Ma Erniang's Splendid Pastoral

Chapter 84 Attacked
"Wait...nine..." Ma Miner recalled that she was nine years old when she met Yu Shuidi, "You mean that the next time I see you, I will be 19 years old, so don't you have to wait ten years?"

"Did I say that?" The interrupted old man looked very unhappy.

"what……"

"Besides, you're not nine years old now, are you?"

Ma Min'er smiled awkwardly: "Mister, please say—"

"You little lady, you are not very big, but you are very anxious."

Ma Min'er squinted her eyes and smiled: "Mr., you know I'm anxious, why don't you hurry up and say it."

The old man stretched out his finger, "Three, six, nine, as long as you are sincere, you may be able to achieve what you want."

"Three six nine?" Ma Miner asked, "What does that mean?"

"The old man made it very clear."

Ma Min'er meditated: "Could it be, 13 years old, 16 years old..." She looked at the old man while talking, paying attention to the changes in his facial expressions, but unfortunately the old man was there, so she couldn't tell it at all.

The old man raised his head leisurely and looked at the sun in the west: "Oh, it's getting late, I have to find a place to stay!" After speaking, he stood up, picked up the streamer standing by the wall, and left step by step.

Ma Min'er stood up and stared at his back for a long time.

"Little boss..." The boy woke up the stunned little boss.

"A bowl of tofu curd."

The boy shouted into the store: "A bowl of bean curd!"

"If it's thirteen, is it okay to understand?" Ma Min'er said to herself.

The old man was walking on the street, singing a ditty while swaying, as happy as a fairy. When he saw the beggar in the morning, he stopped humming and stopped, staring at the corner of the wall without moving.

The beggar seemed to sense that someone was staring at him, so he opened his weak eyes and looked at them, then dozed off again.

The old man strolled up to him, squatted down, and smiled, "Look at your horizontal eyebrows and long beard, and your middle face is straight, which is a long-lived face, and then you look at your long nose, long benevolence and broad face, it is a proper general A talented person, but why is he not even as good as a beggar?"

The beggar opened his eyes again, with drooping eyelids, and snorted disdainfully, but said nothing. His face was either covered by bushy hair, or blocked by the thick beard around his mouth. , then the facial features can be seen.

The old man smiled, stood up, and looked towards the sky, "This man, who has endured and crossed the catastrophe, once he passes that hurdle, he will truly have boundless blessings."

The beggar who had closed his eyes suddenly opened his eyes, his ashen eyes shone brightly, staring blankly at the old man.

The old man was condescending and looked at him with a smile: "The old man thinks you know me."

The beggar panicked and lowered his head suddenly.

"Haha..." The old man laughed and left.

The beggar supported the wall with both hands, stood up tremblingly, and walked straight forward step by step with his lame leg.

After eating the tofu curds, Ma Min'er stepped out of the snack shop, and the young man graciously delivered them to the door, "Little boss, you go."

She waved her hand, "You can do your work."

The little guy grinned and was about to turn around when he found that the little guy's leg was being held by someone. He was so frightened that he hurried out to help, "You beggar, our little guy will feed you, what else do you want?"

The beggar lay on the ground, raised his ashen face, "Help me..." After finishing speaking, he passed out.

Ma Min'er was startled, and immediately squatted down, stretched out her hand and gently pulled away the hand holding her robe, only to find that the dry hand was as hot as fire.

"Little Dongzi, quickly find a car and take him to the hospital."

"Small……"

"It's important to save people."

"Yes, little master."

Ma Min'er didn't expect that saving an old beggar would cost her nearly 1000 taels of silver. Fu Xiaoyou yelled, "Er Niang, more than 1000 taels, that's the annual income of our snack shops."

"It's really evil, why did I..." Ma Min'er didn't expect to spend more than 1000 taels on an old beggar.

Qiu Baiyan raised his hand, "Little boss, doing good deeds is not the way to do it."

"I know, I know..." Ma Min'er threw him in the hospital and asked the old doctor to save him as much as possible. Who knew that the old doctor was so ruthless and spent so much money.

Fu Xiaoyou said: "Er Niang, I asked the old man, and he said that you said it, just save people, don't worry about money."

Ma Min'er can say that I know that the old beggar is forcing the old doctor to use old ginseng, and it is two hundred-year-old ginseng, silver...my silver...on second thought, is this a good deed?Next year, I will be 13 years old, will I be able to meet my parents?

Haha, yeah, will you see me?This is what happened later, let's talk about what happened this afternoon.

In the little general's mansion in Pingding, the old lady was very happy to see her eldest grandson. The happy thing was that the eldest grandson looked good and seemed to have grown taller, with flesh hanging on his face. What was worrying was that these changes might be due to...

Mrs. Xia kept staring at her grandson, wanting to hear his explanation, but the grandson didn't say anything, so sores appeared on the corners of her mouth that she picked up the teacup and put it down again.

But who is Xia Zhen? On the one hand, as Ma Miner described, he is as fragile as glass, but we know that glass is not easy to break unless it is stressed.

For example, at this moment, regardless of the old lady staring left and right, Xia Zhen's psychological quality is very good, like a fortified wall, letting his grandmother worry about it, just not opening her mouth.

Ling Ruya sat at the head of the old lady, like an invisible person, silently watching the grandparents and grandchildren, to see who was more stubborn than the other.

Finally, Mrs. Xia gave in, "Zian!"

"grandmother--"

"The one just now..."

"Grandmother, dinner should be almost ready. Let's go to the restaurant." Xia Zhen stood up and took the old lady's arm.

She actually interrupted her own words. Mrs. Xia stared at her grandson in a daze, and shouted in her heart, impossible, impossible, how could my eldest grandson be that kind... If she heard it from others, she She would never believe it, but now that she saw it with her own eyes, she... sighed, reached out and patted her grandson's hand, "Let's go, let's go have dinner."

A dinner was eaten in silence, which seems normal for people who were born in aristocrats, eating and sleeping without talking, but it seems abnormal, the grandparents and grandchildren, separated from each other, haven't seen each other for several months, There should be endless things to say, but up to now, Mrs. Xia is so frightened by her eldest grandson that she doesn't know what to say.

After the meal, Mrs. Xia couldn't hold back any longer, she took her eldest grandson's hand and sat in the side room, "Zi An!"

"grandmother……"

"You're old too, it's time to start a family."

Xia Zhen looked at her grandmother, "I will have a family."

"Ah..." Mrs. Xia was used to the eldest grandson's silence, and when she just wanted to persuade her grandson to get married as soon as possible, she thought, but the grandson replied without thinking, "Really, Zi'an?" She was so happy.

"Yes." Xia Zhen nodded, "But it may take another two years."

Oh, not only did she say that she would start a family, but she also said the specific time when she would start a family. The old lady, who had been bored all afternoon, was very excited, and quickly asked, "Zian, do you have a crush on some young lady?"

"Hmm!" Xia Zhen's face turned slightly red.

The eldest grandson admitted that it was the little lady, not the little Wan'er, as if a big stone had been removed from Mrs. Xia's chest, and her breath suddenly became freer, "Zian, who's little lady, hurry up and tell grandma, grandma Immediately send official media to propose marriage."

"Grandma, she's still young, don't worry."

"Ah..." Mrs. Xia's excited heart paused, "How small is it?"

"twelve."

Mrs. Xia looked at Yushu Linfeng's elder and younger son, and was a little puzzled. The hot-blooded boy actually likes a yellow-haired girl. Shouldn't he be a young lady in her twenties, such as his cousin Ling Ruya, whose little lady is just like a flower Open flowers are just right for him.

Xia Zhen was uncomfortable being watched by her grandmother, so she turned her head slightly.

That's right, a bloody young man who leads the army and fights, from head to toe, his hormones should have no place to be placed, and they should be resolved in time. Logically, he should like feminine mature women, how can he see? Where was the last yellow-haired girl who didn't have everything?
This... who knows?I can only ask Mrs. Xia's grandson himself!However, it is estimated that no one can understand this young man whose appearance and heart are very different.

Even Mrs. Xia asked the eldest grandson about it, but the eldest grandson refused to tell who it was, and asked a few caring people around him, but unfortunately their mouths were either too tight or slippery, so they didn't find out. .

Mrs. Xia was so angry, "Nianmei, you didn't even tell my great-aunt?"

"Grandmother, don't tell me it's not my grandnephew, but I'm really afraid that the little general will break two of my bones."

"He dares."

"Grandmother, dare you, little general." Zhang Nianmei cried.

Of course Mrs. Xia knew about the eldest grandson's violent temper, and she didn't force Zhang Nianmei any more, "I'll just ask you, what does that little lady look like, and what's her family background like?"

"Grandmother, don't worry, the young general's eyesight is so high, the person who can make him fall in love with is simply beautiful, and the previous family background is also noble, but it's just an accident, now it's not too good. But it’s not bad.” Ma Nianmei thought to herself, auntie, just grab anyone on the street and ask, I’m sure you’ll be able to find out who the lady is right away, but how could it be possible for an old lady who just takes a carriage when she goes out? Well.

"Oh." Mrs. Xia's brain turned quickly, Pingding County is only this big, it used to be Qinggui...it's not so good now...

While the old lady was in a daze, Zhang Nianmei hurriedly slipped away: "Grandmother, then...the nephew...go back to the barracks first."

Mrs. Xia waved her hand, and Zhang Nianmei left the Little General's Mansion as if fleeing.

Mrs. Xia asked the close nurse beside her, "Could it be the granddaughter of the former Emperor Ma's family?"

"Ma'am, this old slave thinks so."

"In the past two years, whenever I came here, Ma's family sent me a post, shall we meet?"

"Old madam, since the little general likes it, it's worth seeing him."

"Well, then I'll see you. I want to see what the person Zian likes looks like?"

In Ma's house in Yunshui Town, Ma Qimeng and his wife had already heard that Mrs. Xia was coming, and they also handed over the invitation to the little general's mansion early, but unfortunately, as usual, there was no reply at all.

Mrs. Ma San was in a hurry, "Mother, Hui'er is seventeen!"

Mrs. Ma looked away at her daughter-in-law, "If Mrs. Xia still doesn't see you this time, then choose one in Pingding County. I heard that the son of the county magistrate..."

"Mother, you forgot, the elder brother's son married the county magistrate's brother-in-law, if Hui'er married..."

Madam Ma sighed, "It's really..."

"Mother……"

"After Mrs. Xia leaves Pingding, we will choose one in Pingding. Hui'er can't afford to wait."

"Mother..." Mrs. Xia lowered her head and wiped her tears, "If... If there is no hope for the little general, I would like to ask my natal family..."

The old lady looked at her daughter-in-law, "Marry to the capital? I'm afraid it won't work, the emperor has a decree, and the sons and daughters cannot be settled."

"Mother..." Mrs. Ma San cried into tears.

At this moment, Ma Qimeng trotted in happily holding a post, "Mother, Mother Hui, the little general's house has posted a post."

Mrs. Ma and Mrs. Ma stood up together and surrounded their son together. When they saw the seal of the General's Mansion on the sticker, they were very happy.

Mrs. Ma quickly put her hands together, "Thank God, thank God!"

"Mother, it's written on the post, let's take the little lady!"

"Great, this means looking at each other."

Ling Ruya was sitting at the table, leaning on her forehead, staring at the oil lamp in a daze, eighteen, she was already eighteen, she couldn't wait any longer, what should she do?Let the mother urge the aunt, but the aunt doesn't care about or ask anything except knocking on the wooden fish.

The mother also personally went to the General's Mansion from Xiangzhou to find the old lady, but the old lady refused to let go, saying that it was the eldest grandson's marriage, and she could only listen to the eldest grandson and the old general, she could not make decisions.

If she can't be the cousin's wife, wouldn't she be a joke in the general's mansion all these years.

The girl Qingjin came in from the outside with a lantern in her hand, put down the lantern in her hand and said, "The weather is getting colder and colder."

"Qingjin, how are you doing?"

"In the afternoon, only General Jing is with the little general. You know about it, Third Lady, and no one can get information from him." Qing Jin replied.

Ling Ruya sighed.

Qing Jin said again, "I asked other people to inquire, San Niangzi, who do you think is the kid you saw today?"

"Who?"

"It was the nine-year-old second mother of the Ma family more than two years ago." Qing Jin pursed her lips and replied.

"What, it's her?" The frowning Ling Ruya was startled.

"En." Qing Jin nodded.

"How do you dress like that?" Ling Ruya didn't recognize Ma Erniang, and was even a little lucky because the old lady regarded her as a 'little brother'.

"I heard that Ma Erniang is the head of the house, and when she goes out to work, she often wears men's clothes."

Ling Ruya bit her lip.

Qing Jin was worried about her master's fate: "Third Lady, what should we do?"

"Father's life in Xiangzhou Mansion is difficult. My sister married to the capital, but she couldn't help my parents. Now my parents are counting on me!" Ling Ruya lowered her head.

Qing Jin comforted: "Why don't you let Madam find a way."

Ling Ruya raised her head, "No, this time, I will stay in the Little General's Mansion."

"San Niang, but the old lady and the young general are going back, you..."

"I have my own plans."

"Oh."

In the capital city, a middle-aged man told King Yancheng about Qiu Baiyan's reluctance to come back, "Young King, this kid doesn't know how to flatter you, do you want to find someone..."

Liu Zaili, who was dressed in black, casually sat crookedly, looking luxurious and natural, with the corner of his mouth slightly twitching, "Is there anyone else who dares to take him in?"

The middle-aged man suddenly raised his head: "The king of the county means..."

"You said if no one took him in, would he go back to Beijing?"

"The little one understands, and the little one will do it right away!" The middle-aged man hurriedly withdrew and went to work.

Liu Zaili stood up, and immediately two stunning girls stepped forward to help him change and comb his clothes.

The two stunning girls squatted halfway and lowered their heads, waiting for the pressure on the master's waist, inadvertently revealing the delicate and slender neck like a swan, which made people want to reach out and touch it.

Not to be outdone, the other girl raised her head and arms to help her master arrange the golden crown on her head. The sleeves slipped off inadvertently, revealing her slippery arms like lotus root, which made people couldn't help but go up and take a bite.

The two girls noticed that the master was motionless, and their thoughts became more and more obvious, and they even touched the master intentionally or unintentionally.

Liu Zaili's single eyelids were squinted, he didn't know what he was thinking about, and felt the thoughts of the two girls, one raised his hand, and the two girls fell to the ground with a thump, baring their teeth in pain.

"Someone-"

"The king of the county!"

"Since these two want to serve men so much, sell them to the building and let them serve them enough." Liu Zaili's voice was light and cold, which made people feel chills.

"...Yes, the king of the county."

"Your Majesty, forgive me, please forgive me, this slave will never dare again, never again..." The voices of the two girls disappeared into the night.

In the darkness, the dark guard came out quietly, "Your Majesty, someone please!"

"Who?"

The dark guard quietly whispered in his ear and answered.

"Well, I see!"

Two days later, Mrs. Xia met Mrs. Ma, who used to be the wife of the emperor's teacher. Two old women who were about the same age met each other. One was still powerful and the other had fallen into the cloud.

There was no way to talk about the greetings, they were all polite official accents, although Mrs. Ma tried her best to maintain the dignity of Mrs. Shao Fu, but she was beaten back to her original form with a look.

Mrs. Xia directly asked the question, "Is this your granddaughter?"

"Go back to the old lady, that's right."

"I seem to have heard that you have two granddaughters?" Mrs. Xia asked with a smile.

"Yes, old lady."

"Why didn't you come?"

Old Madam Ma replied: "Old Madam, my Mei Niang is preparing wedding dress at home."

"It turns out that it was promised." Mrs. Xia smiled, looking at the little lady who had been standing with her head bowed, "How old is this young Fang?"

"Back to the old lady, she is seventeen years old."

"Oh." Mrs. Xia thought to herself, let me just say, she doesn't look like Twelve, she doesn't see the person she wants to see, her face is tired, and she looks like seeing off guests.

Mrs. Ma is also a person who has been in the circle of noble women in Beijing, and she is not bad at seeing faces and people. Seeing Mrs. Xia's disappointed expression, she was startled, "Old lady..."

"I wanted to invite Mrs. Ma to have a light meal, but my body..."

"Then...then don't bother."

The master has already talked about this, what else can Mrs. Ma do?

How much hope was there when I came here, and how much disappointment is now. I didn't expect the Xia family's eyes to be so high, and even a smart little lady like Huier would not look down on them. What kind of person do they want to marry.

In the carriage, Mrs. Ma San was not reconciled, "Mother, no matter what, our Huier grew up according to the etiquette of poetry and books in Beijing, but..."

"Stop talking!" Mrs. Ma was crushed into the dust by Mrs. Xia's gaze, and she lost all fighting spirit.

Ma Min'er didn't know the entanglement between Ma's house and the little general's mansion. In the winter, she stayed at home, either making food, reading books, or leading the younger sister to the courtyard to bask in the sun. , don't be too comfortable in your little days.

Back home, Mrs. Ma cried a lot in front of Ma Chengzu, heartbroken.

In the ancient society where the husband was the heaven, the status of a woman came entirely from the man, and a woman was valued entirely by her husband. Who would let her be the respected wife of the General Zhen's mansion?

Ma Chengzu looked at the crying old wife, sat in silence for a while and left the room, walking alone in the cold corridor, his face full of wind and frost.

A month later, it was time for Ma Miner to check the accounts again. If it wasn't for money, she really didn't want to go out. Counting the cold days, she would freeze to death.

This investigation was a big one, and Ma Miner spent three days at the head shop before looking at the accounts of Pingding, Yunshui, and the county town of Chuanling to the west.

Although he used to do business in Chuanling, but it was mobile. The real establishment of a shop in Chuanling was after Qiu Baiyan came. This guy is proud, but he does have proud capital. He has a way of doing business. Employing people is also quite good, making Ma Min'er's Anlong firm flourish.

"Not bad, quite good. At the end of this year, you will not only get a reward, but also own 5.00% dry shares of Anlong Commercial Bank."

Qiu Baiyan didn't expect a young lady to have such courage, "Do you know what 5.00% dry stock means?"

"Of course!"

"then you……"

Ma Min'er smiled slightly and said, "Brother Qiu is a great horse. If you want to keep the horse running without slackening, I think dry stocks are the best motivation."

Qiu Baiyan's eyes narrowed slightly, "Many times, you are more decisive than men."

"That's right!" Ma Min'er smiled, "Then wish us a happy cooperation."

What is dry stock, dry stock is actually a free gift of shares.It is generally used as a reward for company promoters, or for employees to use technology and ability to participate in shares, and sometimes it is also used to win over some powerful people.

The case of Qiubai Yan belonged to the use of technology and ability to obtain the shares donated by Ma Miner free of charge.

After checking the accounts and disturbing people's hearts, Ma Min'er felt that she was living a fulfilling life. She stood at the door of the general ledger's shop, stretched, and was about to go to the street to buy some new year's goods.

Until now, Ma Min'er has no girls and servants around her, only Niu Dabao who drives a carriage. Because he has to go shopping, Niu Dabao rests his horse in the backyard of the shop, and at the same time helps the kitchen with some odd jobs.

Ma Min'er went shopping alone, besides, no one knows now that Ma Erniang, the owner of Anlong Trading Company, belongs to the little general, and it doesn't matter if she walks sideways on the street.

The few people who came up suddenly covered her with sacks. Ma Min'er had practiced it before, and her reaction was also strong. She fell to the ground immediately, rolled on the ground, and kicked the two middle-aged men who were about to set her up with both feet.

The five people who carried out the attack did not expect that the small owner of Anlong Trading Company was actually Lian Jiazi, who was actually slipped by her.

Opportunities are the same for everyone, once missed, they are gone.

When the five men threw sacks and stretched out their hands to arrest them, the guys in the store had already seen that the little owner was attacked, and had already called the nurses in the store, and more than a dozen nurses stepped forward immediately.

The entrance of Anlong Commercial Bank quickly formed a group, attracting hundreds of people on the street to watch.This is Ping Ding, the little general's Ping Ding, there are people who blatantly commit crimes, I really don't want to mess around.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the five people fought and fled, and disappeared in a flash.

The shop is almost full of men, only a woman who helps in the kitchen, she hurried over to help the little boss tidy up the clothes, "Little...Little boss..."

"It's okay." Ma Min'er gasped lightly.

The woman's face turned pale with fright, and a young lady in Xiaodong's family was fearless.

Ma Min'er walked up to the lame old man, "Thank you, old man."

"Thank you for what I did." The lame old beggar who spent more than 1000 taels of silver from Ma Min'er still has messy hair and a bushy beard. Min'er looked at the back door of the head office.

The money flowing in the main shop is tens of thousands of taels. This is the core of the Ma family. It is normal to have more than a dozen nurses, but their skills are very average. Can't live in the main shop.

The old beggar pulled out a few times during their usual training, and Qiu Baiyan told Ma Min'er that the boxing skills of the dozen or so guards had improved a lot.

This is the reason why Ma Min'er thanked him. She never thought that the money spent was worth it. It's really a blessing in disguise.

Fu Xiaoyou and Guo Daping also participated in the beating, but unfortunately they could only wave their hands and feet, and they didn't even touch the bad guy's clothes.

"Er Niang..." Fu Xiaoyou stood next to Ma Min'er and cried, not because she was frightened by the bad guys, but because she was worried about her, "You have to prepare a girl for whatever you say this time." Yes, call us if you need something."

"Yes, yes..." Guo Daping was so frightened that his face turned blue, his lips trembled, and he couldn't even speak.

Ma Min'er is no longer stubborn, as her family has a big business, she really needs a girl servant, not to serve her, but to have someone to help her at critical times.

Seeing that Erniang finally nodded, Fu Xiaoyou ran happily, calling "Erniang, wait, I'll find you someone with skills."

"Brother Daping, Brother Xiaoyou, this is..."

Guo Daping knew who Fu Xiaoyou was looking for, but this time, he did not object, Er Niang's safety was always the first in their hearts.

Qiu Baiyan looked at the five people who had fled, his face was so gloomy that water could drip.

Ma Min'er walked to him, "Go and find out who it is."

"Yes, my little master." Qiu Baiyan replied.

In a certain restaurant in Pingding, several middle-aged men who escaped entered a certain room through the back door, "Boss, I...we..."

"It didn't work?"

Several people nodded.

The middle-aged man opened his mouth in surprise: "I've made inquiries, Ma Erniang likes to be alone, why do you..."

"Next... it's too early to start."

"A little early?" The middle-aged man looked at the thugs, "Are you so anxious that you started at the door of the shop?"

"Big... big steward..."

"A bunch of trash."

One of them said, "Who knew Ma Erniang was capable?"

"Li Si, what did you just say?"

"Ma Erniang is talented, so she slipped out of our hands, otherwise, even at the door of the shop, we would have done it."

"A 12-year-old girl with skills?"

"Yes, Manager."

After pacifying the barracks, the hidden guards stood beside Jing Moxiang again, "General Jing, Ma Erniang has been attacked."

(End of this chapter)