Ma could see that his eldest sister's heart was in turmoil, and there was no way to talk about it at all.

She didn't plan to waste time, so she was ready to get up and say goodbye: "Go first, eldest sister, think about it and find a chance to talk to your brother-in-law." If he doesn't understand, you can look for it again. Let the old man go and tell him! ”

Let Hai Xiya, who once helped the old lady in the third room manage the accounts in the army, to talk to Zhou Shigong, the latter should be more convinced, right?

Zhou Mashi hurriedly grabbed his sister: "Yumei, don't leave yet, go talk to the master for a while, and you and your brother-in-law can stay and be a witness." If the old man refuses to believe it, he has to count on his brother-in-law to persuade him. ”

Ma sighed: "Eldest sister, you husband and wife have come to this point now? If you don't have your husband and wife by your side, won't your brother-in-law listen to you? That's it, you still tell me that your brother-in-law is very good to you! Who can be coaxed by this?! ”

Zhou Mashi sneered: "The lord is very good...... It's just that he is too filial, and he will always be coaxed by his stepmother, so he will lose his temper with him......"

Ma sneered, too lazy to puncture his sister's dream. If Zhou Shigong really had some respect for his wife, he would not have connived at his stepmother and eldest son to forcibly take away his wife's property! If it weren't for the fact that the eldest sister has been married for more than 30 years, and even the grandson is about to get married, it is impossible to separate from her husband again.

Zhou Ma was originally pretending to be sick, and at this time, there was no patient who was inconvenient to entertain relatives who came to visit the patient, so she immediately instructed Cai Juan to go to the kitchen, prepared two tables of tables, and then invited her husband Zhou Shigong and brother-in-law Hai Xiya to go to the upper room of the main courtyard for lunch.

There are two seats in the main room, in the bedroom, Zhou Ma and Ma sisters sit at both ends of the kang table, Haitang sits next to her grandmother, and at the other end of the room is Zhou Shigong and his brother-in-law Haixi Cliff sit opposite each other, and then Haijiao, who is about to turn fourteen years old, is accompanying the seat.

Zhou Shigong was full of worries, and he wanted to talk to his brother-in-law for a while, even the reef was in the way, and he couldn't wait to drive this half-grown child to the women's table, and naturally he would not call his eldest son or eldest grandson to accompany him. Zhou Jinpu sent someone to the main courtyard to inquire, so that Zhou Shigong saw it, and drove away with a cold face, and he didn't know if Zhou Jinpu would make trouble at the door of the main courtyard again after he knew.

The lunch was prepared in a hurry, and the meal was not very elaborate, but it was quite hearty. However, Zhou Ma's food doesn't know the taste, Zhou Shigong is also absent-minded, Haixi Cliff and Ma have their own concerns, and the two brothers and sisters of Begonia and Haijiao also have their own thoughts, so naturally no one picks on the taste of the food.

After eating and drinking, Cai Juan Cailuo withdrew from the table, served tea, and quickly withdrew.

Zhou Shigong reluctantly showed a loving smile, found a slightly blunt excuse, and sent Haijiao to the back room to talk to the women. Before Haijiao walked to the door, Zhou Shigong couldn't wait to whisper to Haixi Cliff: "Brother-in-law Hai, the matter of the glass workshop...... It was I who was confused and did something wrong for a while. I have the heart to repent, but I don't know if Grandpa Guo will believe it, and whether the whole army will believe it...... Can you ask my brother-in-law to say a few kind words for me in front of Grandpa Guo? As long as you promise, you will be grateful for your brother, and you will be grateful! ”

Haixi Ya looked at him in surprise: "Why did my brother-in-law say this?" Grandpa Guo is a brother-in-law and cousin, not only from the same family, but also close. I'm just a pawn under the command of the four generals, what can I say in front of Grandpa Guo? Even if my brother-in-law wants to ask someone to say it in front of Grandpa Guo, shouldn't it be me? ”

"But you know the ins and outs of things best!" Zhou Shigong hurriedly said, "I was confused for a while, and now I regret it very much, and I will never do it again in the future!" But in the final analysis, the idea of this private workshop was not initiated by me, nor was it led by me. The biggest mistake I made was not to stop my stepmother and eldest son from digging into the border army. But in my selfish heart, I really don't plan to compete with the border army for profit! I thought that sooner or later, this glass workshop would open more and more, and instead of making outsiders profitable, it would be better for me to get a piece of the pie, and the money I earned could be used on the veterans. Later, when I saw that my stepmother and eldest son were acting more and more excessively, I wanted to dissuade them, but it was too late......"

Hai Xiya listened with a smile, but he didn't believe a word in his heart. What is the temperament of this brother-in-law, he actually figured it out as early as twenty or thirty years ago, if it wasn't for the weakness of his heart and he didn't dare to face Zhen Guogong directly, why did Zhou Shigong ask him to come forward as an outsider?

However, Haixi Cliff also understood the meaning of Zhou Shigong's words. As he expected, Zhou Shigong just wanted to put all the responsibility for the matter on his stepmother, Mrs. Ma, and even his eldest son, Zhou Jinpu, had no intention of continuing to cover up. Although when he was in the study before, he had questioned the true intentions of Mrs. Ma's private glass workshop, but he didn't expect Zhou Shigong to be provoked so easily, and he had completely defected in less than an hour.

What does Zhou Shigong think?

Zhou Ma in the middle became more and more excited the more he listened, and walked out directly: "Master! You've figured it out! What did you say before? You can't trust the family! She's not a good person at all, and she lied to you! After that, she repeated the words that Ma told her to expose the lies of Mrs. Ma one by one.

Zhou Shigong's face changed greatly when he heard this, and he quickly looked at the house, only their husband and wife and the four grandchildren of the Hai family were there, but there were too many people! The wife must have revealed this to her sister-in-law before, why can't she keep it a secret?!

He hurriedly stopped his wife from continuing: "Shut up! Didn't I tell you a long time ago that you can't tell anyone about these things?! ”

Zhou Ma didn't feel that he had made any mistake in discussing the secret matter with his sister: "My sister and brother-in-law are not outsiders, they know what to say and what not to say." What's more, when the old lady was still there, he asked Brother-in-law Hai to take care of the accounts for six years, if there was really a matter of spending all the family wealth to supplement the border army, Brother-in-law Hai would definitely know. Even the old lady can trust Brother-in-law Hai, why don't you believe it? ”

Zhou Shigong choked, and he really wanted to tear his wife's mouth in his heart. But now is not the time for husband and wife to quarrel, he still has to find a way to let his brother-in-law know the seriousness of the matter first, and not to leak the secret of the third room to the outside......

"Spend all your family wealth to supplement the border army?" Hercythia asked with a strange expression, "What is this statement?" Are you talking about the old general's life? ”

Zhou Shigong hesitated and didn't speak, and glared at his wife to prevent her from saying more, Ma was impatient, so he took the initiative to relieve her husband's doubts: "It was Mrs. Ma who told her sister and brother-in-law that she wanted to build a glass workshop privately in order to earn money for the family, because their three-room family wealth was spent as early as when the old lady was still in charge of logistics in the border army. No one in the border army knew about this matter, not even the family members. Only Mrs. Ma knows, and in order to support the old lady, she took out her dowry to support her family! ”

Zhou Shigong closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he no longer had the strength to stare at his wife. I don't know how many people will be offended when such an important secret is passed out, why doesn't my wife know how to pass it on indiscriminately? No matter how close she is to her sister, they are also two families. Behind Haixi Cliff, there are several major generals in the Zhenguo Mansion, who knows that he will not turn his back on the third room and report to the long house?

Hai Xiya was already speechless: "How can Old Madam Ma say such a ridiculous rumor?" When the old general was in the border army, the accounts were clear, and he never did anything. He had never been greedy for a penny in the army, and naturally he would not quietly add anything to the treasury. If he was not honest and honest and could withstand scrutiny, how could he win the respect of the whole army? Mrs. Ma is talking nonsense, but where is the name of the old general during his lifetime? ! ”

(End of chapter)