Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 232 Classic Snippets
"Father, just say what you have to say." Mai Xiang looked at Ye Dafu who was hesitant to speak, and asked.

"Dad has nothing to say, Dad just came to see you."

I ran to my daughter's room early in the morning just to see her, and praised her a few words, Mai Xiang looked left and right, Ye Dafu is not such an emotional person?

"Father, don't worry, I will pay more attention when I talk to Mammy in the future. Auntie is your little sister, and you should love her dearly, just like I love Maidi. But I never care about it just because Maidi is the only boy. Just get used to him, on the contrary, just because Mai Di is the only boy in the family, I discipline him much more severely than Mai Huang, because of this, he will be able to support the Ye family in the future."

When Mai Xiang was at home, she was indeed a little strict with Mai Di, so Mrs. Zhao often got awkward with Mai Xiang. Mai Xiang was worried that Ye Dafu was unhappy, so she simply said it out today.

"Son, you don't need to say it. Dad understands that you are a good boy. Dad made a mistake. Dad doesn't know how many blessings he has cultivated in his lifetime. To have a girl like you, I shouldn't be greedy anymore." After Dafu finished speaking, he touched Mai Xiang's head with trembling hands.
"Greedy? What does Dad mean by that?" Mai Xiang chewed Ye Dafu's words, always feeling weird.

"Okay, girl, let's get up and play in the snow. Didn't you say that eating hot pot around the stove in snowy weather is the happiest? Dad, let's go prepare the mutton." Ye Dafu got up and said, obviously not wanting to talk.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Mai Xiang got up, Wu Fu asked outside the door before she got up, "Is Mai Xiang up? I'm your fifth uncle."

"Uncle Fifth, come in." Mai Xiang sighed after finishing speaking, it seems that this morning will not be easy.

"Mai Xiang, Uncle Wu wants to discuss something with you. Uncle Wu has found a yard nearby, and there are about a dozen rooms. It costs 180 taels of silver. I want to buy it and move there in the spring of next year. What do you think? ?”

"Uh, I have no problem with Fifth Uncle buying a house. Fifth Uncle should also buy some property of his own. However, if Fifth Uncle wants to buy a yard and take Grandpa and Mammy over, there is no need."

Fuyun received less than 2000 taels of silver in the coming year, and Wufu has [-]% of the shares. The money in his hand should be enough to buy a yard, but Mai Xiang can't bear to let him raise the Liu family. .

"Mai Xiang, Uncle Wu, Uncle Wu doesn't have enough money, can you advance me 50 taels first?" Wu Fu rubbed his hands and asked.

"Not enough? Uncle Wu, tell me, what are you doing with all your money?" Mai Xiang asked.

"This, this, is kind of useful."

"Uncle Wu, I know how much silver you earn. You can't spend five or sixty taels of silver on your household in the past few months, right? What jewelry did Aunt Fifth add recently? No, is it old aunt?"

Mai Xiang knew that Li Shi was a frugal person, and she usually wore cotton clothes at home, and they were half-worn, that is, she had one or two ordinary silk clothes when she went out, and Mai Xiang gave her those jewelry.

"No, it's nothing, Mai Xiang, don't ask. Don't ask your fifth aunt about this matter. After buying the yard, I will take the two of them out. It's not easy for your fifth aunt."

"Uncle Wu, if you keep doing this, you're going to hurt my aunt. I don't understand this truth, don't you understand? The family doesn't have this condition at all. If you have old clothes, you want new clothes, and if you have new clothes, you want new clothes." Silk, if you have silk, you want brocade, and head flowers, too, if you have cloth, you want silver, and if you have silver, you want gold. The silver will make you want to spend it? Could it be that she will get married in the future? Are you also going to get used to her like this?"

Mai Xiang didn't want to be nosy at first, but most people in this era are foolish and filial. When old people cry, they want to take all the faults and responsibilities on themselves. Ye Dafu is an example, and Wufu is another example.

Fortunately, Ye Dafu resisted this time, but unexpectedly, Liu extended his hand to Wufu.

Mai Xiang really doesn't understand, Liu is usually considered a reasonable person, why when it comes to Jiufeng's issue, she becomes a little unreasonable and domineering. Everyone held her in the palm of their hands.

"Actually, my silver taels have always been in the hands of your fifth aunt. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, your mother asked me for the money to make a silk jacket for your old aunt. Later, your mother took her to Wanjia , I came back and asked for a pair of twisted gold bracelets, it’s not the new year, and I wanted a big wool coat, when I came back last night, she asked your fifth aunt for 20 taels of silver."

"what?"

"Your fifth aunt is afraid that your mother is very scared. Forget it, let's not talk about it. I just don't understand. The younger sister in the past is not like this. Why have you been in the city for a few months, hey..."

Wu Fu really didn't want to speak ill of these two people. One was his mother and the other was his own sister. He looked at the birth of his own sister. You have to take good care of this little sister to grow up. When will things become like this?

"Okay, Uncle Fifth, you pay 50 taels of silver from the account first, but you have to have an idea in mind." Mai Xiang didn't bother to listen to these, the early morning was too affecting her mood.

"Big sister, big sister, we are going to play in the snow, you are the only one missing, why don't you get up?" Mai Di's voice sounded outside.

"Okay, big sister will be here soon." After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she found an old dress to put on and went out.

For three consecutive days, no one from Zhang Jia’s family came to look for Mai Xiang, but Amusin’s side, because Little Gege’s cough improved a lot, Amusin sent someone to send a letter to Maixiang, and by the way sent a letter to Maixiang A carload of New Year's goods are all from the Northeast, and there are delicacies from mountains and seafood.

On the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, Huaici had a holiday. Early in the morning of Laba, Wanjia sent someone to pick Huaici up. Huaici went back to Wanjia for breakfast, and then came back again, saying that Wanjia's treat was on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month. afternoon.

Unexpectedly, by coincidence, on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Yong En sent someone to pick up Mai Xiang. It turned out that Cao Xueqin agreed to Yong En's adaptation of several classic fragments of "The Story of the Stone" into operas. Yong En wanted to listen to Mai Xiang. Xiang's opinion, let's see which clips to choose.

"Which episodes did brother-in-law and sister choose?"

"I chose a total of six scenes: Baodai's first meeting, mutual acquaintance between gold and jade, Baochai's play with butterflies, Daiyu's burial of flowers, reading together in the West Chamber, and Baoyu's beating. Your brother-in-law also said it was good." Uladomin said.

Mai Xiang knew that the manuscript in Cao Xueqin's hand had just reached the fiftieth chapter, so the later classic fragments such as Daiyu's burning manuscript and Baoyu's crying spirit have not come out. The tragic atmosphere has not yet reached its climax, but for now Said, that's all there is to it.

"Is that what you mean, sir?"

"Mr. said that in such a short period of time, these few scenes are enough, and he is still revising the rest. This book is a tragedy, and it is a great tragedy." Yongen sighed.

"No, looking at the previous verdict, I have been feeling sad all the time. This sister Lin must not die, can she really not be a couple with Baoyu?" Uladomin asked.

"Mr. wants to write it as a great tragedy. This is a microcosm of the Cao family. Mr. has endured too much pain in his life. He can only describe them with the help of a pen. It can be regarded as a kind of catharsis, right? I Guess, this is also the reason why he doesn't want this book to be published, because what he needs is catharsis, not worldly approval." Mai Xiang said.

"It's my sister who said it. It's really different from others. My sister is worldly." Uladomin said with a smile.

"Sister, are you laughing at me again? I am more worldly than my sister, and I only think about money all day long."

"By the way, brother-in-law, when it comes to money, I think of one thing. Can these scenes be sold to theaters?" Mai Xiang asked.

Seeing Yongen and Uladomin looking at him and smiling, Mai Xiang hurriedly said, "I mean to improve the life of the husband. The life of the husband is too hard."

"Okay, sir, it's not in vain to dote on you. I'll sell you a good price after the old queen mother finishes watching." Yongen nodded in praise.

He especially appreciates Mai Xiang. Mai Xiang is a person who knows how to be grateful. She will repay someone who is good to her ten times or even a hundred times.

"Does brother-in-law think the old lady will like it?" Mai Xiang was a little anxious.

I hope that TV show didn't mislead her.

"It's hard to say. By the way, sister, what happened to the bank you told me that day? Is it usury?" Yongen asked.

Mai Xiang had no choice but to roughly explain the modern bank's operating methods. In fact, what they needed was a new concept. Those who run the bank knew much more about how to operate the bank than Mai Xiang.

"This is not much different from usury, but there is no such high interest rate as usury. I think about it, but we have too little money in our hands." Yongen finished speaking and glanced at Uladomin.

"I can take out 5000 taels in my hand, and I added the dividends from the porcelain factory in the past two years. Our public account is nothing more than this." Uladomin said hurriedly.

When Mai Xiang heard it, the money was too short, and said: "That's right, we don't do big business, and the money in our hands is still limited. Brother-in-law, in this case, you recommend this idea to the emperor."
"Your Majesty? You mean a joint venture with the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" Yong En pondered the feasibility of this plan.

"Brother-in-law, I don't have to worry about that. But brother-in-law, I want to open the printing factory in the next year. What brother-in-law thinks is good for my first book to be printed, and brother-in-law will personally check it out for me. I'm afraid I've committed a taboo."

What Mai Xiang said was the truth. With her soul and thoughts as a modern person, how can she see that any book has an objection?
"Okay, I'll let you know when the time comes." Yong En was very happy, he was afraid that Mai Xiang would choose the wrong book impulsively.

Coming out of Prince Li's Mansion, Mai Xiang didn't want to go to Fuyun to eat that meal, thinking that she hadn't bought the jewelry she promised Mai Huang last time, so she took Feng Ye to accompany her to the street.

(End of this chapter)