At noon, Uncle Ma left his sister and grandchildren to eat at home.

Although Mrs. Ma had a painful expression, she went to the kitchen and instructed the servants to prepare the meal. The dishes can't be said to be rich, they can only be said to have meat and vegetables, but the amount of meat is a little less, which is not too out of line.

Haijiao muttered a few words to his second cousin Ma Lusheng in private, and then turned his head and whispered to his grandmother Ma: "Grandma, while it's still early, why don't I go out and buy a few vegetables and come back?" Otherwise, the lunch will be too simple, you will not eat happily, and your uncle's face will not be bright. ”

Ma glanced at his brother, and although he was secretly angry in his heart, he nodded without saying anything. The sister-in-law picked the door a little too much, but her brother's face couldn't be ignored, and she could only cover up her brother's ugliness as a younger sister.

The reef got Mars' permission and immediately went out.

Uncle Ma probably guessed why this nephew and grandson left, but he felt that his face was hot: "Little sister, I made you laugh...... In fact, the family is not embarrassed to that situation, but she is afraid that your nephew will have a hard time in the future, so if she can save it, she will try to save it......"

Ma sighed: "Big brother, how have the family been doing all these years?" Even if you don't have a good job, there is always an industry at home, how can you save this field? Even after returning to her parents' house, her sister-in-law was reluctant to cut two taels of meat? ”

Uncle Ma lowered his head in shame: "It's all because of poor management......

In fact, the Ma family has many granges and shops, and they used to have a good income. Although the old lady Ma was ruthless in order to prepare a dowry for the eldest daughter who was married, he was later transferred to Shanhaiwei, and died of illness in office within a few years, and he didn't have time to make up for the family's deficit, but the family's livelihood was still passable. Less than ten years after the death of Mrs. Ma, the Ma family has no deficit.

But Uncle Ma is more unlucky, and he is not good at business.

The largest grange in the family was sold by the couple in the early years, and they originally planned to use the money from the sale to build a relationship and get promoted, but they didn't expect to encounter a big war. Zhou Shigong listened to his wife Zhou Ma's words, and put his brother-in-law in the list of expeditions, and he could be promoted when he came back with his military exploits, and he didn't need to have anything to do with it, but Zhuangzi had already been sold and couldn't come back.

In addition, a few years ago, when Sun Yonglu was still in Chang'an, he took a fancy to the good location and large place of several shops of the Ma family, and he wanted to get his hands on them, but he did not come to talk about it in person, but called a broker to come forward. The broker set a high price for the Ma family, only gave a deposit, and after the yamen transferred the account and signed the deed, the person disappeared, and the balance was not paid. Uncle Ma wanted to take back the shop, but the shop had been "resold" to Sun Yonglu by the broker, who claimed that he had given the full amount and the formalities were complete, even if the former owner of the shop had any financial disputes with the former owner, it had nothing to do with him. Uncle Ma was greedy for a high price, but he only got a deposit of 20%, and he also lost the best and most profitable shops, and the people who deceived him disappeared without a trace, and he had no confidence to compete with Sun Yonglu, so he could only suffer this dumb loss.

Losing several of the most valuable properties in the family one after another, the Ma family can be said to have suffered a great loss. But carefully speaking, the loss of the Grange can be said to be a mistake in the decision-making of Uncle Ma and his wife, and the loss of the store is completely bullied. Even if it was a broker who made a deal with the Ma family, everyone knew that the broker was Sun Yonglu's lackey, and the Ma family was seized by Sun Yonglu with a conspiracy. Helplessly, the Ma family's biggest backer, the third room of the Zhou family, refused to support him, and he didn't dare to offend the nephew of the elder pavilion, so what could he do except accept his fate?

Haitang, who has been listening in a low-key manner, found an opportunity to interject: "Uncle, isn't Sun Yonglu dismissed now?" Can't you get the shop back? ”

Uncle Ma smiled bitterly: "Silly girl, how can it be so easy?" Sun Yonglu was dismissed, but Sun Ge is still there! Who would dare to offend the elder of the pavilion? Anyway, the prefect's yamen didn't dare. If they don't give the shop a quota, don't even think about getting it back. ”

He has long been dead to the shop, but he is very dissatisfied with his sister-in-law's family. What if Sun Yonglu is the nephew of the elder of the pavilion? He is also the in-law of the Zhou family! Even if the shop doesn't come back, the agent who deceived him should be arrested and punished, right? But everyone knew that the broker went to the capital to make a fortune, but the government refused to even issue a sea fishing document.

He wanted his sister-in-law Zhou Shigong to help say something, but Mrs. Ma jumped out and said that it was not good to offend the elder Ge, not only the situation of the Zhou family in the northwest would become more and more difficult, but even Zhou Shuyi, who married into the capital, would also be affected. She asked Zhou Mashi to make up for her mother's brother more, but she refused to pay for it. Uncle Ma knew that the eldest sister was not loose in hand, so how could he ask for her money? After all, I swallowed the bitter fruit.

Now the Ma family still has a little industry left, and the income is not as good as before. Uncle Ma spent a lot of money on treating his leg disease, Ma Luyuan and Ma Lusheng's brothers marrying wives and seeking military positions, and now they have to worry about the future of their children, and there will be more places to spend money in the future. Uncle Ma's wife was eager to break a penny in half on weekdays, and after a long time, she developed the habit of slamming the door.

Uncle Ma whispered to Ma: "Your sister-in-law has behaved a little unpleasantly in the past few years, but that is also because it is useless. If it weren't for the fact that she couldn't support the family business, she wouldn't be guilty of worrying about a little money. I couldn't stand her. Little sister, don't worry about her, if she makes you angry, you just have to sprinkle fire on your forehead. ”

Ma sighed: "What did the eldest brother do when he said this? A family of flesh and blood, can you really compare with you? That's it, my sister-in-law acts, and I really can't get used to it. But she also thought about her eldest brother and nephews, so she put up with her again. He said earlier that the thousand handfuls of silver were given to you, and this is not a joke. You have looked at the house for the Hai family for more than ten years, and there is no merit and hard work, and those rents are to compensate for your hard work. ”

As for the money lost by the tenant, it is the cost of rebuilding the house, since the burned house has been rebuilt, how much money is left is the ability of the handler, and Ma will not ask his sister-in-law to get it back. It's just that the brother and sister-in-law don't expect to be treated like the eldest sister, and receive a box of small gold ingots from her

Uncle Ma laughed when he heard this. He doesn't know what little gold ingots are, as long as the little sister doesn't collect debts, his wife can be much easier.

Ma forgave his sister-in-law's slamming of the door, and mentioned Zhou Ma's embarrassment: "The eldest sister was bullied by her stepmother-in-law a few days ago, has the eldest brother heard about it?" ”

Uncle Ma hesitated: "These days, I only care about recuperation, but I haven't paid attention to her news." But when will she not be bullied by her stepmother-in-law? This kind of thing is not new at all. In her early years, she also thought about making decisions for her, but firstly, the three rooms of the Zhou family were powerful, and secondly, her stepmother-in-law was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and her brother-in-law listened to her stepmother everywhere, and the eldest sister listened to Brother-in-law Zhou's words everywhere. came and went, and I didn't have to think about asking her about it. As long as she doesn't speak, she just doesn't know. ”

Ma knew that his brother also hated iron and steel, so he didn't mean to blame him. However, the third room of the Zhou family has now undergone new changes, and it is better for my brother to understand it.

She told her brother about what had happened these days. Uncle Ma learned that Mrs. Ma tried to forcibly seize Zhou Ma's marriage in order to build a glass workshop privately, and almost jumped up in anger, and learned that her plan failed, which made the Zhou family feel disgusted, and couldn't help but be happy: "You deserve it!" If you are not greedy enough, don't think about a good end! It's a pity that Zhou's brother-in-law has been raised by her, and every time he catches her, he refuses to turn against her, and he has to respect everywhere, which makes the old woman's courage bigger. ”

When Haitang heard this, he couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Uncle Ma.

"Every time you catch her"? It sounds like Mrs. Ma has had a lot of conspiracies exposed.

Uncle Ma continued: "I don't know her daughter and the Sun family clearly, I'm afraid she has long forgotten her surname!" ”

Begonia suddenly became more energetic.

(End of chapter)