When Zhou Ma arrived at Hai's house, Haitang sat in the Xinuan Pavilion of the main house and chatted with his grandmother Ma while doing needlework.

She also inquired about a lot of the past when the Hai family was still living in Chang'an City more than ten years ago, and knew some of the best words and deeds of Mrs. Ma and Zhou Shuyi's mother and daughter, as well as the methods of the people around Mrs. Ma, and by the way, she also listened to the gossip of the Ma family's uncle and grandfather.

Zhou Ma's came, and Ma naturally wanted to leave her to eat tea and talk in Xinuan Pavilion. They wanted to talk about something that was inconvenient for children to hear, and after Haitang gave her aunt a gift, she quit with a very good look, but did not go far, only went to the east house to sit down and continue to do needlework.

The east room is the bedroom, except in winter, this is the bedroom of the Haixi Cliff couple, next to the wall in turn, there are many unopened cages piled up under the opposite wall, and in front of the windowsill is a pair of circle chairs and a small table. Haitang sat down on the circle chair, turned his head through the thin curtain and looked at the warm pavilion six or seven meters away, and listened a little carefully, he could hear what Ma and Zhou Ma were talking about.

The lighting here is very good, although it is not as warm as in the warm pavilion, but Begonia will not cold herself if she lets the grapes get a charcoal pot, not to mention that she has internal strength to protect herself. She also used the skills she had learned in the palace to devote eighty percent of her attention to eavesdropping, and the remaining twenty percent was enough for simple needlework. If Ma Shi were to check the progress of her embroidery work after she left, he would definitely find that she was diligent enough not to think that she had the time to do anything else.

Zhou Ma's spirit today is much better than yesterday. Although it is still difficult to hide the old and haggard on his face, he is in the mood to insert a few more gold bead hairpins into himself, and then apply a layer of powder to his face to cover those obvious wrinkles and spots. She even made a black veil to wrap around her bun, and inserted a wide gold silk to cover her sideburns to hide the gray hair on her head.

If Zhou Ma's appeared in front of Ma yesterday was an old lady in her sixties, today she looks like a half-old lady in her fifties, five or six years younger.

Zhou Mashi smiled and told Ma a good news: "Yesterday, I went back and told the master about the murder near Beizhuang, the master didn't blame, and took the forehead to see the old lady and explain the reason to her!" ”

Of course, Mrs. Ma was originally thinking about getting her hands on Beizhuang, how could she easily give up because there was a homicide near Beizhuang? Isn't it just a few strangers who died? What does that have to do with her? Beizhuang is a few miles away from the accident site, and he can't even get bad luck.

As for the injured person who was temporarily living in the village, as Zhou Ma expected, Mrs. Ma really asked her to persuade her sister to take people away.

Zhou Ma sacrificed the old military master who lived in the Zhou family Zhuangzi for the elderly, and said with a look of embarrassment that this case had aroused the idea of the Zhenguo Mansion and the Zhou family Zhuangzi, and everyone felt that the murderer was slapping the Zhou family in the face, so before the case was solved, they would pay great attention to the survivors who were recuperating from the wounds, and the old military division also sent someone to protect the child, in case someone was not good for this remaining life!

At this time, forcing the injured child to move away from the village? Isn't Mrs. Ma worried that the old military master will come to the door to question?

Mrs. Ma really had nothing to say.

This time, even Zhou Shigong began to persuade his stepmother to temporarily postpone the plan to build a workshop on Bezhuang. Anyway, the injured person will only stay in the village for three or two months at most, and will leave after the injury is recovered. Why do they have to be in a hurry to attract attention at this time? If it is freezing today, even if the village is over, they will have to wait until the spring of next year to start building the workshop, so they will simply wait a few more months. Anyway, that piece of land won't run, and the key is not to let the Zhenguo Mansion know about Sanfang's plans.

Mrs. Ma believes that many families in the city are interested in building glass workshops, but they can't find good craftsmen. Their family finally found one, and a few months was too long, adding a lot of variables. What if the craftsman changes his mind next spring? What if he was impressed by the higher prices of other families and kicked them out of the way? Therefore, they had to build the workshop before the others could do it, and let the craftsman pass on the secret techniques to the apprentices.

Not to mention that it is not suitable to start building a house in winter, they can use the existing house first, gather all the craftsmen and apprentices first, build the kiln, and collect all the materials, and then they can directly open the kiln to burn glass as soon as spring starts, reducing the waiting time. Whether it is to place apprentice craftsmen, build kilns, or stack materials, they need a hidden and safe place, and there is no more suitable location for another village.

When Ma Shi heard this, he couldn't help but interrupt the eldest sister's words: "This mother-in-law doesn't understand anything, what stupid things are she saying?" If any house can be used to build a workshop, and a few bricks can be used to build a glass-burning kiln, why do you spend a few months in Suzhou? ! She didn't want to build a workshop, she wanted to spend money to kill her! ”

Zhou Ma said busily: "The old man also thinks that this matter cannot be ignored. If the workshop can be handled casually, the Chang'an glass workshop would not have been built for half a year, and it would have been specially taken to pull a lot of fire-resistant bricks from other places. Besides, the craftsman they found also wrote in detail many rules for building workshops, and if they couldn't do it, he wouldn't come! ”

Ma Shi glanced at her: "Eldest sister, does your mother-in-law really want to help Zhou Jinpu open a workshop?" Did she want to find an excuse to learn the secret recipe of burning glass first, and then open another workshop to make a fortune on her own? ”

Zhou Ma's is not sure, she is actually very suspicious of Mrs. Ma's intentions, but her husband and stepson are obedient to Mrs. Ma's words: "In short, the old man has spoken, and Zhou Jinpu can be regarded as listening, so it is not good for the mother-in-law to say more." She promised to put it off until next year. Before the beginning of spring, I don't have to worry that she will mention the transfer again! ”

Zhou Ma can now be said to be refreshed. As for next year, after the beginning of spring, how will she block her step-mother-in-law's transfer request again? There will always be a way when the time comes.

She whispered to Ma: "I have persuaded the master to send Zhou Jinpu to personally send a rich New Year's gift to the craftsman a year ago to envelop people." In addition, he also asked people to find a descendant in the clan who had a dislike for Zhou Jinpu, and when the time came, he was led to discover that Zhou Jinpu was secretly colluding with the craftsmen of the Chang'an glass workshop. As long as the descendants shout about this in the clan, the workshop will be yellow! When the old lady and the old man are investigated, they will only blame Zhou Jinpu for not acting secretly and showing his feet. ”

Zhou Ma thought he had a plan, but Ma glared at her angrily: "Eldest sister, are you sure that your mother-in-law will not blame you for this?" It was you who suggested that Zhou Jinpu go to give a New Year's gift. Then the afterlife may not give you out! ”

"No, no, no." Zhou Mashi chuckled proudly, "The amount will make people act carefully, then the future life will not know that the amount is calculated behind the back, and naturally the amount will not be supplied." ”

As for whether her suggestion will attract the blame of Mrs. Ma afterwards? She's used to it. Whether it's her fault or not, it will always be her fault in the end. Isn't it just a few scoldings? As long as you can keep Beizhuang, this little grievance is nothing at all.

Ma Shi looked at his eldest sister's happy and smug expression, and for some reason, he always felt that she would overturn.

(End of chapter)