Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 85 Demolition
When Mai Xiang returned home, she put this set of brushes, ink, paper and inkstone on the window sill. Seeing that Mrs. Zhao was not in the house, she probably was helping make dumplings in the upper room. Working under the tree in front of the door.

"Father, I have another 30 taels of silver in my hand, can I build a house? I want a green brick house." Mai Xiang walked to Ye Dafu's side.

She doesn't want to be crowded with this big family, not only to avoid the right and wrong of this family, but also because they have moved out. In the future, people from the Wan family or Mrs. Liu and the others will go to Wan's family to play the autumn breeze, so they should follow her This one has nothing to do with it, after all, Wanjia already knows that they are separated.In addition, Wu Fu is probably getting married soon, and Mai Xiang wants to vacate the house for him.

"You have so much money so soon?" Ye Dafu was startled.

"It was rewarded by the old lady of Gege's family, and last time a Fujin also rewarded me with 20 taels, and there are still some scraps of silver that I have to save for living."

"Girl, tell dad, why did they give you so much money?" Ye Dafu pulled Mai Xiang and asked, Ye Dafu still understands the truth that there is no such thing as free money.

"Father, I did a little favor for them. They rewarded me for this money, but they don't want me to tell their affairs to the outside world. Don't worry, father, I know it well."

When Ye Dafu heard what Mai Xiang said, thinking about the child's performance in the past few months, he felt mixed feelings in his heart, so he stopped asking, patted Mai Xiang's head, and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you, Dad. Green brick house, I’ll go back and ask Damei’s father about it.”

"Father, I saw Gege's house, and I'll draw it for you."
Mai Xiang told Ye Dafu some more about the construction and layout of the house, as well as her plans for the future.

At this time, Zhao's three sisters-in-law were making dumplings with Liu in the upper room. Because there were many people in the family and most of them were men, the number of dumplings was not a small number, so all four of them were busy in the upper room.

"Sister-in-law, what did your eldest sister say to her elder brother? It's been a long time since she muttered and muttered, and this child is really close to her father." Qian glanced at the yard outside, and said with a smile.

"It's not been a day or two since Da Ya and her father and mother, it's not a big deal, Da Ya is so close to the wife's family next door, this is evil, every time there is something good in the house, even the parents If you can't find it, I'll send it to the next door, tsk tsk, it's an outsider's advantage." Sun said, Sun has been observing Mai Xiang for a long time, and really can't figure out why Mai Xiang is so good with Liu Huilan.

"What's the matter, our family is able to be what it is today, thanks to the help of my wife, not only saved four of our lives, but even our family's intelligence is also due to others' training, she can read and write Counting and drawing, how could it not be taught by the master and his wife? Also, Da Ya’s father’s kite-making skills were also taught by others.” Zhao argued.

In the beginning, Mrs. Zhao often quarreled with Mai Xiang because of this little thing, and Mai Xiang used these words to block her, so Mrs. Zhao also remembered, what could be more valuable than life?
"That's true. The child Mai Xiang is really a sensible child, and she knows it well." Liu also boasted that this child is indeed better than her mother in dealing with people.

"That's not right. Otherwise, Mother wouldn't just take Da Ya to Wan's house. Mother, otherwise, you can bring one more child, and bring our family's wheat seeds too. The wheat seeds are too big." Seeing that Liu Shi was happy, he brought it up.

Of course she knew that Wan Jia wanted Mai Xiang to go, but she felt that it would be no big deal to bring one more, maybe the old lady would fall in love with Mai Zhong, and send a suit of clothes and snacks, no matter how bad it was, she could let Mai Zhong eat it Two full meals, and meat to eat.

"Then mother, let's take our wheat seedlings too, one in each family, impartial." Mrs. Sun also said hastily.

"Okay, I'm here as a guest, not a beggar, and I'm not afraid that others will look down on us." Upon hearing this, Mrs. Liu pulled her face down.

"Oh, those who want to go don't take it with them, and those who don't want to go take it with them. This is not a business." Qian laughed at herself.

"Mother, what does the Wan family think about us?" asked Sun.

"What's on your mind? Can I know what's on your mind?" Mrs. Liu gave Sun her an annoyed look.

"What else can you think about, isn't it just to be a concubine? The Wan family has such a big family business, can marry Mai Xiang to be the wife of the house?" Qian curled her lips, a little mocking and a little envious, she couldn't tell. .

"My family's elder sister doesn't want to be a concubine." Mrs. Zhao firmly remembered this point. Ye Dafu committed suicide because of this, and Mai Xiang also wanted to separate because of this.

"It's out of her hands, we have our parents." After Sun finished speaking, he glanced at Liu.

When Mrs. Zhao heard this, she couldn't sit still anymore, she threw the dumpling wrappers on the chopping board, walked to Mai Xiang and Ye Dafu a few steps.

"Father, you said that the Wan family really wants to let the big girl in to become a concubine, what are you going to do?"

"Mom, why are you talking about this again?"

"It was your second aunt and third aunt who said it. You should listen to your grandpa and grandma about this matter."

Mai Xiang thought about it for a while, and said to Ye Dafu: "Father, why don't you talk to Mammy and don't take me to Wanjia. You know what we mean, we are not short of money, so we don't need to cling to them."

Mai Xiang is not afraid that Wan Jia will be strong, she now has Ge Ge and Fujin as her backers, Wan Jia will not dare to force her to do anything, the problem is that if Ye Dafu agrees on the face of Ye Tiezhu and Liu Shi, Mai Xiang will really There is nothing wrong with it, a sentence of "the order of the parents, the words of the matchmaker." can send Mai Xiang away.

Ye Dafu lowered his head and thought for a while, then said, "I'll check with your grandpa and mother again tonight. Don't worry, I didn't agree to sell you last time, and I won't do it this time."

After dinner, Ye Dafu stayed in the upper room, discussed with Ye Tiezhu for a long time, and when he came back, he was still ashamed, so Mai Xiang knew it was not going to work, and she had to go to Wanjia this time.

"Mai Xiang, Dad promises you, this is the first and last time, Dad plans to find someone to build a house after the autumn harvest, and we will move out." Ye Dafu seemed to have been hurt too.

"Okay, I hope Dad will remember." Mai Xiang also had an idea in her heart.

After breakfast the next day, Mai Xiang put on a new dress and stood at the door waiting for Liu Shi and Jiufeng. Jiufeng came out to see Mai Xiang's attire. The light yellow top and emerald green floral skirt were all made of high-quality yarn. Unexpectedly, a piece of jade pendant was pressed, and the burden was also made of silk. This was obviously a young lady's attire. Looking at herself again, she was dressed in printed cotton clothes and trousers. Standing next to Mai Xiang, she was like Mai Xiang's maid. I feel a little uncomfortable.

"Big ya, change your clothes. If you dress so well, people think we're having a better life." Mrs. Liu frowned, and she could see that when they stood together, they looked like a pair of aunts and nephews. Isn't it the master and the maid?

"Mommy, I don't have any other clothes. The other clothes are all patched. I'm not going to Wanjia to play the autumn wind. I don't want them to look down on me."

"That's right, my eldest, it's the young lady's life, tsk tsk, it's so beautiful, I dare say, even the daughter-in-law of the Li Chang's family doesn't wear materials as good as my Maixiang's." Mrs. Zhao stood at the door and giggled.

"Hey, those who know are going to play the autumn wind, but those who don't know think we are going to demonstrate." Qian and Sun also came out to watch the excitement.

"Dad, tell me." Mrs. Liu turned her head to Ye Dafu.

Just as Ye Dafu was about to speak, he saw a carriage approaching the door, and when the carriage entered the yard, the door curtain was lifted, and it turned out to be an old lady from the Wan family.

"There are so many people today, are you going out?" The old woman helped the old lady out of the carriage.

"But what a coincidence, just as I was going to see you, sister-in-law, sister-in-law came to the door, as if we had discussed it." Mrs. Liu rushed forward to greet her.

"What's more, my family is looking left and right, looking forward and looking forward, and there is no one. Forget it, my wife will come to the door by herself. Who told me to be thick-skinned?" Mai Xiang.

"Miss Mai Xiang really seems to be a different person. No one will believe who the lady is. Come on, let me take a look, she is really beautiful, um, there is something missing in her hands." The old lady stepped back as she said. After picking up a white jade bracelet in his hand, he was about to put it on for Mai Xiang.

"Old lady, please don't, I'm just a child, I can't bear such an expensive thing, besides, I have to do so many things every day, it's not convenient to wear this on my hand, please take it back, old lady." As Mai Xiang spoke, she took several steps back.

"You child, the jade pendant on your body is no worse than this bracelet of mine. Who gave it to you? Didn't you also wear it on your skirt?" Mrs. Wan had sharp eyes, and naturally saw that the jade pendant on Mai Xiang was the best. Suet jade, guess it was given by Ge Ge.

"It's different, what I have on me is a gift exchanged with others." Mai Xiang's words were not lying, she gave a pair of rich pigs to Brother Addis, and the brother returned her a pair of jade pendants.

Old Madam Wan saw that Mai Xiang didn't want her life or death, and she couldn't put back the bracelet she had withdrawn. She glanced at Jiufeng, walked towards Jiufeng with a smile, and put it on Jiufeng.

Mrs. Liu was overjoyed when she saw it. How could this bracelet be worth dozens of taels of silver? It was just right as a dowry for Jiufeng.

Mrs. Liu was happy, but Mrs. Zhao was upset. This was obviously given to Mai Xiang first, but this damn girl just didn't want it, she was so mad at her, and it made others cheaper for nothing. How much money is this worth?
"Big ya, you're not going out, what are you doing? Didn't you say yesterday you were going to deliver something to someone?" Zhao said intentionally.Don't you don't give things to my daughter, and I won't let my daughter accompany you.

When Liu Shi heard this, she frowned again. She still wanted Mai Xiang to talk with the old lady. The old lady obviously came for Mai Xiang. What's the matter with the eldest daughter-in-law?Isn't this an intentional demolition?
Of course, Mrs. Liu knew that Mrs. Zhao was for this bracelet, and she also knew that the daughter-in-law was an idiot at a critical moment and couldn't communicate with her, so she turned her attention to Mai Xiang.

(End of this chapter)