Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 63 Inexplicable etiquette

Mai Xiang naturally wants to say hello when she sees Nanny Li.

Nanny Li pulled Mai Xiang and said to the woman, "Nurse Guan, this is the child Mai Xiang."

Guan Yu first smiled politely at the people in the yard, and said, "I'm here to see Miss Mai Xiang, so I'm sorry to bother you."

"Oh, don't bother, don't bother." Seeing that the other party's style is much bigger than Wan Jia's, Mrs. Liu panicked and forgot to invite the other party to come in for a sit-down.

Seeing her, Madam Guan smiled knowingly, stepped forward and took Mai Xiang's hand, and said cordially: "Miss, our master sent a servant to come and see the girl, say hello to the girl, and give the girl some gifts."

"You are?" Mai Xiang doesn't know the other party, seeing the other party's posture, her master is probably more noble than that Gege's family.

Madam Guan glanced at the people in the yard again, but these people were all from the countryside, how could they know how to avoid them, and waiting to see what's the benefit!

"This is my nanny, this is my second aunt, this is..." Mai Xiang had no choice but to introduce Guan nanny.

At this time, Ye Dafu and Mrs. Zhao also came out on crutches. They heard the movement outside the room, so they were worried, so they came out to have a look.

Mai Huang and Mai Qing also came out, Mai Huang was still holding a small wheat field in his hands, and Mai Xiang introduced it to Guan Nanny again.

Madam Guan saw that Mai Xiang's parents were all on crutches, especially Mai Xiang's mother, who had a wide strip of cloth tied to her forehead on such a hot day, obviously afraid of the wind, she didn't even wipe her forehead. Adults and children all have patched clothes, this family is probably much poorer than she thought.

She frowned slightly, and glanced at the servant girl, who hurriedly moved the things down from the car, and sent them to the room where Ye Dafu and his children had just come out with a wink.

"How can this be done? If you don't get paid for nothing, how can I have the nerve to ask for your things?" Mai Xiang still couldn't figure out who the other party was.

"If you want it, our master has received the favor of the girl, so he specially sent a servant to thank the girl. It's the first time I visit the door today, so I won't bother you any more. My wife will come to visit the girl again when I'm free some other day."

Aunt Guan glanced at the carriages and donkey carts parked in the yard, and guessed that the Ye family also had guests. In addition, the Ye family was noisy and the place was relatively small. Excrement, so I gave up the idea of ​​going into the house to sit.

"Then thank you, Nanny Guan. Nanny Li, thank you too, is your master okay?" Mai Xiang remembered that Nanny Li belonged to Gege's family.

"Okay, our master still misses the girl, and said that he will talk to the girl when he comes to offer incense in a few days." Li Nanny replied with a smile.

"By the way, Madam Guan and Mama Li, wait a moment, I will give each of your masters a gift." Mai Xiang hurried into the room after speaking.

There is also a kite at home, which was made by Ye Dafu, and Mai Xiang originally wanted to keep it and sell it at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha.There is also a purse with Fuwa Huanhuan and Yingying embroidered on it. This one was also embroidered by Mai Xiang specially by Yang Liuhuilan. It was originally planned to be sold at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha for a high price, because many people went there to offer incense. Mai Xiang reckoned that Madam Guan's master was also one of the beggars, so she made a special trip to thank her.

Mai Xiang handed the kite to Nanny Li first, and said, "Madam Li, this kite is for me to give to your master, the painting on it is called Pleasant Goat, this year is the Year of the Goat, I hope it can bring some happiness to your master. "

"The old lady thanked the girl on behalf of our master." Nanny Li accepted the kite with a smile.

"Guanmao, this is a pair of Fuwa. They are called Huanhuan and Yingying. Together they mean welcome. I hope it can bring blessings to your master. Thank you for taking care of me. I don't have anything good to give away. , just a little thought."

"It doesn't matter whether this thing is expensive or not, the intention is the most important thing." When Madam Guan saw the two cute little dolls on the purse, she took it with a smile on her face. up.

After Madam Guan left, everyone surrounded Mai Xiang, vying to ask who she was.

"I really don't know who she is. You heard what I said just now. I don't know her. Forget it, these wealthy families don't like us asking about their affairs, so let's not discuss this matter. "

"Our eldest ya doesn't know if you don't know it. Our eldest ya knows so many rich and noble families like this. How do you know which one is which? Our aunt is very capable. The ladies and wives of those rich families all I like our big girl." After speaking, Mrs. Zhao glanced at Zhang Xiang's family and Mrs. Liu, feeling quite elated.

Today Zhang Xiang's family came to give a gift, and Liu called Qian and Sun to accompany the guests, but she didn't call her the eldest daughter-in-law. Liu's actions broke her heart.

Mai Xiang also guessed that she was a little angry, and hurriedly said: "What nonsense are you talking about? I really don't know who he is, and I don't know any ladies and wives from rich families. They only buy something from us because they see us as pitiful. , how can we say we know each other?"

The members of Zhang Xiang's family nodded secretly when they heard this, and just about to speak, they heard Sanfu say: "Sister-in-law, our eldest is really capable. Even the young master of the Tong family obeys her orders and fetches things for her."

Sanfu also deliberately wanted to brag, forgetting that there was an outsider Zhang Xiang's family, Mai Xiang was a girl after all, so what's the matter with ordering a boy?

"Third Uncle, what nonsense are you talking about? I'm just acquainted with others. They kindly gave me these things when they saw that I was a little girl who couldn't handle these things. What kind of order is this? What did you say?" Mai Xiang sank asked with a face.

"Third brother, you are already a father, why are you still so confused when you speak? He just wanted to help your niece, what did you say? If it spread, what do people think about Da Ya and our Ye family?" Dafu was also angry.

"Brother, I, I just said it casually, I said it casually, I was wrong, can't I be wrong?" Sanfu realized that there were outsiders in the family, and he glanced at Zhang Xiang's house.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiang's family hurriedly said their goodbyes, and went back to report to Mrs. Wan.

"What's going on?" Liu asked.

"Mother, my aunt also said that I ran into an acquaintance on the road, and when she saw her stretching out her hand, what else could I do? It's all about the third brother." Ye Dafu answered for Mai Xiang, he believed Mai Xiang Xiang, must protect her daughter.

"Okay, okay, no, no, let's not talk about this, let's see what good things this family sent us to Mai Xiang." Seeing her husband being scolded, Sun hurriedly came forward to make a rescue.

"That's right, let's see if there is something good, tsk tsk, this style, this posture, must be some kind of prince's family?" Qian was also curious about what the other party gave Mai Xiang.

Having said that, everyone wanted to see what was there, and several people rushed into Mai Xiang's room. There were ten gift boxes on the kang, and Mrs. Zhao reached out to open the top box.

"Mom, don't worry, there are still things outside." Mai Xiang didn't want everyone to know what the other party had sent, so she called Mai Huang to go outside to bring things in. At this time, Sanfu had already taken her place. Bring things in.

"Big girl, just let everyone see what's there, we're all waiting." Qian sat down on the kang.

"Big girl, just let everyone see it, it's better than letting everyone make random guesses, it's not good to spread the word." Ye Dafu said.

This is also the reason why Mai Xiang thinks about it. Zuo is just some snacks and clothing materials, so everyone is still thinking about it.

Mai Xiang listened and opened the top two boxes according to her words. One contained six pairs of yarn piles of flowers, and the other contained six delicate sachets.

"Tsk tsk, it's so beautiful. I've never seen such a beautiful head flower." Zhao couldn't move her eyes away.

Without even thinking about it, Mai Xiang took out a pair of flowers and gave them to Jiufeng.

"Big ya, will your third aunt and I not give it?" Qian asked.

"Second Aunt, Third Aunt, this pile of flowers is obviously suitable for little girls." Mai Xiang refused.

"The sachet can give us one, right?" Sun asked, she also wanted to see other people's embroidery.

"No, I'm going to sell this sachet." Mai Xiang was unwilling to waste it.

"Then let's see what else is down here?" Sanfu didn't leave, just waiting to see if there was any money.

Open the remaining few boxes, including two boxes of dim sum and two boxes of rice dumplings, both from Languiju, the capital city, with the words "Languiju" printed on the boxes.

"This pastry box is so pretty." Mrs. Liu looked at the dim sum box, which was much more refined than the ones sent by Wan's family.

"No, I think it's much better than Wanjia's, but I just don't know how it tastes?" Qian said in particular.

Mai Xiang picked up the box and said, "Try a piece each of you, don't touch the box, I'm going to give it away."

Before Mai Xiang finished speaking, Qian reached out and grabbed a handful, saying that she would save the wheat seeds and grains, and the two followed Er Fu to the field to weed.

Sun smiled and didn't say anything. She took two yuan, handed one to the wheat seedlings, and put the other in her mouth to taste slowly. She had never eaten such a high-end dim sum.

Everyone else consciously took one piece each, waiting to see what was in the remaining four boxes.

These four boxes were for clothing materials, two cotton and two silk, everyone was a little disappointed after seeing them.

"I thought there would be something different. This is similar to the gift from the Wan family." Zhao was a little disappointed.

"Mother, this is not bad. These two pieces of cloth are just right for the four of us to make summer clothes for the four of us. We will sell the silk and exchange it for some rice noodles." This silk can be exchanged for two or three taels of silver.

"That's right, why are you not as good as a child? You can't be too greedy in life. You are not satisfied with so many good things given to us? Don't even think about it, what can we, Mai Xiang, do for them?" Ye Dafu glared Mrs. Zhao, what he was worried about was that he didn't know where the other party came from. What if another person who fell in love with Mai Xiang wanted to buy Mai Xiang to be a maid?
"That's right, Da Ya, what have you done for others, why should they come all the way to thank you?" Sun asked.

"I really can't remember this." Mai Xiang said while putting away her things.

After everyone dispersed, Mai Xiang looked at the things at home, picked out some of each, and went into the yard next door.

(End of this chapter)