Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 106 Two Princesses?

Mai Xiang sent away Nanny Sun and Ji Feng, looking at the half fan of pork and worried, how to save it in this hot day?

She does know that her hometown has the habit of cured bacon. Ye Meng's mother is especially good at cooking because she runs a salted duck shop. The scent wafted up several buildings, and Mai Xiang still swallowed a mouthful of water thinking about it, it was the best chicken soup in Mai Xiang's memory.

The problem is that Mai Xiang has only seen it, and has never operated it by herself. How could she do it by hand?What's more, it is summer now, and this season is obviously wrong.

"Big ya, this half piece of pork can't be more than one or two hundred catties? There is also a big pig's head, what are you going to eat? Do you want Uncle San to drag you to sell some?" Sanfu saw that Mai Xiang looked at the pork worryingly, asked.

The members of the Ye family had already gathered around. It was impossible for them not to know about such a big movement.

"Father, what do you think?" Mai Xiang turned her head to Ye Dafu.

When Ye Dafu saw Mai Xiang asking him, he was taken aback for a moment, and then understood what his daughter was thinking. Mai Xiang wanted him to be a good person once again.

"Let your mother take this pig's head and marinate it, and share two catties of meat with your second uncle and third uncle's family, and sell the rest."

"Come on, big brother, your legs and feet are inconvenient. I'll quickly divide the meat for you. If you don't send it to the butcher shop, it should be closed. They are afraid of smelling." Sanfu stretched his sleeves when he heard that there was meat. to help.

Mai Xiang handed over the butcher sales to Ye Dafu, because he used to sell these things frequently, and since he had Sanfu's donkey cart, he didn't have to worry about not being able to walk such a long distance.

After Mai Xiang waited for Ye Dafu to go out, she carried two or three catties of meat and turned to the next door. She hadn't visited Cao Xueqin's cousin yet.

"Master, I'm here." Mai Xiang was still the same as usual, the voice came first before the person arrived.

But today Mai Xiang didn't hear Liu Huilan's response, Mai Xiang pushed the door in and felt the atmosphere in the room was a bit dignified, Cao Xueqin and Liu Huilan were sitting opposite each other on the kang, Liu Huilan was crying.

"Master, what's the matter?" Mai Xiang hurriedly stepped forward and asked, she was fine when she came back from the town in the morning, why did she cry now?

"It's okay. Mai Xiang, I have something to do with my wife, let's play again later." Liu Huilan wiped away her tears and said.

"Oh, I'm here to deliver wild boar meat to you. Teacher, let me tell you something, is there anything difficult for you?" Mai Xiang was worried, and leaned against Liu Huilan.

"Oh, you're Mai Xiang? I've heard your wife praise you for a long time, and you're really a sensible child."

At this time, two old men in their 60s and [-]s came in from the opposite room. The man's hair and beard were already white, and he seemed to have suffered a lot. The woman seemed to be in good condition. It was this woman who spoke to Mai Xiang just now.

Mai Xiang said hello to the two old men, probably because they had family matters to say, and when she was about to leave, the woman saw Liu Huilan crying, and she was also taken aback.

"Hui Lan, what's wrong with you?" The woman sat beside Liu Huilan.

Li Ding glanced at Cao Xueqin and asked, "Did you really tell Hui Lan that you would accompany us to the south? Didn't I tell you that I am still strong and can hold on. I will discuss it with your aunt." Now, you stay here until the end of next month and leave, and by the way, re-approve your revised manuscript, if you are so stubborn, we will not be able to stop, and leave now."

As soon as Mai Xiang heard it, she understood, it turned out that the couple wanted to go back to the south, and Cao Xueqin wanted to accompany them, but Liu Huilan didn't want to.

Back to the south at this time?For whom?Mai Xiang immediately thought of the cousin of the Li family, so that she even ignored what Li Ding said, to re-approve the manuscript.

The means of transportation in this era are relatively backward, and the fastest should be a horse-drawn carriage. It takes half a day to travel from Xiangshan to the capital, and it takes less than a month to travel from the capital to Nanjing?

Li Ding's wife saw that Cao Xueqin hadn't said a word, so she knew her husband had guessed right, and said, "Zhan'er, my aunt is very happy if you have such a heart, but it's really not easy for Huilan to be a woman with a child. Lan said that you have already bought land and are planning to build a house. I don’t know how happy I am for you. Be obedient, how about you, stay at home with Hui Lan and build the house. When we come back, we can also have a Auntie is content with where she stays."

"Mrs. Cousin, it's not that I don't want Second Master to go, not to mention Second Master, even I don't trust the two of you to walk such a long distance, it's just..." Liu Huilan couldn't say the rest.

"Don't worry, there are still many people from my natal family. Besides, it's still early. Maybe there will be old people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who will go to the south of the Yangtze River? Just let them pay attention." Li's wife said.

Mai Xiang felt that Li Ding and his wife were very reasonable. It would be really inconvenient for Liu Huilan to be alone with the child, not to mention anything else, no one would pick on it.

"By the way, it's still early, let's talk about it later." Li Ding patted Cao Xueqin on the shoulder and walked out of the room.

Li's wife took Mai Xiang's basket, looked at the wild pork and hare meat inside, and said with a smile: "Today, there are some good things sent by Mai Xiang. I will cook two delicious dishes for you two. Sit down and have a drink or two."

Seeing this, Mai Xiang felt inconvenient to stay, and felt that Cao Xueqin should have something to say to Liu Huilan, so she also took the opportunity to leave.

However, Mai Xiang couldn't let go of this matter. She had been stacking the stars and paper cranes at home for a few days. When the door curtains were finished, Mai Xiang took the things and entered Cao's house again.

Cao Xueqin was not at home this time, and Li Ding was not at home at the same time. When Mai Xiang entered, Liu Huilan and Li's wife were both doing needlework on the kang. Li's wife had bad eyesight and couldn't embroider flowers, but she made flowers The small cloth flowers are still available.

"Nurse, mistress, come and see, does this door curtain look good when I make it?"

Mai Xiang first took out a lucky star door curtain, which was colorful. Liu Huilan looked at it, took a few steps back, and said, "Isn't it a bit messy? There are too many colors. Why don't you make a monochromatic one?" Give it a try, I think monochrome might be more elegant."

"Perhaps, this young man likes the bright colors. We will like elegance when we are older." Li's wife was afraid that Mai Xiang would be sad, so she hurriedly comforted her.

"Really, how about you talk about this again?" Mai Xiang asked humbly, and she took out a door curtain made of thousand paper cranes. This Mai Xiang is made of monochrome, sky blue, very pure color.
"This is really good, I like it." Liu Huilan nodded.

"Ah, are you made of paper?" Mrs. Li felt it out at this time, and was surprised that the little stars were made of paper.

"Mrs. Biao, you don't know yet. This Mai Xiang is smart, regardless of her young age. She can figure out a way to make money every few days. The second master and I have been thanks to her for the past few months. It’s only been a few days of good life, and our second master was also influenced by Mai Xiang, so he sent the painting out for consignment.” Liu Huilan took the opportunity to praise Mai Xiang.

Wife Li took Mai Xiang's hand, looked at it, and said with a smile, "This child is a lucky one."

"Mammy can read palms?" Mai Xiang asked with a smile.

"What will I look at? But seeing that your palm is relatively thick, I said something casually." After Li's wife finished speaking, she sighed.

Liu Huilan guessed that she must be thinking of her daughter, so she said, "Don't worry, Mrs. Biao, Miss Biao now has you as her support, and her days will be better in the future."

"Who knows? This child must have suffered enough and felt ashamed to see us. I don't even think about it. She can't blame her for all this, and she didn't want to. This is forced There is no other way, it is too late for us to feel sorry for her, how can we blame her?"

After Mai Xiang heard this, could it be that this cousin of the Li family had some unspeakable experience, so she refused to see her family?

In a flash, Mai Xiang thought of the ending of the [-] edition of "Dream of Red Mansions". Wasn't this Shi Xiangyun sold to a ship as an official prostitute, and that sister Qiao was also sold into a brothel?Could it be that poor sister Yun really ended up like this?

"Don't do it." Mai Xiang shouted unknowingly. This Shi Xiangyun is almost the most perfect woman among all the readers. Mai Xiang also liked her very much in the last life.

Mai Xiang still remembers the lecture given by a celebrity who said Lin Daiyu or Xue Baochai, who is more suitable to be a wife. At that time, someone asked why there was no name Shi Xiangyun. All men will choose Shi Xiangyun."

"Mai Xiang, what are you thinking? What do you mean don't do it?" Liu Huilan looked at Mai Xiang and yelled something, frowning at Mai Xiang.

"I, I just heard Mammy say that her daughter has suffered a lot, and I don't know why, but I feel a little uncomfortable. Mammy must get her back." Mai Xiang explained hesitantly.

"You child, I didn't expect you to be so kind-hearted. Thank you very much. In fact, my daughter is not bad, at least she is still alive. For a mother, this is enough." Li's wife finished , took out a handkerchief to wipe away tears.

"Mrs. Cousin, there is no way around this. Who would have expected that the two great aristocratic families would be reduced to such a state. I thought that changing the emperor would be a relief, and life would be better for a few days. Who knows? What happened?"

"No, this, speaking of it, it is our Li family that has implicated your Cao family. Otherwise, these two children would not be, alas, both unlucky. Back then, one entered Prince Bao's mansion and the other entered Prince Li's Mansion, we are all looking forward to these two children being able to revive the two families, who knows, they ended up like this." Li's wife spoke intermittently, and she burst into tears.

When Mai Xiang heard this, did she feel that the Cao family and the Li family each had a concubine after their downfall?
(End of this chapter)