Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 67 Don't Let Go

At this time, the Ye family had already finished their dinner. Seeing that it was still early, Er Fu took a hoe and went to the ground, Wu Fu began to sharpen his sickle on the whetstone in the yard, and San Fu drove the donkey cart out, saying On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, many aunts and grandmothers go back to their natal homes to visit relatives, and those who ride in donkey carts must be indispensable.

Mai Xiang helped Ye Dafu out for a walk, and took a basket to cut some grass, and walked to the river beach at the foot of the mountain in the north of the village. Mai Xiang pointed to the wasteland in front of him and asked, "Father, where is the grass?" About how many acres is the land?"

Ye Dafu saw that Mai Xiang insisted on taking him out for a walk, so he guessed that his daughter had something to say, but he didn't expect to ask this.

"This is a mountainous land, and nothing can be planted." Ye Dafu guessed that Mai Xiang wanted to buy land.

"Father, you just need to tell me about how many acres?"

"It's hard to say, there are at least ten acres of land."

Mai Xiang thought for a while, and it seemed that the money in her hand was not enough, so she said: "Father, I want to buy this large piece of land, and when I have money, I will build a house first, open the door facing the official road, open a A small restaurant, when I have money, I will build a few more houses and open an inn."

Mai Xiang told Ye Dafu about her plan. After all, he is a native, and he has been in the barracks for several years, so he can be considered a bit knowledgeable.

"Open a restaurant, an inn? How can you have so much money?" Ye Dafu's first reaction was stunned.

He has been working hard every day for so many years, farming and hunting, and his family still can't get enough to eat. Mai Xiang has only been in charge of the family for a few months, and he has money to buy land?

"Father, my way of earning money is different from yours. The ladies and young masters of those rich families like to order new things, and they also like to listen to flattery. I also figured it out by selling things in the Temple of the Reclining Buddha for a few months, so I specially picked what they like. Listen, the rewards they give are also high." Mai Xiang gave a rough report of her income, after all, Ye Dafu's name was still required to buy land.

"You have so much money in your hand?" Ye Dafu was really frightened.

"Father, I think the third aunt also has a lot of ideas. She is also saving money to buy land and build a house, so I want to occupy the land first, and then build it later when I have money. Also, I don't want to let this matter go for the time being." Mother knows."

"But son, the kite can't be sold now, and the family is short of a big income, what will we eat in the future?" Ye Dafu became worried.These few pairs of wall shoes alone are not enough to support a family.

"Father, you are so handy. I asked Uncle Wu to help me make something. I saw something at the gentleman's house next door. It is a toothbrush. I think it is very simple. It is made of bristles, preferably pig hair. Dad, You are a hunter, you should know how to get rid of the smell of pig hair, right?"

Starting the toothbrush business came to Mai Xiang suddenly. Every day, she would go outside the yard to pull a wicker or wipe it with salt, which was very inconvenient.

On Liu Huilan's kang that day, she suddenly saw an old toothbrush, the hair was about to fall out, and Mai Xiang knew that at this time, she already had a toothbrush, so she came up with the idea to make a toothbrush.

In ancient times, toothbrushes usually used bones as tooth handles. Maixiang plans to use wood, which has been polished and smooth. According to the shape of modern toothbrushes, it can be made for adults and children.

"Okay, son, daddy listens to you, do what you say. I have seen the toothbrush you mentioned, and I know the general idea, but I never thought of making this." Ye Dafu met Wan Cheng when he was in Wan's house. Yao with a toothbrush.

With the wealth of thousands of families, it seems that only Wan Chengyao has a toothbrush, and it is said that he only bought one for five taels of silver.

When Mai Xiang found out, she smiled.

After returning, Mai Xiang called Wu Fu and asked him to cut down a tree with a finer texture and a better looking tree with a straight trunk. Ye Dafu talked to him for a long time, and he knew what trees could be used on the mountain.

Early the next morning, Mai Xiang waited for Mai Huang and Mai Qing to chase the ducks and geese out, then she closed the door and gathered her silver, but there was no silver at home, and Mai Xiang didn't know how much she had. When Yinzi was fiddling with, he heard someone talking outside.

This time it was Mrs. Shi who came again, but as soon as Mrs. Shi entered the courtyard, she shouted loudly: "Is the old sister-in-law at home?"

Seeing Mai Xiang standing at the door, she smiled at Mai Xiang and said, "Don't worry, girl, I'm here to find your mother today."

Mrs. Liu hurried out after hearing this, and Mrs. Shi smiled all over her mouth, and said, "Old sister-in-law, old sister-in-law, good thing, good thing."

"Her second aunt, what's the matter?" Liu asked a little excitedly, guessing that this time it should be Wu Fu's marriage.

"It's not a good thing. There is a clue about your family's Wufu." Mrs. Shi shook the handkerchief in her hand, walked a few steps, and stepped forward to grab Liu's hand.

"Really? Whose girl is it?" Liu's eyes were red.

Mrs. Liu welcomed Mrs. Shi into the house, sent Jiufeng out, and invited the three sisters-in-law of the Ye family to the upper room to accompany the guests, which made it easier for Mai Xiang to talk to Ye Dafu.

"Father, why don't you go to the village chief today? The wheat will be harvested tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and he doesn't have time to talk to us. Tell him, can you sell it to us at a cheaper price?"

Mai Xiang didn't know these procedures, and she was afraid that she would be exposed if she came forward, so she simply handed it over to Ye Dafu.

Ye Dafu looked at Mai Xiang's money, and estimated that it was about 30 taels of silver, so he went to the Li Chang's house on crutches.

While Mai Xiang was waiting, a carriage came from the yard, and Nanny Li got out of the carriage. After Madam Li got out of the carriage, the servant took out a bag of flour, a basket of dried noodles and two A box of snacks, plus some vegetables.

Mrs. Shi saw it from the upper room, and hurried out, smiling all over her mouth, and said: "What a coincidence, I didn't expect the old sister-in-law to come too."

"Where is the second sister-in-law here today?" Li Nanny felt a little vigilant, worried that someone would ask Mrs. Shi to buy Maixiang again.

"I'm here as a matchmaker. The sister-in-law of this family has entrusted me several times, and finally found one."

When Mother Li lost interest when she heard this, she just saw Mai Xiang coming out, she quickly put on a smile, and said, "Miss Mai Xiang, we would like to invite the girl to talk to Ge Ge, but we will definitely not be able to come back today, so let We have taken care of the food for the girl's family, Miss Mai Xiang, look, is this enough for your family to feed for two days?"

"Enough is enough, but you are sure that Ge Ge wants to invite me?" Mai Xiang couldn't figure it out, besides being able to make a wish on her behalf and sell a few pairs of wall shoes, what else could make the other party fancy?Baba sent someone to pick him up, and even prepared the food at home. What does the other party want from him?

"I don't want to send the little girl to pick up the girl. The two young masters of our family also like the novelties made by the girl. Gege said that if there is anything new and interesting in the girl's house, just take it with you. I also ask Miss Mai Xiang to tell the family. One word, don't let Grid blame the little one for not being able to do things."

At this time, the people who went to the room also came out when they heard the movement, and Madam Li recognized that the person on crutches was Mai Xiang's mother, so she said to Mrs. Zhao: "Hello, little sister-in-law, I am a scholar from the capital city." A servant of Zhang Jia’s family, our Gege wants to invite Miss Mai Xiang to come and talk, and I also ask this little sister-in-law to promise that she will definitely send it back before tomorrow’s time, the second sister-in-law of the Shi family knows who our master is.”

"Whose family, which family are you talking about?" Mrs. Zhao didn't understand at all, or she didn't understand what family Zhang Jia's family was at all.

Even Mai Xiang didn't know what Zhang Jia's family was doing, but the three words "Bachelor" made her understand the importance of the other party. It turned out to be the family of a first-class university.

Since the other party came to the door, Mai Xiang couldn't refuse, and said: "Can you wait for a while, my father is out on business, and I have a few things to explain to him clearly."

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhao quickly said: "Big girl, you can go. After your father came back, I told him to go to that mansion. You have to be careful, and you can't offend people by talking nonsense."

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu glared at Mrs. Zhao, and said, "Mai Xiang's mother, as long as you don't talk nonsense, it will be fine."

"Where did your father go and how long will he be waiting?" Nanny Li asked.

"Li Chang's family, my father's legs and feet are inconvenient, so he walks slowly. I'll go find him."

Mai Xiang didn't know how long Ye Dafu was going to go, but it was obvious that Madam Li had no patience to wait, because she still had to rush to the capital.

Mai Xiang went back to the house to pack some things and brought a change of clothes. Except for the fortune pig kite she played with yesterday, she really didn't have any interesting things in her hand, so she could only play by ear when the time came.

Mai Xiang came out with a broken bundle, and Mrs. Sun hurriedly said, "Dear girl, Third Aunt has a new bundle, and Third Aunt will bring it for you."

"Second Aunt also has one, and it's the same with Second Aunt's." Qian also said hastily.

"No, let's leave it at that, Gege knows I'm a poor man anyway." Mai Xiang refused with a smile.

"Da Ya, where are you going?" Ye Dafu and Li Chang came in.

"My lord, I'm from the residence of Zhang Jia, a scholar. We really miss Miss Mai Xiang, and we want to talk to Miss Mai Xiang, so we specially sent our servants to pick her up."

"We don't sell Mai Xiang." Ye Dafu hurriedly stopped Mai Xiang.

"Father, they didn't want to buy me, but they took me to live for a day, and then sent me back tomorrow."

"Then don't go, what if you go and they don't let you come back? No, we won't go." Ye Dafu held onto Mai Xiang and wouldn't let go.

"Brother Dafu, you should let Mai Xiang go. He is a university scholar's residence. Don't think about it. If he really wants Mai Xiang, you won't be able to keep him." The chief advised.

"Father, I believe Gege is not such a person, Dad, I have met Gege several times, she is a good person." Mai Xiang persuaded.

"My lord, don't worry, our old man is not a bully. You go to the capital to find out what kind of person is Akton, a great scholar? Our Zhangjia mansion is in Beiyan'er Hutong. My lord, we will not be here tomorrow." Send it off, we will send Miss Mai Xiang back the next day." Nanny Li had no choice but to report her family's name.

Ye Dafu had been in the barracks, and he had heard about this Acton, so he let go of Mai Xiang's hand.

(End of this chapter)