Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 28 The Small Vault Was Discovered
Seeing Mai Xiang staring at her, Mrs. Sun smiled embarrassingly and said: "Big girl, you are still young, you don't know the pros and cons of this place, come here, the third aunt will talk to you well, what do you do when you go to Gege's house?" What are the benefits, not for us, but for your own plan, you should also go, just to work, not..."

Before Sun's words were finished, Ye Dafu came in, took Mai Xiang's hand and left, before leaving the door, he left a sentence: "Who of you likes to sell your children, our family does not sell Mai Xiang."

"Second sister-in-law Shi, if Mai Xiang isn't going, why don't I go back and ask my natal niece, she is also eleven this year, so it's just right." Qian said.

Mrs. Shi smiled and said, "That's not the price, and it's not the door. The Tong family in Changning Town wanted to buy maids a few days ago, but they didn't find any of them. They are asking me to help you find two, and Wan Wan from Changhe Town. My family, who is richer than the Tong family, also asked me to find two girls from a good family."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Qian hurriedly laughed and said, "I'm just saying this casually. My natal sister-in-law may not be happy."

After hearing this, Mrs. Shi also knew that the other party was greedy for Ge Ge's family's wealth, so she sneered and walked away with twists and turns. Mrs. Liu sent her out of the yard and said a lot of good things with her.

Let's say that Mrs. Shi came home, and Nanny Li was waiting to hear the news. When she heard the other party said that she would not sell it, she didn't quite believe it.

Mrs. Shi told the details, and it was necessary to add oil and vinegar to reprimand the Ye family. Nanny Li went back to Zhangzhai in the capital and picked and learned from Mrs. Shi's words from A Muxin, because those vulgar village dialects naturally couldn't pollute Gege. ear.

"I see that this little girl is smart and clever, and I think her parents are very reluctant. Forget it, let her go." A Muxin said.

Nanny Li naturally understood Ge Ge's thoughts, thought for a while, and said: "Since Ge Ge thinks she is smart and blessed, why don't you find two more things to try her, she is really smart and blessed, let's promise her more A few taels of silver is enough, I am not afraid that her family will not follow her."

"Try her again?" Amu Xin said to himself.

Besides, Ye Dafu took Mai Xiang's hand and returned to his room, and said to Mrs. Zhao with a calm face: "Mother, although our family is not full to eat, we will not starve to death. How could you agree to sell your child?" ?”

"Her father, I didn't agree to sell it. It was the second and third siblings who said that Da Ya is going to work. She has been working for five years, so she is not selling." Zhao also knew that she had offended her husband and children, so she dared not speak out.

"Isn't it sold in five years? You believe everything others say, do you have any brains? They sold your daughter for you, do you still have to count the money happily? Look at you, how do you look like a pawn? Damn, the child is so young that he knows that you are not full, and he does everything possible to earn money to buy you snacks, but you are so lucky that you still want to sell your daughter. I will put the words here, and I will go to the mountains the day after tomorrow Go, you have the guts to take advantage of my absence and hide from me what you are doing to pretend to be a ghost, and when you give birth to the child in your belly, you will go back to your mother's house."

Mrs. Zhao had never seen Dafu lose such a temper before, and she burst into tears angrily, and said as she cried, "It's not that I want to sell my daughter, can I not feel sorry for the daughter I gave birth to? It's my mother and the second daughter The idea of ​​the younger siblings, when will it be my turn to be in charge of this family?"

"Who came in with a smile just now and said that if Da Ya went to work, who should give the wages? How dare you say that you didn't think about it just now? You believe whatever others say, are you the mother of Da Ya or someone else?"

Ye Dafu was completely disappointed with Mrs. Zhao, a mother would actually smile and think who should get the money if the daughter sold it?Is there still a little bit of motherhood?
Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Qian, and Sun naturally heard Dafu's yelling outside. Mrs. Liu lifted the curtain and came in, sat on the kang with a dark face, looking at Ye Dafu.

"Mother has something to say?"

"I have nothing to say. I'm here to hear how my son scolded me as a nanny. When did I say that I agreed to sell my daughter? I heard the other party said that the conditions were good, so I wanted to ask my mother personally. This is also wrong? Don’t point at this and scold that. What’s wrong today is all my old lady’s fault. I’m not capable, I can’t afford to support this big family, and my granddaughter can’t eat enough, thinking about her You can live a good life for a few years if you enter that Gege’s house, so I sent your wife to ask, who said she was going to be sold?”

"Mom, I'm not angry with you, I'm angry with Da Ya's mother."

Before Ye Dafu finished speaking, Mrs. Liu interrupted him, and said: "I heard you ask your wife and who is the child's mother. Don't you think that I, as a nanny, don't care about your child? I don’t know, you have this idea in your heart, thinking that we, as old people, don’t really plan for our children.”

"Mom, I didn't mean that."

Ye Dafu could be angry with his wife, but he couldn't be angry with his own mother. To be honest, he did have a flash of resentment towards his own mother just now, feeling that his mother didn't care about these granddaughters.

Mrs. Liu holds her own Jiufeng in the palm of her hand. She hasn't moved a finger in housework these years, but Mai Xiang and Mai Huang are smaller than Jiufeng, but they have been helping to light the fire, cook, and cook since they were young. Washing clothes, feeding pigs, herding pigs, killing pigweed, etc., all these tasks have been done.

Mai Xiang was seriously ill, and she couldn't get over it, so she asked the wife next door to prescribe a prescription. After taking the medicine for three days, she yelled that she had no money. If Jiufeng had a headache, Liu would like to hold her Coaxing with the palm of his hand, not to mention anything else, Ye Dafu just didn't know how many eggs he ate, but it didn't mean he didn't have an account in his heart.

He always thought that he was the eldest son, and he would fulfill his duty as the eldest son to help his parents raise his younger brothers and sisters, but he didn't expect that he would do his best for this family, but his mother was tempted to sell his children. Dafu really didn't know what it was like.

Seeing that Ye Dafu lowered his head, Mrs. Liu knew that he might not have opened up this knot in his heart, and was about to speak when he heard someone came outside again.

It turned out that the woman next door came to deliver the letter, and Liu Huilan was in labor pains, and her wife was not at home, so she wanted to ask this side to help find a stable woman.

"Father, hurry up, go and hire a stable wife and hire a car." Mai Xiang took out twenty Wen from under the pillow and gave it to Dafu. In a hurry, she didn't care to avoid suspicion. To teach Mai Huang how to count.

After Mai Xiang finished speaking, regardless of the people in the room, she jumped off the kang and went straight to the next door.

Ye Dafu thought that Liu Huilan was the one who trained Daya to be able to have what he is today, and since his master had saved Mai Xiang, it can be said that the kindness of the Cao family to Mai Xiang would never end, so Ye Dafu took the copper money Also ran away quickly.

Seeing that Mai Xiang took out twenty Wen coins easily, Mrs. Liu thought it was because Mrs. Zhao didn't keep it safe, so she asked a child to take it, and said to Mrs. Zhao, "I don't take care of how much money I have at home. , just let a child hold it casually, you don’t know if you lose it, and when you really need it, who do you ask?”

"Mother, you old man can't blame me for saying that. Your son said that our family is now headed by Mai Xiang, and of course she is in charge of the money."

"Mai Xiang is in charge?" Mrs. Liu was really surprised.

It seems that she still underestimated this girl. She knew that she was sensible these days, but she never expected to become a family. No wonder she has been silent for a long time. It turned out that she had something to rely on.

Liu's eyes fell on the box at the end of the kang. When was the box locked?The eldest son's house has been cleaned up, and he can't get a few pennies. As for buying a big lock to lock it?
Such a big brass lock can't be bought without a hundred and eighty renminbi. How much money did this big girl earn, and she managed to hide it from everyone?Could it be that Ge Ge gave Da Ya some benefit, and this child hid it in private?
Thinking of this, Mrs. Liu looked at Mai Huang and asked, "Erya, you went to the market with Daya, when did Daya buy this copper lock? Where did she get so much money?"

"Hehe, Mammy, I don't know. Eldest sister just let me watch the stall selling straw sandals. I don't know anything else." Mai Huang giggled. I won't make new clothes for her this year, she believes that the eldest sister will definitely do what she says.

Mrs. Liu looked at Mrs. Zhao, who waved her hands and said, "I don't even know, she doesn't say anything."

"You are a mother, why don't you ask the child? How old is she, what can she do to make money? What if she was stolen? Don't care now, and in the future, she will be caught and beaten to death. Are you going to take care of sending him to see an official?" Mrs. Liu asked with a straight head.

It's no wonder that the son is angry. This old man really doesn't look like a mother, and he really can't pick him up.

"Nurse, don't worry, this is definitely not the case. The eldest sister's money is all earned by her, and she definitely didn't steal it." Mai Huang couldn't help arguing.

"How do you know? Didn't you just say you didn't know?" Liu was worried.

Just as Mai Huang was about to speak, Jiufeng said at the door: "Second sister-in-law, third sister-in-law, why don't you go in and sit, what are you doing blocking the door? Go in if you want to hear."

Mai Huang stuck out her tongue. It was dangerous. Although she didn't have much guard against Liu Shi, she was very wary of Qian Shi and Sun Shi. If they found out about her family's money, she might be handed over again public.

(End of this chapter)