Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 84

Besides, when Mai Xiang returned home, as soon as she entered the yard, she heard Mrs. Zhao talking in a loud voice, and Ye Dafu was picking straw in the yard.

"People said that they were afraid that our aunt would not be able to eat enough, so they sent these grains today, not only grains, but also eggs and meat. My aunt has good intentions, so give her the eggs. The second aunt and the third aunt divided it, and gave the meat to her mother, look..."

"Mother, Maidi must be hungry, have you cooked rice soup for my little brother?" Mai Qing yelled.

"Go, let Erya go." Zhao shooed Mai Qing away impatiently.

Mai Xiang was taken aback when she heard this, when will Mai Qing do this again?What is that wheat yellow doing?
"Mai Xiang, where have you been? Why are you sweating all over again?" Ye Dafu saw his daughter's red face covered with beads of sweat, and felt distressed. He stretched out his big palm and pulled at his sleeve, To wipe the sweat for Mai Xiang.

The sound in the room stopped abruptly, and the person in the back room came out, holding a peach in his hand. Mai Xiang saw that she was the wife of the head of the village, a fat mother, known as the white lady.

"Hey, Mai Xiang is back, and your mother is praising you to me, tsk tsk, who has a girl like you, who really enjoys the old blessings, girl, come, tell the aunt, where did this go? "

Mai Xiang was puzzled, the two families had never moved around, so they went to find the village chief last time they bought land, and this white lady came to the door?
"I went out for a while, and the aunt came to visit?"

"Well, I don't know that your mother is in poor health and can't go out, so come and chat with her."

Mai Xiang listened and glanced at Mrs. Zhao, Mrs. Zhao also held half a peach in her hand. She didn't expect that the wife of the head of the village would come to see her in person today, and even brought ten eggs. She was a little flattered, and soon Forgot about Mai Xiang's instructions, and kept bragging about how much the Gege family valued Mai Xiang and how much they had given Mai Xiang.

"Really? Then thank you, aunt, don't sit around anymore?" Mai Xiang said in a flattering way.

The white lady naturally understood Mai Xiang's intention to drive out the guest, and only then did she believe that the eldest girl of the Ye family was indeed not a simple person, she was much stronger than her mother Zhao.

"No, I still have a lot of things to do at home. I'll come back later when I have time. You and Erya also go to my house to play when you have time." The white lady was about to leave after she finished speaking. Xiang didn't mean to send her off.

After the white lady left, Mai Xiang entered the room, Zhao Shi saw Mai Xiang's cold face, and hurriedly said: "I didn't ask her to come, she came here by herself, and I didn't give her the peach." , it was given by Erya."

Mai Xiang felt strange when she heard this. This Mai Huang has always been protecting the food and housekeeping, so how could he take the initiative to give the peach to the white lady?

"Sister, she brought ten eggs and kept staring at our basket. I, I, gave her one." Mai Huang lowered his head while talking.

Mai Xiang suddenly remembered that this white lady is Pang Dun's mother, and this Pang Dun seems to like playing with Mai Huang all the time, Mai Xiang didn't take it to heart before, but Mai Huang is only an eight-year-old child, can you understand this?

"Okay, if you give it, you will give it. You are doing the right thing. We don't owe anyone anything."

After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she took a basket, sent Mai Huang to the field to pick some vegetables, picked up two peaches, and sent Mrs. Zhao to deliver them to the upper house, then opened the box, took ten taels of silver, and picked up two more peaches. Bring some other things to Liu Huilan.

As soon as Mai Xiang entered the door, she saw Cao Xueqin hugging her son and laughing, while Liu Huilan was washing clothes beside her.

"It's rare that Mr. is at home today, and I happened to bring some pork to Mr. Auntie braised it in soy sauce for Mr. to drink."

Mai Xiang knows that Cao Xueqin likes to drink, and usually likes to have a drink or two at home. In the past, she didn't have this condition, but now Mai Xiang helps Liu Huilan earn some money, and Mai Xiang often helps them eat. Liu Huilan has some extra money. Naturally, she refused to wrong Cao Xueqin, so she often made some side dishes and had a drink with Cao Xueqin.

"Okay, let's borrow our Mai Xiang again." Cao Xueqin smiled heartily, he is not a rigid person.

"Auntie, there is another good news. I gave away the pendant made by my aunt. They gave us 20 taels of silver and praised my aunt for her embroidery work. No, I gave my aunt the silver." Mai Xiang He took out ten taels of silver.

"This, so much?" Even Cao Xueqin was surprised.

"Well, it's the old lady of Zhang Jia's family. I'm happy. I appreciate it. Auntie and I are half of each other. Does Auntie have any objections?"

"I don't want these. There are too many. They are paying you for this money. Logically, it would be good if I get a tael of silver for my salary." Of course Liu Huilan understands this truth, otherwise, she has not done embroidery work these years. Isn't it because you can't make a few money to sell it?

"Auntie, you won't accept me if you don't want me."

Mai Xiang put down the basket, put the silver on the kang table, glanced at it, and saw a volume of books on the kang table, the title of which was "Zhiyanzhai's first comment on stones", Mai Xiangxin picked it up, it was from No. six times.When Cao Xueqin writes books, he usually binds one chapter into a small volume, and four volumes into a large volume, which is convenient for him to revise and rebind.

"Yo, we, Mai Xiang, can read and read." Cao Xueqin thought that Mai Xiang just flipped through it casually, because in his knowledge, Mai Xiang had only learned to recognize a few hundred characters, which was not enough to understand his books. .

Mai Xiang also understands this, and her handwriting is not neat now, so she didn't ask him to borrow books.

"How can I say that I am also a student of my husband. Isn't there a saying that a famous teacher produces a high-level apprentice? I can't discredit my husband."

Cao Xueqin's face darkened when he heard this, as if he remembered something, he laughed at himself: "What kind of a famous teacher is your husband, your husband is a useless person, even worse than our Mai Xiang, useless, useless useless person. "

After hearing this, Mai Xiang hurriedly said: "Sir, what you said is wrong. Mr. has been practicing medicine for several years, not to mention the hanging pot to save the world, but also benefiting the people. If there is no Mr., where would Mai Xiang be reincarnated? Not only Mai Xiang, but also Mai Xiang's parents and younger brother don't know where they are wandering now? Leaving aside these things, for my aunt and Cao Ji, Mr. is their heaven. With Mr. here, this day will not collapse. Just like my father, As long as he is here, no matter whether he is disabled or useless, he is our pillar."

"Look, Mai Xiang speaks better than me, you should believe me now." Liu Huilan gave Cao Xueqin a sharp look.

"Mai Xiang, I didn't know you had such a good tongue. No wonder your aunt often praises you. You are also a good daughter who combines the talents of heaven and earth. It's a pity that you were born in a peasant family." Cao Xueqin sighed after finishing speaking.

He felt that with Mai Xiang's savvy and talent, if she was born in a wealthy family and could read and write since she was a child, she would definitely be a talented woman again, instead of living in this small farmhouse and bending her waist for five buckets of rice every day.

"If you want me to tell you, what's wrong with the farm family? It's better to have a small life. I don't envy those big families now. I just hope that you and the children are well, and I have nothing else to ask for." Liu Huilan said The circles of her eyes were red, because she thought of the wealth and glory that once seemed like a cloud.

"Look at you, okay, why are you crying again? Be careful that Mai Xiang laughs at you, you are not as good as a child." Cao Xueqin coaxed Liu Huilan in a low voice.

These years, during the most difficult days of his life, Liu Huilan was always by his side. Cao Xueqin was not ignorant or grateful.

"What am I afraid of, Mai Xiang is like my daughter." Liu Huilan really loves Mai Xiang as her own daughter these days.

"I will be a teacher for one day and a father for the rest of my life. I am the daughter of the two of you." Mai Xiang never thought that she would become Cao Xueqin's student one day.

"Daughter? Hello daughter, hello daughter. I didn't expect that I could pick up such a well-behaved and sensible daughter for nothing in this situation. Huilan, what should we give our daughter as a gift?" Cao Xueqin laughed up to the sky and urged Liu Huilan to give Mai What kind of meeting ceremony should you offer?

"Sir, are you serious?" Mai Xiang asked.

"Of course I'm serious. I'm afraid you don't want to. Such a good daughter is what I wish for." Cao Xueqin really likes Mai Xiang. This ten-year-old girl is smarter and tougher than her peers, and people can't help but feel sorry for her.

Another point is that Mai Xiang's help to the Cao family these days, Cao Xueqin always thought that Mai Xiang was repaying Cao Xueqin's life-saving grace, not mixed with other feelings, so Cao Xueqin, such a sensible and grateful person, How can you not like it?He also wanted to treat Mai Xiang as well as possible.

"I happen to have an important matter to discuss with my husband." Mai Xiang said seriously.

"Oh, what's the big deal for us Mai Xiang?" Cao Xueqin smiled and patted Mai Xiang's head.

"I know that the yard of Mr.'s house is rented. I bought more than ten acres of wasteland at the foot of the mountain in the west of the village. I plan to build a big yard there and plan to open a hotel in the future. I want Mr. to live next to our house. Buy a few acres of wasteland, two taels of silver per mu, and our two families are still neighbors. I know that it is difficult to get together the money to build a house for a while, but the silver aunt who bought the land must have enough. Mr. has a son now, doesn’t it? Don't you think about your son? Or does the husband think about going back to the city to settle down one day?"

After Mai Xiang finished speaking, Liu Huilan hugged Mai Xiang and began to cry.

"Godmother, if the godmother treats me like a daughter, she will definitely listen to me, and I will definitely let the godmother's family live in my own big house." Mai Xiang patted Liu Huilan on the back to comfort her.

Liu Huilan nodded while crying. The experience of the past few months convinced her of Mai Xiang's words. She also wanted to have a real home of her own instead of wandering around.

After leaving Cao’s house, Mai Xiang got a set of brushes, ink, paper and inkstone, and was ready to go home to practice calligraphy seriously. This was a gift from Cao Xueqin to recognize her relatives. Under the inkstone, there was Cao Xueqin’s inscription "Qinxi Jushi". At that time, Mai Xiang didn't know that this inkstone was a decent and good inkstone.

　My book may be a little slow, because the heroine is only ten years old at this time, and she is still in a stage of accumulation. Whether it is wealth or connections, she needs a process.Just like Xia Tong, just like Qinger, my personal habit may also be the slow-heating type. I believe that this wheat fragrance should not disappoint everyone, right?Thank you for following along.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)