Chapter 42 My son is still young
Madam Ma hurriedly ran back to the shed and dug out her jewelry box.
"Mom? What's the matter?"
Boss Ma was holding a book and sitting on a chair, drinking tea and reading comfortably.
The Ma family's life is very luxurious, and they only buy expensive tea when drinking tea.
Madam Ma took out the jade bracelet with heartache, thought about it, and then took out a pair of pearl earrings.
Mrs. Ma didn't say anything, and Boss Ma stepped forward strangely, "Mom, what are you doing? Do you want a new bracelet?"
Madam Ma stamped her foot, "Oh, I'm so scared to death."
"This is an apology to that girl from the Zhao family!"
"My jewelry! It's cheap for her!"
Boss Ma was even more surprised, "Mom, you want such a good thing?"
When did you become so generous?
Madam Ma's calves were still trembling, "My son! The county magistrate is here!"
"You haven't seen how polite the elder is to that old man from the Zhao family!"
"How dare you fool me?"
There was so much information that Boss Ma didn't understand it for a while.
"Master County Magistrate?"
"Ah? Mom, what are you talking about?"
Madam Ma ruthlessly picked out a golden hairpin. She just picked it up, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't bear to put it down.
"Son, I don't have time to talk to you anymore. The elder is still sitting at the village chief's house."
This time Boss Ma understood. The county magistrate is here.
This is a great opportunity to meet the county magistrate!
Boss Ma immediately put down the book and said, "Mom, I'll go with you."
"Go, go, go."
Mrs. Ma nodded repeatedly. With her eldest son here, she felt more at ease.
Seeing Mrs. Ma put down the gold hairpin, Boss Ma advised: "Mom, take the gold hairpin with you."
"Our family doesn't lack these things. At worst, my son will buy them for you."
"The county magistrate
You can't lose face when you are here. "
There is no shame left, Mrs. Ma sighed, now the Ma family can be said to have lost all their dignity.
Thinking so, Mrs. Ma always listened to her eldest son's words and picked up the gold hairpin again.
There was still some money in his pocket, but he was afraid that it would not be enough, so he dug out some more.
After carrying her things, Mrs. Ma took her eldest son to the village chief's house, fearing that the county magistrate would be impatient.
As soon as she finished a bowl of tea, Mrs. Ma came back with Boss Ma.
Madam Ma secretly glanced at the magistrate.
His face looked fine and he was not impatient.
Madam Ma breathed a sigh of relief.
"Village Chief, I have brought everything for you to see."
Mrs. Ma flatteringly unfolded the things wrapped in the scarf and showed them to the village chief.
The village chief took a quick look and saw a pair of jade bracelets, a pair of pearl earrings, and a gold hairpin.
Only the Ma family in the village can provide these things.
The village chief has never seen any rich things, but he thinks these jewelry are excellent. He has never seen such beautiful jewelry.
It looks precious.
The village chief's eldest daughter-in-law stood close, stretching her neck to take a look.
Darling, it’s so beautiful!
The Ma family is really rich, no wonder they always come out to show off.
After being able to offer so much, the village chief felt that he was sincere enough and softened his attitude a little.
"Well, take it to the Zhao family for a look."
Mrs. Zhao was overjoyed. It seemed that the village chief had passed the test.
Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao were sitting next to the county magistrate. Mrs. Ma's calves were trembling with fear.
I scolded these two old immortals in my heart. How could they be next to the county magistrate? They were not afraid of losing their life and dying early.
"Haha...big...big sir, take a look."
Chen Jingzhi glanced at it, and found that the ordinary appearance could not catch his eyes at all.
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It's just a farmer who can actually come up with jewelry of this quality?
Chen Jingzhi couldn't help but look at Mrs. Ma a few more times.
"Big, big master?"
Madam Ma's voice was trembling with fear.
Chen Jingzhi ignored her, turned around and asked Mr. Zhao with a smile, "What do you think, master?"
Mr. Zhao has some understanding of what's going on in the Ma family. These things should be Mrs. Ma's treasures.
"That's enough, that's enough, old lady, what do you think?"
Mrs. Zhao also nodded, not caring about her things at all.
"Okay, that's it."
The Zhao family nodded in agreement, and Mrs. Ma wrapped the jewelry again in a handkerchief and put it in Mrs. Zhao's arms.
"I've left it in your hands, so I'll give you the apology."
Mrs. Zhao lightly clicked her tongue, "Oh, no one cares."
Boss Ma was arranging his hair and clothes outside. Listening to the commotion inside, he thought his mother had given her everything, and then Shi Shiran came in.
"I have seen the magistrate."
A man came in Leng Buding. Chen Jingzhi followed the voice and looked over. He was wearing embroidered brocade clothes and was quite well dressed.
"Who is this?"
Boss Ma was very polite, "I'm going back to the county magistrate, Ma Qiusheng, a junior student, is also from Lihua Village. He was admitted as a scholar four years ago."
"Oh, it's from the Ma family."
Chen Jingzhi's attitude became colder, "No courtesy."
Boss Ma noticed the coldness of the county magistrate's tone and did not flinch. He stood up and looked up and saw Mr. Zhao and Mrs. Zhao sitting next to the county magistrate.
"Uncle Zhao, how can you be on an equal footing with the county magistrate? How can you behave like this?"
Mrs. Zhao rolled her eyes, "Do you also want to taste the saltiness of the swill carts passing by?"
This means that he is meddling in other people's own business. Boss Ma was speechless and was unwilling to do anything in front of the county magistrate.
shame.
"Insulting Sven!"
Mrs. Zhao rolled her eyes again, "It's so sour and sour. I'm tired of hearing these words over and over again. You are the most polite in the whole village."
Boss Ma, like his mother, shows off to the gods, but instead of showing off his money, he just shows off his little knowledge.
The half bucket of water clinked.
Boss Ma's face turned red, "You...you..."
"How dare you humiliate people like this in front of the magistrate, you, you."
Chen Jingzhi frowned. How come you don't have any big heart?
Mrs. Ma is the best at reading faces. As soon as she sensed the magistrate's impatience, she immediately grabbed her eldest son and blocked him from behind.
"My lord, please forgive me, my son is still young and doesn't understand the rules."
"You're still young?" Chen Jingzhi really felt ridiculous.
Boss Ma looks older than me, is he still young?
Mrs. Ma smiled sarcastically, worried that her son would offend the county magistrate again, so she quickly paid for it.
It is still short of half of the Zhao family's money to build a house, but the Zhao family has not yet built a house, so I don't know how much this half is.
Madam Ma can't care about so much now. She would have settled the matter earlier if she had given her money.
Nothing that can be solved with money is a big deal.
Madam Ma took out another small purse and handed it to the village chief without counting it.
"Village chief, this is the money to build a house for the Zhao family."
It was heavy. The village chief estimated that it must be more than ten taels of silver.
Why do you need so much money to build a house?
"This……"
Is it too much?
Forget it, now that the relationship between the Zhao family and the county magistrate is so close, we must not neglect it.
The village chief handed the wallet directly to Mr. Zhao.
"Brother Zhao, do you think this will work?"
The weight in his hand was beyond Mr. Zhao's imagination.
What? Why is it so heavy?
Mr. Zhao opened his wallet and carefully
I counted a total of eighteen taels.
"Too much, too much."
Mr. Zhao took out six taels of silver from it. He selfishly wanted to treat his granddaughter badly, so he took out another four taels, making a total of ten taels.
The extra four taels were used to build a large and spacious room for the little granddaughter, just for the little granddaughter.
"I'll just take ten taels, and take the rest back."
Twelve? Mrs. Zhao glanced at Mr. Zhao.
The old man was soft-hearted and thought he could only get five taels of silver.
Of course Mrs. Ma was happy to get some back, so she quickly took the purse without shirk.
"Everything has been cleared, then, can we leave?"
Madam Ma looked at Chen Jingzhi for fear that the elder would be unhappy.
The village chief also looked at the county magistrate. Is the matter settled?
Chen Jingzhi already understood the whole story of stealing the child. It was the second daughter-in-law of the Ma family who stole it.
"Where is the person who stole the child? Why don't you come and apologize in person?"
Why did Mrs. Ma suddenly feel relieved when she suddenly mentioned this matter?
You can’t say that I beat you so much that you can’t get out of bed, right?