, but he held back when he saw Ma Miner , just keep going in circles.

A Lai was also stunned by the angry little bully, he had already glanced at the ornaments in the main hall, his grandfather threw things at home, it was a common occurrence, no one could stop him, including the old prince and his wife.

Seeing that he was just going around in circles, but he didn't throw anything, Ah Lai wasn't shocked, what?Is the Lord really afraid of the North County King and his wife?

Afraid?Maybe there is, but looking at it more deeply, what you can't ask for, makes Liu Zaicheng have concerns in his unscrupulous heart, which is the reason why he didn't throw things.

For Ma Min'er, she didn't expect that it was just an ordinary linen shirt. How could he roar so angry?She looked at the little bully calmly, several times, she found that he wanted to throw things, but she held back.

Can you bear it?This is a good quality, why can I bear it, if it is for Yue'er, then he passed the first test, but she is not sure, she still has to test him, so she gave Xiaoyou a look calmly.

Fu Xiaoyou immediately understood, and stepped forward again, "My lord, these clothes look ordinary, but they are the first batch of clothes dyed by our dyeing workshop with overseas dyes. Although the luster is fresh, it is soft and full of texture. If you don't believe me, try it."

Liu Zaicheng looked at the clothes that looked like shit, "Why should I wear them."

Ma Min'er pointed to herself, "I'm wearing it too."

Only then did Liu Zaicheng notice that Ma Erniang was also wearing a linen skirt, "You..." Why didn't you say it earlier...

uh... blame me...

The two confront each other silently.

Hmph, Liu Zaicheng stretched out his hand and grabbed the shirt and threw it to his servant Alai.

A Lai reached out to catch it, "Excuse me, where is my grandfather changing clothes?"

Ma Meier laughed quickly: "The butler..."

"Ma'am, the little one is here."

"Take the little prince to change clothes."

"Yes, ma'am." The butler hastily stretched out his hand to ask, "My lord, this way please—"

Liu Zaicheng met Xia Zhen who was about to enter the main hall at the door, and went straight away without even saying hello. The steward of the Zhao family quietly looked at the king of Beijun, saluted him quickly, and followed the little prince to change clothes.

"What's wrong with this kid?"

"I think the clothes are ugly."

"Oh."

Ma Min'er said, "After lunch, let's go out for a walk."

Xia Zhen nodded, it was already here, so she could only follow behind the mother-in-law and looked at the linen shirt on her body, "This dress is really light and comfortable."

"Of course." Ma Min'er said, "Cotton fabric is the most breathable and comfortable, although it looks a little wrinkled."

Xia Zhen smiled.

Liu Zaicheng, who was eating, drinking and having fun, was trapped in a small alley by Ma Miner. Although they wore ordinary cotton and linen clothes and walked around the street from time to time, they were limited to teahouses and small restaurants, just like the lives of ordinary wealthy households. .

Liu Zaicheng felt like he was getting moldy, and there were servants talking gossip around him, if it wasn't for Ma Erniang's sake, he would have kicked them away long ago, and it was their turn to mutter, it was really noisy up.

During the period, Feng Jiang Yizhen brought his granddaughter to Mrs. Zhao's house for dinner. When he learned that Xia Zhen and his wife were not supporting Zhao Yuyan, he was dumbfounded and said to himself, why did I forget, how could Xia Zhen get involved in the right and wrong of the capital .

But when he found out about Ma Min'er's intentions, he laughed even more. To choose a husband for his younger sister, he even used such a method, which is really beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

When leaving, he glanced at the precious grandson of Old Liang Wang, and thought, Er Niang, is it worth it?
Ma Min'er didn't think about whether it was worth it, but was worried about whether this kid Liu Zaicheng was enlightened and whether he could become her sister's beloved.

A few days later, after Fu Xiaodan finished handling the business in the shop, he came to Mr. Zhao's house again. When passing by the alley, he took a second look, and when he entered the door, he told Shan Xiaodan what he had done.

Shan Xiaodan hurried to Ma Miner's side, and whispered in her ear, "Young Madam, I have a chance."

"Really." Ma Min'er stood up happily, "Sister Mei, let's go out for afternoon tea together."

"You guys go, I'll prepare dinner." Ma Meier said with a smile.

"Okay then, go ahead, we're going out."

The alley where Zhao's family is located is a long and deep alley. There are many small officials living in it. The highest rank is Zhao Yuyan, ranging from fifth rank, other eighth rank to sixth rank. There are ten people, eating, drinking, and messing around every day.

"Where are you going again?" Liu Zaicheng wanted to run away impatiently.

Ma Min'er was protected by Xia Zhen, and when she heard him fussing, she smiled softly, "There are sorbets for sale in the street outside, I'll go buy some pears and make sugar pears to eat."

The corners of Liu Zaicheng's mouth twitched.Suddenly, he was almost bumped by someone rushing out from the door next to him, he stretched out his leg and kicked, "Damn it, I dare to hit even my young master."

The one who rushed out was a young man, about 20 years old. Seeing them dressed in ordinary clothes, he was about to swear at them. A Lai stepped forward and revealed his identity.

The young man was terrified and lived in the same alley. He had already heard that there were two great gods living in Mr. Zhao’s house. ..."

Inside the door, a thin old woman also came out, "Please forgive my son, I am willing to be your ox and horse..."

Ma Min'er looked into the courtyard. On the ground in the courtyard, a young woman was half down on the ground, surrounded by two girls of four or five years old. She stepped into the courtyard.

"Hey, what are you doing in here?" Liu Zaicheng called out in confusion.

Ma Min'er turned around and waved to him.Liu Zaicheng entered this ordinary and somewhat dilapidated courtyard with a look of disgust.

Xia Zhen glanced at the mother and daughter on the ground, and followed her daughter-in-law into the door.

The mother and son who were kneeling on the ground were frightened to death. Could it be that they bumped into the nobleman?

Before Ma Min'er could open her mouth to ask the woman on the ground what was going on, a bewitching woman came out of the house, "Oh, this is an outsider from there, why did he just enter other people's house so casually?"

Xiaowen went up and kicked the woman down to her knees, "You are crazy, if you don't kneel when you meet the county king, you will be put in prison."

"Husband... save my family, husband..." The woman cried all over the place.

The young man didn't dare to move half a step, but he shivered and hid in a corner, not daring to move.

"Oh my god, no god..." Before the woman finished crying, Xiaowen slapped her hand, "Shut up."

The fairy woman was so frightened that she immediately shut up.

"Little prince, stand beside me." Ma Min'er called.

Liu Zaicheng was puzzled, but he still took two steps and leaned against Ma Min'er.

The family couldn't figure out what the princess of Beijun who lived in Mr. Zhao's house wanted to do, and looked at her carefully, as if she was a scourge.

Ma Min'er signaled Shan Xiaodan to help the woman on the ground, and the woman saluted and thanked, "Thank you, Princess."

"Do you know who I am?" Ma Miner asked with a smile.

The corners of the woman's mouth and face were bruised and bruised. She held back the pain and nodded, "When you live in the alley, everyone in the alley will know about it."

Ma Min'er turned her head and said with a smile, "Brother Zhen, it seems that we are not low-key enough."

Xia Zhen had a faint smile on her face, but everyone could understand that this smile was full of indulgence.

When the injured woman saw it, she lowered her head sadly, and reached out to stroke the hair of her two daughters. Why are other people's husbands so considerate and aware of their pain? Is it really 'poor couples, all things are sad'?
Ma Min'er turned her head: "You know me, and I know your family."

"what……"

Including the injured woman, everyone in the family looked at Princess Beijun in surprise. They didn't dare to ask what it meant, but it was clearly written on their faces.

Ma Min'er said: "Your father-in-law is a small scribe in the sixth department, and he is a sixth grade. Your husband has passed the scholar, but he has never been admitted to Juren, has he?"

Hearing her words, the young man at the door turned away from the side as if afraid of shame.

"Yes, Princess." The injured woman nodded helplessly.

"Your natal family is also a sixth-rank small Beijing official, and they are also working in the official office, aren't they?"

The woman nodded, "Yes."

"Your mother-in-law is similar to your situation, she is also the daughter of the Xiaojing official's family, isn't she?
"Ok!"

"But your mother-in-law has always looked down on you, hasn't she?"

The woman raised her head in shock.

The thin old woman at the door jumped: "Princess, what are you talking about? Why do you want me to look down on my daughter-in-law? Even if I do, you don't care about it."

Xia Xiaoren stepped forward and kicked the old woman, "Wangfei speaks, you just listen, if you dare to talk back, next time, slap your mouth ten times."

"Bullying..." The old woman was slapped firmly by Xia Xiaoren, and she was staggered backwards.

I don't know when a lot of people gathered at the door, everyone was frightened by the aura of the nobleman and quietly took a step back.

Ma Min'er smiled slightly, "I didn't mean to meddle in other people's business, the fact is that your house bumped into the little prince today, the door was open again, I saw this sister-in-law fell to the ground, so I pulled it away. "

The old woman still wanted to speak, but she was afraid of being beaten.

The naughty young woman didn't dare to do anything wrong, and in the yard, she could only listen to Ma Miner's words.

Ma Min'er turned to Liu Zaicheng and said, "Mother-in-law, son and concubine, all beat her."

Hearing Ma Min'er's words, the injured woman held back her mouth and cried.

"mother……"

"mother……"

The two little girls heard their mother crying and hugged her and cried together.

"She just called back." Liu Zaicheng was impatient with these things.

Ma Min'er shook her head, smiled helplessly, turned and left.

Everyone thought there was a good show to watch, but when the nobleman came out, they immediately made way for Ma Miner and others to leave.

They hadn't left for a long time, and the people at the door gathered around the door of the family's house again, "Lin Xiucai beat his wife again..."

"Ms. Lin Xiucai is picking right from wrong again..."

"That little concubine is nothing, she's like a goblin all day long..."

……

Ma Min'er and the others walked out of the alley for a quarter of an hour. Standing on the side of the street, Ma Min'er asked, "Did Liu Zicheng see the injury on the woman just now?"

"See, what's the matter?"

Ma Min'er turned to look at him, "A man can't protect his wife, that's the result."

"Why protect her? This man doesn't like her at all. How can I protect her? I like Joy'er. Not only can I not hit her, but I won't let others hit her." Liu Zaicheng understood these words, and immediately refute.

Ma Min'er shook her head, "I found out, six years ago, this woman was begged by Lin Xiucai to marry her."

"..." Liu Zaicheng was shocked.

"It's not enough to like it."

Liu Zaicheng subconsciously asked, "Then...how about that?"

Ma Min'er walked slowly along the street, "You need to be capable."

"Can... ability?"

"That's right, the ability to establish a world and the ability to protect one's wife can't be less." Ma Min'er looked at him: "Do you know why I asked them about their identities just now?"

Liu Zaicheng understands that.

"They are all official positions around the sixth rank, and their identities are equal." Ma Min'er said: "It can be described as a good match."

Liu Zaicheng seemed to understand something from the words, "I won't do this."

Ma Min'er smiled, "At this moment, I believe you are sincere when you say this."

He loves to hear these words, Liu Zaicheng grinned and said with a smile, "That's..."

Ma Min'er continued: "But Lin Xiucai has no ability to be admitted to Juren, cannot be an official to teach, and has never had a serious job. He lives in the market, and lives a life of reaching out to his parents for money..."

"My family has a lot of money." Liu Zaicheng is not stupid, he just doesn't want to do things, so it doesn't mean he doesn't understand.

Ma Min'er turned her head and stared at him intently, "Lin Xiucai's daily consumption is equivalent to the salary of his sixth-rank father. In other words, your consumption by Liu Zaicheng is also equivalent to the wealth of the old Liang Wang."

"I..." Liu Zaicheng turned his head away, "I... I also take care of general affairs now, and make money from the pawn shop."

Ma Min'er sneered: "Lin Xiucai has no ability to make money to support his mother-in-law and children, so he reached out and asked his mother for money. Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been at odds since ancient times. A man can't stand on his own, so he asks his mother for money. The mother-in-law doesn't like her daughter-in-law. To add fuel to the story, the daughter-in-law said that in order to get more money from the old mother, she must please the old mother and beat the daughter-in-law together with her."

Liu Zaicheng snorted coldly, "I won't."

"Why do I come to Mr. Zhao's house, do you understand?" Ma Min'er asked and answered, "I just want you to see how ordinary people live, rich and noble, don't tell me, you understand better than me, huge In fact, the situation inside the Lin family is far more complicated than that of the Lin family, and it is even more cannibalistic."

Liu Zaicheng pursed his lips and stopped talking. He still knew the filth of the big family.

"A few days ago, I asked the maid of the Zhao family to tell you that the parents in the alley were short-sighted, and then took you through the alley to let you understand the truth of life, but you failed to notice, today , Lin Xiulin happened to bump into us and gave me a chance to tell you the reality of life, you should understand, right?"

Liu Zaicheng opened his eyes to look at the street, his immature and arrogant young face suddenly seemed to have grown up a lot.

Seeing that he finally listened to her ears, Ma Miner secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and found a simple teahouse. A group of people sat on two small tables. He thinks it's inferior, so he doesn't drink it, but he keeps his face on it. If his wife likes it, he always stays with him.

Holding boiled water, Ma Min'er watched the people coming and going at the gate of the small teahouse, suddenly pointed at a middle-aged woman passing by and said, "This woman's husband is either a gambler or a bastard."

"Young Madam, they just sell some candied fruit in a small basket!" The lively Lan Xi asked curiously.

"If you don't believe me, ask the people who are shocked to investigate."

Mo frowned in shock.

Xia Zhen said, "Go."

Jing Mo took a deep breath, saw his grandfather glanced over, and let out before he could vomit.

Liu Zaicheng carefully stared at the passing woman twice, curled his lips, and waited for Jing Mo to come back. After a while, Jing Mo came back, "It's a bastard."

"Wow, Young Madam, how did you find out?" Lan Xi looked at his master adoringly.

Ma Miner looked at Liu Zaicheng.

Liu Zaicheng snorted, "Boring."

Ma Min'er smiled: "People who live in poverty have a dry and thin face, and they may be worried about what to eat next, but because men are incompetent, women have an extra look besides frowning..."

"what?"

"Withered color."

"Ma'am, what do you mean?"

"Loss of zest for life."

Everyone looked at Ma Min'er, not quite understanding.

Ma Min'er turned her head, "Aunt Shi, can you understand?"

Shi Qiuju smiled wryly, "No one understands better than me. My ex-husband is exactly like the Lin Xiucai in my wife's mouth. He has no ability and can only live on the family's low income, which is all in his mother's hands. He can only You can only get it if you please his mother, how can you please, that is to treat me like an animal..." As she spoke, her throat choked.

Seeing that his sweetheart was sad, Gu Dun almost stepped forward.

Ma Min'er looked at Gu Dun, "Do you know why I keep letting Xiaoyou take you to inquire about Sanchangxiang?"

Gu Dun didn't expect the princess to talk to him: "I... am I not the guard Xiaoyou?"

Ma Min'er shook her head, "Brother Xiaoyou, what do you think after asking around?"

Fu Xiaoyou said, "A man should be self-reliant, but also love his wife."

"Yes, thousands of words, just this sentence, a man should be self-reliant, but also love his wife." Ma Min'er straightened up, "Little prince, I don't want my sister to marry you, one day, it will be on her face." There is a dry look, so please keep this sentence in your heart, and if you do it that day, you can marry my sister back in a glorious manner. If you can’t do it, tell me early, and I will find a home for my sister .”

"You..." Liu Zaicheng pursed his lips and took off his robe and left.

"Master... Grandpa..." Alai hastily bowed to the North County King and his wife, and led his men to chase after the master.

Shan Xiaodan stood beside the master and asked worriedly: "Madam, this..."

"Don't be in a hurry to know the result." Ma Min'er smiled, "Anyway, my Yue'er is young, so it's fine to wait a year or two." She turned her head, "Brother Zhen, we are going back too."

Xia Zhen nodded, "Yes."

Behind him, Gu Dun looked at Shi Qiuju who put away his emotions, wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say.

Back in Zhao's courtyard, Zhao Yuyan just came back from the yamen, "I'm really sorry, I don't have time to accompany you."

"Wufang." Ma Miner said with a smile, "Brother Zhao, we will be returning home tomorrow morning."

"I... I finally got a leave of absence. I plan to stay with you for a day tomorrow. Why don't you stay for another day?" Zhao Yuyan was very embarrassed.

Ma Min'er shook her head, "These days, cousin Mei is busy, if you have time off, please spend time with her."

Ma Erniang has always been a thoughtful person, and since she wants to go back, Zhao Yuyan will not force her to stay, "Then let's have a big dinner tonight."

"You can have this." Ma Min'er said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)