Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 59

When Mai Xiang was thinking about it, the little boy spoke.

"Girl, you are really here, and you are quite trustworthy."

Originally, his family wouldn't let him go out in this weather, and he was the one who asked Eighth Uncle to bring him out. Sure enough, Mai Xiang didn't disappoint him.

"That's, it's necessary. People can't stand without faith. How can you go back on what you agreed?" Mai Xiang smiled flatteringly again, but this little one looked much cuter.

"Where are things?" The boy stretched out his hand.

Mai Xiang handed over the basket and said, "I've already wrapped it, you can go to the car and have a look. Also, I have a pair of lucky pigs like this, do you want it?"

Mai Xiang also deliberately ignored the Sao Nian, and took out a pair of lucky pigs made of wheat straw by Wufu. want to laugh.

"Not bad, not bad, I like it." The child was chubby, seeing that the little pig was also chubby, he quickly reached out and took it.

Sao Nian saw the child beaming with joy, so he took a good look at Mai Xiang, at Mai Xiang's basket, and at the big characters on the ground.

Following his gaze, Mai Xiang also saw the writing on the ground, and it was obviously inappropriate to wipe it again.

"Are you literate?" Sao Nian asked.

"I live next door to a master, and I studied with him for a few days."

After hearing this, Sao Nian didn't ask any further questions, but just glanced at Mai Xiang. The word is very neat, and it doesn't look like it can be practiced in a few days.

At this time, the young boy had already opened the kite in the car, poked his head out and said, "These two kites today look better than last time."

After hearing this, Sao Nian stopped asking Mai Xiang, and winked at the servant beside him. The servant took out a money bag from his bosom, and just as he was about to find a piece of silver, the young master jumped down and snatched it away. Putting the money bag into Mai Xiang's hand.

"This?" Mai Xiang looked at the young man, she was a little afraid to take it, she was not sure how much money was in it, because there were still copper coins.

"I'll just take it for you. I should reward you for the half-day of rain you did for me," said the young boy.

Mai Xiang glanced at Sao Nian, seeing that he seemed to have acquiesced, she hurriedly bowed her knees and saluted, "Thank you very much."

"Girl, you hit a big luck today, why are you selling grass if you have this ability?" The servant recognized Mai Xiang.

"What sells green grass?" Sao Nian glanced at the servant.

"Baye, that girl is the one who was going to feed our Feixue the grass that day, and she is also here."

It turned out that Sao Nian was Hong Rong, the eighth son of Prince Zhuang, and the young boy was Yong Jian, the third son of Hong Pu, the second son of Prince Zhuang. Hong Pu died in the eighth year of Qianlong, so Hong Rong and these few The three nephews are relatively close, especially the youngest Yongjian.

Hong Rong finally remembered that there was a time when a little girl was sitting on the ground talking to his Feixue, wanting to ask for a reward. At that time, he was in a bad mood, so he just got on his horse and left.

"Did you draw the painting on the kite?" Hong Rong asked.

Mai Xiang glanced at him, wondering if she should tell the truth.

Just this one glance made Hong Rong understand that this painting was made by Mai Xiang, how could this be possible?
"By the way, where do you live, let's take you back." Hong Rong finally took a look at Mai Xiang and thought kindly.

Mai Xiang looked at her wet clothes and shoes, shook her head, and said, "I won't bother you, I'll be there in a few steps."

After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she ran up with her basket in her hand. After seeing the carriage passing by, Mai Xiang stopped, took out her money bag and counted it. It was estimated that there were one hundred and eighty copper coins, and there were five or six pieces of different sizes. For broken silver, Mai Xiang guessed that there were about four or five taels of silver, so this trip was worth it.

As soon as she ran into the compound, she saw that there was a carriage in her yard. Mai Xiang felt a little bit in her heart. She was thinking about going to the Cao's next door to hide for a while, and worried that her family would decide to sell her when she was not at home. When he was hesitating, Mrs. Liu had already seen Mai Xiang from the window of the upper room, and lifted the curtain to come out.

"Mai Xiang, grandpa and nanny of the Wan family are here, pack up and change your clothes and come over and say hello." Mrs. Liu can naturally see Mai Xiang's distress, so she wants Mai Xiang to freshen up so that she can leave one for the Wan family. good impression.

"understood."

As soon as Mai Xiang finished speaking, Wan Baocai and Mrs. Wan lifted the curtain and came out to look at the wet Mai Xiang.

"Hello, Grandpa Wan and Mammy Wan." Mai Xiang had no choice but to say hello first, anyway, she didn't want to leave a good impression on the Wan family, she just felt distressed that the Wan family would not be able to earn money now.

Mrs. Wan didn't expect that she specially picked a rainy day to come here, just thinking that Mai Xiang couldn't go to the Reclining Buddha Temple to do business, and just happened to communicate with the people of Ye's family, so she didn't know that Mai Xiang still went out.

On the second day after making a wish at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha that day, Mrs. Wan's precious daughter Wan Chengmin gave birth to a son. The Wan family finally smiled and felt proud.

This Wan Chengmin is the youngest daughter of the old lady's direct relatives. She is already thirty this year, two years older than Ye Dafu, and married Chang Chunling of Changhe Chang's family when she was 16 years old.

The Chang family was a Manchu nobleman from the Dragon Pass, and had already occupied more than half of the land in Changhe Town when they first raced to enclose land. Up to Chang Chunling's father's generation, there were still hundreds of hectares of fertile land.

The fly in the ointment is that Wan Chengmin has already given birth to three daughters after entering the Chang family. As the eldest son and grandson of the Chang family, her husband has already taken in two wives and concubines. Are you in a hurry?Can the Wanjia not be in a hurry?

So when Mrs. Wan learned that Wan Chengmin had given birth to a son as she wished, the first person she thought of was Mai Xiang.

Mai Xiang made three wishes for Wan's family in a row, and each time it was quickly fulfilled, the old lady had to wonder, the child was young, poor and ugly, of course, the ugly in the eyes of the old lady was Mai Xiang Not pretty, not eye-catching.Strictly speaking, Mai Xiang's facial features are fairly straight, there is still a certain distance from being ugly, she is just an ordinary person.But why did the Bodhisattva just fall in love with her and fall in love with her?
Especially after learning that Zhang Xiang's family went back and told her that even Gege from Zhang Jia's family also fell in love with Mai Xiang, and that Mai Xiang turned out to be her granddaughter-in-law who had just retired from Wan's family, old lady Wan couldn't sit still and discussed with Wan Baocai. After waiting for a long time, Wan Baocai was not in favor of retiring, how could Ye Tiezhu have saved Wan Baocai's life, so why should the woman's family be poor?Wanjia is not short of money.

Of course, the condition of the Ye family is not enough to match the eldest grandson of the Wan family, but doesn't the Wan family still have a concubine?At that time, it would be a good idea to share the property and let them go out to live.

Mrs. Wan didn't think so. She felt that Mai Xiang was still young. Although she was very lucky, but the child's background was here. Who knew how wide her vision could be?She wanted to watch it for two more years, but she didn't want Mai Xiang to be snatched away first.

Therefore, the best way is for the Wan family to give some money to help the Ye family from time to time, and tie up Mai Xiang with kindness, so that he will not be afraid that Mai Xiang will not follow.

Naturally, Mai Xiang didn't know about this, and as soon as she entered the house, Mai Huang told her the great news that Mrs Yu brought Zhao Qiaohong back home.

"Why? It's still raining." Mai Xiang looked at the sky.

"Really, not long after you left, third uncle drove the donkey cart back to have a meal, and was going out again, so grandma took third uncle's donkey cart and left. I told third uncle." Mai Huang was busy expressing his merits.

It turned out that Yu saw that it was raining and her sons were making kites at home. She was anxious to go back and see if the kites made by her sons could fly in the sky and sell for money.

In addition, Mai Xiang also gave her a few tricks, and she was also anxious to go home and send them to her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law, so that she could earn as much as she could.

After living in Ye's house these days, she can tell that with Mai Xiang here, the second daughter doesn't have to worry about it. These days are much better than those of her sons and daughters, and she doesn't need to worry about it anymore. It's better Go back and find out about the marriage of the winter solstice, and help the little girl earn a few cents more for the dowry.

Mai Xiang also guessed the old man's thoughts, no matter what, she was relieved when the old man left.

"Okay, sister understands, where are the parents?" Mai Xiang glanced at the kang next door, and asked.

"They all went to the upper room."

Mai Xiang was not in a hurry when she heard this, she turned on the stove and started to boil hot water, sent Mai Huang and the others to play with Jiufeng, hid the silver and locked the small money in the house by herself, then took a bath and changed her body The old clothes went to the upper room.

On the kang in the middle room of the upper room sat Wanbaocai, Ye Tiezhu, Dafu and Erfu. When Mai Xiang entered, he was talking about the year and harvest.Mrs. Liu took Old Madam Wan to sit on the kang of her house, accompanied by three sisters-in-law of the Ye family.

"Mai Xiang, come, sit beside me." Mrs. Wan stretched out her hand to hold Mai Xiang.

Mai Xiang had no choice but to sit down.

"I heard that you went to the Reclining Buddha Temple to deliver kites again on a rainy day. Is the person you were waiting for here?" Old Madam Wan asked.

"Here it is, luckily I went."

"Who is the other party?"

"I really don't know about this. I'm just a seller. How can I find out who it is?" Mai Xiang's words were soft and firm, and Mrs. Wan could hear it naturally.

"I just heard that something happened to your parents. No, hurry up and take a look. You child, you didn't say you were a child of the Ye family, which caused me to waste all my energy. If I had known that you were a child of the Ye family , I will take you home and raise you as a granddaughter." Granny Wan changed the subject with a smile.

"Hey, big girl, why don't you agree? Madam Wan said she wanted to raise you as a granddaughter. This is a good thing you can't ask for with a lantern. From now on, don't you forget your second aunt?" Qian smiled flatteringly.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhao didn't want to. She didn't have a heart, didn't know how to adapt, and was impatient. She asked: "Isn't it because I didn't like our big girl so I retired? Why did you say you have to do it again?" granddaughter?"

Mrs. Liu glared at the daughter-in-law here after hearing this. Originally, according to her wishes, she didn't want Mrs. Zhao to come over at all, but Mrs. Wan asked to see this family herself. Still unable to get on the stage like this, Bai told her.

(End of this chapter)