Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 42
"Uncle, what are you..." Ma Dalang stared wide-eyed in shock.

Shen Hou'er smiled and said: "Uncle knows that you are newcomers and haven't had a chance to buy these household items yet, so I will bring some of the unused items from home for you to use. Brother, don't mind."

"Of course I don't dislike it, but...but..." Ma Dalang wanted to say that we have no money to pay you.

"Little brother, don't worry, these are all given to your family by my uncle, no money is required." Shen Hou'er was full of pride.

"Then how can I do it?" Although Ma Dalang is only 11 years old, he also knows that he can't take other people's things casually.

"Don't say that, little brother. Yesterday your father helped me win back the shop. He is my great benefactor and my reborn parents. Compared with his kindness, these little things are nothing worth mentioning."

The 11-year-old Ma Dalang certainly knows what his family lacks and needs, but he knows that God will not drop things casually, so if his father helps him win back the shop, can he take these things at will?

He didn't understand, so he said to Ma Min'er: "I'm going to the town to find my father." Then he ran away.

On the other side of the partition wall, Mrs. Guo Li couldn't understand what was going on, and stood there with a dazed face.

The most clear-headed and understanding person here is Ma Min'er. Last night, she heard the other party say something about repaying her kindness. She thought of her father gambling in the living room of his house, and thought of the scene of waking up in front of the grain store yesterday afternoon, and that The words of the two Ma brothers clarified the matter.

It turned out that my father had done a good deed unknowingly, thanks to the fact that I still felt that gambling was bad, bah bah, gambling is bad in the first place, but having said that, being able to win back the shop under the nose of local snakes, my father's gambling skills Not bad.

Seeing the other party's determination to repay their kindness, and thinking about their own situation, when Shen Hou'er took the things into the house on his own initiative, Ma Min'er stepped aside and let them put the things in the house.

Several big men quickly unloaded the things on the cart. After unloading, they immediately turned around and walked towards the town.

Seeing them walking away, Mrs. Guo Li went around the wall and walked up to Ma Min'er: "Er Niang, what did you buy?"

Ma Miner shook her head.

"That is……"

Ma Min'er replied: "Yesterday in the town, this man lost a bet on the shop, and my father helped him win it back. He gave my father something to repay."

"Ah..." Mrs. Guo Li was so stunned by the little lady's words that she couldn't speak, "Gambling... can gambling be so good?"

"Maybe it's just a coincidence!" Ma Min'er said lightly, after all, gambling is not an honorable thing.

"Oh..." Mrs. Guo Li looked into the room. In the two small thatched huts, the floor was full of things, all of which were necessary for daily life. It’s great to be able to get two taels of silver, a gamble, and so many things!”

Guo Erping also looked enviously at the things in the house. Just like his mother, he thought to himself, the people in the capital are so capable, and after a while, they managed to get everything in order.

Ma Min'er sat at the door with his younger siblings. After a while, his father came back, followed by Guo Daping, but his water ladle was empty.

"Guo's sister-in-law, when Daping found me, I was already on my way back." Ma Qifeng was a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, it's okay, next time, I'll let Daping go with you, okay, big brother?" Guo Li said shyly.

"Yes." Ma Qifeng nodded.

Seeing that they had finished talking, Ma Dalang quickly took his father's hand, "Father, that Uncle Shen sent a lot of things."

Ma Qifeng hurried into the house, and the floor of the two small rooms was covered with things, "Where is the person?"

"gone!"

Ma Qifeng gave the ladle to Da'er, turned around and went to the town to find someone.

"Father, don't go!" Ma Min'er shouted.

"..." Ma Qifeng turned to look at his daughter, "Min'er..."

"Father, that man will come again."

Ma Qifeng asked in surprise, "What did he say?"

Ma Min'er shook her head: "Before he left, he didn't say anything."

"Then how did you know he was coming?"

"If he doesn't come, he will definitely leave a message for you."

"Uh..." Ma Qifeng was thinking about whether his daughter's words made sense. At the intersection not far away, several men came over pushing things again. This time, they were followed by many idlers.

"Big brother, you're back!" Shen Hou'er, who led the way, smiled blindly when he saw Ma Qifeng.

"Brother Shen, this can't be... can't be..." Looking at the logs and planks of the cart, Ma Qifeng couldn't bear it.

Shen Houer waved his hand proudly and said: "Brother, don't say that. During the famine year, I have kept this wood at home for almost a year, and I haven't done a single business. Let it go again, and it will be inhabited by insects. It’s better to be a wall for you to keep out the wind and rain.”

Whether it is worth money or not is their business, Ma Qifeng is embarrassed to ask for other people's things, and repeatedly refuses: "That's no good, this is the guy you eat, I can't take it, I can't take it."

"Brother, if you say that, you are looking down on me, Shen Houer. How much is this piece of wood worth? Besides, these days, I only need to say to collect the wood, and I don't know how many people are rushing to sell it to me. If there is no business, I will not accept the materials."

"This..." Ma Qifeng hesitated.

"Brother, don't say anything, we will help you arrange the logs into the wall now, and there will be a place to block it when it rains."

The idlers at the side heard Shen Hou'er say that it's raining and that it's raining right, and couldn't help moaning: "Shen Hou'er, you have no other selfish intentions besides repaying your kindness, don't you?"

"What selfishness can I have?" Shen Houer spat at the speaker.

The idler said with a smile: "No selfishness, on such a sunny day, why is it raining, it's worth sending all the wood here?"

"It's not me who said it's raining, it's the little lady from the big brother's family who said it. She is like the little fairy in front of Guanyin. When she says it's raining, it will rain."

Everyone followed Shen Hou'er's gaze to look at Ma Min'er. To tell the truth, the little lady's delicate and elegant face had already attracted them to look at her. Fairy, I'm really not bragging. You can't find such a beautiful lady in Yunshui Town, even in Pingding County, which is more than ten miles away.

"Is it really raining?" An old man asked tremblingly first.

(End of this chapter)