Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 159
Coming out of the scholar's mansion, Mai Xiang glanced at the tall wall behind her. If Amu Xin got married, she probably wouldn't step into this gate again, right?
"What are you looking at?" Uladomin asked when Mai Xiang looked back at the house and up at the sky, looking thoughtful.

"Sister, you go back first, I want to see my savior." At this moment, Mai Xiang really missed Huai Ci a little.After knowing how Uladomin treated Dun Min, Mai Xiang felt that there was no need to hide it from her.

"It's not convenient for you, a little girl, to run around to see him. Besides, it's getting dark. Listen to my sister, let's go home. Your brother-in-law is still waiting for us at home."

"But I want to send him something. After all, he saved my life."

Just now when she came out of the scholar's mansion, the old lady not only gave Mai Xiang a few big Yellow River carp, but also a lot of snacks, and of course there were other things too.

"He has a bit of a stubborn personality, and he refuses to accept other people's help. Originally, your brother-in-law said to help him find a job, but he didn't want it, and said to help him rent a shop, but he also refused, and he didn't want to give him money. .”

Mai Xiang heaved a sigh of relief, thankful that she had not misjudged the wrong person.Whether it's Huai Ci or Uladomin and Yong En.

"If you really miss him, I'll send a boy to give him something when I get home." Seeing that Mai Xiang didn't speak, Uladomin added another sentence.

"Sister, just let me go and see him. How old am I? Who would think so much? Besides, I'm going home early in the morning. If my sister is worried, let my sister Wanxia stay with me." Mai Xiang tugged at Uladomin's sleeve and said.

Uladomin was tortured by Mai Xiang for a long time, finally he had no choice but to nod and said, "Sure, I'll send you there right away, and I'll send someone to pick you up later, there's just a little bit, there won't be much delay."

The carriage stopped at the gate of Liu'er Hutong where Huaici lived, and Mai Xiang pulled Wanxia out of the carriage. The weather was still a little cool, but the willow trees on both sides had already grown new leaves, and there were people rushing by the side of the road from time to time. However, there were several little boys dragging a wicker stick as a bamboo horse and running around behind the little girl.

"Where is this place? It's such a mess?" Wanxia asked.

"This is a place where ordinary people live, isn't it full of life?" Mai Xiang said with a smile.

In the Baylor Mansion and the Bachelor's Mansion, such a scene can never be seen, only the high courtyard wall can be seen.

"What is the breath of life?" Wan Xia then asked.

"It's a place where ordinary people live, where people can be seen." Mai Xiang pointed to the smoke on the roof of the roadside house.

When the two talked, they walked to the gate of Huaici's courtyard. Unfortunately, there was a big lock hanging on the gate.Mai Xiang looked at the sky, put down the things in her hand, and squatted down.

Seeing Mai Xiang squatting down, Wanxia had no choice but to squat down too.The maids of rich families are good at this, and never ask too many questions that they shouldn't ask themselves.

When Huaici drove the carriage to the door of his house, it was already dark. When he saw two girls squatting at the door of his house, and the horse was less than two meters away from Maixiang, Huaici was startled , hurriedly reined in her horse, and at this time Mai Xiang had already pulled Wan Xia to stand up.

"Sister, why is it you? Have you been frightened? Come to the capital again so late?" Huai Ci jumped out of the car and ran to Mai Xiang, looking him up and down.

"Brother, why did you come back so late? Where do you set up a stall now? Why didn't I find you in the morning?" Mai Xiang also had a lot of questions.

"I basically come back at this time every day. I rented a shop in Liulichang, which is next to my original booth." Huaici took out the lock and opened the door, and drove the carriage into the yard.

Mai Xiang hurriedly picked up the things on the ground, put them into the house, then found a basin, brought the fish to the well, and started to kill the fish, because she knew that Huaici must have not eaten.

"Sister, such a big fish, I'd better take it back to your house to eat, I'm the only one here, I can't eat it." Huai Ci stopped Mai Xiang.

"What's more, it's convenient for us to eat whatever we want, but you must not be able to eat it yourself. If you are going to be hungry, there are still snacks, so you can make up for it first."

Huai Ci let go of his hand after hearing this, knowing that Mai Xiang was telling the truth, Mai Xiang is now running a restaurant, is there anything she wants to eat.

"Girl, what can I do for you?" Wan Xia asked.

"I won't bother my sister, I don't think my sister has done such rough work." Mai Xiang smiled.

Mai Xiang has been in the Ye family this year, and she has already trained. Although she still doesn't know anything about field work, housework, especially cooking, is much more efficient. She has no choice but to be forced out.

"Brother, do you have money to rent a shop?" Mai Xiang asked while killing the fish, she was a little puzzled, Huai Ci's hands were much looser.

While fetching water for Mai Xiang, Huaici said, "It's just a small shop. In the past month, thanks to my sister, I have also earned around twenty taels of silver, and with the previous ones, I made it up."

"That's good. By the way, you also rented this yard?"

"I was just about to tell my sister that my sister will not come here to look for me in the future. I have withdrawn this yard, and I am alone anyway. I will live in the shop from now on."

"Where can people live in the shop? There is no big kang, what are you going to do in winter? What are you going to do for dinner?"

"You can deal with it casually. Let's talk about it when winter comes. I might be able to buy a small yard in the capital then."

Mai Xiang believed this. It is estimated that such a small yard can be bought for 50 taels. Huaici said that he earned more than 20 taels a month, so before winter came, it was very possible to buy a yard.

From this point of view, there is no need to worry about Huaici's life at all, it is she who is worrying blindly.

"My sister hasn't said yet, why did you come to the capital this time?"

"Brother, have you ever been vaccinated?" Mai Xiang suddenly remembered, if vaccinia is discovered, Huaici should also be vaccinated.

"no, what happened?"

Just as Mai Xiang was about to speak, there was the sound of horseshoes at the door, and Uladomin sent someone to pick up Mai Xiang.

Mai Xiang had no choice but to ask the visitor to wait for a while. She quickly fried the fish and stewed the rice, and when the sunset was not paying attention, she took off the jade pendant around her neck and put it in Huaici's room. Under the pillow, I bid farewell.

Because it took some time for Yong En to find a doctor to test cowpox, Mai Xiang returned home the next day. After returning home, she was busy looking for Li Ding to dye the handle of the toothbrush, busy finding someone to make the handle of the toothbrush, busy drawing kites, busy Making wind chimes and door curtains is really too busy. Mai Xiang hired Fang's son Zhao Qiaohe to help. Mai Xiang met Zhao Qiaohe a few times and felt that he was a hardworking and kind man. Fang was worried about the money for his son's marriage. It was hard to find, and I was a little annoyed that Mai Xiang had left Zhao Qiaohong. I didn't expect such a surprise, so I said a lot of good things to Mai Xiang.

When Yu saw her, she sent Dachun to bring her son Yang Zhongqi. Yang Zhongqi was fifteen years old this year. Although the young man was not clever, he was still safe. Mai Xiang sent him to be Ye Dafu's helper, letting the ducks go. Let him take care of the geese, feed the chickens and rabbits, grow vegetables and mow the lawn, etc., but free up Wufu to do other things.

As for Mai Huang, Mai Qing and Mai Lu, Mai Xiang didn't want such young girls to go out in the sun and rain again, so she asked them to make five-pointed stars and thousand paper cranes at home, and also learned some needlework from Liu Huilan.

One day, when she saw the kites piled up in the warehouse, Mai Xiang suddenly remembered that Huaici hadn't come to pick up the goods for a long time, did he have an accident or was he sick?
"Uncle Ba, how long has it been since Huaici came?" Mai Xiang found Bafu, who was watching in the shop every day.

"I still want to ask you, I haven't come for more than half a month, does he not want our goods?" Bafu also looked at the kite and worried, the sales in the shop were still limited.

"How about this, you count the goods for me, and I will ask my third uncle to accompany me to deliver the goods."

It happened that Huaici's jacket was ready, and Mai Xiang originally planned to give it to him when he came to pick up the goods.The gifts of Uladomin and Amusin are also ready.As for the toothbrush that the old lady wanted, although Liu Huilan, Li Xiangyun and Li's wife have been rushing these days, the work is really meticulous and trivial, and now only half of it has come out. Mai Xiang knew that the old lady planned to take it as a gift. Thinking that the Duanyang Festival is coming soon, I also brought fifty of them first.

Ye Dafu knew that it was Sanfu who accompanied Mai Xiang to deliver the goods, so he felt relieved this time. After entering the city, Mai Xiang first went to Liulichang, and soon found Huaici's shop. Mai Xiang asked Sanfu to deliver the goods. After unloading the things, he sent San Fu back first on the grounds that he was going to stay at Baylor's residence for two days, otherwise he would not be able to get home after dark.

"Why are you here?" When Huai Ci saw Mai Xiang, he was not as close as before, and returned to his usual coldness.

"Brother, why have you lost weight recently? Are you sick again?" Mai Xiang saw that Huaici's complexion was not good, and didn't care about his attitude.

"Don't you want to get involved with me? Why do you care about my life?"

Only then did Mai Xiang hear something was wrong, and knew that the other party was angry with her, probably because of the pair of jade pendants.But what she hates the most in her life is a man who has no sense of responsibility and responsibility, and will die for a little thing, so after hearing this, she was so angry that she dropped what she was holding and said, "Okay, I don't care about you, you Do whatever you want, I'll go."

As soon as Mai Xiang walked to the door, she remembered that she still had a bag left behind, turned around and went back, opened the bag, took out the new clothes inside and threw it at Huaici, saying: "From now on, I won't care about you anymore. Yes, you love it to death and love it to yourself."

Huai Ci took the clothes thrown by Mai Xiang and hurriedly grabbed Mai Xiang's hand. Just as he was about to explain, someone came in to buy something, and he hurriedly said, "Sister, please clean up the things for Brother, and Brother goes to greet you." guest."

Mai Xiang ignored him, shook off his hand and left.

(End of this chapter)