Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 105 Inquiry
In fact, on the way back from Changning Town, Mai Xiang originally wanted to teach these women in the Ye family how to stack stars and thousand paper cranes. You can also free up your hands to do other things.

But because of the trouble at home, Mai Xiang changed her mind again. The key to this paper door curtain is the folding method of the stars and thousand paper cranes. If I have taught them, the ungrateful personalities of Qian and Sun will They will inevitably not rob their own business in the future.

The embroidered purse is different, because Mrs. Tong said that the purse is selling well in the capital, and she wants Mai Xiang to sell more.Anyway, Mai Xiang doesn't know how to embroider herself, and if she has an extra purse, she can get an extra five cents, which is a win-win situation.

Seeing that Mai Xiang readily agreed to give them tricks, Qian and Sun also forgot to worry about the kite sale with Mai Xiang, and the immediate benefits are visible.

When Mai Xiang returned to her room to check the patterns, Mrs. Zhao asked weakly from the side: "Big girl, did you promise to give them the patterns?"

"I promised, I wanted to give it to them."

"Really? Then I don't need to eat corn paste?" Zhao asked with a grin.

"Of course it does." Seeing Zhao's thinking, Mai Xiang couldn't help but sympathize with Ye Dafu. Fortunately, these children are not like her.

Mai Xiang shook her head, sent the pattern in her hand to the upper room, and asked Liu to distribute it.These are some of Mai Xiang's new paintings. The last time Yu Shi came to make a fuss, Mai Xiang lost her temper.

"Mai Xiang, tell Daddy what's going on?" Ye Dafu asked after Mai Xiang came back.

He also felt a little hurt. After all, he was the eldest son of the Ye family. Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with his younger brother and younger siblings, it was real that he was being cared for and favored by his younger siblings. It was impossible for him to act as if nothing had happened.

"Father, don't worry, I know what you want to say, I will not forget the Ye family, one yard is worth one yard, and I will repay this favor for you." Mai Xiang stopped Ye Dafu's words.

"Sister, can we still earn money?" Mai Huang asked in a low voice.

"Yes, you have to work harder in the future and help the elder sister well." Mai Xiang patted Mai Huang's head, and Mai Huang had indeed improved.

"Eldest sister, I'm not afraid of hardship. From now on, I'll go herd the ducks and mow the grass by myself, and leave my third sister to watch the house." Mai Huang really has no confidence in the Zhao family.

"By the way, Dad, do you know that Uncle Fifth cut the reed for us?" Mai Xiang asked Ye Dafu.

"I don't know. I thought he was going to use it to weave mats. I'm still surprised. The reeds are tender now, so why did they cut them?" Ye Dafu shook his head.

"Tender?" Mai Xiang suddenly remembered something. She once went to Inner Mongolia with her donkey friends and lived in a local yurt. Let it dry for a while, then cut it up with a guillotine, seal it and pile it up.

At that time, Mai Xiang was curious, and asked them specifically, saying that the grass preserved in this way is reserved for cattle and sheep in winter, and it is better than hay, and it can also fatten cattle and sheep.Later, Mai Xiang learned from a donkey friend that the feed preserved in this way is called silage.

Thinking of this, Mai Xiang went to the back of the house, and there were already five or six bundles of dried reeds stacked under the wall. Of course, some were spread out in the open space. It seems that there is no technology for silage at this time.

Mai Xiang wanted to give it a try, but unfortunately, there was no place to store it at home, and there was an open space in the yard, but there was no plastic sheet at this time, and when it snowed in winter, the feed would definitely rot if it got in water, so Mai Xiang had to give up temporarily.

Back in the house, Mai Xiang said to Ye Dafu: "Father, I will let my fifth uncle do the toothbrush handle from now on, and I have other things for you to do."

"Okay." Ye Dafu agreed wholeheartedly after hearing this, and he didn't want to owe Wu Fu too much.

Mai Xiang unwrapped the colored papers, folded them up one by one, asked Ye Dafu to cut them open with a dagger, and cut them into two-inch squares, and then began to teach Mai Huang and Mai Qing how to fold stars.

"Sister, what are these stars used for?" Mai Huang felt that this was not like making money, but more like playing.

"Well, it's called Lucky Star. I can't say what I'm doing for the time being. Anyway, don't worry, this winter, I will definitely let you wear a new padded jacket." Mai Xiang made another wish.

"Sister, I don't care for new padded jackets anymore." Mai Huang said with a small mouth.

She has already worn two new clothes, and the beautiful padded jacket sent by Gege's family, which Mai Xiang has promised to share with them, so her desire for beautiful clothes is far from what it used to be.

"Understood, the eldest sister will kill a duck for you to eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival." Mai Xiang changed her wish.

"Ah, big sister, are you going to kill the duck?" Mai Qing was unwilling.

"The ones who don't lay eggs will be killed to satisfy your greed, and the ones that lay eggs will be kept first." Mai Xiang said.

The geese and ducks here are generally not kept for the winter, especially the geese, because there is no grass.

"Eldest sister is so bad, it seems that I can't do anything except eat and dress." Mai Huang was not happy.

"Then tell elder sister, what wish do you want?" Mai Xiang asked earnestly, she also wanted to know how much this Mai Huang had changed.

"I want to live in a new house during the Chinese New Year," Mai Huang said.What she thought was, after moving into the new house, mother wouldn't be able to quarrel with the second and third aunts for three days, right?

"I'm going to ask my dad about this. The eldest sister only cares about making money." Mai Xiang also wanted to move away.

As soon as Mai Xiang finished speaking, she heard someone shouting at the door: "Is Miss Mai Xiang at home?"

After hearing this, Mai Xiang hurriedly went out to have a look, and this time it was Hongrong's people who came again, and it was the mother-in-law, Grandma Sun and the servant Jifeng.

"Hello grandma sun, hello little brother." Mai Xiang hurriedly stepped forward to greet her.

"Our master sent us to give Miss Mai Xiang a thank-you gift today, and our master should return to the city tomorrow to say thank you for your help."

"It's not really a help. Your master has already given me money. How can you be so embarrassed?" Mai Xiang didn't expect that after so many days, the other party suddenly thought of her again. She thought that the uncle and nephew had returned to the city long ago. Already.

"Girl, you are welcome. Our master said that there is nothing good this time. Our master went out to hunt and hunted a wild boar and some hares. He sent us to bring some meat to the girl, and there were also some live wild animals. Chicken, our master told Mai Xiang to try it too."

After Sun Nanny finished speaking, Ji Feng took out a cage from the carriage. There were five or six pheasants in it. touched.

Jifeng put the pheasant at the door, and got out of the car one after another in two big baskets, each containing a quarter of a big wild boar!

"Thank you, sir, for thinking about it. It's such a hot day, I'll trouble you to make a trip. I'm sorry. Come in and have a cup of herbal tea." Mai Xiang invited the other party.

Mai Xiang knew that these servants usually should give some rewards for sending things, but she didn't have this condition, so she could only call them in for a cup of herbal tea.Because she knew that these two people were people close to Hong Rong, and they didn't pay much attention to ordinary small money.

"That's fine." Nanny Sun looked at Ye Dafu and Mrs. Zhao standing at the door, but she readily agreed and followed Mai Xiang into the door.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Grandma Sun saw that Mai Huang and the two were folding things with colored paper, and a bunch of colorful little things were piled up in the basket next to them.

"This is the lucky star." Mai Huang and Mai Qing raised their heads and smiled.

"Lucky star?" Nanny Sun picked up one and looked at it. It was really a five-pointed star with sharp edges and corners.

"Mother Sun, just wait, I'll give you a gift." Mai Xiang said suddenly.

"Send me?" Grandma Sun asked.

After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she picked up a piece of red paper, cut a slightly larger square, folded a paper rose about the size of a real rose, stuck it with a branch, and handed it to Nanny Sun. Said: "Take it back to Sun Nanny to coax the children to play, Sun Nanny don't dislike it."

"Girl's hands are really skillful, what a beautiful flower, it looks better than the real thing." Sun Nanny happily took the flower, she didn't care about a paper flower, but Mai Xiang's heart.

"What is this lucky star here for?" Mother Sun asked seeing the two little girls busy without looking up.

"This, this, I want to make a door curtain. I saw my teacher's wife make a gauze fuchsia door curtain the other day, and I suddenly remembered that if these lucky stars are strung together into a door curtain, it should be very beautiful, maybe It can also bring people luck." Mai Xiang said casually.

"That's it, girl, why don't you do it quickly. I'll get it early tomorrow morning. Maybe our master wants one too."

After hearing this, Mai Xiang looked at Nanny Sun, and suddenly understood why Nanny Sun followed her into the house. It turned out that she was ordered by her master to come to inquire.

Seeing Mai Xiang, Grandma Sun smiled knowingly, and said, "It's really not what our master meant, I was thinking, since I'm here, let's see what novelties the girl has, our little brother, see God misses the girl."

"But, Nanny Sun, my curtain is suitable for girls." Mai Xiang said with some embarrassment.

"Is that so?" Nanny Sun was a little disappointed.

"By the way, Nanny Sun, why don't you take this back and give it to your brothers." Mai Xiang pointed to the dartboard hanging on the wall.

This dart board is Mai Xiang’s free time. Yangye Dafu wove a disc out of wheat straw, painted it in different colors, and marked it with points. Then he cut five small wooden arrows out of wood to make darts. The arrows were tied with chicken feathers. I usually practice and play.

As soon as Mai Xiang explained how to play, Nanny Sun smiled and said, "This is good, our little brother will definitely like it."

"Really? Your little brother is going to like it. I will make a few of these and sell them in the future."

Mai Xiang felt happy again after thinking about it, it seems that the benefits of time travel are quite a lot, and she can earn money by doing whatever she wants.

But Mai Xiang would be more grateful to that boring roommate, in order to catch up with the boys, she took Mai Xiang to make stars and paper cranes for her, and roses, otherwise, where would Mai Xiang find this to make money? opportunity to go?

(End of this chapter)