Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 19 Obtaining the Power of the Household

Being in charge of the house and keeping the money are two different things. Keeping the money is just putting the money bag on Mai Xiang's side. The child keeps his mouth shut and won't talk nonsense. The family can take it out at any time if it is urgent.But being in charge of a family is different. You have to arrange the expenses of the six or seven people in your family, and you have to plan all the expenses. What can such a young child know?
"Father, these days I learn sewing from the aunt of the master's house next door every day. I also begged them to teach me how to read. Not only can I count, but I can also do simple arithmetic. Now I can even write my name." Seeing that Ye Dafu didn't trust her, Mai Xiang hurriedly carried Liu Huilan out.

Liu Huilan didn't expect Mai Xiang to be serious about learning to read, and what surprised her even more was that Mai Xiang's receptivity was really strong, and she could remember the words she had taught the next day.Mai Xiang's answer was to practice in the yard with branches after returning home.

Of course, what Liu Huilan is teaching now are some simple characters, and Mai Xiang doesn't need to learn them seriously. Those complicated strokes give Mai Xiang a headache when she sees them. It is not easy to memorize them.

Ye Dafu didn't expect his daughter to have such a blessing, so he quietly invited a husband for himself. No wonder he felt that his daughter was getting smarter and smarter. It turned out that she was trained by her husband.

"Okay, I'll tell your mother when she comes back." This time Ye Dafu agreed without hesitation, because Mrs. Zhao could only count from one to one hundred, and she had never seen any amount of copper coins.

This family is so poor, and Mai Xiang earned the copper money. If she wants to be the head of the family, let her be the head of the family. Anyway, the Zhao family has been the family for ten years, and the family is still so poor. Ye Dafu vaguely feels that Mai Xiang is better than her. It's too much for a mother to be successful.

While the two were talking, Mai Xiang heard Zhao's voice and entered the yard, "Mai Huang, are your father and your eldest sister back yet?"

"It's in the house." Mai Huang didn't follow this time.

"My child's father, are you back?" Mrs. Zhao's voice was really loud, and when she pushed open the door, Mrs. Liu poked her head out from the main room.

But Mrs. Liu wisely didn't come over, but raised her voice and asked Ye Dafu if he had put all his things away.Although she is also concerned about how many Dafu's straw sandals can be sold, the situation is the same every year. She is more concerned about what can be gained from entering the mountains this time.

Ye Dafu came out and answered Mrs. Liu's words. After Mrs. Liu entered the house, Ye Dafu went back to the room and took out a pile of copper coins for Mrs. Zhao from his clothes.

"Father of the child, there are so many, how much does this have?" Mrs. Zhao got carried away as soon as she was happy.

"Speak softly, what are you yelling about? This time, Da Ya and I sold a total of [-] Wen, and Da Ya bought you a snack for [-] Wen. She said that she was afraid that you would be hungry at night and would not be able to sleep. The rest There are still seventy texts here."

"It's really all sold, eighty Wen? Oh, my eldest daughter is really capable." When Zhao heard that she had more than seventy Wen, she hugged Mai Xiang and kissed her.This is the largest income in the family, and it is also the largest savings in the family so far.

"Okay, don't yell around, everyone yelled out, everyone will go to sell small shoes in the future, what else is Mai Xiang selling?" Ye Dafu was really worried about her, so he reminded her a few more words, but fortunately he listened to Mai Xiang's words, Hide the money bag, if she knows that there are hundreds of Wen in the house, she might be so happy.

Mai Xiang took out the dim sum and put it on Zhao's kang table. This time, she bought three kinds of Sachima, pea yellow and peach crisp. , I think this time it must be a son, he can eat, he is always hungry."

"Really?" Ye Dafu was also happy when he heard that. Mrs. Zhao gave birth to five daughters in a row, and four of them survived. He was really worried that he would not have a son in his life.

"Of course, I don't think it's the same as the big girls. This one must be in charge." Once Zhao was happy, she didn't have any taboos, forgetting that there was a big girl by her side.

After hearing this, Mai Xiang turned around and walked out of the room. She went to ladle water to wash her hands, and also gave Ye Dafu a chance to talk about making herself the head of the house. She was afraid that if she was here, the Zhao family would blow up the temple.

"Mai Xiang, come here, come here." Mrs. Liu saw it on the kang and waved to Mai Xiang.

"Nurse, what's the matter?" Mai Xiang lifted the curtain and went in, while Liu Shi and Jiufeng were embroidering handkerchiefs on the bed.

All the boys in the family went out to cultivate wasteland, even the 13-year-old Beatitudes.

"How many pairs of straw sandals did your father sell today?" Mrs. Liu was still concerned about this question.

Of course, she wasn't thinking about the old man's private house, but she felt sorry for the old man who didn't marry a good wife, not only couldn't make money, he couldn't even give birth to a son, he would just be careless all day long, and didn't know how to think about his own gentlemen.

Seeing her son working so hard every day and still not being able to eat enough, Mrs. Liu had to save half of the cornbread for his daughter-in-law. This daughter-in-law never knew how to be modest.Mrs. Liu really thinks Mrs. Zhao is not pleasing to her eyes.

"It seems to have five or six pairs."

"It's only five or six pairs? How much is it? Your mother just yelled, wishing everyone in the yard knew about it?" When Liu heard this, she became narrow-minded again, thinking that Zhao's eyelids were too shallow.

"Mother, my sister-in-law is like that, why is my elder brother not idle all year round, and the family is still so poor?" Jiufeng said.

Mai Xiang was a little upset when she heard this. Ye Dafu was busy all year long, and gave Liu's all the money he earned, and the family didn't get rich. Just because he made a few pairs of straw sandals in winter and sold them, the big house will be rich. stand up?

"My father has never been idle all year round." Mai Xiang only said this, she knew that Jiufeng was unintentional, and she didn't want to really care about her, and Liu Shi was on the side.

"Not only is your father not idle, but who among the adults in the family is idle? But who knows that there are too many people in the family, and how much money they earn is not enough to fill everyone's stomachs. These days are getting more and more difficult." Liu sighed Taking a deep breath, Jiufeng didn't understand, but she understood what Mai Xiang meant.

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Liu looked at Mai Xiang again, when did this girl choke on her words?She recalled the day when Mai Xiang stopped Mrs. Zhao from speaking. This child was obviously scheming by the city government, and he was much better than her mother.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Liu took Mai Xiang to sit down, and said, "Big girl, your father has been busy recently, and your mother's belly is too big. You should worry more about Mai Huang and the others. Good boy, what's wrong?" If you understand, ask Mommy."

"Understood, Mammy."

"Mai Xiang, come on, don't you want to learn embroidery? I'll teach you." Jiufeng moved into the kang, bringing Mai Xiang closer to her.

"Grandma, I'll go home and get a sewing basket. I need to learn how to sew first." Mai Xiang wants to buy a piece of fine cotton cloth at the next market, and make a new suit for the child in Mrs. Zhao's belly. She also wants to do it herself. Two sets of underwear.

After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she returned to her room, Ye Dafu had already agreed with Mrs. Zhao to let Mai Xiang be the head of the house.Mrs. Zhao was unwilling at first, but she finally got these copper coins at home, and she was just about to spend them happily, when she suddenly heard that she was not allowed to be the head of the house, how could she be reconciled?
Ye Dafu's original words were that she was heavy and couldn't go out. If there was some errand at home, could it be Mai Xiang?Now Mai Xiang knows numbers better than her, calculates accounts faster than her, and can even write her own name, isn't she better than her?
Of course, the most important point is that this copper coin was earned by Mai Xiang.It's just that Ye Dafu didn't dare to say these words, Zhao's mouth was not guarded, and he would say everything in a hurry.

"Da Ya, are you really able to read and write your own name?" Mrs. Zhao asked while pulling Mai Xiang.

Seeing Mai Xiang nodding, Mrs. Zhao patted her thigh and laughed, and said, "Now let's see what the third and second younger siblings are proud of. Hmph, I want us to earn money for their children to study. Bah, I think so." Reciprocity! Our big girl learned to read first, haha."

Seeing her like this, Ye Dafu shook his head, and gave Mai Xiang a small wooden box from the top of the kang, and Mai Xiang opened it, only a few dozen copper coins inside.

"Big girl, this is all our family property. I counted it just now, and there are more than one hundred and five coins. You must not spend it indiscriminately, otherwise, I will not spare you." Zhao said from the side.

In any case, the economic power fell into the hands of Mai Xiang, and Zhao felt quite uncomfortable.

Mai Xiang listened to the calculations. Last time, she gave them 26 Wen, and this time with 96 Wen, they have already taken up [-] Wen. The family's wealth was originally only [-] Wen, and they are really not ordinary poor.

"Father, you can weave some more shoes. I'll call Mai Huang, and I'll teach her how to tie a net." Mai Xiang suddenly thought that there would be a market again in a few days, and she had made an appointment with the young master of the Tong family to give him a pair of shoes. Give five pairs of wall shoes.

With this right to be the head of the family, Mai Xiang feels more at ease. In this case, Mrs. Zhao can no longer think about selling her to become a maid or something?The rest is how to make money.

Mai Huang hadn't been in the mood to play with these children for a long time, and had already rushed over when Mai Xiang called her to play.

In front of Mai Huang, Mai Lu and Mai Qing, Ye Dafu said: "Daddy will go to the mountains tomorrow, and he will not come back for several days. Your mother is about to give birth to a younger brother, so I can't take care of you for a while. You have to listen to your sister at home." ,do you know?"

Mai Huang, Mai Qing, and Mai Lu each took a piece of snack in their hands and nodded hurriedly.

(End of this chapter)