Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 147
Sure enough, this Chang Ling had nothing good to say as soon as he came in. He squinted at Dun Cheng and said, "You are honored to be with a village girl. Don't lose the face of our Aixinjueluo family."

"It doesn't matter if I lose face or not. Anyway, I'm just a nobody, but you yourself, just don't lose face to your ancestors." Dun Cheng retorted.

"You know you are an unknown person and dare to talk to our third master like that?" The person next to Changling sneered at Duncheng.

"Hey, it's still the third master. It's a serious line. I don't know who is calling whom? They all come from the same ancestor, so don't be too ignorant." Someone from Duncheng answered.

Since these people are all descendants of the clan and are basically descendants of Nurhachi, they are fairly familiar with each other, but this Changling, relying on his family's title and his eyes above the top, naturally would not put these down-and-out clansmen on the top. In their eyes, these down-and-out people saw that Changling often did some bullying and dominating the market outside, and they also looked down upon him.

Therefore, these two groups of people can't look down on anyone, and they fight when they meet, relying on their identities as the children of the clan, they are not afraid of anyone.

"Third Master, please sit in the room here." Bafu hurriedly came up to greet the other party, seeing that Changling was not easy to mess with, Bafu used twelve points of respect and caution.

Changling snorted, and was about to enter the opposite room.

At this time, someone suddenly pointed to a calligraphy and painting on the wall and asked, "Brother Dun Min, isn't this your work?"

"It's Mr.'s work, and this girl is Mr.'s goddaughter." Dun Cheng introduced.

Mai Xiang did not expect that these people all knew Cao Xueqin, and they seemed to admire Cao Xueqin very much.

Seeing that Mai Xiang was puzzled, Dun Min explained: "These are all disciples of Zongxue, and they are all disciples of the master. They admire the knowledge of the master very much."

Changling snorted again.

"Girl, what is this?" Someone pointed to the darts on the wall and asked.

"This, this is called darts. It's used to exercise eyesight. It's played like this." Mai Xiang picked up a dart, stood two meters away, swished it, and hit the red heart in the middle.

"What do the numbers on it mean?"

"To count the points, there are ten darts in total. After throwing all of them, you can count the points. Whoever gets the most points wins."

"This is interesting, similar to archery." Someone said.

"Why don't we use it to bet on a host today." Someone suggested.

"Not bad, not bad." Soon someone agreed.

Mai Xiang knew that apart from studying, the children of these clans generally also had to learn riding and archery, so it was not surprising that they were interested in this dart.

"Is this for sale?" These people played with darts in their hands for a while, and the more they played, the more they felt that it would be nice to have this in the study at home. It would be a good way to change your mind when you get tired from reading. It is much easier than archery, but it can also be exercised. people.

"Of course. A dartboard plus five darts, five hundred dollars." Mai Xiang asked tentatively.

She doesn't know how much the price is appropriate, the cost is not high, they are all ready-made things at home, it just takes a little effort, and the golden pheasant feathers at home are almost plucked. Fortunately, when the old house killed chickens years ago, Mai Xiang Let Wufu leave all the feathers of the big cock.

"I'll take a set with me later." Several people spoke up.

Although most of these people are descendants of the declining clan, they can still spend hundreds of dollars, because they also have a fixed amount of silver rice every month, and some people have one or two errands to do at home, so the life is more expensive than ordinary people. So much better.

"it is good."

"No, I want it." Chang Ling had been watching these people holding a dart made of chicken feathers in their hands, throwing it on the dart board from a distance of more than ten feet, and there were people cheering from time to time, and couldn't help but also It's itchy, but it's a pity that no one invites him to play, so I'm in a hurry when I meet people who want to take things away.

"Why give it to you? We asked for it first." Someone said.

"It's just the double amount of silver that my third master gave, isn't it just one tael of silver, I'll give it first." After Chang Ling finished speaking, the servant beside him took out a silver coin.

"It's great to have money, why don't we come to gamble, anyway, the brothers are idle, so let's gamble on a host."

"Forget it, give him something, let's eat as much as we want and leave." Dun Min said.

Among these people, Dun Min is the oldest, married and has children, so he has to be a little more tactful, since Mai Xiang can display this thing, there must be more than one set, can't he just buy it later?

In addition, this is Mai Xiang's territory, and he is afraid of causing trouble to Mai Xiang, because he still knows Changling's personality very well.

"Oh, I don't know what kind of host it is to bet on?" Changling became interested when he heard it, and then he said that he wanted to find some excitement after nothing, let alone the excitement found him.

"It's the host who eats in this restaurant, we've been hungry for a long time." Someone next to him made a comment.

"If you want to gamble, bet big. What good food can there be in this poor place?" After Changling finished speaking, he searched around and asked, "Whose shop is this?"

Bafu was frightened by the other party's arrogance, so he still dared to speak. Wufu had just seen that there was no one in the store, and he had already gone to help Ye Dafu with work. Small shop."

Changling has never looked at Mai Xiang directly, and Mai Xiang has changed a lot in the past year, so the other party did not recognize Mai Xiang. Besides, he is busy talking about eating, drinking and having fun every day, so how can he remember a little girl? village girl?

"What kind of food is there in the store?"

"The staple food includes noodles, wontons, dumplings, and rice. The dishes include braised lion's head, braised pork ribs, braised pork, etc. Of course, if you don't want to eat braised ones, you can also eat grilled ones."

"All right, who would like to hear you recite this, first pick up the dishes you are good at, and make ten big dishes first." Chang Ling waved his hand.

When Mai Xiang heard this, she hurriedly dragged Mrs. Liu to discuss the menu, leaving Bafu to serve tea outside.

"What's the matter? Let's start." Chang Ling shouted.

"Success, how do you compare?" Dun Cheng asked.

"Gamble three games. We will choose three people here, and you will also choose three people. Those who lose will not only have to pay for today's meal, but also give our brother some money to have fun when we return to the capital." Happy." Someone from Changling's side smiled wretchedly.

"Then you lost?"

"Same."

"Then you lose and give us a dartboard each." Dun Min said.

"No problem." Changling said proudly.

"Wait, you played for a long time just now, let us try it first." Someone from Chang Ling suggested.

So, these six people tried with darts for a while, and three were selected. Dun Min also tried for a while, and three were selected.

The Dunmin brothers have been practicing martial arts for many years, and their eyesight and wrist strength have always been good, so they agreed to make this bet. On Changling's side, these aristocratic children were required to practice riding and archery since they were young, so their skills are not weak. It's Changling.

So when Dunmin won 2-1 by chance, Changling was very unconvinced, thought for a while, and said, "Change the game, you win this round. In the second round, we all blindfolded, Let's see who can throw it correctly."

"That's okay, first settle the bill for this game, what will you bet on in the next game?" Dun Cheng asked.

"Is the Lord short of your silver?" After Chang Ling finished speaking, he took out a silver ingot of five taels from the purse on the servant's body, and threw it to Ba Fu.

Dun Min looked at the six people on their side, there were six on the dartboard, and two liang of silver was left as food money, which was quite enough, so he asked, "What are you betting on in the second round?"

"We still have that request, you can make it yourself."

Dun Min looked at the painting of Cao Xueqin hanging on the wall, and said, "You lose, and you can buy this painting, sir, for ten taels of silver."

Changling looked at the painting on it, pouted, and said, "Change to another one."

At this time, Ziju and Qiaohong brought up a plate of dim sum. Mai Xiang dressed them both in the same pink calico dress, with an indigo apron and an indigo turban on their heads. Dressed up, but it looks a bit playful.

Originally, Mai Xiang didn't want the two of them to go out, but Bafu has been waiting outside, and this thing has to be delivered without someone, and Ziju has been eager to try again, and finally saw a young master dressed as a nobleman After entering the door, she still wanted to wait to receive the reward money.

Mai Xiang told them a few words, knowing that they would not be sensible if they didn't suffer a little, so they let the two of them go out at the same time.

"Why don't we just bet on these two girls, we win, you buy these two girls and send them to my house, we lose, we buy these two girls and send them to your house, how about it?" Changling looked at Looking at the purple chrysanthemums, they said.

Although Ziju and Qiaohong are not very beautiful, they are still fair and clean. In addition, this dress is a bit playful, and Changling looks a little interested.

Qiaohong was a little scared when she heard this, lowered her head and trembled, but Ziju was a little excited, she had long wanted to find a chance to enter a rich family, even if she went in to be a maid, she felt happy when she heard this, but After all, Ziju was a 14-year-old girl, no matter how happy she was, she felt a little uneasy and shy, so she also lowered her head.

"This won't do, she's a serious girl." Dun Min refused.

"Serious girl?" Changling had already seen the answer from Ziju's face, so when he held up Ziju's chin with a horsewhip, he asked softly, "Are you willing to go with me?"

Ziju nodded as if she had been bewitched.

"You see, she agreed with herself."

"I don't agree." Mai Xiang heard the movement at this moment, and rushed out without caring about anything else.

"you?"

"She is my aunt's daughter, my cousin, someone I invited, and I must protect her."

After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she pulled Ziju over and said, "Cousin, if you really want to go to someone's house to be a maid or do something else, wait until you go home, and I will send someone to take you home right away." .”

Mai Xiang pushed Ziju outside while talking.

(End of this chapter)