Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 104
When Mai Xiang came out of Tong's house with a bitter face, Liu Huilan thought that the things she made didn't catch people's eyes, so she comforted Mai Xiang and said: "It's okay, if people don't like it, let's sell it to others." gone."

"Master, tell me, why did the elder give you a pair of bracelets?" Mai Xiang raised her head and asked.

"What bracelets, what elders?" Liu Huilan looked at Mai Xiang suspiciously after hearing Mai Xiang's unreasonable reply, and then she saw a pair of silver bracelets on Mai Xiang's hands, and hurriedly asked what was going on.

Mai Xiang learned the whole story, and said: "Mrs. Tong has repeatedly emphasized what is an irresistible gift from the elders, saying that it is not worth much money, and that she gave it to me because she likes it."

"Well, maybe the other party really just likes you. Generally, when the elders see the juniors they like, they will give a meeting gift, but what to give varies from person to person. It is very common to give bracelets, jade pendants and so on. It’s better if it’s not a dragon and phoenix bracelet.”

After Liu Huilan finished speaking, she thought for a while, and then said, "Mai Xiang, now that I'm talking about this, I'd like to say a few more words, if a man outside gives you something, whether it's married or unmarried, you can't accept it." . Remember?"

Liu Huilan also got to know Zhao's character, and was worried that Mai Xiang didn't have the teaching of her own mother, didn't understand these things, and took advantage of it for a while and went the wrong way, but she regretted it later.

"I know this, my wife and my husband have taught me that men and women can't kiss each other, and that you can't give and receive in private, I remember them all, but, my wife, do you count as a man outside?" Mai Xiang heard The silver bracelet was not as serious as I imagined, and my mood immediately relaxed, and I was in the mood to joke around.

"You girl, you still dare to tease your husband?" Liu Huilan smiled and twisted Mai Xiang's face.

Of course she knew that Mai Xiang was referring to the inkstone that Cao Xueqin gave her when she was married.

Thinking of Cao Xueqin, Liu Huilan unconsciously sighed, in his heart, after all, she couldn't compare to his sister Yun, and of course he couldn't compare to his sister Yu.

"Master, why are you sighing?" Mai Xiang didn't know that Cao Xueqin planned to go to the south to pick up his cousin from the Li family.

"No, I miss the baby. This mother is worthless even if she doesn't see her child for a while, she won't be in trouble." Liu Huilan made an excuse.

"Then let's go quickly, mistress, I thought of another way to make money..." Mai Xiang took Liu Huilan's hand and excitedly talked about her money-making plan.

When Mai Xiang carried a lot of colored papers and just entered the room, she found that the atmosphere in the house was weird. Ye Dafu was sitting on the kang and sighed, and Mrs. Zhao didn't dare to look up at Mai Xiang. All of them pouted and looked at Mrs. Zhao angrily.

"What's wrong?" Mai Xiang asked.

"Mother did something wrong again." Mai Huang hurriedly said.

"I didn't do anything wrong. What's wrong with my daughter being towards my mother's family? My mother raised me to marry me, what did I do for my mother? But I have been married for more than ten years, and I gave birth to your old Ye family. Not to mention a bunch of children, but also helping to bring up a bunch of younger brothers and sisters, who of you has ever said hello to me?"

Mrs. Zhao was also full of grievances. At this moment, she forgot how Mrs. Yu plotted against her.She only remembered that when she was poor, Mrs. Yu also missed her, and secretly gave her a few pennies.So she felt that Mrs. Yu's faults were not faults, which mother doesn't love her children?It is a matter of course to think that the good ones and the bad ones are taken for granted.

Mai Xiang was about to ask again, but at this moment, Qian's scolding sound came from the yard: "What is it called? Damn it, you won't let anyone take a good rest in the middle of the day, and let you occupy the good nest. Still restless? I think you are really an unfamiliar white-eyed wolf, and I don’t even think about it. If it weren’t for us, I’m afraid you wouldn’t know where to reincarnate?”

Hearing this, Mai Xiang seemed to be pointing at Sang and scolding Huai. Before she could react, she saw Mrs. Zhao rushing to the door and scolding: "You are the white-eyed wolf, you are the white-eyed wolf who is not familiar with it, my rice porridge, rice soup and The eggs were all fed to the white-eyed wolf."

Seeing this, Mai Xiang hurriedly put down the things in her hands, and was about to pull Mrs. Zhao back when Ye Tiezhu came out, with a dark face, and scolded: "Everyone give me a break, and if anyone wants to pass it, get out of here." .”

"Father, can you blame me? As soon as this big girl came in, the second sibling started scolding here, why did my big girl treat her wrong?" Mrs. Zhao objected.

When Mai Xiang heard this, she dared to feel that she had something to do with her, so she stepped out and asked, "Second Aunt, tell me directly, what did I do wrong?"

"Just say it, big girl, did you give some embroidery patterns to your grandma's family, did you sell the purse to Tong's house for them?"

As soon as Mai Xiang heard this, she understood. It turned out that Qian Shi was interested in the benefits of the embroidered purse, and she was very angry.

"Hey, so you guys were arguing about this? Second sister-in-law, why didn't you tell me earlier about how you want to embroider? I'm also to blame for this. I forgot to ask you more when things got too much."

Looking at Mai Xiang's smiling face, Qian asked suspiciously, "Are you willing to give us tricks?"

"Of course, but let's call the third aunt over this matter, and let's talk about it in the nanny's room."

Mrs. Sun had been listening under the window for a long time. After hearing this, she hurried out and asked, "Mai Xiang is back? I heard you called me, what's the matter?"

Mai Xiang walked up to the room and said, "Let's talk together."

Mrs. Liu was making Wufu's clothes on the kang. After hearing this, she hurriedly put away her things.

"Grandpa, where are my fifth and eighth uncles?" Mai Xiang saw that they were missing at home.

"The two of them went to cut the reeds."

"Cutting reeds? Weaving kang mats?" Mai Xiang knew that there is a habit of weaving reed mats here. The reed mats on her kang were made by Ye Dafu, but ordinary people can do this job. It's like weaving straw sandals. Price.

"No, Brother Wu went to cut reeds for your family. He said that he was afraid that your sheep and rabbits would not eat in winter. These days, he cut several large bundles at noon and put them in the back of your house to dry and pile them up. , didn't you see?" Jiufeng replied unhappily.

She was also angry with Mai Xiang, because she also felt that they were all doing things for Mai Xiang's family wholeheartedly, but she didn't expect Mai Xiang to be so selfish and only told Zhao's family tricks.

Of course, Mai Xiang knew that there were a lot of reeds piled up behind. She always thought that Wufu had dried them and planned to use them for weaving. She really didn't expect that he cut them for her own family, because he never mentioned it.

"Grandpa, Mammy, I just found out that the second aunt had a fight with my mother because of this trick. This is what happened. I accidentally got a few new purse tricks, you know, I I don't know how to embroider, so I don't know how much a purse embroidered with this pattern can sell for. So I asked my old aunt to embroider a few samples and showed them to Mrs. Tong. Mrs. Tong didn't know what to do, so she agreed. Let’s sell it in her shop first.”

"That's not what your mother said. What your mother said was that your grandma's family is doing this. I'm just angry. Your father and mother are sick. It's our Ye family who contributed money and labor. The Zhao family did it for a while. Qian Li still paid a penny? Why do you only think about the Zhao family when you get benefits?" Qian said angrily.

Mai Xiang smiled wryly after hearing this, because she knew that Qian was telling the truth.Zhao's illness, Maidi's birth, Ye Dafu's broken leg, and the subsequent separation of the family, the Zhao family did nothing except come and make trouble twice.

Fortunately, Mai Xiang quickly thought of an excuse.

"Second aunt, don't worry, listen to me, my grandma's family are all embroidering this, because my grandma sees that there are many women and children in the family, and life is difficult, so she wants to give them the pattern. What I told them is that this I provided the pattern, and I had to sell it. I took five cents for a purse. The money was not for me, but for someone else. My grandma and aunt were very upset when they found out, and scolded me several times. So, I don't know if you are willing or not, I'm afraid you will scold me too."

Mai Xiang was telling the truth.She did tell the Zhao family about the ugly things first, because she always goes to the shop to find the shopkeeper to deliver the goods. Changning Town is only such a palm-sized place, and you can't see her when you look down. What's more, Dongzhi's fiancé is also Tong. The guy in the shop, who knows when the matter will be revealed?
Instead of waiting until later when they learned from others that Mai Xiang had received a kickback, it would be better to explain to them first. Of course, Mai Xiang didn't tell them that this pattern was drawn by herself, and there was no commission at all.

But this rule can't be broken, whoever makes Mai Xiang look down on the old Zhao family, besides, she is not the real Mai Xiang.

"Ah, you only get five cents for a purse?" Qian Shi was reluctant at first.

"Big girl, tell me how much money can a purse sell for?"

"It depends on whether the embroidery is good or not. My second aunt embroiders well. A purse can be sold for 65 coins. My old aunt is a little worse, and it can also be sold for [-] coins. Of course, the price is subject to change at any time."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Sun quickly said, "I will do it."

Mrs. Sun is quite confident in her craftsmanship. She doesn’t know how to embroider large items. She makes a lot of purses and handkerchiefs. Normally, she only sells for 45 to 65 renminbi for a purse. These [-] renminbi each, After deducting the five cents given to Mai Xiang, she could earn more than ten cents.

"Then I'll do it too." Qian is not stupid, although she doesn't want to be plucked by Mai Xiang, but it's better than having no hair, right?
Also, Mrs. Qian has self-knowledge. She knows that she is not as smart as Mrs. Sun. If she follows Mrs. Sun, she will definitely not suffer.

"Okay, bring the pattern, I'll ask your old aunt to do a few too, the family still has a lot of money to spend." Mrs. Liu was embarrassed to say, and asked Jiufeng to save some dowry money.

"One more thing, let me talk about it first. I said the same to my grandma's family. If there are too many people embroidering this purse, it will be worthless. You have to give the pattern to your natal family, and your natal family will give it to your natal family. , don’t blame me if this purse can’t be sold.”

After a moment of hesitation, Qian and Sun agreed.

(End of this chapter)