Chapter 609 The fate of the Ma family
Mr. Ma's funeral cost a large sum of money. All the cash the Ma family could mobilize was spent, and a manor was also sold.
The head of the farm was ordered by Xia Zihan to come forward and buy the manor for fifty-five thousand taels of silver each.
Ma Tong, Ma Qiuxia's husband, secretly left 10,000 taels of silver and bought a small two-room house for his parents to live in. He also bought a small farm with 60 acres of land for his father and younger brother to take care of. He opened a bun shop for his mother and sister. Her mother was the cook of the Ma family and was best at making buns.
After Ma Qiuxia slowly came out of her grief, she discovered these things and angrily scolded Ma Tong, "You cheap slave, how dare you spend my Ma family's money to buy you a house, land and a shop?" That family is just a slave, bah... no matter what their status, they are not afraid of shortening their lifespan if they live here.”
He said that he was a cheap slave, which made Ma Tong furious and furious.
"I am a cheap slave, and the son in your belly is also the seed of a cheap slave like me. Why, you look down on me now. When you seduced me, you did not look down on me with the same enthusiasm."
Ma angrily grabbed Ma Qiuxia's collar and looked at her so fiercely that she was so frightened that Ma Qiuxia's complexion changed, and she was trembling and afraid to speak.
Mrs. Ma fell ill due to the death of Master Ma.
As soon as she lay down, Mrs. Ma's body also collapsed. She asked the doctor every now and then to get medicine and drink medicine. The more medicine she drank, the worse her illness became. She couldn't get better no matter how much she drank. After more than a year, she finally died.
After Mrs. Ma became ill, Ma Qiuxia's days came to an end.
Ma Tong said that she was pregnant and could not serve him, so he took two of her maids as his wives and never entered her room again.
Ma Qiuxia didn't like him either and looked down on him. He didn't enter her room, which was exactly what she wanted.
A few months later, she gave birth to a daughter and almost died in childbirth. Although her life was saved, she could never conceive again.
Mrs. Ma was stimulated and her condition worsened. After a few months, she passed away.
After Mrs. Ma's death, Ma Qiuxia was devastated. Her health deteriorated and she became weak day by day. Although she was only in her twenties, she looked thirty or forty years old, just like Ma Tong's mother.
After Mrs. Ma died, Ma Tong used the excuse that Ma Qiuxia could not give him a son and married a decent concubine.
Less than three months after entering the house, the good concubine became pregnant and got a boy in one fell swoop. She was recorded in Ma Qiuxia's name and became the legitimate son of the Ma family.
Since then, the Ma family has completely fallen into Ma Tong's hands.
The young master of the Ma family was also weak after being beaten that time. He even lost his basic manly abilities. He was still like a medicine jar. He was raised by Ma Tong in a small yard and died after a few years. .
Ma Qiuxia's dilapidated body passed away desolately after enduring for several years.
Five years later, everyone in the Ma family died, and Ma Tong became the real master of the Ma family, taking all of the Ma family into his pocket.
However, at this time, the Ma family had been greatly reduced by Ma Tong's efforts in the past few years. There was only one manor left, and the rest were all sold to Xia Zihan.
After Mrs. Ma's death, all of Master Ma's aunts who had no children were sold to Ren Yazi by Ma Tong. Those who had children were also sent to work in the manor by Ma Tong, just like ordinary people. Like the peasant women, they work at sunrise and rest at sunset.
The servants of the Ma family, all the confidants of Mrs. Ma and Ma Qiuxia, were sold and chased away by Ma Tong, leaving only a group of people who were bribed by him.
The Ma family, in the hands of Ma Tong, plummeted, while Ma Tong's biological parents' family, after several years of hard work and Ma Tong's help, was getting better and better year by year.
In the year when Ma Qiuxia died, Ma Tong's parents' family already had a small amount of property. They were served by servants, maids and young men, and there were about ten shops and small villages.
And the Ma family was completely defeated by Ma Qiuxia's thoughts.
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After receiving the news of Mr. Ma's death, Xia Zihan smiled lightly and said, "This Ma Tong is quite fast."
"Master, what do you mean?" Chu Qing looked curious, "Could it be that Master Ma didn't die of illness?"
"How can there be such a coincidence in the world?" The father-in-law died just after the brother-in-law married into the family?
Mr. Ma had been ill for a while, and before his body became terminally ill, he suddenly died. No matter how you think about it, this is strange.
"The Ma family is in a state of chaos. I heard that Mrs. Ma fainted and died, and Ma Qiuxia also had fetal convulsions. And...that group of aunts from the Ma family, oh, I have never seen anyone in a landlord's house. There will be so many aunts, Master, you haven’t seen it. Forty or fifty aunts are crying around the mourning hall. Oh, it’s a lively event.”
She personally went to Huaihe City to monitor the situation for a few days. When Chu Lin came back, she was dancing and gesticulating.
"Master, you didn't go, tsk tsk tsk, that scene... I saw the head of the farm. He went to Ma's house to worship, and was almost washed away by the tears of those women... Tell me, whose master is doing the funeral? , the aunts are all kneeling in the mourning hall, so many aunts are kneeling in the mourning hall, how can other people who come to pay respects do anything?”
"In the Ma family, there is no serious person in charge. There is only the young boy who climbed up to the position of uncle. Oh, Master, you didn't even see that young boy. He was only thinking about how to save money. How much thought was there? At Mr. Ma’s funeral ”
"My servant saw that on the ninth day after Master Ma's death, he went to buy a house, shop and village for his parents. He spent nearly six to seven thousand taels of silver, and also gave his parents a lot of money."
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Chu Lin was extremely excited.
She has always liked to peek into other people's housework, especially when it was rare like this, she was even more interested. This trip to Huaihe City was really not in vain.
Xia Zihan warned her, "That Ma Tong is not a light bulb. You have to keep an eye on it." Living with a wife who wanted to kill him, it would be strange if he didn't take any action.
Chu Lin asked curiously, "Master, Ma Qiuxia has received her retribution. The Ma family's affairs have nothing to do with us anymore. Why do we still monitor that Ma Tong?"
"Stupid, Master likes those manors of the Ma family." Chu Fei curled his lips and said.
There were more than a dozen manors in the Ma family row, and Xia Zihan was very curious about them.
Although she bought a few, she also coveted the others.
In the past, Mrs. Ma would not sell them even if they were beaten to death, so she wanted to keep them to raise for the whole Ma family.
But now, the Ma family master is dead, Mrs. Ma is ill, and Ma Tong has the final say in everything in the Ma family.
As a son-in-law who brought in a child, Ma Tong also had a grudge against Ma Qiuxia. He definitely didn't value the Ma family's manor as much as Mrs. Ma did.
No, as soon as Mr. Ma died, Ma Tong took over the burden of the Ma family and sold a manor to Xia Zihan on the pretext that he didn't have enough money.
As for the remaining manor, Xia Zihan bets that the Ma family won't be able to stay for long. As long as she sends people to monitor Ma Tong, no one in the Ma family's manor can escape.
Chu Lin suddenly realized, "Oh, that's okay, then I will send someone to monitor Ma Tong twelve hours a day. Once I find that he has the intention to sell the manor, I will inform the master."
"You don't need to notify me, just go and notify the head of Tianzhuang. The head of Tianzhuang knows what to do." Xia Zihan said.
Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xia Zihan received a letter from Liao Jingtang. Zeng Jing gave birth to a son. Xia Zihan was very happy for Zeng Jing and his wife.
She was making small clothes and planned to send them to Zeng Jing.
Winter is coming soon, and she has to make some winter clothes for Chu Jingqi. She makes all his clothes herself, even small items like socks.
She wanted to make Chu Jingqi's winter clothes for this year before he came back.
Xia Zihan looked forward to it day and night, hoping that Chu Jingqi would come home soon.
She hadn't received a letter from him in almost two months. This was the second time the young couple had lost contact for so long after expressing their feelings.
Thinking that Chu Jingqi was still in the dangerous place of Japan, Xia Zihan sighed in worry. He couldn't sleep all night long and lost a lot of weight.
Mrs. Zhuo and Chu Xuanyu saw it in their eyes and felt pain in their hearts. Mrs. Zhuo changed her ways and cooked delicious food for her personally, but Xia Zihan was pretentious and couldn't eat much because she had no appetite.
"Ayu, Aqi will be fine, you have to believe him." Zhuo persuaded.
In fact, she was not worried about her eldest son's safety, but... there was no point in worrying. As a minister, the eldest son had to work for the country and obey the emperor's orders.
Whatever the emperor asked him to do, he had to do it.
Even if she was worried, she couldn't stop him, she had to let him go.
"Mom, I'm fine." Xia Zihan smiled.
That smile was very forced and stiff. Mrs. Zhuo felt very distressed when she saw it. He held her hand and whispered softly, "If you don't look good these days, you'd better lie down and rest more. At home, Don’t worry about it, just leave it to a few ladies in charge.”
"I understand, mother, I won't think wildly, so don't worry." Xia Zihan twitched the corner of his mouth.
At night, Mrs. Zhuo was lying next to Chu Xuanyu and muttered, "I don't know if my eldest son can come back for the New Year. It's been two months, why is there no news at all? Brother Yu, do you want to send someone to the Japanese country to look for him?" ”
"He won't come back until the mission is completed." Chu Xuanyu said.
This year, he has recruited 200,000 soldiers and horses. He trains new recruits in the military camp all day long and rarely comes back.
It was the Mid-Autumn Festival. It was a rare opportunity to give recruit Danzi a three-day holiday. He also had a good rest at home for a few days and was able to spend time with his young wife.
He held Zhuo in his arms and whispered, "The south has been uneasy recently, and the people of Japan are not trustworthy. Last time about Princess Zhengna, the emperor of Japan not only did not apologize, but also kept saying that we were responsible for their death. The princess also killed their Japanese people.”
The Japanese people are insidious, cunning, and despicable, and they are no longer just a day or two.
"I'm afraid there's going to be another war in the south. Your Majesty has invited me into the palace today just to make me ready."
He lowered his voice and told her gently.
(End of chapter)