Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 254

Because of Huai Ci, Mai Xiang stayed in the capital for two more days, and two days later, she returned to Huangye Village with Maple Leaf and Poplar.

After returning home, Mai Xiang knew that Liu Shi and Ye Tiezhu had brought Jiufeng to live in Bafu's new house. According to Ye Dafu's intention, on the one hand, he wanted Jiufeng to learn to do housework, and on the other hand, there was There are few quiet people, because Mrs. Liu needs to rest.

At first, Mai Xiang thought that Mrs. Liu finally wanted to train Jiufeng well, but when she heard from Mai Huang and the others, Mrs. Liu brought the two women who did rough work in the shop and Ye Zi, the little maid, over there. Only then did he guess that Liu Shi definitely didn't want Jiufeng to face her all day, for fear that Jiufeng would have a mentality of comparison again.

After thinking about it, Mai Xiang changed into homely clothes, picked out a few things from her luggage, and took a few boxes of snacks, and the family moved into the new house of Blessings.

Bafu's new house is just opposite the official road, and the yard has three acres of land, and the south gate is also facing the official road. Following Mai Xiang's suggestion, a few houses were built up and planned to be used as a restaurant. In addition to the main house courtyard, Another small courtyard was built, and now the three Lius live in the main courtyard, and the eight blessings live in the small courtyard.

When Mai Xiang's family arrived, Liu and Jiufeng were doing needlework on the kang, while Ye Tiezhu and Ba Fu were busy making toothbrush handles.

"Grandpa, Mammy, I'm back." Mai Xiang first said hello when she entered the door, and then glanced at Jiufeng.

Jiufeng only combed a simple double girl, without any jewelry on her head, and changed into a homely cotton dress, her face was also clean without any rouge and gouache. When she saw Mai Xiang, she smiled at Mai Xiang.

"Come on, sit on the kang quickly. It's not a good day to go out in this cold weather. A two-hour carriage ride can freeze people into ice." Liu said with a smile first.

Seeing Liu's enthusiasm, Mai Huang and the others seemed a little uncomfortable, so they looked at Mai Xiang.

"Fortunately, I've wanted to come back a long time ago, but the snow hasn't melted yet. Mommy, the eighth uncle is getting married, you and grandpa should also make good clothes." Mai Xiang handed over the clothes in her hand, and one was Fushou Shuangxi The blue silk with tufted patterns and the red silk with wishful cloud patterns are for Jiufeng.

Mrs. Liu looked at the two pieces of clothes, but said nothing, but Ye Tiezhu said from the side: "What new jackets are you making? You can't wear the usual clothes, so don't waste your money."

After hearing this, Jiufeng pouted and said, "Father, many guests came on the day when the mynah got married. Mynah is considered a big family in the village now. When he gets married, you and mother should show him some respect."

While talking, Jiufeng picked up the piece of red silk, looked at Mai Xiang and said, "Mai Xiang, is this silk for me?"

"Yes." Mai Xiang smiled lightly.

"You want more, those are not enough for you to wear, so keep them for your eighth sister-in-law." Ye Tiezhu hurriedly said.He sighed secretly in his heart, I'm afraid it's hard to manage this daughter.

"She has it, let's give it to my younger sister." Bafu still doesn't quite understand the old man's intention.

"Mai Xiang, listen to grandpa. From now on, you don't need to send such good materials to your old aunt. What kind of silk do you see the children in your hometown wear all day long?" Ye Tiezhu said.

"This is not a good idea. This is the most common silk, and it costs less than two taels of silver per piece." Jiufeng said hurriedly, and looked at Mrs. Liu aggrieved.

"Two taels of silver a horse is not expensive? How many taels of silver can you earn a year?" Ye Tiezhu scolded.

"Father, it is what it is. There are plenty of good silks, dozens of taels a piece, and almost three or four taels of silver. A piece of two taels of silver is the cheapest."

"My little sister is getting angry now, and I don't like silk that costs two taels of silver. If you don't care about it, I'll take it back." Mrs. Zhao didn't want to. The Zhao family's silk for two taels of silver?

"Okay, stop arguing, my mother is afraid of making noise, have you forgotten?" Ye Dafu saw that Mrs. Liu's face was also a little gloomy, so he hurriedly spoke to stop Mrs. Zhao.

"Father, it's just a piece of cloth. Isn't this just because the eighth younger brother is going to get married and celebrate the New Year, so I brought all the things here, so I made a new jacket for my sister, just to show joy." Ye Dafu turned to Ye Tiezhu again He bowed his head and said.

"Your fifth uncle and fifth aunt didn't say when you'll be back?" After listening to the elder son's words, Liu's face softened a little.

"The restaurant's business is very busy, he said it will wait until the fourth and fifth day of the twelfth lunar month."

Mrs. Liu seemed a little unhappy when she heard this. After thinking about it for a while, the restaurant quickly explained that her son could earn money, and became happy again. She asked, "Where is the Chinese New Year this year?"

"I think it's in the countryside. It's cold this winter, so we won't bother everyone. Anyway, it's much easier for Uncle Wu's family to come back than to go together."

"Ah? Not going back to the city?" Jiufeng called out.

Mrs. Liu glanced at her and said, "The family can't let you go anymore?"

"I think it's fine at home." Ye Tiezhu also glared at Jiufeng.

Mai Xiang saw that the atmosphere was a little stiff again, so she stood up and said, "Grandpa and mother, I'm going back first, I just entered the house, and I have to go to the second and third uncle's house, and I should go to the second and third uncle's house later this day." blacken."

"Okay, you go home to rest first, and come to talk to Mama tomorrow." Mrs. Liu originally wanted to ask Mai Xiang a lot, but seeing that Mai Huang and the others were all there, she couldn't ask.

After leaving Bafu's house, Mrs. Zhao was still thinking about it, nothing more than that Mai Xiang was too partial to the Ye family and the Ye family didn't appreciate it.

"Sister, my aunt has changed, and the nanny is also biased. Obviously, Ye Zi is serving us, and the nanny wants her to go, saying that she is for my aunt's company." Mai Huang also complained.

"Okay, how long are you guys going to talk about this?" Ye Dafu glared at his wife and daughter.

Mai Xiang thought for a while, and said: "Well, I'll send someone to call Mrs. Shi tomorrow, and our family will buy a few more girls, one for each of you, and two more for me."

"Ah, give me one too?" Mrs. Zhao immediately laughed when she heard that she was given a maid as well.

Mai Xiang did what she said, and the next day she sent someone to look for Mrs. Shi. Mrs. Shi was also very efficient. Five days later, she sent Mai Xiang a few girls in their teens, all of whom were from poor families nearby. Mai Xiang picked six, and picked two women who did rough work and two women who did needlework.

Mai Xiang bought ten people in one go, which naturally shocked many people. The first person to come to the door was actually the white lady from the head of the house.

When Mai Xiang heard that the white lady was coming, she took a special look at Mai Huang, who hurriedly turned her head away, her face blushing slightly.

"Mai Huang, how is that chubby boy doing now?" Mai Xiang didn't spend much time in the country, so she rarely saw the once fat boy.

"That's it, he said that next year he also wants to take the exam for a scholar." Mai Huang said with a bow.

"Then let's talk about it after he finishes the talent examination." Mai Xiang sighed, she didn't like this young man because she was too young, and she was afraid that he would not be able to take on the responsibility of supporting the family.

Mai Huang didn't say anything after hearing this, she couldn't tell what she was thinking, she liked to play with her since she was a chubby boy, and she didn't say much about marrying her as a wife, at that time she didn't understand what a wife meant.

Since Mai Xiang got married, Huai Ci lived in Ye's house when she was free, and she was very loving and considerate to Mai Xiang, and Mai Huang gradually opened up a little bit, so it turned out that this is the love between men and women.

Mai Huang is enlightened, but Fat Dun seems to be still at the stage of a playmate, so Mai Huang doesn't know how to choose. After all, she has just turned eleven years old, and she is also a child.

Mai Xiang didn't want the white lady to propose marriage, so after thinking about it, she changed into a small pink cotton padded jacket, a cotton skirt of the same color, and an ermine coat with engraved gold and hundreds of butterflies and flowers.

"Sister, what are you doing here?" Mai Qing asked curiously, because she knew that Mai Xiang was not a show off person.

"You're still young, so you don't understand." Mai Xiang smiled and pushed Mai Qing's head away.

"Hmph, who said that I don't understand, isn't it just that Chubby's mother wants to propose marriage to us? Fatty's mother has mentioned it to our mother several times, and our mother said that we will wait for you to decide." After Mai Qing finished speaking, she pointed Mai Huang, covering her mouth and giggling.

Seeing this, Mai Xiang shook her head, this ancient child is really not a precocious child, Mai Qing is only nine years old, she actually knows what to propose marriage and not to propose marriage.

When Mai Xiang changed her clothes and went out, the white lady was talking to Mrs. Zhao about her enthusiasm. Seeing Mai Xiang coming, she hurriedly got off the kang, came over and took Mai Xiang's hand, and secretly looked at Mai Xiang's body.

Today she came to test Mai Xiang's attitude, so she also changed into her best clothes, but she was wearing a silk padded jacket and a woolen coat. Now that she saw Mai Xiang in this outfit, she knew that her family background was in front of Mai Xiang , is still a long way off.

The white lady looked at Mai Xiang, then at Mrs. Zhao, and said with a smile: "My brothers and sisters are really enjoying themselves now, and the clothes they wear are all the best, which I have never seen before. There are also a lot of maids and wives in your family. Your family, now It’s really the first one in the village.”

"Auntie is making fun of us. We've only been up for a few years, so how can we compare to Auntie's family?" Mai Xiang also sat down on the kang, and the servant girl hurriedly brought over her special teacup.

"This eldest niece can speak now, and her demeanor is different. She looks like a lady from a rich family. After all, she has been in the city. Tsk tsk, it's just different."

"What's the difference, didn't you still go out from the village?" After speaking, Mai Xiang picked up the teacup, blew on it, and then took a sip of tea slowly.

Seeing Lady Bai staring blankly at Mai Xiang drinking tea, Mrs. Zhao said, "Sister-in-law, you can drink it too. This tea was given to Da Ya by others, and I heard it is expensive."

The white lady was still looking at Mai Xiang with a look of fear, but when she heard Zhao's words "big girl", she immediately remembered that the person in front of her was still just the little girl who went out from the village. With a little money and a few rich friends, where is the real lady?
Thinking of this, the white lady said: "Big girl, Jie from my family can study hard in the academy now. The master has praised him a lot. He should go to the end next year. He said that he will also come back from the exam for a scholar."

Mai Xiang smiled secretly when she heard this, this white lady is really a fine person, calling herself a big girl, but calling her own son is a famous man, this tone took advantage of her.

(End of this chapter)