Chapter 87 Birth, old age, sickness and death (two in one)
In mid-July, everything that needed to be done was done, and Ma Xiaolong and his party went home.
In just half a month, Ma Xiaolong did a lot of things. First, he recorded an MV album with Chen Jun, and then provided the country with a lot of technological and industrial technologies that benefited the country and the people. With these technologies, the country's technological and industrial development
It can speed up the process by at least twenty years.
After that, he added an animation department to the entertainment company and is currently recruiting animation talents with high salaries. He has also obtained the copyright number of the magazine and plans to publish the comic magazine on New Year's Day next year.
The name of the comic magazine is "The King of Comics", yes, it is a tribute to the "King of Painting" that was banned three years ago.
Because people in this era are too conservative, "King of Painting" was suspended just one year after it was published. It is really a pity. What's even more pity are the domestic cartoonists who contributed to "King of Painting" back then.
"King of Painting" disappeared, and they lost an excellent platform. Although other comic magazines later absorbed them, their influence was much worse than that of "King of Painting".
Ma Xiaolong founded this magazine to network with outstanding domestic cartoonists and use this as a basis to develop China's own cartoon industry.
In order to make this magazine an instant hit, Ma Xiaolong also prepared a new comic work to be submitted to his magazine, and the name of the new comic is "Under One Person".
I'm sorry Brother Mi Er, Sister Baoer will be born in my writing.
In addition, "Love Through Time" has been discussed with Yangma and will be aired in prime time on August 1, with two episodes per day, exactly two weeks.
A few days ago, Ma Qiangsheng, who was based in Xiangjiang, went to see Mr. Jin and bought from him "The Swordsman", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Heaven Slaying the Dragon" and "The Eight Heavenly Dragons"
Mainland film and television adaptation rights of "Part".
For no other reason than to praise the actors in his own company.
In the past year, the company has signed many young film and television actors, but due to the lack of film and television resources, these young actors can only film scenes for other crews. Now, Bruce Ma wants to use Jin's martial arts drama to make a mark in mainland film and television dramas
First shot.
On the other hand, he has established an online literature website on the Internet, allowing netizens who love writing to write books on the website. As long as the writing is good and popular, they can get opportunities for animation, film and television, and game adaptations.
This time, I learned a lot from Penguin.
After two years of development, Ma Xiaolong's technology and entertainment company has been on the right track and is making great strides towards becoming a giant in the industry.
Ma Xiaolong's goal is very simple, that is, in the near future, bankers all over the country will sincerely call him "Brother Ma".
Follow Brother Ma, eat and drink.
Well, that's a good slogan.
After half a month of busy work, Ma Xiaolong did not feel tired. For him, who has field control skills, it is now very easy to manage the company, and under his remote control command, the financial crisis has been cut off for him.
Tens of billions of funds.
This is just a warm-up. The Southeast Asian financial crisis will soon turn into the Asian financial crisis, and some of it will be severe!
Cutting other people's leeks and developing his own career, Ma Xiaolong finally understood the joy of Mi Li's family.
As happy as he is, Lingling Chu, who is rich in funds, is even happier, and the country with more than $120 billion in foreign exchange reserves is the happiest.
This wave, this wave has directly increased the country's GDP by 15%. It's really hard to be too happy.
And there will be more cuttings in the next year!
Ma Xiaolong doesn't care about those things. Anyway, he has no interest in making money now. He just wants to help the country develop as soon as possible, so that the people can live a good life, and he can also live a good life as soon as possible, where he can sleep until he wakes up naturally.
"Grandma, we are back!"
At 10:30 in the morning, I arrived home. As soon as I entered the yard, Ma Xiaofeng shouted, startling her grandma who was playing mahjong.
"You're back! Have you eaten yet?" Grandma pushed the cards and stopped playing.
When the other old ladies saw this, they reluctantly ended the game and went home to rest.
These days, old men and women in ordinary families are relatively comfortable. After all, they have given birth to many children, and they are retired. Their children are basically by their side. They have their children to take care of them every day, and they can also entertain their grandchildren. Their life is very leisurely.
However, this kind of life will basically disappear in a few decades. Under the one-child policy, when people born in the 1950s and 1960s grow old, it will be good if their children can take care of themselves. There is not much energy to take care of the elderly. Compared to now
Those born in the 1930s and 1940s are much more miserable.
The only thing I'm thankful for is that I won't be hungry. I just lack the company of my children. Once I'm sick and bedridden, the problem will be serious.
Looking at these old ladies leaving, Ma Xiaolong was thoughtful.
Social welfare and elderly care can be implemented in the future.
But it seems that orphanages should be established in this era.
Although family planning has been in place for almost 20 years, many people outside cities still secretly have more children, but if the child is not a son, it is easy to abandon the child. In the future, it will be difficult for those born in the 1980s and 1990s to marry a wife.
It is caused by abortion and the abandonment of female infants, resulting in an imbalance in the male-female ratio.
Coupled with the media and capital adding fuel to the flames, after 2010, there were so many betrothal gifts flying all over the place, and there were endless memes like ‘Mother-in-law boosts housing prices’.
Anyway, in the past ten years or so, many families with daughters have really changed their destiny by receiving bride price. There are even some shameless women who regard receiving wedding gifts as a business. They receive wedding gifts this year, divorce and divide the house the next year, and then
Marry again and receive betrothal gifts, divorce again and divide the house... In this cycle, you can achieve financial freedom in just a few years, which is shameless and outrageous.
This also directly led to the introduction of the Civil Code, so that women could no longer treat marriage as a business.
Alas! Thinking about the next twenty years, it will really be a mess, with various operations to refresh the lower limit emerging one after another. Ma Xiaolong can't figure out why this is the case, but if he has the ability, he will try to change this.
Now, you can try to build an orphanage. Anyway, there is too much money and nowhere to spend it. It is definitely right to do more good deeds.
Let's go back and discuss it with Zhu Lingling. She has a wide network of contacts and takes the lead in setting up a chain of orphanages across the country. The network is unified nationwide, the services are unified, and the staff are recruited uniformly. Bullying of children and using children for profit must not be allowed to happen.
Also, foreigners cannot be allowed to adopt Chinese orphans.
If our own children are raised by foreigners, will they still be our children?
There are too many problems and countless problems, and it is difficult to change. Ma Xiaolong is a bit brain-burning.
"What are you thinking about?" Seeing Ma Xiaolong thinking, Zhu Sha asked in a low voice.
"It's important for the family and the country." Ma Xiaolong said.
"..." Zhusha rolled her eyes and walked to her grandma: "Grandma, I bought you a dress, you can try it on."
Grandma was so happy that she couldn't see her teeth: "Okay."
…
While eating at noon, an unexpected person arrived, disrupting Ma Xiaolong's plans for the next few days.
Ma Xiaojun, thirteen years old, the eldest son of Ma Xiaolong's fifth uncle, came to the house dressed in mourning. When he saw everyone eating in the house, he knelt down with a plop.
"Ouch!" Grandma looked at it, her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly helped Ma Xiaojun up: "Xiaojun, what's wrong?"
"My grandma is gone."
Hearing these words, Ma Xiaolong was stunned and remembered that in his previous life, his grandma indeed passed away in July of 1997.
Five years ago, the grandfather he hated had already taken the first step.
"Old sister is gone?" Grandma was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but feel sad, and asked: "When did you leave?"
"I slept and walked away early this morning. It was quite peaceful." Ma Xiaojun said.
Hearing the way the old sister walked, grandma breathed a sigh of relief and said with emotion: "The old sister is a good person! God was not willing to let her suffer when she left."
Ma Xiaolong patted Ma Xiaojun on the shoulder and said, "Have you eaten yet? Eat some first, and we'll go there later."
"Have eaten." Ma Xiaojun shook his head, handed him the filial piety clothes and belt he brought, and said: "These are the filial piety clothes for the third uncle, the third mother, and the filial piety for you and Sister Xiaofeng. Grandma will send them to you the day after tomorrow."
"Okay." After taking over the mourning clothes, Ma Xiaolong said, "Then I won't keep you. You can go back slowly."
"Okay, then I'm leaving."
"I'll give it to you."
"Don't come out."
"Let's go!"
"..."
After seeing Ma Xiaojun off and returning to the house, the atmosphere changed.
"You guys eat first!" Ma Xiaolong said to everyone, "I'll make a call."
Everyone nodded and watched Ma Xiaolong go to the second floor.
After grandma left, Ma Xiaolong must have called Ma Qiangsheng first. Ma Qiangsheng was still in Xiangjiang at the moment! When he received the call and learned that his old mother was gone, he stayed in Bengbu: "I will buy a plane ticket and come back right away!"
As for the affairs in Xiangjiang, it doesn't matter if he exists or not.
After that, Ma Xiaolong made a few more phone calls. When he came downstairs, although everyone at the dinner table was still eating, they all ate quite depressed. After a good meal, the food was no longer tasty.
Ma Xiaolong came over, picked up his rice bowl and started to eat hungrily: "It's time to eat. After eating, Dai Yu will help us take a look at the house. We will come back after paying our respects."
Dai Yu nodded repeatedly: "Okay."
"I have to take a leave." Liu Ying said.
"Yes." Ma Xiaolong nodded and said, "Just ask for three days' leave! I will definitely not be able to take any time off these days."
"If that doesn't work, I'll stay there." Liu Ying said, "I can help you if you're nearby."
"Alright."
Weddings and weddings always involve a lot of people's energy. As the eldest grandson of Ma Laosan's family, Ma Xiaolong will definitely stay there to watch and help.
Alas! Grandma...
…
The next day, Ma Qiangsheng came back from Xiangjiang, finally cried in time for his old mother, and sent her away with tears on the morning of the third day.
Everyone in Majiazhuang has their own cemetery. After grandma was cremated, she was buried in grandpa's grave. At this point, the funeral was complete.
As Ma Xiaolong's future daughter-in-law, Zhusha also paid filial piety to her grandma, and she really shed tears when she cried. Ma Xiaofeng, a naughty child, did not behave like a monster. Although she cried a lot of fake things, she still went through the formality.
After all, Ma Xiaofeng had not seen her grandma for many years and did not have much love for her grandma. Ma Xiaofeng could not cry at all.
Ma Xiaolong actually couldn't cry, for the same reason as Ma Xiaofeng, but his sadness was still revealed. In the end, it was Zhu Sha, the never-married granddaughter-in-law, who cried the most sadly. I don't know why?
After letting his grandma rest in peace, Ma Xiaolong took off his mourning clothes and walked around the village with Cinnabar.
After more than a year of construction, the village's planting base and breeding base have already taken some shape. According to the current progress, it will take about a year to complete the construction of the base. By then, various seeds can be introduced.
, saplings and livestock, and vigorously developed agriculture and breeding.
This was the first time Zhu Sha saw such a large agricultural and animal husbandry base. She followed Ma Xiaolong around curiously. After listening to his story, she said, "It's pretty good. With the scale here, our dad may become a different person in the future."
Become the king of agriculture and animal husbandry."
"I think so too." Ma Xiaolong said: "Food is the most important thing for the people. Our dad doesn't like doing those frivolous things. He is happiest farming and raising pigs in the village."
Zhusha smiled slightly and said: "It's pretty good."
In the evening, Ma Xiaolong and his party returned home. Dai Yu, who had helped look after the house for three days, was feeding Lulu dog food. When he saw them coming back, he quickly asked: "Are you done?"
"I'm done." Ma Xiaolong said, "Sister Lin, I've been troubling you these days."
Dai Yu shook his head: "No, it's quite leisurely."
It's really leisurely. Apart from feeding Lulu and the pigeons and cleaning, Dai Yu spends his time at home watching TV, playing computer games and reading books. He is more leisurely than at home.
Ma Xiaolong smiled: "I'll treat you to a big dinner tonight."
"No." Dai Yu shook his head and said, "I haven't been home for more than half a month and I want to go home for a visit."
"I'll take you home after dinner." Ma Xiaolong said.
"……All right!"
…
After dinner, Ma Xiaolong sent Dai Yu home. When he came back, most of the family members went back to their rooms to sleep.
In the past few days, everyone has suffered from severe lack of sleep. Now only Zhusha can barely stay awake. When he comes back, he said: "Xiaolong, I have been too tired these days. Take a bath and go to bed early!"
Ma Xiaolong nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work these days."
"It's not hard." Zhu Sha shook her head gently: "I'm just a little sad."
"What's wrong?" Ma Xiaolong asked.
Zhu Sha pursed her lips and said: "Grandpa, grandma, and grandpa, grandma, they are all old too."
"..." Ma Xiaolong held her in his arms and comforted her: "Birth, old age, illness and death are inevitable, don't think too much."
Cinnabar nestled in his arms and remained silent.
"Let's go! Take a good bath and sleep, everything will be fine." Ma Xiaolong said.
"Um."
Ma Xiaolong could probably understand why Zhu Sha shed tears for her grandma. It turned out to be because she was worried about the future.
People are like this. The older they grow up and the more they understand, the more sentimental they become. Maybe we can’t look away until we grow old. I wonder what we will be like when we grow old? When we are about to be buried, will we think of our childhood?
The carefreeness, the restlessness and ambiguity of adolescence, the marriage and childbirth and social pressure in adulthood, and...
This is life.
…
Although grandma's death makes people sad, it is just an episode in life. Life will go on. Within a few days, everyone's life will return to normal.
Only Ma Qiangsheng stayed in the village, saying that he would observe mourning for his grandma for forty-nine days.
The people in Majiazhuang were very moved. Everyone praised him as a filial son, but they didn't know how much these praises had to do with the agricultural and animal husbandry base under construction?
Although his observance of filial piety will have a certain impact on Ma Xiaolong's handling of external affairs, it is not a big problem. Ma Xiaolong is also willing to satisfy his father's filial piety after his mother's death.
Unknowingly, half a month has passed and time has come to August.
On August 8, the Provincial Games opened, and Coach Zhou also called him, urging him to come to the province to participate in the competition the day after tomorrow.
When it comes to 60 skill points or 6 attribute points, Ma Xiaolong still attaches great importance to it. After hanging up the phone, he started packing his luggage and planned to leave for the provincial capital tomorrow.
"Are you going to participate in the competition?" When the family arrived in the evening, they heard that Ma Xiaolong was going to compete in the provincial capital tomorrow. The family was very happy. Grandma said: "For such a big thing, our whole family must go to the scene to help Xiaolong."
Come on and cheer.”
"Let's take a look at the provincial capital." Ma Xiaofeng was very excited: "I haven't been to the provincial capital yet!"
"I have to go to work, but I'm afraid I won't be able to go." Liu Ying looked embarrassed.
Grandpa also laughed dryly: "I have to look at the gate too, next time, next time."
These two men instantly dampened everyone's high spirits.
Grandma glared at the two men and said, "Whether you want to go or not, I have to cheer for my eldest grandson anyway."
"Then go ahead!" Grandpa said, "Remember to record Xiaolong's game and show it to us when you come back."
"Don't worry! I'll record it." Ma Xiaofeng said, "I will definitely record my brother's winning style."
"Well, I'll leave this arduous task to you. Don't let down your mother and I's high expectations." Grandpa encouraged.
Ma Xiaofeng looked serious and gave a military salute: "Promise to complete the mission."
"..."
Zhu Sha said to Ma Xiaolong: "I told you to take Sister Lin with me when I was on vacation. Please call Sister Lin tomorrow!"
Ma Xiaolong nodded: "Okay."
After a pause: "Bring Xiaojun with you!"
After Chen Jun returned from Beijing, she has been helping Zhang Chiling in the training center. With her current music level, she is more than enough to teach some children.
In the past two years, Chen Jun helped out every winter and summer vacation, and Zhang Chiling even gave her a salary, but this year Chen Jun didn't ask for it anymore.
Chen Jun received a performance fee of 100,000 yuan for recording the music video in Beijing last month. On the 1st of this month, the album began to be sold in major domestic audio and video stores, and major TV stations also took turns.
airplay, resulting in album sales.
In just one week, the album sold 200,000 copies. According to the contract, Chen Jun will be given a dollar commission for every album sold. Now, at the age of 12, Chen Jun has earned a lot of money that is difficult for adults.
An imaginary sum of money.
With so much money, Chen Jun couldn't afford to pay ten yuan a day, leaving it all for his mother to buy popsicles.
In fact, Zhang Chiling was shocked and worried when she heard that her daughter had earned so much money. Without it, Chen Jun had earned 300,000 yuan in the past month or so with sharing of performance fees, and she had only earned 300,000 yuan in a year.
I can have 20,000 to 30,000 yuan left.
For the first time in her life, Zhang Chiling was shocked by the earning power of celebrities and felt a strong imbalance.
Nowadays, the salary of ordinary workers is still a few hundred yuan, but my daughter actually earns 300,000 yuan a month, and it will be more in the future. Is such a huge gap really okay?
Zhang Chiling was also biased. Ma Xiaolong made much more money than Chen Jun, but she thought it was normal. When it was her daughter's turn, she felt it was unfair and couldn't explain it.
"Okay, I think Xiaojun has nothing to do recently, so we might as well go to the provincial capital for a couple of days," grandma said.
"But where will we stay when we arrive in the provincial capital?" Ma Xiaofeng asked.
This really confused Ma Xiaolong. Although he had bought a house in all major cities in the country, he had never bought a house in a provincial capital. With so many people coming there, he could only stay in a hotel.
"Stay in a hotel!" Ma Xiaolong said, "I'll reimburse you."
"Okay, okay!" Ma Xiaofeng's eyes lit up and she giggled, "I haven't stayed in a hotel yet!"
"I'll let you live as long as you want this time."
After discussing it, Ma Xiaolong went to the opposite door to inform Zhang Chiling and Chen Jun.
"Going to compete in the provincial capital tomorrow?" This is the first time Zhang Zhiling heard about this: "Xiaolong, are you going to compete?"
"Yes." Ma Xiaolong took the tea from Chen Jun and said, "The day after tomorrow we will run the men's 100-meter race and the 200-meter race. I want to take Xiaojun there to have a look. It would be great if you can go."
Zhang Chiling smiled and shook her head: "Summer vacation is a busy time. I'm afraid Mom won't be able to make it, so let Xiaojun go!"
"Okay." Ma Xiaolong nodded, turned to Chen Jun and said, "Xiaojun, prepare two changes of clothes. I didn't buy a house over there, so I can only stay in a hotel."
Chen Jun hummed and asked, "Sister Zhusha, are they going too?"
"Grandma is going too." Ma Xiaolong said: "It is also the first provincial competition in my life, which is very memorable."
Chen Jun's eyes lit up and he nodded: "I will definitely cheer for my brother."
"Xiaojun is the most satisfied." Ma Xiaolong rubbed her hair and said with a smile, "Xiaofeng is nothing compared to you."
Chen Jun blushed and said, "No, Sister Xiaofeng is also very good."
"Don't flatter her face." Ma Xiaolong took a sip of tea and said, "What kind of virtue does she have that I don't know yet?"
Chen Jun stopped talking.
Zhang Chiling chuckled: "Okay! Xiaofeng is very good, that is, you, the elder brother, don't take her seriously."
"Whether it's good or not depends on who you compare with, Xiaojun?" Ma Xiaolong shook his head: "If Xiaojun is the moon in the sky, Xiaofeng is the firefly on the ground."
"No." Chen Jun's face turned redder, but he was very happy: "How can I be that good?"
"You're better than I said." Ma Xiaolong said with a smile: "Anyway, among the girls I know, except for your sister Zhusha, you are the best. You can't find any faults at all."
"..." Without the words "Sister Zhusha", Chen Jun would be very happy, but with these four words, she would not be so happy.
Feeling the change in her daughter's heart, Zhang Chiling sighed secretly and said: "Don't praise Xiaojun, she still has a lot to learn and improve!"
"Haha, I think it's already very good. The only thing left is to keep improving." Ma Xiaolong was extremely satisfied with his god-sister and hoped that her future would be better and not like her previous life.
After chatting with mother and daughter for a while, Ma Xiaolong got up and went back.
The next day, the group took a taxi, picked up Dai Yu halfway, and headed to the provincial capital.
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