Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 151
When Mai Xiang heard that Tong Liwen had come, she frowned, and suddenly thought, could it be that Mrs. Tong sent him something to the pawn shop?

"Sister, wait for a while, I'll come as soon as I go." Thinking of this, Mai Xiang couldn't sit still, and hurried out the door.

Uladomin winked at Nanny Guan, and Nanny Guan followed.

"Did your mother ask you to bring me something?" Mai Xiang asked directly when she saw Tong Liwen when she came out of the room, without noticing the urgency in her words.

"Is it this?" After Tong Liwen finished speaking, he handed Mai Xiang a box with a seal on it.

"That's it, thank you very much." Mai Xiang took the box and glanced at it, then saluted Tong Liwen.

"My mother said that the seal has not been moved. You can send it to your friend directly and ask him to check it."

"Understood, just wait, I'll fetch the silver for you."

"There's no need for the money, my mother said that it will be counted as the last time to repay Miss Mai Xiang's favor."

"That's not going to happen." Mai Xiang was about to go back to find the money after she finished speaking, she didn't want to owe such a big favor to the Tong family, 50 taels of silver is really a lot.

"It's really not necessary, can I ask, what kind of friend is this, worthy of your attention?" Tong Liwen held on to Mai Xiang's clothes, but quickly let go.He noticed Mai Xiang's eagerness and joy, and felt a little uncomfortable.

"A very good friend." After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she thought of Huai Ci, the grace of saving her life should be regarded as a very good friend, right?No matter what, at least Mai Xiang thinks so in her heart.

"You? Forget it, I'm leaving." Tong Liwen wanted to ask if the other party was a man or a woman, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he saw that the curtain of the door was lifted again, and someone came in. It was obviously not the time to ask these questions.

"Don't leave yet, I'll go get the money here." After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she put the box into Tong Liwen's hands, she was afraid that if she took the box away, Tong Liwen should leave.

Unexpectedly, when Mai Xiang came back after taking out the bank notes, Tong Liwen still left. Mai Xiang looked at the bank notes in her hand and couldn't help sighing. It seemed that she had to go to Tong's house in person.

"Miss Mai Xiang, don't worry, Lord Belle paid the money for you, and we didn't take advantage of others." Seeing Mai Xiang looking at the door disappointedly, Guan Yu said.

"Really?" Mai Xiang turned and entered the room, Yong En was already sitting beside Uladomin, Ye Dafu probably went back.

"Sister and brother-in-law, don't spend money for me in the future, I can earn it myself, and I can pay back the money I owe to my sister this year." Mai Xiang finished speaking and handed the bank note to Yong En.

"You've said you're brother-in-law, yet you still see others like this? Brother-in-law's money can't be spent on my sister-in-law?" Yong En's face sank when he saw the bank note that Mai Xiang handed over.

"Yes, my sister's silver can also be spent by my sister." Mai Xiang turned around and gave the silver ticket to Uladomin.

"Okay, wait until you make a lot of money in the future and then spend it on your sister. Now, just listen to my sister. I will save this money for your private money. If my sister can't take care of it for a while, it's good if you have some money by your side." .”

Seeing that the bank note could not be delivered, Mai Xiang thought for a while and said, "Well then, I will give something to my sister and brother-in-law."

Wufu made a lot of toothbrush handles this winter. Ye Dafu tried dyeing under the guidance of Cao Xueqin. He tried several times and dyed ten bright red ones. Mai Xiang asked Liu Huilan to sew pig hair on it, and the pig hair was Mai Xiang. It took a lot of work to pick out wheat yellow one by one.

This toothbrush is currently in the trial stage, and Mai Xiang thinks it is at least more convenient than wicker.

After Mai Xiang got the toothbrush, she gave it to Uladomin and gave it to Yongen.

"This is a toothbrush. My sister has a flower carved on it, and Lord Belle has a leaf carved on it. It's easy to distinguish."

"You can also make a toothbrush?" Uladomin was really surprised, holding the toothbrush in her hand, she felt that the handle of the toothbrush fit her hand well, and she looked at Yong En.

"It's really good, it looks good this way, it's very comfortable to hold in your hand, and it's definitely good to use." Yong En also liked it.

"I just learned how to make it. I think it's pretty good when I use it myself. It's just that the dyeing is not good. When I learn how to dye it into various colors, I'm going to sell it. There are two more, please take my sister to the old man." Renhe Gege, I don’t have any extra in my hand, I will give it to everyone when I have it later.”

"By the way, Amusin's date has been set, it will be on May [-]th. Originally, the man's family wanted to have it in March, but Hongrong's Baylor Mansion has not been built yet, so we have to move it to May." Uraduo Min heard Mai Xiang mentioning A Muxin and said.

"Really, so Gege can live alone in the separate residence?" Mai Xiang was really happy for A Muxin.

Uladomin smiled when he heard that.

"You women..." Yong En smiled and shook his head.

After sending Uladomin away, Mai Xiang went back to her room to put away the things, and put away the things Uladomin sent, and then went to Ye Dafu.

"What, you're going to the capital? Who are you going to see?" Ye Dafu felt something was wrong, Mai Xiang could go with Uladomin if she wanted to go to the city, why?

"Father, I'm going to see the person who saved me last time. I don't want Fujin to get involved in this matter, I'm afraid it will get complicated."

It's not that Mai Xiang didn't consider going to the city with Uradomin, but when Mai Xiang came out to see Tong Liwen just now, Nanny Guan followed, and Yong En also followed. Mai Xiang is not stupid, and knows that they must be worried about herself.

Mai Xiang knows Huai Ci's personality, he is not a person who likes to be troublesome.If Uladomin and Yong En knew that they were looking for him, they would definitely send someone to follow him, and maybe even send someone to check him out. Mai Xiang didn't want to cause him any trouble.

Mai Xiang also knew that Uladomin was doing it for her own good, and she was afraid that she would be fooled when she was young, but Mai Xiang was not a child after all.

When Ye Dafu heard that he was looking at the savior, he hurriedly said: "It should be, it should be, I will accompany you for a walk tomorrow."

"Father, that's not what I mean. I mean that I'm not at home. If you have time, help Fifth Uncle and Eighth Uncle look after the shop. I'll go with Tong's carriage."

Ye Dafu was worried when he heard this, but Mai Xiang insisted on taking this trip. He knew that Mai Xiang was a sensible person, and he heard that it was a carriage with Tong's family, so he had no choice but to follow.

Early the next morning, Mai Xiang took a half-old cloth bag and changed into half-new cotton clothes and trousers. Instead of looking for the Tong family's carriage, she followed the town's carriage into the city.

Mai Xiang went to Liulichang first, but she couldn't find Huaici after looking around, so she had to hire a donkey cart to find the yard that Huaici rented last time.

Seeing that there was no big lock on the door, Mai Xiang breathed a sigh of relief, but knocked on the door for a long time, but no one opened it. Mai Xiang had no choice but to push the door, but it was not locked.

"Is anyone there?" Mai Xiang entered the yard quietly.

Seeing that no one agreed, Mai Xiang lifted the curtain of the upper room again. Before entering the room, she heard a cough, but it was Huai Ci with a sick face standing on the kang, probably because she heard the knock on the door and wanted to Go down to the kang to open the door.

"What's wrong with you?" Mai Xiang was taken aback, and just about to step forward to support him, Huai Ci pushed him away.

"You are a patient." Mai Xiang was a little angry.

"I know, I have a cold."

It was only then that Mai Xiang knew that the other party was afraid of getting angry with her.

"It's okay, I'll help you get on the kang first."

"Why are you here?" Huaici really did not expect that Mai Xiang would come to see him, because at that time the two agreed that they would not owe each other.

"Go to the kang first." Mai Xiang felt that the room was chilly, and when she touched the kang, it was actually icy cold.

"There is no more firewood at home."

"I'll go buy it, you tell me where."

"You're a girl, forget it."

Mai Xiang didn't listen to him, she put down her bag, took out a few pieces of silver from the inner pocket of her padded jacket, put them into the bag, took two strings of money from the bag, and went out.

Mai Xiang went out of the gate and arrived at the entrance of the alley. After asking someone, she found a shop at the street corner, bought two loads of charcoal and two loads of firewood, and then bought some food. goods.

After entering the room, seeing that Huai Ci seemed to be asleep, Mai Xiang covered him with the quilt, reached out and touched his forehead, feeling a little hot, and was startled, just about to take his hand away, but was suddenly caught by Huai Ci. Ci grabbed hold of it, and just as Mai Xiang was about to break free, she heard Huai Ci yell "Mom."

Mai Xiang felt sour when she heard this. In the end, he was just a child under the age of sixteen, but he wanted to live here alone, with no one to rely on, and no one to take care of him when he was sick.Thinking about it this way, Mai Xiang was luckier than him.

"Go to sleep, I'll make you something to eat." Mai Xiang gently coaxed him for a while, Huai Ci let go of her hand.

Mai Xiang was cooking porridge while cooking the kang. When Huaici woke up, he opened his eyes and saw the back of Mai Xiang sitting on the kang table and mending clothes for him.

She also saw that Huaici was still sleeping after she finished her work, and just in time she saw that the cuffs of the clothes he had taken off were all frayed, she had nothing to do, and she happened to have a needle and thread with her, so she sewed it for him.

Huai Ci blinked, and it took a while to remember who the other party was, "Why are you here again?"

Mai Xiang was concentrating on mending his clothes, when she suddenly heard someone talking behind her, she was startled, and accidentally pricked her hand.

Huai Ci heard Mai Xiang's "Ouch" and struggled to get up, but Mai Xiang got off the kang and brought him a bowl of porridge and two dishes of light side dishes.

"Your hand?" Huai Ci asked.

"It's okay, I'm not so delicate yet."

"You haven't answered me yet, why are you here again?" Seeing Mai Xiang speak, Huai Ci began to ask again.

After hearing this, Mai Xiang took out a small box with a seal from her bag and put it in front of Huai Ci.

"See if there is anything missing? If not, I will leave tomorrow morning. From now on, we will not owe each other."

"They found each other?"

"They, who found who?" Mai Xiang felt a little strange when she heard this.

"It's Lord Baylor, he sent someone to find me, and asked about what happened that day, and also asked about the yard. Could it be that they gave you a pawn ticket?"

Mai Xiang felt something was wrong when he heard that, since Yong En found Huaici and also found the yard, Mai Xiang felt that with his strength, he could find the kidnappers, but why didn't he tell himself?Moreover, there was no mention of him ever looking for Huaici.

This is too strange.

(End of this chapter)