Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 219 Taunting
The next morning, Mai Xiang got up early and took Maple Leaf to the front yard to prepare things for the guests. Wu Fu also postponed the time to go to the restaurant and kept helping in the front yard. No one from the Wan family came.

At about three o'clock, Mai Xiang saw five or six children from the alley leading two officials to the door. The officials first checked Huaici's household registration, and then gave Huaici a letter with the seal of the governor of Shuntian Official letter, and at this time, Wufu had already stuffed the prepared red envelope, and the two officials pinched it in their hands, laughing.He didn't even drink the tea, got up and said goodbye.

Mai Xiang couldn't help being a little disappointed, she thought she would enter the door with gongs and drums, and had prepared everything early, but unexpectedly, two officials came, quietly, from the time of entering the door to leaving, it didn't take a quarter of an hour.However, a few neighbors knew from the children that Huai Ci had been selected as a scholar, and came to congratulate him specially, but it was not too deserted.

"By the way, I forgot to ask, did Wan Zhigao win?" Mai Xiang said suddenly when she came back from sending her neighbors off.

She didn't really care about Wan Zhigao, but she was curious whether the wish she made really came true.
"Should be able to pass, last time he just failed the college exam, this year the family invited an old gentleman from the college to give him a lecture." Huai Ci said.

Mai Xiang curled her lips after hearing this, it seems that Wanjia is really willing to invest in Wan Zhigao, but she doesn't know if the other party is the material.

"Suddenly I regretted making a wish for him." Mai Xiang felt depressed. From now on, Mrs. Wan would no longer regard herself as a lucky star.

"It's nothing to do with my sister. Even if my sister doesn't take this trip, he should be hit. At least we lost a pair of vases." Huai Ci smiled, his mind is not so narrow-minded. Don't hate, but don't love either.

"That's true. Forget it, let's not talk about them. I want to set up a table of wine in Fuyunlai in the afternoon. Please invite my two sisters and brother-in-law. After all, this is also a happy event. Just ask your brother-in-law, this Imperial College Can he help."

As soon as Mai Xiang finished speaking, Madam Guan came to the door. It turned out that Uladomin had sent her to give a congratulatory gift.

"I was talking about my sister and brother-in-law, but it just so happened that Nanny Guan came." Seeing the person coming, Mai Xiang hurriedly helped her up.

"Fu Jin knew that you were sure to come back yesterday, so he wanted to send the old lady to the door yesterday, but the prince said that the good news hasn't come out yet, so let's send the congratulatory gifts first, people who don't know think that Master Huaici is a talented person The money is pre-determined in advance." Guan Yu said with a smile.

"Hey, I thought we were the first ones, but I didn't expect to fall behind your old man."

Just as Nanny Guan finished speaking, another carriage stopped at the door, and Nanny Li walked in.

"It's a good time to come today. I'm about to send someone to invite my two sisters and husbands. Tonight, we'll set up wine at Fuyunlai. Thank you two sisters for your love for Mai Xiang and Huai Ci, and I'll invite the two nuns to go back. Be sure to convey your compliments." Mai Xiang smiled.

"Alright, we, Fujin, are also talking about it, saying that we haven't come out to get together for a while." Nanny Li laughed.

"That's not the case, we Fujin also said that this woman has no time to be free when she is a mother-in-law. There are too many things to worry about, and there are much fewer people visiting relatives and friends." Guan Yu smiled. There is a lot of satisfaction in it.

"Miss Biao is really lucky. Now that she has two sons by her side, and Prince Li loves her so much, she won't have to worry about it." Nanny Li also said with a smile.

Uladomin gave birth to another son a few days ago, but Uladomin's natal family was very happy, because the child mortality rate in ancient times was high, and having two sons undoubtedly equaled double insurance. Anyway, this Uladomin The position of Duo Min's prince and princess is secure.

The reason why Nanny Li expresses such emotion is because Amu Xin gave birth to a daughter in her first birth, and Hong Rong's side Fujin is now pregnant. Although Hong Rong is now fond of A Mu Xin, she has not given birth to a son , Nanny Li always felt uneasy.

When Madam Guan heard Li Nanny say this in front of Mai Xiang, a girl with a yellow flower, she was a little unhappy, and hurriedly said: "Miss Mai Xiang seems to have grown up recently, and she is becoming more and more like a big girl."

Nanny Li understood it as soon as she heard it, and said with a smile: "No, this little face is getting more and more beautiful."

"The two nuns teased me for a long time, I must be thirsty, please sit in the room and have a cup of tea." Mai Xiang laughed.

Mai Xiang was about to lead the guests into the house, when she saw another carriage approaching the door, this time it was actually Wan Chengyao.

Wan Chengyao was quite surprised to see how lively the courtyard was.However, he glanced at Nanny Guan and Nanny Li, one of whom he was somewhat familiar with, and roughly guessed the identity of the visitor.So he said with a smile: "Hello, two nuns, this is Brother Yuan's father, the dog can be what it is today, thanks to the help of the prince, I want to bring the dog to the door a few times to thank you, but I am afraid that the prince will be abrupt, please invite the two Nanny conveys my thanks on my behalf."

Sister Guan laughed and said, "So you are the father of Young Master Huaici. I'm so sorry. I always thought that Young Master Huaici was a helpless orphan. When Miss Mai Xiang met him, he was alone. People are begging for life in the capital, tsk tsk, I'm not boasting, I have never seen a child who knows how to make progress like Master Huaici who can endure hardships. With Miss Mai Xiang assisting at the side, Master Huaici is what he is today."

Hearing this, Wan Chengyao couldn't help feeling a little ashamed, and of course also a little annoyed. The other party clearly knew that he was Wan Zhiyuan's father, but he still said that he thought Huaici was an orphan. This was not to blame him for not fulfilling his father's responsibility ?
Mai Xiang didn't expect that Nanny Guan would say these words. In fact, Nanny Guan had met Wan Chengyao a long time ago. She just remembered Wan Jia's injustice to Huaici, so, this time, Nanny Guan Mammy just wanted to stand up for Huaici, deliberately trying to ridicule Wan Chengyao.Anyway, she also knew that Wan Chengyao had nothing to do with her.

But the other party is Huaici's father after all, and Mai Xiang has to look at the Buddha's face even if he doesn't look at the monk's face, so before Wan Chengyao could speak, he said, "Nurse Guan misunderstood, Huaici wanted to train herself to come out alone. He wants to prove himself, he has the ability to support himself, which is a good thing."

"Yes, Madam Guan, if I hadn't walked out of the house, how would I be here today?" Huai Ci also said.

He didn't want to excuse Wan Chengyao, but he was worried that Wan Chengyao would blame Mai Xiang for the embarrassment he encountered today. He didn't want Mai Xiang to make another enemy for her before she entered Wan's house.
"Yes, yes, mother Guan, it's a good thing that young people are willing to venture out. My son is a successful case. If I had stopped him from leaving, wouldn't my son be where he is today?" Wan Chengyao hurriedly echoed a few words .

"That's reasonable. It's better for this young man to go out and make a living than relying on the protection of his ancestors at home. That's fine, I won't delay you anymore. Fujin is still waiting for my reply." Madam Guan naturally knew her If she stayed any longer, the scene would be a bit awkward, anyway, she had said everything that should be said.

"Okay, I'll see off the two nuns."

Mai Xiang followed Nanny Guan and Nanny Li to the carriage outside the door. Mai Xiang stepped forward with Nanny Guan on her arm, smiled and said, "Nurse Guan is very powerful just now, thank you very much."

After hearing this, Madam Guan pointed to Mai Xiang's forehead, and said with a smile, "You don't think my old lady is troublesome."

"How can I, am I that stupid person who can't tell the difference?"

"It's good to know, don't say I didn't tell you, you have to keep silent when you are angry, with the prince and Fujin behind you, what are you afraid of, remember?"

"remember."

"Go, go back and listen to what he wants to do."

"If you teach children like this, even a good child will be taught badly by you." Nanny Li joked aside.

"It's good to be bad, but it saves you from being angry and bullied." Nurse Guan didn't care.

Nanny Li didn't say anything when she saw it, she was thoughtful.

Mai Xiang sent the two of them away, and went back to the house, only to see Huai Ci and Wan Chengyao sitting in the hall of the upper room, and Li Ye was serving tea to the two, the father and son were relatively speechless.

"Master Wan, I was just about to send someone to ask, did my brother win the prize?" Mai Xiang laughed.

"I got it too, but it's not as good as Brother Yuan's exam. Can you show my father the happy news of Brother Yuan?" Wan Chengyao asked while looking at the official letter in Huai Ci's hand.

When Huai Ci asked, she didn't say anything, but passed the official letter over.

"That's right, that's right, you actually got a good grade in the top ten. I heard from your mother that your master wants you to enter the Imperial College. You must seize this opportunity. Those who can enter the Imperial College are not ordinary people, no Speaking of other things, use it well, and this batch of your classmates will have a lot of contacts in the future."

"It's not easy to say, the Imperial College has to take the exam."

"Your master should be able to teach you."

When Huaici heard the other party mentioned Ji Xiaolan, she fell silent again.

"Your grandfather said that today he will take you and your eldest brother back to the countryside to worship the ancestors. In addition, he also plans to hold a few banquets in the countryside. Pack up your things and come with us later." Wan Chengyao saw his son Did not answer, changed the subject.

"Why did you switch to serving wine in the countryside?" Huai Ci asked.

"Your grandfather said that both of your brothers passed the examination of scholar at the same time. This is a great joy for our Wan family, and it can be regarded as the glory of our ancestors." Wan Chengyao tried his best to put on an easy-going tone, and he didn't want to quarrel with this son. up.

What the old woman said just now is another example, he has not forgotten the difficulties and insults he suffered at the Ye family that day, so, this son, he can't offend, he can only win over.

Thinking of this, Wan Chengyao looked at the pile of congratulatory gifts on the ground that hadn't had time to be unpacked and sorted out. Unexpectedly, the Prince's Mansion was really willing to send so many things, not to mention anything else, just for this relationship. In the future, Huai Ci will go on an official career, and he will definitely go farther than Wan Chengyao, and of course, he will be much stronger than Wan Zhigao.

(End of this chapter)