In the yard, Ma Fuquan spun a spinning top, making the children scream with joy, especially Ma Xiaodou and Ma Xiaobing. Their screams were so loud that Dabao couldn't read anymore. He simply put down his book and came out to play with them.
"Uncle, why did you sleep for so long this time?" After Ma Fuquan gave the whip to Ma Xiaomi, Dabao remembered this and came forward to ask.
"Is my dad very powerful?" Ma Xiaodou looked proud, as if his dad's ability to sleep was an extraordinary ability.
"Haha, you silly boy." Ma Fuquan twirled his hand over his head and said to Dabao with a smile, "Uncle was invited by the Jade Emperor to go to the Heavenly Palace to drink with him. He was so drunk that he forgot the time and slept for a long time."
Ma Fuquan teased him casually.
"Wow, Taishang Laojun, the Taishang Laojun from Monkey King, he is drinking with my dad!" Ma Xiaodou was so excited that he danced and imitated the monkey tricks in the capital.
Ma Xiaobing had never heard of Journey to the West and had no idea what Laozi and Sun Wukong were, but he had always been Ma Xiaodou's follower, so he started to imitate her.
"My mother said that Journey to the West is a fictional story. There is no Sun Wukong or Taishang Laojun in the world." Dabao was calm and knew that Ma Fuquan was just coaxing the child. Ma Xiaodou didn't think so.
"have!"
"No."
Seeing the two of them arguing, Ma Fuquan said cheerfully, "Alright, whatever, Erniu and Sanniu are almost done with school. Do you want to come with me to pick them up?"
"Yes, I'll go call my eldest sister." Dabao turned and went to the room where Duan Xinyan lived. The eldest girl was teasing Xiao Chuntian in the corridor over there.
Ma Fuquan was like the leader of a children's group, taking a group of children to pick someone up.
When they arrived outside the girls' private school, they didn't have to wait for a while before the bell rang. Erniu and Sanniu came out of the classroom. Sanniu spotted them with her sharp eyes and ran towards them shouting.
Ma Xiaodou called out to Sanniu and was about to rush over when he remembered that Dabao had told him not to fight with Erniu and Sanniu. He turned back to look at Dabao, who happened to glance over at him. He put his hands behind his back and said, "I won't touch you. Yaoyao and I will just talk. Is that okay?"
Brat!
Ma Fuquan saw it and kicked him lightly on the butt, but this boy was better than him. Ma Fuquan remembered the year when he was adopted by Wu Juan's parents. In fact, because Wu Juan cared about him very much, he had some feelings for Wu Juan in his heart, but he just treated her as a sister and a relative.
But what frustrated him was that whenever they talked, Wu Juan's father's eyes would flash over like searchlights, and he would deliberately or unintentionally criticize him, telling him to be grateful and to focus on his studies instead of dwelling on other things.
At that time, family planning had not yet been relaxed, and people in the countryside could only have two children. Although his father-in-law adopted him as a son-in-law, he hoped that he would bring honor to the family, get into university, and get a stable job in the future so that he could bring his whole family to the city to enjoy a comfortable life.
His father-in-law later told him all this, saying it wasn't that he wasn't allowed to get close to his daughter, but that he was just worried he'd miss out on his studies. Later, he was admitted to university and became a member of the armed police. When his father-in-law suggested he marry Wu Juan, he felt a little resistant, thinking they were only marrying him because he'd gotten into university, and that if he hadn't, it would have been a different story. This led to him feeling awkward and unable to get over the hurdle.
He didn't know whether he and Wu Juan would have fallen in love with each other over time if his father-in-law hadn't stopped him from getting close to Wu Juan at the beginning, but he knew that if his father-in-law hadn't been wary of him from the beginning, he probably wouldn't have resisted marrying Wu Juan after he graduated from university.
"Uncle." Erniu and Sanniu ran over and called him in unison. Sanniu asked again, "Uncle, when did you wake up?"
When they returned at noon, Ma Fuquan had not woken up yet. Tian was so anxious that she wiped her tears. They knew it.
"My father was invited by Taishang Laojun to have a drink." Ma Xiaodou said proudly as he approached Sanniu.
"Silly boy, daddy was just teasing you, but you took it seriously." After Ma Fuquan knew that he had a chance to go back, he couldn't help but think of his own daughter when looking at Erniu and Sanniu. His daughter Wu Xiaorui was about the same age as Erniu and Sanniu. At this moment, he was looking forward to seeing his daughter as soon as possible.
Dinner was placed in the yard, with three tables sitting together. Tian's mood had completely stabilized, and a smile appeared on her face again. She was not a person who thought too much, and after she figured it out, she cherished the days they were together, and her heart was at ease. During the meal, she talked and laughed with Jian Ning, Qinglian, Duan Xinyan and others. Seeing her like this, Ma Fuquan felt much more relieved.
Erlangzi, Tong Bajin and others shouted and started playing finger-guessing again. Ma Fuquan and Ding Youtian also joined in with great interest. People in the courtyard were having a great time when a yamen runner came and handed a dart and a piece of letter to Ding Youtian.
"Sir, someone just threw something in and stared at the gate. I chased him out but didn't see anyone."
Ding Youtian didn't answer, but hurriedly opened the letter. After reading it, his face darkened. He handed the letter to Ma Fuquan and said, "Take a look."
Ma Fuquan read it and handed it to Jian Ning. When it came to Xu Dali, he exclaimed after reading it: "This is my master's handwriting. My master wrote it, Master!"
He returned the letter to Ding Youtian, didn't even eat, and ran after him.
Ding Youtian, Jian Ning, Ma Fuquan, and Tong Dali all stood up. Ding Youtian tilted his chin towards Ma Fuquan and said to Jian Ning, "Brother Ma will go with us. Madam should stay at home and don't come with us. Go get some lanterns, and let's go take a look on the mountain first."
Xu Dali's master Lei Jiang told him in the letter that the Yue Kingdom had developed a strange weapon called a gun cannon, which could fire continuously and kill people, which was amazing.
"Brother Ding, do you suspect that they made the guns and cannons because a traitor stole the guns and cannons from the cave?" Ma Fuquan asked Ding Youtian on the way.
"That shouldn't happen. I've set up a formation at the entrance, and Guo'er and the others are guarding outside. Let's go and take a look first."
"In my opinion, not necessarily. They should have developed it themselves." Ma Fuquan knew that before the Yuan Dynasty, the people of the Jin Dynasty had invented the fire lance, a firearm that used a giant bamboo as a tube and fired "zi ke". In the Yuan Dynasty, there were metal muskets.
They arrived at Jiguana Mountain. Tong Bajin and a few others were guarding outside. Ding Youtian and Ma Fuquan went into the cave to check and count, and found that nothing was missing.
Ma Fuquan told Ding Youtian that in their time and space, the gun and cannon were invented by the Jin people, who were the Jurchens and later the Manchus. He guessed that the Yue Kingdom in this time and space was probably the Jurchens.
Ding Youtian actually admired Pei Xiyuan in his heart. There were spies operating between Yanchao and Yueguo. Jian Ning had used guns many times, so how could the spies not report it to Pei Xiyuan? It was quite amazing that the guy could order someone to create it.
"Captain Wu, since you know about that thing, in your opinion, which one is more powerful, their gun cannon or our howitzer?"
Ding Youtian asked with a frown.
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