When Ma Xiancheng saw Hu Juanjuan personally bringing him food, his eyes widened in surprise, he stood up and greeted her, and asked her why she thought of bringing him food
Hu Juanjuan said with a smile that she was afraid that he was too busy and forgot to go home for dinner, so she simply brought it over for him to eat.
Upon hearing this, the smile on Ma Xiancheng's face deepened, and he reached out and pulled Hu Juanjuan's hand unexpectedly, and whispered, Madam, thank you for your hard work.
Hu Juanjuan was startled, she withdrew her hand suddenly, put the lunch box into his hand, and urged him to eat quickly.
He was also too courageous, daring to hold her hand in full view.
Ma Xiancheng smirked at Hu Juanjuan again, and asked her to sit aside and wait for him to finish his meal before taking the lunch box back.
Hu Juanjuan thought for a while, then nodded.
Ma Xiancheng took the lunch box and walked in front of Liu Zhimo, and said loudly: "My lord, my wife has brought me food." The county magistrate's wife will bring food to the lord, and his wife will also bring him food. He doesn't have to envy adults.
Hu Juanjuan couldn't help covering her face with her hands. Is this idiot her husband? Yeah? Yeah
Liu Zhimo glanced at a fool calmly, "Madam Hu is really virtuous."
"That's..." Ma Xiancheng nodded heavily, and grinned, "My lord, why hasn't the county magistrate's wife brought you food yet?"
"...Oh, I feel sorry for her being tired, so I won't let her take it off."
"..." The smile on Ma Xiancheng's face froze, my lord, are you really okay with this? It's as if he doesn't care about his wife.
Liu Zhimo easily fought back, raised his eyebrows and smiled at Ma Xiancheng, "Ma Xiancheng, the food is going to be cold, don't you want to eat?" Little boy, want to fight him? no way.
"Let's eat, do you want to come together?"
Before Liu Zhimo could refuse, a guard walked in with a lunch box, walked up to Liu Zhimo, and said respectfully, "My lord, your meal."
Liu Zhimo accepted it with a smile and said thank you.
Ma Xiancheng glanced at the guards enviously. If there were guards in his family, he wouldn't have to worry about his wife.
He walked to the side with some anxiety, took out the food inside, and sat down to eat.
"Mrs. Hu, have you eaten yet?"
Hu Juanjuan smiled at Liu Zhimo, saying that she had eaten it.
"..." Ma Xiancheng couldn't eat anymore, he looked up at Hu Juanjuan apologetically, he forgot to ask her.
Hey...he needs to learn a lot from adults.
Hu Juanjuan shook her head not minding, and told him to eat quickly.
She knows what kind of person her husband is, and she won't blame him.
There are very few couples who are so loving and considerate of each other like the magistrate and his wife, and she can't envy her.
The husband of her family is much better than other men with three wives and four concubines.
She is content.
Liu Zhimo moved his food to Ma Xiancheng's table, and he sat down opposite Ma Xiancheng.
"My lord?" Ma Xiancheng looked at Liu Zhimo suspiciously, wondering what he was doing
Liu Zhimo raised his eyes to him and raised the corners of his mouth, "Ma Xiancheng, you don't mind letting me taste Mrs. Hu's craftsmanship?"
"No, no, it's just... it's just my family's food..." It's not very good, before Liu Zhimo could say this, he ate shredded potatoes with his chopsticks.
"That's right, it's delicious." Liu Zhimo nodded, and stretched out his hand to push the food in front of him, "Maxian Chancellor, you should try my wife's dishes too."
"Okay..." Ma Xiancheng carefully picked up a little bit of food, ate a little bit, nodded desperately and said, it's delicious.
The corner of Liu Zhimo's mouth twitched, "Maxian Cheng, no wonder you look so... so you eat so little?"
"me…"
"What me? Eat..." Liu Zhimo pushed his food in front of Ma Xiancheng, and then pulled Ma Xiancheng's food in front of himself, "If you don't eat my food, how can I eat yours?" Home? We call this transaction... transaction... understand?"
Understand... How could he not understand? The adults wanted him to eat better, that's why he said such words.
Ma Xiancheng felt that his nose was a little sore, he lowered his head and said yes, and stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a large piece of chicken and put it in his mouth to eat.
The adults are kind to him, and he will repay the adults at work.
Seeing Liu Zhimo, he smiled, sandwiched the dish belonging to Ma Xiancheng, and ate it gracefully.
Hu Juanjuan, who was sitting on the side, looked at it, turned her head and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, she will remember the kindness of the adults and his wife to them for the rest of her life.
It was also their family's good luck to meet such a good adult and wife.
After Liu Zhimo finished eating with Ma Xiancheng, Hu Juanjuan hurried forward, reaching out to clean up the dishes.
Liu Zhimo blocked it and said, "Mrs. Hu, don't bother you, I will take my bowls and chopsticks."
"Madam, you sit down, I'll take it away." Ma Xiancheng pushed Hu Juanjuan back onto the chair, and he imitated Liu Zhimo's movements and cleaned up the dishes.
While washing the dishes, Ma Xiancheng accidentally broke a plate, causing Liu Zhimo to click his tongue twice.
"Maxian Cheng, is this your first time washing dishes?"
Ma Xiancheng nodded embarrassingly, and asked Liu Zhimo in surprise, does he really know how to cook and wash dishes at home
Liu Zhimo nodded without hesitation, saying yes.
"But... but gentleman..."
"There is no saying in my family that a gentleman stays away from the cook." Liu Zhimo interrupted Ma Xiancheng's words lightly, "I grew up in the countryside, and during the time I devoted myself to studying, I relied on my wife to support the family. She worked so hard. , why can't I throw away my worldly vision and cook a meal for her?"
He glanced at the thoughtful Ma Xiancheng, and said again, "I don't mind what others think of me. I don't think it's shameful to cook for family members and loved ones." After finishing speaking, he held After washing the dishes and chopsticks, I returned to the office. After putting the dishes and chopsticks away, I put the lunch box aside and planned to bring it back home at night.
Ma Xiancheng stood there for a long time, thinking about what Liu Zhimo said.
Even if what Liu Zhimo said went against the world, damn it, he thought it made sense.
His family is not very well off. When he was busy with the affairs of the yamen, his family affairs depended entirely on his wife. Sometimes, when he saw his wife bracing her exhausted body to cook for their father and son, he could see it too. Distressed, but never thought of going to help her.
He always kept in mind the saying that a gentleman stays away from the kitchen.
In his traditional thinking, promising men should not enter the kitchen, only unpromising men would do what these women should do.
Now Liu Zhimo has opened up a new world for him, letting him know that he doesn't care about other people's eyes, and if he doesn't cling to the words passed down from his ancestors, he will find a better side.
Ma Xiancheng exhaled forcefully, and the corners of his mouth curled up. He decided to learn more from adults and think more about his wife.
He squatted down and quickly washed the dishes, put them in front of Hu Juanjuan, put them in the lunch box, and handed them to Hu Juanjuan with both hands.
"Ma'am, I'm sorry, I was clumsy when I washed the dishes for the first time, and I broke a plate. I promise I won't do it next time, and I will be more careful."
Hu Juanjuan didn't take his words to heart, she was already amazed that he could wash the dishes once, how could there be another time
"It's okay, Suisui is safe." She comforted him with a smile, "You work hard, I'll go home first."
"Okay, be careful on the road."
Hearing this, Hu Juanjuan looked at him again in surprise, nodded with a smile, and left with the lunch box.
When dinner was over in the evening, Ma Xiancheng stretched out his hands to clean up the dishes. Hu Juanjuan was startled by this move, and hurriedly told him to put it down, she would clean it up.
Ma Xiancheng took a deep look at her and said, from now on, he will wash the dishes when he is at home.
"Husband, you... have you been hit by the magistrate? Actually, it doesn't need to be like this, I..."
"Madam..." Ma Xiancheng raised her head to interrupt Hu Juanjuan, and said seriously: "I think the county magistrate is right. You are tired enough at home. I should help you share some of it." Before Hu Juanjuan could speak, He told her what Liu Zhimo said again.
After hearing this, Hu Juanjuan was stunned for a while, her eyes were red and she said, if this is the case, it will be hard for you, husband.
My husband wants to help her share the housework, why should she refuse him
"It's not hard." Ma Xiancheng shook his head, "I made my wife suffer in the past."
It would be great if he got to know the county magistrate earlier, so that he could wake up earlier.
Hu Juanjuan reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, shook her head and said it was not hard.
All the hard work in the past is now worth it after hearing his words.
Ma Xiancheng smiled at her, glanced at the four sons, and said in a deep voice, "Did you hear what I said just now? Huh?" He also has to teach his sons well, when he is not at home Sometimes, the sons can help the wife share the housework.
The four brothers Zhishu Dali nodded sharply, saying that they heard it and would help their mother with work.
"Xiaofeng and the others also work at home, we will learn from them." Ma Zhi felt ashamed, seeing Li Qingfeng and his four brothers, he realized how big the gap was between them.
Li Qingfeng and the others are not only good at studying, they are also very neat at work.
This also let him know that work cannot affect his studies. To paraphrase Li Qingfeng's words, he should not study hard, but should combine work and rest.
From today onwards, he will change it, and he will lead his younger brothers to change it.
Ma Shu said suddenly: "I asked Xiaofeng suspiciously before, why do they have to work by themselves because they have servants? Do you know how he answered?" He looked around at the silent family members, He continued, "He said that if you learn more, you will have a way to survive. This sentence was taught to them by the county magistrate's wife when they were young, so even the youngest sister Ningning in their family had to work."
At that time, he was shocked by this sentence, and he also thought about it deeply, and felt that what the county magistrate's wife said was right, learn more things, and have a way to survive.
These words made the Ma family quiet down.
After a long silence, Ma Xiancheng sighed deeply and said, Your Excellency and Madam are not ordinary people, they see more thoroughly and farther than us, and we should learn from them more.
The children nodded heavily and said yes.
And Hu Juanjuan admired Li Qingling even more in her heart.