Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 75
Mr. Tian and others did not expect that the frail Master Ma Liu could play such a majestic piece of music, let alone the ten-year-old Ma Erniang could play such a majestic piece of music.

The two played together, the zither and flute sang together, and the atmosphere was extraordinary, making them feel as if they were immersed in the scene, and they were brought into the hearty battlefield.

"Flags and flags are flying, and golden drums are roaring in the sky." Zhuang Hao recited unconsciously.

In the night, the majestic fortress song flies up to the clouds, stirring in the boundless night, making people unable to fall asleep for a long time.

While everyone was immersed in the sound of the music, Ma Jianer and Ma Rouer quietly turned to the other side of the pond and leaned under a small tree, "I didn't expect that Erniang, who can only do embroidery, can play the flute ?”

"And charmed the men."

"Like her aunt, her grandfather hated her so much, but she still had a chance to give birth to a son for him."

"that is……"

At the end of the song, it took a while for the person sitting by the pond to wake up.

"Good song, good song." Mr. Tian clapped his hands, "I didn't expect Master Ma to have such a powerful song."

"you flatter me."

Ma Miner looked at his father, even though he was weak, he still had a dream in his heart. She knew from the "No Clothes" in the Book of Poems he taught Saburo that his father must have had ideals and aspirations when he was young, but was wiped out by reality. That's all.

"Sister, sister, what tune, please teach me!" Zhang Nianmei walked to Ma Min'er with a bit of drunkenness.

"Stop the song, if you like it, you can!"

"I like it, I like it so much! Then can you teach me..." Before Zhang Nianmei finished speaking, she was pushed aside.

In the bright bonfire, Xia Zhen's blushing complexion appeared in the eyes of everyone. At this moment, he was no longer rigid and dull as usual, and his somewhat drunk body was unstable. With his unstable body, his face became vivid and his eyes sparkled , "You idiot, you still need someone to teach you!"

"what……"

"what……"

Mr. Zhang Nianmei and Mr. Tian and others opened their mouths together and looked at Xia Zhen in amazement. The little general who has always cherished words like gold actually called people 'stupid', which seemed to be quite cute, like a little boy who is about to be brave .

He stretched out his hand and waved it, "This general will only be able to listen to it once." After speaking, he raised his chin triumphantly, "One time!"

"what……"

"what……"

"Why, don't you believe it?" Xia Zhen, who was drunk again and again, saw that everyone was stunned, and waved his arms again, "Don't you believe it, I can't beat you to death." After speaking, he was about to pull out the sword by his side.

Not in the military camp, under informal circumstances, Xia Zhen is wearing a decorative saber, which is an adornment used by nobles in ancient times to show their status.

Ma Min'er didn't know what the gem-encrusted sword beside him was for, and thought that he was going to lose his temper, and pulling out the sword would hurt someone, so she was so frightened that she quickly pressed his hand that drew the sword with both hands, "Little general, You are the best, I believe, don't say it again, even if it is half a time, you can play it and blow it."

"Yes, yes, I don't want to listen to it once, half-time... half-time will do it, I... am good."

"Yes, great."

"Are you perfunctory?" Xia Zhen lowered her head and looked at the little daughter-in-law dissatisfied.

"No, little general, you have always been very powerful in my heart, really, always!"

"Really?"

"Of course it's true." Ma Min'er not only replied, but also nodded vigorously, expressing that she wasn't lying.

"Hee hee..." Hearing the affirmative answer, Xia Zhen was as happy as the eight-year-old Masanlang, pouted and asked, "Then...then what are you rewarding me..."

"..."

Not only Ma Min'er was shocked to petrification, but even Mr. Tian and others were petrified in shock. Is this their arrogant, crazy and silent little general?
Mr. Tian covered his sleeves.

Zhang Nianmei shrinks her head.

Zhuang Hao turned to look at the pond.

Gu Dun smirked.

Jing Mo had already driven all the guards half a mile away, including the Ma family's father and son, as well as the maid, leaving only the closest people around the general.

The little daughter-in-law didn't reward her with something. Xia Zhen got anxious and tugged at her sleeve, "You want to slander?"

Looking at the big hand that was about to shake her arm like Ma Saburo, Ma Min'er thought, if it weren't for my sister's 29-year-old soul, I would have been so scared by you that I would have gone straight to heaven tonight.

God, is this still the tsundere little general in my heart?Ma Min'er turned her head to look at the wine jar, the saying that wine can deprive people seems to be true!Don't check 'is this true', it's absolutely true, it's definitely true.

"Where's the prize?" Xia Zhen yelled again, aggrieved.

"Tomorrow... can I give you tomorrow?" Ma Min'er thought, it's late at night, my sister will go there to get you a prize.

"I don't, I don't..."

When Xia Zhen started messing around, Mr. Tian was afraid that the majesty of the little general leading the army would be threatened, so he hurriedly drove everyone away, except for the young couple, who wanted to do what they wanted.

Uh... little... young couple... what can you do... why...

Seeing everyone walking away, Ma Miner raised her head to look at the bright moon, a bright moon was hanging high, the moonlight was so beautiful tonight, her eyes lit up, God, what a godsend opportunity!

Ma Miner smirked: "You...you want a prize, right?"

"Yeah, why did you make a slip of the tongue after you praised me?" Xia Zhen's eyes were puzzled.

Ma Min'er smiled and said, "It's not a slip of the tongue."

"Really, what about the prize?"

For the convenience of doing things tonight, the jade water drop that is usually hung around the neck was put in the sleeve pocket by Ma Miner today, and she took out the jade water drop like magic, "Hey, isn't it here?"

"There is a prize." Xia Zhen grabbed it happily, and put her hand around her neck, "I have a prize, I have a prize."

Ma Min'er carefully looked around, and found that her father seemed to be returning home with her younger brothers and sisters. Mr. Tian and others dragged the sackcloth on the floor and the tofu feast on it to the top of the pond, half a mile away from her. , Then there are those guards, they stand quietly in the shadows.

Isn't this scene the perfect opportunity that Ma Min'er has been waiting for for a long time.

"Little General..." Ma Min'er called softly.

"Daughter-in-law, what did you call me for?"

Hearing the word 'daughter-in-law', the corners of Ma Min'er's lips twitched, sir, if I were really ten years old, I wouldn't be scared to death by you, I wouldn't be ashamed, and I'm not married yet, so I just call it 'daughter-in-law...daughter-in-law' , what it looks like.

Seeing the young daughter-in-law's disgusted face, Xia Zhen felt wronged again, "Daughter-in-law, do you hate me as much as they do?"

"Who dares to hate you?" Ma Min'er was startled by him.

"Hmph, don't think I don't know, they all hate me."

"..." In the bonfire, Xia Zhen turned into an eight-year-old wronged boy. What can Ma Miner say, she thought, since you know that others don't like it, you still drag her around all day long.

"However, daughter-in-law, it's useless if you hate me."

Ma Min'er asked in surprise, "Why?"

"My grandmother said, whoever gives the jade water drops will be my daughter-in-law."

Uh... how did you put the matter into focus, Ma Miner was not drunk, so she asked, "Then why did you give me jade water?"

Xia Zhen was playing with Yushuidrop, when she heard the question, she raised her eyes: "I can give it if I want, so why?"

"..." Ma Min'er felt that she could choke to death with saliva, "Why not give it to others?"

"Is there anyone else here?" Xia Zhen looked up and looked around.

For some reason, four big characters suddenly appeared in Ma Min'er's mind - Dazhi Ruoyu, this guy may not be really drunk, but just fake drunk.

Fake drunk?So the behavior of an eight-year-old boy just now is because he got drunk and went crazy?

No...no...that's not what I said, the fake drunk here...how should I put it?He is drunk in behavior and consciousness, but he is not really drunk because of alcohol. He is drunk in a mood that is only open to certain things, such as showing his intelligence, saying that he can play music after listening to it once.

But when it came to the question Ma Miner asked, the big boy in front of him obviously blocked it consciously, and didn't want people to see his true inner thoughts.

Uncle, Ma Miner glared fiercely at the young man in front of him, and saw him unconsciously touching the jade water drop, looking at him secretly and slyly, seeing that he was staring at him, he quickly looked away, lowered his head and played with his hands.

Well, my sister, a 29-year-old mature woman, didn't bother with the boy's tricks of self-protection, and said, "How about we play the song just now?"

"Okay!" Xia Zhen happily put down her hand playing with Yushuidrop, and quickly went to get the kite that Ma Qifeng had placed beside her, sat next to the fire, and began to adjust the tone.

When Ma Min'er put the flute to her mouth, Xia Zhen had already followed her rhythm.

When the sound of the ensemble came to mind, Ma Min'er thought to herself, she is indeed a genius, and she will be able to listen to it once. This piece is a new creation of Ma Min'er and her father, which is not available in this era, and Xia Zhen should have never practiced it.

Half a mile away, Mr. Tian and others were eating while looking at the moonlight in the lotus pond, and when they were reminiscing about the amazing behavior of the little general, the music sounded.

"God, you really know how to play! And it's more full of battlefield mood than Master Ma." Zhang Nianmei sighed softly.

"That's natural. The little general has experienced hundreds of battles. Mr. Ma may not have even seen the edge of the battlefield." Mr. Tian said while touching his beard.

Zhuang Hao squinted his eyes and immersed himself in the years of soldiers and horses who were drumming and screaming, although they had only left the border for two or three months.

The piece of music that Ma Miner and Ma Qifeng co-arranged is not the "Sai Shang Song" from the Tang Dynasty, but from the Ming Dynasty. However, it seems that this dynasty has only heard of the Tang Dynasty and did not know the Ming Dynasty, so she did not Telling the poems to my father is just expressing the artistic conception. When we were at home in winter, we had a tacit understanding of arranging and playing together.

Unexpectedly, the performance with Xia Zhen is more in tune and has more artistic conception. As expected, it is a general who has been on the battlefield, and the performance is better.

The cousins ​​of the Ma family who were hiding behind the small tree stared at the little general playing the zither. Under the moonlight, he was so handsome. His black hair was elegantly tied around his head, and a strand of black hair followed the rhythm of the playing. , hanging down from Bai Jiu's face, a pair of Ruifeng eyes are born with innate nobility, and there is a charming brilliance in the eyes.

Ma Min'er circled around Xia Zhen, sometimes standing still and playing the flute, sometimes walking around, making the music played lively and full of excitement.

The second sisters of the Ma family wished to replace Ma Erniang to play with the little general, but they had no chance at all.

Drunk, really drunk, whether it is the listener or the performer, they are all drunk in the sound of the music and in the dim moonlight.

After Xia Zhen played the music passionately, as if she was powerless after enjoying herself, she casually put the zither on the side, fell back on the grass, and straightened her legs along the way. There was a cool breeze blowing, and since he could remember, he felt that he had never been so happy and comfortable, it was wonderful, it was so wonderful, when he closed his eyes, he fell into a dark and sweet dreamland.

"Xia Zhen——Xia Zhen..." Ma Min'er called and looked towards Mr. Tian and the others. She was so nervous that she stretched out her hand and began to loosen the collar of his round robe, so that the jade water droplets appeared under the moonlight.

The music stopped, and Mr. Tian and the others were immersed in the dim moonlight.

But there are always people who don't know how to appreciate the beauty of obscurity, such as Gu Dun, eating and drinking, which made him have three urgent problems, and went to the woods to solve them; What does Erniang want to do?"

Ma Jian'er did not expect that Ma Min'er was so courageous that she would lie directly on top of the little general, unexpectedly...then what chance do they have?Biting her lips: "Rou'er, what should we do now?"

"I didn't expect Erniang to be so... at the age of ten..." Ma Rou'er also bit her lip and came here with thoughts, but she didn't have any chance, and what she said was very vicious.

Ma Min'er was dying of anxiety, the moonlight was shining brightly, and the jade water droplets were about to drip, but there was no response. She was so anxious that she lay on Xia Zhen's body directly, holding the jade water droplets over and over again, meeting the light, casting light...

Xia Zhen, who fell asleep drunk, felt someone in her chest. She stretched out her hand and unconsciously grabbed Ma Min'er's little hand once, twice... She couldn't catch it anyway...

Did not see the video, Ma Min'er was in a hurry to die, her little hand was about to be grabbed again, she kept switching modes between Yushuidrop and Xia Zhen's hand in a hurry, could it be... Could it be that the same time, besides the moon, The same pit?
Ma Min'er raised her head and looked into the hazy distance. Calvary Mountain stands in the moonlight, with many mountains and hills. Do I want to drag Xia Zhen into that pit?How could it be possible based on her being so young.

Very frustrating!Ma Miner habitually lowered her head.

The music stopped for a while, and Mr. Tian and others woke up from the sound of the music, "Zi'an's playing the zither is as good as he is when he slashes the enemy with a knife, and he is as outstanding as he is."

Zhuang Hao nodded in agreement, "Mr. is right."

"Sure enough, he is the one who can play the whole song half times." Zhang Nianmei smiled, "Hey, where did Fatty Gu go?" He stretched his head to look around while talking.

On the other side, the little general and Erniang Ma were no longer in sight, but Pang Dun was walking towards the picnic spot just now, but was blocked by Jing Mo.

"Hee hee... don't block it... I saw it..." Gu Dun covered his mouth and looked at the little general who was sleeping on the ground, while Ma Erniang was playing around with jade water droplets on his heart.

Seeing Zhang Nianmei get up, Mr. Tian and Zhuang Hao also got up immediately.

"Fatty, what did you see? The voice is so loud?" Zhang Nianmei asked as she walked, and within a few steps, the bonfire facing them no longer blocked their sight, and the old girl was getting up from Xia Zhen in a panic. Pulled the jade water drop by hand.

"Old girl!" Zhang Nianmei thought, no wonder this pose looks so familiar, it turns out that the old girl just wanted to pay back the water drop!

"She stole the little general's jade pendant?" Ma Rou'er came out from behind the bushes and shouted.

"Who are you?" Zhang Nianmei frowned, he didn't want anyone to slander his sister.

"I... my cousin and I want to... pick Hanlu lotus leaves..." Ma Rou'er stuttered in the first sentence, but immediately smoothed out the last sentence: "I didn't expect to see such a scene, it's really shameful."

When the cousin was speaking, Ma Jianer thought it was appropriate to salute everyone, and when the cousin finished speaking, she immediately added: "Generals, let's go and inform my sixth uncle to take my sister back immediately, and don't let her Disgraceful here."

Ma Min'er walked up to the two cousins, without saying a word, in front of them, she took the jade water drop that she picked off casually and brought it to her neck, and sneered: "Pick Hanlu lotus leaves? Hmph, I spent money to buy it back, just for you to steal it?"

"It's not Pohe..."

"Shut up!" Ma Min'er yelled: "Pick it without telling, you are called stealing." After finishing speaking, they didn't give them a chance to speak.Turning around to Mr. Tian and the others, he said, "Sir, don't blame me for not returning it. If I return it now, I will be charged as a thief and lose face to the Ma family. Sorry, I may have to wear this pendant again." It's time."

Gu Dun's face was covered. The last time the little general threw the jade pendant, he didn't know, "What...what's the situation, Ma Erniang just now..."

Zhuang Hao twitched his lips slightly, "What are you doing here to pee and shit?"

Mr. Zhuang, who is gentle and gentle, uttered foul words in front of the three young ladies, which made the faces of the other two young ladies turn even redder against the backdrop of the bonfire.

shame?Zhuang Hao can't see this kind of woman who is shy and cheeky with calculations the most. He doesn't pretend to be ashamed, so he just wants to shame them with rude words. Besides, he just wants to find out what kind of thoughts Ma Erniang has towards Yu Shuidi Well, it turned out to be disturbed by their stupid appearance, and I was really annoyed.

Haha, when a literati loses their temper, it is really different from other people. Zhuang Hao watched Ma Erniang walk away with the jade water drop, and waved his back to them as he walked: "Picnic things, wait for you to leave. Somebody has to clean up."

"Ah, did Ma Erniang just throw us here?" Gu Dun was puzzled.

Mr. Tian looked over to Xiaowen and Jingmo. They were setting up the Lushui tent beside Xia Zhen. They were going to stay here until the little general woke up.

Zhang Nianmei looked at the little general who was sleeping, and then at the old sister who was returning home, thinking about how she was pissed off by Mr. Zhuang when she returned home for the first time, but this time she was pissed off by Gu Dun again. The little general is really... um, um... what am I thinking about!

The guards guarding in the shadows all walked up to the two young ladies of the Ma family, "If you don't leave, don't blame us for not having eyes with swords."

"Zhang...General Zhang..." Ma Rou'er had heard of a general surnamed Zhang before, but she didn't know who it was, she yelled.

Zhang Nianmei no longer had a hippie smile on her face, she was serious, she pulled out her sword with a swipe, and put it on Ma Rouer's neck, "Knowing how we usually deal with trespassing on the little general's surroundings?" Bring out the ruthlessness!Ma Rou'er looked down at the sword, the flashing sword made her faint.

Seeing the situation, Ma Jianer ran away as if fleeing.

"Sure enough, he's from the capital, he dares to think about anything." Mr. Tian snorted coldly.

Not far away, Ma Rou'er's girl saw Ma Jian'er running over, but she didn't see her own lady, so she was so frightened that she hurried over and the guards stretched out their knives to stop her.

Mr. Tian waved his hand, "Hurry up and ask her to pull the person away." I was annoyed when I saw it, if it wasn't for the face of Master Ma Liu and Ma Chengzu, the former emperor's teacher, tonight, the two little ladies It didn't end well.

"Yes, sir."

The little girl half pulled and half pulled, and managed to get her little lady out of the sight of these big soldiers.

After the two younger ones were settled, Ma Qifeng was worried and was about to go out to look for the eldest daughter. Seeing her back, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Where are they?"

"Still by the pond."

"Then they are going to..."

Ma Min'er interrupted her father's words: "They are the local emperors of Yizhou. Even if they return to Pingding now, the city guards will open the door for them. Father, don't worry."

"Oh." Ma Qifeng thought about it and asked, "The little general was drunk just now, did he..."

"Father, he's as drunk as Saburo, very interesting, but now he's asleep, he's his own, we don't need to worry about it."

Ma Qifeng always felt uneasy, "Min'er, last time, I almost heard the little general say that you are his little..."

"Father, it's not like you don't understand the nature of young people. How can you count what they say?"

Young man, you are still a child, when Ma Qifeng heard what his daughter said, for some reason, countless questions that he was afraid to face in the middle of the night popped up again.

No...no...this is my daughter, that is, my daughter, my daughter...As for not being able to embroider...embroidering, it is because God gave her more capable talents, so...so she put Qiaoshou took it back, yes, yes, it must be like this...

"Min'er, hurry up and go to bed, there are many things waiting for you tomorrow?" Ma Qifeng said to his daughter with a smile, shaking off the uneasiness in his mind.

"Well, I see, Dad, you can sleep too."

On the fourth day of the watch, the sky gradually dawned, and the little general didn't show signs of waking up, and there was a slight smile on his mouth from time to time, so scared that Xiaowen hurried to find Mr. Tian.

"Sir... what should I do? It will be dawn soon, and the farmers will go to work in the fields. Are we here..."

Mr. Tian looked at the whitish sky, and said decisively: "Go to the town to adjust the carriage, and send the little general back."

"Yes, sir."

After all, Ma Qifeng didn't dare to neglect the little general and others. He came to the pond just after dawn and found that Father Fu had already cleaned up the picnic place by the pond, and was about to push the flatbed cart to bring the pots and pans home .

"Boss, why are you here?"

Ma Qifeng: "What about them?"

"Leaving at four o'clock."

"So early?"

"Well, I waited for them to leave before I came to pack my things."

"Oh!" Ma Qifeng always felt uncertain and inexplicably uneasy.

Until late at night, Mr. Tian finished processing all the official documents on the desk and came to have dinner with the young master, but he was still sleeping.

He was a little worried, "I'll go to his room to have a look."

"Okay, sir." Xiaowen took Mr. Tian into Xia Zhen's bedroom, and took a look from the sidelines. He found that the little master was sleeping soundly, half bowed, with a calm expression on his face, without any trace of the previous cruelty. gas.

"What is that in your arms?" Mr. Tian accidentally glanced at the corner of the floral cloth.

"Mr. Hui, a calico rabbit zodiac."

"Fine cloth... Zodiac, where does this thing come from?" Mr. Tian was a little surprised.

Xiaowen curled his lips: "The last time I ate 馉饳 in the town, Ma Erniang bought one for her younger siblings, and also bought one for the little general by the way."

"smoothly?"

"Well, the villain thinks so."

The corners of Mr. Tian's mouth twitched. A ten-year-old daughter-in-law can really do such a thing. It's rare for the young general to hold her in his arms and sleep like a treasure. "How long has it been like this?"

"It's been like this since I bought it back. The last time I came back from Fucheng, do you still remember my turning back?"

"Well, I remember." Mr. Tian asked back: "Could it be that Zi'an asked you to go back on purpose just to get this?"

Xiaowen nodded.

Mr. Tian was filled with emotions.

"Sir, what's the matter with you?"

Mr. Tian walked out of the room, strolled to the corridor of the courtyard, looked up at the sky outside, the little general was less than six years old, just when he needed his father, but the big general encountered the enemy outside the Great Wall, no one was alive, no dead body, and finally he only saw His robe and a military boot were used to make a tomb. Because the wife couldn't bear the blow, after waking up, she only ate fast and recited Buddha in the ancestral hall, regardless of the young general.

The young general went to war with the old general at the age of seven...he was just a child!So what if you were born noble, if you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight, and who knows the bitterness of it.

"Sir, have you had dinner yet?" Zhuang Hao interrupted Mr. Tian's emotion.

"No, what about you?" Mr. Tian turned around and collected his emotions.

"Not yet." Zhuang Hao asked while pointing inward, meaning to ask, is the little general awake?
Mr. Tian shook his head, "Let's eat together."

"Okay." Zhuang Hao and Mr. Tian chatted as they walked, "Sir, it will be autumn again soon, and it is time to stock up on army rations. Although there is no drought in Yizhou this year, it seems that there is not much food. We are going to adjust food in that state capital in the south of the Yangtze River. ?”

Mr. Tian stopped and smiled at him, "Maybe we won't adjust so much this year."

"I know that Yizhou is no longer dry, and it certainly won't be like last year."

Mr. Tian smiled meaningfully, "It's not for this reason."

"That is……"

Mr. Tian laughed and said, "You forgot about Ma Erniang selling us winter wheat!"

"That's only five or six thousand catties, how can it feed 20 people?"

"I'm afraid there will be more than Luo this fall."

Zhuang Hao smiled: "Sir, a hundred mu of land is worth at most three to forty thousand catties!"

"At least, we can save [-] to [-] catties and transport them back from the far south. This will save a lot of trouble." Mr. Tian analyzed.

"That's true." Zhuang Hao smiled.

Mr. Tian continued: "Except for Ma'er's family, under her influence, several surrounding villages have produced good food. It is estimated that it can solve our three-tiered winter food supply."

"It really is."

Mr. Tian stroked his beard and smiled: "I reckon that Ma Erniang will buy fields to grow grain next year."

"Wouldn't that make you a big landlord?" Zhuang Hao laughed.

"Yeah." Mr. Tian nodded, "I really hope that she will spend a lot of money to buy land, so that in a few years, our army rations may be settled on the spot."

"Solve it on the spot?"

"Do you think what I said is very likely?" Mr. Tian asked with a smile.

Zhuang Hao didn't reply for a long time.

Ma Min'er didn't know how long Xia Zhen had been drunk and went back to sleep this time, and when they met again, it was already the end of the year.

When they went back to Fucheng for the New Year, they 'passed by' Ma Min'er's house again, but Ma Min'er's family lived in the cabin, but a pair of grandparents and grandchildren.

Seeing the little generals coming, Old Man Fu hurried down the corridor, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute: "The villain greets the general."

Xia Zhen frowned.

Zhang Nianmei hurriedly asked, "Where's my older sister?"

　The original poem reads: Banners and flags sway in the wild, clouds open, and golden drums go back to the sky.

　　In the setting sun, chasing the sly captive in the middle of the mountain, I bent my bow and passed Li Lingtai.

　　"Song on the Frontier" is a frontier poem written by Xie Zhen, a commoner poet in the Ming Dynasty. It vividly reproduces the scene of the two armies fighting on the battlefield, and expresses admiration for the brave and skilled soldiers.

　　In the Tang Dynasty, there were so many famous works, but after the Song Dynasty, there were no successors.In the Ming Dynasty, the frontier defense forces became stronger again, and the frontier poetry was revived. This poem of Xie is a masterpiece.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)