EBE Chapter 99 Ma Xiu's Family Background
Chapter 99 Ma Xiu's Family Background
"looking at what?"
Tao Jin stared blankly at the backs of her brother and Ma Xiu as they left.
At this time, Li Huijin walked behind her, put his arms around her waist, and asked softly.
When Tao Jin heard this question, he shook his head and said.
"I just thought that based on my brother's personality, I thought he would find someone who was enthusiastic and cheerful."
Li Huijin also thought about it after hearing Tao Jin's words.
"You probably don't know how they met.
Even now, when I think back on it, I find it surprising that a reserved person like Comrade Ma would do such a thing.”
Hearing this, Tao Jin became interested and pestered Li Huijin to ask.
"How did brother and sister Ma Xiu know each other?"
Seeing Tao Jin's curious expression, Li Huijin thought about it and finally said to her.
"Your brother and Ma Xiu met two years ago.
Actually, I don’t know the specific situation very well, but I heard your brother briefly mention it to me later.
At that time, your brother and Ding Jieguang went on a mission together.
It happened that both of them were injured in the mountains. It was Comrade Ma who saw them and rescued them.
I'm not very clear about Comrade Ma's family background.
I just heard from your brother that her family background doesn't seem to be very good.
Before rescuing the person, she wanted to escape from that house.
But I met your brother and Ding Jieguang on the road.
So they were rescued. Later, after your brother and Ding Jieguang woke up, they helped Comrade Ma escape from the house.
After Comrade Ma escaped, he had no place to live and no job.
At that time, the canteen here happened to be short of people to serve food, so your brother acted as a guarantor and allowed Comrade Ma to come and work in our canteen.
Later, Ding Jieguang also had a good impression of Comrade Ma, but when Comrade Ma knew about this, he clearly refused.
Comrade Ma told Ding Jieguang that he had a liking for his brother the first time he saw him.
After Ding Jieguang heard the news, he didn't bother to pursue it any further and applied to be transferred to the capital. That's all I know."
After listening to Li Huijin's words, Tao Jin didn't think too much about it.
You shouldn't be too curious about the private affairs of your brother and future sister-in-law.
My sister-in-law may not have a happy family. When you chat with her, you should be more careful and avoid bringing up this topic.
What Tao Jin didn't expect was that as soon as he woke up the next day, Tao He came to find him.
Tao Jin was sitting at the dining table in the living room eating lunch when she heard a knock on the door.
When he walked over and opened the door, he saw his brother standing at the door. As soon as Tao He came in, he looked at the lunch that Tao Jin placed in front of him.
Without any hesitation, he went to the kitchen to get the dishes and chopsticks, sat down and started eating with Tao Jin.
After lunch, Tao He put down the dishes and took them to the kitchen to wash them. After washing, he sat in the living room and said to Tao Jin.
"Little sister, I'm sure you discovered yesterday that your sister-in-law is a shy person.
She keeps everything in her heart and won't say it out loud. I'm actually very worried about her.
Originally, your sister-in-law's affairs are her private affairs, and I shouldn't tell you.
But I asked her yesterday, and she said that we are all a family from now on and there is nothing to hide.
I just came here to find you today and wanted to tell you about your sister-in-law."
Then, after Tao He's explanation, Tao Jin finally understood what had happened.
Ma Xiu is the third daughter in the family. She has two older sisters, two younger sisters and two younger brothers.
She is the least favored person in the family because she can't say nice things and has a soft personality, so most of the people bully her.
Later, the family's conditions became even worse, and they could not even afford to eat, so his father set his sights on Ma Xiu.
A marriage was arranged for her, and the man she was to marry was an old widower who was nearly 60 years old.
It is said that he was unlucky with his wives and several of his wives died in succession.
His eldest grandson is several years older than Ma Xiu.
When Ma Xiu heard the news, she couldn't accept it for a while. She simply packed two pieces of clothes and ran away overnight.
As soon as I ran to the mountain, I saw the injured Tao He and Ding Jieguang.
If she had continued to escape, she could have ignored those two people.
But in the end, Ma Xiu's conscience prevailed over everything, and she rescued the two people without hesitation.
It is said that when Ma Xiu rescued Ding Jieguang and Tao He, her father and family members all despised her.
I dislike her for being nosy and for causing so much trouble to the family.
Later, when Tao He and Ding Jieguang woke up, they happened to meet the old widower who came to marry.
At that time, Ma Xiu had been forced to wear her wedding dress, and her family was preparing to tie her up and take her to get married.
Ding Jieguang and Tao He pooled all the money they had and handed it to Ma Xiu's father, saying that they would use the money to buy out Ma Xiu's relationship with his family.
The money Ding Jieguang and Tao He contributed together was much more than the dowry given by the old widower, so they agreed.
Ma Xiu also completely severed ties with the group of people in her family and left with Tao He and Ding Jieguang.
After leaving home, Ma Xiu had nowhere to go and could not find a way to support herself. Later, Tao He helped her to help in the canteen kitchen.
Later, as they interacted with each other, they fell in love with each other and naturally got together.
After hearing Tao He's story, Tao Jin asked with some confusion.
"Brother, since you and Comrade Ma love each other, why haven't you gotten married yet?"
Hearing his younger sister's question, Tao He fell silent for a rare time, and finally sighed and said.
"Of course I don't, I've wanted to get married for a long time.
I even filed a report, but there was no solution.
Ma Xiu insisted that her family was not well off, that we were not a good match, and that she didn't want to marry me now.
According to her own words, she wanted to save more money and get married when she was confident enough.
After hearing what his brother said, Tao Jin expressed his understanding, and the next second, Tao He said to Tao Jin.
“Little sister, you always have a lot of ideas.
Why don't you go and help your brother persuade Xiu Xiu to let go of her worries and marry me as soon as possible?
You don't know, seeing you and Li Huijin being a couple, I also want to get married soon."
"Brother, I shouldn't be the one helping you with this, you have to rely on yourself.
You have to know that if you are a woman, you can give her a sense of security.
If you make her feel full of longing for her future married life, then she will not resist getting married no matter what."
After hearing Tao Jin's words, Tao He fell into silence for a rare time. He began to wonder if he had not given Ma Xiu enough sense of security, which was why Ma Xiu did not have the courage to marry him.