Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 78
When Mai Xiang returned to Zhao's house, she was still worried about breaking the appointment with Tong Liwen. After all, the other party was the young master of a rich family, so she was really annoyed. The business between Mai Xiang and Tong's family would definitely be affected.

As for the owner of the white horse, Mai Xiang didn't think much about it. Hearing his tone of voice, if he dared to think about A Mu Xin, then his family must be a prince or noble, and such a person is too far away from Mai Xiang's life.

Just like Mai Xiang can do some small business with Tong's family, but she is determined not to send this little thing to Gege's house, it's not enough to look at.

"Da Ya, Da Ya, what are you thinking? You ran out in a hurry and came back as if you lost your soul. What did you do?" Mrs. Zhao was still waiting to bring Mai Xiang to give her some face. , how did she know that Mai Xiang ran away as soon as she arrived, and she didn't even speak clearly, causing her to worry for a long time. This is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that Mai Xiang will come back soon, and all the blind daters have left.

"Okay, it's fine if the child comes back, what are you shouting about." Yu Shi stopped Zhao Shi.

"Can I not yell? I'll bring her..."
"Second aunt, nanny, I know what you are doing. You must have gone to the official road to watch the excitement. The emperor has come to Xiangshan. There is a lot of dust on the official road. There are many guards with knives. It's a pity that we crowded Don't go." Fang's eldest son, Zhao Qiaohe, ran in with a few younger brothers, interrupting Zhao's words.

"You went too? You kid, what are you doing to join in the fun? Those guards are surrounded like iron barrels, what can you see?" Shi Yu pouted.

"I can't see anything, but we saw the emperor's sedan chair. The emperor's sedan chair is really big, and it is carried by sixteen people."

Seeing that they were focused on talking about the emperor's outing, Mai Xiang went into the inner room. Winter Solstice was putting on shoe soles on the kang. It was hot and her palms were sweaty, so she couldn't embroider handkerchiefs and purses.

"Auntie, are they here?" Mai Xiang saw that Dong Zhi had changed into the new clothes she wore when she first arrived.

"Well, let's go." Dong Zhi lowered his head.

"How about it?"

"That's it." Dongzhi pursed her lips.

"By the way, why didn't we go to the man's house to see each other?" Mai Xiang suddenly remembered that when she just came out of the house, many people came to Li's house to see her.

"For this kind of thing, usually the family with better conditions and whoever takes the initiative has to be taken care of by them." Dong Zhi sighed after finishing speaking.

"What are the conditions of the house where the old aunt is going on a blind date?" Mai Xiang still has some affection for Dong Zhi, and wants to care about her.

"His family is from Changning Town. He is a clerk in Tong's shop. I used to give handkerchiefs a lot. I know him too, but I didn't know it was him who came here today."

"Isn't this good? Why are you still sighing?" Mai Xiang was puzzled.

"People may not like me. With our family's conditions, we can't offer any dowry."

"Auntie, how many of our rural families can come up with a decent dowry? You are not bad. Besides, isn't he just a guy? How much money can a guy earn a year? What does his family do? ?”

Mai Xiang knew that the winter solstice had been embroidering handkerchiefs to save dowry for the past few years, so she had a few pennies. According to Mai Xiang, when Zhao married into Ye's family, it would be nice to have only a bunch of money in the bottom of the box.

"His family also farms. Two older brothers and one older sister are married, and one younger sister is fourteen."

Winter Solstice is quite satisfied with the conditions of the man's family. At least she doesn't have to help her younger siblings when she gets married. Ye Dafu is a typical example. Divided up.

Mai Xiang naturally thought of this too. It seems that in ancient times, it was better for a daughter of a poor family not to marry the boss, because the responsibility of the boss was too great.

"Then what did they say when they left?" After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she looked at Dong Zhi. Dong Zhi looked better than the Zhao family's aunts. Besides, she was the youngest, and she had never experienced any hardships. Her skin was fair and delicate. It's better than Maixiang and Maihuang, so it doesn't look like a villager's girl.

Just as they were talking, sisters Zhao Qiaohong and Zhao Qiaoyu came in one after another, and said with a smile, "Big girl, what did you do just now? Don't you know that old aunt is going on a blind date today?"

"That's right, my old aunt was beautiful just now, and she even wore a new suit."

"Okay, are you guys still finished?" Dong Zhi felt a little embarrassed, and knocked them with the sole of his shoe.

Mai Xiang chatted and laughed with him for a while, looked at the sky, and went out of the house. Mrs. Zhao was sitting under the jujube tree in the yard, chatting with the women of the Zhao family, and Mrs. Yu hugged the wheat field.

"Oh, not only that one, but also Gege, it's good for our aunt, I specially sent a carriage to pick up our aunt and stay at her house for one night, knowing that our aunt likes to eat rice , I also specially sent a large bag of rice, which is fragrant, and I can eat several bowls of rice; knowing that our aunt has no new clothes to wear, I also sent several skirts, the material is good; The gift is still silk; and the clothes on my body..." Mrs. Zhao said while tugging at the clothes on her body.

Not long after entering the door, people from the man's family came to see her, and Mrs. Zhao didn't have time to brag to her natal family. No, they can only sit down and talk together when they leave.

"Mom, it's time for us to go back. Daddy is still waiting for us to eat." Mai Xiang interrupted Mrs. Zhao, this woman, who taught her at home, forgot.

"What are you going to do? I'll stay here when it's late. It's not like I don't have a place for your mothers to sleep." Yu Shi said hurriedly.

"That's right. If you come here, you can stay here. Although your uncle's family doesn't have any rice or white noodles, the rough rice can keep you full." Mrs. Fang was also busy keeping guests.

"No, auntie, I won't bother you." Mai Xiang still remembered that the last time she came to Zhao's house, the Fang family managed two meals with reluctance, but who knew what her intentions were?
"Big girl, let's eat at my second uncle's house tonight. Last time you came, we also went back to my mother's house. Speaking of which, you haven't served your second uncle's family's rice bowl yet. I will let you taste whatever I say today." Taste your second aunt's handicraft." Second aunt Tian said.

This is Mai Xiang's first real contact with this Tian family. Last time Zhao's premature birth, a lot of people came to the old Zhao's house. Mai Xiang didn't know who was who. She just remembered the second aunt Tian and the third aunt Yao. None of them spoke.

But when Mai Xiang took a look at it, Tian looked only 24 or [-] years old, with a smile on his face, a clean body, a pair of insoles in his hand, and two needles from time to time while talking.

It was only then that Mai Xiang remembered that it was the second aunt who knew how to embroider. Dong Zhi and Zhao Qiaohong learned embroidery from her, and they seemed to be easy to talk to. For some reason, Mai Xiang just didn't like her.

Seeing that the two families are vying to win over Mai Xiang, the third aunt Yao laughed with a "puchi".

"I said sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, the elder sister wants to go back to eat white rice. I didn't hear from the second sister that the rice has no vegetables, and you can eat several big bowls of dry rice. My mother also said that when the second sister We have lived here for a few days, and the second sister’s house is now full of meat and eggs, all of which are fine rice noodles. What do we have? I think it’s better not to keep it. Why don’t I send the second sister home and try the second sister’s house? That fragrant big white rice."

When Mai Xiang heard it, would it be Yao's who was the most difficult to deal with?She looked at Mrs. Zhao, Mrs. Zhao also knew at this moment that she was exaggerating too much, but she is a person who wants to save face. It was the first time she raised her eyebrows at her mother's house. So many people surrounded her to please her, so she couldn't It's flattering!

"Okay, the third brother and sister can be sent if they want, and I just can't hold the child, so I asked the third brother to take us in a bullock cart." Zhao had no choice but to bite the bullet and said, not daring to look at Mai Xiang.

"Don't bother third uncle, I've made an agreement with fifth uncle, and fifth uncle is probably already waiting for us at the entrance of the village." Mai Xiang said with a smile.

She didn't want to let this Yao family enter the door, she was afraid that after she went, the Fang family and Tian family would make a fuss to go, and there was a Yu family, even if she didn't make a fuss, she would open her mouth and ask Mai Xiang to bring back some rice for her Try it, can Mai Xiang refuse?The rice is really delicious, and Mai Xiang really wants to leave it to Mai Di to cook rice soup.

When I came to Zhao's house today, Mai Xiang didn't have empty hands. She bought a pack of snacks for the three uncles and twenty eggs for Mrs. Mai Xiang couldn't stop Mai Xiang from making a coat for Mrs. Yu.That's her own mother, and it's the first time in so many years that she has the ability to be filial. What can Mai Xiang say?
"Hey, look at this big girl, she's still a food protector. I'm afraid we'll make your family poor when we go?" Yao shi lost face and was a little unhappy.

"According to what my third aunt said, my fifth uncle is indeed waiting for us at the entrance of the village. Third aunt wants to come and talk about it next time when she is free. Our house is too small, and there is no room for you."

This Maixiang is not that Maixiang, and she doesn't have deep feelings for the Zhao family, let alone the Zhao family, so she refused very simply.

"Okay, it's really getting late, I'll take you to the entrance of the village." Yu Shi said while hugging Maidi.

After interacting with Mai Xiang these days, Mrs. Yu still has some understanding of Mai Xiang's temperament. This child seems to be a different person, and he is very smart. He can't do things he doesn't want to do.

Not only Mrs. Yu, but Mrs. Fang's and Tian's also felt that Mai Xiang seemed to be a different person. How could a person's temperament change drastically after recovering from illness, becoming so shrewd, eloquent, and able to make money? Even an adult can't compare to her, how can she look like a ten-year-old girl?
How did Mai Xiang know this, at this moment she called Mai Lu who was playing wildly at the side, Mai Lu was sweating from playing, and Mai Xiang stroked her hair and wiped the sweat for her.

Mai Xiang's inadvertent action dispelled everyone's doubts, because Mai Xiang used to be a very sensible person who knew how to love these younger sisters.

(End of this chapter)