Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 20 Meeting Grid Again
At dinner, Qian and Sun saw that for the first time Zhao had not taken half of Ye Dafu's cornbread, and they asked almost at the same time, "Did sister-in-law eat anything good today?"

When Mai Xiang and Ye Dafu came back, Qian Shi and Sun Shi hid in the room embroidering, so the children followed Mai Huang into the house and they all saw them.Knowing that Ye Dafu had no money to buy snacks, they expected the children to run out in a short while, but it would look a bit strange depending on Zhao's performance.

"What good food can I eat? It's because our big girl's father is going into the mountains tomorrow, and he has to eat enough to have the strength to hunt prey." It was rare for Mrs. Zhao to be smart.

"By the way, brother, do you remember what I told you about wanting a piece of white rabbit fur as a scarf?" Jiufeng said.

"Oh, a piece of pure white rabbit hair costs a hundred and eighty yuan." Sun started to pick things up again.

"Ah, so expensive?" Sure enough, Mrs. Zhao responded again.

"Sister-in-law three, I've never opened my mouth to my elder brother. Can I embroider a handkerchief and sell it and return it to my mother?" Jiufeng was angry and pouted.

"Okay, big brother understands." Ye Dafu was afraid of making trouble again, so he quickly calmed down.

"Sister-in-law, are the children's jackets and quilts all ready?" Seeing that the expected results were not achieved, Sun changed another method.

"What can I prepare? Didn't Mai Lu use it when she was a child? The cheapest fine cloth now costs fifteen cents a foot, and a child's clothes cost three or four feet. How much does it cost?" Mrs. Zhao also asked. He didn't know how to settle accounts, and he was counting with his fingers, but he didn't understand Sun's deep meaning.

Mrs. Zhao talked about it for a while, but didn't understand it, so she simply looked at Mai Xiang and asked, "Big ya, how many coppers do you want?"

Mai Xiang was taken aback for a moment, the baby's clothes cost fifty or sixty yuan, what about the adults?No wonder the family's clothes were patched and mended, and the cotton was as hard as a rock.

"Sister-in-law, it costs fifty or sixty yuan. If you ask Mai Xiang, can Mai Xiang know?" Mrs. Sun simply woke her up.

"Okay, let's go rest early after dinner, Dafu will get up early tomorrow." Mrs. Liu kicked him out.

After Mrs. Liu finished speaking, Mrs. Sun naturally couldn't talk anymore, and picked up the bowls and chopsticks neatly and went into the kitchen.

After Ye Dafu left, Mai Xiang still went to Cao's house next door after breakfast, staying for about an hour each time, besides studying and reading, she also did needlework. Only then did Mai Xiang know that Cao Xueqin was not at home most of the time during the day.

Mai Xiang had seen him several times carrying a rucksack-like backpack, going out early in the morning, and sometimes returning home after dark. According to Liu Huilan, sometimes he went to see a doctor; To see friends; sometimes to find someone to chat with.As for who to chat with, Liu Huilan did not say.

Mai Xiang asked Liu Huilan to make two pairs of small embroidered red silk wall shoes, because she saw a few small pieces of silk on the top of her kang, which were left over from Liu Huilan's padded jackets and tiger-toed shoes for the children, and they could not be used for other purposes. Simply let her make two pairs of small wall shoes.

Mai Xiang wanted to sell the embroidered wall sandals made by Liu Huilan as well. They are much more delicate than straw sandals, and there may be some wealthy families who will be able to fall in love with them.

Liu Huilan already knew from Mai Xiang that she sold small shoes to earn money, and she was half happy for Mai Xiang's intelligence and half distressed for Mai Xiang's precocious wisdom. How could she have imagined that Mai Xiang was already an adult soul.

On February [-]th, Ye Dafu hadn't come back yet, so Mai Xiang picked out two baskets by herself, filled a basket of big straw sandals, and also packed a basket of small wall shoes and a small basket, and went out with Mai Huang.

Sure enough, because it was Guanyin Bodhisattva's birthday, there were many more people than usual on this day. There were so many cars and BMWs on the official road that Mai Huang couldn't even look at them.

When they arrived at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, Mai Xiang found a place for Mai Huang, asked her to sit down and look at the stall, and told her to sell the straw sandals one pair at a price of two cents a pair, because Mai Huang was not good at settling accounts.

Mai Xiang then went into the Temple of the Reclining Buddha with her own things, and when she arrived at the gate of the Guanyin Hall, she saw a dark space in the hall, full of female relatives, waiting to kowtow and offer incense.

Mai Xiang turned around, kowtowed three times to the Reclining Buddha Hall, and then came to the Fangsheng Pool, also known as the Wishing Pool.

Today's Wishing Pool is much more lively than last time. Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva's birthday comes only once a year. On this day, Bodhisattva wants to do good deeds and form good karma, so devout men and women flock here.

At this time, someone next to him also recognized Mai Xiang, remembering the scene of Mai Xiang giving wall shoes here a few days ago, so he also came up to ask a few words.Of course, some people asked Mai Xiang to make a wish for her.

"Gege, look over there, isn't that the village girl who sells our wall shoes and baskets? What is she doing?" Xiaoqing, the maid, pointed to Mai Xiang and asked.

This Gege is Amuxin, the eldest daughter of Agui's Zhangjia clan under Zhenglan, known as Xingege. His father Acton, a bachelor, was old and frail, and only for the sake of his son, Agui, he was lenient and allowed Agui to be released and go home, where he had been idle for more than a year.

A Muxin also saw Mai Xiang at this moment, and Mai Xiang was actually throwing copper coins for someone else to make a wish.

"Xiaoqing, go and call her here." Amusin said.

"Yes." After Xiaoqing finished speaking, she walked up to Mai Xiang in a few steps.

"Little girl, we Ge Ge let you go there." Seeing that Ge Ge seemed to value this country girl very much, Xiao Qing didn't dare to underestimate her.

Mai Xiang's memory has always been good, and she quickly remembered who this girl was, and asked with a smile, "Sister is here again? How are these days?"

"Okay." As the saying goes, if you reach out and don't hit someone with a smiling face, Xiaoqing can only laugh along with her.

"Gege, hello, thank you for what happened last time." Mai Xiang has not forgotten that the other party is her first pot of gold.

The reason why Amusin called Mai Xiang here is also strange, that time she went back from worshiping Buddha here, just hung the wall shoes in her parents' room, and the imperial decree arrived the next day, her father was activated , Was sent to Jiangxi as an inspector.

This decree was sent by the emperor on his southern tour, so Agui and Amusin felt a little unbelievable, maybe it was prayed to Buddha, or maybe it was the function of wall shoes, in short, this wall shoes is a good omen.

Of course, Amu Xin will not tell Mai Xiang about these family matters, she just wants to buy a few more pairs of wall shoes and hang one in her room, praying for a safe life.

"Ge Ge, what a coincidence, I asked someone to make two pairs of finer silk wall shoes, which are still embroidered, and I was thinking of giving them to some noble person, but you just happened to come." Mai Xiang took out the ones made by Liu Huilan wall shoes.

Liu Huilan's craftsmanship is much better than ordinary people's, and the netting of this shoe is also well tied, it is a safe knot.

"Gege, this knot is tied with a safe knot, do you like it?" Seeing that the other party was studying the way of this knot, Mai Xiang hurriedly said.

This safe knot is a style that Mai Xiang brought over from modern times. She only learned this one for all the manual work, and she learned it under the coercion of her mother, because her mother likes to make these things by herself.

"Okay, this safe knot is beautiful, the name is also nice, and this needlework is also well done, who did it?" Amuxin can naturally see that this needlework looks like a female worker from a wealthy family, and she is a little curious.

"I asked someone else to do this. I heard that she used to work in a rich family's house."

"Okay, I want both pairs, Xiaoqing, give her a pair of silver pegs." Amu Xin ordered.

"Thank you, Mai Xiang, thank you very much." Mai Xiang saluted.

This surprise is really big, one tael of silver can buy polished rice for one stone, the Cao family can eat for two months, just in time to help Liu Huilan confinement.

"Your name is Mai Xiang?"

"Yes."

"By the way, I just saw you throw copper coins to make a wish for others, why don't you throw one for me too, I made this wish in my heart."

"Of course." Mai Xiang took a copper plate from Xiaoqing's hand after speaking, watching Ge Ge fold her hands together and muttered, Mai Xiang threw the copper plate into the lotus seat.

After throwing it away, Mai Xiang remembered that her father was still on the mountain, so she also took out a copper plate from her pocket, put her palms together and said, "May the merciful and compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva bless my family and my family safe."

After throwing the copper plate into the lotus seat, Mai Xiang took out another copper plate and said silently in her heart: "Please the merciful and merciful Guanyin Bodhisattva to bless my parents in the past life to be healthy and safe."

"Mai Xiang, you can only make one wish at a time." Amu Xin kindly reminded Mai Xiang.

"Ah?" Mai Xiang regretted why the first wish was not her parents in the previous life?
Seeing Mai Xiang's expression, Amu Xin immediately became depressed. Seeing that she was still holding a few small baskets and a dozen pairs of straw woven sandals, she thought that Mai Xiang was worried that today's things were not sold. After thinking about it, why not I want to give it away to others, and it can also relieve some poverty in her family, and it is considered a merit.

"Give me all the things you have on hand. Anyway, I have a lot of people in my family. Why don't I give them away?"

"This? Is it suitable?" Mai Xiang immediately turned from sadness to joy. Today is really a good day, and she met her again.

"It's suitable, let Xiaoqing give you another tael of silver, and you can use this money to buy a piece of cloth to make a new dress." Seeing Mai Xiang's smiling face, Amu Xin felt that she had done the right thing.

"Ah? You don't need to give so much money. I still want to leave five pairs for others. I promised that I will wait for him here today." Mai Xiang hurriedly waved her hands. She didn't want to be slaughtered by herself, but also wanted to make a good impression on the other party. Woolen cloth.

"It's okay, just treat it as a new dress for me to give you." Amu Xin thought a little bit, and wanted to buy Mai Xiang as a maid. This girl is smart and trustworthy, and she is not greedy, which is relatively rare.

Of course, Amu Xin will not make a decision so quickly, she still wants to find someone to inquire about the situation of Mai Xiang's house.

After Amu Xin finished speaking, the woman next to her took the things from Mai Xiang's hand, and said with a smile, "It's a blessing that you have cultivated in eight lifetimes for the girl to meet us Ge Ge."

"No, I think so too." Mai Xiang replied kindly.

"This little mouth is cute, it's a pity." The mother-in-law chased after her with her things.

(End of this chapter)