Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 41 I'm Here

The old man Cang looked at his back and sighed. In fact, the master's food has run out. God, at this moment, it is this child...

By the well platform, the sky was gradually getting brighter, and the people waiting in line for the water got over their sleepiness and opened their eyes. After a while, the wellside became lively.

Because he became famous in the first battle yesterday, Ma Qifeng stood by the well and was not squeezed down by the people in Yunshui Town, and was even regarded as a god by some people who love small gambling.

"Brother Ma, you don't mind calling me that?"

Ma Qifeng smiled lightly: "Brother, you are welcome!"

Seeing the other party call him big brother, the middle-aged man laughed happily, "Brother, come on, come, come, stand by big brother."

Ma Qifeng smiled shyly, and cupped his hands at him, "Thank you, brother, it's quick to stand here." It's already a big face to be able to not be squeezed out by the locals in the team, and he can't help but be savvy Move forward.

"Haha..." The middle-aged man bared his teeth and laughed, "Brother, yesterday afternoon, your gambling skills were amazing!"

"It's not bad." Wang Qifeng's face was slightly restrained.

"Is it true that you people in Beijing are so awesome?"

"There are more people who are better than me."

"Sure enough, at the feet of the emperor, even if it is gambling, he is better than us!"

"Naturally," someone interrupted.

"It is said that……"

……

The people waiting in line for water were bored, and when they found a topic, they all wanted to say a few words, and the discussion was so hot that the main topic of discussion was put aside.Finally no one was staring at him, Ma Qifeng secretly heaved a sigh of relief, his gambling skills could barely be seen in Yunshui Town, but in Beijing, he could only swindle some small money in the streets and alleys.

When I think of Beijing, I think of the past years. For me, those days... suddenly put away my thoughts, Ma Qifeng didn't want all the prosperity in the past, and not only did not feel sad for everything lost, but it was like the calmness after thousands of sails. Looking around, although the town was dilapidated and poor, it made him feel at ease.

Looking outside the town again, those two small huts can make me feel at ease and calm like never before.

Ma’s family still brought Ma Qi to fetch water today, and his servant helped him carry the bucket in the yamen. He covered his mouth with his hands and yawned non-stop. He used to yawn to hang out at famous buildings and restaurants, and get drunk with a bunch of friends; now he yawns. Yawning, it's mosquitoes staring and biting, fighting with these dirty things, living a life worse than pigs and dogs, when will this day end...

He raised his eyelids and scanned the endless queue. Damn, he really wanted to run to the front. He put down the bucket and fetched water. He looked at the front, hey... Who is that, I didn't see it!
Ma Qiyun trotted to the well, "Ha, he is really the sixth child!" He was obviously older than him, so he didn't even call out his brother.

After fetching water, it was Ma Qifeng's turn. Since he didn't have a decent bucket, he only had a ladle, and he couldn't fetch much. When the person in front poured water, he deliberately left some for him, "Hey, here you are."

"Thank you...thank you..."

When did these local turtles become so polite to Lao Liu, and even gave him water, could it be that they pity him?I glanced at the clothes on his body where there were no cloth eyes, um, that must be the case.

Ma Qiyun was able to miss such a good opportunity, snatched the empty bucket, and shouted, "Old Chai, hurry up and fetch water."

The servant, Old Chai, was stunned for a moment, and immediately went to get a bucket to fetch water. The locals behind quit and rushed up to tear him apart. Let him hit a barrel."

Everyone stopped their tearing hands, "Who is he to you?"

"My brother..."

A sturdy middle-aged man frowned, thought about it and said, "I have some relationship with Shen's mother, okay, since you are her benefactor, I will give you face and let him make a bucket."

Seeing that the strong middle-aged man gave way, the others were unhappy, but they also gave him face and dispersed automatically.

"It's not easy for Shen's mother to pull the child alone, almost... everyone is considerate."

The dissatisfied people were convinced now, "Brother Gao, you are right, then give him some face."

"Thank you all."

Since Gao Changxiao and the others didn't want to expose other people's scars early in the morning, what they said was understandable, but Ma Qiyun didn't understand, what these local turtles said was in the cloud.

Seeing his younger brother hit the water, Ma Qifeng bowed to everyone and left quietly.

The townspeople who lined up were moved by his silent politeness, and this man won back the shop for others, and fetched water for his younger brother, which is really good!

Because they went to bed late at night and fell asleep even later, the four brothers and sisters of the Ma family slept until the sun was high before waking up. After waking up, as usual, there was no water to wash their faces, and they didn't even have to change their clothes.

When I walked outside the hut, the sun above my head was so scorching that I couldn't keep my eyes open.

"Big sister, why do you keep saying it's going to rain?" Ma Dalang asked amusedly.

"I don't know either. Such thoughts naturally pop up in my mind."

"But the sun in the sky..." Ma Dalang looked up at the sky again, there was no sign of rain.

"Hey, the weeds in front of the door are gone." Ma Min'er said in surprise.

"Aunt Guo must have hoeed it for us." After wandering all the way, Ma Yueer was almost always carried by Mrs. Guo to Yunshui Town, and the two established a deep relationship.

"Aunt Guo...Aunt Guo..." Hearing what the little girl said, Ma Miner hurried to the edge of the wall and shouted, "Thank you!"

Mrs. Guo Li was tidying up in front of her house, when she heard the cry, she turned her head and smiled heartily, "What are these worth, it's okay!"

"Thank you, Aunt Guo, for your hard work."

Mrs. Guo Li smiled embarrassedly, did not see the eldest brother, and asked, "Where is your father?"

"My dad went to wait for water in the middle of the night."

"Oh!" Hearing about the water, Guo Li was worried. She had been there with her children, but she was always squeezed out by the locals and couldn't get water at all.

Ma Min'er noticed her change, expected that she would be worried about water, looked at the road leading to the town, her father hadn't come back, he was probably still queuing, thought for a while and said, "Aunt Guo, why don't you let Daping Brother took the water ladle to find my father, maybe he could get some water back."

"That's a good thing." Mrs. Guo Li was not polite, and she couldn't be polite. If there was no water, people would die, so she hurriedly asked Da'er to take the water ladle to the well in the town.

Guo Daping has been pulling the weeds in front of the door silently, listening to the little lady chatting with his mother, and hearing that he was asked to go to the town, he immediately went into the house to get a water ladle, scratched his head and smiled at the little lady, and ran towards the town .

"I don't know how to say a word of thanks to this bastard." Mrs. Guo Li scolded with a smile.

Ma Min'er replied: "Aunt Guo, we have come through adversity all the way, why are you polite?"

"That's right!" Guo Lishi was laughed at by Ma Miner.

Ma Min'er turned her head and said to her brothers and sisters: "Aunt Guo helped us pull up the weeds at the door, then we can clean up other places. When Dad comes back, he will be happy to see that the front and back of the house are clean and tidy."

"My sister is right, let's do it quickly."

Ma Dalang is 11 years old. He can do what he can do, so he helps his father take care of his younger siblings, or run errands. He doesn't know how to do housework.

Ma Min'er has a nine-year-old appearance and a 27-year-old heart. Of course she can do housework, but she also stopped at the door. Why?One is, the two thatched huts are empty and there is nothing, not even a broom, how to clean them!
Sanlang and Siniang didn't understand even more. Seeing that their brothers and sisters stopped, they also stopped in bewilderment, not knowing what to do.

"Why don't we go find Dad?"

Ma Miner nodded, "Yeah!"

The brothers and sisters were about to go to the town to find their father. On the road not far from the door, a group of people came here pushing a cart, and the leader was Shen Houer, who had been to his house last night.

Does this person really have to repay his favor?Ma Min'er looked at the things on the cart, oh my god, it was just the things her family lacked - pots and pans, wooden buckets, water tanks, simple small tables and stools, etc.

"Little brother, I'm here." Shenhou called to Ma Dalang.

(End of this chapter)