Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 161
But she said that Mai Xiang just ran to the entrance of the alley, and she was suddenly hugged by someone. She was about to struggle, but she heard Huai Ci say, "It's me, don't be afraid."

Mai Xiang couldn't care less about getting angry with him now, and she was about to run away with Huaici.

"Run, someone is going to grab my things."

"Don't be afraid, it's safe here, they're all gone." Huai Ci said while pulling Mai Xiang to the street.

Mai Xiang listened and looked back, and sure enough, the people behind saw that Mai Xiang met an acquaintance, turned around and hid in the alley.

"Okay, I'll hire a donkey cart." Seeing that he was out of danger, Mai Xiang shook off Huai Ci's hand.

"I'll see you off," Huai Ci said.

Mai Xiang knew that in this situation, it would be unrealistic not to let him send it, because Mai Xiang could see it too, Huai Ci's face was dark, obviously frightened, and also angry with herself.

Mai Xiang followed Huaici to his shop, Huaici drove the carriage out from the backyard, the two of them didn't speak, Mai Xiang jumped into the carriage by herself.

Because of the fright all the way just now, Mai Xiang's heart was still pounding with nervousness. He didn't notice where Huaici drove the carriage. When the carriage stopped, Mai Xiang found that he had returned to the small courtyard before.

"I originally planned to check out the house, but then I thought, if there is no yard, it would be inconvenient for you to come to me." Seeing Mai Xiang staring at the yard in a daze, Huaici took the initiative to explain.

"I'd better go." Mai Xiang didn't enter the house.

"Mai Xiang, don't be like this. I'll tell you what you want to know. You don't know. Just now, I saw you being chased by bad guys. I was so scared. Fortunately, I arrived. If something happened to you, In this life, I will never forgive myself." Huai Ci stood at the door and said in a low voice.

Mai Xiang saw that there were already neighbors looking at her, so she had to follow him into the house, put down the baggage in her hand, and searched around. Except for some rice noodles and pickled vegetables, Mai Xiang couldn't find other vegetables in the house.

After thinking for a while, Mai Xiang took out a string of money from her bag, and found a basket to carry it. Just as she walked out of the room, Huaici grabbed her, snatched the basket from her hand, and said, "Sister, rest!" , I'll go."

Mai Xiang didn't argue after hearing this, she turned around and got a few handfuls of rice to wash and started cooking. Huaici stood and looked at her for a while, making sure that Mai Xiang would not leave again, so he hurried out. Don't forget to lock the door.

After Huai Ci left, Mai Xiang looked at the messy room in front of her and sighed.In her impression, Huai Ci was considered a relatively clean person, she remembered that when she came here a few times before, the house was not messy and messy like ordinary men's, it was very tidy.This time, I don't know if it's because I'm in a bad mood or I'm planning to move out, the house has obviously not been tidied up for a long time, the floor is full of old books in a mess, and there is almost no place to set foot, and the dirty clothes on the kang are also thrown away.

"Just think of me doing a good deed every day." Mai Xiang muttered to herself, climbed onto the kang, put the dirty clothes into the basin, opened the window for ventilation, and saw that there was still some sunshine outside. The quilt was carried out.

Huai Ci hurried home and saw Mai Xiang squatting by the well platform washing his clothes again, his eyes were hot, he put down the things, picked up Mai Xiang from behind and put him on the kang, "My sister just suffered Frightened, I'd better take a break first to recharge my mind, my brother will cook you a meal today, and my brother bought your favorite green leafy vegetables."

Huai Ci put down Mai Xiang, and took a basin to wash the vegetables, Mai Xiang ignored him, but he couldn't sit still, so he squatted on the ground, looking for a book he could read.

Most of these old books are a subset of classics and history. It is estimated that people who have passed the scientific examination have no use and sold them out. This is like people in later generations. After the college entrance examination or university graduation, useless books can fill a room .

Mai Xiang browsed for a long time, but couldn't find any books she could read, so she simply sorted them out for him, and put aside those with no missing or damaged pages, and subdivided those with missing or damaged pages.

Before he knew it, the sky gradually darkened. Huai Ci came in with the quilt in his arms. Mai Xiang realized that he was hungry. He was about to stand up, but because of the darkness, he stumbled and jumped forward. She was embraced by Huai Ci.

Both of them were a little embarrassed, before Mai Xiang could break free, Huaici had already let go of Mai Xiang.

"Sister, it's time to eat."

Mai Xiang didn't pay any attention to him, she hurt her self-esteem just now, she went outside and washed her hands, when Huai Ci came in again, Huai Ci had already served the food on the kang table, it turned out that the green leafy vegetable he mentioned was spinach, but he didn't know how to stir-fry it. , it was boiled, and there was another dish of tofu and meat, which was not stewed, but boiled, and there was also a sauced pig's trotter, which was divided into four pieces.

Mai Xiang sighed, took the tofu boiled meat away, and said, "Spinach and tofu cannot be eaten together."

"My sister finally spoke up. Spinach can't be eaten with tofu, why haven't I heard of it?"

Mai Xiang didn't know how to explain it, but Huai Ci looked at Mai Xiang's silent face and thought that Mai Xiang was angry again, so he hurriedly took out the tofu boiled meat and said, "If you don't want to eat it, don't eat it, it's not delicious anyway. .”

"It's not because it's not delicious, but because these two things can't be eaten at the same time. You remember it yourself."

"Okay." Huai Ci said, and put a few pieces of pig's trotters on the plate to Mai Xiang, but Mai Xiang ignored him, and just put back two more pieces.

Fortunately, Huai Ci has long developed the habit of not talking when eating, neither of them spoke during the meal, after the meal, Huai Ci still rushed to wash the dishes, Mai Xiang went to the yard to digest, Seeing the overgrown grass in the yard, he thought about bringing him two goslings next time, and helping him look after the house.

"Send me to live in Baylor's residence." Seeing that Huaici had packed up the dishes, Mai Xiang said.

Mai Xiang knew that she would stay tonight, and Huai Ci would definitely give her an explanation. Mai Xiang suddenly didn't want to hear it. I couldn't hold on and failed his trust, but it really pushed him into the abyss again.

"You, won't you stay?"

"I don't want to force you, and I don't want to force myself." Mai Xiang lowered her head.

"Sister, how old are you this year?" Huai Ci has always wanted to ask this question, seeing that although Mai Xiang is short in stature, the words that come out of Mai Xiang's mouth really don't match her appearance.

"Eleven." Mai Xiang knew that people here were talking about false years.

"I am six years older than my sister. My sister must have suffered a lot, right?" Huai Ci recalled his own experience, and the precocity of youth is mostly tempered by life.

"Not as many as my brother." Mai Xiang also told the truth.

Huai Ci stretched out his hand, picked up Mai Xiang's hand, squeezed the callus on Mai Xiang's hand, "Sister, brother will help you support the family in the future, okay?"

"You'd better take care of yourself first. I can support my family. My current shop and restaurant are enough to support my family. I'm different from you. I still have parents and family members. You only have yourself. I don't care. I know if you are an orphan or not, but I think your mother will feel sorry for you when she sees you like this in heaven, and for your mother's sake, you should be well."

"Okay, I promise my sister, for my mother and sister, I will be well, and I will be well." Huai Ci patted Mai Xiang's head.

Although Mai Xiang was a little annoyed that he didn't respect her, she also knew that he had come to this point, so she didn't move.

"My sister will stay here today. I want to talk to my sister. If my sister leaves like this, I will feel uneasy."

"Why are you uneasy and I have to stay? If you haven't come to pick up the goods for so long, you won't think that I will be uneasy? Why do you do whatever you want?" Mai Xiang was a little petty again. Yes, the problem is that she is also very contradictory and entangled. She doesn't know what to do. For the future, fear and worry are far greater than sweetness, or there is no sweetness from the beginning to the end.

"Okay, from now on, I'll listen to my sister, and do whatever my sister says." Huaici was quite kind.

"Why should I ask you to listen to me? I still don't know who to listen to?" Mai Xiang's little woman got angry.

It's strange to say that Mai Xiang has always been known for being free and easy in her previous life, otherwise she wouldn't have joined any mountaineering clubs. She has never had a serious boyfriend, but she has a bunch of good buddies and friends.In this life, Mai Xiang had to support a family when she first came here, and she had no chance to show her temper.

It turned out that she didn't know how to do it, but she didn't meet the right person.

After such a toss, it was already dark, and if Mai Xiang went to Baylor's Mansion again, she might be blamed by Uladomin, so she had to take a wooden basin, boil some hot water, and start to wash.

When the two were still lying down on the kang head and the end of the kang as before, the air became dull again.

"Actually, my family background is very low. My mother is a maid. Because of her beauty, my father took a fancy to her. Before my father got married, he took my mother away. My mother and father should live together too. Have a good time for a few months? Otherwise, my father would not have given my mother those jewelry. Unfortunately, the good times didn't last long, my father got married." Huai Ci paused when he said this.

Mai Xiang didn't interrupt him, knowing that he also needed to adjust his mood.

"My aunt was pregnant not long ago, and my mother also had me. But by coincidence, both of them gave birth to sons. What's even more annoying is that everyone said that I was smarter than that brother. So, from then on, I And my mother became a thorn in my aunt's heart, and my mother became my aunt's personal maid, and was ordered around by her every day. She couldn't eat well and sleep well. Within two years, my body was empty. I I still remember that before my mother left, she was still dragging her thin and sick body, holding a basin of hot water, and knelt in front of her tremblingly, asking her to wash her face. My impression of my mother is only a few fragments. I can't even remember what she looks like, but I remember this incident. I was only five years old that year. Later, before my mother left, the only thing she told me was, don't marry a concubine. Don't let a woman be as pitiful as she is again."

When Huaici said this, she suddenly burst into tears, Mai Xiang touched her face, it was also wet.

　There will be another update later, this Wednesday.

　　Although the results of this book are not ideal, Yitong still wants to thank the friends who accompanied me along the way.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)