HPDBC Chapter 1393 Solving the Problem for the Ma Family
Chapter 1393 Solving the Problem for the Ma Family
Chapter 1393 Solving the Problem for the Ma Family
Seeing Zhao Jun, Ma Dafu, who had just had a quarrel with his two daughters, felt a little embarrassed. He smiled at Zhao Jun and said, "Jun, you didn't go up the mountain today?"
"No, sir." Zhao Jun picked up the things in his hand and said with a smile: "Today is Sunday, I was thinking of coming to see you and my aunt."
"Ouch!" Ma Dafu frowned and said with a hint of complaint: "Look at you kid, what are you doing here spending this money?"
As he spoke, Ma Dafu threw his hand in the direction where the Zhao army was coming from and said, "Hurry up and retreat."
"That won't work, sir." Zhao Jun said with a smile, "I've already bought it, can I still return it?"
When Zhao Jun was talking, Ma Ling winked at him, and then without waiting for Zhao Jun's reaction, she said to Ma Dafu: "Dad, let's go home."
"Ah, go home!" Ma Dafu called Zhao Jun to go home, but Ma Ling followed behind.
But when he arrived at the Ma family's house, as soon as Ma Dafu opened the door, he heard Wang Cuihua's roar from inside: "Is that dead kid back?"
"Cuihua." Ma Dafu stopped Wang Cuihua and said, "Hurry up and make some sweet water. The Zhao army is coming."
"Ah?" Wang Cuihua, holding a broom in her hand, had just walked to the door. When she heard Ma Dafu's words, she hurriedly threw the broom into the kang.
Then, Wang Cuihua came out and greeted Zhao Jun, saying, "Come on, Zhao Jun, are you cold? Hurry up and get on the kang!"
"Auntie." Zhao Jun bowed slightly, nodded and smiled at Wang Cuihua.
The old couple invited Zhao Jun into the house and gave the task of making sweet water to Ma Ling.
The so-called sweet water is sugar water.
Nowadays, sugar is a good thing. Bringing a pound of sugar to someone's home is considered a gift.
The Ma family followed the old custom and treated the son-in-law as an honored guest. When the son-in-law came to the house, they would make a cup of sugar water for him, which meant that the girl and the son-in-law had a sweet life.
In their previous life, Zhao Jun and Ma Ling both had children. Whenever Ma Dafu came to visit, he would ask Wang Cuihua to make him some sugar water.
So, after returning home from the city in his previous life, Zhao Jun thought about the past and felt that he owed the old couple.
After Zhao Jun entered the room, he held the net bag in one hand and supported the bottom with the other, then put the things on the head of the kang.
"You kid!" Wang Cuihua frowned and said, "You're at my own home, why are you spending this money?"
"I told him that." Ma Dafu echoed, "I told him to take it and leave, but he said he would not do it."
"Is it refundable?" Zhao Jun said with a smile, "I bought two cans of food for my aunt and a bottle of wine for my uncle. What will happen if I refund it?"
"That's it for this time. I won't let you do it again!" Wang Cuihua waved her hand and said to Zhao Jun, "Go to the kang and chat with your uncle. If you can't leave at noon, just eat here."
Just as Zhao Jun was about to say something, he saw Ma Dafu raising his hand to Wang Cuihua and saying, "Quickly clean up the fish and stew it for lunch. After that, make some rice."
"Yeah." Wang Cuihua responded, and then said to Zhao Jun: "Zhao Jun, go chat with your uncle, and I will go cook for you."
As soon as Wang Cuihua finished speaking, Ma Ling came in with a cup of sugar water. Wang Cuihua raised her hand and gestured towards Zhao Jun, indicating Ma Ling to pass the sugar water over.
Zhao Jun was also tactless. When he took the sugar water, he asked Ma Ling, "Where is our little brother? Where did he go to play again?"
Zhao Jun said something about our little brother, just to get close to him. Unexpectedly, when he asked about Ma Yang, Ma Ling's mouth twitched and her eyes drifted to Ma Dafu next to her.
Zhao Jun was startled, then he heard the door outside open, and then his brother-in-law's voice came in.
"Get in!" Ma Sheng shouted, "If you show off again, I'll beat you up!"
"Hey!" Wang Cuihua, who was in the outer room, quickly reached out to stop Ma Sheng, then pointed her chin towards the east room and whispered, "The Zhao army is here, go inside and check on your brother."
After saying that, Wang Cuihua hit Ma Yang, who was pushed in by Ma Sheng, with a stick.
Hearing that Zhao Jun was coming, Ma Sheng hurried into the east room. Seeing Ma Sheng coming in, Zhao Jun called him "big brother" and made a gesture to stand up.
"Sit down, sit down." Ma Sheng held Zhao Jun down, then sat sideways on the edge of the kang next to Zhao Jun, and said with a smile: "Brother, why are you so idle today?"
"I don't have anything to do today." Zhao Jun said with a smile, "I came to see my uncle and aunt."
"Then let's eat here at noon." As soon as Ma Sheng said this, Ma Dafu said beside him: "Well, I'll ask your mother to cook. I'll stew the crucian carp and melon seeds for you, and then we'll choose a few dishes after that."
As soon as Ma Dafu finished speaking, he heard Ma Yang's roar from the west room: "I won't! I won't!"
Hearing his loud shouting, Ma Dafu and Ma Sheng's faces instantly turned gloomy, but Zhao Jun was sitting right next to them, so who were they showing their displeasure to?
Therefore, Ma Dafu and Ma Sheng quickly changed their expressions and continued to warmly invite Zhao Jun to drink water.
At the same time, two muffled sounds were heard from the west room, and then Ma Yang became silent.
"Oh my!" At this time, Ma Dafu sighed, put the rolled leaf tobacco into his mouth, then freed his hand and pointed to the door, saying to Zhao Jun: "This child is a worry for me every day."
If the couple didn't get married, Zhao Jun, the new son-in-law, wouldn't be considered as entering the family. When Ma Dafu didn't mention Ma Yang's troubles, Zhao Jun couldn't ask.
But now that Ma Dafu had started talking, Zhao Jun had to ask.
"Uncle." Zhao Jun leaned forward slightly and asked Ma Dafu, "What happened to my little brother?"
"F*ck!" Ma Dafu cursed, "I got the last place in the exam again."
"Ah?" Zhao Jun was shocked when he heard what Ma Dafu said. But he was just pretending. He knew that Ma Yang spent his days hunting pheasants and chasing rabbits. It would be strange if such a student could pass the exam.
"I told him not to study anymore." Ma Dafu took a puff of his cigarette depressedly and said, "What he has read is not enough to embarrass him."
Ma Dafu was working in a workshop. When a colleague in the workshop started talking about his children's academic performance and how his children performed in the exams, someone would definitely ask Ma Dafu "How did your child perform in the exams?"
There was only one middle school in Yongan Forest District, and some of Ma Dafu's colleagues' children went to the same school as Ma Yang, and some were classmates with Ma Yang. In this situation, Ma Dafu couldn't even lie.
But if I say that my child ranked last in the exam, wouldn’t that be a joke?
Last time, Ma Yang ranked last in the exam, and Ma Dafu was laughed at by his colleagues. This time, he ranked last again, and Ma Dafu really couldn't stand it.
Therefore, Ma Dafu thought of a way to solve Ma Yang's study problem from the root, that is, to drop out of school.
In the forest area and rural areas, it is normal for children to drop out of school. If they don't study and take exams, Ma Dafu won't be embarrassed.
"Then my little brother can't do it, right?" Zhao Jun asked, because he knew what Ma Yang was thinking. Although the boy didn't learn much at school, Ma Yang could see his deskmate every day. If he dropped out of school, it would be difficult for the two to meet in the future.
"You're right." Ma Dafu looked at Zhao Jun and said, "This guy, when I told him not to read, he got angry with me."
Hearing what Ma Dafu said, Ma Sheng also sighed. Last night, Ma Sheng's second uncle sent him a bunch of crucian carp seeds. Xu Xiaoqing picked out the big and alive ones and asked Ma Sheng to deliver them here early this morning.
When Ma Sheng delivered the fish, he happened to see Ma Yang being stubborn at home. After being slapped twice by Ma Dafu, the boy ran out angrily.
Then, Ma Dafu and Ma Sheng went out to chase him.
Therefore, when Zhao Jun saw Ma Ling and Ma Dafu arguing, if Ma Dafu went to chase Ma Yang, Ma Ling would be afraid that Ma Dafu would be beaten by Ma Yang again in a rage, so she tried to drag Ma Dafu home.
Zhao Jun probably understood what was going on. He said to Ma Dafu, "Uncle, if you don't let my little brother go to school, what will he do?"
"I work at home." Ma Dafu said casually, "Isn't it always like this?"
Nowadays, children aged fourteen or fifteen or sixteen do not go to school. They either learn a craft from a teacher, such as carpentry, or stay at home and follow adults to farm and do other work.
After hearing what Ma Dafu said, Zhao Jun decided to help Ma Yang. It's okay to talk and make a fuss, but the important things can't be vague.
What's more, Zhao Jun has arranged jobs for others, so how can he not help his brother-in-law?
So, he said to Ma Dafu: "Uncle, how about letting my little brother study for two more years? After graduating from junior high school, he can stay at home for a year, and then we can find him a job in the field."
Zhao Jun said this, making it clear that he would help Ma Yang solve his work problems in the future.
If someone else said this, Ma Dafu and Ma Sheng might not believe it, but when it came to Zhao Jun's words, the father and son believed it without a doubt.
"Well..." Ma Dafu was a little embarrassed. At this time, Ma Ling asked Zhao Jun, "What can we do on the field?"
"I am now working as a forestry guard." Zhao Jun said, "But I don't want my younger brother to do this. After all, hunting animals in the mountains is a bit dangerous. My younger brother is too young and has never been to the mountains. I will think about that. When the time comes, we can find someone. If we can ask him to arrange for the inspection, wouldn't that be great?"
After hearing what Zhao Jun said, Ma Ling looked at Ma Dafu.
Ma Dafu and Ma Sheng both worked at the forest farm, and they knew that inspector was a lucrative job. If Ma Yang could become an inspector, he would at least not have to worry about finding a partner, regardless of other things.
"Then let him deal with it for another two years." Ma Dafu said this, agreeing with Zhao Jun's suggestion.
Ma Ling was secretly happy when she heard this, after all, Ma Yang was her younger brother. Zhao Jun took the initiative to help Ma Yang find a job. Ma Ling was not only happy for Ma Yang, she also felt that Zhao Jun valued her.
While Zhao Jun was chatting with Ma Dafu and Ma Sheng, Ma Ling got up and walked out. She wanted to go to the west room to tell Wang Cuihua the good news. But when she arrived at the door of the west room, Wang Cuihua opened the door and came out.
Wang Cuihua pulled Ma Ling and stuffed five yuan into her hand. Then she whispered in her ear, "Go, girl, go to the store. Buy two boxes of luncheon meat and some shrimp chips."
"Hey!" Ma Ling agreed and walked out. She was not in a hurry to tell the good news, but arranged lunch to entertain Zhao Jun first.
But when Ma Ling went out, she found that Wang Cuihua had followed her out.
"Mom, what are you doing?" Ma Ling asked. Wang Cuihua raised her hand and pointed to the warehouse, saying, "Zhao Jun is here. I'll grab some melon seeds and peanuts for him."
Ma Ling's family had melon seeds and peanuts, which were bought by Zhao Jun when he first took Ma Ling to the city.
"Mom!" Hearing this, Ma Ling looked at Wang Cuihua with wide eyes and said, "Aren't we saving it for the New Year?"
Ma Ling asked this not because she was afraid to give it to Zhao Jun. It was because Wang Cuihua had locked the food in a cabinet in the warehouse the day she bought it. She said that no one could eat it until the Chinese New Year.
"Isn't Zhao Jun here?" Wang Cuihua rolled her eyes at Ma Ling and said, "Isn't this all for you?"
Wang Cuihua was very clear that her son-in-law was a distinguished guest at the doorstep, and being nice to him was being nice to her daughter.
Ma Ling was very happy and went out to buy canned food.
Not only did Wang Cuihua serve Zhao Jun melon seeds and peanuts on two enamel plates, she also went to the east yard next door and bought a big rooster for three dollars and fifty cents.
When Zhao Jun was a guest at Ma's house, Zhao Youcai was seeing off a guest. After seeing one person off, he walked back cursing.
The man's surname was Chen, and his family was from the same village as Zhang Lifu. He came here just now to sell yellow leaves.
He sold a yellow leaf, then sat in Zhao's house for half an hour, smoked two cigarettes and drank half a cup of water.
Zhao Youcai was cursing because his business was too small. He charged 28 yuan for a piece of female yellow leaf, but he had to stay with him for half an hour.
Just as Zhao Youcai walked to the front of the house, the black tiger on the right barked twice. Zhao Youcai turned around to see what was happening and saw Zhao Ling coming with Wang Tian and Wang Xue at the same time.
When they saw the familiar people, the hunting dogs stopped barking and started wagging their tails.
"Brother-in-law!" Zhao Ling greeted Zhao Youcai, but Zhao Youcai asked her, "Where's Qiangzi?"
"Qiangzi, he..." Zhao Ling hesitated for a moment, then responded, "He... said he was going out to look around, to see who has roe deer for sale. He wanted to buy two, and then wait for that..."
"Mom." Before Zhao Ling could finish, Wang Tian asked, "Isn't my dad going hunting?"
When Wang Tian said this, Zhao Youcai's face darkened. Zhao Ling held Wang Tian's hand and shrugged, saying, "You kid, you don't listen to others. Your father went to buy roe deer!"
After saying that, Zhao Ling smiled at Zhao Youcai and said, "Brother-in-law, he went to buy roe deer. If he wants to buy one, let our army lead the way. If it's necessary to give gifts, then give them."
Zhao Youcai didn't believe even a single punctuation mark in Zhao Ling's words, but he couldn't argue with his brother-in-law's wife, so he just pursed his lips, turned around and walked into the house.
After glancing at Zhao Youcai's back, Zhao Ling glared at Wang Tian.
As soon as Zhao Youcai entered the room, he saw Wang Meilan, Jin Xiaomei, Lin Xue, Xu Chunyanzheng, and Jie Sunshi, all tying their headscarves and looking like they were about to go out.
"What are you guys going to do?" Zhao Youcai asked. Wang Meilan said, "We're going to Shunzi's house to get some leather."
The old craftsmanship of tanning leather here is to stretch the hide, fix it on the ground, and then use wood ash to tan it.
The Zhao family collected so many fox skins, they were all skins from newly killed foxes, and they all had to be matured one by one.
To get familiar with this kind of leather, you need a place.
Lin Xiangshun's house had three and a half rooms, and one of the large rooms was empty, which was perfect for tanning leather.
As soon as Wang Meilan finished speaking, Zhao Ling came in with two children.
Seeing Zhao Ling, Wang Meilan tied her headscarf and said, "Sister-in-law, let's go now. You take the child to the west courtyard. Aunt Jiang and the girl are at home."
The girl Wang Meilan was talking about was Li Tongyun. Upon hearing what Wang Meilan said, Wang Tian subconsciously broke free from Zhao Ling's hand.
This kid is quite naughty, but after just a few days, Wang Tian was intimidated by Li Tongyun.
The women filed out, and Wang Meilan threw a word to Zhao Youcai, saying, "We came back late at noon, so you can prepare a good meal for us at home."
Zhao Youcai opened his mouth and was about to say something when Wang Meilan walked out.
Zhao Youcai: "..."
There is an extra update today, it will be a little later, around 1 o'clock
(End of this chapter)