Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 224
When Mai Xiang heard Mrs. Wan's words, she obviously wanted to see her own joke. A peasant girl went to the party of the officials and ladies. Wouldn't this be sent to the front and waited to be cannon fodder?

In fact, Uladomin and Amusin would occasionally hold some gatherings at home and invite nobles and ladies from the capital to attend, but Mai Xiang never attended.

Because she doesn't like dealing with those pretentious noble ladies, and she doesn't like the strange eyes when they look at her.Besides, she really doesn't know those so-called poems and songs. She can only recite a few Tang poems and Song poems. If she really wants to do it herself, she can't do it.In addition, she also knows nothing about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Therefore, Mai Xiang concluded that Mrs. Wan must have known about this, and that's why Kang Yi invited her because she wanted to make a fool of herself?

"Mrs. Wan really knows how to joke. She knows that I am a country girl, and she asks me to participate in some kind of lotus appreciation party. If I really want to go, it doesn't matter to me. I'm afraid I will embarrass my sister-in-law and say that I don't know where to find such a vulgar girl." I'm afraid it will spoil people's interest." Mai Xiang laughed.

"Mai Xiang, why didn't you lead everyone to sit down?" Mrs. Wan saw that her daughter-in-law was making things difficult for Mai Xiang, so she pulled Mai Xiang to her side.

"No, I forgot about talking to my sister-in-law and younger sisters, and I should call." Mai Xiang didn't want to look at Mrs. Wan's hypocritical face, and hurriedly led everyone to sit down.

When seated, Mrs. Wan, Mrs. Wan, Kang Yi, Liu Shi, Zhao Shi, Yu Shi, Dachun, Li Shi, Jiufeng, etc. sat at the table, while Mai Xiang brought Ziju and Maihuang, the juniors, to the table. a table.

"Girl, come, sit next to Madam Wan, you are the master, if you don't make a fuss, who else are you waiting for?" Granny Wan patted the empty seat beside her and said.

"Mother Wan, today's theme is that my grandfather said that he would invite Grandpa Wan and Mother Wan to get together to talk about brotherhood; Congratulations, I just shyly followed, logically, I shouldn't be here, so, for this piece, let my mother and fifth aunt come."

Mai Xiang knew that as an unmarried daughter-in-law, it was not suitable for her to participate in this kind of occasion, but she was worried that if she did not come, her old mother would really find it difficult to deal with Mrs. Wan. Fortunately, Ye Tiezhu also said that it was about brotherhood and full moon Wine, Mai Xiang took advantage of the loophole.

"Sister-in-law, we country people don't know the rules. Fortunately, there are no outsiders. Everyone is free. If there is anything you can't go to, sister-in-law, nephew, and grandnephew will take care of you." Liu sat on the cold bench for a long time. I just want to talk, she is the eldest elder of the Ye family, shouldn't she be the one to talk about it? .

"Brothers and sisters, let's not talk about these nonsense. The two families will be in the capital in the future, and we can walk around often if we have nothing to do. We can be regarded as kissing and kissing. If my deceased mother-in-law knows about it, she might be very happy. " Mrs. Wan had no choice but to turn to Mrs. Liu and said.

"No, she really has a bodhisattva's heart, the one who pities the poor and cherishes the elderly the most." Mrs. Liu hastily echoed.

Because the late old lady Wan really cared for Ye Tiezhu very much.

"So, it's not that the whole family does not enter the family. My mother-in-law is also a bodhisattva. She is the most shameful person who suffers. She has spent a lot of money outside these years. She is our famous living Bodhisattva in Changhe. Family, today is all due to the blessings accumulated by grandma and grandma for everyone."

Seeing that the old lady was dissatisfied with her just now, Mrs. Wan hurriedly took this opportunity to flatter her mother-in-law, and at the same time, indirectly praised herself.

Sure enough, after hearing these words, Mrs. Wan immediately raised the corners of her mouth dozens of degrees, and said, "How can you praise your mother-in-law as a living Bodhisattva, and you are not afraid that your two aunts will laugh at us?"

"Mother, my daughter-in-law is telling the truth, and my aunt is not an outsider. It's not shameful to make my aunt joke a few words." Mrs. Wan once again succeeded in making the corners of Mrs. Wan's mouth wider.

Mai Xiang was too lazy to watch the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law put on a show, seeing that Mrs. Wan was not happy.
Regarding her mother, Mrs. Zhao, she let go of her thoughts and focused on dealing with the pair of little sisters from the Wan family in front of her.

Mai Xiang heard from Mai Huang last time that the young sisters of the Wan family are so savage. When Mai Xiang first met, she really didn't realize that the two little girls have always been by Mrs. Wan's side with lowered eyebrows and lowered eyes. Mai Xiang thought they were shy and shy.

Unexpectedly, when they were at the dinner table, seeing that the adults were not in front of them, the two little girls spoke more casually.

"Second sister-in-law, I heard that you were really poor before, and you couldn't even have enough to eat, right?"

"Second sister-in-law, I heard that you were divorced by our Wan family, why did you agree to marry my second brother later?"

"Second sister-in-law, I heard that you met my mother-in-law and my sister-in-law when you were begging at the Temple of the Reclining Buddha. How did you meet my second brother?"

"Second sister-in-law, your Ye family is now able to open a restaurant in the capital, is it because of the dowry money from our Wan family?"

. . .

Mai Xiang looked at the innocent faces of these two little girls, and thought for a while, did someone instruct them to say these words, or was it just their nature?

"Two sisters, didn't the master teach you an idiom that three people become a tiger, so, my sister taught you a sentence, you must remember it, what you see may not be the whole truth, let alone hearsay. You must use your own brain to carefully analyze or seek proof.”

"What do you mean three people become tigers?" The two little girls were puzzled, because Mai Xiang's words were a bit esoteric to them.

"Well, it means that there were no tigers in the city, and three people all said that there were tigers in the city, and everyone believed it. This allusion comes from "Warring States Policy", which means that the rumor has been repeated by many people, and the listeners don't think about it. , just believe it.”

"Elder Sister, it turns out that you are a learned person." Mai Huang deliberately said loudly from the side.

"What, this doesn't count, but I just know an allusion, what kind of knowledge is this?" Wan Zhilian curled her lips, obviously dissatisfied.

"This is indeed not knowledge. What I teach you is not knowledge, but the principles of life, because being a man is far more important than learning."

"What do you mean? You mean we don't know how to be human?" Wan Zhilian asked angrily.

"My elder sister often teaches us the principles of life. My elder sister said that when three people go together, there must be my teacher. Therefore, as a human being, you must listen to other people's opinions anytime and anywhere. This is called learning from each other's strengths." Mai Qing said.

"Really? Then let me ask, what have you taught your elder sister?" Wan Zhihe caught the loophole in Mai Qing's words.

"This, this..." When Mai Qing was thinking about it, Xiao Er began to serve the dishes.

"Okay, let's stop talking, let's eat. You can be more casual." Mai Xiang hurriedly interrupted everyone.

Although the Ye family didn't have the rule of eating and sleeping, but with the improvement of their own conditions, Mai Xiang began to set rules for these little ones.Because, in this dynasty, talking at the dinner table is a very uneducated behavior. For the future of Mai Huang and the others, Mai Xiang must go to the countryside to do as the Romans do.

The meal was finally finished without incident. After the meal, the adults drank tea and chatted at the table, and the children also divided into groups and chattered.

Who knows that the little girl from the Wan family saw that she had taken advantage of Mai Xiang, she looked at Ziju and Jiufeng, but Jiufeng couldn't find anything wrong with her, the clothes she was wearing were all given by the old lady Wan over the years It was for Mrs. Liu. In addition, Jiufeng was always pampered, and she had long since faded away from the traces of rural people.

Ziju wore a new dress from Mai Xiang today. Mai Xiang is only 13 years old and her stature is not enough.

Mai Xiang originally didn't plan to bring Ziju to this party, because Mai Xiang was worried that Ziju would become more ambitious after seeing the ostentation of a rich family, and only wanted to pick up Gao Zhifei.

Who knew that Ziju would not do it, so she insisted on coming out to learn more,

Mai Xiang can't help it, she can't all wear new clothes made of gauze, but Ziju and the others are still wearing country cotton clothes, even if Mai Xiang is willing, Ziju is not willing.But it was obvious that there was no time to do it now, so Mai Xiang picked out a new dress for her. Fortunately, when the clothes in ancient times were generally loose and bulky, they could barely cover it up. Found.

"Who is this sister? You are not from my second sister-in-law's family, are you?" Wan Zhihe asked first.

"This is my aunt's cousin." Mai Xiang introduced.

"Oh, you're from the country, no wonder it looks so shabby, isn't your dress your own?" Wan Zhilian deliberately walked around Ziju.

When Ziju heard this, her little face flushed immediately, and she wanted to respond with something, but she felt that the words were stuck in her throat and she couldn't speak at all.

"Two sisters, it seems that my sister has to teach you a word. To be kind to others is to be kind to yourself. A person's blessings are rich and poor, and it is all the karma of the previous life, so you are so unscrupulous in this life. , Be careful that you will be reincarnated in the poor family in the next life, and those who lack clothes and clothing, you will know what it is like to be a poor person in the countryside."

"Sister, didn't you say that not everyone is born to enjoy happiness, and not everyone is born to suffer. Some people don't think that they are living well now, but they may be in a few years." Mai Huang said solemnly .

"You, you, what do you mean? You want to curse our Wan family?" Wan Zhihe stared at Mai Huang.

"Idiot, I don't understand this. What my elder sister and second sister mean is that this is called the blessing of the misfortune, and the blessing of the misfortune. This good thing can turn into a bad thing, and the bad thing can naturally turn into a good thing. If you become rich, the rich can also become poor." Mai Qing added.

Seeing Wan Zhilian and Wan Zhihe's increasingly ugly faces, Mai Xiang hastily reprimanded Mai Huang and Mai Qing, her point was not targeting them.

Unexpectedly, the two little girls burst into tears when they heard this, and walked up to Mrs. Wan and Mrs. Wan.

(End of this chapter)