Chapter 95
Ma Jinchang's mother Zheng is 80 years old, and Ma Jinchang is her only child.

At that time, Ma Jinchang's father and grandfather were well-known big landlords and famous families in the entire Luzhong area. In addition to real estate in Fenghuangling Village, their hometown, there was a cloth shop on the street of Zhaizi Village, and there were many in Tainan City. property.

Ma Jinchang's father is Ma Hongci, and his grandfather is Ma Lianshan.Ma Lianshan was the godfather of Chen Sankan, the big bandit leader in southern Thailand, and Ma Hongci was the county magistrate in the Republic of China. Zheng was not Ma Hongci's first wife. In fact, she was Ma Hongci's third wife. He is 16 years younger and only three years older than Ma Hongci's eldest son.

Ma Hongci's first wife, who was three years older than him, had no childbirth and died at the age of 24.Then his second wife was six years younger than him, and bore him four sons and two daughters, and later died of dystocia when giving birth to the youngest son.In 1949, when Ma Jinchang was born, Ma Hongci ran to the south, but because Zheng's body was too weak and Ma Jinchang was too young, he couldn't take them away, so he kept Zheng and Ma Jinchang.

Later, the Zheng family and Ma Hongci lost any contact.I heard a letter from a villager in front of the Nanxia branch, saying that Ma Hongci's four sons and two daughters were killed by guerrillas in Fujian Province before they reached Wanwan Province.

Living to see people and dying to see corpses, Zheng has always wanted to move Ma Hongci's tomb back from the south, but it has been a long time, and this matter is very difficult.Whether or not Ma Hongci's and the others' bones were buried in the ground, Zheng was very disturbed.

In 2003, the Ma family in Fenghuangling Village could be said to cover the sky with one hand, but now there was only one male, Ma Jinchang, and he didn't even have a wife.

When he walked back home from Damiao Village, it was almost 09:30 in the evening. Ma Jinchang saw that the light in the back room where his old mother lived was still on, so he locked the courtyard door and pushed open the back room door.

Mrs. Zheng is a very clean and tidy old lady. She is not tall, only less than 1.5 meters. Although she is 80 years old, she keeps the house in good order.Her natal family was also a big landlord in southern Thailand. After all, anyone who could be Ma Hongci's wife was not even the daughter of a big landlord.

"Son, did you send him back?"

Zheng was lying on the bed with her clothes on and her eyes closed. When she heard the door opening, she opened her eyes and sat up.

"Mom, send it back."

Ma Jinchang's home is the three thatched huts allocated during the land reform. They have to be repaired every year, otherwise it will leak.There are three thatched huts, and the two rooms on the east are the main hall. There is a double bed on the east side of the main hall against the wall, which is where Ma Jinchang sleeps.The other one is divided into two back rooms, one is Zheng's bedroom, and the other is used as a warehouse.

There is not much furniture in their house. The canopy beds, chairs, etc. that used to be used as firewood after being smashed as targets of attack.

"Son, it's good to treat others. You should be closer to others' daughters than your own."

"Mother, I know."

The couple chatted a few gossips to check that it was not early, and then Ma Jinchang took care of his mother to fall asleep, and went to bed by himself.

However, Ma Jinchang did not fall asleep throughout the night.

Once you've hired a matchmaker, it's time to get busy renovating the house.

How can such three dilapidated thatched houses marry a wife?

And renovating the house requires a sum of money, and Ma Jinchang doesn't have much money in his hand.

Since he started working with Zhao Qingshan last year, he has saved more than 7000 yuan in his hands for a whole year, and it takes at least 3 yuan to build a five-room tile house. If it is a little better , it costs 5 yuan, where can I get so much money?

It is not shameful to borrow money to build a house and marry a wife, but where do you go to borrow money?
From the looks of it, it can only be said that we are discussing with Xiao Li, the next step is to get married in these three thatched huts, and the next step is to slowly save money to build a house.

Ma Jinchang stared in a daze for two hours, and got up at five o'clock in the morning.

Today I want to invite a matchmaker at my home, and this matchmaker is not someone else. Liu Yutang is his brother in the village according to seniority, and Liu Yutang's wife is Xiao Li's cousin, so this banquet must be prepared with extra care.

Ma Jinchang usually saves food and money, but today is different. Today's banquet must have both chicken and fish.Chicken is ready-made at home, but you need to buy fish at the market.

Early in the morning, Ma Jinchang rode his Dajinlu bicycle, which he had been riding for more than ten years, to the market in Damiao Village, bought a live carp and some vegetables, and filled a basket full.

After buying the vegetables, he went to Widow Song's house.

He parked his bicycle at the door, and felt countless eyes staring at him behind him.There is a lot of gossip at the widow's door, this sentence is not casual.

"coming."

"Hey, let's go."

"Wait a minute and I'll wash my face."

Widow Song did not let Ma Jinchang into the house, but gave him a Maza, and asked him to sit in the yard and wait for five or six minutes.

In the end, Widow Song got on Ma Jinchang's bicycle.

The time arranged to invite the matchmaker was at noon, and there was cooking in the morning, so Widow Song followed Ma Jinchang to his house to help.

Because of today's incident, Widow Song had already sent her daughter to her natal family yesterday.

When a widow gets married, the biggest obstacle she encounters is her children and their children's uncles and uncles. Therefore, if you want to get married, you must hurry up and not hesitate.

Widow Song's daughter is still young, so she won't stop her mother from getting married, and she's afraid of her uncle and uncle.

Although her younger uncle and elder brother-in-law didn't know about it yet, when Ma Jinchang came to pick her up this morning, the whole village soon knew about it.

There are many gossips in front of widows, and there are also reasons for this.

When Widow Song married Ma Jinchang, she had to bear the pressure from public opinion. Compared with the economic pressure Ma Jinchang borne, it was not small at all.

After getting on the bicycle, Widow Song covered her head scarf, for fear that others would recognize her.

After leaving the village head of Damiao Village, Widow Song let out a long sigh of relief, but laughed out loud instead.

Ma Jinchang looked back at his future daughter-in-law, and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Widow Song thought for a while, and said to herself, "Yes, what am I laughing at? Brother, am I going crazy?"

Now it was Ma Jinchang's turn to laugh: "Hahahaha, you're not crazy, I'm going crazy."

"Why are you crazy?"

"I am happy."

Hearing this, Widow Song's face became hot, and she immediately turned red.

Fortunately, it was still early, and the people who went to the market were still having breakfast at home, and there was no one on the road.

Then Widow Song stopped talking, and Ma Jinchang asked her again: "Are you happy?"

Hearing Brother Ma ask herself this question, she also pondered carefully in her heart. After thinking for a long time, from the village head of Damiao Village to the village head of Xiaomiao Village, she suddenly grinned and said: " Are you so happy that you haven't figured it out yet?"

Ma Jinchang, who was riding a bicycle, froze for a moment, and the car continued to move forward. He frowned, unable to understand the meaning of the woman sitting on the back seat of his bicycle: "How do I know what you are thinking?"

"You're stupid, hahahaha." Widow Song laughed again.

Ever since he was a child, Ma Jinchang had never been called stupid by others, but at this moment, he suddenly felt that this curse word sounded so nice.
After entering Fenghuangling Village, Ma Jinchang pushed his bicycle, followed by Widow Song, and at this moment, Ma Jinchang's chest straightened up.

He is happy, he feels that he is very powerful, and that he can find a wife who is so much younger than him, it must be the result of his respect for God and heaven for many years.

In fact, Widow Song is very beautiful. She is in her 30s and her figure is not out of shape at all. It seems that some people believe that she is 27 or [-] years old.

When Ma Jinchang returned home, he saw his boss, Zhao Qingshan, sitting on the big chair in the main hall of his house.

"Qingshan is here?" Ma Jinchang was a little puzzled, he had no intention of calling his boss over for his treat today.

But Zhao Qingshan called Ma Jinchang to an empty back room, took out a thick pile of money from his pocket, and said in a low voice: "I was thinking about it last night. If you want to hold a wedding or build a house, you need money. You I don’t think there is much in hand, this is 4 yuan, you take it first, and tell me if it’s not enough.”

"This……"

"Hush, keep your voice down, don't let my aunt outside hear, this money is for you, don't pay it back!"

"This……"

"It's not enough, I'll go first, we still have to work on the chicken farm."

Seeing that Zhao Qingshan was about to leave, Ma Jinchang hurriedly collected the money and sent it out.

When I am in the most difficult time, the hand extended by others, this kindness, no matter what, I can't return it!
(End of this chapter)

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