Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 77

Besides, Mai Xiang hurried to the Temple of the Reclining Buddha, sweating profusely. Looking at the figure of Tong Liwen in the grove?Only one or two carriages were still parked in the shade of the trees.

Mai Xiang walked to the place where she drew the nine-square grid, squatted down, and checked the nine-square grid that Tong Liwen had filled in. Seeing that he hadn't made it, Mai Xiang erased his wrong numbers, calculated silently, and filled in the correct answer. Thinking that he might be able to see him the next day, knowing that Mai Xiang came back to look for him.

Mai Xiang had just filled in the last number, dropped the branch in her hand, clapped her hands and was about to get up, only to find that there were two people standing beside her, they were actually the owner of the white horse, Hong Rong, and his servant.Of course, Mai Xiang didn't know who the other party was at this time.

Hong Rong came out with Zhuang Prince Yunlu, because Qianlong was going to Jingyi Garden to escape the summer heat, Yunlu came out to play the front station, Hongrong was free, so he went to the Reclining Buddha Temple.

"You filled out the Jiugong grid yourself. Have you ever studied?" Hong Rong didn't seem to recognize Mai Xiang, because Mai Xiang was wearing a skirt today, which was too different from her usual image, like a Xiaojiabiyu. Moreover, Mai Xiang Xiang was still squatting with her head down.

"This? I saw someone else fill it in half, and I was curious, so I squatted down. I didn't expect to be caught." Naturally, Mai Xiang refused to tell the truth, but hurriedly stood up.

"Did it come out?" After Hong Rong heard this, he turned around and looked at Mai Xiang.

"So it's you, what's your outfit today?" Hong Rong only recognized Mai Xianglai now, and asked, pointing to Mai Xiang's clothes.Is this still that poor country girl?

"This dress was given to me by someone else." Mai Xiang didn't know that the other party knew A Muxin, and of course she didn't shy away from her family background.

"Others?" Hong Rong suddenly remembered, as if he had heard from Abida that Amusin was going to pick up a girl who could make kites into the mansion for fun, and it should be the person in front of her, so the clothes on her must have been given by Amusin of.

But, why did Amu Xingui, a member of a first-rank university scholar family, pick up a country girl into the mansion?Even if Mai Xiang is a little clever and can make something out of the ordinary, then it is not necessary to take this girl into the mansion, it is said that she will stay for one night.

"What is the relationship between the other party and you, can he give you a new suit?" Hong Rong really didn't think about it.

"It's just a friend." After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she turned around and wanted to leave, but suddenly realized that the master gave her a lot of rewards in those two times, so she paused again and asked, "My master, is there anything else you can do? "

"Friends?" Mai Xiang's words made Hong Rong even more confused, Amu Xingui is Gege, can he recognize someone like Mai Xiang as a friend?What can this girl do?
Hong Rong looked at Mai Xiang, and suddenly wiped the Jiugong grid with his foot, and said, "You fill in the Jiugong grid again."

Mai Xiang didn't know what the other party meant, and she didn't dare to show her talent too much. When she was hesitating, Hong Rong said, "If you fill it out within a quarter of an hour, I will reward you with a tael of silver."

Mai Xiang was saving money to build a house. Hearing this, she raised her head and asked, "Really?"

"Naturally." After Hong Rong finished speaking, he took out a pocket watch.

Mai Xiang squatted down again, deliberately dawdling for a while, and it was estimated that five or six minutes passed before filling in the nine squares.

Hong Rong looked at Mai Xiang puzzled, can this girl know how to read, draw and do math?Not to mention the farm girl, but none of the princesses in his palace have ever learned arithmetic, let alone Jiugongge.

"How about this, I will test you with another question." Hong Rong's competitive spirit came up, because when he filled in the nine squares for the first time, it took a lot longer than Mai Xiang, and he still learned Western arithmetic.

Mai Xiang knew that Kangxi had studied Western arithmetic, but she didn't know that Prince Zhuang Yunlu was very talented in this area, and was deeply loved by Kangxi, so she taught him arithmetic in person.Yun Lu once participated in the revision of "The Essence of Mathematics and Physics", and is currently accepting the music club and is also the president of the algorithm hall.

Hong Rong has been very intelligent since he was a child, and his arithmetic is considered outstanding among the clan's children, so he was naturally surprised when he saw that Mai Xiang could fill in the nine squares in less than a quarter of an hour, which also aroused him. competitive spirit.

Naturally, Mai Xiang doesn't know this, she doesn't even know who the other party is. Of course, even if she knows that he is Prince Zhuang's son, Mai Xiang doesn't know what Prince Zhuang does.

But Mai Xiang knew that she had attracted the other party's attention, so she hesitated and wanted to leave.

Seeing that Mai Xiang struggled for a while, Hong Rong guessed that Mai Xiang was going to reject him, and before Mai Xiang spoke, he said, "If you solve this arithmetic problem, I will reward you with a tael of silver. Just right, I have A small silver ingot of two taels, so there must be no taels of silver to return to me?" After Hong Rong finished speaking, he deliberately took out a small silver ingot.

"Okay, you go out." Mai Xiang had to go all out for the two taels of silver, thinking that someone as arrogant as the other party should not have anything to do with her.

"Listen well. There is a big cage filled with chickens and rabbits. There are 88 heads and 244 feet in total. How many chickens and rabbits are there?"

Mai Xiang laughed when she heard it. This was the most typical chicken-and-rabbit cage problem she did when she was a child. After dawdling for a while, Mai Xiang made gestures on the ground with a branch and reported the answer.

"You, who did you learn arithmetic from?" Hong Rong asked, but it took him half an hour to solve this problem, and it took Mai Xiang less than a quarter of an hour.

"I didn't learn it from anyone. I often go to herd pigs, sheep and ducks with my friends in the village. I already know how to count." Mai Xiang stretched out her hand to ask for money, and she wanted to leave.

Hong Rong was not in a hurry to put the silver in Mai Xiang's hands, he still had doubts.

"I'll ask a few other questions."

"My lord, I really have other things to do today." Mai Xiang didn't want to stay with her.

After hearing this, Hong Rong had to put the silver ingot into Mai Xiang's hand. Mai Xiang took the silver ingot, thanked her, turned around and left.

"By the way, my little nephew went to play with the two brothers of Zhang Jia's family last time. He saw a few paintings made of eggshells in their house. He liked them very much. He said they were drawn by a country girl who made kites. I don't know if it's you?" Hong Rong asked suddenly.He has not yet determined whether the girl in front of him is the girl who entered the scholar's mansion.

Mai Xiang really stopped her feet when she heard this, and raised her head, "Master, how do you know that person is me?"
"It's really you? It's just, how did you know Grid?"

"I also met at the Reclining Buddha Temple. Lord, you also know Gege?" Mai Xiang felt that something was wrong, but she didn't think of it for a while.

"Of course I know her. We were flying a kite together last time. The kite painting I bought at your house last time was for her because I broke her kite. You know she plans to take you into the house, I You don’t have to make this trip.”

After hearing this, Mai Xiang remembered the indifference and arrogance when she first met him. Such a person was willing to ride a horse to Xiangshan early in the morning to find Mai Xiang for a girl, just to buy a kite, and Or on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival?Of course, Mai Xiang also remembered that when she entered Amusin's room, Amusin was lying on the kang looking at the kite in a daze.

In a blink of an eye, Mai Xiang finally understood why A Muxin took her into the mansion, and asked a lot of questions, and it turned out that the girl was moved.

From Amuxin Maixiang to Wan Zhigao of Wanjia, that ex-fiancé who had the courage to pursue his own happiness, in this feudal era, Maixiang still admires his courage. Thinking of him, Maixiang also wants to push the person in front of him .

"It turned out to be like this. I specially gave this Pleasant Goat to Gege, hoping to bring joy to Gege. Gege said that she likes a free life and doesn't want her future to be tied up. She doesn't want to be able to watch All I saw was the high courtyard wall above my head and the small sky, so I sent her a kite."

After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she took a special look at the other party, and saw that the boy's eyes lit up for a moment, and suddenly they seemed to remember something, and then darkened again.

Mai Xiang also thought about the draft, which is beyond her ability.

Mai Xiang left after finishing speaking, and stopped suddenly when she reached the mountain gate, because she saw a lot of people at the foot of the mountain, and she saw that they were coming out of the palace. On both sides, keep the people away.

"The emperor has come out?" Mai Xiang was excited. Being able to take a close look at this Emperor Qianlong who has various legendary versions, it is not in vain to visit ancient times.

"It should be, this is the road leading to Jingyi Garden." Hong Rong glanced at Mai Xiang, the expression on his face was a little bit weak, and he was slightly disappointed. He thought that Mai Xiang was also the kind of woman who didn't know the heights of the world and wanted to climb high. , It's a pity that Mai Xiang's talent, how could such a talent fall into the hands of such a vulgar woman?

Mai Xiang didn't notice the change in Hong Rong's face, her mind was always on the official road at the foot of the mountain, and she saw a dragon flag waving in the distance, and yellow carriages and sedan chairs came all over the place.

"Is the emperor always in such a grand style every time he travels?" Mai Xiang couldn't help asking, because she knew that Qianlong was a very happy man, and the six trips to the south of the Yangtze River were always extremely extravagant and expensive, so that the magistrate had to Pass the pressure on to the people.

"Bold! This is something you can criticize?" Hong Rong scolded Mai Xiang.

Maybe he felt that his words were too harsh, Hong Rong looked around and saw that there was no one around, and Mai Xiang was just a ten-year-old country girl, and then said: "Remember, no matter in any occasion, you can't criticize the Holy Majesty. It’s not a joke. Have you ever heard a saying, it’s called ‘Misfortune comes from your mouth’.”

"I see, thank you for your advice. One last word, I heard that the emperor is a more humane emperor, and he advocates ruling the world with filial piety." Mai Xiang turned and went down the mountain gate after speaking.

Hong Rong looked at Mai Xiang's back, pondered what Mai Xiang said, and felt that what Mai Xiang said was not general, it seemed that it was implying something.

(End of this chapter)