The story of the struggle of the poor girl who crossed

Chapter 97
Eldest sister, give her a feeling that she can rely on.It seems that as long as there is a big sister, everything can be overcome, and any difficulties are not a problem.

The stone mill in the village is at the gate of the village.Well, to be exact, it's in that small compartment between the gate and the ancestral hall.

This stone mill is very big, even after pushing for a quarter of an hour, Mai Xiang, a strong man, also felt very tired.

Liang Gaoshan said: "Mai Xiang, are you tired? Take a break, I will push with Ban Xia for a while!"

Licorice puts corn kernels in the eyes of the stone mill.

Sitting on a stone stool, Mai Xiang took out a water hyacinth from the barrel, and took a sip of it to cool it off.

It's really tiring to grind this job!

An hour later, two barrels full of corn kernels were pushed out.Pushing corn kernels with a stone mill must be pushed more than three times, otherwise, it will be too rough.

When she got home, Mai Xiang was so tired that she suggested, "Daddy, when the stone mill is finished, buy a donkey! It is hard work to push the mill manually, so let the donkey do it instead!"

Fahrenheit couldn't help interjecting: "Buying a donkey here is said to cost 50 taels of silver, otherwise you won't be able to buy it!"

Mai Xiang couldn't help giving her a blank look: "Even if it's 100 taels, I still have to buy it! Otherwise, my father and Pinellia have to push the flour and rice at home. How can I stand it after a long time?"

Fahrenheit said: "Don't worry, every time the family needs to grind the mill, your Uncle Tian Sheng and Uncle Mao Lin will come to help!"

Mai Xiang rolled her eyes again: "It's okay to call someone for help once or twice, but calling someone every time is really unreasonable!"

Fahrenheit was still not reconciled, and murmured in a low voice: "Anyway, our family has helped them so much, why don't we just push the mill? They have plenty of strength, and they came to help voluntarily, and they don't need to owe favors!"

Mai Xiang snorted coldly, and didn't bother to pay attention to her.

Seeing that his daughter was angry, Liang Gaoshan yelled at his wife: "What are you doing? You said you came here voluntarily. Why didn't you help when they were turning the mill?"

Every time, the family turned the mill, Tian Sheng and Mao Lin came to help.To be honest, he was already embarrassed.However, the attitude of the two of them is very firm, and they cannot be driven away.In the future, if you buy a donkey, you won't have to owe favors all the time.If time goes by, there will inevitably be conflicts. Even if Tian Sheng and Mao Lin are willing, their wives and children will inevitably have opinions.

It's a pity that Mai Xiang's mother is still complacent, and she doesn't think it's wrong at all.That's right, the fact that Tian Sheng and Mao Lin's family settled down in Luhuawan is indeed due to their own honor.However, I can't use up this favor, can I?In that case, he, Tian Sheng and Mao Lin might not be able to become brothers in the future.

What Mai Xiang said is right, when people get along with each other, it is mutual.Only one party is giving, and this friendship will fade away sooner or later.

Mai Xiang immediately took out 50 taels of silver notes: "Father, after the spring, you should discuss with the village chief and ask him to take you to the market to buy a better donkey."

Liang Gaoshan refused to accept the banknote: "No, I haven't used up what you gave me. When I run out of money, I will naturally ask you for it!"

Fahrenheit stretched out his hand to take the bank note: "If you don't want it, I will! Speaking of which, Mai Xiang hasn't given me any money since I came to the Northwest!"

Mai Xiang stuffed the silver ticket into her pocket, and left without saying a word, while Fahrenheit froze on the spot.Immediately, he sat on the ground, patted the ground with his hands, and burst into tears: "Oh, my life is miserable. Having a daughter is the same as not having a daughter. In the eyes of my daughter, there is no such thing as me. Damn, don't give me any face, I can't live anymore, I don't want to live!"

The voice is very drawn out, just like the shrew in the village.

Liang Gaoshan couldn't help frowning tightly, his eyes were full of anger: "Get up, if you howl again, believe it or not, I will give you a letter of divorce right away?!"

Fahrenheit was not frightened by him this time, instead he yelled again: "If you want to sleep, then sleep. Even if you divorce me, Mai Xiang is still my daughter. Every time I eat and drink and live, I will go to her place." The one in the barracks lives! I want to see how she, a great general, is not filial to her own mother!"

As soon as these words came out, Liang Gaoshan was frightened immediately.

Yes, if he doesn't divorce her, he can still control her; if he divorces her, he has no right to control her. But what should I do?
But Mai Xiang heard it in the next room, and walked back, looking at her cheap mother coldly: "You are so arrogant, believe it or not, I will go to the old patriarch and take you from the old Liang's house." In this case, my brothers and sisters and I are not your children according to the law! At that time, if you go to the military camp, there will not be many people who will stand by your side!
What face does a person who has been excluded from the genealogy have, saying that he is the mother of our brothers and sisters!You know, the character of our brothers and sisters is very good in this area.On the contrary, your character is quite looked down upon by the villagers. If it weren't for the fact that you are the mother of me and Banxia, ​​how many aunts and aunts in this village would be willing to associate with you? "

Because Banxia is a scholar, and the only scholar in this area, Huashi is a little complacent and arrogant.With the people in the village, she always felt that she was superior to others, so she was a little unpopular.

After hearing what his daughter said, Fahrenheit was stunned.

Excommunicated by the patriarch of her husband's family?This, she never thought of.She is still the mother of five children if she is divorced or divorced. If she is expelled from the family, she will become a childless person!In the future, even if she wants to sue her children for disobedience, the government will ignore her!
Fahrenheit became honest at once, quickly got up from the ground, patted off the dirt on his body, and looked at Mai Xiang with a flattering expression: "Girl, mother is trying to scare your father, and mother knows it's wrong, mother will do it again in the future." Not anymore!"

Mai Xiang snorted coldly, turned around and left.

She was afraid that if she stayed, she couldn't help but slap the cheap mother.

The next day, she left home and told her family to go back to the barracks.

In fact, she wandered around outside again, found a place where no one was around, and rested a cart of corn from the space.Then, he took the cart of corn and returned to the barracks.

Seeing Zhao Ying, she hurried to help: "Sister Liang, why do you have so much corn here?"

Mai Xiang: "I like to eat cornmeal, so I brought so much here!"

It's not just cornmeal. Even if the corn produced in this space is ripe, it can be boiled and eaten on the cob.Moreover, it is no worse than tender corn!

That night, Mai Xiang was too lazy to cook, so she cooked five corn cobs and was full.Then I wandered around the backyard for a long time before resting.

In a blink of an eye, it will be spring.

Mai Xiang figured out another novel thing.

Mai Xiang figured out Qu Yuanli.

The previous plows were all straight shafts.Compared with the previous plows, the Quyuan plow has several major improvements.The first is to change the straight shaft and long shaft to curved shaft and short shaft, and install a freely rotating plow disc on the shaft head, which not only makes the plow frame smaller and lighter, but also facilitates turning and turning, flexible operation, and saves manpower and labor. Animal power.

Moreover, the Quyuan plow can also freely adjust the depth when plowing the field, and plow deeply or shallowly according to needs.Compared with the Zhiyuanli in the past, it has made great progress.

The advent of Quyuanli not only caused a sensation in the Lushan area, but also caused a huge sensation in the entire Rongguo.Even the emperor issued an order to praise Mai Xiang vigorously, rewarded her with 1 taels of silver, and gave her a title: General Heroine.

When the news reached Fahrenheit's ears, she couldn't help but regret it very much.

If she had known this, she would not have treated Mai Xiang like that!Her daughter is really extraordinary, not only knows so many delicious things, but also can make weapons and farm tools!
Now, it has been two times in a row, and has been commended by the emperor!
Her daughter is simply more capable, more capable, and more reliable than her son!It's just that she offended this daughter, who treated her very coldly.In front of the villagers, although she is very proud of this daughter, she has a lot of face.However, back home, especially in front of this daughter, she has no right to be proud at all!
Mai Xiang was rewarded by the emperor again, and Liang Gaoshan couldn't help crying with joy.

From now on, he no longer has to worry about her daughter!With his daughter's contribution to Rongguo, Situ Changfeng will ask the emperor for a marriage in the future, and the emperor should be able to agree!To be honest, he is very optimistic about Situ Changfeng, and feels that Situ Changfeng is sincere to Mai Xiang.He is very willing to marry his daughter to Situ Changfeng, but he is not at ease.

It was not Situ Changfeng who was worried, but Situ Changfeng's family.Prince Rong's Mansion, how high and mighty, how can you look up to Mai Xiang, a daughter with mud legs?Today, Mai Xiang has made great achievements repeatedly, so she should be qualified for this, right?

In the future, if Banxia is admitted as a Jinshi and becomes an official in the court, then Mai Xiang can be considered a good official girl, right?Alas, it's just that Jinshi exams are difficult, not to mention Jinshi, even Juren is also difficult!

The farmers in the Lushan area were short of food, Mai Xiang thought about it, and then transported ten carts of corn home.Moreover, judging by her posture, she has to transport a lot home.

Liang Gaoshan was stunned: "Mai Xiang, don't buy corn, you buy so much, how can you finish it at home?"

Mai Xiang: "Daddy, we have a stone mill at home and bought a donkey. I propose to build a mill at the entrance of the village. Then, our family sells cornmeal. Now the villagers in this area are short of food, and our family sells cornmeal. It can be regarded as a favor to the neighbors. This cornmeal can only be sold for thirty yuan a catty."

Fahrenheit: "Since there is a shortage of food, if you sell it for fifty cents a catty, some people will buy it!"

Mai Xiang gave her a white look: "I'm doing good deeds, not for making money! If you sell thirty yuan, you can earn about five yuan a catty, which is hard money! If you hire someone to grind the noodles, you can At most, I can earn two cents a catty!"

Alas, since the cheap mother scolded her in Qinghe County, her whole person has changed.Not as kind and simple as before.It gave her the feeling that it was broken and smashed.

Liang Gaoshan also gave Fahrenheit a blank look: "Mai Xiang is right, everyone is in such a difficult situation now, let's take it as doing good deeds! Not to mention earning a little money, even if we can't earn a penny, since our family If you have the ability to do it, you can’t let it go!”

It is said that in the neighboring village, one person has starved to death.

Mai Xiang: "Daddy, please ask Uncle Tian Sheng and Uncle Mao Lin to help our family grind noodles. Those who are too poor to buy grain can buy grain on credit, but it can't exceed one hundred catties at a time. Moreover, grain on credit People, the village head of that village must be the guarantee. Please pay back within two years, if you don’t pay back after the deadline, the village head and patriarch will have to pay back!”

(End of this chapter)