Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 49 Intention
Today's dumplings are still made at Mai Xiang's house, because when Mai Xiang returned to her room, Mrs. Yu had already mixed the noodles. Mai Xiang saw Zhao's excited and greedy face, so she couldn't say anything more .

Mai Xiang was worried that her grandparents were unbalanced, so she sent a bowl of dumplings to the upper room for everyone to try. The ones with leeks, eggs and meat seemed to be more delicious than the Chinese New Year dumplings, because Mrs. Yu was willing to put the ingredients, and Mai Xiang knows nothing about making dumplings.

Not to mention how Mrs. Liu sighed and worried after tasting a dumpling, but Mrs. Yu said vaguely while stuffing the dumpling into his mouth: "Girl, it's delicious, it's really fragrant, and it's even better than the Chinese New Year's dumplings." Fragrant. I have never eaten such a fragrant dumpling as far back as I can remember."

Mrs. Zhao's food is slightly better than Mrs. Yu's, because Mai Xiang has been giving her little cooking these days, and her stomach is still a little greasy.

Even so, Mai Xiang saw that she was still stuffing it into her mouth, as if she hadn't finished the meal, so she couldn't help feeling disgusted with the mother and daughter.

Originally, Mai Xiang had a good impression of Mrs. Yu. Although she was not a very clean and tidy person, the old lady did not want her child to be a maid in the palace. The few words she said were a bit knowledgeable, but today this is singing again. Which one is it?

Ye Dafu had a sad face, he was worried about the future, Mai Huang also had a sad face, Mai Huang went out to earn money a few times these days, knowing how difficult these straw sandals are to sell, he was afraid that he would return To the day of starvation.

After all, Mai Qing and Mai Lu were still young, seeing that there were dumplings to eat and people from grandma's family came to support them, their family was finally free from bullying, and they all smiled happily.

After the meal, Mai Xiang and Mai Huang had just cleaned up, and Yu Shi took Mai Xiang to sit on the kang.

"Mai Xiang, tell grandma what's going on with Ge Ge?"

"Grandma, don't you want us to be maids of honor? Why do you still inquire about this?" Mai Xiang finally understood Yu's intention to stay.

"This one is different. This Gege fell in love with you, and allowed you to redeem yourself in a few years, and the conditions he gave were generous. I thought that although you didn't want to go, Ziju and Zilan from your aunt's house and your uncle's Qiaohong and Qiaoyu can go there, earn a few years of money and come back just to get married, and save some food for the family, you don’t know, the life of your aunt’s family is more difficult than yours.”

"Grandma, I can't say anything about this. Gege only met me twice in the temple and fell in love with me. They don't say they lack a maid. By the way, I seem to have heard that the Tong family in Changning Town lacks a maid. When we went shopping in the town that time, we happened to see his family buying maids."

The old lady sighed after hearing this, and said: "The maids of Tong's family are on death contract, how can there be such good conditions as Gege's family."

Mai Xiang fell silent after hearing this.

Seeing that Mai Xiang didn't make a sound, Mrs. Yu thought for a while, and then asked: "Big girl, there are no outsiders at this meeting. Tell grandma the truth, did Ge Ge give you a lot of benefits? How did you get your money?" ?”

"Grandma, Gege gave me some broken silver. These days have been spent on my parents. Otherwise, where would I have money to buy food for my parents? But the little silver is also spent these days. , I am also worried about the days to come.”

"Don't bully me. Your mother said that you are the most calculating person. By the way, I just talked about the Tong family. I heard from your mother that you took over a business from the Tong family. Do you still know the Tong family?"

"I can't say we know each other, but the straw sandals made by my father caught my eye, and I ordered some goods, and I can't talk about anything else." Mai Xiang quickly blocked the road.

"You child, I hear what your mother means. You seem to have been dealing with these rich ladies and wives. If only you could speak a word, how about supporting your aunt's family?" delicious.

"Grandma, my own family is still full of worries, how can I support others?"

"What are you worrying about? No matter how bad you are, life is really hard to go on. You can still go to Gege's house to be a maid for a few years. I'm afraid the reward you get is enough for your family to eat and drink. People say that the prime minister's concierge is the seventh-rank Officer, if you become Ge Ge's personal maid, you may be able to support the old Zhao family."

This is Yu's intention to stay, and he wants to persuade Mai Xiang to go to Gege's house to be a personal maid, and then give Lao Zhao's a hand.

Although Mrs. Yu came from a poor background, it is not all ignorant. Being a personal servant girl is different from being a court lady. If the personal servant girl is lucky, she might be able to follow Gege to marry a prince, Belle, and be a concubine. It's not easy for Mrs. Yu to tell a ten-year-old girl.

No matter how bad it is, even with the conditions that Amusin mentioned to Mai Xiang, one can imagine that Mai Xiang has some extraordinary strengths that have been favored by Ge Ge, and the rewards given to her by her side will definitely be indispensable in the future.

This court lady is different. Children from poor families have nothing to take care of. They go to do the hardest, most tiring, and dirtiest work. There is no benefit at all. They don’t see the sun all year round. Of course, don’t even think about it. What kind of high branches can I climb, and I will become an old girl when I get out of it, who else would want it?
Ye Dafu heard Mrs. Yu's words from next door, and said unhappily: "Mother-in-law, if our eldest maid is not going to be a maid, she will not be anyone else's maid."

"If you don't go, don't go. How about it, big girl, if next time you go to the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, I will let Ziju and Qiaohong find you, and you will also take them to sell straw sandals. They don't necessarily have to, it depends on their good fortune."

"Grandma, let them go on their own, as you said, it's up to their own luck." Mai Xiang refused.

Seeing that Mrs. Yu was not happy, Mai Xiang said again: "Grandma, don't be upset. The Reclining Buddha Temple is such a big place. I've been selling wall shoes for a month. How can there be so many ladies who want wall shoes? How about You let your cousins ​​go to Biyun Temple or Xiangshan Temple. The ladies and ladies there have never bought my things, so you let them try their luck. Originally, I was thinking of changing to a new place, since grandma said yes Try the luck of my cousins, I won't go, let them."

After hearing this, Mrs. Yu's complexion improved, and Mai Xiang also breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Grandma, let's wash, there's hot water ready. I'll go and drive the goose into the nest."

After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she got off the kang, ordered Mai Huang to prepare hot water for Mrs Yu, Ye Dafu, and Mrs Zhao to wash, and went out of the room by herself.

Wu Fu was chopping firewood for Mai Xiang's house outside, and when he saw Mai Xiang coming out, he hurriedly said, "Little Goose, I drove you into the nest for you, and your sister-in-law told you to take your sewing and teach you how to do it tonight."

Wu Fu heard the conversation between Mai Xiang and Yu Shi, and knew that Mai Xiang was not very sweet to Yu Shi, especially when Yu said that he wanted Mai Xiang to work as a maid in Ge Ge's house, it must have gone against Mai Xiang and his elder brother's intention, so He found an excuse for Mai Xiang.

After washing, Mai Xiang came into the upper room with a sewing basket, and just as she sat down on Jiufeng's kang, Liu Shi also came in with a sewing basket.

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(End of this chapter)