Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 56

Mai Xiang was a little bored when she came down from the mountain, she was really curious whether this Cao Fu was Zhiyanzhai, and who was Jia Baoyu's prototype.

Mai Xiang is more inclined to think that Cao Xueqin is the prototype of Jia Baoyu, but there are too many unsolvable mysteries in the book. What big secrets does the Cao family still have?

The more Mai Xiang thought about it, the more depressed she became. She was guarding Cao Xueqin by her side. Cao Xueqin's family had also met a lot, but she just couldn't find out the result.

However, when Mai Xiang returned home and saw that Yu Shi and Zhao Qiaohong hadn't left, she was even more panicked, and didn't even bother to say anything. After eating something, she took a hoe and prepared to transplant the azalea to the window of her house.

Originally, she wanted to transplant it directly into a flower pot at one time, but she had never raised flowers before, and she didn't know if she could support them. A big flower pot would not be cheap, and she didn't want to be talked about by her family, let alone show off her wealth.

"Big girl, come here." Jiufeng waved to Mai Xiang.

Mai Xiang walked over, and it turned out that Jiufeng wanted to learn how to make rice soup and egg drop soup.

"Mother said it's delicious. The chickens at home have started to lay eggs. I want to give mother one every day. I think my sister-in-law looks much better after eating this." Jiufeng said softly.

"It's simple, just use rice soup, brown sugar and eggs. I originally wanted to make a bowl for Mammy every day, but I went out too early this morning, so I forgot." Mai Xiang felt apologetic.

"No, your grandma is staying again, and it's not appropriate for you to give it to me or not to her." Mrs. Liu heard it from the side and said.

"But we don't have rice soup, and we don't eat rice." Jiufeng said awkwardly.

"Then you can also use millet soup. People who are confinement drink millet porridge, and millet is more fortified." Liu Shi was afraid that Mai Xiang would be in trouble, so she hurriedly said.

After all, the family has been separated, and the Yu family has become half of the family on his son's side. Poor families value eggs very much. Last time, the Qian family had a fight because of a few eggs, and the Liu family did not want to cause any more complications .

I have to say that sometimes Mrs. Liu still thinks of Ye Dafu very much. Mai Xiang was a little moved when she heard it, and thought it would be better to give Mrs. Liu a bowl of egg drop soup tomorrow, and see if she could take this opportunity to take Yu Dafu away. Shi and Zhao Qiaohong drive away.

Unexpectedly, the next morning, Mai Xiang overslept because she was too tired. When she returned to her room, Mai Huang had already led Mai Qing and drove the goose out to mow the grass. Mrs. Yu was brewing traditional Chinese medicine. Mrs. Zhao was feeding rice soup to the wheat fields on the bed, and Ye Dafu was making kites on the kang, obviously having eaten breakfast.

"Where's my cousin?" Mai Xiang asked.

"I went to the river to wash diapers. This kid is working hard and can't rest for a moment." Madam Yu praised a few words, and at the same time brought Mai Xiang a bowl of rice with mixed grains.

"It's hardworking enough." Mai Xiang muttered.

"Da Ya, you can take her to the Temple of the Reclining Buddha today. She has never been out before, so she is timid. Take her to meet some ladies and wives and see the world." Yu said again.

"Grandma, how old is my cousin, what do you want her to do? To be a maid in a rich family or to be a child for a rich family? I think it's too old to be a maid, and I'm too small." Mai Xiang asked directly .

"You, you child, how old are you? Why are you talking about everything? You..." Yu was a little embarrassed by Mai Xiang's words.

"Mommy, I think my cousin is already thirteen this year. It's too big to be a maid for others. Who buys a maid and doesn't go in and learn some rules first? Start with the lowest maid? It's better to go home and study hard at my cousin's age." Save some money by doing needlework, and keep it as a private house like my aunt, so it will be more comfortable to live by yourself in the future?" Mai Xiang saw that the old man was a little embarrassing, and it seemed that her words were a bit serious, and she explained in a soft voice A few words.

"I also know the reason. Do you think it's so easy to find someone? Isn't your old aunt still at home, and the matchmaker doesn't like a few families." Yu thinks of this is also a heartache.

Just as Mai Xiang was about to speak, a voice from outside asked, "Is there anyone at home?"

After hearing this, Mai Xiang lifted the curtain and went out, only to see that Mrs. Shi came in again.

Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Qian, and Mrs. Sun all lifted the curtains. Seeing each other, Mrs. Liu rushed forward to meet her and asked, "What good news does her aunt come here today?"

"Hey, look at my memory. I said that when I entered the door, I felt familiar. It turned out to be the old sister-in-law's house."

Mrs. Shi walks the streets every day, and she has a good memory, but the villages and houses in the north have similar architectural patterns, and there are no house numbers, so she didn't recognize this yard at first sight, but when she saw Liu Shi, Mai Xiang and others, she immediately Recognizing that this family is the one in the middle of each other, it seems that today's business is about to fail again.

"Her aunt, come and sit in the room." Mrs. Liu welcomed her into the upper room.

"Da Ya, who is this person?" Yu asked.

"Matchmaker and matchmaker." Mai Xiang was a little unsure whether she was here to be a matchmaker or a matchmaker today. Could it be that some kind of princess wants to buy herself again?

Thinking of this, Mai Xiang felt a little unsure, and was just about to go to the room to inquire about it when Mrs. Liu led Mrs. Shi out.

"Mai Xiang, your Second Aunt Shi should have come to look for you." Mrs. Liu said, calling out Mai Xiang's name in front of outsiders.

"Looking for me?" Mai Xiang guessed that nothing good happened.

"Her second aunt, come, sit on the kang quickly." Yu Shi enthusiastically welcomed her into the door.

"You are?" Mrs. Shi looked at Mrs. Yu with a familiar face.

"I'm Da Ya's grandma. It doesn't mean that my girl has given birth and my son is in confinement. I'll come to take care of her for a few days. I'm from the Zhao family in Beipo Village."

"Oh, I've been to your village several times." Mrs. Shi smiled and talked about her daily life.

"Where is Auntie here today?" Mai Xiang asked directly.

"It's like this, the old lady of Changhe Wan's family fell in love with you and wanted to buy you to be a maid, are you willing?" Mrs. Shi knew that there was no hope, but she had to speak out after she came here.

"Whose family? Whose family are you talking about?" Mai Xiang opened her mouth into an O shape, as if she couldn't believe her ears, but she glanced at Mrs. Liu who walked in, and quickly said, "I don't want to."

"If I knew it was you, I wouldn't take this trip. If you didn't go to Gege's house, how could you still go to Wan's house?" Mrs. Shi sighed.

"Which Wanjia?" Mrs. Yu became interested.

"It's the big Wan family in Changhe Town. The old lady is over 50 this year, and her son has been sent to other places as an official. The family has a lot of property." Naturally, Mrs. Shi didn't know the origin of the Wan family and the Ye family, and neither did Yu.

Mrs. Liu was taken aback when she heard this, which song did the Wanjia sing?Just came here to withdraw from the marriage, and then sent someone to buy Maixiang to be a maid, and this Maitai person didn't bring such a thing?
Just as Mrs. Liu was about to ask a few questions, Ye Dafu got off the kang from the next door, hopped over on one leg, and hurriedly said, "Second Aunt Shi, my daughter is not for sale, so if we encounter such a thing in the future, I will just push it for us." .”

"You?" Mrs. Shi remembered that when he came last time, Ye Dafu was still fine, why did he suddenly become a lame, not just a normal lame, because his foot couldn't touch the ground at all, and it seemed to be obviously short. Festival.

"Her second aunt, did the Wan family specially ask you to come to our Ye family to buy someone?" Mrs. Liu asked.

Mai Xiang stopped Mrs. Liu, took out ten copper coins from her purse, handed them to Mrs. Shi, and hurriedly said: "I'm sorry, I made you go for nothing. My family's situation is just like this. Something happened to my father." , I am the eldest daughter in the family, and my younger brothers and sisters are all young, so I have to take care of the family affairs."

"Here, your father's medicine costs a lot, right? Don't you think about it anymore? The conditions of this Wanjia are also very generous. They say that you will be the old lady's personal maid, and you will be sold for 20 taels of silver. Monthly money in silver." Seeing that Ye Dafu's leg was crippled, Mrs. Shi felt that there was hope.

"Don't think about it."

"What about Gege's family? If you want, I'll go out and ask for you?" Mrs. Shi thinks that Gege's family will pay more than Wan's family.

"No, my father is like this. I want to earn money to support my family. Please tell me about it for me, Madam Shi." Mai Xiang didn't want to offend her either.

"By the way, big sister, there are a few girls in my family. I wonder if the Wan family can sign a deed of living?" Yu Shi was already anxious because she couldn't get in the way.

"It's hard to say. The Wan family did ask me to find two innocent girls, but the conditions are definitely not as good as this girl. This girl was chosen by the old lady herself." Mrs. Shi pulled Yu Shi to ask about the girl's age. , appearance, height, etc.

"Grandma, why don't you tell me about my aunt's situation, and ask Aunt Shi to help her find a good house. By the way, Auntie, and my fifth uncle." Mai Xiang said with a smile.

"That's right, look at how confused I am." Shi Yu patted himself on the head.

Seeing that she had nothing to do, Mai Xiang helped Ye Dafu out to bask in the sun, because he hadn't seen the sun for almost a month.

Mai Xiang took Ye Dafu's things for making kites outside for him, and Qian Shi, Sun Shi and others all came over to ask why Mrs. Shi came here today.

(End of this chapter)