Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 71
Xiaowen glanced at the calico rabbit.

No way, this guy is actually a rabbit?Ma Min'er thought of the little gray rabbit on the mountain that let her fall into the pit. She is a dog. There is a saying that the cunning rabbit dies, and the running dog cooks... Bah, I bah, what are you thinking about.

But I really thought Xia Zhen was two and a half years old, bought a calico rabbit, didn't dare to hand it to him, and directly stuffed it to Xiaowen.

The corner of Xiaowen's mouth twitched, and he wanted to pick it up but didn't dare to do so. He sneaked a glance at the little master, and found that the little master seemed to be looking elsewhere. He reached out and took the calico rabbit and put it behind him, avoiding the master's gaze.

After giving Xiaowen, Ma Min'er also felt it was funny, and bought herself a calico dog.

When I got up, the east sun shone warmly, the sun was already high, Ma Miner smiled and said, "Shall I take you to the inn?"

Xia Zhen followed the young daughter-in-law's eyes to look at the sun, and understood that the young daughter-in-law was driving her back.

Xiaowen shrank to Jingmo's side, thinking, the little master won't get angry at Ma Erniang.

Xia Zhen stared blankly at the little daughter-in-law.

Ma Min'er thought to himself, does this guy still want to go shopping? Doesn't it mean that men hate shopping? She blinked her beautiful big eyes: "I heard that after the Chinese New Year, Li Tingchang started work for the sixteenth, and made troubles on the fifteenth." Yuanxiao, when it’s not too late, I’ll take you shopping again?”

Xia Zhen frowned slightly, as usual, rigid and silent, after hearing what the little daughter-in-law said, she turned and headed back towards the inn.

Ma Min'er was wondering whether the other party would return or not. Seeing that his long legs finally moved, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, followed him, and sent him back. As she walked, she saw that the legs in front of her were really straight, long, and luxurious. His brocade robe was blown up by these legs, he was really handsome and airy.

Uh... Is it too wretched to keep staring at someone's legs? Ma Min'er quickly looked away, but her small face hit the waist of the stopped man.

"Ah..." Ma Miner screamed in pain.

Xia Zhen turned her head, wondering, no matter how she walked, she could bump into people, why did the little daughter-in-law need to worry so much, she tilted her head slightly to look at her.

Ma Min'er knew what his eyes meant, he wanted to ask how the collision went, and whether it was okay!Uncle, if you ask the exit, you will die, so let people guess.snort!

"Then... that little general has already arrived at the entrance of the inn, I... I won't go in, I wish... I wish you a smooth journey, and then... Gain a few catties during the Chinese New Year, hee hee..."

Xiaowen turned his head quietly when he heard Ma Erniang's words, he wanted to laugh, Ma Erniang is really interesting, the farewell words are so funny, up to now, this personal follower still doesn't know that the little master threw the jade water drops to the little lady opposite , I have already identified her as the little daughter-in-law.

Well, how do you keep him close to you? It seems that you have to think about whether to fire him.

Ma Min'er didn't care about the other party's reaction, and left the inn door while waving her small hand.

Xia Zhen watched the young daughter-in-law's back until she couldn't see her, then turned to look at Xiaowen.

"Gong... son..."

Xia Zhen looked at Xiaowen's hand.Xiaowen was so frightened that he subconsciously hid behind him again.

Xia Zhen raised her eyes, her eyes were cold.

What exactly do you mean, Xiaowen growled secretly in his heart.

Jing Mo walked behind Xiaowen, pulled out the calico rabbit, and handed it to the owner.Xia Zhen held the calico rabbit for a long time without moving.

Li Tingchang felt that today's flattery was good, and Mr. Tian seemed to be very useful, so he was so happy that he brought a group of people to the inn, and saw that the little general had already got on his horse.

Zhang Nianmei and the others roared anxiously, and quickly followed the little general's pace. After a while, the people from the general's mansion disappeared in Yunshui Town like a puff of smoke.

Li Ting stroked his goatee, "Master Ma, with the little general watching over Pingding County, our Yunshui Town has been safe and sound all year round."

"I understand!" Ma Chengzu said.

Seeing that the other party understood what he meant, Li Tingchang laughed, "Let's go, I'll take Mrs. Ma back."

"Your Majesty Li, you're being polite, I'd better go back by myself."

"Okay, okay, then I won't be polite to the boss, Mr. Li really has something to deal with, my lord, please—"

Unknowingly, the New Year has come. This is not only the first New Year for the Ma family in exile in Yunshui Town, but also the first New Year for Ma Miner in another world. Not only that, the small life seems to be better than the locals.

Ma Min'er, who is ten years old on the outside and 29 years old on the inside, also bears 29 family responsibilities. Just as Mr. Shi guessed, Ma Min'er started to buy land and build a small shop after the year.

When she found Li Tingchang to buy the land, Li Tingchang wanted to trip her up and prevent her from buying the land happily. Ma Min'er snorted coldly, "Li Tingchang, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is not over yet?" How many days?"

Yes, on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, this little girl accompanied the little general all night, laughing and joking with him in the lantern festival. Everyone in Yunshui Town saw it and knew that Ma Laoliu's family was surrounded by the little general.

"You...you...don't be ashamed." Li Tingchang stared blankly.

Ma Miner stared back: "Why should I be ashamed?"

"Even if you are the concubine of a little general, you have to wait until you are 14 years old." Li Tingchang said mercilessly.

Ah, to be a concubine, now it's Ma Min'er's turn to stare, "Who said I'm the little general's concubine?"

"Isn't it?" Li Tingchang was surprised.

Ma Min'er said coldly: "Believe it or not, I, Ma Min'er, will never be someone else's concubine, let alone a little general, even a county king, a prince, or the emperor."

"You're quite arrogant, it's not up to you."

"I can't help it, it's none of your business, Li Tingchang, you just say whether to sell the land or not?"

Li Tingchang rolled his old eyes: "That piece of land costs 50 taels, and we won't sell it if there is one less."

"Why don't you go grab it?"

Li Tingchang saw that Ma Min'er was blushing, and smiled triumphantly: "I just stole it, what's the matter!"

Ma Min'er nodded furiously, "Li Yaozong, believe it or not, I don't even want the little general to step in, let my big brother Zhang step in, and I can get the land without a penny."

"you dare……"

"Why don't I dare." Ma Min'er raised her chin, "Go to my brother Zhang now." After speaking, she turned around and walked out of the yamen.

Ma Qifeng and his son have been standing beside their daughter. Seeing her leave, they were a little at a loss, so they also walked outside with her.

Xu shuji played tricks on Li Tingchang, walked to him and whispered: "The man surnamed Zhang is very aggressive in making people."

"..."

Seeing Li Tingzhang remained silent, Xu Shuli ran out quickly and shouted: "Ma Erniang, the Tingzhang is joking with you, sell, that piece of land is sold for [-] taels, the opening price is [-] taels, auspicious."

When Ma Qifeng and his son heard someone calling from behind, they quickly stopped their daughter, "Min'er, do we want more?"

"Yes, of course." Ma Min'er also heard someone calling from behind, so she frightened Li Tingzhang, as she couldn't handle such a trivial matter, what a mess.

After securing the land, Ma Min'er took out all the silver deposits from years ago to build a small shop.

The craftsmen thought that after the private school was built, there would be no work to do. Unexpectedly, Yunshui Town started to build small shops on a large scale.

Ah, large scale, did Ma Miner buy a lot of land?No, the other sons of the Ma family and the people in Yunshui Town followed suit. Seeing that Ma Min'er bought land for eight taels of money, they also bought land to build shops.

When the shop was almost built, it was early summer in a blink of an eye, and it was the winter wheat harvest season. The Ma family had harvested nearly [-] catties of wheat on [-] mu of land, which caused a commotion in the local area.

"The yield per mu of their family is so high, it weighs more than 300 catties. How did they do it?"

"Yes, our yield per mu is only over 200 catties, which is really unbelievable."

"What is this? I heard that Ma Erniang has gone to the town's yamen again."

"Why go?"

"Buy land."

"Again...and...to buy land?"

"Ah."

"You bought the land there?"

"Hey, she bought all the half-dry and half-wet irregular wasteland by the pond in the north."

"Oh my God, half of these wastelands are in the water, and the other half are dry and white, what's the matter?"

"Who knows that?"

In the yamen, Ma Qifeng thought that General Zhang would be moved out for the land purchase this time, but in the end, Li Ting was blindsided and ignored the whole process, and it was all done by Xu Shuli.

After the seal on the deed was completed and the money passed, Xu Shuli couldn't bear to remind him: "Master Ma, that piece of land has been vacant since I can remember. Are you sure that things can grow?"

"I..." Ma Qifeng looked at his daughter.

Ma Min'er rolled her eyes at her beautiful phoenix eyes, "If nothing grows, what should I buy them for?"

"Uh, that's right, that piece of land is more than 100 mu!" Xu Shuli sighed.

Seeing that everything was done, Ma Qifeng bowed his hands to everyone, "Thank you, my lords, if there is nothing else, Xiaomin will go back first."

Xu Shuli waved his hand, "Go back!"

After Ma Qifeng's family of three went out, Xu Shuli hurriedly asked Ma Qiwen, "Do you want to buy wasteland?"

Ma Qiwen was a clerk in the yamen, sorting out documents, files and other things, and said to the clerk Xu: "I'm not stupid, why buy that kind of land?"

"Haha..." Xu Shuji said: "Last time, your sixth son bought land in the town. I thought it would be the same this time, so you should follow suit!"

Ma Qiwen glanced at the other party, bowed his head and sorted out the copywriting.

Xu Shuji smiled, "Ting Zhang, I'm afraid no one will follow suit this time, and our income may be..."

Li Yaozong stroked his goatee, "What can that kind of land be used for?"

"Yeah, everyone is curious, and we can only know what it is used for after the Maliu family grows something."

With a land deed of 120 acres, Ma Miner said to Ma Dalang, "Brother, our family is now a real small landlord."

"Sister, even children don't play in the wasteland in the north. They say it's dry land, but it's not. It's a pond, and it's not deep enough. Even the children in the village won't go there to take a bath. What are you going to plant with it? ?”

"Brother, you just prepare to go to school, and leave the rest to your sister. When you come home in a month, I will definitely surprise you."

"Ah..." Ma Dalang was still uneasy, and looked at his father.

Ma Qifeng smiled and shook his head, "Your sister is holding on to agricultural books all day long, not only that, she also keeps looking for Father Fu and Father Shi, and also goes to the Qiuji Food Store in the county town to ask someone who is a merchant to help her. Bring seeds of every kind from the south."

This Ma Dalang also knows, just because he is afraid... Well, the most important thing is that he loves his sister. It's too hard for a ten-year-old girl to run around all day.

Ma Min'er seemed to see Ma Dalang's distress, and said with a smile: "Brother, there is a good saying, work hard to live a comfortable life, and live a comfortable poor life, if you don't work hard, how can you gain something? is not it?"

"Big Sister, Big Brother understands." Ma Dalang said to himself inwardly, studying like a big sister, putting a serious and hardworking attitude into his studies, I believe that even without talent or background, he can make his way.

After returning home, the Ma family and the others began to prepare for going to the county academy tomorrow. The big and small salutes were actually already prepared, but they checked again to see if there were any omissions.

"Are you nervous?" Ma Qifeng put his hand on the elder son's shoulder.

"Well, some." Ma Dalang took a deep breath and smiled.

Ma Qifeng comforted gently: "Don't be nervous, get along well with your classmates over there, don't cause trouble..."

"But we are not afraid of trouble." Ma Min'er accepted Ma Qifeng's words and said with a smile.

"You..." Ma Qifeng had nothing to do with this bold daughter.

"Brother, are you right?"

"Yes, sister is right." Ma Dalang nodded repeatedly.

"Haha..." Ma Min'er smiled and said, "Stop talking, let's have lunch. After lunch, I'll take you to the deserted beach and tell you about my general plan."

"it is good."

Shi Chunyue, who was due to give birth in a month, heard that the host was going to serve dinner, so she hurriedly said to her little niece, "Set the table quickly."

"Okay, aunt." Shi Xiao'e quickly agreed, and started to move her hands and feet.She is the daughter of Daddy Shi's youngest son.

Daddy Shi has four children in total. The eldest and youngest are both daughters, both of whom are married. The middle two are sons named Shi Kuan and Shi Yu respectively. The delivery was imminent, and she was called to take over from her aunt. When she heard that she could work in Ma's house, she was so happy that she didn't sleep well for several nights.

She has always wanted to get close to Ma Erniang, but she feels inferior and embarrassed. Every time she sees her, she doesn't know what to say. I didn't feel close to her.

Unexpectedly, the beautiful clothes on her body were not made by her, but by her boss, and she could not embroider. When she knew this secret, she was severely warned by her aunt: "If you want to work in Ma's house, don't do it." Tell anyone, do you understand?"

"Including parents and grandparents?"

"Ah."

"Oh..." Shi Xiaoe reluctantly replied.

Shi Chunyue said harshly again: "Think about the two hundred coppers that the Ma family gives you every month, even a big man in the village can't earn it, don't you want to?"

"I think, I think." Shi Xiao'e dared to hesitate when she heard that she could earn so much money.

"Xiao'e, it's not that my aunt wants to scare you. The Ma family is very good. A man of Ma Dong's family can do women's work. Don't say it's him. Even in our country, if your father can sew clothes, will he be laughed at? ?”

Shi Xiaoe nodded, "En!"

"So you don't want others to look down on your boss, do you?"

Shi Xiaoe nodded again: "En."

Shi Chunyue said: "We, since we have obtained the benefits and money of the Ma family, we must consider everything for the Ma family, understand?"

"Auntie, I understand." Shi Xiaoe said, "I really like Er Niang."

"Then you should always think about her and don't let her suffer."

"Well, I see." Shi Xiaoe replied, "Auntie, don't worry, I will do well."

"That's right, you work hard, Er Niang's cooking skills, if you learn how to do it, you will benefit for the rest of your life."

"I understand!"

Throughout the spring, the Pingding garrison fought wit and courage with the sturdy nomads on the border. Of course, they fought more fiercely. There were countless frictions, large and small. The army of General Zhenguo once again blocked the people of Yizhou. The strategy of robbing and killing foreigners.

As summer slowly entered, the grassland outside the Great Wall gradually became full of rain. Not only did the cattle, horses and sheep have food and drink, but the hearts of the nomads also settled down with the cattle, horses and sheep. The entire border temporarily entered a period of peace.

Back in Pingding County, the garrison suddenly relaxed from wearing heavy armor to thin single clothes.Zhang Nianmei and the others immediately shaved off the stubble on their faces, and went to various buildings and pavilions in the county to have a good time.

The unique military economy in Pingding County has become active again.Ma Min'er and her father took their brother to the academy, and walking on the street, they obviously felt that the county town was much more lively than when they came a while ago.

Seeing the bustle, Ma Qifeng was a little worried: "Da Lang, Dad won't be by your side in the future, the world is complicated outside, you have to be careful."

"Father, I understand."

Seeing the signboard of the casino, Ma Qifeng froze for a moment, then turned to look at his son, but couldn't speak.

But Ma Dalang understood what his father meant: "Father, I don't know how to touch it."

"Good boy." Ma Qifeng sighed deeply, "Back then, if Dad..."

"Father, don't worry, I will definitely study hard."

"Good good."

Ma Min'er found that there were quite a lot of people at the entrance of the gambling house. Could it be that the current social atmosphere is so bad, she suddenly recognized a few familiar faces, and one of them was the soldier who was looking at the tent on Xiaoniu Mountain.

She seemed to understand that the soldiers from the war had come back. No wonder there were so many of them. The soldiers came back. Could it be that Brother Zhang and the others also came back?Do you want to go see him?
After passing through two more streets, there are quite a lot of restaurants and restaurants on this street. Usually, when passing by, there are not many people. Today, it is the same as the entrance of a gambling house, with people coming and going.

Ma Min'er curled her lips, these soldiers are drunk again, but it's no wonder, after being born and dying, they finally survived, if they don't come to have a good time, they will be sorry for their coming to this world.

But seeing Zhang Nianmei, Ma Min'er still felt her scalp go numb, she didn't plan to say hello, it was too embarrassing.

But when Zhang Nianmei, who was going out, saw her, she stretched out her arms and called, "Sister, sister..."

Niu Dabao stopped the donkey cart.Ma Qifeng's family of three got off the donkey cart. Ma Qifeng was the head of the family, and he saluted first: "Little General Zhang."

"Brother Zhang!"

Zhang Nianmei smiled and said, "Sister, we haven't seen each other all spring."

"That's right, Brother Zhang, you have worked hard to protect your family and the country."

"Haha..." Zhang Danian was very happy, "Sister, why do you say this so much that I like to hear it, you are such a protector of the family and the country."

"Is not it?"

"exactly."

For Zhang Nianmei, who were born in a family like this, they were born soldiers and generals, and they were engaged in this line of work. The concept of protecting the family and the country seemed to be a bit contrary.

"Brother Zhang, have you eaten yet?"

"Uh..." Zhang Nianmei followed Ma Min'er's eyes and looked at the place where she came out. He could say that he hadn't eaten lunch yet.

Ma Min'er raised her eyebrows and snorted, "Brother Zhang, I want to tell you something for my future sister-in-law, what are you doing?"

"I..." Zhang Nianmei's face turned red from being blocked by the old girl, "What do you know, a little lady?"

"Yes, I don't understand, hum!" Ma Min'er rolled her eyes on purpose.

"Old...old sister..." Zhang Nianmei touched her nose guiltily, "You...where are you going?"

"Take my brother to the academy to report."

"Ah, your Ma family has an academy, why did you come to the county?" Zhang Nianmei asked in surprise.

Ma Min'er replied: "My grandfather followed the emperor's route, and my elder brother followed the commoner's route. It's not the right way. Of course I came to the county academy."

"Ah..." Zhang Nianmei was stunned by the old sister again, "I can't understand."

"I won't tell you anymore, my brother is going to be late, we have to go."

"Oh." Zhang Nianmei asked, "We are all in Pingding now, when will you come over and cook for my brother?"

"Wait until I'm free."

"Then when are you free?"

Ma Min'er had already climbed into the donkey cart, "I don't know, I'll talk about it when I have time."

"Oh." Zhang Nianmei watched Ma's little donkey cart go away, "Why, my old sister is so awesome, she doesn't even kiss my brother's flattery."

Zhang Nianmei found a small restaurant for lunch, and after eating, she went back to the barracks to sleep until evening, and then came out to have some fun.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at his dormitory, he was caught by Mr. Tian, ​​"General Zhang, you don't come home all day and night, waiting for the military law to deal with it?"

"Mr. Tian, ​​don't scare me."

"Why did you scare you, the little general is furious."

"Ah, from soldier to battalion officer, that's not the case, why punish me?"

Mr. Tian glared at Zhang Nianmei, "I don't blame you..."

"What's my fault?"

"If you hadn't found a girl and came back, the little general would have thrown away the jade drops and ordered a daughter-in-law for himself. Just order it. This little daughter-in-law will not meet all day long."

"..." Zhang Nianmei was furious for a moment, "Mr. Tian, ​​what kind of nonsense are you talking about? Before I recognized my girl, the little general grabbed her by the collar, and was robbed of bamboo tubes and cooking cakes. Why don't you say that? "

Mr. Tian blinked and thought, it really is Zhang Tiaozi, it is really not easy to fool around, and said seriously: "Then what do you say?"

"What should I do?" Zhang Nianmei was confused.

"Of course let the girl you recognize come over and cook a delicious meal for the little general."

"Oh." Zhang Nianmei thought about it, "I met my sister on the street just now."

Mr. Tian's eyes lit up: "Where is it?"

"My sister and her father sent my brother to the academy."

With the same reaction as Zhang Nianmei when he heard it, Mr. Tian asked in surprise: "I don't have a ready-made emperor teacher at home, and I still have to go to the county academy?"

Zhang Nianmei smacked her lips: "I heard that my sister means that different ways don't mean conspiracy."

"..." Mr. Tian smiled meaningfully, "Master Maliu still..."

"What else?" Zhang Nianmei didn't understand what Mr. Tian meant.

Zhuang Hao came in from the outside and took the words, "It's really outside the Ma family."

"Liu Li?" Zhang Nianmei said: "I don't understand, but I only recognize girls, and the rest of the Ma family have nothing to do with me."

Zhuang Hao smiled.

Xia Zhen was cutting a big knife in the practice room.That was really chopping, there was no unnecessary movement, just facing the wooden stake, one knife left, one knife right, accurate and ruthless, and soon a chopping object made of a wooden stake was dealt with by him, and the guard who was standing aside hurriedly Moving on to a new one, his knife fell again.

In early summer, it was undeniably hot, but Xia Zhen's body was covered in sweat from head to toe like in the dog days, and her robe was already soaked, dripping with water.

Zhuang Hao pushed Zhang Nianmei to the door of the practice room, his buttocks kept leaning back, and he whispered: "You can say no, why let me do it?"

"No one dares to say anything except you."

Zhang Nianmei scolded: "Damn, it's up to you, the little general can really be hacked to death!"

"Don't be afraid of [-], just in case, it's your insurance."

"I'm not afraid anymore, I can't beat you to death." Zhang Nianmei stretched out her fist to hit Zhuang Hao.

Zhuang Hao jumped back and shouted deliberately: "Zhang Tiaozi, who did you say you met just now?"

Zhang Nianmei wrapped it up, and wanted to hit Zhuang Hao, but she didn't open her mouth.

Zhang Tiaozi didn't open his mouth, Zhuang Hao could only ask and answer: "What, you said you met Erniang Ma? Then why don't you let her come over?"

Dead Mouse was already talking about this point, so Zhang Tiaozi had to cooperate with him and said, "My sister is busy!"

"What are you busy with, you don't even recognize your brother?"

"Send his brother to the academy."

"Oh, so that's how it is!" Zhuang Hao deliberately dragged his voice out, "It's really different if we're not close."

"Damn rat, believe it or not, I'll beat you up."

"Beat it, come here!" Zhuang Hao glanced at the practice room, listened carefully, and found that there was no sound of knife chopping, so he turned around and ran away.

"Damn rat, stop for me." Zhang Nianmei was about to chase after her.

At the door of the practice room, Xia Zhen called out coldly, "Stop for me."

"Little...Little General...Subordinates...are looking for you?"

"What's the matter?"

"That's... that... that Xiaoniu Mountain. Didn't there be no prey to hunt last year? I... I want to buy some roe deer and roe deer and release them. We will have hunting to hunt in autumn and winter." Zhang Nianmei's brain Turning and turning, the ghost said that he went to Xiaoniu Mountain, and after he finished speaking, he wanted to slap himself in the mouth, what the hell.

Xia Zhen's frowning eyebrows loosened all of a sudden.

Uh... There is a scene, Zhang Nianmei found out that the little general was actually interested in releasing animals, and hurriedly shouted: "Little general, why don't we go to the kitchen to have a look first, and put all the small animals that can be put on the calf mountain, okay." Do not?"

Xia Zhen spit out two words coldly: "Now?"

Uh... Zhang Nianmei's mind turned quickly, "Little General, you finish your meal first, and then, let's get ready, it's almost done."

Xia Zhen's indifferent eyes stared at Zhang Nianmei's hair all over her body, oh my mother, dead mouse, dead Zhuang Hao, I'll go...

Xia Zhen entered the practice room, and after a while, turned around and came out again. When she came out, all the armor on her body was removed, and her two long legs knocked on the ground with force, and she left the practice room.

Xiaowen was behind, and secretly gave Zhang Nianmeijian a thumbs up, which means you are still awesome.

Zhang Nianmei's eyebrows were beaming with pride, that is, he didn't care who his brother was, secretly having fun, and hurriedly chased after him, mother, Mr. Tian threw this big baby at me, I have to take care of it.

Ma Dalang Mayi did well in the entrance examination, so when Ma Qifeng sent his son to his husband, the husband was very polite, "Master Ma, don't worry, as long as the child is willing to work hard, we gentlemen will never let up." , will definitely raise the child towards the best place.”

"Thank you sir."

"You're welcome." Mr. Dalang Wen Zuqing smiled kindly, "I'll ask someone to arrange Ma Dalang's dormitory."

"Mr. Trouble."

Wen Zuqing smiled again. It was interesting that the grandson of the former emperor's teacher went to the county academy to study, but it was Ma Chengzu's intention, or some other reason.

When Ma Qimeng heard that Dalang from Ma Laoliu's family was studying in the county, he immediately complained to his father, "Father, what do you mean by Lao Liu, let your emperor teacher not come to vote, and go to Pingding?"

(End of this chapter)