Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

280 The Finale 4
How to repel the Allied Forces of the Four Kingdoms is a matter for men. When you return to the Beijun Wangfu in Liangzhou City, you will return home. It is different from the Beijun Wangfu in the capital. The capital was given by the emperor, although it also belongs to Xia Zhen. The meanings are different, some are like hotels, inns, and mansions in Liangzhou City, but they were built by Ma Miner and Xia Zhen by themselves, both emotionally and strategically.

Although she was tired all the way, Ma Min'er still felt that she was full of enthusiasm, and she devoted herself to the career of being the mistress without much rest.

The first thing about the master's house, she didn't ask about the trivial matters of the family, and no matter how her mother-in-law was in charge of the family before, she met with the families of all the soldiers in Liangzhou. In fact, it is to connect feelings, through the woman in the backyard, to convey Xia Zhen's heart of hard work and love.

After eating, the souvenirs brought back from the capital were divided, and the gifts were distributed to each general and the wife of the lieutenant according to their seniority. The gifts seemed random, but in fact they were all linked to the hard work of the generals and soldiers, and they would always be It is more capable and more rewarding. This is a fair lever, and no one can make mistakes.

It doesn't matter if you want a good gift or a lot of gifts, if you have the ability to match, the king of Beijun is willing to give it to you. If you don't have the ability and don't want to work hard, then it won't be fun.

Ma Miner sat in the main hall, with a smile on her face, accepting the salute and farewell of the soldiers and family members. They either smiled happily, or were disappointed, or were dissatisfied... She saw them all, what's the matter? Standing at the top of the food chain, she has already figured out a set of strategies to deal with it, and remains calm as usual.

After the last Mrs. Lieutenant left, Shan Xiaodan stepped forward, "Ma'am..." meaning to ask her if she has to take care of family affairs next.

Ma Min'er shook her head: "I'm tired today, let's talk about it in two days."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Prepare dinner quickly, and invite Mrs. Xiao's family to have a peaceful dinner tonight."

"it is good."

Ma Min'er went back to the inner courtyard and looked at her son habitually. At this moment, there was a baby next to her son. Don't look down on the baby, but she is the elder sister-in-law.

She felt a headache, a pain of helplessness, and a pain of pity even more. She opened her arms, and Xiao Fan'er habitually stretched her calf, dragging his walker towards her, and she also bent down to catch it. son.

Out of the corner of my eye, my sister-in-law, who just had a cold and was not yet energetic, was also standing in the stroller, looking at her with tears in her big almond eyes formed due to thinness.

Seeing that her heart softened, she avoided her son, took a few steps forward, bent over and opened her arms, with a motherly smile: "Xian'er, do you want to hug her too?"

Xia Xian, who was only one year old in ten days, pursed her lips in grievance, and burst into tears.

Ouch, my heart is softened into mud from crying, Ma Min'er hastily picked her up, put her small body in her arms, let her small head rest on her shoulder, she hugged her with one hand, and lightly hugged her with the other. Gently patted her on the back, gently coaxing her, "Good baby, good girl, let's not cry... Let's drink milk and eat custard..."

Xiao Xian'er lay in Ma Min'er's arms and gradually became obedient, stopped crying, her little hands subconsciously grabbed Ma Min'er's clothes tightly, as if she was afraid that she would leave her behind as soon as she turned around, and no longer cared about herself.

The little sister's action of pulling her clothes made Ma Min'er want to cry, this child...is too insecure, poor baby, how did you meet such a mother?She even went in with Xia Zhen's emotion!

The mother who only hugged herself actually hugged someone else, Xiao Fan'er was stunned for a while, and finally came to her senses, pursed her mouth, and cried out loud, he wanted to fight for favor, "Wow...Wow..." He cried so much Loud.

Oh my god!For the first time, Ma Min'er felt that she was one head and two big, so she quickly turned to her son, and picked up her son with the other hand, like Xiao Zilin holding twins, one in each hand.

Although my sister-in-law has grown up for nearly three months, she is not as heavy as her son, and it is not difficult to hold her in her hands alone, but her son is well-raised, looks well-proportioned, not fat, in fact, he weighs almost [-] catties, and still True Shen.

She hurriedly sat on the side of the couch, with a baby on one lap, and told the maids Lan Ruo and Lan Xi to make milk for the children and get the steamed custard, "No salt, just a drop or two of oil will do."

"Yes, young madam, this servant knows." Lan Xi ran out.

Lan Ruo has already soaked the milk, "Young Madam..." She asked meanly, which of the two children should be fed first?
No matter which one is fed first, both will fight, "Take the bottle, pour the milk into the bottle, both together."

"Yes, young lady."

In fact, there is no baby bottle at this time. Ma Miner made a pacifier out of cowhide for his son to drink water at night, and someone made a baby bottle out of porcelain. If Xia Zhen was not the king of the North County, how could these weird things So easy to make.

Under normal circumstances, Ma Min'er doesn't use a feeding bottle, and just feeds her son water at night, but now...she can't let these two little ones drink from the bowl at the same time, they will fight.

The two babies ate at the same time, and they both gave birth safely. Both of them held the feeding bottles with both hands, probably because they were hungry, and they ate in a hurry, so Ma Min'er had to coax them to slow down...slower down.

After drinking a bottle of milk, it wasn't enough, and they wanted to eat more, and they started arguing together. At this time, Lanxi's custard arrived, a big bowl, and now I can't use a milk bottle, so I can only feed it.

"Young Madam, let me come."

Ma Miner shook her head, "I'll put them in the baby seat, let's come together."

Fortunately, when she stayed in Shidun, an ancient county town, she knew that she was about to return to the Beijun Prince's Mansion. Ma Min'er asked the carpenter in the caravan to prepare baby carriages, baby seats and other things for her sister-in-law when she was free, and she really used them.

After the little ones sat down in a row, Ma Min'er held the custard in one hand and the white spoon in the other, and she didn't care too much. One spoon fed the two little ones, one mouthful for each, and they took turns.

In the past, when Xiao Fan'er ate, no one competed, and he ate slowly, which made the food cold. Now, the two rushed to eat, and finished a big bowl in a short time.

They were probably full, the two little guys finally stopped arguing, shook hands and made peace, Xiao Faner tilted his head and babbled non-stop to his aunt, as if asking, who are you and how did you come here? my home!

Ah... ah... the little aunt seemed to be responding, this is my home, how did it become yours?
"Haha..." Ma Min'er, who was so tired sitting on the couch, was amused by the two little guys, watched them play while resting, and thought, this seems to be good, at least Fan'er is not alone anymore , someone accompanied me!
Shuanglian is the girl next to Zhao Suxin. The general came back, and the madam finally stopped pestering her. She found Ma Min'er when she was free, "Young madam!" She saluted respectfully.

Ma Miner's complexion is not good. I heard that she is the big girl next to her mother-in-law. If her mother-in-law is not good, can't she take good care of the little master?To let the little master catch a cold and fever without care, if Mr. Tian hadn't come to take care of the palace, wouldn't it be...

Shuanglian was also very aggrieved, "Young Madam... the servant will not say anything about excuses, and the servant just came to see if the young master is getting better."

Ma Min'er held back her emotions, "It's right next to it, do you see it better?"

Shuanglian squeezed out an awkward smile, turned her head to look at the young master, and found that the young master's complexion was much better, with a smile on her face, "Thank you, young lady, for letting young lady worry."

"She is my relative, I should worry about it, and you don't have to say such hypocritical words. If there is nothing wrong, go back and take care of your master."

"Thank you, Young Madam, for your compassion. The servant will leave first." Before Shuanglian left, she put down the things in her hands, "This is the wish of this servant, please accept it, Young Madam." After finishing speaking, she did not wait for Ma Miner to respond. , and ran away by himself.

Xiao Dan glanced at the door, and the person disappeared after a while. She walked to the package and opened it. Inside were the child's underwear and silver feet, "Young Madam..."

"Hey, even a girl has more heart than mother-in-law, she..." Ma Min'er couldn't continue, she finally understood why Xia Zhen was so hostile when she first met him.

Lacking motherly love and fatherly love, children who grow up in loneliness, can they not be hostile?She turned her head to look at her sister-in-law, and sneered helplessly: "It seems that I can't treat you like a sister-in-law anymore, I want to raise you like a daughter! It really makes people..."

Xia Zhen didn't return to the backyard until three days later. His clothes were rumpled and his beard was stubbled. When he saw his wife sitting on the couch with her head bowed to deal with housework, and two little children sleeping behind her, he stepped lightly.

Ma Min'er still heard the voice, raised her head, grinned, and asked softly, "How's it going?"

"The Allied Forces of the Four Nations have retreated."

"Really?" Ma Min'er got off the couch happily, and looked up at him: "What's the matter, haven't you heard of a war outside in the past two or three days?"

"Did you see Gu Dun during this time?"

"No, am I still surprised? At the beginning, I thought he was sent to Liangzhou City by you, but there is no him in Liangzhou City. Could it be that he went to the enemy's lair?"

Xia Zhen reached out to take the little daughter-in-law's hand, bowed her head and kissed, "My daughter-in-law is smart."

"Cut, what's this smart?" Ma Min'er glared at the haggard man coquettishly, her heart immediately felt pity, and she took his hand, "Hurry up and wash up, after washing, get a good night's sleep."

"You wash it for me." The major matter was resolved, Xia Zhen's pressure was gone, and she had time to act like a baby in front of his wife.

Ma Min'er looked at the child on the couch, wait a minute, I'll let Lan Ruo come in to see the child.

"Don't let them in, I don't like it."

"But the children sleep here, I don't worry."

"I'm fast."

"Oh." Ma Min'er thought for a while, surrounded the couch, and moved other things away, "I often come out to have a look."

"Ah."

Ma Min'er was still worried, so she took two rattle drums and placed them next to the children's heads. If they woke up or turned over loudly, she would hear them. After finishing, she went into the bathroom to help Xia Zhen take a bath.

For the past three days, Xia Zhen, who had barely slept, actually fell asleep while washing and washing. After being woken up by Ma Min'er, she changed to the bed and went to sleep.

"Don't you want to eat something before going to bed?"

"On the way back, I ate the snacks that Xiaowen brought. I can last for a while. I'll go to bed first. Call me if you need something."

"Okay." Before Ma Min'er finished speaking, Xia Zhen fell asleep again. It was really hard for him. She sat on the side of the bed and gently stroked his cheek, cherishing and loving him like a treasure.

-

Xiao Lin didn't expect that Xia Zhen ran outside the city for three days. After three days, the Allied Forces of the Four Nations retreated completely. The people he brought came back to inquire, "Master, I heard about it. The King of Beijun transferred his staff, The general went to the Jin and Liao countries, and the separation was over."

"what for?"

"I heard that they went to the Kingdom of Jin first, disguised themselves as businessmen, and spread rumors throughout the Kingdom of Jin, saying that the second prince of the Kingdom of Jin was going to kill his father and take the throne. died, the Second Prince took over the funeral and ascended the throne."

"Prince Jin has already gone back, and it is impossible to stop. It seems that the Kingdom of Jin is going to be in great turmoil." Xiao Lin asked again: "What about the Kingdom of Liao?"

"The Liao Kingdom is an alliance of many tribes. They don't have a prince, but they have many princes, each of whom has drawn the tribes to support him. Since the most heroic third prince led the powerful Liao army to attack Wei, the rear was empty and was captured. Xia Zhen's general, Gu Dun, defeated more than a dozen tribes in a row, and these people were killed or wounded, even if they were safe, they fled to the far west, and the Liao Kingdom became a half-empty country."

"Is that so?" Xiao Lin stroked his smooth chin and asked, "Where are the Western Xia and Mongolian people?"

"We have never heard of Xixia and Mongolian people."

"Even if Xia Zhen's people didn't make trouble, the Xixia and Mongolian people would be afraid."

The hidden guard couldn't answer this question, it was something the master's staff were considering.

-

Retired, completely retired, no one is happier than Huang Junyao. His affection for Liangzhou City is no less than his affection for his parents. He really hopes that Liangzhou will be peaceful and prosperous more than anyone else.

"Hurry up, hurry up, tell the people in the city to resume production and life, and let them know that no one dares to attack Liangzhou City anymore."

"Yes, my lord, the little one understands."

Huang Junyao ran outside while arranging things, "Officials big and small in the yamen followed me to the street to help and solve the difficulties of the people."

"Yes, my lord!" All the officials put down their civil affairs and took the good news into the streets to announce that the war was over.

"My lord, are the foreigners really retreating?"

"Yes, it has been returned to the lair."

"Will they come again?"

"It shouldn't happen in the last three years."

Huang Junyao took the lead and led the officials to be busy. He didn't expect to meet Uncle Gu who once took him in on the way, "What's the problem, old man?"

Old man Gu was a little embarrassed, pointed to the woman behind him and said, "She said he is the sister of the general's wife, and she wants to recognize her relatives!"

Huang Junyao glanced at Zhao Suzhi. Although the clothes were not ragged, for some reason, they made him feel poor and poor. Would the wife of the general have such poor relatives?

"My lord... my lord, I am really the sister of the general's wife, really... I used to be the master of jade, but it's a pity that the thief..." Zhao Suzhi couldn't continue crying.

It is possible that something happened, Huang Junyao just wanted to go to the general, "Forget it, follow me to the general's mansion."

"Thank you, Mr. Huang." Old man Gu quickly saluted happily.

"The old man is too polite." Huang Junyao smiled and prevented him from saluting again, "You all come with me."

Zhao Suzhi hurriedly pulled up her grandson, who had just gained some color, happily followed Huang Junyao, got into the carriage arranged by him, and headed all the way to the Beijun Palace.

-

The enemy retreated, Xia Zetao was relieved, and instead of returning to the inner courtyard, he fell asleep in the side room next to his study and had a good rest. When he opened his eyes, his wife was sitting next to him, her eyes fixed on her. Looking at him and seeing him wake up, she quickly shouted happily: "Zening, Zening, you are finally back!" Excitedly holding his hand, as if afraid that he would go out to fight again.

My wife, I am used to it, Xia Zetao let her hold it happily for a while, and then withdrew his hand, "I'm hungry and want to eat."

"I... I'll let Shuanglian go to the kitchen to get it."

If the daughter-in-law would have brought it to his son's bed long ago, Xia Zetao unconsciously came up with such thoughts, sighed secretly, and couldn't show it on his face. After thinking about it, he will definitely spend his time in his wife's nagging, he doesn't want to be pestered by her.

"Help me change my clothes." Find something to do for your bored wife to pass her time.

Husband asked me to help him with things, that's because he likes me, that's great, sure enough, Zening's mood will be better after the war is over, Zhao Suxin is like a little bee, wandering around Xia Zetao, helping him dress, help him Take the cup... Anyway, as long as I can stick to my husband, I am willing to do anything.

When his wife was busy, Xia Zetao really wanted to ask her: "How is your daughter?" But he swallowed the words again. He was afraid that not only would he not be able to ask how his daughter was, but he would also hear his wife's self-blame. , Sad' various works, instead of this, simply don't ask anything.

Finally finished tidying up, Xia Zetao said lightly: "I'm going to find Zhen'er..."

"I also need to go."

Before he could finish his sentence, he was interrupted by his wife, okay, she gave birth to the daughter, so it's right to go and see it with him, although she may have forgotten her daughter long ago.

-

Xia Zhen woke up feeling refreshed. Just about to stretch her waist, she seemed to encounter something on her arm. She quickly turned over, and it turned out to be her son and sister...

Wait, my sister and brother sleep on... a... bed, and only my family has it!
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he sat up lightly, leaned over and looked down at the two cute little guys, not to mention, they looked alike, if someone who had nothing to do with them saw them, they would definitely say they were siblings, not aunts and nephews both.

For some reason, Xia Zhen wanted to raise her head and laugh.

"ah……"

Xia Zhen, who raised her head, was startled and woke her son up, and quickly lowered her head, "Fan'er..." The voice was warm and full of love.

"Ah...ah..."

The little girl's voice is not as crisp and loud as her son's, soft and waxy, but also cute and cute. Xia Zhen stretched out a finger and touched the little girl's waving hand lightly, but she grabbed it. Hi giggling!

Xiao Fan'er turned over in a jerk, sat up, and saw that someone else grabbed his father's hand, and if he refused, he stretched out his hand to scratch it away, but he still couldn't control his strength, and couldn't scratch it at all, so he said anxiously, "Yeah! ..." It seems to be saying, this is my father, why do you arrest him.

"Haha..." Xia Zhen finally couldn't help laughing, stretched out her other hand, and quickly gave it to her son, letting him grab a finger too.

The son finally regained his balance and stopped making trouble. He giggled at him, as if calling, Dad, sleep late.

(End of this chapter)