Mrs. Ma rolled her eyes and said: "There were more than seven Ma Xiaoquan in the beginning. To be precise, there are eight people listed in the family tree who have names. As for those who have no names, we can't say, and...
..Now Ma Xiaoquan, including Qinghan back then, should have five women."
"Qinghan..." Ma Zhi was a little reluctant, "Grandma, why did Qinghan marry Ma Xiaoquan and gave birth to a son for him?"
Mrs. Ma smiled bitterly and said: "You should be blamed for this~ You were absent for no reason. Everyone thought you were dead. You said that if you left at the beginning, even if you took Qinghan with you, I'm afraid nothing would happen later."
Ma Zhi glanced at Brother Geshu resentfully and sighed: "That's all, Qinghan is gone now. Grandma, I want to ask, does Ma Xiaoquan have any heirs now?"
"Well, yes, Fangfang gave birth to another son for him."
Ma Zhi sighed: "Ma Xiaoquan robbed two of my women and had a son. What...what have I done these years?"
"Zhi'er, haven't you gotten married in these years since you've been away?"
Brothers Ma Zhi and Ge Shu looked at each other and said, "It's done. My wife loves me very much, but she has always been in poor health and cannot have children..."
Mrs. Ma said disapprovingly: "Since you can't have children, why don't you have a room of concubines?"
Ma Zhi smiled bitterly and said: "Madam also said that it's just my father-in-law..."
"Ahem..." Geshu Xingyun coughed twice and his face darkened.
Mrs. Ma saw the clues and asked Ge Shu Xingyun: "Boy, is the father-in-law my grandson mentioned a member of your family?"
Ge Shu Xingyun nodded and said, "It's my father."
"I see, well, that doesn't make sense~" Mrs. Ma said, "I don't care about Zhi'er's relationship with your family of poets and writers. His wife cannot have children, but she is not allowed to take concubines. Since ancient times, there are three major unfilial piety, not having children. Could it be that your
Dad, don’t you understand the truth of this matter?”
"this......"
"May I ask if your father is the head of your family?"
Geshu Xingyun shook his head; "No~"
"There are so many things, why? Does it mean that if my Zhier takes a concubine, it will be bad for his first wife?"
"this......"
Mrs. Ma was unhappy and said: "Go back and tell your father to let my Zhi'er take a concubine and leave a blood heir. I don't care what kind of family your song and book family is or what kind of Baiyi family you are. There are three consequences of being unfilial and having no offspring."
Do you want me, an old woman, to teach him the big truth?"
Mrs. Ma's aura was very strong. The always impulsive Songshu Xingyun was speechless in front of the old Mrs. Ma. After a long time, she nodded and said: "Okay, I will tell my father."
"Hmph~~" Mrs. Ma snorted coldly and looked at Ma Zhi, "You, don't wrong yourself too much."
Ma Zhi shook his head: "Grandma, I'm not sorry. Madam is indeed in poor health. I was too impatient, so I took the risk of coming to the capital to seek medicine. If I didn't come, grandma probably wouldn't know that I'm still alive."
"Please give me medicine, what medicine?"
Ma Zhi sighed and said, "Do we have an ancestral elixir in our family? Grandma, I need that elixir to save my wife."
"Elixir?" Mrs. Ma was stunned and said with a wry smile, "That elixir has been taken away by Ma Xiaoquan a long time ago."
"What?" Ma Zhi's expression changed, "The elixir...the elixir is gone...it's gone..."
Ma Zhi's expression was very sincere, and Mrs. Ma could tell that he was very disappointed.
"Zhi'er, don't worry. Although the elixir is lost, there is still someone in our family. Have you forgotten? Ma Xiaoquan is here."
"Ma Xiaoquan? Grandma, do you want me to beg him?"
Mrs. Ma said: "You don't have to beg. Grandma can go and beg. Grandma will beg him with this old face."
Ma Zhidao: "How about that, grandma, I'll go too."
Brother Geshu looked at each other, nodded and said, "Grandma, shall we go too?"
Mrs. Ma thought for a while and said: "Okay, then let's do this~"
...
In Ma's study room.
Ma Xiaoquan listened to Ma Laojiu's report and said after a long time: "You only found this much?"
Ma Laojiu nodded sheepishly: "Boss, I just started to do it, and I didn't do it very well..."
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said: "You did a pretty good job. At least you found the information I wanted."
Ma Laojiu took a long breath: "Boss, I will definitely work hard in the future~"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded, thinking that Ma Laojiu was much less thoughtful than Fang Yun. Such a person was more worthy of being entrusted with important things than Fang Yun.
Seeing that Ma Xiaoquan was silent, Ma Laojiu asked, "Boss, what should I do next?"
Ma Xiaoquan thought for a while and said: "The next thing...you do this..."
...
In the evening of that day, Mrs. Ma called Ma Xiaoquan into the room to discuss the matter. Since he already knew some news, Ma Xiaoquan didn't seem that surprised, but in front of Mrs. Ma, he still showed some surprise.
Seeing Ma Xiaoquan's surprise, Mrs. Ma smiled and said: "I was just like you. I was also surprised to hear that Zhi'er was not dead. When I saw Zhi'er, I realized that he was not dead. Well, you haven't seen him yet.
Zhi'er, right?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded.
"Okay, how about we meet tomorrow? Well, there are two other people you know, Geshu Xingyun and Geshu Liushui."
"Huh? Brother Geshu, why are they with Ma Zhi?"
Mrs. Ma squinted her eyes and said, "Looking like that, they should be a family. If so, then we are all a family."
"A family...hehe...Grandma, do you know that when I was on a blind date in the Beiming Family, Brother Geshu became a gentleman."
"Oh, is there something wrong?"
"That's natural. They took away something belonging to the Beiming Family and haven't returned it yet. Of course, the original owner of that thing should be the Baiyi Clan."
Mrs. Ma said: "The family of poets and calligraphers is the family of hundreds of artists."
"The Baiyi Clan? The Songshu Family is the Baiyi Clan?" Ma Xiaoquan looked at Mrs. Ma in surprise, "You didn't lie to me, grandma?"
"Hey, why did my old lady lie to you?"
"Interesting, Ma Zhi appeared, and people from the Baiyi clan also suddenly appeared... They want to meet me? What do you mean?"
"To be honest, Zhi'er's wife is not in good health and she wants to come back to get the elixir we have at home."
"Horse urine elixir? That's a lie. Besides, when the late emperor Zhu Changluo asked our family for that elixir, grandma, you agreed to lose it..." Ma Xiaoquan said with a bitter smile.