Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 188 Rumors
Mai Xiang took Ye Dafu and Ye Zi as customers into Huaici's Rui Jinxiang silk shop. This Rui Jinxiang was the name that Mai Xiang came up with, so he didn't feel embarrassed to copy Ruifuxiang from others, and changed a word in the middle .

When Mai Xiang helped Ye Dafu go in, she glanced at the entire shop first. The entire exhibition hall was about fifty or sixty square meters in size, and the shelves were filled with a variety of clothing materials. A curtain was opened, and two servant girls and two maids stood there. A woman who looked like a lady was sitting inside looking at the clothes, and a man who looked like a shopkeeper was standing outside the curtain and patiently introduced her to her. In terms of the color and origin of the fabrics, there are two young guys running around carrying the fabrics in a hurry. On the other side of the shelf, there are two guys sorting out the fabrics.

Seeing someone coming in, the shopkeeper looked back at Mai Xiang and the others, frowned slightly, turned around to smile with him, and continued to introduce.

Mai Xiang ignored him, but the colors looked the same, they were all silk and satin, not ordinary cotton, no wonder the shopkeeper frowned when he came in, because none of the three seemed to be able to afford silk. of.

Fortunately, at last a guy who was tidying up things found that Mai Xiang was looking at the fabrics, left the work in hand, walked up to Mai Xiang, and asked with a smile, "Does the girl have any patterns that you like?"

"My father's legs are inconvenient, can you let him sit down first?" Mai Xiang asked intentionally.

"Of course, please come this way." The other party took a look at Ye Dafu's short outfit, without a trace of impatience or dissatisfaction, and took Ye Dafu to a chair in the corner.

"Miss, should I watch it by myself first, or should I introduce it to her first?" The guy made arrangements for Ye Dafu and walked up to Mai Xiang.

Just as Mai Xiang was about to speak, a few more people came in from the shop, and a few maids came in with a beautiful lady and a young lady in their arms.

Mai Xiang took a closer look and found that the lady was Kang Yi, what a coincidence, wasn't it?

Kang Yi also recognized Mai Xiang now, but she didn't know Mai Xiang's name, and the two hadn't seen each other for a year, so she naturally didn't know that Mai Xiang was the marriage partner of the Wan family's second child, so she saw Mai Xiang, she was also somewhat surprised.

However, just as Kang Yi was about to walk towards Mai Xiang, the shopkeeper was already smiling and hurriedly greeted her.

"Shopkeeper, bring out all the best clothes for your little girl and new daughter-in-law." Said the wife beside Kang Yi.

At this time, the lady in the inner room heard the movement and got up to greet her, and said with a smile, "Today is really a coincidence, it's rare to come out, and I ran into Mrs. Kang."

"Oh, what a coincidence, it turned out to be Mrs. Zhou, and they never got together."

"It's not like that, you are also here to choose clothes for Kang Yi?"

"What about you, are you also here to choose a dowry for Wenwen?"

The two wives looked at each other and smiled, and Kang Yi could only pretend that she didn't know Mai Xiang, and talked with the two elders.

"Speaking of which, our two families are really destined. I didn't expect that my daughter will marry the Tong family in Changning Town, and your daughter will also marry the Wan family in Changhe Town."

"That's not the case. I didn't expect that our two families have almost the same date, and it's still in September. I really don't want to say it. Your family Wenwen is fine. She is a relative of the old lady of the Tong family. The two families have always left. Get close, you have already decided your children's in-laws, and your family Wenwen has passed, so you can't wrong her." Mrs. Kang said.

When Mai Xiang heard it, it turned out that Tong Liwen even had a wedding date, so what does he mean to her?There was also Mrs. Tong, who didn't show her words at all, and actually asked Tong Liwen to meet her on purpose several times. Could it be that she had already planned to make herself like Tong Liwen, and then willingly enter Tong's house as a concubine?

Fortunately, I have always regarded Mrs. Tong and Tong Liwen as good people. It seems that my morality is too shallow. If I hadn't been granted a marriage by the emperor, there might be something waiting for me in this Tong family.

While Mai Xiang was thinking about it in her heart, she listened attentively to the conversation between the two.

"Don't worry, your family's Kangyi won't be able to bear the humiliation if she enters their house. Your uncle is a descendant, and Mrs. Wan only has this one treasure. Will this property in the future belong to your uncle?" Mrs. Zhou also replied. laughed.

"I dare not say that. The marriage of the second child in his family was appointed by the emperor. How can we be sure about the future?" Mrs. Kang shook her head.

"By the way, when it comes to this matter, I have always wanted to ask you. The second child of the Wan family is neither a relative of the emperor nor a noble relative. How could the emperor give him a marriage of an unknown junior?" Mrs. Zhou heard this. Curious, busy inquiring about it.

"I'm not sure about this. I heard that it's because of cowpox. I don't know the specifics." Mrs. Kang obviously didn't want to mention these things, and regretted that she had brought up such a topic.

"Vaccination? Is it the vaccinia that Prince Li proposed? Ouch, this is not good. Tell me, in the future, will the children they give birth to grow horns of a cow, or will they not cry but meow like a cow when they come out? ? I didn’t let my children grow it.” Mrs. Zhou shook her head while talking.

"Isn't this enough?" Mrs. Kang felt a chill all over when she heard this.

"It's hard to say. Otherwise, the emperor can give such a big favor, because he can't find someone who dares to try it? But it's strange when it comes to this, the second child of the Wan family, I heard that he didn't learn well and was dismissed by the academy. , why would you run to try to plant this?"

"We don't know about this either." Mrs. Kang's face was a bit ugly.

"Hey, there are only these two sons in the Wan family, and one of them was abandoned. Master Wan must be in a bad mood. It's so easy that the matter is over, and everyone has forgotten it. I'm afraid this bestowed marriage will have to be reversed again." Come out. But this is good, it will fulfill your son-in-law, in the future, this Wan family..."

"Okay, let's not talk about that, let's choose the material for the clothes." Mrs. Kang interrupted the other party, and glanced around vigilantly, and saw Mai Xiang and Ye Zi dressed as a pair of country girls, and they were asking the guy what cloth he wanted. relieved.

Mai Xiang also suddenly remembered that she and Liu Huilan could use some cloth to do handicrafts. She never thought of it before, but now that she has a shop at home, why should she spend an unreasonable amount of money?

"Cloth head? Really, what kind of girl do you want? Do you want to make shoe uppers or paddy field clothes?" Seeing that Mai Xiang was a little distracted, the young man still asked patiently.

"Ah, oh, show me all the cloth heads." Mai Xiang regained consciousness under Ye Zi's reminder.

The other party found seven or eight pieces of cloth for Mai Xiang from the cabinet. When Mai Xiang asked the price, it was not cheap. Those over one foot cost thirty or forty yuan a foot, and small pieces under one foot cost twenty yuan.

At this time, Mrs. Kang and his party had already entered the curtain next to it by themselves, and the shopkeeper laughed along with him, and at the same time, he turned his head and glared at the guy next to Mai Xiang, and shouted: "Laifu, hurry up and serve tea to the guests. "

The guy named Lai Fu glanced at Mai Xiang with some embarrassment, and said, "Miss, look first, all the cloth heads are here, I will come as soon as I go."

"Okay, it's okay, I'm not in a hurry." Mai Xiang knew that in this situation, she must be looking after the big head first, but she was not angry.

Laifu had brought tea to Mrs. Kang, and he and another guy brought a pile of clothes into Mrs. Kang's side. Seeing that the shopkeeper personally introduced it to Mrs. Kang, Laifu found time to come out.

"Girl, do you want this cloth head?"

"Just these few dollars, are there any other tricks?" Mai Xiang asked.

"The old ones are all sold out. Our cloth heads are also very popular here. They can be used as shoe uppers and paddy field clothes. They can also be used as purses and sachets. Girls, don't worry, our products are all from the south. Yes. Seriously good stuff."

When Mai Xiang heard this, she remembered that the last time she saw the account book, there seemed to be no income from the item of cloth head. Could it be that the income of this cloth head was embezzled by the shopkeeper?
"Girl, which one do you want?" Seeing Mai Xiang's hesitation, the other party pressed again.

"I want it all, can it be cheaper?" Mai Xiang also knew that the other party took time to come over to receive her.

"I don't care about this, I have to ask our shopkeeper." The young man glanced over there, a little embarrassed. At this time, the shopkeeper is busy entertaining big customers, so he must not be in the mood to talk to Mai Xiang.

"Then how many years have you been a buddy?" Mai Xiang saw that he was only in his twenties, but he was already very calm. What's more rare is that he greeted everyone with a smile and never flattered others, so he paid attention .

"Ah? Five years." After answering, Laifu glanced at Maixiang, as if he didn't understand what this had to do with selling a few pieces of cloth?
"I want all these dollars, how much do you want?" Mai Xiang wanted to test the other party's calculation ability.

"A total of 280 and three Wen." The other party typed a few times with an abacus and reported the account.

Mai Xiang looked at it and nodded, satisfied, and paid the money to help Ye Dafu out.

"Miss, that's not our own store, why do you still spend money to buy it?" Ye Zi saw that Mai Xiang was still angry just now, but she smiled instead of spending money, she really didn't understand.

"Let's go, I'll take you to another store, buy you a piece of floral cloth to make clothes, and buy you some colored thread to tie your hair." Seeing that Ye Zi has always been honest and capable, Mai Xiang wanted to reward her.

"Girl, you two go, I'll wait for you in the car." Ye Dafu supported his broken leg, he really didn't want to go in and look at other people's eyes.

"Father, I still want to buy cloth for you to make a jacket, let's go, you can pick two pieces you like." Mai Xiang supported Ye Dafu.

"No need, I have enough clothes." Ye Dafu said hastily.

"Father, let's go. Now we are not bad at this point. Dad should have good clothes when he goes out to meet guests."

Mai Xiang actually wanted to make long gowns for Ye Dafu. This year, he was just playing with small animals at home. In addition, the economic conditions at home have indeed changed fundamentally. Ye Dafu's mental outlook is no longer that of a bitter farmer.

"Okay, I will follow you." Ye Dafu is not stubborn, he knows that he also wants to support his daughter. He also heard the conversation between the two wives just now, and he also has a lot of doubts in his heart, but this will not be good. ask out.

(End of this chapter)