Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 186
Seeing Ba Fu winking at her, Mai Xiang guessed that there must be something wrong to say in front of everyone, so she took the initiative to say to Ba Fu: "Uncle Ba, Mai Huang just said that a large number of kites have been piled up, I'll go Look, see if you can send some to Mr., so as not to delay other people coming to pick up the goods."

"Okay, okay." Bafu hurriedly agreed.

Mai Xiang went out with the blessings, and seeing no one around, she hurriedly asked, "What's going on?"

"Master Tong's family is here again. He has been here for three days in a row, saying that he must see you. I just heard that my sister-in-law said that you are back. If you don't hurry up to find you, you should hurry up and send him away, so as not to save him." Come to our shop every day."

"What is he here for?" Mai Xiang was a little confused.

After Mai Xiang and Huai Ci were married last year, the news spread. Mrs. Tong sent a congratulatory gift, but Tong Liwen never showed up. Mai Xiang didn't understand, what was he doing here?
"Mai Xiang, in fact, he came to look for you last year when you just gave your marriage. At that time, you also went to the capital. He came for two days in a row. After that, he never came again. I think you were already I made a deal with Huaici, but I didn't tell you, I didn't expect him to come again this time, and, I said this time, I won't stop until I see you."

"Ah? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Mai Xiangang still thought that he didn't show up last year, so it turned out that he had been concealed.

"What's the use of telling you? Can you beat the emperor?" Bafu gave Mai Xiang a supercilious look.

"That's true, it's better not to know."

If you don't know, you won't be entangled, and if you don't entangle, you won't be sad.

The problem is, he's at it again this time.Although Mai Xiang didn't know why Tong Liwen came here, she guessed how much it would be related to her engagement. After thinking about it, Mai Xiang paused and asked, "Uncle Ba, is there anyone in the store today?"

"No."

"Well, I'll talk to him in the backyard, and you can call him over." Mai Xiang stopped in the backyard.

A grape trellis was set up in the backyard, and there was a set of stone tables and benches under the trellis, but at this time there were only a few thick vines on the trellis, which had not yet started to sprout.

"Mai Xiang, you are finally willing to see me." Tong Liwen passed through the round door, and saw the slender figure standing under the grape arbor, and felt a pain in his heart for no reason.

"It's not that I don't want to see you. I just came back from the capital. I didn't know you were looking for me, so I hurried over." Mai Xiang turned around and said.

"May I ask, why did you get engaged so soon?"

"This is the emperor's will."

"Don't lie to me. If you didn't know each other beforehand, if you two hadn't made an agreement, how could he accompany you to take the risk of getting vaccinated? What I want to know is when and how did you meet? "

This question has been kept in Tong Liwen's mind for several months, and he finally asked it today.

"Tong Liwen, whether you believe it or not, I didn't know in advance that he would come to vaccinate. I didn't tell anyone when I went to vaccinate, except the prince and Fujin."

"If it's just that, why didn't you tell me when you went to vaccinate? I can accompany you, and I want to accompany you too."

"It doesn't make much sense to say that now, and I really have no intention of telling anyone."

"Why is it meaningless? Mai Xiang, do you know who he is? Do you understand him?" Tong Liwen looked at Mai Xiang and asked.

"What do you mean by that?" Mai Xiang asked him back.

"I want to know how you two met?"

"It's very simple, it's also in the Temple of the Reclining Buddha."

"Mai Xiang, I mean, if the second child of the Wan family lied to you, can you ask the prince to ask the emperor to withdraw the engagement?"

"Deception? What do you mean?" Mai Xiang's heart tightened.

"Brother Wan and I actually know each other, but we are not familiar with him. We used to stay in an academy. Later, because something happened, the second brother of the Wan family was sent home, and the bad reputation of the academy was also spread. When I went out, I was picked up by my parents, and this incident caused a lot of trouble at the time, I just didn't expect that this Wan Huaici was actually Wan Zhiyuan."

"Then how do you know now?" Mai Xiang felt strange, she hadn't found him for so long, why did she come here when she met Wan Zhigao and Tong Liwen?
"These days, my cousin and I have found an academy to study in the capital, and plan to take the exam next year. By the way, my cousin also came out of that academy. He got closer to Wan Zhigao. That day, Wan Zhigao Zhigao came to look for my cousin, and I didn't know that he changed his name. I also didn't know that he is actually the object of your marriage, Mai Xiang, why don't you go and beg the prince, Wan Huaici is really not suitable for you. " Tong Liwen said.

To be honest, Tong Liwen persuaded Mai Xiang for a long time, but he never said the reason. Mai Xiang was quite moved by this. At least, Tong Liwen was considered a gentleman, and he did not slander Huaici's reputation at a critical moment. .It is not enough to say slander, but to be precise, it is a statement, after all, it is a fact in the eyes of outsiders.

"Thank you for telling me this, but this matter has already been settled, the two families have already made an agreement, and the emperor's golden words can't be taken for granted. Since I intend to accept him, I don't care what kind of person he was in the past. Besides, Sometimes, what you see with your own eyes is not necessarily the whole truth, let alone what you heard from others, but no matter what, I still want to thank you, because you are really thinking about me, and you are also A gentleman."

"Mai Xiang, are you really not in a hurry?" Tong Liwen asked again.

In fact, the moment he heard that Mai Xiang was given a marriage, he wanted to come to Mai Xiang to ask for clarification. Unfortunately, when he came twice, he said that Mai Xiang was not there. On the third day, he was held back by his mother. .

Seeing that Mai Xiang didn't answer him, Tong Liwen still didn't give up, and said, "Mai Xiang, I'm really doing it for your own good. If you really wait until the day you marry him, you will find out that he doesn't like you at all. What should I do? No, instead of waiting until that time when you wash your face with tears every day, it is better for me to be a villain now, and I don’t want to be a gentleman, Mai Xiang, I will tell you what kind of person he is, he is... .”

"Tong Liwen, stop talking. I know what you said. That was not his intention. It was a misunderstanding. As I said, sometimes what you see and hear with your own eyes may not be the whole truth. I believe him .Because the heart can’t lie.” Mai Xiang stopped him, she was worried that a third person would pass by and hear him.

"You know? How is it possible? How could he tell you these things? I can't even say it to an outsider. Are you really sure what I want to say?" Tong Liwen really didn't expect that Huai Ci would tell Mai Ci such an embarrassing past. delicious.

"I do know, I know more than you know. Tong Liwen, since you are all in the same academy, please help him. He is definitely not that kind of person. He was misunderstood. In [-], he suffered a lot, but he missed studying so much, so he returned to the academy, if possible, please help him, if you can’t do it, please keep silent, don’t make trouble, Mai Xiang, thank you again You." Mai Xiang saluted Tong Liwen.

"Crazy, crazy, Mai Xiang, I want to know, where did I miss it, I always thought that you were still young, everything was in time, where did it go wrong? Was it the cowpox?"

No matter how simple Tong Liwen is, he can sense Mai Xiang's love for Wan Zhiyuan from Mai Xiang's words. When did it start? How old is Mai Xiang?

"I can only say that this is God's will." Mai Xiang didn't want Tong Liwen to have any regrets. She knew that the people here believed in fate and attributed everything to the arrangement of fate. For them, it was better to accept it. At least, everyone believes that people cannot fight with fate.

"Oh my god, hehe, what a god." After Tong Liwen finished speaking, he turned and left without looking at Mai Xiang.

"Mai Xiang, what happened? Why do I look so pitiful at the young master of the Tong family?" Seeing that Tong Liwen went out in a daze, Ba Fu hurried over to see Mai Xiang.

"It's okay, I just want to ask a few questions, Uncle Ba, you go to the front and look at the shop, I have something to do, and there are guests at home."

"Forget it, you don't care if you have guests or not. The sister-in-law has already come, isn't it just Mrs. Wan who came? What kind of guest is she? Don't you always dislike her?"

"What do you know, this moment and that moment."

Bafu curled his lips after hearing this, and said: "Actually, I think the Tong family is better than the Wan family. The young master of the Tong family really didn't say anything to you. Mrs. Tong looks very kind and treats you well, but the Wan family still retreated." dear."

"Uncle Ba, why are you making trouble? The matter of Mai Xiang was decided by the emperor. Who in the world can beat the emperor?" Zhao Qiaohe came to look for Ba Fu, and when he heard Ba Fu's words, he quickly stopped. up.

Although Zhao Qiaohe is younger, he is older than Bafu, so he sees problems more thoroughly than Bafu.In addition, he has also worked in the shop for so long, and he has been in contact with both Tong Liwen and Huai Ci. Although he does not have the concept of free love in his mind, he can also see the difference between Mai Xiang's treatment of Huai Ci and Tong Liwen.

"How can this be called adding to the chaos? Mai Xiang didn't want to join the Wan family in the first place, and it was all because of the emperor, he was the one who added to the chaos. Our Mai Xiang was originally divorced by the Wan family, and now we have to marry into the Wan family. , don't you worry, will they look down on Mai Xiang when she comes in later?" Ba Fu was not at ease in his heart, so he simply said a few more words, and the circles of his eyes were still red as he spoke.

Mai Xiang didn't expect that the eight blessings would be so serious about her, and she would not hesitate to make up the emperor's fault for her own sake. If people hear this, it is really treasonous.

"Uncle Ba, do you dare to say these outrageous things?" Sure enough, as soon as this thought flashed through Mai Xiang's mind, Zhao Qiaohe turned pale with fright.

"Okay, don't worry, I know what you two should do. There is no one in front of you. I'm leaving. You should keep an eye on it."

Mai Xiang doesn't want to talk about these children's affairs with the two of them anymore, because everyone's ideas have been different for more than 300 years, how to communicate?
(End of this chapter)