Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 212 There is no free lunch in the world

None of the four present thought that when the banquet was about to end, Yong En would actually announce his name.

"Prince Li's Mansion?" Ji Xiaolan was the most shocked.

Ji Xiaolan doesn't know Mai Xiang very well, but he knows that Mai Xiang is a country girl. Even if she helped Prince Li because of the cowpox test, it doesn't make sense for a dignified prince to take care of a little country girl like this, and he is willing to do it for her. She is so condescending.

"Little brother, that's interesting. I don't know if you have any good wine in Prince Li's Mansion?" Cao Xueqin was not surprised at all.

"Mr. Cao, don't worry, don't dare to say anything else, there are still a few jars of good wine." Yong En didn't mind Cao Xueqin's madness either.

"It's just that the threshold for your ceremony to the Prince's Mansion is a bit high, and I'm afraid I won't be able to step in." Cao Xueqin smiled self-deprecatingly.

"In the future when my younger brother is free, how about my younger brother personally bring a few jars of wine to visit Mr.?" Yongen knew a little about Cao Xueqin's character, so it might not be so easy to ask him to come.

"Not bad, interesting enough."

"Remember to call Ji, although Ji can't drink, but Ji can replace wine with tea to help everyone's elegance."

"Naturally, Ji Tanhua, the number one talented person, is indispensable." Yong En laughed.

Even Mai Xiang didn't expect that this meal would lead to such a happy and harmonious situation. It seemed that it was getting closer to the release of "Story of the Stone".

In the days that followed, Huai Ci went to Ji's house every day, and when he turned back, he was still studying hard. What Mai Xiang could do was to take care of him wholeheartedly, and at the same time, he also took over the account books of the two shops.

It was finally June, when Huaici's college exams were over, Mai Xiang originally wanted to go back to the countryside, but at this time, Li's son Mai Lang was born, and Mai Xiang couldn't bear to leave Li alone in the capital for confinement. Had to stay again.

One day, Mai Xiang was reconciling accounts with Huai Ci on the kang table, when Mrs. Wan came, and the two maids beside her each carried a big box.

"Nurse Wan, you didn't go to the countryside to escape the heat in this scorching hot day?" Mai Xiang asked.

"No, I'm going to visit your nanny, and I want to pick you up and go together."

"Pick us up?"

Mrs. Wan didn't answer, she ordered the maids to put down the things, and then sent the maids down, and then said: "Open it, and see what this is?"

After hearing this, Mai Xiang opened the cardboard box according to her words, and inside was a pair of blue and white vases with lotus patterns.

"Look at the signature."

After hearing this, Mai Xiang took out the bottle, and glanced at the inscription on the bottom. There were six italic characters, "Daming Xuande Annual System".

"This is a good thing, and it can be regarded as an antique. I saw that your house was missing a few decorations last time when I came here. I think this pair of vases is just right." Mrs. Wan said while sweeping Mai Xiang's room. glance.

"Is it for me?" Mai Xiang was a little strange.

"What's the difference between sending you off and sending you off? Aren't you my granddaughter-in-law?"

"Then, thank you very much." Mai Xiang didn't know how much this item was worth in this period, but Mai Xiang knew that in modern times, she would be a rich woman.

Mai Xiang has already thought about it, anyway, she will be a member of the Wan family sooner or later, no matter what Mrs. Wan gives her in the future, she will always come, because if this thing is not given to her, it must be in the hands of Wan Zhigao. It can only be because Mrs. Wan is cheaper, Mai Xiang doesn't want to be a fool.

"Son, can you accompany Madam Wan to the countryside? Madam Wan wants to visit your mama, and by the way, go to the Temple of the Reclining Buddha."

"To the Temple of the Reclining Buddha?"

"Son, tell me, can Brother Yuan and Brother Gao win this time?" Mrs. Wan looked at Mai Xiang expectantly.

"No way, Madam Wan, how do I know this? I'm not a god, I can have the ability to predict the future." Mai Xiang smiled.

But Mai Xiang quickly thought of why this old lady Wan came here today, and she wanted to ask Mai Xiang to accompany her to make a wish!
Sure enough, there is no free lunch in the world.

How could Mai Xiang count on her?The Wan family is really cold, even giving something to their grandson with such a strong purpose, no wonder Huai Ci really doesn't want to enter that family.

But the thing Mai Xiang has already accepted, it's just a wish, it won't be so effective, right?Mai Xiang was at war in her heart, she didn't want to make a wish for Wan Zhigao, but she couldn't bear to part with this pair of blue and white porcelain.

Having said that, although Mai Xiang is a little superstitious, she doesn't believe that she is a golden man, and that every wish she makes will come true. If this is the case, she doesn't have to do anything, just make a wish to make Mrs. Wan unlucky.

Thinking of this, Mai Xiang changed her smiling face and said, "Nurse Wan wants to make a wish, right?

Mrs. Wan smiled when she heard it, she just liked Mai Xiang, and she knew it all.In fact, she was also fidgeting at home these days waiting for the results to be announced, and suddenly remembered that she had made several wishes to Mai Xiang, but they were all fulfilled, so she had the cheek to come again.

Originally, she thought that Mai Xiang would refuse, but after hearing Mai Xiang's tone of voice, she knew that Mai Xiang agreed, and also knew that the pair of vases were not given away for nothing.

"Girl, tell me the truth, the time you went back to the countryside with Huaici for the festival, did you go to the Temple of the Reclining Buddha?"

What Mrs. Wan was talking about was that during the Dragon Boat Festival, the Wan family brought festival gifts to the Ye family, but both Huai Ci and Mai Xiang returned to Huangye Village.

"I didn't go. I didn't even think about it if Madam Wan didn't say anything. Huaici, you should go with us too. After you finished the exam, you haven't relaxed yet."

"Okay." Huai Ci didn't look at Mrs. Wan, but smiled softly at Mai Xiang.

"Then it's settled. I'll come to see you early tomorrow morning." Seeing that she had achieved her goal, Mrs. Wan got up to leave without further delay.

"Nurse Wan won't stay for a light meal?" Mai Xiang asked politely.

"No, I'll go back and pack my things. I'm going to stay at your house for two days and talk to your mother." The old lady glanced at Huaici, seeing that Huaici didn't ask her to keep her, she walked away wisely.

After Mrs. Wan left, Mai Xiang saw that Huai Ci was still bowing her head to settle accounts, so she lay down on the kang table and looked at him with her head tilted.

"Naughty again, don't want to work anymore?" Huai Ci patted Mai Xiang on the head.

"You're not mad at me?"

"Why am I mad at you?"

"It's my promise to make a wish for your brother."

"What's there to be angry about? Could it be that my daughter-in-law is really a golden talker?"

"I think so." Mai Xiang rolled her eyes.

"It's over, and we didn't suffer a loss. Anyway, we lost a pair of blue and white porcelain from the Xuande period."

"Hehe, I didn't expect the two of us to go together. Brother, how much is this pair of blue and white porcelain worth?"

When Huai Ci saw Mai Xiang talking about money, his eyes lit up, he couldn't help but shook his head with a smile, and said, "Daughter-in-law, our annual income is quite a lot, you like these things, I'll just buy some more in the future. "

In Huai Ci's heart, he has already regarded Mai Xiang as the closest person, and all his property has been handed over to Mai Xiang.And he also learned that Mai Xiang originally liked to collect antiques, not gold and silver, but interested in porcelain, jade, bronze, ancient books, calligraphy and painting, etc.

"Okay, it's just that good things can't be found, so no matter what we do, we must have money in our hands. With money, we can buy things we like."

"Understood, don't worry, daughter-in-law, I'm just idle during this time, why don't I go and see if I can do some more business?"

Huai Ci also had more than 1000 taels of silver in his hand, and was considering whether to open a bookstore on the Qianmen side, because there are also many guild halls in various provinces on the Qianmen side, and most of these people also came to the capital to rush for the exam.Of course, the most important thing is that he bought another shop at Dashilan.

In addition, he also knows that Mai Xiang is looking for someone to engrave movable type printing templates, and Mai Xiang plans to open a printing factory, so that his bookstore can just digest some of the books for Mai Xiang.

"Forget it, it's better to be familiar with it than to be a student. In the future, you still have to go to school, so where do you have time to take care of these things? I can't help you with anything."

"Don't worry, I'll make arrangements. I'll listen to you. It's better to be familiar with it. Let's open another bookstore. The store is ready-made, and there is Feng Xiang."

"Brother, speaking of opening a bookstore, can you do something for me?" Mai Xiang took Huaici's arm and acted like a baby.

"But by order." Every time Huai Ci sees Mai Xiang's childlike attitude when she is alone in front of him, her heart is always full of joy and emotion, and she only wants to be good to her.

"Brother, let me take a look at this first. You can copy a copy for me. It should be more neat. You only need to copy the text in ink and pen, and you don't need to copy the book review part of Zhu Pian. This is a novel written by godfather for ten years. I want to convince my godfather and prepare to take it out and engrave it, but my godfather hasn't finished writing it yet."

"No way, I haven't finished a book in ten years, what kind of masterpiece is Mr. writing?" Huai Ci took Mai Xiang's manuscript, very surprised.

"You'll know it yourself after reading it. In fact, I wanted to show it to you a long time ago, but I saw that you have been busy with the exams, so I put it off until now."

Mai Xiang already has the first [-] chapters of the manuscript in her hand, and she is also anxious to read the chapters after the [-]th chapter, but Cao Xueqin has not finished the manuscript yet.Mai Xiang calculated that there are still about nine years before the death of Cao Xueqin in history. If it is said that the manuscript was not completed before his death, then he is probably just halfway through writing it now.

Huaici glanced at the manuscript, and didn't have the mind to reconcile the accounts. He took the manuscript and tilted it on Mai Xiang's kang, flipped through it, and was fascinated by it. It was not until Mai Xiang called him to have dinner that he reluctantly put down the manuscript.

"Mr. is indeed a great talent. The writing is so expressive. I finally understand why my sister always says that Mr. is an all-rounder. There are too many things in the book. This is the best novel I have ever read."

After hearing this, Mai Xiang smiled and asked, "You have nothing to say to me?"

"What?"

"Don't you think there is something wrong with me reading this kind of book? I was scolded by my elder brother-in-law and punished to kneel." Mai Xiang felt aggrieved when she thought about this, and she would always be punished to kneel. do not like.

"I trust my daughter-in-law."

"What do you believe in me?"

"I believe that my daughter-in-law will not do anything wrong. Besides, take a step back and say that even if my wife does something wrong, I will still be there. Although I am not strong enough now, I will always be by your side. looking at you."

After hearing this, Mai Xiang felt warm in her heart and hugged him actively.

(End of this chapter)