The story of the struggle of the poor girl who crossed

Chapter 35
Tong Yuan said to her: "Licorice, I have something to say to your eldest sister, can you avoid it?"

"Why do you want to avoid it?" Licorice looked at him blankly.

Mai Xiang sighed: "Licorice, go over there and pick some plums, and bring them back to eat later!"

"Okay, big sister." Licorice nodded and left with a puzzled face.

At this moment, Mai Xiang had guessed to some extent what Tong Yuan was going to say.After all, after the nanny Yang blocked her and insulted her in the cloth shop, if she still can't guess at this time, then she is not the smart Mai Xiang.

Seeing the licorice walking away, Tong Yuan hurriedly said, "Mai Xiang, come down, I have something important to tell you!"

Mai Xiang was silent for a moment, then hung the basket on the branch of the tree, slowly climbed down the tree, and stood three steps away from Tong Yuan: "Speak, I'm listening!"

Tong Yuan took a few steps forward, reached out to grab Mai Xiang's hand.

Mai Xiang backed away, and took a few steps back: "Speak quickly if you have something to say, don't touch your hands! It's not good for people to see if a man and a woman can't kiss each other!"

There was a crack in Tong Yuan's smile, and he said sadly: "Mai Xiang, why are you guarding against me like this? I came today to tell you that I like you, I'm in love with you, and I want to marry you You are a wife!"

Mai Xiang smiled lightly, with a hint of sarcasm in her tone: "Really? If that's the case, why did you come to see me in private instead of asking someone to come to propose marriage? Could it be that your elder brother and sister-in-law disagreed and thought my status was too low? "

Tong Yuan was caught in her mind, and couldn't help but look very ugly: "Yes, my elder brother and sister-in-law agree to you to be a concubine. They said that if I must marry you, unless I ask myself to get rid of the family, I will marry you with the Tong family." The people who cut off the relationship, will never communicate with each other!"

Mai Xiang sneered: "In that case, why are you here to see me?"

Seeing her attitude, Tong Yuan immediately became anxious: "Mai Xiang, no matter what, I will never give up on you! You are the first girl I fell in love with, and I want to be with you for the rest of my life. old!"

Mai Xiang laughed at herself: "Then, are you going to ask yourself to get rid of the family, sever ties with the Tong family, and never communicate with each other?"

Tong Yuan said seriously: "Of course not, how is this possible? In this case, I don't even have the qualifications to take the imperial examination, which is naturally impossible!"

A trace of anger flashed in Mai Xiang's eyes, she took a step closer, and uttered words like ice: "If that's the case, then do you want to take me as a concubine?!"

Tong Yuan quickly waved his hand: "No, Mai Xiang, in my heart, you are a proud person, if you make you a concubine, it is a kind of humiliation and trample on you. I can't bear to let you be a concubine, I just want to marry you You are a wife. But, but I can't help it!"

Mai Xiang's complexion became more and more ugly, and her face was covered with frost.

Tong Yuan swallowed hard, and finally said: "Mai Xiang, can you be wronged, I will try to make you a noble concubine. Don't worry, even if I marry another woman as my wife in the future, I will I will definitely put you first, and will never treat you badly!"

Mai Xiang's face was extremely ugly, and she shouted sharply: "Get out, get out, get out immediately!"

Tong Yuan couldn't help being taken aback, and said subconsciously: "Mai Xiang, don't you like me? I know that being a concubine has wronged you, but I can't help it. Please forgive me!"

When Mai Xiang heard this, she couldn't help but sneered: "You know that asking me to be a concubine is wronging me, so you dare to mention it to me? It's not like I, Liang Moju, can't get married, so why bother to be a concubine?!"

Tong Yuan was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help but said sadly: "For me, if you wrong yourself a bit, can't you do that?"

Mai Xiang sneered: "Why should I wrong myself for you? To me, you are nothing, am I crazy or stupid, I want to wrong myself to be a lowly concubine for you?!"

Tong Yuan was shocked: "You, don't you like me?"

Mai Xiang snorted coldly: "Before today, I still had a high opinion of you; however, starting today, you are nothing in my heart! A man who asks me to be a concubine is very important to me. For me, **** is not as good as it! Moreover, let me declare that I have never had any feelings for you! Let me be your concubine, you can dream!"

Tong Yuan was heartbroken: "Mai Xiang, I really like you, there is no way to let you be a concubine. Don't worry, when I am admitted to the first prize and become a high-ranking official, I will straighten you up." ! At that time, the Tong family will definitely be reluctant to expel me!"

Mai Xiang snorted coldly, and said very disdainfully: "You really like me? If that's the case, why did you say you wanted me to be a concubine before?"

Tong Yuan: "That's because I didn't think carefully, that's my mistake! Mai Xiang, please believe me, I am only 14 years old now, and you are only 11 years old. In five years, within five years, I will I will definitely be the champion! At that time, I will have a certain right to speak in the family. At that time, if I propose to marry you as a flat wife, no one should object! When I become a high-ranking official in the future, I will Divorce the main wife and set you up!"

In this case, she should be satisfied, right?
However, Mai Xiang sneered: "A flat wife? That's still a concubine, a concubine who wants to be a concubine to her regular wife, but she's just deceiving herself! Tell you, I don't care at all, not at all! Besides, you say wait You became a high-ranking official, and you divorced your main wife? It’s ridiculous, you think that the main wife is made of mud, and can be bullied by you casually? Moreover, if you do this, pigs and dogs are worse than dogs! Such a ruthless person Man, I, Liang Moju, don't like him!"

Tong Yuan, however, became a little impatient, feeling that she was not greedy enough, and also felt that she was stubborn.He was a little unhappy and said: "This will not work, and that will not work, then what do you want me to do? You can be content, with your status, if you want to marry into a rich family, you can only be a concubine !"

Mai Xiang was furious and approached Tong Yuan.

Tong Yuan was inexplicably flustered, and quickly backed away.

Mai Xiang took another step forward until he was forced to fall into a tree pit.This is the end.

Tong Yuan fell into the tree pit, rolled all over the soil, very embarrassed.

"What exactly do you want?" Tong Yuan was ashamed and angry.

Mai Xiang glanced at him coldly, and uttered words like ice: "I just want you to get out, the farther you get out, the better, and it's best not to appear in front of my eyes again in this life!"

When Tong Yuan returned to the county office, he was covered in dirt, his face was ashamed, and he was extremely embarrassed.

Mrs. Tong turned pale with shock, and quickly asked: "What's the matter with you? What happened? Well, you're not studying in the academy, what are you doing at home?"

Tong Yuan lost his mind, and muttered to himself: "I went to find Mai Xiang, I said let her be my concubine, she said let me dream!"

Mrs. Tong was angry and furious: "What? You went to find Mai Xiang secretly? No, you asked her to be your concubine, but she refused?!"

Tong Yuan's face was full of sadness: "Yes, she refused without hesitation! She also said that she has never liked me, so she will never wrong herself to be a concubine for me!"

Mrs. Tong sneered immediately after hearing this: "That's right. With her conditions, she can marry a farm boy as a regular wife, so why bother to be a concubine and let the regular wife fix it. Well, she understands it. She really impressed me. Mai Xiang is quite right. However, if you agree to marry her as your wife, she may be very happy to tell you that she fell in love with you at first sight and fell in love with you a long time ago!"

The sadness and anger on Tong Yuan's face finally showed a crack: "Really? Sister-in-law, is this true? Doesn't Mai Xiang really dislike me, she just doesn't want to be a concubine?"

Mrs. Tong nodded: "well, that's it. She is just a vain person, and she is also a very ambitious woman. It is not worth your sadness for her. Forget about her. There is no grass anywhere in the world. There are plenty of good women. You are only 14 years old, and you will definitely meet a woman who is thousands of times better than her in the future, and then you will feel that your obsession with her is really ridiculous!"

When Mr. Tong came back from his work, he took his younger brother to the study. The two brothers closed the door and had a long talk.What was said, even Mrs. Tong didn't know.

Anyway, after coming out of the study, Tong Yuan's mental state has improved a lot, and he is no longer so distraught.He even calmed down and went back to the academy.

Ban Xia met Tong Yuan in the academy, and found that Tong Yuan was much colder towards him, and when they met, he just reluctantly nodded to him, and left without saying a word.

Ban Xia was very puzzled: what happened to Tong Yuan?I don't seem to have offended him, do I?
Hua Yangfan also found that the county magistrate was much colder towards him.

On this day, Mr. Tong also borrowed a little thing, and scolded Hua Yangfan: "Look at you, do you still look like a head catcher? That Li Si is always late, why don't you care about it? !"

Hua Yangfan couldn't help frowning, and said without saying a word: "My lord, although Li Si is my subordinate, he is also a distant relative of Madam. Every time he is late, he says that he is going to help Madam with something. So, How should I manage him? In my opinion, my lord should discipline him himself, I don't have that ability!"

It's really unreasonable, it's okay to treat him coldly for no reason, but he even brought up Li Si's matter.Moreover, Li Si refused to accept his control at all, saying it was the same as not saying it.Isn't the county magistrate very clear about this situation?Now, let's take this person as an example, what is this?It's unreasonable to make trouble!
Master Tong was so choked that he couldn't speak a word.

Hua Yangfan turned around and left.

For more than two years, he has been conscientious and respectful to Master Tong's family.The position of the head catcher was obtained by his merits again and again, not by Mr. Tong's charity.

No one can take away his head-catching position. Even if the county magistrate wants to control him, he has to give the person behind him a little face.

Mai Xiang told her family what happened with Tong Yuan, and also wrote letters to Banxia and Hua Yangfan, so that they could be prepared.Otherwise, it would be sold by the Tong family, and they would count the money for him.

Hearing what his daughter said, Liang Gaoshan couldn't help being angry and angry, and at the same time he was very worried: "Mai Xiang, you will stay in Liangjia'ao in the future, and don't go to the county town casually. The Tong family, a farmer like us, You can't afford it! You listen to my father's words, I would rather be a poor family's wife than a rich man's concubine! Being a concubine is absolutely unacceptable!"

Mai Xiang nodded: "Daddy, I know! I have already firmly rejected Tong Yuan, and I will definitely not be a concubine for others. Even if that person is a prince, I will not be a concubine either!"

Instead of being a concubine, it is better to find an honest and responsible wife in these eight villages.Although the boys in the countryside may have various shortcomings, they can live a peaceful and peaceful life.Not to mention anything else, at least I don't have to worry about my husband taking a concubine or going to a romantic place.

(End of this chapter)