Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 242
After dinner, because Mrs. Zhao and the others hadn't come back, Huaici accompanied Mai Xiang for a walk in the yard, while waiting for Mai Huang to eat, while eating and talking about housework.

Mrs. Liu saw it from the window, thought for a while, and walked into Ye Dafu's room.

At this moment, Ye Dafu was taking the ledger that Mai Huang had left him to calculate how much land he could buy with this year's rent, when he saw Mrs. Liu coming in, he hurriedly stood up.

"Mom, what's the matter with you?"

"Son, what kind of accounts are you doing?" Although Liu is illiterate, she also knows that this is an account book. She often sees Mai Huang and Ba Fu playing with this.

"Didn't you just sell some chickens, ducks and geese, and I'll close the tent. What does Mother want from me?" Ye Dafu didn't tell the truth to Mrs. Liu.

"Dafu, do you think that girl Mai Xiang sticks to Brother Yuan like this every day, and something is going to happen. Our family really can't afford to lose this person. Under Mai Xiang, there are still a bunch of younger brothers and sisters who are not married. What?" Liu always spoke directly to Ye Dafu.

"Mother, where are you talking? Mai Xiang is not a child who has no sense of propriety. The two of them have been engaged for almost three years. They are often together, like brother and sister." Ye Dafu was a little unhappy, thinking that Mother's words are a bit too much.

"In the past, she was still young, and your sister was also young, but now both of them are grown up, especially your sister, a big girl who hasn't kissed yet, watching the two dangle in front of her every day, What if this brings your sister into trouble?"

After Ye Dafu heard this, he looked at Mrs. Liu, and it turned out that this was the reason why Mrs. Liu made things difficult for Mai Xiang and Huai Ci today, for fear of bringing Jiufeng down and affecting Jiufeng.

In fact, logically, it is unreasonable for Mai Xiang and Huai Ci to get along like this, and it is easy to be criticized.The problem is, Mai Xiang knew Huai Ci very early on, and the two have been getting closer all the time. Now that they are engaged, is it necessary to break them apart abruptly?
Besides, Ye Dafu also had a little selfishness, because of Huaici's biological mother, Ye Dafu also cherished Huaici very much.Moreover, Ye Dafu also knew that the two of them had always done things properly, and they would never do anything that would damage their boudoir's reputation. On this point, Huaici and Mai Xiang had repeatedly assured Ye Dafu.

"Mother, my sister is not a child anymore, she has her own opinions, how could she be influenced by Mai Xiang? Also, she is about the same age as Mai Xiang, why haven't I seen her learn a little shrewdness from Mai Xiang in these years, Learn to be simple and diligent, why would you learn this?" After Ye Dafu finished speaking, he soon regretted it, because these words undoubtedly added fuel to the flames.

Sure enough, Mrs. Liu was annoyed when she heard Ye Dafu's words, she stood up and said to her son, "Don't say you don't know how Mai Xiang's money came from, isn't she just relying on that small mouth?" Coaxing those men to turn around her one by one, what do you think it is a good thing? Your sister is a responsible person, and she can't learn this way. "

"Mother, this is what you should say as a nanny. Don't forget, why did Mai Xiang go out to beg for a living? How old is she at that time? Also, we all have today, who is it thanks to?" Ye Dafu said Get up and go.

He originally regretted that he had spoken recklessly, but after listening to his mother's words, it was like a pour of cold water pouring cold water on him. He never thought that how could his always kind mother say such heartbreaking words?

Who in the Ye family doesn't know that when Mai Xiang was asking for a living at the Reclining Buddha Temple, she was looking for some official ladies, otherwise, how would she know Mrs. Wan, Mrs. Tong, Gege, Fujin, etc., if there is no pity and support from them , How can Mai Xiang support this family, how can he have money to build a house and open a shop?

Later, Yong En, Hong Rong, and Ji Xiaolan got closer because of the relationship between Ge Ge and Fujin. Could this also be Mai Xiang's sin?

"You son, how did you learn to talk back? I just said that she shouldn't be with Huaici so carelessly, and she doesn't hate it at all. I'm doing it for her own good. What do you mean by reversing these old accounts with me? Forget it, you don’t want to listen, and I don’t dislike you, we will go back to live in the city tomorrow, and come back when the eight blessings get married.”

Liu's words are not out of anger, she is really anxious, Jiufeng is ten months older than Mai Xiang, Jiufeng did not leave the cabinet, Mai Xiang left the cabinet first, it is not good to say it.

Of course, the main reason is that she is worried that after a long delay, Jiufeng will be as confused as Ziju. If she really does something wrong, she is afraid that Jiufeng will not be able to afford it. The prince is not easy to fool, so she wants to hurry up Hurry up and marry Jiufeng, so that she can feel at ease.

"Mother, don't the eight blessings need to prepare things? Isn't the furniture over there complete?" Ye Dafu felt a little headache, why did his mother become more and more unreasonable as she got older, this heart is really not normal.

"Aren't you here? Your sister is not young anymore, she is ten months older than Mai Xiang, you don't have to worry anyway." After Liu finished speaking, she gave Ye Dafu a look.

Just about to go out, Mrs. Liu thought of something, looked at the account book on the kang table, and said, "I don't care about Bafu, Jiufeng is your only sister, how much money are you going to pay when she leaves the court?"

"Mother, the horoscope has not been written yet, so how can we talk about this? Besides, we brothers will discuss it at that time."

"What are you discussing? How much money can the second and third children give? The fifth child gave 100 taels of silver. You are the eldest brother, and you are the most well-off in the family. Don't say I didn't warn you in advance."

Ye Dafu smiled bitterly when he heard this, "Mother, why are you getting more and more..."

"Mother, mother, I know, you are the one to collect the rent at home, and you can handle it yourself." After Liu finished speaking, she shook her handkerchief and left.

When Mai Xiang and Huai Ci came in, they saw Ye Dafu sitting on the kang in a daze, Mai Xiang hurriedly asked: "Father, what are you thinking, it's dark, and you don't even light a lamp?"

"Ah, your mother is back?" Ye Dafu looked behind Mai Xiang.

"No, it should be staying at grandma's house."

Because Mrs. Zhao has a sling of pocket money every month, and Mai Xiang has been taking care of the Zhao family in recent years, Mrs. Zhao is much more stubborn when she returns to her natal family, and several brothers and daughters-in-law are rushing to curry favor with her.

"Come on, girl, Daddy has something to tell you." Ye Dafu waved to Mai Xiang.

Seeing Huaici, he thought the father and daughter had something private to say, so he lit the lamp, and was about to turn around and go out when Ye Dafu also called him.

"Huaici, Mai Xiang, just now your mother came to talk to me about something. When it comes to your old aunt's marriage, your mother said, let me prepare a generous gift, no less than your fifth uncle. I thought about it. You earned it, can't you tell?"

Ye Dafu naturally understood that Liu's intention was to let Ye Dafu get out of the land rent, but Ye Dafu didn't want to hide it from Mai Xiang. This property was earned by Mai Xiang. It broke Mai Xiang's heart.

"Father, you forgot how many times I have told you that you are the master of this family. When I was young, there was no division of the family, and all your money would be given to the mother, so I said I wanted to be the master of the family. Later, our Life is easier because there are a lot of accounts to keep, and my father can't read, so I took care of it for two years, and then I handed it over to Mai Huang, but, father, you are the head of the family."

Mai Xiang has already arranged everything for the Ye family. The Ye family receives 2000 taels of silver a year. With this money, Ye Dafu will buy more land and shops, and the life of the Ye family will only get better and better.

"No, no, dad is useless, dad can't even afford to support a family, you should make the decision." When Ye Dafu heard that he was allowed to make the decision, he waved his hands quickly, not feeling at ease.

"Father, who said you can't even afford to support a family? You didn't lose money by tossing those things for a year, and you can still have a hundred and eighty taels of silver. How much can we spend a year? Enough."

Huaici laughed at the side, and said, "Sister, what Yuezhang is talking about now is the issue of my aunt's dowry, can you focus on it?"

Huai Ci thinks that Ye Dafu and Mai Xiang's relationship between father and daughter is a bit ridiculous. How can a father and daughter compete to shirk responsibility, and neither of them wants to be the master.

"The point is that if I make the decision, I won't give her the money. When my grandma's cousin got married, I said that my cousins, cousins, cousins, cousins, cousins, cousins, and cousins ​​of the same generation will get married in the future. Yinzi, my aunt is my own sister, and I will give you 20 taels. Of course, if my father decides, I will do it myself, and I don't want to cause any rift between you and my mother because of me." After Mai Xiang finished speaking, she watched Ye Dafu pursed his lips and smiled.

"Understood, you can make things difficult for your father." Ye Dafu smiled wryly.

The rift between mother and son has long existed, and Ye Dafu is like a mirror in his heart. 20 taels of silver will definitely not be able to get rid of Mrs. Liu. In the next year, he should be able to scrape together 20 taels of silver, and hope that he can prevaricate by then.

Coming out of Ye Dafu's room, Mai Xiang returned to her room, just lit the candles with fire, when she suddenly saw Jiufeng sitting on her kang holding her knees in a daze, Mai Xiang was really shocked.

"Grandma, why don't you light a lamp when you sit here?" Mai Xiang felt that the people in the Ye family were weird today.

Seeing that Huai Ci didn't come with him, but Mai Xiang was alone, Jiufeng said, "Mai Xiang, Mai Huang and the others are not here tonight, how about I stay with you?"

"Live with me?" Mai Xiang was a little surprised.

Since she moved out of the old courtyard, she hadn't slept with Jiufeng on the kang, so she felt that Jiufeng's request was a bit abrupt, but she then thought that Jiufeng must have something to say to her.

"When you were young, you often lived with me on the kang. You even forgot that I taught you your needlework." Seeing that Mai Xiang didn't agree, Jiufeng stepped forward and hugged Mai Xiang.

"Okay, stay here." Mai Xiang also remembered the days when she first came here. Although Jiufeng was a little vain at that time, her nature was not bad, and she took good care of Mai Xiang.Therefore, Mai Xiang also wanted to take this opportunity to see if she could persuade her a few words, so as to save her from going the wrong way.

(End of this chapter)