Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 17 The East is not bright and the West is bright

After the Waking of Insects, the weather became warmer day by day. Ye Tiezhu took Erfu to the landlords' houses in several surrounding villages, but they couldn't get any land, so he had to take Erfu, Sanfu, and Wufu to open up some wasteland on the river beach, intending to use it Plant sweet potatoes.

Dafu stayed at home and was busy preparing bows and arrows, daggers, ropes and other things, because he invited a few friends who were in the barracks and later went out to the flag, and planned to go into the mountains together. prey go.

At this time of the year, they will gather together and go into the mountains several times. If they are lucky, they can hunt foxes, wild boars, and Xiong Xiazi.

In the early morning of February [-]th, Ye Dafu took Mai Xiang to the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. In addition to selling straw sandals, he needed to buy some things. Mrs. Zhao was too heavy to follow, and Mai Huang stayed behind to obey her orders.

Mai Xiang brought ten small baskets and twenty pairs of small wall shoes this time, which Ye Dafuli made up in his spare time at night.When Mai Xiang was leaving the house, both Zhao Shi and Mai Huang looked at her eagerly. Mai Xiang felt quite pressured in her heart. Selling things was just luck.

As soon as Mai Xiang arrived at the gate of the Reclining Buddha Temple, she ran into Damei and her mother. It turned out that her father was also going to go to the mountain. She and her mother came to pray to Buddha for her father's peace.

"Big girl, why is your father's straw sandals getting smaller and smaller, and this basket is the same. It can hold anything, and it's so pretty." Da Mei looked at the basket and straw sandals in Mai Xiang's hand, and asked curiously.

Mai Xiang saw that she also had a basket in her hand, which was still pure cotton socks and cotton muslin. She guessed it was woven by her mother herself, so she said, "I'm here for playing, go and set up a stall." , there will be no good place when there are too many people.”

Da Mei Niang looked at the basket in Mai Xiang's hand and said with a smile: "Your father is still so good-tempered. Da Niang is going back first, and you and Da Mei will come back together later."

"Understood, ma'am." Mai Xiang quickly agreed, fearing that the other party would ask too many questions.

After dismissing Damei, Mai Xiang began to look for targets. Naturally, she was looking for a rich lady and wife. After a long circle, she sold two pairs of wall shoes for [-] yuan, and was bombarded as a beggar. walk a few times.

Frustrated, Mai Xiang turned to a pool at the back of the main hall, picked a big stone to sit on, and while thinking about how to sell what she was holding, picked up a stone and threw it in the middle of the pool in a bored manner.

"Girl, your technique is so neat." A woman in her fifties said next to her.

"What do you mean?" Mai Xiang asked.

After Mai Xiang finished asking, she realized that she had just sat down by the release pond. In the center of the release pond was a statue of Guanyin standing on a lotus pedestal holding poplar branches. Many people threw copper coins into the lotus pedestal.

It is said that this Guanyin statue is the most effective in wishing. If you have any wish, you can say to Guanyin master when you throw the copper coin. If you hit it, it means that Guanyin master accepts your request, but you can only throw it once each time you make a wish.Therefore, this release pool is also called the Wishing Pool.
Mai Xiang hadn't been to this place last time, nor heard anyone mention the wishing pool, so she didn't know what this woman meant at first.

"Girl, it's like this. Today our old lady came to make a wish again. We made a few times a few days ago, but it didn't come true. Can the girl do this merit for us?"

When Mai Xiang heard this, she quickly realized that the other party wanted to hire herself to throw the copper coins into the throne for her.Mai Xiang looked back at the old lady, she was kindly looking, supported by two maids, with a cloud of sadness on her face.

Mai Xiang smiled and took the copper coin from the other party, and the mother-in-law said, "When you throw it, read a sentence, 'Please Guanyin Bodhisattva, please bless Changhe Zhenwan's family to survive this calamity safely.'"

After hearing this, Mai Xiang took the copper plate, put her hands together in her hands, and said in a voice that the other party could hear: "The merciful and merciful Guanyin Bodhisattva, who saves suffering and rescues, please protect Changhe Zhenwan's family through this calamity safely." After finishing, Mai Xiang smoothly threw the copper plate into the lotus seat.

"Little girl is really skilled." The old woman smiled and gave Mai Xiang five copper coins.

"I'm sorry for the child, grab some more money for her." The old lady said, she was very satisfied with Mai Xiang's cleverness.

After hearing this, the old lady grabbed a handful of money from her pocket and gave it to Mai Xiang, and said with a smile, "Thank you, our old lady."

"Thank you, old lady." Mai Xiang smiled and took the copper coin.

"Old man, let me give you something too. These are wall shoes, which are small shoes hanging on the wall. They sound the same as avoiding evil, and avoid evil spirits. My wall shoes have also worshiped Buddha. I hope you are healthy and healthy." Be healthy and live a long life." Seeing that the old lady was happy, Mai Xiang thought that the old lady gave her a handful of Mai Xiang worth a dozen copper coins, so she wanted to give the old man a gift, just to ease her heart.

"Avoid evil?" The old man looked at the little thing Mai Xiang was carrying in his hand, a pair of small straw sandals tied with red strings. Red has always been the color that can drive away ghosts and avoid evil. Although the straw sandals are worthless, they are very delicately woven. , Moreover, the little girl said to send her off, and she also worshiped the Buddha, which is also a kind of fate.

"Okay, in that case, thank you, old lady." After the old lady finished speaking, she motioned for the maid next to her to take it, held it in her hand and looked at it, the more she looked at it, the happier she was, and she felt that everything today was God's will, maybe it was the Buddha and the meaning of Bodhisattva.

Thinking of this, the old lady took a look at Mai Xiang. Although the clothes were worn out and her face was yellow and thin, the little girl looked clean and neat, and her eyes were black and bright, so she said to the old woman: "Take all the money bags in your hand." Give it to her and let her go buy something delicious."

"Yes." The mother-in-law untied the purse from her waist and handed it to Mai Xiang.

"This? Old man, you have already given it." Mai Xiang didn't expect to have a surprise.

"Take it, it's not much." The old lady smiled.

Mai Xiang took it with a smile, thanked her, and the old lady left with the help of her maid.

Mai Xiang secretly weighed the money bag in her hand, it was estimated that it was only one hundred and eighty Wen, no matter what, it was a worthwhile trip.

"Girl, come, throw a copper coin to make a wish for me, and you also give me a pair of wall shoes." Someone stepped forward to find Mai Xiang.

The scene where the old lady asked Mai Xiang to make a wish on her behalf was seen by the people next to her, and it touched their hearts. So it's okay?

And what Mai Xiang said when he gave the old lady's wall shoes, they naturally heard it too, didn't they come to the temple to worship Buddha and make a wish for safety and avoid evil spirits?This little girl is so clever and can talk.

Someone really saw Mai Xiang kowtow in front of the Buddha with a basket of wall sandals just now, and said, "Girl, give me a pair too. I did see you kowtow in front of the Buddha with the wall sandals to make a wish."

Some of these people rejected Mai Xiang just now, but they didn't expect such a small pair of straw sandals to be so exquisite, and they all regretted it, but it's just a matter of a few pennies, it's better than giving it to a beggar, right?

Mai Xiang didn't expect that this matter would turn around. Hearing that everyone said "send", she knew that these people also wanted to ask for a few auspicious words, so she smiled and said, "Okay, come one by one, don't worry."

Mai Xiang's cleverness appeared at this time. The older one wished her health and longevity, the young daughter-in-law wished her many children and blessings, the unmarried lady wished her all wishes come true, and a scholar, Mai Xiang wished him high school, Those whose family is an official family wish you to be promoted every step of the way, those who do business wish you a wealth of wealth and so on.

With a small mouth, Mai Xiang sold more than a dozen pairs of wall shoes in her hand without repeating auspicious words, coaxing these people to smile, and took the wall shoes from Mai Xiang's hand and looked at them again and again. .

"This little girl looks festive and pleasing, and she can really speak with her small mouth. How does she look like a rural child?" Someone said with a smile.

Everyone thought it was a little strange that a ten-year-old girl could speak auspicious words so fluently, and was so good at reading words and expressions and trying to figure out people's psychology.Most of these people are from rich families, and the poorest are from rich families, and they all pay attention to karma and retribution, and they always give a few copper coins to little beggars, not to mention facing a little girl who pleases him so much, so basically He grabbed a handful of copper coins and gave them to Mai Xiang.

These people gave varying amounts of rewards, the most was a small piece of silver, and it was said that there were two or three coins, and at least five copper coins.

"Little girl, will you come here again next time?" A woman in her 30s asked. She hadn't bought any wall shoes and begged Mai Xiang to make a wish for her.

"Of course. My family lives near here." Mai Xiang said quickly.

"Little girl, is your basket for sale?" The wall shoes are gone, and finally someone saw Mai Xiang's basket, and the other party was also a boudoir lady.

"Yes, you can play with it if you like it." Mai Xiang never mentioned selling calligraphy, the rewards these people give are much higher than selling.

After selling the last small basket in her hand, the money bag in Mai Xiang's hand was also full.To be honest, she really wanted to hide somewhere and count how many copper coins she could have.

Unfortunately, looking left and right, there were crowds of people, Mai Xiang had no choice but to give up, and just hid the two pieces of silver in her socks when someone patted her from behind.

(End of this chapter)