Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 34 Complaint
Aunt Shi replied: "It's not easy for people to escape from famine. I have some rations. I'm being polite to you. You really eat...I don't even know what to say about you!"

"And... I'm not the only one to eat!"

"You old man, you are the oldest, you won't say anything."

"I..." watched my wife leave the room, "You...what are you doing?"

"Bring two yams to those two families."

"That's what saved our lives."

"Understood, we can't die if we eat two less." Aunt Shi said: "An extra two may save lives."

"No way, they may still have copper coins, so buy them with copper coins!"

Aunt Shi shook her head, "I reckon, after these five huts are built, they should have run out of pockets."

"Then they..."

"Greetings, they know etiquette. We have to be ignorant of etiquette. We will be in the same village in the future. We also need to understand etiquette. I will send two of them there right away at night."

"Come on, you old woman, it's midnight, let me accompany you."

When Aunt Shi heard this, she grinned with few teeth, turned around and walked to the thatched shed on the side, which was their kitchen, moved an old ash jar, took out a sack from underneath, and took out I picked up two gray things that looked like fur balls.

Old man Shi stood behind his wife, "What about the two families, do you want to take two?"

Aunt Shi weighed the yams in her hand. After a long time, it was a little dry, "It's a little less, then... then take two more!" She stretched her hands and retracted a few times before taking four yams.

Aunt Shi stood up, and old man Shi hid the sack again, "I don't know when it will rain, this ration is really running out."

"Don't talk about God, give it to others quickly."

In the backyard of the yamen in the town, Ma Qiguang made a complaint in front of the old lady: "Madam, really, don't believe it, they have money to buy water to drink, and money to buy cooking cakes, but they don't give it to father or you. , what kind of system is it?"

The old lady was exhausted from hunger, and raised her eyelids with difficulty, "Did you see it?"

"Yeah, I didn't see that I could tell Madam you!"

The old lady pursed her lips without saying a word, and turned to look at the old man.

Ma Chengzu sat on the chair, leaning on the back of the chair, squinting his eyes, as if there was no one in the room.

"Father...Father..." Even though the old father was leaning quietly on the chair, Ma Qiguang was still so frightened by his father's invisible aura that he didn't dare to breathe.

The old lady looked at the sky outside, "Go down first!"

"Ma'am, if you don't call him Lao Liu now, maybe he has hidden the money." Ma Qiguang screamed anxiously.

"silver?"

"Yes, ma'am, if there is no money, where can Lao Liu buy precious water and food?"

"Master..." The old lady looked at the old man again.

Ma Chengzu opened his eyes and looked at Wu'er with deep eyes.

"Father... Father..." Ma Laowu shrank his head and neck in fright.

Ma Chengzu withdrew his gaze: "Family matters, let Yihui practice his hands."

"Master..." The old lady's dusty eyes lit up, "Okay, I'll let the servant call Lao Liu right away."

Ma Chengzu frowned, and the fierceness of the superior made the old lady stammer: "Then... what does the master mean?"

Glancing coldly, Ma Chengzu withdrew his gaze in dissatisfaction.

"Then... Shall I let Hui Er handle it tomorrow?"

The old lady seemed to hear the word 'um', she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and turned to the old five: "Go down."

"Oh!" Without getting the answer he wanted, Ma Qiguang left the room listlessly.

"How are you, son?" the old aunt asked as soon as she saw her son.

"Tomorrow."

"What's the matter? When we came back, the old lady had already finished sharing the food. There was no room for us. I was so hungry." The old aunt was so hungry that her eyes turned green, and she wished she could go to Lao Liu's house now.

"I'm not hungry anymore?"

"Son, what can I do then?"

"How do I know." Ma Qiguang sat down by the wall angrily. What kind of life is he living every day? He was so angry that his legs swept across, and the person next to him was kicked, and he yelled angrily, "Ma Laowu ,What are you doing!"

"I..." Seeing that it was the most favored Ma Laojiu, he turned off the fire.

Sending off the old couple of the Shi family, the five members of the Ma family sat in a room, and the children looked at the taro in Ma Qifeng's hand, "Father, what is this?"

He shook his head: "I know it as a father."

"Then how to eat?"

"Ms. Shi said that she has already steamed the taro, and she can eat it after peeling off the skin." Ma Min'er said.

"Oh!" Ma Sanlang swallowed.

Seeing his son like this, Ma Qifeng stretched out his hand to San'er, "You and elder brother share one."

"Yes, Dad."

He handed the other to Ma Min'er, "You and Yue'er share one."

Ma Min'er didn't say a word, she reached out to take it, gently peeled the skin, broke it in half, and handed the half back to Ma Qifeng, "Father, you eat."

"I'm not hungry."

It's a lie, it's no wonder you're not hungry, but Dad's heart for the child warms Ma Min'er's heart, so he insisted on giving half of it to him, "Dad, you can't fail, we can all count on you to support us! "

"Father!" Ma Dalang wanted to give half of his hand to him.

"Da Lang, you are a boy, you eat by yourself."

"Yes, brother, my sister and I are both girls and young, so we don't eat much at all, so we can just share it with dad."

Ma Dalang blinked and nodded, "Oh!" He withdrew his hand.

Ma Min'er divided the half in her hand and said, "Little sister, come and eat."

Ma Yueer took the taro and ate it, "It's delicious."

Ma Min'er smiled and stuffed the taro into her mouth. She thought she hadn't eaten anything tonight, but the farmer was so simple that she actually sent over the taro, and it was a large variety, not small in size, and each one was as big as a fist. , the inside is full of starch, which can fill the stomach. I don’t know if it will be found in the wild. Can you pick it up?

Seeing that the children were eating happily, Ma Qiguang lowered his head and started eating.

Guo Daping saw his mother divide a taro into three parts, "Mother, we have another one tomorrow, that's great."

Guo Lishi hid the other taro like gold, "Yes, life can only move forward step by step like this."

"Mother, Xiaoyue's family definitely doesn't have to stay." Guo Erping said while eating.

Mrs. Guo Li was taken aback by what the child said, "That's right, they have two more people than us, so they don't have to stay, alas!" She looked at the hidden taro, and thought, I will share it with them.

Coming to another world, last night was the most peaceful night for Ma Miner to sleep. There were neighbors who delivered food, roofs to cover the dew, and more importantly, there were no bandits or bandits in the town, so people could sleep peacefully until dawn.

"Second Sister, Second Sister..." Ma Min'er was woken up by the younger sister, "What's the matter?" Hearing her cry, she seemed extremely disturbed.

Ma Yueer rubbed her eyes and pulled her outside.

I said what's going on?It turned out that a servant from the Ma family had come to call for Dad.

"Sixth Lord, Eldest Young Master, please—"

Ma Min'er snorted secretly, took the little sister's hand, and followed her father to the town.

Seeing this posture from the next door, Mrs. Guo Li quickly walked to the simple fence, "Brother, are you going to town?"

"Yes, Mrs. Guo's."

"Oh!" Mrs. Guo Li stared at the servants of the Ma family, sighed helplessly, and stared blankly at the Ma family going to town.

In the backyard of the yamen in Yunshui Town, Ma Yihui was reciting books in his grandparents' room, standing upright with his eyes slightly closed, not in a hurry. His grandfather was sitting on a chair with his eyes closed, tapping the chair lightly with his hands following the rhythm of reciting. Back armrest.

When the four members of Ma Miner's family arrived, they stood at the door and could clearly hear the sound of reading inside.

(End of this chapter)