Chapter Twenty-Seven: Sending People to Grievances Under the Fence
Ma Xiuying stood silently in the garden in a daze, the heat had passed, the lotus flowers in the pond were gradually withering, some of the buds were still blooming tenaciously, some petals had been stacked with the withered residual leaves and floated on the water, the green and brown stalks were skewed in the mud, and a few koi were pecking and playing near the stalks. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The autumn wind is up, the dust is flying, and the white cotton skirt is inevitably stained with dust, Ma Xiuying wiped the cotton skirt and sighed silently, this dress has to be washed again, I just don't know if it can be dried overnight in such weather.
When a loved one dies in the family, as a child, he should keep filial piety for three years. Da Zhang's family did not allow Ma Xiuying to pay tribute to her father and mother openly in the mansion, saying that this would attract the attention of the government, and it was difficult to explain who died in the mansion, but in fact, it was suspected that Ma Xiuying was wearing linen and filial piety and looked unlucky, and Liu Dashan was not her relative, so what did she have to do with her death.
Ma Xiuying was teary-eyed, begging Guo Zixing bitterly, and finally won the right to wear white, but it was just a thin cotton skirt.
The cotton skirt was suddenly blown up by the wind, and suddenly it clung to the body, and the cold air of the bones was pervasive. Ma Xiuying was secretly worried, if Da Zhang refused to buy a white winter coat for herself, she could only cover her cotton skirt outside.
Next door to the garden is the brightly lit hall, the people inside do not feel the cold, and the wind brings laughter from time to time, which is Guo Zixing's family enjoying the joy of family. Every time at this time, Ma Xiuying will quietly disappear in front of everyone, that kind of atmosphere has no qualifications for her to integrate, and that kind of happiness does not belong to her, because she is just an orphan girl under the fence.
"Xiuying, I have a few pieces of osmanthus cake here, you can take them and eat them. A gentle voice interrupted Ma Xiuying's melancholy, and Xiao Zhang came to her side at some point and was looking at her with concern.
"Thank you, stepmother. Ma Xiuying was not polite, took the pastry and put it in her mouth. She used a very small amount of each meal, the eldest girl and the younger girl ate too many snacks, but she was because the servant deliberately only served half a bowl of rice. This is very unfair to a developing child, but Da Zhang's can use the reason that several girls have about the same amount of food to prevaricate Guo Zixing and block Ma Xiuying's mouth.
"It's windy outside, go back to the house early to rest. Xiao Zhang said a few words, shook her head and left, she was soft-spoken, and there were not many people who could help Ma Xiuying.
Ma Xiuying is still grateful to this kind woman, when she caused Guo Tianjue to drop two baby teeth, this woman didn't say a word of blame, and now she has become an orphan taken in by Guo Fu, but this woman who was ignored by her reached out to help, no eyes looking down on her, no mocking words, only silent help. This trace of warmth touched Ma Xiuying and wanted to cry, perhaps only this woman's care came from the heart, without any attempt.
There was an estrangement in her heart, and Ma Xiuying's feelings for Guo Zixing's family had a subtle change. She is still called Guo Zixing's father, but she doesn't have any gratitude in her heart. Da Zhang's doesn't want to see herself, she doesn't recognize herself, and she just doesn't have to call her stepmother. Xiao Zhang is kind to himself, so why not call him a stepmother. As for what sisters and brothers, hehe, I'm sorry, her father and mother only gave birth to her.
This kind of silent protest made Da Zhang's hatred of Ma Xiuying even more, she was the housewife, Ma Xiuying's respect for Xiao Zhang's as her stepmother was not a blatant slap in the face. She complained and abused countless times in Guo Zixing's ear.
Guo Zixing was busy with the uprising, how could he be in the mood to care about the trivialities of these inner houses, and he felt a little guilty about Ma Xiuying about the death of Liu Dashanren, so he always said vaguely: "You don't really want to recognize this righteous daughter, why bother what she calls it, just treat it as an idler at home." ”
"I don't recognize her, but I can't let her be so presumptuous! You are her stepfather, and my sister is her stepmother, so what am I? Which backyard is such a rule?" Da Zhang's roar resounded through the Guo Mansion.
Guo Zixing asked strangely: "Why is she presumptuous? You don't recognize her, why does she call you stepmother? If you recognize her, I will immediately ask her to change her mind." ”
Da Zhang's speech, and then he went crazy, breaking a room of things. ordered the servants in the palace to be harsh on Ma Xiuying, let Ma Xiuying eat leftovers, wear old clothes, and not put ice in summer and charcoal in winter. At the same time, he ordered his children not to be close to Ma Xiuying, and especially warned Guo Tianxu not to show favor to Ma Xiuying.
Guo Daya and Guo Xiaoya have always been unpleasant to Ma Xiuying, and with the support of Da Zhang's family, they spared no effort to make Ma Xiuying stumble, at first they used Da Zhang's orders to make Ma Xiuying do all kinds of miscellaneous things, and after being beaten honestly for a few days, they changed to cynicism and ridicule Ma, and even wrote poems to humiliate Ma Xiuying. "Fate with Xingke parents, eating and living for nothing is annoying, the behavior is vulgar and ugly, and the roar of the lion in Hedong shook the sky" Such nonsense poems spread all over Guo Mansion within two days and became the talk of everyone laughing at Ma Xiuying.
If you are an ordinary woman, she may swallow her anger and silently bear the grievances under the fence, but who is Ma Xiuying? She is willing to suffer in vain when she is able to be literate, capable of martial arts, and wise and brave? Wendou, we have thousands of years of culture as the backing; martial arts, we can even beat a strong man as strong as my father, and we will be afraid of two girls?
If you want her to do things, you can, ask Guo Zixing to speak, without Guo Zixing's instructions, no one wants to call her, but she is also the daughter of Guo Zixing himself.
Cao Zhi had to walk seven steps to recite a poem, Ma Xiuying didn't even take a step, just looked at Guo Daya and Guo Xiaoya contemptuously, and gave them a quatrain, "Goose, goose, goose, big girl sings to the sky, little girl floats in green water, and her feet are plucked." "Alas, if Luo Bingwang's poem is used on two vulgar women, will Mr. Luo be so angry that he will come to life?
"You're a goose! Your whole family is a goose!" Guo Daya and Guo Xiaoya were so angry that tears rolled down, turned around and ran to the courtyard of the Da Zhang family, and went to complain again.
Ma Xiuying sneered, if you don't want to be a goose, be a duck!
"Ah, yes, yes, help! Why are there so many bees in the house, get rid of these bees!" After a while, the panicked screams of the woman were frequently heard from Da Zhang's room, and the maid and the maid were in a mess.
Ma Xiuying licked the honey on her index finger, and thanked the Guo sisters for complaining, so that Da Zhang's family also enjoyed the feeling of being stung. It's just a pity that such sweet honey was ruined by the clothes of the two stinky girls. It turned out that Ma Xiuying had just taken advantage of the fact that the Guo sisters were not paying attention and secretly smeared a little honey on their backs, and the bees naturally swarmed when they smelled the smell.
"Ma Xiuying, are you the ghost?" Da Zhang appeared murderously with his two daughters and several servants, his red and swollen cheeks looming between his messy sideburns.
"What did Madame say?" Xiuying didn't understand. Ma Xiuying, who had already licked the honey clean and destroyed the evidence, spread her hands seriously, looked at everyone innocently, and smiled in her heart.
"Don't let me catch the evidence, otherwise I'll pick your skin!" Looking at Ma Xiuying's clean hands, Da Zhang couldn't find a clue, so he could only throw down a threatening word and leave angrily.
Ma Xiuying sat on the stone bench in a daze: It can't go on like this, it's a waste of time to fight with the two sisters of the Da Zhang family and the Guo family all day long, it's better to think about how to take revenge and leave this indifferent Guo Mansion as soon as possible.
In the past, Ma Xiuying could grow up carefree and didn't have to worry about anything, but after her father and mother died, Ma Xiuying immediately felt the warmth and warmth of human affection. Although there was still a stepfather Guo Zixing to take care of her, did the stepfather really care about her? He knew that his wife and daughter were bullying her, but he ignored her; every time he summoned her, he did not ask her if she was doing well or whether she was happy, but only asked her to go to the farm and repeatedly perform the "great supernatural powers" tricks for those uncles and uncles who had just joined the gang.
Ma Xiuying, who couldn't see hope, was tired and tired, she didn't want to be a pawn to be used again, she wanted revenge! Her enemy was not the Yuan Dynasty, she knew that the Yuan Dynasty would eventually be replaced by the Ming Dynasty, her enemy was her cousin, the landlord Liu who betrayed her father and seized her family property!
Ma Xiuying once begged Guo Zixing to send a few heroes and himself to Su County to assassinate Landlord Liu, but Guo Zixing refused. He is now more enthusiastic about building up his own power, and he is afraid that killing Landlord Liu will attract the attention of the Yuan people and damage his own interests. He believes that in the face of major rights and wrongs, personal grievances can be put aside, and the vows made can not be counted for the time being.
Since Guo Zixing was unwilling to help her sincerely, she would find her own way.
Ma Xiuying scribbles on the ground with a tree branch, hoping to find a way to get revenge. She wrote down all the major events that happened at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty that she remembered in her previous life. She didn't learn history well, she could only look for clues from these barely remembered events, maybe she should leave the Guo family and go to someone who could really help her.
Genghis Khan of the Yuan Dynasty and Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty...... The branch suddenly stopped on Zhu Yuanzhang's name, and Ma Xiuying's hand trembled faintly, as if the floodgate of the flood had been opened, and memories poured out. She remembered that Zhu Yuanzhang had only one bigfoot queen in his life, she remembered Zhu Yuanzhang's queen name Ma Xiuying, and she remembered that this Queen Ma seemed to be Guo Zixing's daughter......
Ma Xiuying, who burst into tears for a moment, suspected that she was dreaming, but the fact that Guo Zixing's daughter Ma Xiuying told her that she might really be the Queen Ma, so she had to wait for someone to appear, a man named Zhu Yuanzhang. Is this what God meant for her to be reborn?
Ma Xiuying, who was dazed a quarter of an hour ago, was completely messy, she never thought that the words of the magic stick to fool her father would become a prophecy, and she could really become a queen in the future. However, she didn't know that on the first day of her birth, this Zhu Yuanzhang ran to her house to cheat, and her future husband was one of the two magic sticks she had sworn to catch, and she didn't know that it was this Zhu Yuanzhang who saved her life in the danger of being kidnapped when she was a child.
It's a wonderful fate, isn't it?