Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 103 Another Bracelet Giver
Mrs. Qian had followed Mrs. Sun when Mrs. Sun entered the door, but she had been sitting outside, wanting to hear what the two of them had to say, because she knew that Mrs. Sun was a person who had nothing to gain, and Mrs. Zhao Shi is also a person who can't hide her words in her heart, so she naturally refused to let go of this good opportunity to eavesdrop.

Originally, she wanted to rush in when she heard Mrs. Zhao scolding her with white eyes, but the moment she lifted her foot, she heard Mrs. Sun speak, and wanted to hear what Mrs. Sun would say about her behind her back. I didn't hear the evaluation, but I heard an unexpected news.

Seeing Qian rushing in and asking, Mrs. Zhao realized that she had said something wrong again. There are still several people in the Ye family who can embroider.

However, Mrs. Zhao has never been a clear person. After hearing Mrs. Qian's questioning, she not only did not explain, but turned her mind elsewhere, and hurriedly said, "Second brother and sister, what do you mean? I don't want to quarrel with you, our family Da Ya said, if I found out that I quarreled with you once, I would be fined to eat corn mush for a day, the third sibling, we will come back later, you have to testify for me, I am not going to quarrel with the second sibling today , it was the second sibling who came to the door."

"Sister-in-law, who quarreled with you? I asked you, did you give the trick to the Zhao family?" Qian saw that Zhao's answer was obviously off the point, and was a little anxious.

"Is it none of your business? Who is my daughter facing my natal family?" After Zhao finished speaking, she took Sun's hand and asked Sun to testify for her.

Mrs. Qian did not distinguish from Mrs. Zhao, turned around and went out into the upper room, shouting before entering the door.

"Mother, you have to comment on this theory well. I just heard that the fresh flowers that Da Ya found from nowhere were given to sister-in-law's natal family. A purse can be sold for more than ten pennies. They sold all their purses to the Tong family."

Mrs. Liu was making Wufu's new clothes with Jiufeng on the kang, when she heard Qian's screaming, she got anxious and pricked her finger.

Mrs. Liu said "Ouch", threw down the needle angrily, and asked, "What's the matter again, what tricks are not tricks?"

"Mother, Da Ya gave the tricks to the Zhao family, but she didn't think about us at all. When the eldest brother and sister-in-law were in trouble, it was our Ye family who paid so much money to save their lives. The elder brother's legs are inconvenient. We planted the land, carried water, planted vegetables, and collected firewood for him. Didn’t Erfu and his brothers help with all these hard work? Oh, now that they are capable, they are thinking of the Zhao family. This Zhao family has moved a finger Did you pay a penny in the head? You can’t be unconscionable, can you?”

Qian said a lot, and all the saliva flew on Jiufeng's face. Jiufeng stepped back a little unhappy, and said, "Second sister-in-law, who do you listen to?"

"Your sister-in-law said it herself. Your third sister-in-law is still here. You are also a silly girl. She grows up and grows up all day long. Did she give you new tricks? Did she think of you when she made money?"

"Second sister-in-law, daddy already said that what you do to earn money is your business, so don't let us worry about it." Jiufeng still turned to Mai Xiang.

After hearing this, Mrs. Qian still said to Mrs. Liu: "Mother, if this is a way for the elder brother's own family to make money, I will not say anything, but now she has given all the tricks to the Zhao family, and it is not as good as our Ye family's method." I was the first to be dissatisfied with this matter. Why? I only think of our brothers when I work hard, and I think of those natal family when I have benefits?"

"Jiufeng, do you know any tricks?" Liu asked Jiufeng.

Jiufeng shook her head and said, "I only know that Mai Xiang can draw patterns on kites. Her kites are sold at a high price because of their unique patterns. Fifth Brother's kites are all given to Mai Xiang."

After listening to Jiufeng's words, Mrs. Liu quickly interrupted, "Okay, I didn't ask you this."

"Mother, dare you all join forces to hide from us, our family thinks our mothers are redundant?"

"Okay, what are you crying about? Didn't Dafu teach you this kite? The painting was not drawn by Mai Xiang alone, it was drawn for her by the wife next door. She took such a big family with her wherever she had the nerve It's all right, I know about this, when Mai Xiang comes back, I'll ask her carefully." Mrs. Liu interrupted Mrs. Qian impatiently.

Besides, when Mai Xiang and Liu Huilan arrived in Changning Town, the two made an appointment to meet, and Mai Xiang entered Tong's house by herself.

As soon as Mai Xiang entered Mrs. Tong's room, the mother-in-law who guarded the door went to the upper room to deliver the letter. After a while, Tong Liwen came over with that Miss Wenwen.

"Mai Xiang, here's something, show me."

"Miss, I really put a lot of thought into this door curtain, you'll know when you hang it up." Mai Xiang took the door curtain out of the basket.

Tong Liwen took it and held it with both hands. The door curtain was made of light purple gauze and strung together with morning glory, with a few white butterflies in between. Mai Xiang didn't know how Liu Huilan made it, anyway, This curtain looks very elegant.

When Mai Xiang saw the door curtain Tong Liwen was holding up, she suddenly had an idea that she could use colored paper to make the door curtain. Although she doesn't know how to do needlework or manual work, she still knows one thing, which is stacking stars , if she stacked a bunch of stars with colored paper, and then strung them together with colored threads, it should be very chic to make a door curtain. Of course, there should also be a door curtain with thousand paper cranes.

"What did you think of?" Tong Liwen saw Mai Xiang staring at the curtain shining, and guessed that she thought of another good idea.

"I really have an idea, but I can't say it now, and I don't know if it will work."

After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she looked at Wenwen and asked, "Does Miss like this?"

"I like it. I also want you to look different. Tell me, what do you think?" Wenwen asked urgently.

"You child, you are really impatient. You have to let Miss Mai Xiang sit down and drink a bowl of sour plum soup to quench your thirst." Mrs. Tong smiled and gave Wenwen a glaring look.

After hearing this, the maid hurriedly served a bowl of sour plum soup on the tray, and Mai Xiang hurriedly stood up to pick it up, and said, "Thank you madam for thinking about it, I'm really thirsty."

After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she drank it all in one gulp. As soon as she put down the bowl, she saw Wenwen leaning over to look over. It seemed that this Wenwen was also spoiled by her parents, and she was still a child at heart.

"Miss, I think, if you make a star-shaped door curtain with paper of various colors, it would be very beautiful. Also, I will make a kind of thousand paper cranes, a door curtain made of thousand paper cranes, I think It’s not bad, it is said that paper cranes will bring happiness and good luck to people.”

"I know the stars, but I've never heard of the thousand paper cranes." After Wenwen finished speaking, she turned to ask Mrs. Tong.

"This is the first time I've heard that Mai Xiang always has something new." Mrs. Tong said with a smile.

"Then when can I see what you've made?"

"Miss, this is very time-consuming. I can only do it by groping now. In short, I promise that I will send it to Mrs. Tong when it is done."

Mai Xiang didn't understand, why are these boudoir girls more curious than herself?
How did she know that these boudoir girls are confined at home every day, rarely go out, and they are all at the age of teens and innocent fantasies, so if there is something new, they will feel novelty and want to know more about it. .

In short, in a word, life is too boring and monotonous.

"I'm going back to the capital tomorrow. When will you finish it? Send it to my cousin first. This is money for your curtain." Wenwen handed Mai Xiang a purse after she finished speaking.

Mai Xiang took it over and saw that there was actually a silver ingot of five taels in the purse.

"Miss, this is too much, and I don't have any money to look for you." Mai Xiang returned the purse.

"Not much, not much, there are things from last time, I said I will give it to you this time."

Mai Xiang didn't know, since Tong Liwen told this girl Wenwen about Mai Xiang's family situation since she left by herself last time, although the little girl grew up in a honey pot, she was very pure and kind-hearted, so this time she specially Give Mai Xiang some money.

"Okay, it's rare for Wenwen to be happy. It's worth the money. Even I want a curtain like this. If you have time, make one and bring it to me." Mrs. Tong laughed beside her.

"If my wife likes it, I will give one to my wife some other day." Mai Xiang said hurriedly.

"Don't talk about giving it away. If you say giving it away, I'm afraid I will have to spend more, so let's just say a price?" Mrs. Tong joked with a smile.

"When did my cousin become so stingy? In the past, it was not uncommon for my cousin to do good deeds." Wenwen covered her mouth and smiled.

Although Mai Xiang was a little uncomfortable when she heard this, she obviously came to sell goods and exchange goods, but in the girl's heart she equated Mai Xiang with those beggars.

But even though she was unhappy, Mai Xiang still smiled and said, "Mrs. Tong is joking with me, she has rewarded me a lot."
"When you say this, I really should give Mai Xiang something, so that no one will laugh at me for being stingy."

After Mrs. Tong finished speaking, she took out something wrapped in a handkerchief from the drawer, opened it, and found a pair of thin silver bracelets made of twisted silk.

"This, ma'am, this is too expensive, I can't take it." Mai Xiang hurriedly waved her hands.

"You kid, you still see me. It's not a good thing, it's only a tael of silver. These days, it's hard for you to think about us when you have any good things. I have long wanted to give you something. One It’s because I think you’re still young and it’s hard to find something that suits you. The second is that I have too many things to do, so I forget them when I’m busy. This is a new style delivered by the shop that day. As soon as I saw it, I thought of you and thought it was right. It suits you, come on, put it on and let me see."

After Mrs. Tong finished speaking, she put the thing on Mai Xiang's wrist, holding Mai Xiang's hand, and said, "Isn't it just right?"

Mai Xiang was really in a dilemma. The bracelets did look cheap, but why did Mrs. Tong give her a pair of bracelets?Also, she took the initiative to condescend to make jokes with Mai Xiang, is it really because she is kind and pure in nature?

(End of this chapter)