Summary of the previous chapter: Yang Lian suddenly impeached Cui Wensheng and accused him of murdering the emperor. In order to save himself, Fang Congzhe, the chief assistant, personally came to the Ma family to win over the Ma family people. Then, the Donglin Party came again...
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Mrs. Ma was a little worried: "Are you going? Will Chief Minister Fang be willing to see you?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "Don't worry if he doesn't want to see me, grandma. I'm not going to go directly to Fang Congzhe. Besides, with my status, if I want to meet other people, I'm afraid they won't bother to see me. I know myself."
"What about the Donglin Party?"
Ma Xiaoquan frowned and thought for a moment: "The Donglin Party... there is no need to go."
"Ah? How can that be done, Quan'er, didn't you hear that Donglin Party member just said that my Ma family is a member of the Zhejiang Party? If this is confirmed, it would be bad."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "Grandma, you don't understand this. The Donglin Party members are just talking out of anger. If he really goes back and continues talking, it will be equivalent to giving them Donglin Party increases for no reason."
I have an enemy. If it were you, grandma, do you think it would be appropriate?"
Madam Ma said: "Then what should we do next?"
Ma Xiaoquan grinned: "The people from the Donglin Party are not taking advantage of my Ma family, and they will definitely closely monitor the next movements of my Ma family, so... what should we do next?
What the Donglin Party members want to know."
"Quan'er, if that's the case, then by going to Fang Shoufu, aren't you just following his wishes?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head: "Grandma, I didn't say I would go directly to Fang Congzhe."
Mrs. Ma looked at Ma Xiaoquan doubtfully.
Ma Xiaoquan smiled and leaned into Mrs. Ma's ear, whispering softly for a while.
"Ah?" Mrs. Ma stared at Ma Xiaoquan in surprise after hearing this, "Quan'er, is this okay?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded: "Of course, grandma, you must be happy if I do this, right?"
Mrs. Ma laughed heartily: "Quan'er, you are just...haha...Okay, just do what you say. By the way, if I'm short of money, I'll go to you."
If my uncle wants it, I will give him as much as he wants."
Ma Xiaoquan was happy when he heard this: "Really?"
Mrs. Ma nodded, and just as she was about to speak again, a soft female voice suddenly came over: "Grandma, no"
Mrs. Ma was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saw it was Li Qinghan.
Li Qinghan glared at Ma Xiaoquan, walked gently in front of Mrs. Ma, and said respectfully: "Grandma, I just went out for a while, how come you were deceived by this bad guy?"
"Ah?" Mrs. Ma looked at Li Qinghan, wondering what she was talking about.
Li Qinghan explained: "Grandma, has Ma Xiaoquan been asking you for money these days?"
Mrs. Ma nodded: "Yes."
Li Qinghan gritted his teeth and said: "Grandma, do you know what he has been doing with the money these days? Huh, he spent all his time drinking and drinking. Yesterday... he also smashed a small shop and still hasn't given any money to anyone.
"Compensation"
Mrs. Ma and Ma Xiaoquan looked at each other with a cold heart. The reason why Quan'er did this was entirely to conceal his true identity. He did this because we had discussed it in advance.
Although she thinks so in her heart, her mouth... Madam Ma cannot say that.
Mrs. Ma pretended to be angry and yelled at Ma Xiaoquan: "You bastard, you lied to grandma and said you were going out to do business, and you've been having fun for a long time and you're still living and drinking, huh?"
Ma Xiaoquan also cooperated very well and said with a sad face: "Grandma, didn't I meet Zhou Chao and the others on the road..."
"How dare you, little bastard, tell me, why did you smash up someone else's store yesterday?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Someone touched me and I didn't even look at him... so I started fighting with him. If it weren't for Zhou Chao's help, I wouldn't be able to fight him..."
Mrs. Ma had an "angry" look on her face: "What about the store? Why did you guys destroy the store during the fight?"
Ma Xiaoquan said: "Aren't there tables and chairs in the store..."
"You bastard." Madam Ma stepped forward in anger and slapped Ma Xiaoquan hard.
The sound of "pop" was so crisp and loud that even Li Qinghan beside him couldn't help but shake his eyelids a few times.
Mrs. Ma felt very sorry in her heart. She said, "I'm sorry, the first-generation head of the family. I have no choice but to act like a show."
Ma Xiaoquan was not angry because Mrs. Ma really hit him. Instead, he covered his face cooperatively: "Then what should we do now? The store has been destroyed. Grandma, the money must be paid to others..."
Mrs. Ma was stunned for a moment, and said in her heart that the first generation head of the family, you are so dedicated.
"We must compensate. You think you won't compensate, Qinghan..." Mrs. Ma turned to look at Li Qinghan and ordered, "Take fifty taels of silver from Ma Tong and go to that small shop. Let's see.
Let me compensate you."
Li Qinghan nodded, hummed softly at Ma Xiaoquan, and walked away with his head held high proudly.
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Li Qinghan came to the door of the small shop that Ma Xiaoquan destroyed and happened to see a man cleaning up the mess outside the door. He went up and asked, "Are you the owner of this shop?"
The man raised his head, glanced at Li Qinghan, and nodded.
Li Qinghan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he made himself look ugly before going out. Otherwise, with his appearance, it would be troublesome to walk on the street.
"I was sent by the Ma family to compensate you. May I ask how much total compensation you have to pay?"
When the store owner heard this, he waved his hand quickly: "No, no, no, no need to pay, not even a penny."
"Eh? Why? Didn't my Fourth Young Master smash up your shop?"
The shop owner smiled bitterly and said: "Girl, I think you must be a new servant of the Ma family. The girl doesn't know something. Yesterday, the Fourth Master pointed out that Ma Xiaoquan suddenly came to my shop and said he would give me 100 taels of silver.
He freed up the shop and smashed it up..."
"What?" Li Qinghan said in surprise, "Did he really say that?"
The shop owner was an honest man. He reached out and took out a few ingots of silver from his pocket and handed them back to Li Qinghan: "Girl, the total number of things that were smashed in my shop was about thirty taels. I have fifty taels now, and the rest are
My mother-in-law has taken it to buy some things. When I get them tomorrow, I will return the price difference to you."
Li Qinghan shook his head and returned the fifty taels of silver the shop owner gave her: "Boss, you'd better take it, um, I understand, then I'll go." After that, Li Qinghan didn't look back.
's left.
Looking at Li Qinghan's retreating figure, the shop owner shook his head and said, "This Ma family is really weird, it's really hard to figure out?"