The story of the struggle of the poor girl who crossed

Chapter 32 Good News
The owner of the house emptied the furniture, leaving only two worn-out small benches, which made it easier for Mai Xiang to clean up.

Mai Xiang still likes this house very much.

There are three main rooms in the first entrance, and three wing rooms on the left and right; the same is true for the second entrance.That is to say, there are eighteen rooms in total.In the future, even if the little uncle gets married, it is still possible for Banxia to live in his uncle's house to study.

Hua Yangfan went out for an hour, and when he came back, he bought a wooden bucket, two bathtubs, two mats, and two quilts.Today, the two plan to stay in the city for accommodation, and then go back to Liangjiaao tomorrow afternoon.Before leaving, Mai Xiang told her parents that if the house purchase went well, she might not go home today.

Hua Yangfan is very happy, starting today, he finally has his own home.While cleaning the window, he said to Mai Xiang, "Do you like it here?"

Mai Xiang nodded: "Yes, I like it very much. Not only are there such big cherry trees, but there are also vegetable fields. In the future, I will eat vegetables at home, so I don't need to buy them!"

Those two cherry trees seem to be more than ten years old, and they should be fruitful when the cherries mature in May next year.Also, plant a few fruit trees in the backyard, such as peaches, plums, and oranges.

Hua Yangfan: "As long as you like it, why don't we all come to the city to celebrate the New Year this year?"

Mai Xiang: "On Chinese New Year's Eve and the first and second day of junior high school, I don't think so. Grandma will definitely not agree to it. It should be fine to stay for a few days from the third day of junior high school." Spring Festival is a festival for family reunion, and the elderly will definitely not go to other people's homes Chinese New Year.

Hua Yangfan: "That's fine too, come to live in the third year of junior high school until the Lantern Festival, and then I'll take you to see the lantern festival!"

"Okay, thank you little uncle!" Mai Xiang asked curiously again: "Little uncle, there is still one month before the Chinese New Year, why don't you go to the Yamen to report first?" Going to the Yamen to report at this time, you can get some money before the Chinese New Year New Year's goods, and report early, so as not to be taken up by others.

Hua Yangfan: "Don't worry, after the Spring Festival, a new county magistrate will come. The friend who introduced me to the county government is a friend of the new county magistrate. It's not the right time for me to go to the county government now."

Mai Xiang's eyes couldn't help but brighten up: "Wow, you want to change the county magistrate? Well, that's great! The county magistrate has changed, which means that my uncle is very likely to be replaced too?"

Hua Yangfan: "Well, there is this possibility. I heard that the new county magistrate is a young and promising man of justice. If your uncle is not a good one, there is a high possibility of being fired!"

marvelous!Mai Xiang couldn't help but want to cheer.

The news that Hua Yangfan bought a house in the city was like growing wings. In just one day, it spread throughout Liangjia'ao.

"It turns out that Hua's younger brother is not poor, he is a rich man!"

People in the village talked about it.When Liang Mancang heard about it, he couldn't help regretting it.

Earlier, he shouldn't have listened to the eldest daughter-in-law and ran to the second child's house to make trouble.If he didn't make trouble, and if he had a good relationship with the younger brother of the second daughter-in-law, maybe he could ask him to say something nice to Mai Xiang and give the boss some money.

Unfortunately, it was too late to regret.

Time passed quickly, and it was the beginning of spring in a blink of an eye.

A new county magistrate has arrived, and has fired several yamen servants and police officers with bad character, and openly recruited people from the public.Hua Yangfan took the letter of introduction and looked for him, and he became a public ration catcher in the county government very smoothly.

Ban Xia also went to the county town with Hua Yangfan, and enrolled in a school near the county government.Mai Xiang and Licorice went to the city to look after the house and clean and cook for the little uncle and Ban Xia.

Licorice was very happy: "Sister, if we go to live in the city, will we become city dwellers?"

Mai Xiang: "Do you want to be a city dweller?"

Licorice nodded vigorously: "Well, as a city resident, you can eat meat every day!"

Mai Xiang reached out and touched her little head: "You silly child, there are many poor people in the city who can't afford to eat. Not all city people can eat meat every day. If you want to eat meat every day, you have to work hard and work hard. Learn something and work hard!"

Licorice: "I know, I just can't be a lazy person! So big sister, now that we are in the city, what else can we do besides cleaning and cooking?"

Mai Xiang: "We can learn to read from your second brother every day, and when we are familiar with the neighbors, the eldest sister will find a aunt or sister-in-law who is good at sewing, spend a little money, and learn how to tailor and embroider from them! The big sister brought you to the city mainly because of these two reasons!"

Licorice's small face was full of joyful smiles: "Well, I see, thank you big sister!"

Mai Xiang: "When you come to the city, you have to learn the language of the people in the city in the future. Don't just talk about me! The word me, say me!"

Licorice is always kind: "Okay, I got it!"

Within a few days, Mai Xiang got acquainted with the aunts and sister-in-laws in Luogu Lane, and through someone's introduction, she met a young woman who was a very good female star.Everyone calls this young woman Sister-in-law Lan, she looks very kind and intelligent at the age of 25 or six.Sister-in-law Lan has three sons and one daughter, and she has to take care of her father-in-law and mother-in-law, so her life is very tight.

Mai Xiang came to study with a gift.

Sister-in-law Lan greeted her warmly: "Hey, Maixiang Licorice is here, please come in quickly! Come here as soon as you come, why do you bring so many things?"

Mai Xiang smiled and said: "My sister and I are here to learn art, so naturally we can't come empty-handed, please don't be too small!" The two parties had agreed in advance that Mai Xiang and Licorice were only here to learn from female celebrities, not as apprentices.The two of them come to study with Sister Lan for an hour every day, and they only need to give Sister Lan two taels of silver every month.

Two liang of silver is also a big income for poor Sister-in-law Lan.

"I don't dislike it, I don't dislike it!" Sister-in-law Lan quickly took the gift with a smile, put it on the top of the cabinet in the hall, took out the sewing basket from the cabinet, and said with a smile: "Let's go to the garden to do needlework under the tree. , open up there!"

After half a year.

Mai Xiang's family sold fifteen oxen. Excluding the original purchase price for the oxen, they made a total of 180 taels of silver.In the past six months, he also earned about a hundred taels of silver from selling sheep, chickens, and eggs.

In this way, the money for buying the mountain has already been earned back.Today, the money in the bank at home has already exceeded 300 taels of silver.

After hearing Mai Xiang's settlement report, both Fahrenheit and Liang Gaoshan couldn't help but burst into tears, especially Fahrenheit, who was so excited that he couldn't even speak.

At the beginning, fortunately, she didn't stop Mai Xiang from buying mountains and raising cattle, chickens and sheep.Otherwise, where would my family have a good day like today?This child, Pediatrics is really her lucky star, the savior of the whole family!

This incident alarmed the young magistrate.You know, there are not many farm cattle in this county, only about a hundred.But now, just one farmer's family has sold fifteen cattle. This is a great event to celebrate!

In the entire Bishuijiang area, buying and selling cattle must be done in the Yamen.Tong county magistrate attaches great importance to farming, so he noticed this matter.

The county magistrate named Tong Jin, 25 or 12 years old, came to Qinghe County with him, his wife and children, and his younger brother Tong Yuan.Tong Yuan is now [-] years old and studying at Yunshan Academy, the most famous academy in Qinghe County.

Tong Jin asked Liang Gao Gao: "I heard that there is a big farmer in Liangjia'ao, and you seem to belong to Liangjia'ao. Can you tell me what's going on?"

When Liang Gaogao heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and said in embarrassment: "I don't know exactly what your lord said. My family moved to live in the county a year ago."

In my hometown, only my old father was left behind, helping to look after the crops in the field.He and his wife and children never went back once a year.That is to say, during the Chinese New Year, a message will be sent to ask the old father to come to the city to celebrate the New Year.Moreover, every time the old father came to the city, he would be sent back to Liangjia'ao on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Therefore, Liang Senior High School only heard a little about Mai Xiang's family.He really didn't know that the second brother Liang Gaoshan, whom he always looked down upon, had become a big farmer.In his and his wife's and children's minds, Liang Gaoshan's family bought the mountain and raised chickens and cattle, and it was just a small fight to earn a little food and drink.

Hua Yangfan listened to it, and said with a cheerful smile: "My lord, the subordinates of this family know that it is the third sister of the subordinate! Oh, by the way, it is also the family of Master Liang's second brother."

County Magistrate Tong was taken aback when he heard this: "What? This is Master Liang's second brother's house? No way? Since it's his second brother's house, how could he not know?" He looked at Senior Liang, Can't help being very surprised and puzzled.

Hua Yangfan smiled mockingly: "Master Liang doesn't go back once a year, and he doesn't associate with his third sister's family, so it's normal for him not to know."

County Magistrate Tong glanced at Liang Senior High School, and said to Hua Yangfan: "It was originally your third sister's home. How did I hear that her family was originally very poor, so poor that they couldn't even afford food? Besides, they lived in Cottages?"

Hua Yangfan: "My lord, my third sister's family was really poor. During the drought, I almost died of hunger and thirst. I was forced to go to the deep mountains and hunted a dog with my life. The wild boars and a few wolves dug some herbs and survived the hard days. Later, they bought a barren mountain with money, planted a high-quality pasture on the mountain, and started the breeding industry!"

County magistrate Tong was very interested: "Oh, it turned out to be like this? Your third sister's family is not simple. What about the high-quality pasture you mentioned?"

"My niece Mai Xiang discovered that pasture, she dug it from the deep mountains and planted it home..." Speaking of Mai Xiang, Hua Yangfan felt angry and proud, and his face was filled with joy and joy.

The county magistrate was very happy: "Yang Fan, can you introduce your niece Mai Xiang to me? I plan to vigorously promote the breeding industry in Qinghe County, and encourage farmers to actively rent or buy barren hills to raise chickens, cattle and sheep! "

"Okay, Mai Xiang is in the county seat, please invite your lord to have a light meal at my house tomorrow night! When the time comes, your lord will tell her in person!" The county magistrate said so, Hua Yangfan had no reason to object, so he could only agree down.

Regarding pasture, Mai Xiang is still very generous, but anyone who cares about people, as long as she asks her, she will be very generous and let them visit her own mountain.However, tell those people where to dig.In the past six months or so, she has also collected a lot of pasture seeds, which are said to be several tens of catties.

Master Tong hurriedly said: "That's all right, let's invite Mai Xiang to the county government office for dinner tomorrow night, and let my wife meet her. Otherwise, she won't know her when she walks on the street! At that time, you can come with me too!"

(End of this chapter)