Chapter 108: Self-help
Grandma Leopard put away the pair of jade bracelets and a few love poems and went to the door.
Mother Qian blew out the lights in Ma Ya's house and closed Ma Ya's door.
When Grandma Leopard saw her come out, she whispered to her at the door: "This matter is very important, don't make a noise with them after you go out, wait for my father-in-law and mother-in-law to come back to Mingming, and then make a decision, you can't say it to anyone during this period, not even your family, do you hear?" β
"Yes, Grandma, you don't know who I am? I'm not going to talk nonsense! Qian's mother replied in a low voice.
When the grandmother got outside, a group of mothers surrounded her, and the grandmother didn't say anything, so she went back, and everyone followed, and Qian Ma still closed the gate of Ma Ya's courtyard and walked a few steps to follow them.
Someone whispered to Qian's mother: "Ma Ya will be fine here, right?" β
"What do you say?!" Qian Ma asked rhetorically, but she didn't say anything.
Everyone didn't speak anymore, thinking that the Ma Ya inside was unhappy, and Qian Ma was scolded by Ma Ya, so Qian Ma was emotional!
Early in the morning, before the uncle and the wife got up, Grandma Leopard came over to wait in the living room.
When the uncle and the eldest lady got up and got dressed, a maid lifted the door curtain, and another maid came in with washing water, Grandma Leopard stretched out her hand and said to the two maids: "You all go out, I am waiting for you here!" β
The maid knew that the grandmother had something to say to the uncle and the wife, and they had to avoid it, so they all went out and went on other things.
"Found out?" The eldest lady rubbed her eyes and asked.
The eldest grandmother handed the towel to the uncle, and whispered: "Find out, father, mother, who do you guess this person is?" β
"Who?" The uncle took the towel and turned his head to look at Grandma Leopard suspiciously.
"Ma Ya!" Grandma Leopard said mysteriously: "I didn't expect it, right? β
"What? Ma Ya?! The two exclaimed in unison.
Then the eldest lady said to herself, "How is this possible? β
"Are you sure?!" The uncle threw the towel into the basin and asked Grandma Leopard.
"Now, this is what the old lady used to wear, and it was all searched, and it was found in Ma Ya's package! Mother, do you see if it's the pair of jade bracelets that the old lady has worn?! As she spoke, Grandma Leopard handed over the pair of jade bracelets to the eldest lady, and Grandma Leopard handed a few pieces of letterhead to the uncle and said, "Dad, there is this, I don't know who wrote it to Ma Ya, and it was also found in his package!" β
The uncle read the love poems, and then looked at the pair of jade bracelets in the hands of the eldest lady, and the uncle was a little confused.
Will Ma Ya steal things?
These love poems, the uncle was not so surprised.
For the uncle, this is nothing, he himself is this passerby, can he still say that others go?!
But he thinks that these young people are hypocritical, if it is a different uncle, he will finish things first, and then talk about it, and then meet later, he thinks that he wants to have any mood, happy, isn't that it!
However, whether it is Zhou Daqing or Rong'er, it is understandable that young people are a little emotional.
But the uncle still thinks Ma Ya is naΓ―ve, they boys write it, you Ma Ya doesn't burn it after reading it, why do you want to keep such a scourge to make trouble for yourself?!
The uncle took the pair of jade bracelets handed over by the eldest lady, yes, this is the pair of jade bracelets of the old lady.
The uncle thought that a few days ago, Ma Ya was still making suggestions for Sun Fu and made a great contribution, for which the uncle also rewarded Ma Ya with twenty taels of silver.
But in a blink of an eye, Ma Ya became a thief?!
The uncle thought about it, then asked Grandma Leopard with a cold face: "Who else knows?" Did everyone who went to check last night know about it? β
"No, Dad, only Mother Qian knows about this, and I didn't let the rest of them into Ma Ya's yard!" Grandma Leopard replied.
"That's good, in this way, you immediately ask Mother Qian to keep her mouth shut now, and don't mention this matter to anyone until you investigate it clearly!" Uncle hurriedly said.
"Dad, don't worry, I already explained to her yesterday. I also thought about this strange thing, how could Ma Ya steal the old lady's things? But the things just turned out in her package, which I don't understand! As she spoke, Grandma Leopard unconsciously straightened out her already neat clothes.
"Ma Ya, what did she say herself?" The eldest lady took the uncle's washing water, washed her face, and asked Grandma Leopard.
"Ma Ya said that it was given to her by the old lady!" Grandma Leopard said.
"It's just nonsense, the old lady would give her such a valuable thing? The old lady is not confused! On the night before the old lady died, she called me and talked to me a lot, and the old lady was very sober! The eldest lady emphasized again: "The old lady understands very well, and she has never been confused!" β
"Who's to say it isn't?!" Grandma Leopard said: "But that's what Ma Ya said, and the things were turned out, she didn't panic at all!" β
"Where's the Ma Ya people?" Uncle asked.
"I asked Mother Qian to tie her up last night, and now she is still on the bed in her room!" Grandma Leopard said: "If I don't tie her up, I'm afraid that she will really steal it, and I feel ashamed to kill myself, so what's the matter?!" β
The uncle thought about it, and said to Grandma Leopard: "Na, you now hurry up and ask Mother Qian to untie her to me, if you are afraid that she will have any accidents, let Mother Qian follow her, watch her finish breakfast, and then bring her to see me!" β
"Okay, I'll go!"
Grandma Leopard hurried back with her legs and feet, returned to her yard, saw that Qian Ma had already come, and saw the other two little maids sweeping the floor in the yard, and when she came back, they all stopped and waited for her to enter the house and sweep again.
She went up and whispered a few words to Qian's mother, who nodded again and again, and then went to Ma Ya's side.
As soon as Qian's mother entered Ma Ya's yard, she plugged in the courtyard door.
Qian Ma first walked around, but found no abnormality, and no one came. Mother Qian entered Ma Ya's room at this time, she stepped forward to untie Ma Ya on the bed, and said softly: "Master, what can I do for you now?" β
Ma Ya moved her legs and feet, erected a lazy waist, then got up and put on her coat, and said sleepily: "Mother Qian, you will inform Aunt Wang later, and ask her not to spread the news of my arrest, in addition, even if the outside knows, hand the message in, without my words, don't move outside, I have a reason!" β
"Yes!" Mother Qian waited for Ma Ya to wash her face and comb her hair, and said to Ma Ya: "Wait for you to finish eating, Uncle wants me to take you over!" β
"Does the third lady know about this?" Ma Ya asked.
"Now Grandma Leopard and Uncle and Mrs. know it, and no one else knows!" Qian Ma said: "Master, do you need me to inform the third wife about this?" β
Ma Ya thought about it for a while, and then said, "You've only been here for a few years, don't be too troublesome!" I don't need you to tell me, I have my own way. β
"Alas!" Qian's mother agreed.
A sentence must be inserted here, as mentioned earlier, Feng Qinghui decided to stuff more eyeliner into Sun Mansion in order to make Ma Ya safer.
But the former prince's adviser said that it was best to put people next to important people in the Sun Mansion.
Who matters. Of course, it is the side of the old man, the old lady, the eldest lady, the eldest grandson, leopard and others.
So at that time, Feng Qinghui asked Qian's mother to pretend to be a village woman, and spent money to support Grandma Leopard's mother's family, so that Qian's mother was by Grandma Leopard's side.
Since Mother Qian was Feng Qinghui who asked her to break into the Sun Mansion and protect Ma Ya, this Mother Qian naturally has some skills, so she has been in for less than two years, and she has been very reused by Grandma Leopard!
Feng Qinghui asked people to report Ma Ya as soon as possible, saying that Qian Ma is her own person, don't worry!
Of course, at that time, Ma Ya didn't need her at all, and she didn't have much contact with Qian's mother.
I see it every day, and Ma Ya doesn't talk to her much!
inserted such a paragraph, which also shows that Qian Ma was arranged by Feng Qinghui, and it can be seen from this that Feng Qinghui's people are really pervasive!
Getting back to the point, it is said that when Ma Ya takes care of herself, she followed Qian Ma to have breakfast, and when she came to the uncle's yard, the uncle asked Ma Ya to take her to his study, and then the uncle said to a mother: "No one is allowed to approach the study half a step without my permission!" β
The mother agreed, and moved a stool and sat on the edge of the round doorway and looked at it.
The uncle entered the study and said to Ma Ya straight to the point: "Ma Ya, explain to me, why did the old lady give you a jade bracelet?" β
Ma Ya didn't speak, she looked at the uncle.
"Why don't you speak? Cat got your tongue? Uncle said.
Ma Ya still looked at the uncle, but still didn't speak.
"So, you really stole the jade bracelet?" Uncle said angrily.
"I didn't steal it, it was given to me by the old lady!" Ma Ya said calmly.
"Then tell me, why did the old lady give you a jade bracelet?" The uncle softened his tone a little and asked.
Ma Ya's most difficult thing is this, she doesn't know how to explain it to the uncle, so as soon as the uncle asks this, she can only choose to shut up!
"Okay, you said it was given by the old lady, then let me ask you, do you know how much this pair of jade bracelets is worth? Well? The uncle's anger is getting bigger and bigger: "You are just talking nonsense, you are delusional, the old lady will give you such a pair of jade bracelets?!" β
Ma Ya still didn't speak, so the uncle slapped the table and shouted, "What about you, are you dumb?" Tell me, how did you steal?! β
Ma Ya saw that the uncle was angry, so she said slowly: "I don't know how much it's worth, but the old lady told me that if you take it as a pawn, you can't take it for five thousand taels of silver!" β
Ma Ya's words made the uncle stunned!
The uncle frowned, he remembered that when Ma Ya first entered the mansion, the old lady called him to ask some details of how to buy Ma Ya, and at that time, the old lady seemed to have some suspicions about Ma Ya. Later, the uncle also felt that Ma Ya was suspicious.
It is precisely because of this that the uncle did not let Grandma Leopard disclose the fact that Ma Ya stole the jade bracelet.
This matter is too strange, he has to ask Ma Ya personally before making a decision.
The uncle's anger just now, that is, the bluff, he wanted to see what Ma Ya's reaction was.
But Ma Ya has always been calm and composed, but now that he was forced out of this sentence, the uncle was empty-hearted.
The uncle's heart is weak because he believes that this pair of jade bracelets must have been given to Ma Ya by the old lady.
You know, the old lady once wore this pair of jade bracelets to show off to the wife of Beppu, saying that it didn't look inconspicuous, but it was a treasure.
When the old lady was still in her mother's house, an antique dealer once estimated the price, and he was willing to take out 10,000 taels of silver to buy this pair of jade bracelets, of course, the old lady's mother's family was not short of money, so she politely declined!
Later, the old lady's father also deliberately took the pair of jade bracelets to the pawnshop, the man didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he called the shopkeeper out, the shopkeeper looked at it, studied for a long time, and then looked at the old lady's father, and said that if it was given to him, he was willing to pay 5,000 taels of silver????????????
Why is the uncle sure that the old lady gave it to Ma Ya, because when Ma Ya entered the house, the old lady rarely wore this pair of jade bracelets, and the old lady was old, and she rarely showed off how valuable her pair of jade bracelets were in front of people.
Ma Ya can say that if she loses it, it will be worth at least 5,000 taels of silver, this is not what the old lady said, how can she estimate it with Ma Ya?!
Now the question is, why did the old lady give Ma Ya a pair of valuable jade bracelets, which the uncle couldn't understand.
You know, just with this pair of jade bracelets, ordinary people can donate it when they get it, and they can change officials to do it!
Thinking of this, the uncle leaned forward and whispered to Ma Ya: "Ma Ya, you must tell me, why did the old lady give you such a valuable gift?" β
"Uncle, if I can speak, do I still need you to ask?" Ma Ya asked the uncle: "You don't want to think about it, the old lady gave me this pair of jade bracelets, and she didn't tell anyone." If she could have told you, she would have done so. You are in charge, the old lady won't tell you, the old lady will allow me to tell you?! I have to keep my promise to the old lady, I can't tell you! β
At these words, the uncle was stunned, he blinked his eyes, and he couldn't speak for a long time.
Seeing the uncle like this, Ma Ya said again: "I said that I stole this jade bracelet, uncle, you don't want to think about it, the old lady's room, I can enter it if I want to?" People with old ladies are all rubbish? Will I be allowed to take the old lady's jade bracelets? Besides, even if the old lady was gone that morning, and the old lady's yard was a mess inside and out, and there were people inside and outside the house, I might take advantage of the chaos to sneak into the old lady's room. But have you ever thought that the old lady would put such a valuable thing in the open eye for me to steal? β
The uncle was stunned by what Ma Ya said.
Ma Ya saw that the uncle was stunned, and felt that she had to get out quickly, otherwise, when she heard that the jade bracelet was taken by Ma Ya, it would be a mess. You have to know that people's mouths, they can say anything, and if they ruin Ma Ya's reputation, Ma Ya will not do it!
Anyway, Ma Ya is still a nineteen-year-old girl, and Ma Ya also wants to save face!
Thinking of this, Ma Ya said to the uncle: "Uncle, do you see what I said right, the old lady has a jewelry box, which is placed in the red sandalwood box, the red sandalwood box is locked, the jewelry box inside the red sandalwood box is also locked, the key has been on the old lady, and it was taken away by Grandma Leopard that morning, and many people have seen it." With just these two locks, let alone me, even if it is a snitch, he wants to take this pair of jade bracelets from the jewelry box, do you think he can do it in a short time? Not to mention that there are so many pairs of eyes staring! β
"How did you know that the old lady had such a box and a jewelry box? And it's locked? The uncle frowned and asked Ma Ya.
"When the old lady called me into the room and gave me the jade bracelet, I saw it with my own eyes!" Ma Ya said.
"The old lady is usually in the hall, why does she call you into the room? The old lady's room, you think anyone can get into? The uncle asked.
"This ????????????" Ma Ya was a little embarrassed, she wanted to speak and stopped.
"Say?" Uncle urged.
"Uncle, aren't you asking knowingly? Didn't you already know that you came back from Beicheng last time? Ma Ya said.
"What do I know? I know a lot of things, which one is it?! Uncle rolled his eyes and said.
When Ma Ya saw the uncle like this, she was a little angry in her heart, and thought, you forced me.
So Ma Ya said: "The old lady came to me because the old lady wanted the right of the wife to manage this family." The old lady told me that you have given up the right to be the wife's housekeeper, so that you have no reason to discuss things with your wife, uncle????????????"
"Who told you to say this?" Uncle died of embarrassment, he didn't expect Ma Ya to say this, he didn't know whether to reprimand Ma Ya for a while, or to coax her!
"Uncle, isn't this what you forced me to say? Do you think, can you tell me in public, the old lady will naturally call me into her room, and the other sisters will not be allowed to enter????????????"
"Alright, alright, alright!" The uncle hurriedly interrupted Ma Ya's words.
The uncle felt that he was good with the third wife, and it was a shame to be told by an outsider and a subordinate, so he said to Ma Ya: "Okay, about this pair of jade bracelets, I believe you didn't steal it, but how do you explain this?" β
The uncle took out the letterheads and spread them out in front of Ma Ya.
Ma Ya looked at it, lowered her head and stopped talking!
In fact, Ma Ya was secretly happy in her heart.
The matter about the jade bracelet has finally subsided.
But the uncle forced himself to tell the ugly thing he had with the third wife, and now the uncle has nothing to cover his face, so he takes out this thing to find his shortcomings.
This is exactly what Ma Ya needs.
"Say?" The uncle pretended to be very angry and said, "What's going on?" You explain it to me! β
"That's what the guys wrote to play????????????"
"Writing and playing? Why don't you write it for someone else, but for you? As he spoke, the uncle knocked on the table: "Do you know how serious this problem is? β
Ma Ya understands that Uncle is bluffing.
Uncle has a weak heart, he and the third wife's later relationship, the uncle doesn't know that the old lady came to know!
And the old lady also discussed with Ma Ya how to separate him from the third wife, and the uncle felt that he had lost his face in front of Ma Ya!
Seeing the uncle's situation, Ma Ya wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, no matter what, the uncle was still the head of the Sun Mansion.
The uncle saw that Ma Ya was shocked by himself, and he became more and more energetic, and he said to Ma Ya: "You dare to disobey the rules????????????
Ma Ya felt that he couldn't let the uncle play any longer, otherwise he would really suffer, so Ma Ya snatched the uncle's words and said to the uncle.
"Uncle, you have to come one by one, I didn't steal the jade bracelet, you have to help me clarify it first, otherwise the people below will spread it, I can be sure that it is not me who is unlucky, but will damage the reputation of our house."
The uncle took a breath and thought, yes, whether it is Zhou Daqing or Rong'er, these love poems written to Ma Ya are trivial, even if they shake things out, at most, Rong'er or Zhou Daqing put Ma Ya in the room, and they are also blind.
At the moment, Ma Ya is right, or the matter of this jade bracelet has to be dealt with quickly.
Now the question is, how to explain to the wife and grandmother that this jade bracelet was not stolen by Ma Ya, but given to Ma by the old lady?!
Ma Ya didn't tell herself the reason because the old lady had an explanation, and the old lady didn't want to say the reason at the beginning, there must be an old lady's reason!
The identity of this horse girl is already confusing, who knows what the old lady knows! Uncle thought to himself.
Since Ma Ya said so, the uncle didn't want to ask Ma Ya what the reason for the old lady Ma Ya gave Ma Ya the jade bracelet.
However, now the question is how do you explain it to your wife and grandmothers?
The uncle couldn't think of a way, so he looked at Ma Ya for help!
The uncle coughed dryly, adjusted his tone, and said to Ma Ya in a gentle manner: "Ma Ya, according to you, what should I do about this?" β
"How do I know?!" Ma Ya lowered her head and whispered.
"Look at you, I can't say a word about you? What kind of emotions are you still making at this time? I'll ask the leopard's daughter-in-law to give you a monthly increase in money, isn't that okay? β
After the uncle finished speaking, Ma Ya couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.
When the uncle saw Ma Ya laughing, he also laughed, and the uncle said, "Why don't you say it soon?" When are you still smiling? β
Ma Ya said: "I am my wife's person, you give me to my wife, I have a reason!" β
"Are you sure you're going to fool this thing around?" Uncle asked.
Ma Ya shook her head and said seriously: "No! β
The uncle sighed and said to Ma Ya: "I'll give you a raise????????????
"Give me back the jade bracelet!" Ma Ya stretched out his hand to the uncle.
"To you?" The uncle looked at Ma Ya a little confused, "This is our Sun family's heirloom????????????"
"It was given to me by the old lady!" Ma Ya said in a calm tone.
The uncle thought about it, thought about it again, and felt that what Ma Ya said was right, since the old lady gave it to Ma Ya, then their Sun Mansion could not ask for it back.
Ma Ya saw that the uncle was still thinking, so she said again: "Uncle, that's okay, then you can keep it, I don't want it!" β
"Since it was given to you by the old lady, I naturally want to return it to you!" As the uncle spoke, he wrapped the jade bracelet in cloth and handed it to Ma Ya.
Ma Ya took the jade bracelet, put it away, and pointed to the letterheads: "Give me back that!" β
"Pay you back?" Uncle's eyes widened.
He didn't expect that Ma Ya would ask him for this, he felt that Ma Ya was a little too much, so he said: "I haven't disposed of you yet, you still dare to come and ask for it?" β
"Okay, uncle, then I'm really not sure about smoothing out the jade bracelet this time!" Ma Ya said calmly.
"You dare to threaten me?" The uncle's eyes widened, and he said viciously to Ma Ya.
"Uncle, I'm not threatening you, I'll tell you, this poem was written and played by Qing Ye, then I want to ask you, what do you want to do with me? Match me with a brat? Sell me? Aren't you afraid of being hated? β
Ma Ya said very easily, but when the uncle heard it, he always felt that there was a pressure pressing on him.
Uncle can understand the meaning of Ma Ya's words, who will hate him?
The first is, of course, Zhou Daqing.
Uncle thought, he is an uncle, but he is hated by his nephew because of a maid, why bother?!
The second one who hates himself must be Rong'er.
Besides, I just want to match Ma Ya with a boy, so I can guarantee it?!
Ma Ya is the third wife's person, and Lian'er's person is ????????????
The uncle felt that the horse in front of him was really difficult to deal with, and he had a feeling that he was being held in the palm of his hand.
So the uncle looked at the letterheads and said to Ma Ya: "I don't even bother to care about your, get out!" β
Ma Ya put away the letterhead, and then smiled at the uncle: "Uncle, don't be angry, you send me to the third wife, and I will do my best to smooth out the matter of the jade bracelet for you!" β
The uncle called someone to call Grandma Leopard.
Grandma Leopard came, and the uncle explained a few words to her, and then asked her to hand over Ma Ya to the third lady to deal with.
The uncle waited until they left, and the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, Ma Ya just said that he would help him smooth out the matter of the jade bracelet. How can the matter of this jade bracelet depend on the uncle?!
This dead girl, uncle thought, is really a talent!
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