Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 191 Unreasonable Requests
Liu Huilan heard the voice outside, stood up hastily, and said, "Okay, it's time for me to go back and have a look."

Mai Xiang knew that if she was kept here, the two of them would not be able to whisper to each other, so she hurriedly got up and tied up the cloth bundle, and gave it to Liu Huilan.

"Master, don't forget to find Mr.'s book for me." Mai Xiang reminded again.

She heard that Cao Xueqin's manuscripts were scattered outside, and she was even more worried. She might as well borrow it and copy a set by herself.

"Understood, there is also you, Mistress, one more word, although you are young, but Mistress knows that you are a sensible person, you can't be confused about what to do and what not to do." Liu Huilan whispered in Mai Xiang's ear before leaving said a word.

"Understood, my wife is nagging me again." After Mai Xiang said it, she was still very moved, because the other party was really doing it for her own good.

"Master, don't you sit down for a while?" Huai Ci hurriedly said when she saw Liu Huilan was leaving with her child at the door.

He lived in the Ye family for half a month, so he naturally knew that Mai Xiang had a very close relationship with the Cao family, and he had chatted with Cao Xueqin, so he also admired Cao Xueqin's knowledge and talent.

"No, I've been here for a long time, I should go and see if your husband is back." After speaking, Liu Huilan smiled at Mrs. Zhao, because Mrs. Zhao's eyes were fixed on the bag that Mai Xiang gave Liu Huilan.

Liu Huilan also has a little understanding of the Zhao family, because the Zhao family often complained to her, saying that Mai Xiang was closer to the Cao family than to Mai Xiang's grandmother's Zhao family, so Liu Huilan saw Zhao looking at the bag in her hand. Bao Bao, quickly explained: "These are some cloth heads brought by Mai Xiang, and they are used to make longevity flowers."

"It's okay, it's okay, I didn't ask these questions, I know that you and the master are really kind to us, and you didn't miss out on giving us good things. I just looked at the collar on your son's neck, which is so pretty. Yes, when you wear it like this, you really look like a landlord’s young master, when will you ask Da Ya to buy one for us too.”

Mrs. Zhao knew what she had done was wrong, and was afraid that Liu Huilan and Mai Xiang might misunderstand, so she waved her hands and explained a few words.

What she said was from the bottom of her heart, not to mention the things she was far away in the past, and it was thanks to Cao Xueqin that Mai Xiang fell ill a few days ago, not to mention the medical expenses, and even the medical expenses were paid for by her family, and when spring comes, Liu Huilan will give it to Mai Xiang made a jacket, and it's not that Zhao is ungrateful, she's just used to this small family.

Mai Xiang also knows her temperament, and she didn't make much progress under Mai Xiang's deliberate training this year. After all, the memory of being hungry before is too deep.

Naturally, Liu Huilan doesn't care about anything with Mrs. Zhao, she has always felt sorry for Mai Xiang's premature decision, and just wanted to love Mai Xiang a little more, so naturally she was not willing to make things difficult for Mai Xiang.

"Sister-in-law, your Maidi is now the landlord's young master, so you don't have to envy others." Liu Huilan smiled at Mrs. Zhao.

"No, our family has hundreds of acres of land now, so we are not landlords. It will take two years before, and I dare not even think about it." Thinking of this, Mrs. Zhao regained her expression.

Liu Huilan smiled, looked back at Mai Xiang, Mai Xiang hurriedly said: "Mother, I know you like these things, this time I went to the city, I bought presents for my younger brothers and sisters, you go and ask them to come and see Let's see."

Mai Xiang pushed Liu Huilan out the door while talking, she didn't want to explain this to Mrs. Zhao, Liu Huilan shook her head and understood what Mai Xiang meant, so the gold collar could not be said to be a gift from Mai Xiang.

"Mai Xiang, did you really buy a gold collar?" After Liu Huilan had left, Mrs. Zhao approached Mai Xiang.

Mai Xiang opened a wooden box, and there were not four shining gold collars lying inside, each with a small gold lock on it.Of course, the engravings are words like "wealth and longevity" that cannot be more vulgar.

Mai Xiang also thinks that gold can preserve its value, and the family is not short of this kind of silver now, and Zhao's Maihuang and the others really like these things. It can preserve value and buy their happiness, so why not do it?

"Why don't you have one?" Zhao looked at it and knew that one was missing.

"Mother-in-law, I'll see off my younger sister." Huai Ci hurriedly said from the side.

"I don't like these things. By the way, mother, sisters are not allowed to bring these things when they go out alone. They must be accompanied by adults."

"Hey, I see. What are these bracelets?" Mrs. Zhao asked hurriedly when she saw that there was another pair of gold bracelets.

"This bracelet is for you." Mai Xiang originally wanted to buy a pair of jade ones for Mrs. Zhao, but she thought that Mrs. Zhao's personality was so careless that it was really not suitable for her to wear jade bracelets.

"It's really for me? My eldest daughter is so kind. I'll try it now." Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhao quickly withdrew the pair of silver bracelets from her hand, and replaced them with a pair of gold bracelets with a happy smile. Then he happily went out to show off.

"How did you come?"

"Why didn't you buy something for yourself?"

Mai Xiang and Huai Ci both spoke at the same time.

"I have it too, isn't this?" Mai Xiang stretched out her two hands. She was wearing a dragon and phoenix bracelet given by Huaici. In addition, there were three pairs of large gold bracelets given by Uladomin's relatives in her small treasury. .

"What do you like, I'll give it to you next time." Huai Ci held Mai Xiang's wrist, looking left and right.

"What's so interesting about this?" Mai Xiang retracted her hand because she heard footsteps outside.

"Accompany me to the capital, okay?" Huai Ci lowered his head and asked in Mai Xiang's ear.

"Ah? Go again?"

"I still have two days off."

Mai Xiang understood, he wanted to accompany him, but the problem was that she couldn't find an excuse, how could she tell her family about this?
"Elder Sister, Eldest Sister, Mother said you bought us something good." Mai Huang ran in first.

Mai Xiang handed the box to her and said, "Each of you has one, usually you keep it, and you take it out to wear when you go out together. Also, this pair of silver bracelets belongs to your mother, so you also keep it for her."

Mai Xiang is consciously training Mai Huang to be the head of the family, because she is really too busy, and now she wants to copy "The Story of the Stone", and she has no time.

"Understood, big sister, my sisters and I went to my house to try it out." Mai Huang looked at Huaici, took the things thoughtfully and left.

"You can stay here for two days. When will you rest next time? I'll go find you." Mai Xiang felt that she really couldn't find an excuse to go out this time. How could she go out with him just after she came back?

"Okay, the next Muxiu should be the Dragon Boat Festival." Huai Ci suddenly hugged Mai Xiang.

Mai Xiang felt that Huaici's mood was obviously a little depressed, and she didn't know if she was angry at home or because she went to pay homage to his biological mother, so it was hard to push him away for a while.

"By the way, you go home, does Mrs. Wan know that you have entered the academy?"

"I guess I don't know. Recently, she is busy with her eldest brother's marriage. Also, they seem to be looking for a house in the capital city and want to move there, so they probably don't care about me right now." Huaici also knew how to restrain himself, After hugging for a while, he let go of Mai Xiang.

"Ah, all of you are going to move to the capital too?" Mai Xiang got a headache when she heard this. After that, do you still have to live together after getting married?
"It's not 'you', it's them. The Wan family had a house in the city for a long time. My father is now in the Ministry of Industry and has brought two aunts to serve by his side. My aunt stayed in the country to serve the elders, and had long wanted to move to the city. This time, my elder brother got married, and my elder sister-in-law’s natal family is from the city, and my elder brother is also studying in the city, so the whole family has moved, and the previous yard is too small.”

"Your elder brother also went to study in the city? Isn't it the same academy as you again?" Mai Xiang grabbed Huai Ci's clothes.

"That's not true." Huai Ci took advantage of the situation and held Mai Xiang's hand. Seeing that Mai Xiang cared about him so much, he felt much warmer and more balanced in his heart. It's not that he is loved by others.

"Then your nanny didn't ask you anything? She even came to me that day and asked if you had entered the academy."

Mai Xiang felt that something was wrong. If Wan Zhigao could tell Mrs. Wan about Huaici, he would definitely be able to tell Mrs. Wan. No matter how busy Mrs. Wan is, there is always time to talk to her son.

"The worship is over, I didn't stay at home, I came to you directly, so they don't have time to ask. Well, let's not talk about them."

Huai Ci didn't tell the truth to Mai Xiang. In fact, as soon as he got home, Wan Chengyao told him that he wanted to move to his newly built yard for a while. Anyway, Huai Ci was still a few years away from getting married. The house is big enough, even if Huai Ci gets married, it is enough to live in, the family should live together, and the relationship can be deepened.

Of course Huai Ci knew that the reason why the Wan family took a fancy to his house was because the West Fourth Hutong where the new house was located was relatively close to the imperial palace, and the surrounding area was either rich or expensive.Now I want to find such a place in the capital, the location is good and the place is big, it is really difficult to find it for a while.

In addition, Huai Ci's house has another advantage, it is newly built, and no one has ever lived in it, so Wan Chengyao saw that Huai Ci did not agree, and proposed another plan, giving Huai Ci 500 taels of silver to buy the house .

Wan Chengyao was like a mirror in his heart, Huaici would not have been able to buy that piece of land without Yongen's help.He, a sixth-rank Beijing official, can't buy such a good land. What kind of ability can Huaici, a brat who just arrived in the capital, have?
Wan Chengyao's idea is very simple, Huaici can ask Yongen again, or Huaici can buy a small house nearby, because Huaici has a simple population, and he can't use such a big yard at all. Multiple rooms.

Huaici also knew in his heart that Mrs. Wan must have come up with this idea. As for what reason Mrs. Wan found to convince Wan Chengyao, Huaici did not know.

Naturally Huai Ci did not agree, and the Wan family was naturally very disappointed, feeling that this grandson had a birth relationship with them, and they had no respect for elders, nor family values, etc.

Huaici didn't want to stay for a moment after the worship was over, so he escaped from that house.

He didn't tell Mai Xiang any of this, he didn't want Mai Xiang to be angry with him and worry about him.

(End of this chapter)