Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 179
Ye Dafu bowed his head and pondered for a while, then said to Mai Xiang: "Girl, you can help him for a few days, but you are still young, and you certainly don't understand some rules and tricks, and you must be alone. I'm too busy, why don't you take Ye Zi and Ye Zi's mother, and I can help you a little bit."

Ye Zi's family was found by Yong En for Mai Xiang. Ye Zi is two years older than Mai Xiang, and has been helping her mother cook, wash, and clean the house, so Mai Xiang basically doesn't have to do the rough work at home.

"Alright, dad, don't worry, I know what can and can't be done." Mai Xiang knew what Ye Dafu was worried about, so she quickly hinted.

"Yue Zhang, don't worry, I will definitely not mess around." Huai Ci naturally understood what Mai Xiang was talking about, fearing that Ye Dafu would not be at ease, he promised again.

Seeing that Ye Dafu agreed to go out by herself, Mai Xiang hurriedly packed the things on the kang. This time, she must stay in the city for a few days. It just so happens that the picture in her hand should also be sent to Yongen, according to Yongen's wishes , the first batch of porcelain should be ready to be released years ago.

"Sister, let me go too, I haven't been to the capital yet." Mai Huang stretched Mai Xiang's clothes coquettishly.

"Eldest sister, and me." Mai Qing also stood on the kang, putting her arms around Mai Xiang's neck.

"Okay, anyway, it's almost Chinese New Year. Eldest sister will take you guys to have fun, but there is one thing, you will go home with dad tomorrow, and elder sister has business to do." Mai Xiang thought for a while, and agreed, Anyway, the house is ready-made.

"Really? Then I'll pack up and go." When Zhao heard that she was going to Beijing, she was obviously more excited than Mai Huang. She grew up and hadn't been to the city yet.

When Mai Xiang's family arrived in the city, it was almost dark, and Huai Ci took them directly to his new house, which was also a typical courtyard building. New house, it's winter again, the yard is empty, there are no flowers, plants or trees, not only that, there is no one in the whole yard.

"Feng Xiang is probably still at the shop, so there is no one at home, but I have everything ready." Huaici saw everyone looking at the house, first took everyone to sit on the kang in the upper room, but unfortunately, the kang was cold .

"Where's the stove?" Mai Xiang knew that everyone must be hungry after walking this distance, and Ye Zi and her mother Tian Pozi were busy cooking the kang, so she had to prepare the meal by herself.

"Sister, come with me."

Huai Ci led Mai Xiang to the east wing room. The furniture in this kitchen room was a set of off-white integral cabinets and cupboards designed by Mai Xiang, which looked very clean and tidy even in the dark.

"It looks really good." Mai Xiang touched the smooth slate countertop with a smile.

"Just as long as my sister likes it." Seeing that Mai Xiang liked it, Huai Ci simply lit the candlesticks and let Mai Xiang take a good look.

Mai Xiang was about to clean up the dishes on the table, when Mrs. Tian came over with the leaves, Huaici explained a few words, and then took Mai Xiang to the backyard. There were five upper rooms in a row in the backyard, and Huaici led Mai Xiang into the side room The cleaning room, because Mai Xiang specially asked him to make this cleaning room.

The clean room is not big, only seven or eight square meters. The floor is paved with pebbles of the same color. There is only one stove to boil water. It is equivalent to the floor heating of the whole house, and the temperature of the bath will not be too cold.

"Sister, do you like it?" Seeing that there was no one around, Huai Ci took Mai Xiang's hand.

"I like it, I really like it." With bright eyes, Mai Xiang smiled at Huaici.

Mai Xiang actually likes this ancient house and furniture very much, but the ancient house also has some inconveniences, the biggest inconvenience is going to the toilet and bathing, Mai Xiang drew a few sketches completely according to her own wishes, unexpectedly Based on her foundation, Huai Ci has made some improvements, which seem to be more practical.

"As long as my sister likes it." Huaici stretched out his other hand and patted Mai Xiang's head.

"You?" Mai Xiang looked at him, wanting to ask something, but afraid of hurting him and reminding him of the past.

"I miss my sister." Huai Ci took the initiative to say.

Mai Xiang calculated, it seems that it has been more than two months since the last time the two met, because this season is not the season for selling kites, and Huai Ci does not have to always buy goods from Mai Xiang's shop, and during this time, he It happened to be busy with building a house, and it was true that there was no time.

"Did you really miss me? How much do you miss me, what do you think?" Mai Xiang asked tremblingly.

She knew that Huai Ci must have feelings for her, but she was not sure whether Huai Ci had feelings for her.

"I saw the house rising up little by little with my own eyes, thinking that my sister would live here with me, and my heart was full of joy. I wanted to hold my sister's hand, look at each room, and tell my sister that this is where I am. And my sister's home, I want to see my sister use her own skillful hands to arrange our home in the way she likes, and I want to see a happy smile on my sister's face."

Huai Ci didn't know if he still had any psychological barriers, but he really wanted to hold Mai Xiang's hand and touch Mai Xiang's smiling face. This was an experience he had never experienced in life, so he opened his heart Xin Fei shares his feelings with Mai Xiang.

"Sister, why are you crying? You don't like me like this?" Huaici saw the tears on Mai Xiang's face, and wanted to wipe them away, but she was afraid that Mai Xiang would be abrupt, because he had promised Ye Dafu before coming, and he would not They will mess around, and Ye Dafu is wandering around the front yard right now.

"It's okay, idiot, I'm happy." Seeing his helpless look, Mai Xiang stretched out her hand to smooth his brow. This time, Huai Ci didn't dodge any more, but took the initiative to grab Mai Xiang's hand .

"Why don't I ask Madam Guan to accompany me to buy two maids or wives tomorrow? In such a big family, there must be two men who do rough work?" Seeing that Huai Ci was a little forgetful, Mai Xiang quickly changed the subject Speaking of business.

"No need, I'll buy it when you come." Huai Ci shook his head.

If Feng Xiang hadn't grown up with him since childhood, and he really needed a helper, he wouldn't have kept Feng Xiang by his side.

Mai Xiang knew what was going on in his heart, so she didn't try to persuade him any more. Anyway, ancient times had some advantages, the air quality was relatively low, and the house didn't need to be cleaned every day, so the two of them could live with it.

"Sister, don't worry, I have let go of the past, and I won't think about it anymore. From now on, I just want to guard my sister and let her live a good life. By the way, speaking of this, I have one more thing to tell my sister." Discuss, I also exchanged a silk shop from someone else on Qianmen Street, and the shopkeeper still uses the original one, can my sister come and help me reconcile the account books every month?"

"Silk and satin shop, no wonder you sent these silks and satins to my mother today? But you can handle the bill yourself, why do you want me to help you?"

"Sister, I want to go to the academy after the Chinese New Year. No matter what, I want to try my best. Anyway, there are still four years before we get married. I don't want to wrong my sister."

Mai Xiang understood what the other party meant, he wanted to gain fame, and if he succeeded, he would be able to give Mai Xiang the status of an official wife, so as to save the Wan family from always talking about Mai Xiang's background.

"Okay. I promise you, but you have to promise me that you can study, but you can't work too hard and break your body. In fact, I think that in a person's life, it is not long, the most important thing is yourself Have a comfortable life, and never do stupid things like hating the loved ones and making the other happy."

Mai Xiang was worried that he was too purposeful, and the psychological burden was too heavy, and his body would collapse before he could learn anything about this book. This was the biggest loss outweighed the gain.

"Sister, brother has you, it's really enough, don't worry, brother understands." Huai Ci took the initiative to hug Mai Xiang, these words made him feel so warm.

The next day, Huai Ci took Ye Dafu to buy a shop, Mai Xiang took Zhao Shi and Mai Huang to Qianmen Street, bought some gold and silver jewelry, and bought a pair of boots for each of them , a fox fur scarf, in this case, I will not be afraid to go out in snowy weather.

"Sister, it's better to be in the city, or we can also build a house in the city." Mai Huang said.

She looked at the shops everywhere on the street, she could buy whatever she wanted, eat whatever she wanted, women went out in colorful and beautiful clothes, even children were no exception, she was very envious.In addition, Mai Xiang will marry into the city sooner or later, so what are they still doing in the countryside?The same as opening a shop can be opened in the city. If there are more people in the city, the business will definitely be better.

Mai Huang's words reminded Mai Xiang that Ye Dafu bought a shop in the city this time anyway, and the shop was near Huaici's yard, so why not buy a secondary yard near Huaici's house and move to the city in winter live, and go back to the countryside in the spring, so that it will be convenient for me to take care of Huaici's shop business.

"Mother, are you willing?" Mai Xiang looked at Mrs. Zhao.

"Girl, can we still afford a house in the city?" Mrs. Zhao asked in surprise.

She asked Huaici last night, and she knew that Huaici's big yard cost 500 taels of silver, and the 2000 taels of silver in Mai Xiang's hand was bought for 1000 taels of land, and 1000 taels of silver was used to buy a shop today, Mai Xiang Can you still have money to buy a house in the capital?

When Mai Xiang closed the shop, she had already collected her own accounts. The various income of the shop this year was around 200 taels, and the toothbrush sold by Mai Xiang also earned almost 150 taels of silver. It was given by Min and her mother, and Mai Xiang still has about 500 taels of silver in her hand.

The housing prices in this time and space are really not expensive. With the money in her hand, Mai Xiang can definitely buy a better courtyard in the capital.The problem is, they moved here, what to do with the things raised at home?Leave it to others completely, not to mention that Mai Xiang is not at ease, Ye Dafu is definitely not at ease either.

"Let's go, let's go back and discuss it with Dad first." Mai Xiang didn't answer Zhao's words.

When Mai Xiang and his party returned home, Ye Dafu and Huai Ci hadn't come back yet, and Mai Xiang was about to put away the things she bought when Guan Nanny came.

(End of this chapter)