Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 81
No matter what, the girl pretended to sleep first, and Ma Min'er immediately showed a sweet and dreamy look.The soft and even sound of breathing in the quiet pit gives people a calming force.

Xia Zhen has been looking softly at the little lady opposite, feeling so magical, he hasn't seen her for two years, but he feels as if he just saw her yesterday, he asked himself secretly, how can he bear not seeing her for two years?
He couldn't figure it out, and smiled silly, the back of his hand was gently covered by a gentle little hand, and couldn't help but surround her little hand with his big hand. At first he was afraid of waking her up, so he didn't move at all, but when he saw the other party Still sleeping sweetly, he couldn't help but gently kneaded it twice again, an experience he had never had before made him completely ignorant.

Ma Min'er has been secretly sensing whether the other party is asleep, but this guy is not only not asleep, but still squeezes his little hands from time to time.

Mother, brother, you are sleeping, if you don't sleep, I will have a chance to see the jade water drops.

As if appropriate to the occasion, Xia Zhen yawned slightly, adjusted her sitting posture, leaned slightly against the wall of the pit, and relaxed holding her soft little hand, touching her thumb for a while, and rubbing the back of her hand for a while, as if this little hand Only calico rabbit, the whole person feels very relaxed.

The feeling of being pinched is too bad, oh my god, is there no one to reconcile with the rare time and place tonight?Ma Min'er felt so anxious that she almost slapped Xia Zhen, making him faint.

No... No, I have to find a way?Ma Min'er pretended to turn over and leaned down to find a comfortable place, but the pit was as big as a palm, and there was already a tall person about 1.8 meters sitting, and she was a half-sized girl, so there was room to move.

Since she didn't, she could only half lean on Xia Zhen's body. She could feel that he was frightened by her actions, and his sitting body followed her half leaning, but unknowingly leaned down, as if to let Xiao Zhen The daughter-in-law is more comfortable to lean on.

Ma Min'er thought to herself, she was half leaning and half lying down, she must be sleepy now.But the other party doesn't seem to be sleepy yet, so what should I do?
Ma Min'er was so anxious that she almost scratched her head and cheeks, and inadvertently, an arm lay across Xia Zhen's chest, causing him to close his eyes suddenly.

I don't know how long I was in a hurry, how many ways to make Xia Zhen fall asleep in my head, but they were all denied in the end. Why don't I just knock him out?

Uh... Before Ma Min'er could finish thinking, seeing Xia Zhen with her eyes closed, she was so excited that she almost jumped up. Damn, she fell asleep. When did she fall asleep?
While thinking, she quickly untied the jade water drop from her neck and quickly brought it to his neck, and pulled out the collar that blocked his neck.

Ma Min'er, who was too excited, didn't notice that the young general was almost lying on his body because of her approaching, and pulled his collar again. He was already frightened, but he didn't open his eyes of rest.

She... what does she want to do?The little general, who had experienced many battles, kept replaying this sentence automatically in his mind, as if he was a little white rabbit waiting to be slaughtered, trembling with fright.

Ma Miner almost laughed out loud, looked up to the pit, the moonlight was like water, pouring down, gently shining on all things in the world, in the distant sky, the looming stars also blinked mischievous eyes, quietly came to listen Human secrets.

Ma Min'er moved her body slightly, so that the jade water droplets completely appeared against the light.

"God, the jade water drop is so beautiful, you just let it appear." Ma Min'er couldn't help thinking.

Hearing the praise of jade water droplets, Xia Zhengang wondered why the little daughter-in-law returned the jade water droplets to herself, and why she pulled her neckline again, and...thought...the result was to show off to God, she was really a child, secretly While laughing, the emotions were inexplicable, and finally said with emotion, she is really a 'little' daughter-in-law.

The jade water drops are immersed in the brilliant moonlight, shining brightly, exuding a noble and cold light, but there is no image at all. From the excitement at the beginning to the patience later, Ma Min'er is extremely disappointed at the end, and she is so bored. In Xia Zhen's arms.

She wanted to cry, why...why...don't let me look at my parents again, she wrapped her arms around Xia Zhen's neck without knowing it, and wiped her tears on his collar.

Uh...why all of a sudden, the little daughter-in-law cried so sadly?Xia Zhen opened her eyes, but saw the back of the little daughter-in-law's head, waving her hands in the air at a loss.

Alas, little general, shouldn't your strong arms encircle the sad little daughter-in-law to comfort her.

No... no one taught me!Uh... why do we need to teach this? Isn't this human instinct?
Instinct, yes, instinct made the arms that had stopped in the air finally gently embrace the little daughter-in-law's back, allowing her to weep softly in his arms.

At this moment, the state of the 20-year-old little general is no longer two and a half years old, nor seven or eight years old, but a 20-year-old youthful and beautiful age, ignorant, throbbing, and a moment of love like a tide. meaning.

Outside the pothole, the thatch blown by the mountain wind gave Zhuang Hao a flash of inspiration, "I know where this is?"

"There?"

"The place where the 'Five Tigers and Sheep Formation' was once arranged, due to the desolation of the mountains, this formation is still broken here, no wonder it made us turn around several times like ghosts hitting a wall."

When Zhang Nianmei heard the prompt, she immediately flipped through the memories in her mind, and quickly searched for the inclined pit hidden in the thatch two years ago, and found it after a while, "Little General, are you in there?"

Ma Min'er, who was crying, was startled by the call, and hurriedly raised her head to wipe her tears, only to find that Xia Zhen was looking at her with her eyes open, "You...you..."

"I...was just woken up by Zhang Tiaozi."

"Oh!" In Ma Miner's mind, Xia Zhen had a strange temper and a strange person, but she just didn't think he would lie.

Xia Zhen, who never lied, blinked her eyelids N times more frequently than usual. Unfortunately, Ma Miner, who has studied a little psychology, was completely immersed in her own world, and did not notice the other party's white lies at all.

White lie?Maybe it's love!
Xia Zhen once again carried the little daughter-in-law into the pit. This time, no one should be surprised, but the young general just put the little daughter down, reached out and took the jade water drop from his neck, and wrapped it around her neck again.

"I can't." Ma Min'er had no hope of meeting her parents, so she refused with a stern face.

Under the moonlight, Xia Zhen's sharp-edged face, which was originally tender and tender, was thrown into the ice cellar in an instant by this sentence, "I can't help you." After speaking, he forcibly put the jade water drop on her neck.

Ma Min'er stretched out her hands to stop.

The actions of the two made the people around them dare not move.

Ma Miner raised her head, "Why?"

"No reason?" After Xia Zhen replied, with a little force, she put the jade water drop around Ma Min'er's neck, turned around coldly, and walked away with her long legs.

Jing Mo Baojian also looked at the dazed Ma Min'er coldly, turned around and left with his master.

Zhuang Hao and Mr. Tian looked at each other. They saw the truth in Ma Miner's eyes, and saw the truth that she didn't want to be the little general's wife. How could this be?
Mr. Tian looked at Ma Qifeng unconsciously. It is really unbelievable that such a weak man can actually teach a daughter who does not climb the ranks.

Zhang Nianmei rubbed her nose and walked up to Zhuang Hao, "You see, my sister has returned jade water drops three times. This time, the little general put her back on her neck. My sister didn't do it on purpose the first two times, right?"

Zhuang Hao, who has always been calm and calm, frowned tightly, and looked at Ma Min'er, only to see that the other party looked at the young general's back for a long time without moving.

"Min'er...Min'er..."

"father……"

Hearing Dad's cry, Ma Min'er flew over, "Dad, I'm sorry, I shouldn't..."

"Son, stop talking, let's go home."

"Father..." Ma Min'er hugged her father and cried loudly.

Hearing the cry, Xia Zhen stopped and turned to look at the little daughter-in-law.

Jing Mo turned around and walked towards the father and daughter, "Ma Erniang, seven years old and different seats, you should know."

Ma Min'er was feeling grateful and thankful that her father was not injured, and that she could be his daughter again, and was scorched on the outside and tender on the inside by Jing Mo's words.

Ma Qifeng was extremely embarrassed by the other party, he is an authentic ancient man, of course he knew the meaning of Jing Mo's words, and loosened his daughter's arms.

"When you're sad, rely on my father, what's wrong with being coquettish, I want you to take care of it!" Ma Min'er was angry and had nowhere to vent, her tone was very aggressive.

"It's not right anyway."

"I want you to take care of it." Ma Min'er took her father's arm, "Father, let's go home."

Ma Qifeng felt uncomfortable being stared at by the other party, "Min..."

"Father, don't worry about them. When I grow up and get married, I still have a chance to get close to you. If I don't take advantage of it now, when will I wait?" Ma Min'er didn't care, and took her father down the mountain half-armed and half-pushed.

Mr. Tian and others looked at the cold little general, not knowing where to go next.

Xiaowen couldn't help murmuring, "Sir, are all our luggage at Ma'er's house?"

Xia Zhen glanced at the crowd and went down the mountain without turning her head. The direction of going down the mountain was the same as that of Ma Erniang.

Everyone looked at each other, did the little general recognize Ma Erniang?
When they got home, it was already midnight, and Ma Min'er guessed it would be twelve o'clock in the night. She was so hungry that Shi Chunyue got up quickly and brought Yu Xing'er to cook two big pots of chicken shredded noodles.

Shi Chunyue was about to serve it to the restaurant, when Ma Min'er said, "Leave mine, I'll eat in the kitchen, it's warm here."

"it is good."

Ma Qifeng was entertaining Xia Zhen and the others. Although it was embarrassing just now, since they came, they were guests and had to be entertained.

The noodles were served, but the little daughter-in-law came to eat, Xia Zhen put down the hand that took the chopsticks.

Seeing that Shi Chunyue was about to go out with the tray, Mr. Tian asked with a smile, "Where is Er Niang?"

"Eat it in the kitchen."

"..." Mr. Tian looked at Xia Zhen.

Xia Zhen stood up from the table, walked to the door, "Lead the way."

Shi Chunyue trembled in fright at the two words of cold banban, "Yes, little...little general!"

The people in the restaurant watched Xia Zhen enter the kitchen with Shi Chunyue, who dared to persuade him with his weird and violent temper, they had to let him go.

Zhang Nianmei likes to leave the scriptures and judge the way the most, so she hurriedly went to the kitchen with the little general, and called out before reaching the door of the kitchen, "Old girl, what are you doing hiding here to eat!"

Ma Min'er just wanted to go back to him, so what's there to eat, why not Xia Zhen entered the kitchen first, and sat opposite her like an old man, Ma Sanlang and Xiao Yue'er got up from the table in fright.

"Don't be afraid, sit and eat!"

The two younger ones still dare not.

"Eat, eat and go to bed quickly."

The two little ones sat back at the small table timidly and ate noodles, but they didn't dare to raise their heads, so they just lowered their heads to eat.

Shi Chunyue came here, and she smiled secretly when she saw Xiao Dong's and Xiao General's accents. The young people like to show off, so they quickly brought two bowls of noodles, one for the young general and one for Zhang General.

"Thank you, auntie."

"General Zhang is polite." Shi Chunyue did not expect the handsome little General Zhang to be so polite, and smiled happily.

Zhang Nianmei found a small low stool, and started eating hula-hula, and said while eating: "Sister, we hunted a wild boar, and we won't leave tomorrow. We will have a wild boar feast at your house."

"It's up to you." Ma Min'er neither agreed nor refused.

Xia Zhen raised her eyelids and looked at her, Ma Miner pretended she didn't see it, hum, don't think I don't know, that Jingmo is the roundworm in your belly, why am I sad and give you a hug, unexpectedly... I I haven't agreed to marry you yet, so if I manage people like this, then I will get it after marrying you.

Xia Zhen had a good appetite. After eating a large bowl, she pushed the bowl to Ma Min'er.

Ma Min'er looked up at him, stood up, walked to the stove, added half a bowl to him, and brought it in front of him.

Shi Chunyue saw that there was still in the pot, "Little Boss, it's full!"

"He, it's just one mouthful, it can't be eaten in a bowl." Ma Min'er curled her lips.

Shi Chunyue quietly turned her head to look at the stern little general, only to see that the corners of his brows were slightly curved, the little boss is really good, without asking a word, he knows how much he wants to eat, it's really like this!

Ma Min'er put a small half bowl in front of him, without saying anything, just sat back and ate her own noodles.

Xia Zhen didn't care, picked up the chopsticks and lowered her head to continue eating the noodles.

Zhang Nianmei sat on the small stool next to her and saw everything in her eyes. At the end of the meal, she felt sour in her heart. With such a bad temper as the little general, why did he meet such a clear-eyed person like the old sister? , look, he even knows how many mouthfuls of noodles he can eat, how good it is!
Ma Min'er felt that meeting Xia Zhen and the others was a life of hard work, so after eating, she made arrangements for them, and by the time she got under the covers, it would probably be two o'clock in the morning.

"Ah..." she yelled in the bed, "It doesn't matter, I won't get up early tomorrow, I will sleep until I wake up naturally."

"The guest room of Ma's house is really different from other houses!" Ma Xian lay on the pit first, and four people slept on the long pit. He thought the bed would be cold, but when he wanted to sleep on it, it turned out to be warm. .

Zhang Nianmei smiled and said, "It's the fire pit. I think the novelty is the quilt. Didn't you realize that the quilt is stuffed with cotton?"

"Is it cotton from the south?" Mr. Tian stretched out his hand to touch the quilt again, no wonder he felt that the quilt was thick and warm, neat and beautiful.

"En!" Zhang Nianmei said: "Tomorrow, I'll ask my sister for some and bring it back to my mother. It's really comfortable and warm." The bed was so comfortable that he fell asleep while talking.

Mr. Tian shook his head, "Xiao Zhuang, how do you feel?"

"not bad."

"Then go to sleep."

"Ah."

In another guest room, when Xiaowen was about to ask Xia Zhen if she wanted some tea, she found that the little master had already fallen asleep, "It's rare, but I didn't recognize the bed and fell asleep right away. Could it be because it was Ma Erniang?" because of?"

In the Fucheng National General's Mansion, the elderly usually sleep after midnight, and in a few books they just open their eyes and wait for dawn.

"master--"

"Ah."

Mrs. Xia asked: "What do you think about Zi'an's marriage?"

"Let's talk about it first." The old general replied solemnly.

"But how many of them I give him, he doesn't even look at them, what should I do?"

"Where's the one with your wife?"

"She has been waiting." Mrs. Xia sighed.

"I asked Zi'an how he treated her?"

"neither cold nor hot."

"If Zian doesn't like it, hurry up and send someone back to Xiangzhou Mansion. What's the point of staying here all the time." The old general is a real person, one is one.

"Aren't you accompanying Zi An?" Mrs. Xia thought about it and said: "The young lady of the Ling family is not bad, and she is also the daughter-in-law's niece. If she marries Zi An, she can take care of both ends. The master is still a little bit worse."

Old General Xia answered, "Mrs. Zi'an can't do it. You have to take care of the general's mansion, but Zi'an's wife can't do it. Whoever will support him, you'd better find someone who can be the master of the house."

"It's because of thinking about it that I never let go in front of the young lady of the Ling family."

The old general was silent for a while before he said: "If it really doesn't work, I'll agree to the one in Jingli."

"master……"

"I heard that the one in Jingli is a capable person who is in charge and hosts Zhongfu. He is very virtuous and virtuous."

"Sigh." Mrs. Xia sighed, "Zian is not in a hurry, I have to get up in a hurry. I will go to Pingding in a few days, and come back with him when the winter solstice arrives."

"Alright, go and urge him. He's already twenty and still hasn't found a wife. When will we have a great-grandson?"

"Well, I see."

The old general hurriedly said: "Tell him, while our old bones can still move, and we can help him take care of his son, let him give birth quickly. Don't wait until we are a hundred years old, and there is no one who can even bring him a son."

"Yes!" Mrs. Xia was so worried that she couldn't sleep.

There are still many people who can't sleep in the same way. There are always troubles in life.

Ma Meier sat on the bed in draped clothes, with her arms around her legs, and looked at the burning oil lamp. The girl Xiangzhu came in to watch the night, and saw that the little lady was still sitting on the bed and did not sleep.

"Little lady, if you continue to sit like this, you will definitely get sick from the cold." Xiangzhu said as he took off her cloak and let her get under the covers.

Ma Meier refused.

Xiangzhu stomped anxiously, "Little lady, you don't go to the old lady, you don't go to the old man, what's the use of thinking here alone?"

"Even my elder brother can't refute what my grandfather promised."

"Even if our Ma family is in decline, even if we don't have...the Elder Master, we still can't marry a young lady to a commoner." Xiangzhu shouted.

Ma Meier bit her lip tightly.

Seeing that the master didn't speak, Xiangzhu was full of sadness, sat down on the side of the bed, stretched out his hand to hold the little lady's hand, and said: "Little lady, Xiangzhu, let me say something about Yuezan. Compared with the eldest son, you are actually more assertive. Why don't you go to the old madam?"

But Ma Meier replied, "I'll go find that poor boy tomorrow."

"Ah..." Xiangzhu stood up in shock, "What are you looking for...to find him?"

Ma Meier didn't seem to hear the girl's question, the corners of her mouth were firm, "I want to see what he will marry me with."

"Little lady..."

On the second day, Ma Min'er didn't get up until she was exposed to the sun. After washing up in her bathroom, it was almost lunch time.

Mr. Tian and the others had already had breakfast, and not only that, they also had a good tour of Ma's house.

Seeing Ma Min'er going to the kitchen in the corridor, Zhang Nianmei shouted with a smirk, "Sister, you can do it!"

Ma Min'er understood that he wanted to say that he slept in, "I don't have any bad habits, I just like to sleep in, hee hee, sorry, wait a minute."

"I said, sister, you have to change your habit. When you marry into your in-law's family in the future, who will let you sleep until this hour?" Zhang Nianmei pointed to the sun on her finger.

"Then find an in-law's family who can let me sleep until this hour."

"Uh..." Zhang Nianmei rubbed her nose and looked at the little general who was following behind, feeling embarrassed.

Mr. Tian looked at the little general, but he looked at the plum tree in the yard, as if he hadn't heard the conversation between Zhang Nianmei and Ma Erniang, he shook his head, really not understanding what the little general was thinking.

Zhuang Hao asked: "I heard that you provided the design of this house?"

"It doesn't count, I just told the master about the courtyard I want to live in, and they made such a courtyard according to my ideas."

"This house is different from the Feng Shui pattern of the houses I usually see. Not only is it interesting, but the Feng Shui is also good." Even Zhuang Hao, who has a high vision, has to admit that this house is unique and elegant.

Ma Miner is a modern person. Although she has heard of Feng Shui, when she built this house, she was more concerned with applicability and comfort, and pursued simplicity, simplicity, and restraint.

Although it is simple and simple, it is a rural-style house that integrates living, living, working, and hospitality. It is not like the ancients who divided the house into very formal inner and outer courtyards with several entrances and exits. The wide corridor runs through the entire courtyard, integrating people, scenery, space and architecture into one, living the idyllic life she has always wanted.

The front entrance is the same as ordinary houses, but the back entrance is different, a small bamboo forest is planted, visitors or family members, as long as they pass through the bamboo forest, they can feel that the house is completely different from the outside. world.

In the quiet and quiet back house, there are several small rooms with an open layout. This is the place where Ma Qifeng usually teaches the peasant children to read. People sit and read in the open small rooms. There are deliberately widened dripping eaves under the porch. , made it into a thin stream of silk and silk, flowing to the lotus pond in the courtyard, which has the meaning of "half acre square pond". !

In the middle of the yard is the lotus pond. There is a small pavilion beside the lotus pond. In summer, you can enjoy the cool, drink tea, and play chess here. It is full of comfort and infinite comfort.

Going forward, there is the main courtyard of the Ma family. It combines the style of the ancient house with the compact structure of modern architecture, so that the space of the family can be surrounded together, so that everyone can have more time to communicate and live. Together, you can have your own independent space, and the wide corridor is the link to the Ma family. No matter where you go, there will be a corridor. Walking into the corridor from my own room, it is just right to listen to the years with my family.

"It's early winter, and everyone can only look at the holly and enjoy the plum trees. I invite you to come over next summer, so that they can experience the idyllic charm of the south of the Yangtze River."

"No, no..." Mr. Tian waved his hand suddenly, "I remember the pond where the picnic was..."

Ma Miner was overjoyed: "Sir, you finally remembered!"

"Is it really..."

"That's right, this house is really formed by surrounding a small pond with an acre of dry land."

Mr. Tian stretched out his thumb, "Second Lady is amazing!"

Ma Min'er calmed down slightly, and formally saluted Xia Zhen and the others, "Thank you, little general, and thank you for taking care of me. Without you, my family would not be in the situation it is now, thank you!"

Knowing how to be grateful, advancing and retreating appropriately, this kind of Ma Erniang always makes people want to get close to her.

"Ma Erniang, don't thank me!" Mr. Tian was the oldest, so it was most appropriate for him to say this.

Ma Min'er smiled and said, "Of course, everyone is welcome to visit my house in the future."

"There are delicious things." Zhang Nianmei said with a smile.

"no problem."

At noon, there is no Baxia offering, but... In Ma Erniang's words, there are hot pots. There are two tables full of people. When it is cold in early summer, eat a hot pot that is so hot that the heart and lungs are steaming , eat to everyone's satisfaction.

Sitting straight on the chair, rubbing his stomach and sighing, "Life is nothing more than this!" Mr. Tian was the first to sigh. The open gate is facing the plum tree in the yard.

"Beautiful, so beautiful!" Zhuang Hao, who drank some wine, was a little drunk, and walked to the corridor, lying on the railing to look at the few plum trees in the courtyard.

Ma Meier and her maid, Xiangzhu, dressed low-key and wore a cape and hat. The master and servant hired a donkey cart and went all the way to Xiaowang Village and to the small wooden shed rented by Zhao Yuyan.

The former one-room small wooden shed has been built for two years, and two more rooms have been added, a kitchen, and a miniature study room for study. At this moment, Zhao Yuyan is sitting by the window studying, writing like flying.

Ma Meier was wearing a cloak and hat and stood in front of the three small wooden sheds without blinking a glance at the young man in the window. Both in stature and appearance, he was average in appearance, neither elegant nor handsome, nor handsome. Physically strong and tough, he is just an ordinary student.

Who dared to ask him to marry him like his grandfather, who gave him the courage.

"It's them that gave me courage." Zhao Yuyan put down his pen without haste, picked up the page he was writing on, and looked at Mei Jiao Niang outside the window with a smile in the corner of his eyes.

Ma Meier didn't expect that she would unconsciously ask the words in her heart, covered her mouth in shock, and when she realized that she had lost her composure, she quickly put down her hands, quickly entered the small wooden shed, took off the hood with both hands, and sneered With a voice, "How dare you be so arrogant when you take the fourth place in Ping County?"

Zhao Yuyan narrowed his eyes, "If I hadn't been arrogant, at this moment, you might not be looking for me, but your grandfather."

Ma Meier's beautiful eyebrows were frowned, and she looked at the other party fiercely.

Zhao Yuyan smiled slightly, allowing the other party to scrutinize and study himself wantonly.

(End of this chapter)