After dinner, the old loach broke the children apart, pulled Madu into the back room, took out a wooden box from the cupboard, opened it, and almost blinded Madu.

There are some gold and silver jewelry, as well as jade bracelets, gold leaves, silver ingots and the like.

Ma Du was surprised: "Grandpa, you went to rob again?!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he received a slap on the shoulder, and the old man said with a straight face: "I love to talk nonsense, our family is now a clean and innocent family, and we can still do the things we used to do, which was sent by the princess herself." ”

"Sister sent it?"

"Yes, she said that you will definitely make the little character not return to the palace, so she sent it over. Grandpa knows everything, isn't it just an iron mine, our family now has food and drink, what do you want to do with those things, since the prince can use it, we will give it to him, since it is a relative, there must be a relationship, we should help him. ”

The old man is quite generous this time, and his words are also domineering, and it seems to be very reasonable, as it should be between relatives, but there is no reason for poor relatives to help rich relatives.

The old loach held the box, "I want to see, these things are the private money of the woman's family at the bottom of the box." I don't dare to call the shots, so I'm waiting for you to come back and get an idea, I see that this thing can't be wanted, you can send it back to the princess tomorrow. ”

Ma Du said: "Grandpa, don't worry, I'll send it back to Sister tomorrow." "Don't look at Ma Dajia as a princess, but you can't spend it casually if you want to, and there is a fixed amount of money every month.

Because she is a regular wife and is responsible for raising five children, her monthly money is much more than Lao Zhu's other women, and Ma Du even suspects that Lao Zhu is trying to stuff the children on Ma Dajia's side in order to increase the monthly money for his wife.

Ma Dajia's monthly money is not small, but there are also many people who fight the autumn wind, such as Zhu Wenying's wife, who often brings dolls over to eat and take.

Zhu Wenying doesn't have much, but there are a lot of maids and wives in the family, he is the most rule-abiding and does not dare to make black money like others, and he is a good face and is unwilling to accept the help of the Yue family, so he often does not have enough expenses.

These things are definitely at the bottom of the box, and Ma Du can't ask for them, otherwise he won't have to be a man.

"Grandpa has one more happy event to say." The old man took out a small wooden box from the cabinet, there were only two pieces of paper in it, and Ma Du took it and saw that there were two land deeds, one of which was more than 200 acres of good paddy fields given to him by Ma Dajia, and the other was 500 acres of dry land, and the names on the title deeds were all his names.

"Grandpa, what are you doing?"

The old man said: "Don't worry, I'm old, and the loess is almost buried in my neck, what do you want these things to do." The one who buckled the rope also wanted to save something for you to keep. The girls are always going to get married, and the little turtle can't hold up the door like that, even if he gives him thousands of family wealth, it's useless, with you, he can't eat a bite. ”

Ma Du smiled: "Grandpa, don't think about it, of course I won't leave my younger siblings alone, and the little turtle is not what you think." This kid is very smart, and he is a good seedling of reading. I've been thinking about sorting out what I've learned and teaching them a few,"

"Really?!" The old man sighed again, "Forget it, the little turtle is like a piece of wood, and besides, you have great skills, if he can learn it, it would be weird." The old loach suddenly closed the door, lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "I heard that your grandfather, didn't you say that I, a bad old man, can go to heaven?" Is it a fairy? ”

Ma Du was surprised and asked, "Who are you listening to?" ”

"When the princess came two days ago, she chatted a few words. And when I went to chase that stupid big guy just now, I talked to him a few words, and he said that he saw you fly down from the sky with his own eyes......"

Unexpectedly, Ma Dajia also likes to chatter, so Ma Du had to tell the lies he had told many times before and combined with the life experience that Lao Zhu and his wife had speculated and fabricated. Although he was already trying to make things as ordinary as possible, the old loach was still dumbfounded.

Ma Du had no choice but to change the topic, lest he be cranky, he took out the title deed of the dry field and asked, "Grandpa, is this land also given by the eldest sister?" ”

"Oh!" The old man finally came back to his senses, looked at the title deed, and the old man's face was full of pride, "This is the happy event I want to tell you, this land was just bought by me." ”

"So much money from you?"

"The one hundred taels you gave, of course, this is still a lot worse, and the landlord said that the rest of the silver can be paid back slowly."

"Aren't you using the name of the palace to oppress people?"

The old loach waved his hand again and again, "I don't dare to ruin the reputation of the princess, you listen to me slowly." ”

It turned out that the more than 500 acres of dry land and the more than 200 acres of paddy fields belonged to the same family, and the paddy fields were sold to the royal government, and only the dry fields were left in their hands. The steward of the landlord's family said that the output of these dry fields was low, and they could barely feed the former tenants, and it was also chicken ribs to keep them, and asked the old loach if he was willing to take over, and said that the silver could be returned slowly if he was not in a hurry.

What kind of person is the old loach, seeing the land is like seeing your father, where to care about what paddy fields and dry fields, and don't agree to the good things sent to the door.

"The villagers are all old and weak, women and children, more than 200 acres of land divided into a family of more than ten acres, now planting wheat is good to say, and the next year can plant seedlings to break the waist. I discussed with the villagers, and everyone agreed that when planting rice next year, we could ask for a few acres less, and then give them some dry land, and they could plant some wheat, beans, sorghum and so on. Xiaodu is talking to you, what do you think! ”

The old loach stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Ma Du's eyes, and Ma Du came back to his senses, "Grandpa, when Sister Ah came, did the steward of the landlord's family see her car?" ”

Lao Ni smiled embarrassedly, "Of course I saw it, and I asked the villagers." Otherwise, how could such a good thing fall to our family, but I didn't use the name of the palace to scare people, it was someone who was willing. "The old man who dared to love was pretending to be confused.

Seeing that Ma Du didn't speak, he lowered his head, "If you don't like it, grandpa won't be greedy for other people's cheapness in the future." ”

"The grandson is not angry, but there are some things that should not be accepted, whether it is the prince or the princess, they don't like this very much, maybe they will get into trouble."

The old man sighed and said, "I can see that the princess doesn't want me to get too close to you, because she is afraid that I will delay your future." I just can't control this hand, and I always want to take the things that are sent to the door, and I'll send them back tomorrow. ”

Ma Du comforted: "I understand Sister's thoughts, not what Grandpa thinks. There is no need to return the land, it is said that it was bought, and we will return the money to them after we earn it. By the way, how much do we owe people? ”

The old man stretched out two fingers tremblingly, "More than two thousand ......"

If it weren't for the fear of scaring the old man, Ma Du really wanted to spit out a mouthful of blood, and two days ago he was thinking about the delicacies of the mansion and the sea, and in a blink of an eye, he owed more than 2,000 taels of silver, so how could Ma Du be embarrassed!

"Silver is a piece of! Lao Tzu has a way to make money! Madu fell asleep.

Zhang Wuliu, who was guarding the door, looked up at the dark night sky and said to himself: "It's okay, it's not a pipe dream!" ”

After breakfast the next day, Madu made a carriage and went into the city, the weather was already clear, the autumn air was crisp, and a breath of cool air was refreshing.

Chang Mao lifted the curtains of the car, and Ma Du on the opposite side asked: "Didn't you say yesterday that you wouldn't enter the city for a while, why did you suddenly want to go back." ”

"Gotta go! Don't you miss the Qinhuai River too? ”

"There are some thoughts, but if you don't go, it won't be interesting for me to go alone."

Ma Du said: "Go, why don't you go, I still have a task to give you, you come to the carriage." ”

Chang Mao got into the carriage, Ma Du whispered at him, Chang Mao retreated, "What are you asking for?" Aren't you uninterested in women? ”

"Who said that I have no interest in women, no matter how bad my reputation is, be careful that I will clean you up, and you will help me find a good carpenter."

"Good! What is this, wrap it up on me! Chang Mao patted his chest and promised.

After entering the city, Madu parted ways with Chang Mao, one went to Wu Wangfu and the other went to Qinhuai River.

"Sister, I'm back!"

Ma Dajia was making clothes, Zhu Xiaosi and Zhu Xiaowu were lying on the table eating, seeing Ma Du coming, the two villains called Uncle in a milky voice, and continued to lie on the table to eat in their mouths, looking at their listless appearance, they knew that they had just gotten up, pouting one by one, and they were not small when they got up. You can guess with your toes that Zhu Xiaosi tossed Zhu Xiaowu again last night.

Ma Dajia put down his clothes and looked at Ma Du, "Brother is here so soon, I thought it would be afternoon." ”

"Hey, does Sister know I'm coming?" Madu asked suspiciously.

"Yes!" Ma Dajia took the box in Ma Du's hand, put it back on her dresser, and said with a smile: "Sister's private money is not so easy to get, don't you send it back quickly, do you want to keep it for the New Year." I'm afraid that you will hold your breath and stay in the countryside and not come back. ”

Belch...... Ma Dajia used a good routine, which caught Ma Du off guard, and the warm sister who said yes was also a loss to Ma Du who was moved last night.

Ma Du felt that it was very unfair, why people could kill all sides and play with the court, and why they couldn't even understand a small routine when they came to themselves.

Ma Dajia opened the jewelry box, wiped it carefully with a cloth, inserted it on his head, and took a photo, "Sister is a princess anyway, there must be a few decent pieces of jewelry for the prince to support the table, is Sister so good-looking?" ”

"Beautiful!" Madu smiled and nodded back. Ma Dajiao is tall and tall, with standard facial features, although the skin is slightly darker, but it does not affect the senses, the key is that the dignified temperament is not available to everyone, and it will be regarded as a beauty in terms of aesthetics in future generations. But in terms of the aesthetics of this era, she is definitely not a beauty, that is, because she is a princess, no one dares to say that she is ugly.

Ma Dajia spat out, "You will coax me with a clear conscience." "I don't know why, Ma Dajia will be very relaxed in front of Ma Du, even if he is close to Zhu Wenying, he occasionally has to carry his mother's shelf, but Ma Du has no such concerns.

"Eldest sister, I've wronged me, I'm telling the truth. Huan Fei Yan and thin have their own states, there has never been a unified standard for beauty, in our place, Sister A is a beauty who captivates the country and the city. "It's an exaggeration, but it's not an undisciplined pat on the horse.

Ma Dajia covered her mouth and chuckled, since ancient times, what woman doesn't like others to praise her beauty, and the virtuous queen is no exception, seeing her smile so happily will not be the first time someone praises her like this.

Suddenly, an aggressive voice came from behind him, "Where are you there!" ”

was asked about the biggest secret in his heart, Ma Du was startled, and subconsciously turned to look, only to see Lao Zhu standing behind him, a pair of tiger eyes looking at him, which made people's hearts tremble, is this the legendary king's overlordship?

Seeing Ma Du's stunned expression, Lao Zhu suddenly laughed, patted Ma Du's shoulder, and teased: "Is my brother still complaining that my brother-in-law took your iron ore?" ”

"There is no matter, just an iron mine, how can the little brother take it to heart."

Lao Zhu nodded Ma Du with his hand, "Brother can't help it, if it weren't for your sister to send all the private rooms at the bottom of the box, I'm afraid you wouldn't be here today." ”

Ma Dajia asked, "Why did the prince come here so early today?" ”

"I heard that the steward said that Xiaodu was here, so I came over and had a few drinks with him. It's almost the hour, so let's eat at your place at noon. ”

"I'm just getting a meal, so I'm going to ask someone to bring it over."

"Father!" The two little ones got up from the dinner table, their mouths were full, and their words were slurred, and Zhu Xiaosi also stuffed the food in his mouth with his fingers, for fear of falling off.

Lao Zhu responded, "When you're full, go outside to play, but you are not allowed to run far, and the old forty must not break the head of the fifth child again." Lao Zhu shook his head, looking like he had a headache for Zhu Xiaosi.

The table was cleaned up, and the wine and food came up quickly, all of which were Ma Du's usual favorite dishes, and it seemed that Ma Dajia had really prepared for it.

Lao Zhu and Ma Du ate and chatted, after three rounds of wine and five flavors, they were already hot in a short time, Lao Zhu suddenly asked: "How does Brother know that there is an iron mine in Taiping Mansion?" ”

Ma Du put down his chopsticks and replied: "Listen to what grandpa said, when the younger brother and grandpa traveled together in Yingtian, and then went west along the river, when passing by the quarry, grandpa said that there was an iron mine over there, and the younger brother wrote it down, but I didn't expect it to really exist." ”

Lao Zhu said with a smile: "The old layman's eyes are like torches, he said that there is nature, haha...... Here it is, drink! Lao Zhu squeaked and drank the wine in the wine cup, which was no different from the old farmer who was greedy for wine in the countryside, "I think if you don't make a sound when you drink, this wine will not be fragrant, which makes my brother laugh." ”

"What's this, my little brother often eats with a greasy mouth and juice splashing, and my sister reprimands me a lot."

Lao Zhu put down his glass and said, "Speaking of which, we are all our own family, but there is a sentence that I don't know if to ask?"

Ma Du got up and said, "Brother-in-law, excuse me, the younger brother knows everything, and he has nothing to say." ”

Lao Zhu pulled Ma Du to sit down, "Actually, it's nothing, my brother-in-law is just curious, where is the old layman sacred?" ”

Here it comes! It's finally here! With Lao Zhu's suspicious character, this question will have to be asked sooner or later, and Ma Du will give him a clear answer sooner or later, but fortunately, Ma Du has been prepared in his heart.

Ma Du smiled: "I have already told Sister A about this question, grandpa is not sacred, he is a human being, a living person, just like you and me." ”

Lao Zhu immediately asked: "Where are you from!" What people! ”

"Song people! Those who have lost their country!"

Lao Zhu was upset, "What does Brother mean by this?" ”

You can't blame Lao Zhu for being anxious, although the Han and Song Dynasty courts are dead in name, after all, the name is still there, and his Lao Zhu is still nominally a courtier of the Han and Song courts, so it's strange if he doesn't react when he hears this.

Ma Du hurriedly explained: "Brother-in-law misunderstood, the Song that the younger brother said is not the Song of my brother-in-law!" ”

Lao Zhu and Ma Dajia's eyes widened, and they said in unison: "Isn't that Song dead!" ”

"That's why the younger brother said that he was a person who died in the country, although Song is dead, but the Song people are still there!"

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