Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 43 Cao Xueqin = Cao Tianyou

Sending Tong Liwen away, Mai Xiang thought that she had made a lot of money today, why not buy two bolts of cloth, the weather is getting hotter every day, and the family should change into jackets, besides, if she wants to deliver goods to Tong's house, Can't you still wear clothes with big patches?

Mai Xiang thought about this, so she walked around the market and bought a bolt of fine white cotton cloth to make underwear. Because she bought it in pieces, the other party gave up the price. A piece of cloth was three feet, which was originally fifteen Wen Yichi, Mai Xiang spent 420 Wen a horse.Originally, she wanted to buy a piece of floral cloth, but she couldn't hold it anymore.

Seeing that Mai Xiang bought a piece of white cloth, Mai Huang was a little disappointed, but still very happy. As far as she could remember, she had never seen cloth bought at home, let alone bought so much at once.It shows that the eldest sister has earned money.

Mai Xiang looked at Mai Huang's expression and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the new clothes that Big Sister promised you will definitely come true."

"But sister, I only sold three pairs of these straw sandals." Mai Huang took out six Wen coins.

"Understood, big sister is going to buy some meat and bones, let's go home." Mai Xiang came out for a long time, and was also a little worried about her family.

Seeing Mai Xiang bring back a large bundle of white muslin, Mrs. Zhao was really startled, "My child, I'm like your father, and you still spend money like this? Can't you make it through this day?"

Mrs. Zhao has been raising her for more than half a month, and finally regained her vitality. There is no need to take ginseng, but the medicine has not been stopped, and she is already reducing her weight.

"Mother, our family doesn't have underwear. The aunt next door said that girls must wear underwear when they grow up." Mai Xiang carried Liu Huilan out again.

In fact, Liu Huilan just told Mai Xiang that it is best to use pure white fabric for making underwear, because many of the dyeing techniques in the small workshop are not up to standard, and many of them are faded.

"You child, it doesn't matter if you don't have obscene trousers. Your mother came here like this. If you have money, it would be nice to buy a piece of blue cloth to make a jacket for your father." Zhao sighed.

How could Mrs. Zhao understand that it would be awkward for Mai Xiang to wear without underwear. If Mai Xiang was not afraid that her family would suspect her, she would have bought cloth to make underwear with the money she earned for the first time.She really couldn't understand that this family was so poor that they couldn't even afford a pair of underwear.

"I'm just a useless person lying on the kang. When I have money, I buy a piece of floral cloth. You sisters make a new jacket. My daughters are so grown up that they haven't worn a new jacket yet." Ye Dafu said hurriedly.

"Father, you are not a useless person. Our family is pointing at you. I am lucky today. I sold the kite you made for a tael of silver. Also, I took over a business from Tong's family today." Mai Xiang hurriedly I told the Tong family about the one hundred pairs of wall shoes they wanted, and asked him how long it would take to weave them.

"Really? Someone buys the things I make?" Ye Dafu didn't seem to believe in his craftsmanship, and he didn't sell a few pairs of the straw sandals he made.

"Father, otherwise, how do you think I earn money?" Mai Xiang asked with a smile, she couldn't break Ye Dafu's will to live.

"Mom, can you cut it?" Mai Xiang asked.

"I've forgotten all about the meetings. I haven't done it for many years." Mrs. Zhao is telling the truth. When she is a girl, her family is not rich. Where can she get the cloth for her to practice cutting?
Mai Xiang saw that Liu Huilan had cut it, and wanted to find her to make ten pairs of wall shoes, so Mai Xiang tore a piece of cloth and went to Cao's house.

Liu Huilan had just taken a nap and was looking for someone to talk to, but by chance Mai Xiang came, so she was very happy to see Mai Xiang.

Mai Xiang finished talking to her about the wall shoes first, and asked, "Can Auntie sew during confinement?"

Mai Xiang doesn't understand much of this either.

"It's okay. Ten pairs of small wall shoes are still easy to make. Besides, it's been 20 days since I was served with delicious food and drink every day. I have recovered a long time ago." Xiang was much stronger when he first met her.

"Don't worry, don't tire your eyes out, my father's one hundred pairs of wall shoes can't be made in a short time." Mai Xiang was afraid that Liu Huilan's eyes would be ruined because of rushing, so she hurriedly warned her.

"Understood, little things are not big, and they know a lot." Liu Huilan felt more and more that Mai Xiang was as caring as her own daughter. She thought of the child she lost in the early years. If she was alive, she should have Mai The fragrance is so great.

"By the way, I have something to ask my aunt for help today." Seeing that Liu Huilan seemed to have remembered something sad about the past, Mai Xiang hurriedly took out the white cloth.

While teaching Mai Xiang how to cut, Liu Huilan taught Mai Xiang how to sew. The underwear is much simpler, just boxer shorts. Teach Mai Xiang to make underwear, which is somewhat similar to pajamas.

"By the way, auntie, I met a nobleman at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha today. I almost got into trouble and was taken into the palace by him as a groom. Fortunately, I met two brothers, Dun Cheng and Dun Min." Cao Xueqin and Liu Huilan knew about it, so they told about what happened in the morning.

"It's him? He is also a son of the authentic clan, but his father left early, and now his eldest brother is the one who has taken over the title, and no one disciplines him, so he is a bit lawless. Speaking of which, their family still owes us a big debt Huh, the elders are gone, and none of them admit it, I want to see what will happen to them?" Liu Huilan gritted her teeth when talking about the descendants of Shuncheng Palace.

"What's the matter, are they all bad guys?" Mai Xiang asked.

"Forget it, you're still young, and you won't understand even if I tell you." Liu Huilan suddenly realized that the person in front of her was a child, and hurriedly shut up.

Seeing that Liu Huilan was rarely happy, Mai Xiang took her hand and asked with a smile, "Auntie, just tell me about Mr., I am more curious about Mr. Mr. is clearly a wife, but also a doctor. I can make kites and write books. I heard that Mr. Wang’s calligraphy and paintings are also good. Mr. Wang’s family has relatives from the prince’s family. Logically, it doesn’t matter who they are, as long as they leak a little through their fingers, it’s enough for you to live a good life, but You are living in poverty in this small mountain village, why?"

"Stupid boy, do you think we are willing to do this? People leave the tea, how many people are not snobbish nowadays? We also came to beg them in the early years, who didn't send us like beggars? Let alone lend a helping hand, Just asking for our own things back is not enough, the world is cold, these few words, you must have experienced some of your parents' illness this time, right?" Liu Huilan patted Mai Xiang's head.

Mai Xiang had to support a family at a young age, with disabled parents and younger siblings. Liu Huilan did not expect Mai Xiang to do so well, which made her and Cao Xueqin feel a little ashamed.

"I think back then, when our family suffered an accident, your husband was twelve or thirteen years old. He was still an ignorant child at the time. How could we, Mai Xiang, be so capable?"

"How old is this year, sir?" Mai Xiang knew that later generations were also vague about Cao Xueqin's birth year.

"Mr. Kangxi was born in 54 years, 37 years old this year."

"By the way, auntie, what year is it?"

"Xin Weinian, why are you asking this?"

"Haha, nothing."

There are still three years before the Jiaxu book comes out. In three years, Mai Xiang should be able to learn calligraphy, right?
In Mai Xiang's clichés, Mai Xiang knew that when Cao Xueqin was born, his mother Ma Shi lost a son and a daughter in a row, so in order to pray for God to bless him to grow up safely, he named him Cao. God bless, and his grandmother thought that he was a gift from heaven, so that Cao Yin could have a descendant, so she named him Zhan.

The name Cao Tianyou was used until he was 30 years old. Later, due to changes in his family, the name Cao Tianyou was no longer used.

As for what happened, Liu Huilan didn't go into details, but Mai Xiang guessed that it was the second time the Cao family was raided during the Qianlong period, and because of this raid, the Cao family could never recover.

Mai Xiang was chatting with Liu Huilan on the kang, Cao Xueqin came in, accompanied by the two brothers Dunmin and Duncheng.The two brothers carried a small jar of wine and a few bags of food.

"Little girl, are you not scared today?" Dun Min asked with a smile.

"Thank you both for saving each other." Mai Xiang had no choice but to thank her again.

Cao Xueqin already knew what happened in the morning from the two brothers, and said to Mai Xiang: "Mai Xiang, I don't think you should do this job of feeding the horses. These young masters have a big temper, so it won't be so good next time." Luckily."

"Understood, next time I will only sell fodder and not feed horses." Mai Xiang said hurriedly, a basket of fodder sold for [-] cents, which was okay, and better than others.

"Mai Xiang, I think the kite you got today is not bad, and the piggy painted on it is quite interesting, why don't you make some kites and sell them?" Dun Cheng said.

"It's also for sale. I have a hammer to the east and a mallet to the west. Whoever catches up with it is which." Mai Xiang smiled.

"I see that Mai Xiang is somewhat similar to Tan Chun in Mr.'s book. They are both very smart and shrewd, not the shrewdness of the world." Dun Min said looking at Mai Xiang.

He always felt that Mai Xiang didn't look like someone who had no education, and he didn't speak like an ignorant village girl at all, so he thought of Tanchun.

"Brother said so, it really does look alike, but I think Mai Xiang still has a bit of Xiangyun's crispness." Dun Cheng also joked.

"I'm not as good as you say, I'm just a country girl." Mai Xiang originally wanted to borrow books, but thinking that she couldn't write well with a brush, she gave up the idea and waited for a while.

"Speaking of the wild girls in the country, there is really a second girl in the book, who is also capable and smart, just like our Mai Xiang." Cao Xueqin patted Mai Xiang's head, and he regarded Mai Xiang as a junior in his heart.

"Oh, is that so? Sir, what is her final outcome?" Mai Xiang asked curiously.

ps: Yitong came back from the countryside. During this period of time, it is really inconvenient to surf the Internet in the countryside, and the book review area has not been taken care of for a long time. Thank you Xiaoxiao66 for the reward and the support of all book friends.

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