The tenth episode of Ma Xiugu
But it was said that the fan shouted in front of the Mafu Gate, and it attracted hundreds of onlookers in an instant!
Seeing this scene, the housekeeper Ma Zhong hurriedly went over to pull the fan and the hanging gall!
Ma Shanren was very calm, and didn't seem to blame the two of them in the slightest, but instead reprimanded the hurried housekeeper: "Ma Zhong, what are you doing, don't retreat!"
Ma Shanren cleared his voice and shouted to the crowd watching the excitement: "Folks, everyone may have heard it just now, these two strong brothers have suffered bad luck and asked for Ma someone's door! To be honest, I, Ma Qiang, feel very honored, I think this is worthy of my surname Ma! As the saying goes, 'a man has gold under his knees', and the fact that the two big men are kneeling here in front of so many people shows their deep brotherly affection! For the sake of this friendship, I have helped me to the end!"
Ma Shanren's generous statement caused a burst of cheers from the onlookers!
At this time, a person jumped out of the inner house of the Ma Mansion, as if he heard the noise in front of the mansion, and wanted to go over to join in the fun!
Turning the figure-eight shadow wall, he saw Ma Shanren at a glance, so he tiptoed behind him, patted him lightly on the back, and said crisply: "Dad, you're back!"
Ma Shanren looked back and immediately sank his face, "Aunt Xiu, why is it becoming more and more unorthodox, Dad has something to do! Go back, go back!"
"What kind of business? If you don't go through the yamen and don't see the officials, I'm not allowed to watch the excitement at the door of our house?" Xiu Gu pouted, and her voice was like a silver bell, "What are two big men kneeling here? It's fun...... Dad, what did they do, you punish them to kneel here, these two are my brothers!"
Fan Feng and Hanging Gall were dazzled by this sudden change, and looked up at this person named Xiugu, who actually knew him!
Isn't this the little beggar who was familiar with her when they drank porridge together in front of the gate of Mafu a few days ago? But today's dress is like two people, and the little flower child in the memory of ragged clothes and muddy face has now changed into the eldest lady of Mafu! I saw that she was sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in a pink curly robe, with a Wangxian bun combed on her head, a phoenix hairpin pinned top, ears with gold rings, a face like Fu Fan, and her eyes fluttering, and at a glance, she looked like a cluster of blooming peonies and a delicate begonia! Fan Feng was stunned!
That Xiu Gu and Fan Feng looked at each other, and they didn't feel that their faces were hot, and they flew red!
Seeing this, Ma Shanren not only frowned, but also said sharply: "Girl, in front of the public, how can you call a stranger a brother and a brother, it's just nonsense, and you won't give me a step down!"
"Stand down, retreat, but you don't have to embarrass these two people!" Xiu Gu said and made a grimace at the good man, and at the moment when she turned to leave, she glanced at the fan with tenderness.
Fan Feng couldn't help but tremble, looking at the back of Xiu Gu drifting away, and suddenly remembered an ancient poem that the infatuated husband often recited when he was a child in the school: The sound is like a silver bell through the valley, and the steps are like a spring breeze dancing willows. Chu Chu is pitiful and loving, and his feint anger provokes a hundred flowers to be ashamed!
Fan Feng was in a hurry, and when he was thinking wildly, he only heard Ma Shanren say loudly: "Fellow villagers and neighbors, everyone should disperse! Don't worry, I will start dealing with this matter immediately!" As he spoke, he nodded at the housekeeper, "Ma Zhong, take the two of them to wash up, and then lead them to the study to see me!"
Ma Zhong took the two of them to freshen up and came to the study!
Ma Shanren took a sip of tea, looked the two of them up and down again, and then said to Ma Zhong with a disgusted face: "Waste, after washing, why don't you change the two strong men into clean clothes!"
When Ma Zhong heard this, he looked at Ma Shanren with some surprise, and he was at a loss for a while!
"Forget it, let's go back and change it!Remember, this is the eldest lady's acquaintance, and naturally he is also a distinguished guest of my Ma Mansion!" Ma Shanren said loudly, "Ma Zhong, take this to the account room to pay the money!"
"Hey.......!" Ma Zhong took it suspiciously, glanced at the list, and was even more surprised, wanting to remind the master, but then seeing that Ma Shanren was sipping tea comfortably, the words came to his mouth and swallowed back!
Ma Zhong came to the account room, checked the bills, took out the silver, turned it back and put it on the desk, he couldn't help it: "Master, the silver has been taken, one hundred taels!"
Ma Shanren glanced at Ma Zhong: "One hundred taels, yes, these ninety taels, two strong men took them to save people, and the remaining ten taels were paid to them in advance!"
"Wage?" Fan Feng and Hang Courage listened, his eyes wide open, and he couldn't believe his ears.
"I have decided, how can a righteous person like you beg for food outside? I want you to come to work in my house, I wonder if the two strong men are willing?" Ma Shanren said so sincerely, such a gentle and touching way of speaking even surprised even himself!
When Fan Feng heard this, he quickly knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "Master Ma, you are really a good person, a living bodhisattva, your great kindness, our brothers can only be repaid by being cattle and horses in the next life!"
Seeing this, Ma Shanren owed, "The two strong men are invited to get up quickly, they will be their own family members in the future, don't kowtow at every turn, Ma Zhong, don't pull them up quickly!"
"Tomorrow, the two of you will take the silver to the county government to save people, and the day after tomorrow, you will officially come to work with me! In addition, how many of your brothers are there?" Ma Shanren's words became more and more gentle, and it could be described as gentle!
"In addition to the two of us, there are four people, old and young!" Fan Feng hurriedly continued.
"Then let's do it, let them come together the day after tomorrow, and all six of you will come to work with me!" Ma Shanren said, stretching his waist: "Ma Zhong, take the silver to the two strong men, and take them to retreat!"
"Hey......" Ma Zhong promised in his mouth, but his feet didn't move, "Master, go to the yamen, don't I have to follow?"
"What are you doing with you?" Ma Shanren glared, "Don't be long-winded, I'm a little hungry, go down and prepare lunch, remember, let the two strong men finish lunch before leaving!"
"Hey, I'll arrange it!" Ma Zhong saluted Ma Shanren with a hanging gall and a fan, and retreated with the silver!
Ma Shanren lay down on the chair, let out a sigh, and then said to the screen behind the desk: "Girl, don't hide, come out!"
Ma Xiugu couldn't hold back her laughter when she heard this, "Dad, you're so good!" said and jumped out of the screen and pounced on Ma Shanren.
Unexpectedly, behind Ma Xiugu, a richly dressed woman came out, this person was about thirty-seven or eighteen, her face was extremely white, but her mouth was crooked, her eyes were slanted, she was crazy, and she said in a tone like Xiugu: "Dad, you are so good!"
Xiu Gu Jiao said angrily: "Mother, you learn from me again!"
The woman also said, "Mother, you learn from me again!"
Xiu Gu's eyes rolled, she pointed out the window, and said in a low voice: "Mother, don't be silent, the Dapeng bird is here!"
When the madwoman heard this, she trembled with fright and shrank into a ball!
Seeing this, Ma Shanren's face sank: "Aunt Xiu, why are you scared of your mother again, hurry up and take her back to the inner house!"
After sending away the two most important women in his life, Ma Shanren showed a wry smile on his face!
Fan Feng and Hanging Gall were overjoyed, took the silver and had a full meal, and finally the housekeeper Ma Zhong personally sent the two out of the house!
Walking on the road can be described as overjoyed, although it is mid-autumn, but the two feel that the sun is extraordinarily warm, like the spring of March!
The two chatted while walking, elated, and without much effort, they arrived at the Confucius Temple in front!
From a distance, I saw two people coming out of the temple one after the other, and the one behind was the old golden head, and in front was a strong man! After a few words of greeting, the two of them gave up their hands!
The old golden head was about to return to the temple, when he looked up and saw the fan wind and the hanging gall, and hurriedly greeted him a few steps and said: "You are back, I will tell you a good news, Shanzi and they are saved!"
Hang Dan was very surprised when he heard this: "Uncle Jin, you know so quickly, who told you?"
"Who told me? Didn't you see it just now? The man who came said that he was from the Dragon King Temple of the Daqing River. The old golden head coughed twice as he spoke, "There is the general altar of the beggar gang, he is the left protector of the beggar gang called Xie Zhenbo, he said that their gang leader has a good relationship with the county master, and he can help us dredge up!"
When Fan Feng heard this, he said with a smile: "Uncle Jin, don't bother others anymore, the matter has been done, and the silver has been borrowed!"
"Really?" said the old golden head, his eyes wide open.
"Uncle Jin, don't you think it's strange for the old man, in fact, I also feel strange, but the silver is really borrowed!"
Back in the temple, everyone sat on the ground, fanning the wind and hanging gall, you said, I introduced the detailed experience to the old golden head!
The old golden head was also surprised: "Oh, I didn't expect that Ma Shanren would be so righteous, not only to take money to save Shanzi and them." Give us an extra ten taels of silver, and ask us to be help......ers! We're not dreaming, are we?"
"It's not a dream!Uncle Jin, our good days are coming!" Hanging galls and fans rose happily, competing to sing the tune of their hometown. The three of them were excited for a long time before falling asleep, and after a while, the sky exchanged five drums, and the rooster sang, it turned out that the dream was short, and the morning light had been revealed!
The three agreed to go to the county seat together. I traveled so fast all the way, and when I was three poles on the day, I arrived in front of the gate of the county government!
I saw that on the steps in front of the door, there was a person who looked like a splash of skin walking back and forth with his chest and belly on his chest!
Fan Feng stepped forward, bowed down and said, "Which master is on duty at the door?"
When the splash saw someone coming, he raised his face, carried his head, rolled his strange eyes, and hummed a sentence from his nose: "Who are you going to sue!"
Fan Feng looked up when he heard this, and couldn't help but be surprised, isn't this the ploppy Wang Si who came to Confucius Temple to identify us as murderers that morning?