Summary of the previous chapter: Zhu Youjian thought he had successfully conquered Ma Xiaoquan, but in fact Ma Xiaoquan was just acting on occasion...
Ma Xiaoquan lowered his head and secretly glanced at the Zhu Youjian guards not far from him from the corner of his eye, sneering secretly in his heart.
When I returned to Ma's house and met Mrs. Ma, the grandparents and grandsons would inevitably sigh. Ma Xiaoquan was fine. Although he suffered a little, it was nothing serious. Mrs. Ma was different. She was crying hard and had a runny nose.
With tears in her eyes, she hugged Ma Xiaoquan and exchanged greetings and questions for a long time.
Ma Xiaoquan reassured Mrs. Ma and said, "Grandma, Ning Yuan said Ma Ruiqing didn't know about me, right?"
Mrs. Ma shook her head: "I'm not sure, but Zheng Long has returned to Hebei. He will definitely write to Ruiqing. Quan'er, just come out now. I will write another letter to inform Ruiqing.
Ask him not to worry!"
"Well, that's good." Ma Xiaoquan scratched his head and said with a wry smile, "Grandma, I don't have any real power now, but I can spend more time at home with you in the future!"
Mrs. Ma smiled and said: "That's fine. The officialdom is too dark. It's hard for you to be able to maintain it until now..."
Mrs. Ma completely treated Ma Xiaoquan as her grandson, and Ma Xiaoquan was happy to do so. After all, before he was born, his grandparents were no longer alive.
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Finally, after persuading Mrs. Ma, Ma Xiaoquan exhaled heavily.
Mrs. Ma was still a little choked and said: "It's a pity that Qinghan is not here, and Feng'er is also..." At this point, Mrs. Ma's tears flowed out again.
Ma Xiaoquan felt sorry for Mrs. Ma, helped her wipe away the tears on her face, and comforted her: "Grandma, I did not handle Huang Da's matter well. Qinghan is gone now. I think she will not come back again, no matter what
No matter what, our Ma family has to continue, and our Ma family members have to continue..."
"But Quan'er, Qinghan just left without saying goodbye. Could it be that you..."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled bitterly and said: "So what if I have an idea? Since Qinghan has decided to leave, she naturally has her own ideas. I also feel sorry for her about Feng'er."
"No, Quan'er, I don't blame you for what happened to Feng'er. It's all grandma's fault, it's all grandma's fault..."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and shook his head: "Grandma, this matter is over. Qinghan has the fire spirit I left on her body, and the fire spirit will protect her!"
"Hey! It's really hard for you. You are the first generation head of the Ma family, but you are involved in such things..."
Ma Xiaoquan said with a smile: "Grandma, you are out of touch with this. I was born as a member of the Ma family, and I will be a ghost of the Ma family when I die!"
Madam Ma nodded heavily: "Okay, Quan'er, okay!" Madam Ma was excited and sad at the same time. She was speechless for a moment and just kept repeating "Okay".
The grandfather and grandson chatted for a while, and Ma Xiaoquan arranged for Mrs. Ma to rest. The old man was getting older and his energy was not as good as before. Ma Xiaoquan promised Mrs. Ma that as long as he was here, the Ma family would never be threatened.
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Having said that, there is no real power now, and Jin Yiwei cannot be mobilized. Ma Xiaoquan thought about it for a long time and decided to win over Zhang Mazi as soon as possible.
It's just... outside the Ma family, the spy sent by King Xin must be watching him non-stop for twelve hours. If he wants to chat with Zhang Mazi and win over him, he must first meet with him.
Ma Xiaoquan stuck his head out and took a look. Since he entered the prison, except for a few loyal servants who have worked in the Ma family for a long time, many servants and helpers have all fled. It can be said that people have fled.
The tea is cool.
Well, at least I can see who is still on my side at this time.
Ma Xiaoquan gathered the remaining people, settled them down smoothly, and gave everyone ten taels of silver for daily expenses.
Ma Xiaoquan counted some of the Ma family's current savings and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Uncle Tong came back to the Ma family once when he entered Tianlao, and temporarily took away the financial power of the Ma family. As a result, although the Ma family was unguarded in Beijing, it did a good job in protecting the property.
Still very good.
Furthermore, Mrs. Ma stepped forward in time to calm the order of the merchant gathering place, so that the merchant gathering place was still operating well even in Ma Xiaoquan's absence.
In addition, Fang Yun, who was under the control of Caobang in the past, also devoted himself to helping the Ma family manage the family business. Although Ma Xiaoquan knew that Fang Yun had embezzled a lot from it, the large amount was still in the hands of the Ma family.
Since the Ma family ate meat, they had to let Fang Yun drink some soup.
Fang Yun's sister is quite persistent. During the time when Ma Xiaoquan was in the prison, she had been taking care of the housekeeping of the family. Although some of the things the little girl did were still very immature, the housekeeping of the Ma family was at least normal.
On the other hand, Hua Yue, after inviting Zheng Long from Hebei, walked around the city of Beijing and suddenly greeted Mrs. Ma, not knowing what to do. After that, Li Qinghan left without saying goodbye, and she was very successful.
The one-man team member is not here, and Hua Yue is not here either. Ma Xiaoquan is really a clever woman who cannot make a meal without straw.
At this moment, the door creaked open, and a small figure came into Ma Xiaoquan's eyes.
Ma Xiaoquan blinked, looking at that small figure, an idea suddenly came to him.
"Little sister Fang, come here!" Ma Xiaoquan waved to the owner of the small figure, the little girl Fang.
Although the little girl of the Fang family has been at Ma's house, she rarely talks to Ma Xiaoquan. The little girl has always admired Ma Xiaoquan, but did not dare to talk to Ma Xiaoquan because the little girl feels that she is not as good as Li Qinghan and not as good as Hua Xiaoquan.
Joy.
"Don't be afraid, come on, come on!" Ma Xiaoquan smiled and waved to the little girl of the Fang family.
"Yeah!" The little girl from the Fang family came over gently, and kept rubbing the corners of her clothes with her hands very cautiously.
Ma Xiaoquan said: "You have been coming to Ma's house for a long time, right?"
"Um!"
"You know what it means when your brother puts you next to me, right?"
The little girl of the Fang family was shocked and quickly knelt down in front of Ma Xiaofeng: "Sir, I don't dare to have any unnecessary thoughts. I am not as good as Sister Qinghan, not as good as Sister Huayue, I dare not..."
Before he finished speaking, Ma Xiaoquan pulled up the little girl of the Fang family and comforted her: "Who said you are inferior? From now on, I will teach you some methods of managing family affairs... Well, the Ma family
With such a big family business, grandma is old and Hua Yue is not here. I don’t know when she will come back. This family cannot lack a woman to run the house!"