Chapter 61: The Mountain Behind My Father (2)

He Ma Shouren is just a small civil official who has no strength and can have a place in the court, where can he beat him General Chen? To put it mildly, today he is the first to offend? On such a happy day, he has stirred up the interest of so many real dignitaries and dignitaries, and even the relatives of the emperor and the country, and swept away his face of General Chen! Swept away the face of General Chen's eldest lady, that is, the four princes' concubines? It is equivalent to sweeping the face of the four princes? I heard that the four princes had previously followed the four princes and concubines and called General Chen. So even if he Ma Shouren really splattered blood on the spot under his General Chen's kitchen knife today, I'm afraid that he General Chen didn't do anything wrong, at most he was privately called into the palace by the Holy Lord to have a drink and talk about his heart. In the end, if General Chen's heart is still angry, maybe his Ma Shouren's family, distant relatives and neighbors will suffer? !

Thinking of this, he Ma Shouren studied hard and read poetry and books for more than ten years, and only then did he rely on himself to enter the examination and win a little bit of money from a county order in a remote area, and then not to say anything about the integrity of the official, but also to dare to speak out, dare to stand on the side of the truth, and through unremitting direct issuance of books to report meritorious service, he climbed to his current status. His force is vulnerable, but he still has courage and backbone. He felt that he was the first to lose, even if he really risked his life today, he wanted to save his family. In this way, Ma Shouren's knees weakened, and he had to kneel down in front of General Chen on the spot to plead guilty.

"Whew!h

Ma Shouren's mind turned around this bend at this time, and he was so frightened that he stopped kneeling, suddenly closed his eyes, and stood stiff and didn't dare to move. He thought that the general's kitchen knife had been swung at him, and the conditioned reflex could only react and close his eyes. Who is not afraid of death?

"Brother Ma walks slowly, it's not too late to eat the little girl's golden pig again. In front of him, he suddenly heard General Chen's polite smile.

Ma Shouren opened his eyes cautiously, and was stunned to see General Chen personally holding a plate with two or three slices of pork roasted crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, looking at him with a smile, waiting for him to take it.

"Thank you...... Thank you, General Chen!hehe......"You're welcome!hahaha......" "Hahahaha......"

Ma Shouren was still in a daze until he got into his own carriage. It was not until the carriage had arrived at his house, and the coachman called out to him repeatedly, that he suddenly came to his senses. In the past, he always got out of the carriage by himself, but now he has a weak leg and asks the coachman to help him, and he almost falls to the ground.

Mrs. Ma is just a country woman, two years older than Ma Shouren, and she married him as early as his teenage years, when he was the most useless, and he was still married at that time. At that time, Mrs. Ma went out early and returned late, and before dawn in the morning, she personally went to the geography to take care of more than a dozen acres of the village, and most of the more than ten acres of land were Mrs. Ma's dowry. Then he came back and made him breakfast and prepared his lunch beforehand. Then for the rest of the day, Mrs. Ma had to drive her own carriage to the city to sell vegetables. Although every time Mrs. Ma told him that she had eaten her lunch in a restaurant in the city. But he knew that every time in order to save those few copper coins, she secretly pinched two rice balls in her arms and carried them with them in the morning, so that he would not see them. Sometimes, because she was too tired the day before, she was late on this day, and she didn't have time to pinch two bowls for herself and went out hastily, and she would come back hungry. They both ate late for dinner, for even he could go down to the kitchen to make some simple food, and since Mrs. Tama had married him, he insisted that he not be allowed to go into the kitchen, and that she should wait until she came home in the evening, and she would do it herself. Often it is already night at this time, and it is time for them to go to sleep after dinner. He had already discovered that if she hadn't eaten lunch that day, she would have eaten much, much more for dinner. This is what she treats herself, but no matter how expensive the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, poems, calligraphy and painting scrolls are, he is reluctant to buy them, she will secretly buy them back for him directly! It is precisely because Mrs. Ma is like this that he is even more angry in his heart.

We must get out of the school faster, gain fame in the examination, and then become a great official! Let my wife enjoy the blessings, and I don't have to work so hard again!

Mrs. Ma was so tired during the day that she had to fall asleep after dinner. But before Mrs. Ma fell asleep, she had to boil hot water every day, soak her feet first, and immediately bring a wooden bucket to serve him to soak his feet. At that time, he could be considerate of her, and he could only persuade her to go to sleep quickly. Then he soaked his feet while reading with candlelight. Often he was fascinated by it, and the first time he came back to his senses, it was because the footwashing water was already cold, so cold that he suddenly raised his feet and made a lot of water sounds. Then he would subconsciously look back and see that the lady who was sleeping on the kang not far behind him had been disturbed by the sudden sound of water. At first, Mrs. Ma did turn over, but later Mrs. Ma got used to it, and one day she didn't hear the sound of water he made and slept unsteadily.

Recalling this, Ma Shouren couldn't help but smile on his cheeks.

At that time, he would quietly pour out the water in the barrel and then look at the sky. As long as he is not a child, he will continue to study. This time, often he will see it all the time...... I suddenly heard a rooster crowing in my ear, and I suddenly came back to my senses. His little liver was pounding wildly! Oh no, as soon as there was another rooster crow, Madame would get up at once! He could not be discovered by her, and he had been reading all night! He could only close the book he was reading, take off his coat in three or two times, and then climb into bed as carefully as he could. Unfortunately, no matter how careful he was, their bed was only that big, and he would always accidentally touch her. The next moment, she immediately sat up with a "flutter" and woke up. Sometimes, he was in such a hurry that he forgot to put out the oil lamp, and she would immediately glare at him angrily. He had no choice but to close his eyes tightly and pretend to be asleep.

"Alas," she finally sighed, and then got out of bed, blew out the oil lamp with a "whoa," and silently tolerated the little mistake of deliberately deceiving her because he had tried too hard. What she cared about most was that he didn't care about his body so much! That night, she would definitely add extra vegetables for him, often a bowl of tonic soup with the most expensive ingredients for them; if it was a cold winter, they were a little stretched thin recently because she had bought him very expensive books on her own initiative, which was a simple bowl of ginger soup to ward off the cold.

"Master, you're back!"