Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 7 Being Treated as a Beggar
It is said that as soon as Mai Xiang heard someone else's "ouch", she knew that she had bumped into someone else, but before she could turn around, she was kicked and fell to the ground by someone else, and fell to the ground.

The opponent didn't use much force, but Mai Xiang lay firmly on the ground.You must know that Mai Xiang is an adult soul after all, and she has never encountered such embarrassment.

Whether it is tolerable or unbearable, Mai Xiang turned around and was about to scold the other party when she saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy with his hands folded on his chest, looking at him coldly. Mai Xiang believed that as long as If I dare to open my mouth to scold him, the other party will definitely give me another kick.

Next to the boy was a woman in her thirties, frowning slightly. The woman was dressed in Hanfu, which was also made of silver-red silk with white hair around her neck and sleeves.

Mai Xiang knew that she must have bumped into this woman just now, because the shout she heard was a female voice, and besides this woman was a maid who was also staring at Mai Xiang.

"I'm sorry, ma'am, I didn't mean it. I'm sorry." Mai Xiang looked at the other person's posture and understood her situation. Such a person is not something she can afford to offend.

Ye Meng's life philosophy has always been to bow your head when you should bow your head, and never do stupid things like hitting a stone with an egg.

"Kowtow." The boy looked at Mai Xiang coldly.

"Ah?" Mai Xiang didn't understand, but accidentally bumped into the other party, and it didn't matter, the other party actually asked her to kowtow to admit her mistake, what kind of world is this?
"I've already apologized." Mai Xiang glared back at the other party.

"Forget it, Wen'er, what does a country girl know? She's already with her. Let's offer incense to the Buddha, and ask the Buddha to bless your grandmother to get better soon." The woman spoke, her voice soft and soft. ,Good to hear.

As soon as Mai Xiang heard that the other party was asking for the blessing of the Buddha, she remembered the wall sandals in her hand, and hurriedly raised them up and said, "Madam, here, I will give you one. I have already made a wish in front of the Buddha."

"What are these?" The woman looked at a pair of small straw sandals, her face was a little ugly, she thought they were small shoes of witchcraft or the like.

"Ma'am, these are straw sandals hanging on the wall, also known as wall sandals, which have the same pronunciation as ward off evil spirits. They can avoid or expel evil spirits. Just now I gave one to Gege." Mai Xiang hurriedly explained a few words.

"Wall shoes, to ward off evil spirits." The woman muttered a few words, hinting that the maid next to her would take it.

Seeing that there were three more in Mai Xiang's hand, the woman looked at Mai Xiang, naturally she did not ignore the worn clothes and disheveled face on Mai Xiang's body, guessing that the little girl was here to sell something to beg for food, so she asked: " How much is this one?"

"Madam, it was I who offended you just now, so I apologize." Mai Xiang knew that the other party would not let her empty-handed, because this woman seemed kind-hearted, and she was in Buddhism.

Sure enough, as soon as Mai Xiang finished speaking, the woman took a look at Mai Xiang. Although this girl was not even half-attractive, her eyes were still bright, and what was rare was that she knew how to advance and retreat, so she felt a little compassion.

"Wen'er, grab some money for her."

The young man named Wen'er hummed unconvinced and muttered something. Seeing his mother looking at him softly, he had no choice but to open the money bag at his waist, grabbed a small handful of copper coins, and was just about to throw it at Maixiang. At the foot, stopped by her mother's "Wen'er" again, she reluctantly put the money into Mai Xiang's hands.

"Thank you ma'am, ma'am, you will definitely be blessed." Mai Xiang took the copper coin with a smile on her face.

The woman smiled after hearing this, took her son's hand and entered the hall, Mai Xiang heard her say from behind: "What's the matter with you child, you usually know how to give up a few copper coins when you meet Huazi, why are you so stingy today?"

"Mother, she bumped mother, why should I give her alms?"

"Understood, but they didn't hit my mother in any way. Besides, you also kicked her. Listen to what mother said..."

Mai Xiang couldn't hear what was said later, but Mai Xiang knew that the other party regarded herself as a beggar, and she felt a little annoyed when she thought about it. She was just dressed in shabby clothes and thinner, so how could she be regarded as a beggar?Mai Xiang looked at the seven copper coins in her hand, and really regarded herself as a beggar.

She didn't think of herself as a beggar just now, Gege, who is so beautiful, is much more stylish than this woman, and her actions are much more generous. By the way, Gege, there is Gege here, what is this place?Could it be the capital?
Mai Xiang still had three pairs of small wall shoes in her hand, and still found three young girls or women who came to offer incense and sold them. Although it took a bit of trouble, she still sold them. One is ten characters and the other is eight characters.

The five pairs of small wall shoes sold a total of 46 coins, Mai Xiang hid 26 coins by herself, and the remaining [-] coins were going to be handed over to Ye Dafu, which was regarded as Ye Dafu's wages.

Just as Mai Xiang hid the copper plate, Jiufeng and Mai Huang came to find him. It turned out that Ye Dafu was anxious when he saw that Mai Xiang hadn't gone back for a long time. Just in time, Jiufeng and Liu went to see how his business was going today. Ye Dafu So he asked Jiufeng to bring Mai Huang over to look for him.

"Sister, where are your basket and shoes?" Mai Huang asked seeing that Mai Xiang's hands were empty.

"Oh, I accidentally bumped into someone just now, and I gave my things to him as an apology. By the way, she's still a princess, so pretty." Mai Xiang said intentionally.

"What's the point? The large area on the mountain is the royal palace, and there are empresses and princesses in it. Our large area is the banner camp of the Eight Banners. What's more, there are many princes guarding such a treasured place of geomantic omen as Xiangshan." The nobles have their land here, so it's not unusual for you to meet a princess." Jiufeng explained in a low voice.

Mai Xiang was stunned, and after a long time, it turned out that this place was at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain, the foot of Xiangshan Mountain near the capital.

Mai Xiang studied in Beijing for two years. In the autumn, she went to Xiangshan with her classmates to see the red leaves. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, she did not enter the Temple of the Reclining Buddha.

Knowing that this is Xiangshan, Mai Xiang just wanted to ask the emperor's year name, but suddenly remembered that he always said something wrong, it would be bad if Jiufeng became suspicious because of this, so he shut up, why not listen to Jiufeng first Say.

"Sister-in-law, you know a lot." Mai Huang looked at Jiufeng adoringly.

"I also listened to my father and my brothers and remembered it. Okay, let's go quickly, they are still waiting for us." Jiufeng took Mai Huang's hand and walked a few steps, and kept silent.

Going out of the gate of the temple, Maixiang has money in his pocket, and he is also interested in seeing what snacks are available. Turning around, Maixiang knows snacks such as donkey roll, pea yellow, saqima, sesame seed cakes, fried cakes, etc. Unfortunately, there are people around , Can't take out the copper plate.

When Mai Xiang rushed to Ye Dafu's side, Mrs. Zhao became impatient, and pulled Mai Xiang's ears and scolded: "Now you have the energy to hang out again, don't even go home, I saved a few pennies Meal money."

"From the Dafu family, isn't it a good thing that the child is cured? This shows that the Buddha didn't ask for nothing, and Da Ya's illness is cured. Okay, don't swear here, I feel tired looking at your big belly , it’s no better outside than at home, you’d better go back with us, just leave a big blessing here.” Liu Shi was waiting to take Jiufeng home, so she persuaded her.

But what made her happiest was knowing that Mai Xiang had recovered from her illness, and now the family no longer had to worry about paying for her medicine.

"Erya, you take your sisters to send your mother home, and I will accompany my father to sell it for a while." Mai Xiang said.

She could see that Ye Dafu was too honest. These straw sandals were not a good sell at all. The rich would definitely not pay for them, and the poor would not be able to make two pairs by themselves. I don't know what he has been thinking about all these years. , You can’t think of individual ways to make money.

Mai Huang thought that Mai Xiang wanted to stay and secretly begged for money to buy food, and some didn't want to leave, but after thinking about it, only two pairs of straw sandals were sold today. Not being able to help Mrs. Zhao with things, she helped Mrs. Zhao to leave. Mai Lu and Mai Qing looked back several times, and she was really reluctant to leave, even if she smelled the fragrance here, it would be good.

Mai Xiang looked at these three pairs of eyes, what else did she not understand?The eye circles suddenly turned red.In any case, these three are also called her sister, especially Mai Lu, which seems to have a stickier wheat fragrance.

Seeing the Zhao family leaving, Mai Xiang asked Ye Dafu: "Father, how many pairs of straw sandals have you sold?"

"Father only sold two pairs." Ye Dafu rubbed his hands in embarrassment. He originally wanted to buy some snacks for the children today, but he only sold them for four Wen. Just now he paid three Wen for worshiping Buddha. Where is the Zhao family? Are you willing to spend money on food?

"Father, this is not the time to wear straw sandals. I guess the straw sandals will sell better when the weather gets warmer or summer."

"Daddy also knows this truth, but the family really has no money, and I'm idle again, thinking that I can sell a pair. When it gets warmer, it's time for Daddy to go hunting in the mountains, and it's time for your fifth uncle to marry a wife. Wait a minute." The rice is in the pot."

Ye Dafu didn't know what was going on today, and suddenly wanted to tell his daughter what was in his heart. Maybe it was because her daughter was very sensible today, and she knew how to comfort him.

(End of this chapter)