loyal dog becomes cat

Ma Ke turned his head and saw a handsome young man standing behind him, his height was comparable to that of Liu Xiaodong before crossing, and he was more than half a head taller than himself, looking at him with a smile.

Seeing that Ma Ke was in a daze, the young man pointed to the stall in the distance, and said gently: "Go, it means that the official Ximen asked you to come, don't be afraid."

Senior official Ximen?Simon put?Marko looked at him in surprise, so he was the father who married thirteen wives, raised twenty daughters, and recruited Pandi and Dilaidi?

no?Why do you look so young?It doesn't look like it's over 30 years old. It's about the same age as myself in the previous life. It's really annoying to compare people to others. Ma Ke is silent...

Ximen Fang thought that Ma Ke was frightened by Deng Youcai, so he stopped trying to persuade him, and whispered instructions to the servant behind him, and after a while, an old man in yellow handed a large bag of gypsum powder to Huajian. , Said: "Girl take it, the senior official said, I will give it to you."

Huajian waved her hands again and again, took out a bit of silver from her pocket, and handed it to the old man in yellow: "No, no, you can't take things that are free, the young lady will be angry."

Ma Ke also came back to his senses, and said, "Thank you, Uncle, I still have to give the money that should be collected."

The old man in yellow looked at Ximen Fang questioningly, Ximen Fang looked at Ma Ke in surprise, raised his eyebrows, nodded and said: "Take it."

The old man accepted the money as he said, and Hua Jian collected the gypsum powder. Ma Ke bowed his lapel to Ximen according to women's etiquette, and said, "Thank you, sir, Ximen."

Ximen Fang smiled, waved his hands and said, "There's no need to be too polite, we're just doing normal business, fair business, nothing to thank."

What he said was calm, neither arrogant nor stingy. Ma Ke felt that this person was really interesting and of high quality.

"Then goodbye." Ma Ke said goodbye to him, took Hua Jian and walked away quickly, and Deng Youcai came back to his senses, and hopped and shouted: "Hey! Girl, stop! "

"You are the young master of Deng Qigong's family, aren't you?" Ximen Fang interrupted his yelling, and turned to look at Deng Youcai, his complexion changed from sunny to cloudy. frost.

Deng Youcai followed his father around the city of Huanzhou from time to time. Although he had never seen Ximen Fang, he had heard of his reputation. At this time, he had already guessed that the handsome man in front of him was Ximen Daguan himself, so he hurriedly restrained the tyrant In a fit of anger, he gave his brother Deng Youqing a wink, then changed into a flattering smile, and said respectfully: "Hello, Ximen senior official, my father Deng Qi, the villain is Deng Youcai."

Deng Youqing understood that his brother was telling him not to let Ma Ke and his master and servant go, so he quietly took two steps back into the crowd.

How could the little tricks of his brothers escape Ximen Fang's eyes? He gave Deng Youcai a cold look, and said to the boy beside him, "Ah Guang, you go and follow those two girls from afar. They don't have to be polite."

"Yes."

The boy took the order and left, Deng Youcai resented Ximen Fang for meddling in his own business, he stretched his right hand behind his back and waved at Deng Youqing, but with a smile on his face, he said: "No, no, we in Dengzhuang The folk customs have always been simple, and the high officials worry too much."

Ximen Fang sneered and said, "Master Deng, I heard from the shopkeeper Wang of my herbal medicine shop that in the past six months, every market, some people have collected money in the market, and they have cooperated with foreign merchants to suppress the prices of local medicinal materials. I don't know about this. Does your father and patriarch know about it?"

Deng Youcai's complexion changed, and he muttered: "The villain doesn't know."

"Forget it." Ximen brushed off the unnecessary dust on his sleeves, and said, "Since I'm here today, I might as well make another trip to pay respects to your lord, the patriarch of Dengzhuang, Master Deng Qi."

Ma Ke walked out of the market with Hua Jian, and Liu Xiaodong suddenly pushed Ge Bu out and yelled "Meow Meow" a few times.

Ma Ke thought it was frightened, so he held it in his arms, patted his head and said, "Are you frightened? You little bastard is so brave that you dare to bite people. We were justified." , you bit it like this, it turned out to be a bad thing, and besides, the surname Deng is not a good bird at first glance, what if I catch you one day and clean up to vent your anger? Have you ever eaten cat meatballs?"

Liu Xiaodong yelled "meow meow" twice, lowered his eyes, didn't look at Ma Ke, only slightly stretched out his nails, and gently scratched the front of his chest with his small paws, with a resentful and pitiful look, as if Complain that my kindness is not rewarded.

Ma Ke remembered that he was pinched by Deng Youcai for a long time, and his eyes turned white. He couldn't bear to blame it for a moment, and coaxed: "Okay, I know you are a good cat. Although you can't catch mice, you are very loyal to me, but In the future, don't be blind about adult affairs, you know?"

"Meow." Seeing that Ma Ke no longer blamed himself, Liu Xiaodong immediately regained his vitality, grabbed his clothes with his little paws and jumped onto his shoulders, screaming "Meow Meow Meow" non-stop.

Ma Ke was taken aback by it, and while pulling down the soft skin on the back of its neck, he scolded: "It's against you, and you dare to jump on my head! Come down for me."

Liu Xiaodong stared straight behind Ma Ke, and yelled "Meow Meow" while climbing up reluctantly, messing up Ma Ke's clothes.

"Oh, you little bastard, come down quickly!" Seeing that Ma Ke was about to disappear, Hua helped him tear Liu Xiaodong off his body, stuffed him into a basket, and pressed it tightly with a cloth, saying, "Brother, you But spoil this kitten, don't let it sleep with you in the future."

"Meow!" Liu Xiaodong protested fiercely when he heard that he was rolling around in the basket. Huajian was annoyed, and said, "Oh, there's no way out! If you dare to bully my brother again, I'll catch a dozen or so Rats come, lock you up with them, you won’t be sick to death!”

"Oh..." Liu Xiaodong's cry became even more tragic.

"Is there something behind me?" Ma Ke knew that although Liu Xiaodong was naughty, he seldom played around like this, so he straightened his clothes, turned his head and took a look, and said, "Hua Jian, look at the one in green at the back." Young man, does he look like a servant of a high official in Ximen?"

"Ah?" Hua Jian took out a small mirror from her purse, pretended to straighten her temples, looked at it secretly, and said, "It seems... why is he following us? Was it sent by the Ximen officials?"

Marco frowned and said, "Maybe."

Huajian closed the mirror, smiled and said: "Brother, you look so good-looking, I'm afraid that the official Ximen fell in love with you at first sight, and wants to marry you back home to be the fourteenth concubine."

Ma Ke snorted and said with a sneer: "Okay, if I become someone else's concubine, I will take you to be a housekeeper, but a big man can't give birth to a child, and it will be all up to you when the time comes. Thirteen wives and twenty ladies, all their hopes are pinned on you."

Seeing that her face was red, Hua stomped her feet and said angrily, "Brother, your mouth is too bad!"

"Let's go, I guess Ximen Fang sent people to follow us because he was afraid that Deng Youcai would trouble us." Although Ma Ke was only 14 years old, Ma Ke was actually 26 years old. Feeling that it is not serious to tease a little girl like this, he changed the subject and said: "From what he said before, I am afraid that the Deng family and his son have offended him in business. We just happened to be the fuse, and it has nothing to do with us."

Huajian nodded silly and said, "Brother, what you said makes sense."

"Since there are free bodyguards, let's just go shopping for a while longer."

"Okay, okay." Seeing the child's heart, Hua finally came out to catch a market, so she naturally liked to play for a while, and said happily, "Didn't you ask the donkey last time? Why don't we go and see the donkey seller?"

In the past, Ma Ke seldom went out, and even when he went out, he was accompanied by long-term servants and others. This was the first time that he brought a maid out. Madam Ma had been restless since she sent them out, and she became even more anxious when it was near noon. She walked under the eaves I can't stop walking, and I will go to the door to have a look after a while.

Grandma Wu was preparing lunch, and when she saw that Madam was in a hurry, she comforted her and said, "Ma'am, the young master is already 14 years old, and his false age is considered fifteen. I think that when the master was this age, he could go out to collect leather by himself. You Don't worry about it."

"He was spoiled by me since he was a child. He doesn't know anything. He can't be compared with the master... He clearly said that he will come back at lunch, and it's been a while. Why hasn't he been seen yet?" Mrs. Ma sighed, "Ah Ke's long It’s too eye-catching, and they wear women’s clothes. People like Deng Zhuang are xenophobic, and they made a lot of bad intentions when collecting debts. I’m afraid that someone will make things difficult for them.”

"It's different now." Madam Wu said, "Since this accident happened, I think the young master has become more sensible, stable and thoughtful. Madam, don't worry."

"That's right... Indeed, it's a big change from before..." Mrs. Ma nodded slightly, thoughtfully.

"Mother, we're back." Ma Ke entered the door with a smile, and said, "Mother, guess what I bought?"

Mrs. Ma patted her chest and said, "My son, it's good that you come back, the other mothers don't want anything."

"Mother, look." Ma Ke tugged at the rope in his hand, and led a little gray donkey in from outside the door, "Isn't it cute? It's a pick."

"You bought a donkey?" Mrs. Ma was surprised, "Where did you get the money?"

Ma Ke asked Hua Jian to tie the little donkey to the side of the firewood house, and said: "For the money from selling books, I wanted to buy a big one for work. Hua Jian Fei likes this small one. I think it looks very energetic. It is estimated that she will be able to grow taller in spring, and it is quite cheap to buy now, so I followed her."

"What are you doing buying a donkey?" Mrs. Ma saw that Ma Ke was sweating all the way, and her little face was flushed, she quickly twisted a towel to wipe his face, and said, "If you have money, you should also buy a cow. It’s easy to plow when it’s time.”

Ma Ke let her wipe his face and said with a smile, "Mother, when I make enough money with this donkey, I can always buy another cow back."

Although she didn't think that her son who couldn't lift his hands or shoulders could really do anything, Mrs. Ma was quite relieved after hearing his words, and said with a smile, "It's good if you have this heart."

The next day, Huajian invited Deng Liang to come, and built a small thatched shed next to the firewood house, and nailed a manger, which was regarded as a home for the little gray donkey.

Liu Xiaodong is skeptical of most creatures that come to the house, especially single male creatures of marriageable age, and Deng Liang is no exception. As long as Ma Ke appears within a three-meter radius around Deng Liang, he must squat between the two of them. To monitor it, even Deng Liang bribed it with food, it was not moved.

Deng Liang returned home after dinner, Huajian was feeding the little donkey, Ma Ke was standing beside Liu Xiaodong in his arms and watching, Huajian said, "Brother, let's give this little donkey a name."

Ma Ke agreed, and Hua Jian said, "The cat's name is Liu Xiaodong, and the little donkey's name is Liu Xiaoxi."

"Wow..." Liu Xiaodong immediately expressed strong objection, and looked down at the foolish little donkey with infinite contempt, as if thinking that the other party could not be compared with him no matter what level he was at.

Although Liu Xiaodong is gay, Ma Ke also resented that he insisted on confessing to himself, but since he had already confessed, subconsciously, Ma Ke had put him in a different position from others at the subconscious level, so he naturally didn't want him to be with him. A donkey got involved and said, "Let's change it."

Huajian tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "Then it's Huidouer."

"Meow." Before Ma Ke could say anything, Liu Xiaodong nodded very seriously, saying that the name was well chosen, and Huajian Xiaomei is very wise.

"Then call it Huidouer." Marko made a decision.