Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 113 Want to Recognize This Family
After sending Li Ding and his wife away, Cao Xueqin started to prepare for building a house. Because he was not used to taking care of these mundane affairs, he handed over these matters to the two brothers Dunmin and Duncheng, so Dunmin and Duncheng ran to Cao. The family ran more frequently.

Cao’s house started construction on the second day of August. Cao Xueqin is well-known, and people in the nearby villages have received much favor from him. So when they heard that his house was going to be built, many people spontaneously came to help. Not only that, Cao Xueqin also received a lot of wood.

Only then did Mai Xiang know that Cao Xueqin went out with a bag on her back every day, not only to collect writing materials, but also to see a doctor for the poor. For many poor people like Mai Xiang, Cao Xueqin did not charge consultation fees, and sometimes even paid for it herself. Paying money to buy medicine for the other party is also an important reason why the Cao family has been living in poverty.

Not to mention that Cao's house was busy building a house, Ye's big yard became busy from the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the pigs that Ye's family had raised for ten months were also killed, and Mai Xiang's male ducks and ducks that had been raised for several months were also killed. The geese were also killed, and Wu Fu's children in the village all came to help. Not only that, Ye Dafu's buddies also came to help early.

Mai Xiang was the first to witness a real rural wedding, and it was also an ancient northern rural wedding.First of all, she was stunned by the temporary big pots and stoves in the yard. There was no cooking, only big pots of stews, big pots of stewed meat, big pots of stewed ducks, big pots of stewed goose and big pots of stewed fish. There are four main courses, and there are two other vegetarian dishes, stewed vermicelli with sauerkraut and stewed cabbage with tofu. Only then did Mai Xiang know that in this era, there is already a craft of making vermicelli from sweet potatoes.

The banquet was prepared to be held in the yard, and the tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans were borrowed in the first two days, and the steamed buns were steamed in advance.The men are busy carrying water and cooking the fire, the women are busy choosing and washing vegetables, but the children are free.

On the sixth day of the sixth day, Mai Xiang and the adults got up early. Wu Fu had already put on new clothes. San Fu got up early in the morning and tidied up his precious donkey. A piece of red cloth was put on it. Ye's family didn't have a horse, so Wu Fu rode a donkey to pick up his bride.

"Mai Xiang, what do you think this sedan chair is for? Hurry up and help me hug your little brother." When Mai Xiang was studying around the sedan chair curiously, Zhao's loud voice rang out again.

"Sister-in-law, you're really serious, kids, who doesn't want to watch the excitement, it's worth your anger." Sun said leisurely beside her.

"What's so important about a bridal sedan chair? If she was a boy, it would be her turn to sit in this bridal sedan chair today." Mrs. Zhao muttered.

"Mom, why are you still thinking about this?" Mai Xiang was upset.

Last night, the family had been arguing for a long time about who would press the sedan chair, because the boy and woman who pressed the sedan chair would seal a big red envelope.

Mrs. Zhao meant that it was Mai Di's turn this time, because Mai Di was the eldest grandson.But Maidi is too small and needs to be hugged by someone. Mrs. Liu wants to let Maidi go when the eight blessings get married. Maizhong is the eldest grandson, who happens to be of the right age, so let Maizhong go.But Mrs. Sun was unwilling again. When she got married, it was Mai Zhong who went to press the sedan chair. This time it was Mai Miao's turn, because next time the eight blessings got married, it would be Mai Di's turn.

The final result of the discussion was that the wheat seedlings went, because the donkey was also from Sanfu, and Ye Tiezhu also had to consider the balance.

"All right, all right, I just said something casually, and you know how to lose your temper with me." As soon as Mrs. Zhao put the wheat field in Mai Xiang's hand, she went into the upper room. She can't do heavy work, but she can Helping greet guests, of course she is willing to show her face like this.

Mai Xiang hugged the wheat field and looked around the bustle, feeling that it was a mess, the sedan chair went out, so she hid in the house with Mai Lu to feed the sheep and rabbits, when Wan's carriage entered the yard.

Neither Ye Tiezhu nor Mrs. Liu expected that Mrs. Wan and Mr. Wan would come to Wu Fu's wedding in person, because Er Fu and San Fu would send someone to give a gift at that time. He began to take the initiative to recognize this relative again.

Liu sighed inwardly, of course she knew where the Wan family was supposed to come from, but Mai Xiang had already made it clear that she would not go to the Wan family, nor would the regular wife, let alone the concubine.

But at this moment, Mrs. Liu didn't reveal her thoughts, but smiled all over, took old lady Wan's hand and said, "Sister-in-law, I didn't expect you to come so early, come on, sit in the room."

"What's the matter, we are not outsiders. When the two nephews got married because of family affairs, your elder brother kept talking about it for many years." Mrs. Wan searched with her eyes while talking.

Jiufeng ran out of the house early, and also greeted with a smile. Last time I went to Wanjia, the old lady gave her a few pieces of clothing materials, and Jiufeng also saw the richness of rich people.

"Feng, go and call Mai Xiang. You and Mai Xiang will accompany you Wanmao. There are many things on Mother's side, so I'm afraid that I won't be able to greet you for a while. Today, you and Maixiang will specially accompany you Wanmao." Mrs. Liu could see who Mrs. Wan was looking for.

Mai Zhong was playing with Mai Li, when he heard this, he hurried over and said, "Mommy, I know what Eldest Sister is doing? Eldest Sister is feeding the sheep and rabbits."

After finishing speaking, Maizhong pointed his finger.

"Hey, these two children are so good, come here, I'll give you candy." The woman next to Mrs. Wan hurriedly grabbed a handful of candy from the basket and gave it to the two children. Mai Zhong took the candy and stood aside.

"Mai Xiang started raising sheep and rabbits?" Mrs. Wan asked casually, she hadn't been here for some time.

"Not only that, my elder sister also raised pheasants, which are beautiful. They were all given to her by others." Mai Zhong took the candy, was praised, and was even happier, knowing everything.

"Hey, I'm going to have a look, what beautiful pheasant?" Mrs. Wan became interested, mainly because she heard that someone gave it to her and wanted to see if it was a rare breed.

When Mrs. Wan passed by, Mai Xiang was teaching Mai Lu to sing nursery rhymes, "Little white rabbit, white and white, with two ears pricked up, loves to eat radishes and vegetables..."

"Mai Xiang, why are you hiding here?" Jiufeng walked over with Mrs. Wan.

"Hello, Madam Wan." Mai Xiang hurriedly stood up holding Mai Di.

"You kid, you're getting more and more out of touch with me. It's better that you didn't know me before." Mrs. Wan said with a smile.

"Mommy Wan is laughing at me. I used to be ignorant, and Mammy Wan wasted money." Mai Xiang remembered the last transaction, and old lady Wan paid more than six taels of silver.

Mrs. Wan glanced at the two goats and rabbits in the fence, but she didn't see how good it was. When she was a little disappointed, she suddenly saw a pheasant on the ground.

This is not an ordinary pheasant. Strictly speaking, it should be called golden pheasant or golden pheasant. Its origin is not in the capital city at all. It would be nice for ordinary people to have a pair or two for viewing, but Mai Xiang actually raised six of them!Who sent this?

It is said that this kind of chicken is also bred in large quantities in the royal garden on the mountain, and is rarely seen in other places. She only saw two of them at a friend's house in the capital by chance.

Of course Mai Xiang doesn't know what kind of golden pheasant it is, not only Mai Xiang doesn't know it, even Ye Dafu doesn't know it, Ye Dafu has never seen a golden pheasant, he just thinks this pheasant is really beautiful, and Mai Huang and the others think so too, The family members were reluctant to eat, so they unanimously decided to stay and raise them.

"Hey, what a beautiful golden pheasant, has it started laying eggs?" Mrs. Wan asked.

"Golden pheasant? Mammy Wan recognizes it as a golden pheasant?" Mai Xiang searched in her mind, she always felt as if she had heard this word somewhere, but she just couldn't remember it. Of course, she didn't think it was a rare name.

"You don't recognize it?"

"Sorry, I don't know it. I only know it's a pheasant. It looked good at the time, so I didn't want to eat it, so I stayed."

"Mai Xiang, when the chickens are ready, you can sell them as a pair. After you sell them, you should be able to sell them for three or four taels of silver."

"So expensive?" Mai Xiang didn't expect it.

She only remembered that when Hong Rong sent Grandma Sun to bring it here, she said that Mai Xiang should try it too. The pheasants worth a couple of taels of silver were sent so that Mai Xiang could have a taste of it. Was he out of his mind?
"No way, it's so expensive, why don't everyone raise this pheasant and sell it?" Mai Xiang thinks it's impossible.

"Hehe, it's so easy. Most people don't see this kind of pheasant. How can the people they see be the ones who raise pheasants and sell them?"

As soon as Mai Xiang heard this, she understood the origin of the pheasant. It must have been caught by Hong Rong from the royal garden, and wanted to return her favor, and Mrs. Wan obviously knew this, but this time, She wisely didn't ask.

"Nurse Wan, let's go over there, it's too messy here." Mai Xiang doesn't want to stand here and talk about this with Mrs. Wan, if someone with ulterior motives hears it, I'm afraid they will think about it again.

"Okay, let's go to your room and sit for a while, the room is full of people." Mrs. Wan proposed.

Mai Xiang couldn't agree to it, so she had to bring Mrs. Wan into her house. There were a lot of people in the family these two days, so Mai Xiang put away all the manual work she did, and just used this free time to teach Mai Mrs. Huang was literate, so when Mrs. Wan entered, there were still brushes, ink, paper and inkstone on the kang table.

Of course, it is undeniable that Mai Xiang also has some deliberate elements. She knows that these relatives are suspicious of her, thinking that she is smarter and more capable than before, so she must find a reasonable reason for herself, and reading and writing is the best reason. .

"Hey, are you still reading and writing at home?" Mrs. Wan was stunned.

She had heard that Mai Xiang could read and write, and she thought that Mai Xiang had only learned to read from others for a few days, but she didn't know that Mai Xiang had also learned to write in a serious way, which didn't surprise her.

"No, just write a few random ones. I'll teach my sisters. I think people can understand a lot of things if they know how to read and write." Mai Xiang smiled lightly.

"That's not it. I didn't understand this when I was young. Later, when I got married and started a family, I realized that it was inconvenient not to be able to read, so I followed your grandfather to learn how to read a few words. The old lady nodded approvingly.

Seeing that she was unable to get in the conversation all the time, Jiufeng said, "Mai Xiang, why don't I come to learn to read with you every day."

"Okay." Mai Xiang didn't mind, but she was willing to teach Jiufeng and correct Jiufeng's vanity.

"Mai Xiang, listen to Mammy telling you..."

When Mai Xiang heard Mrs. Wan speak, she instinctively didn't want to listen. When she was in a dilemma, she only heard someone shout from an outsider.

(End of this chapter)