Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 4

Mai Xiang's heart tightened when she heard this, and she stared at Mrs. Sun. Before she could speak, she heard Mrs. Zhao say, "What are you going to change?" An adult has been ill for a few days, let alone a child? He can't even eat a full meal. When will this illness be cured? My poor aunt..."

Mrs. Zhao was worried that she couldn't seize the opportunity to defend herself, and she was already very angry. The father of the child earned the most in this family, but the child was sick, and he wanted to eat half a bowl of mush and didn't eat it, which made him feel sick all over. At this time, Mrs. Sun is still making sarcastic remarks, and Mrs. Zhao is worried that there will be no chance to speak out!

When Mrs. Sun heard this, she smiled and said, "That's what I said casually. It's a good thing for a child to be sensible."

Mai Xiang took the opportunity to look at the people in the room, and Sun's words made her vigilant.For the past three days, I have been so sad and weeping, I have no intention to identify anyone in this room, and I don't care about whoever speaks, whoever loves me or doesn't like me, that's why I'm exposed.

Grandfather, they are also called grandpa, at first glance, he is a typical old farmer with bitterness and deep hatred, his 50-year-old face is full of wrinkles, and he looks older than Ye Meng's 70-year-old grandfather, with gray cloth on his body The clothes are fine, some are about [-]% to [-]% new, no patches, half of his hair is gray, and he doesn't like to talk. Mai Xiang hasn't heard him say a word for a long time.

Grandmother, the name here is Momo, Mai Xiang guessed it was these two words.With a round face and slender eyes, she looks quite kind. She wears a bun behind her head and wears a wooden hairpin. She is also dressed in gray cloth. Due to her poor health, she cannot do heavy work. She just rests all day long, so she looks at About her age.

The sons of the Ye family all have somewhat similar faces. They all have square faces, long eyebrows, big mouths, and a long braid trailing behind them. They are not too short, about 1.7 meters tall.In this era, lack of food and clothing, it is not bad to grow up like this.

Mai Xiang turned her gaze to her own table. The younger sister Jiufeng looks pretty good, with black hair, fair skin, oval face, slightly sunken nose, bright eyes, always smiling, in this family , she is the most comfortable one.

Of the three sisters-in-law, Sun is stronger than the other two no matter in terms of looks, clothes or the way she speaks. She is wearing a brand-new cotton-padded jacket the color of lotus root, the hairpin on her head is made of silver, and there are also a pair of earrings on her ears. For the simple silver earrings, she also has a round face, single eyelids, and always smiles when she looks at her. However, Mai Xiang always feels that she is very rich.

Qian Shi always looked like a half-smile, wearing a rose-purple jacket and padded jacket, about [-]-[-]% new, the hairpin on his head was also made of wood, but it looked oily and shiny, carved with some flowers, and had a long face , big eyes, hanging eyebrows, not like a pleasing person.

As for Mai Xiangyuan's mother, Mrs. Zhao, to be honest, in terms of facial features, she can't be called ugly. Maybe it's because the life is too hard, and she has made a miserable face, and she has thicker lines, unlike others. She is neat and clean, and her face is full of sallowness, so she really looks like an old woman doing rough work, but she has a quick temper and swears at every turn, so she has no status in this family.

Mai Xiang looked around and knew that her family's conditions were the worst. During the New Year's Eve, none of her family's clothes were patched, but her family was still wearing patched clothes.Not only the clothes, but also the complexion, Mai Xiang sisters also look much worse than Mai Zhong, they all look like refugees.

So, not only is she afraid of being exposed, but Mai Xiang also wants to leave this house, but how will she raise the travel expenses?

While thinking about her own worries, Mai Xiang slid the bowl of mush into her mouth. To be honest, she really swallowed it forcefully. If it wasn't for the fear of fainting from hunger, she really wanted to pour it down.

Mai Xiang is a little confused. She has also eaten sticky corn sold on the street many times. It is sweet and has a faint fragrance. It is not the same thing as this corn paste. It is thick and throat-cut. To put it bluntly, Mai Xiang thinks that modern pigs might not be able to eat it.

"Hey, Mai Xiang, it seems that you are not hungry, do you not want to eat or are you full?" Seeing Mai Xiang chewing slowly, Qian asked suddenly.

"Second Aunt, you also said that I am not recovering from this illness. Have you ever seen a patient gobble up food?" Mai Xiang was interrupted and replied impatiently.

She was originally a pampered only child, when has she suffered so much?Thinking of this, her tears came again, what kind of luck is this, if you want to wear it, you have to live in a good family, not to mention anything else, at least you can have enough food?Let her dress up as a ten-year-old peasant girl, what can she do in such a poor place?She can't do anything?

The more Mai Xiang thought about it, the more wronged she became, first big tears fell down, and then she choked up for a while.

"Yo, why are you crying? I'm still wronged, Second Aunt is just asking you for nothing." Seeing Mai Xiang crying, Mrs. Zhao was staring at her, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Mai Xiang, listen to the third aunt, don't cry, you will always cry during the first lunar month, which will bring bad luck to everyone." Sun took a cotton kerchief and wiped Mai Xiang's tears.

As soon as Sun said it was unlucky, Mai Xiang noticed that Ye Tiezhu and Liu's brows were tightened a little more. Not only Ye Tiezhu, but also several uncles and aunts were also quite resentful, but it was hard to speak out directly because they valued Ye Dafu.

When Mai Xiang saw everyone like this, she felt even more irritable. She really couldn't stay in this house, but what could she do when she went out?Thinking of this, Mai Xiang's tears stopped.

Seeing that Mai Xiang's crying stopped a bit, Sun pretended to be curious and asked again: "Mai Xiang, Third Aunt just heard you say something like a wolf or a tiger. What does that mean? Why hasn't Third Aunt heard of it?"

Mai Xiang lowered her head and pretended to wipe her tears and snot, but she was actually gritting her teeth secretly. This Mrs. Sun seemed to have really started to doubt herself, and she was only here to scratch her little braid.

"Third aunt, my eldest sister and I always go to the school to herd pigs and weed grass, and play with the fat pier and Xiaoshan from the head's family. Even I have learned a few words! What is it like 'Moonlight in front of the bed, it seems There is frost on the ground. Look up at the bright moon, and look down at your hometown. 'Pang Dun even praised me for being smart.' Mai Huang rescued Mai Xiang.

"Hey, our family has a talented girl who can recite poems." Mrs. Sun patted Mai Huang's head and boasted insincerely.

"Sister-in-law three, why are you acting weird today? I see that Mai Xiang is the same as usual, but sister-in-law San seems to be a different person." Jiufeng pushed the bowl away after eating.

"Sister-in-law, I just think it's fresh to ask, am I not worried about Mai Xiang? If she really has a fever and is confused, why don't you invite your wife to come and see her?"

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Sun turned to Mrs. Zhao, and asked with concern: "Sister-in-law, do you think this is the case? If a child is sick, he must be treated immediately, so don't delay. Like my poor little son, he wanted to be treated, but he couldn't be cured in the end." It's gone." After Sun finished speaking, her eyes turned red when she thought of her dead young son.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhao eagerly slapped Mai Xiang's forehead, and muttered, "It won't burn if you touch it. Mai Xiang, what's wrong with you, tell me quickly."

Mrs. Zhao wanted to take advantage of everyone's presence, and if Mai Xiang really told her what was wrong, she was going to beg for nothing to get the old lady to agree to let Mai Xiang ask a doctor to take a look and take two medicines.

After hearing this, Mrs. Sun lowered her head and wiped away her tears, but there was a faint smile in the corner of her eyes.

Mai Xiang caught the smug look on Sun's face, and then looked at Zhao and Qian. Zhao's face was anxious, Qian's was full of nervousness, and Liu, who had the most right to speak, was not so nervous. He raised his eyelids slowly, looked at Sun and Zhao thoughtfully, and then stared at Mai Xiang.

(End of this chapter)