Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 42
"show mercy?"

The other party glanced at Mai Xiang sideways, nodded Mai Xiang's head with a horsewhip, and said, "My lord, this is already a kindness. For the sake of the pure land of this Buddhist family, I will not ask you for money compensation, but let you enter the palace." As a groom, you still have monthly money, what else do you want?"

"Master, I just fed your horse some hay, what's wrong with that?" Mai Xiang didn't know what she did wrong.

"I never feed my horses these inferior feeds."

"But it ate it too."

"That's why I asked you for compensation."

"Then next time you put a note on your horse's forehead that says 'My horse doesn't eat inferior feed.'"

Mai Xiang also became impatient, and felt that the other party's attitude was too arrogant. This person is divided into three or six grades, and horses are also divided into three or six or nine grades. Do you want to let people live?
"You don't have to worry about this, take it away." The other party was about to get on the horse after speaking, and the servant came to pull Mai Xiang.

"Changling, this girl has some relationship with your cousin Cao's uncle, can you please hold your hand high and spare her this time, a little girl is not worthy of your third master's anger." Dunmin Duncheng saw that Mai Xiang was really going to be killed Take it away, and hurried forward a few steps to intercede.

"My cousin?" The other party frowned.

"Yes, your cousin lives near here. This girl is your cousin's neighbor. Your cousin gave birth to a son a few days ago. Your cousin was not at home at the time. Fortunately, this girl was alert and knew to ask Mrs. Wen. Saved the lives of your cousin and child. For your grandmother's sake, please spare her." Dun Min said hastily.

"Forget it, forget it, bad luck. Girl, I will spare you today, get out." After the other party finished speaking, he ignored anyone and rode away straight away.

"Thank you both for your help, but who is this person, so arrogant?" Mai Xiang asked deliberately when she knew that she was a relative of Cao Xueqin.

Duncheng listened to Mai Xiang's words, and said with a smile: "He is not bad today. This is in the Buddhist Pure Land. If it is normal, I'm afraid I will give you two whips first."

"Ah, so unreasonable? Then why is he afraid of Mr.?" Mai Xiang was puzzled.

"His grandfather is my husband's second uncle. Although we don't see each other anymore, we are still relatives." Dun Min didn't want to elaborate.

Mai Xiang already knew that this was the house of the second aunt who Liu Huilan said had taken the books from the Cao family and refused to return them. You can see it from this tutor.

"I didn't expect my uncle's uncle to be a prince, but my husband is so poor." Mai Xiang sighed.

"What's so strange about this? The current world is like this. There are many icing on the cake, but little help in the snow." Dun Min also sighed.

"Don't talk about sending charcoal in the snow, it would be nice if you don't throw stones into the well." Dun Cheng said angrily.

"Can I ask, what kind of prince is his family?" Mai Xiang knew that there was no information about this second aunt in later generations.

"His ancestors belonged to the Duoluo Shuncheng County King. His grandfather was originally a guard of the holy ancestor Kangxi Lord. Later, he became a general. He couldn't attack the king. Coincidentally, the county king at that time committed a crime and was cut off. Jue, it's their turn now." Dun Cheng said.

"Then is his grandfather still alive?"

"It's gone for a long time. Xi Jue has been gone for three years, and even Mr.'s aunt left early. Otherwise, why did it come to this?"

"Okay, we should go." Seeing that Dun Cheng was talking too much, Dun Min pulled him away.

Mai Xiang thanked her again.

After Dunmin Duncheng left, Mai Xiang didn't dare to feed the horse casually anymore. She turned around and saw a white horse standing out from the crowd. Mai Xiang couldn't help walking towards it, and walked around it a few times lock up.

After turning around, Mai Xiang squatted on the ground, looking at the horse, but did not dare to feed it the grass, and the horse also looked at the grass in her basket.

"Horse, horse, it's not that I don't feed you. I'm afraid that your master will blame me when he comes back. When will your master come back? Tell me, I'll tell you later that I helped him feed the horse, and he will give it to you." Shall I reward you?" Mai Xiang waited to be bored, and began to think about the horse.

"There is no reward, it's fine if I don't bother you."

"Excuse me, are you the owner of the horse?" Mai Xiang heard a sudden cold voice from behind, and sat down on the ground, but she stood up calmly, turned around, and saw the master and servant on the opposite side. The hat was inlaid with a piece of emerald with a good head, and Mai Xiang sighed secretly, indeed, he was a rich man, and he was so rich at the age of seventeen or eighteen, but this pair of master and servant was more refined than the pair just now.

Mai Xiang saluted first, and said with a smile: "Master's horse looks really imposing, and it stands out from the crowd, and I saw it at a glance."

Mai Xiang gave her a tall hat.

It's a pity, the other party looked at Mai Xiang, saw her clothes covered in big patches, waved his hand impatiently, turned on the horse, and flicked the horse's hoof backwards, Mai Xiang hurriedly backed away several steps in fright, but fortunately was caught Holding on to it, he secretly scolded himself for being stupid, thinking that the other party was a gentleman.

"Is the girl alright?"

Mai Xiang hurriedly turned around and saw that the person supporting her was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, dressed in ordinary clothes, but also brought a servant.Seeing that Mai Xiang stood firm, she hurriedly let go of her hand, as if feeling a little disgusted.

"It's okay, thank you son." Mai Xiang stepped back a few steps, she could see the disgust in the other's eyes.

"Girl, my horse is a bit hungry, why don't you feed it for me." Seeing Mai Xiang stepping back, the boy looked at Mai Xiang, and then at the grass in Mai Xiang's basket.

The grass was kicked away just now, and Mai Xiang picked it up again, so it looked a bit messy, and now Mai Xiang also looked embarrassed, with messy hair and a few weeds on her head. Mai Xiang didn't know that the basket fell on her head when it was kicked away.

The other party didn't intend to let Mai Xiang feed the horse. He saw the two accidents just now. Mai Xiang found a good horse for the first time and was almost sold, but she still didn't give up. Good horse, he thinks that Mai Xiang is a vulgar and stupid woman who dislikes the poor and loves the rich.

But when he saw Mai Xiang dressed up, he remembered that Mai Xiang had refused to enter the palace to be a maid just now, and felt that things were not as simple as he saw.Suddenly, he thought of his own life experience, so he felt a little sympathy for Mai Xiang, and wanted to give Mai Xiang some substantive help.

Thinking of this, he said coldly to Mai Xiang: "In the future, don't feed other people's livestock casually. In case something happens, you can't compensate even if you sell yourself. You must wait for the owner to agree. Go feed again."

Mai Xiang has already reacted, this time she met a good person, she hurriedly said with a smile: "Thank you for reminding me, my lord, I will remember."

The other party didn't say anything after hearing this, and walked up to an ordinary bay red horse, touched his own horse, and his face softened a little: "Zhuifeng, be good, don't bully this little sister. How about you Remember, I will punish you next time."

After hearing this, Mai Xiang had a good impression of this man, and took a closer look at him, with clear and bright features, but there seemed to be a bit of sadness between the eyebrows, so the whole person felt rather cold.

After the young man finished speaking, the horse raised its head and neighed. The young man hastily stretched out his hand to stroke it several times, feeling as if the horse was begging for the young man's touch.

Mai Xiang was surprised when she saw it, and asked with a smile, "Can I touch it too?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Mai Xiang put her hand up involuntarily, and also touched the horse's head. With the other hand, she held the grass and put it near the horse's mouth.

Mai Xiang finally fed the horse all the grass in her basket. Seeing that the horse had eaten it all, the other party jumped on the horse, turned around, threw a piece of silver to Mai Xiang, and said, "Look at me. For the sake of accepting your horse, I will give it to you."

Mai Xiang didn't expect this person to be a cold-faced and warm-hearted person. At first, she reminded herself not to feed other people's livestock lightly, and then she rewarded herself with a piece of silver, which was a surprise. Because the other party does not look like a particularly wealthy person, this really corresponds to the sentence, people should not be judged by their appearance.

Mai Xiang really remembered this person.

With these few lessons learned, Mai Xiang changed a basket of grass, and when the owner returned to the carriage, she went up to ask if the owner needed to feed the horse, and only one of them asked for three or four. He gave all the grass in the basket to the other party, and the other party gave Mai Xiang twenty Wen, which was a little different from what Mai Xiang expected.

However, ants are meat even though they are small. Fortunately, Mai Xiang’s kite was sold, and a child from a wealthy family fell in love with it. He liked the paintings on the kite. The adults saw that their children liked it, so they gave Mai Xiang one or two. The little silver curly.

After selling the kites, Mai Xiang came back with a few pairs of wall shoes in a small basket and was about to enter the Wishing Pool to try her luck again, when she ran into Tong Liwen, who saw Mai Xiang and hurriedly asked, "Why are you here so late today?"

"Need me anything?" Mai Xiang asked.

"Yes, didn't you ask me to take care of your business last time? I went back and told my mother, and my mother said, you will send us a hundred pairs of straw woven sandals, one pair of Liuwen and ten pairs of silk. A pair of one hundred cash, let’s try to sell them in the shop, and, don’t your family weave straw sandals? When you send wall sandals next time, give us twenty pairs of straw sandals.”

Tong Liwen didn't know why, since he knew about Mai Xiang's situation, he really wanted to help her.Originally, according to what he meant, he wanted to buy Mai Xiang to be a maid, so that Mai Xiang could have enough to eat.

Mrs. Tong had seen Mai Xiang's cleverness, and she was willing to ask her to be a maid. She asked someone to inquire, and heard that it was because Ye Dafu refused to sell Mai Xiang to death that the Ye family was forced to separate.

Naturally, Mrs. Tong could no longer ask someone to talk about this matter. She knew that Mai Xiang had been earning a little money in the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, and she felt a little compassion, so she agreed to hang a few wall shoes in her shop for sale. try.

"Okay, okay, no problem. Where will I send it to you when I'm done?" Mai Xiang was really happy when she heard this. If the market opens up, she will only be responsible for the supply in the future.

"Don't you often come to Changning Town to buy rice? Just send it to our house. Tong's house is easy to find, just ask on the street."

Mai Xiang watched Tong Liwen talk about the proud face of Tong's family, and couldn't help smiling, it seems that this Tong's family is indeed not an ordinary family.

(End of this chapter)