Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 148 Gambling

Just as Mai Xiang was about to push Ziju out, Chang Ling spoke from behind, "Did I tell you to leave?"

"Then what do you say?"

"What should I do? It's easy, why don't you take a bet with me, if you win, I will follow you, if you lose, both of you will belong to me. Of course, you can find a helper, lest people say that I am bullying A woman."

"What if I don't agree to bet with you?"

"Then I will make your store disappear today." The other party said slowly with a long voice, as simple as asking what to eat today.

But Mai Xiang's heart trembled when she heard that, she didn't doubt at all, she really wanted to annoy him, he would definitely do it.

"Changling, she is the goddaughter of the master, and can also be regarded as your godsister, so you can't hold your hands high?" Dun Min raised Cao Xueqin again.

"Damn sister, bah, she deserves it too? Wait, I seem to remember that last year, around this time, I wanted to take a girl back to feed the horses, but you stopped me, isn't it this girl?" Chang Ling After speaking, he looked at Mai Xiang.It's just that Mai Xiang in front of him couldn't overlap with that unkempt girl, because he didn't take a good look at that girl at all.

"Girl, what's the matter, bet or not?" Changling asked.

"Just bet. You only have this ability. If you bully a girl, I'll take her place." Dun Cheng stepped forward.

"I didn't bully her, I told her to find someone randomly, girl, do you agree to let him replace you?" Changling gave Mai Xiang a sideways glance.

"I'll do it myself, but can we change the rules?" Mai Xiang guessed that these people practiced archery and aimed at the bull's-eye on weekdays, so it must be easy to hit the bull's-eye.

"Okay, sir, for the sake of you being a girl, I'll let you play once, and you decide the rules. But you have to think about it, and you are not allowed to deny it if you lose later."

"What if you lose? You are not allowed to go back on your word?"

"Joke? No matter how bad I am, I'm still a man. A gentleman's words are hard to follow."

"Third brother, you bully others, you lose, but you don't have any loss if you don't want this girl, but Mai Xiang loses, these two girls will follow you, it's too unfair." Dun Min looked at Mai Xiang. Xiang, seeing that Mai Xiang seems to have a lot of money, he seriously plans for Mai Xiang.

"That's it, sir, let me see. Let's see, these two girls are only worth 20 taels of silver. If I lose, I will give you 20 taels of silver. Is it all right?"

"Sure, the rule is like this. Each of us takes ten darts in our hands and throws them ten times. See whose score is exactly 301 points. Remember, no more, no less, exactly 301 points, any more or less will be considered a loss." It is." Mai Xiang said.

"Bullying me is not a good study? Which of you understand?" Chang Ling looked at his few people.

"Third Master, don't worry, isn't it just 301? Why is it so difficult? You throw it casually the first five times, but you listen to me the next few times. I tell you to throw whichever is empty."

"Succeed, you boy have to do the math for me. If you win, let's have one of these two girls. If you lose, you pay ten taels of silver for me." Chang Ling pointed at the man with a horsewhip.

"Third Master, isn't it just 20 taels of silver? It's on me."

"Are you ready? You come first." Mai Xiang said.

The reason why Mai Xiang let the opponent go first is because he is afraid that he will follow behind and learn to throw by himself.

"Come on." Changling said and started throwing darts.

Mai Xiang knew that he had to throw it at the bull's-eye, and she guessed right. After throwing it five times, four of them were in the bull's-eye. It seems that this guy must have practiced archery a lot.

But the next few times, it was not very smooth. After all, the opponent had never played this game before, so he didn't know the tricks. So unfortunately, when the last dart was thrown, Changling threw [-] times.

Seeing that Chang Ling didn't win, Dun Min and the others were relieved, at least it could be a draw, and Mai Xiang still had a chance.

"Girl, don't think that you just won. If you lose, we will continue to compete." Chang Ling glanced at Dun Min and the others, and snorted.

"Okay." Mai Xiang didn't say much, stood on the spot, held her breath, and threw darts into the grid of the dart board according to the calculated points. When the last dart was thrown, Dun Min and the others reported the number , raised his hands excitedly, it happened to be 301.

"Mai Xiang won, cash in the money." Dun Cheng shouted.

"Xiemen, come again." Chang Ling was naturally unconvinced.

"Cash in the silver first." Dun Min also said.

Changling looked at the boy, who opened the purse and said with a wry smile: "Master, let's just go out and play for a while. How can we bring so much money? There is less than five taels left."

Changling was a little bit embarrassed for a while, and when he got angry, he whipped the whip at the boy, and scolded: "You don't know that the master will use money when he comes out, you are deliberately embarrassing me, aren't you?"

The boy didn't dare to hide, so he had to be whipped abruptly.

The person who promised to pay the money just now hurriedly took out a bank note from his body, handed it to Chang Ling, and said, "Master, I have it."

"Here, take a look. It's a bank note of 20 taels." Chang Ling gave the bank note to Dun Min, because he thought Mai Xiang could not read.

Mai Xiang took the bank note and said with a smile, "I've accepted it."

"One more round."

"Third Lord, I'm willing to bet and admit defeat. I won this game by luck. I'm afraid I won't have such good luck in the next game. I won't bet anymore."

"No, the last round."

Mai Xiang thought for a while and said: "The last game is also a success, but I have the final say on the bet. If I win, you will not be able to come to my shop to make trouble in the future. If you win, the 20 taels of silver will be returned in full. "

"It's best to make a contract, lest some people go back on their word." Dun Min said.

"Go away, whoever makes a contract with you, I promise you."

"Then what are you going to do?"

"Joke, when did you ever see me cheating? The money just now didn't cash in? Girl, you come first this time." Changling is not stupid, so he will not agree to make any contract and give others an excuse for nothing.

"Okay, I hope you will remember what you said." Mai Xiang had no choice but to agree.

Mai Xiang changed the counting method this time, but still set the score at 301 on the tenth time.

When it was Changling's turn, although he also wanted to follow Mai Xiang's routine, he had occasional mistakes, and his calculations were not good enough, he couldn't react well, and couldn't adjust his strategy in time, so it was inevitable to lose another game.

"You lost, remember what you said today." Mai Xiang said.

"Remember." Although he was not reconciled, Changling still did not deny it in front of so many people, but he still didn't understand why he lost, so he muttered, "I am really evil today."

"Okay, it's time to eat, let's all go into the house." Seeing that Chang Ling promised not to make trouble again, Dun Min heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly greeted everyone to eat, which was considered a step down for Chang Ling.

Seeing that they all entered the house, Mai Xiang pushed Ziju and Qiaohong into the house, and asked with a sullen face: "If you two still have this idea to enter these big families and become concubines, you should pack up and go home quickly. If it wasn't for me today, Ziju, you wouldn't even know how you died? Do you think they really want you to be a maid and concubine? Why don't you think about it, who doesn't have a bunch of maids and concubines in their family, you are a countryman , what can compare to others? If he has no money and no power, he will sell you after he has had enough fun, who are you going to cry to?"

"Mai Xiang, I don't want to be a maid, it's too scary, I tremble when I see him, I can't do this job, I quit, I go home, who are these people?" Qiaohong was really scared .

"What about you?" Mai Xiang looked at Ziju.

"I, I'm going home too. I'm scared. I was scared when he whipped people with a whip. I was afraid that the whip would hit me. It's too scary, so I won't do it anymore." Seeing Changling angry, Ziju said The boy was really scared.

"Have you decided to go home?" Mai Xiang doesn't want to keep these two, maybe one day she meets someone who is easy to talk to, and she sells herself, and then the two adults will blame her, Mai Xiang is thankless.

"Go home." Qiaohong said firmly, wouldn't it be better for her to embroider some purses at home?
"I'll go home too." Ziju said.

"Okay, I'll let someone send you back, and I'll give you the clothes you're wearing." Mai Xiang thought, the new clothes are worth three or four hundred cash, which is worthy of these two people.

After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she went out to find Mai Huang, and asked Mai Huang to notify Sanfu and Wufu to come.

Fortunately, these people did not stay long after eating, because they were afraid that they would not be able to enter the city.Mai Xiang found out the dartboard, and gave them a set for each of them. After all, he won 20 taels of silver from the other party, and Mai Xiang also asked the other party to find a psychological balance.

These people saw that Mai Xiang was so generous and reasonable, and today's meal was more delicious. When they left the hall, they saw that the kites made by Mai Xiang were not bad, so they bought a few more kites and left.

"Although I was a little frightened today, the money I earned is enough for us to last for a while." Mai Xiang said while teaching the eight blessings to keep accounts after seeing off the guests.

"It's better not to earn such money." Wu Fu said, he already knew everything from Ba Fu.

"Who says it's not? Fortunately, I sent them both away today, otherwise I don't know what will happen in the future."

Mai Xiang thought that Ziju and Qiaohong would quit, who should do this rough work?

"Fifth Uncle, go back and ask Second Aunt, I will have guests here in the future, and I will call her and Fifth Aunt to come over and help me wash the vegetables and dishes, will I be paid ten cents at a time?"

"Forget it, let me do the laundry. I earn a hundred coins a day, and it's too easy. I'll take care of all the work." Bafu said from the side. He had never earned any money. Xiang gave him a hundred coins as soon as he opened the store, so he didn't know what to do.

"Uncle Ba, I'll give you these only when there are guests. It's not good when there are no guests. Let's guarantee a minimum of [-] Wen."

"That's not a lot." Bafu was very content.

"Then listen to the eight blessings." Wu Fu said.

On the one hand, Wu Fu loves Mrs. Li, and the family can't be free for a moment, so why would she be willing to let her come here to work?On the other hand, Wu Fu was also worried that Mrs. Qian was coming, and Mrs. Sun was due to have a baby soon. If she couldn't earn the money, the two sisters-in-law would definitely be at odds because of this.

Mai Xiang thought about it for a while, and also guessed Wu Fu's intention, smiled, and said nothing more.

In any case, my business has finally really started, and I have taken the first difficult step, and the days to come will definitely get better and better.

The truth is true, this year's spring came earlier, the plum blossoms in the Temple of the Reclining Buddha bloomed one after another, and more and more people came to enjoy the plum blossoms. Maixiang's shop will have a few customers every day, and most of them will leave after eating. Will pick one or two things to go, gradually spread the reputation.

Of course, this is something.

(End of this chapter)