Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 75
In the end, Ye Tiezhu lost his temper because Ye Dafu was angry about the wheat harvest. The wheat harvest of the Ye family was still together. Qian and Sun took turns cooking at home, and no one talked about Ye Dafu's family anymore.

After the wheat harvest, Wu Fu sent Ye Dafu two stones of wheat, but Ye Dafu only wanted to keep one stone, Wu Fu and Ye Tiezhu disagreed.Mai Xiang did not treat Wu Fu badly, she sold the few fortune pigs that Wu Fu made up in the evening, and gave Wu Fu almost a tael of silver.

These days, Ye Dafu is not idle either. He now has one more job, which is to make toothbrush handles. Polishing takes a lot of time. After half a month, Ye Dafu made three handles. Mai Xiang is not very satisfied, and thinks it is not delicate enough.

After entering June, Mai Xiang will go to the Temple of the Reclining Buddha almost every day, because there are many more tourists in Xiangshan, and many rich families with Zhuangzi near Xiangshan will choose this time to come to Xiangshan to escape the summer heat, because the capital is too hot.

This day, as soon as Mai Xiang brought a basket of things to the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, she saw Tong Liwen and his servants standing in front of the mountain gate looking around. When they saw Mai Xiang, they greeted them with a smile.

"What can you do with me?" Mai Xiang asked hurriedly.

"It's like this. I'm on vacation. Didn't you say last time that you can teach me arithmetic? Do you keep your word?" Tong Liwen asked.

Mai Xiang looked up at him, a little embarrassed, she couldn't teach him Western arithmetic, could she?

"You really want to learn?"

"of course."

"But, I still have business to do." Mai Xiang made an excuse.

"I'll help you, let Fengnian deliver everything to my shop."

"The shop is in the shop. These are what I want to sell by myself. I can always sell them at a higher price."

Mai Xiang is telling the truth, Tong's family can only give six coins for a pair of straw wall shoes, but when Mai Xiang is sent out by the Reclining Buddha Temple, most of the time he can get more than ten coins, and when he is lucky, he can get one Small pieces of silver are more suitable than giving to the Tong family. In addition, there are small baskets and rich pigs. Luck is not as stable as partnering with the Tong family.

"Then I'll sell it with you." Tong Liwen was about to carry the basket for Mai Xiang after speaking.

"You?" Mai Xiang looked at the young man opposite, but luckily, the other party just regarded herself as a child.

"How about this, I will draw a nine-square grid for you on the ground, and you study it here, and I will come to you when I come out."

Mai Xiang doesn't dare to let the other party accompany her to sell wall shoes, Mrs. Tong will find out about this, can Mai Xiang do business with Tong's family?
"Okay, I've often heard people talk about the Jiugongge, but Mr. Tong never taught us what's going on." Tong Liwen became interested when he heard this.

Mai Xiang took him to the small forest next to him, took a branch and drew a nine-square grid on the ground, out of habit, Mai Xiang wrote two Arabic numerals, and when Mai Xiang realized something was wrong and wanted to erase it, Tong Liwen had already seen it.

"Do you know Western numerals?" Tong Liwen asked in surprise.

"You also know Western numbers?" It was Mai Xiang's turn to be surprised.

"I have a western chime clock at home, and I don't know the numbers on it." Tong Liwen patted his head in embarrassment after speaking.

Mai Xiang remembered that Cao Xueqin had already described Western clocks in "A Dream of Red Mansions", but she didn't expect that the Tong family also had one. It seems that the Tong family is not weak.

"I just saw it by accident, and I don't know it all. Let's talk about business. Here, these are nine grids. You fill in the nine numbers from one to nine into these nine grids, so that the horizontal, vertical, The sum of the three numbers on the diagonal line is equal to fifteen, remember, numbers cannot be repeated, and the sum of the eight horizontal and vertical lines must be equal to fifteen." Mai Xiang explained to him while drawing a line.

What Mai Xiang said did not convince Tong Liwen. He looked at Mai Xiang and wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.

"You do it first, I'm going in." Mai Xiang hurriedly got up and left, she was afraid of staying any longer, so she should feel guilty.

Mai Xiang didn't see it. After she left, Tong Liwen still looked at her back to study, and his doubts became heavier.

Mai Xiang is just a country girl, it’s fine if she knows how to count, but she also knows how to play Jiugongge, which is a game that not everyone can do. He has studied for several years, and even his husband didn’t teach him. Who did Mai Xiang learn from? What about?Also, seeing that Mai Xiang's underlined explanation is so proficient, he is obviously good at it.

Naturally, Mai Xiang didn't know that she had aroused Tong Liwen's interest. She went around the Wishing Pool. There were many tourists today, and the business was good. Because Mai Xiang's reputation had spread, many people knew that there was a A little girl is giving away wall shoes. For a few pennies, these rich people are still willing to spend money to buy a lottery.

When Mai Xiang came out of the Reclining Buddha Temple, she had forgotten that Tong Liwen was waiting for him in the grove, but went directly to buy some things and went home, because Mrs. Zhao had told Mai Xiang early in the morning that she was going to visit her grandma's house today.

As soon as Mai Xiang entered the yard of her home, she saw Ye Tiezhu, Liu Shi, Wu Fu and a bunch of people chatting in the yard. It seemed that the other party had just entered the yard, and one of them, Mai Xiang, knew, was Mrs. Shi.

"Miss Mai Xiang is back?" Mrs. Shi hurriedly smiled and said hello when she saw Mai Xiang.

"Hi Nanny Shi." Mai Xiang could tell that the other party was here to see her, but she didn't see the girl.

"Oh, you are Miss Mai Xiang? Tsk tsk, you are so handsome and fair." A woman in her forties reached out and touched Mai Xiang's hand.

As soon as Mai Xiang heard it, she knew that Mrs. Shi must be bragging about her acquaintance with Ge Ge, otherwise the other party would not be so enthusiastic about a ten-year-old girl, and even boasted that she was good-looking against her will, because Mai Xiang knew that she Jun's facial features really do not match with Jun, a very ordinary person.

Of course, what Mai Xiang said is not entirely correct. In the past, Mai Xiang couldn’t eat enough, and she was sallow and thin, so she definitely couldn’t look any better. Now, Mai Xiang lives by herself anyway. She hasn’t wronged herself in the past few months, and her complexion is normal. , plus she doesn't go out to do much work, and her complexion is fair. As the saying goes, this whiteness covers all ugliness. Compared with those country girls who really don't have enough to eat, Mai Xiang still looks much better.

In addition, this Maixiang is not the previous Maixiang, the temperament and charm are completely different, so the current Maixiang is indeed a bit eye-catching.

"Mai Xiang, this is your mother of the Li family." Liu Shi said.

Mai Xiang had no choice but to say hello. It seems that this Li family mother is the woman's mother. For some reason, seeing this woman and the two women who were looking at her nearby, Mai Xiang suddenly lost interest in Wu Fu's marriage. .

If the woman Wu Fu married was short-sighted and provocative, could Wu Fu still treat his family like before?

When Mai Xiang was looking at the Li family mother, Mrs. Zhao called out in the room: "Big girl, come in and have some noodles, and after you finish eating, accompany me to your grandma's house, and take the new gift that Ge Ge gave you. burden."
"Mother, I got it." In front of these people, Mai Xiang didn't want to lose face to Mrs. Zhao.

Because Ye Dafu won't go, and Mrs. Zhao can't walk such a long distance, her body hasn't recovered yet, and according to Maixiang's wishes, she doesn't want to let her go out, but Mrs. Zhao insists on going back to see the young man who promised to marry Dongzhi .

Mai Xiang guessed that she wanted to go back to show off, and at the same time, she wanted to support the winter solstice. How can she say that Mrs. Zhao has a decent new dress now, so she can take it out.

Mai Xiang ate something indiscriminately, tidied it up, gave some instructions to Mai Huang, and then walked to the door of Sanfu, wanting Sanfu to send her there. Originally, it was supposed to be Wufu in an ox cart, but someone will come to meet her Look, Wu Fu will definitely not be able to leave.

Sanfu was embarrassed for two days after being scolded by the old man after a quarrel last time, and then he threw it away. He was the same as before with Mai Xiang and Ye Dafu, even warmer than before. , occasionally fetching a few loads of water for Mai Xiang's family, but he didn't mention anything else. Seeing Mai Xiang open his mouth this time, he readily agreed.

Mai Xiang didn't know whether Sanfu really figured it out and felt guilty or had other intentions.In short, at present, for this reason, he has not done any substantial harm to Ye Dafu. Anyone who thinks carefully will have some, and Mai Xiang also has it. As long as it does not harm others and benefits himself, Mai Xiang thinks it is understandable.

Mai Xiang followed Zhao Shi, Mai Lu, and Mai Di to Beipo Village. Because they were visiting relatives and came to support the appearance, Mai Xiang and the others changed into new clothes. Mai Xiang held Mai Di in her hand, and Zhao Shi Mai Xiang's new baggage came into Zhao's house.

"Second Sister's outfit is really fresh today, and this bundle is really beautiful, and it's made of silk. Oh, who is this? I didn't dare to recognize it at first glance. Look at my niece, I haven't seen her in months. He's become handsome again." The eldest aunt Fang was the first to greet her, followed by the second and third aunts, and of course a bunch of children.

"Come on, big girl, let grandma take a look at you. The clothes are so pretty, did you give them to Gege? Tsk tsk, I haven't seen grandma live this big before. What kind of material is this, grandma touch it." Yu Shi Hearing movement from the house, he hurried out.

Mai Xiang is wearing the summer dress skirt given by A Muxin. Because of the two summer dresses given by A Mu Xin, Mai Xiang didn't make new clothes for herself this time, and wanted to save some fabrics at home for autumn jacket.

"Da Ya, are you wearing a skirt?" Winter Solstice came out and was surprised.

"Big girl, come here, talk to my aunt, what have you been up to lately?" Fang rushed to pull Mai Xiang over.

"Niece, tell Second Aunt what is Gege's family like?" Second Aunt not to be outdone took the child from Mai Xiang's hand.

"Big girl, come and take a look. I have saved up some purses and handkerchiefs. When do you think they will be delivered to Tong's house for me?" Winter Solstice saw that Mai Xiang was impatient to listen to the adults nagging, so he took Mai Xiang into her house.

"The Tong family? That's too bad." Mai Xiang patted her head, remembering that she left Tong Liwen in the grove.

"Mother, I'm going out for a while. I'm in a hurry." Mai Xiang ran out without waiting for Zhao's response.

At the same time, two teenagers also came in from the door of the Ye family. The leading one was wearing a beige gauze gown, followed by a young boy carrying a basket of eggs.

(End of this chapter)