Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 257
When the Ye family brothers heard that Mrs. Liu was ill, they hurriedly invited Cao Xueqin from the next door to go first.

When Mai Xiang helped Ye Dafu arrive, Cao Xueqin had already finished prescribing the prescription for Liu Shi, saying that Liu Shi was a little stimulated this time, and secondly, he was depressed and puzzled, and it would be no big problem to give him good advice and recuperation.

Coming out of Mrs. Liu's room, everyone looked at the eight blessings and asked why they were so excited?

"Don't look at me, my mother talked to sister-in-law Wu for a long time in the afternoon, and then she was not very happy." Bafu said.

"The last time my mother asked me to find a house for my little sister in the capital, when I came back in the afternoon, she dragged me to ask about this, thinking that the house I found was not good, but I really can't help it, and I don't go out, who can I know?" ? That's what I asked the matchmaker to find out after several trips." Seeing everyone looking at her, Li explained with restraint.

She was also full of grievances and didn't know who to complain to. When she finished talking to Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Liu's face turned black, which made her tremble with fear. She didn't want to do this kind of thankless work.

"What's the other party's condition?" Dafu asked.

"It's just an ordinary family. There is a family that runs a small restaurant. There are five children in the family. The young man is the third child and works as an apprentice outside. There is also a family of young men who are also apprentices. His father is the shopkeeper of a shop. I pick and choose. So these two conditions are just fine.”

"It's okay to listen to. What is there not to like about my mother? People in the city also have jobs and don't have to work in the fields. How nice." Qian said with a busy smile.

Mrs. Sun pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Second sister-in-law forgot, our mother is so high-minded, and even the younger sister's dowry costs 1000 taels of silver, how can such a family value her?"

"That's right, big brother, I can only leave our mother's illness to you. As the saying goes, the doctor who heals heart disease is the heart medicine doctor. Our mother is thinking about the 1000 taels of silver, otherwise she wouldn't be so depressed." Fu patted Daifuku on the shoulder.

Wu Fu looked at Ye Dafu after hearing this, feeling astringent in his heart, not knowing how to comfort the elder brother.

"You all go home, I'll be busy tomorrow morning, I'll stay with mother." Ye Dafu said.

"Brother, your legs and feet are inconvenient, so I'll stay here." Wu Fu said hurriedly, as if Ye Dafu wanted to stay, the 1000 taels of silver would definitely not be kept.

"No need, there's me and my little sister." Bafu said hastily.

"Okay, you don't need to rob, you all go home, your mother is fine, we will talk about it later." Ye Tiezhu came out and said, and after he finished speaking, he took a special look at Ye Dafu.

"Alright, then let's go first and come back tomorrow morning." Sanfu looked at Sun's big belly.

"Let's go, let's go." Ye Tiezhu waved his hand.

Back home, Ye Dafu locked himself in the room, and seeing his normally tall and straight back suddenly hunched, Mai Xiang burst into tears.

Early the next morning, as soon as Mai Xiang opened her eyes, she saw Ye Dafu sitting on her kang again. Overnight, Mai Xiang felt that Ye Dafu had aged a lot.

"Father, you can do whatever you want, but it's only 1000 taels of silver." Mai Xiang spoke before Ye Dafu did.

"Girl, I'm sorry for you, and I don't want to do this, but I can't just leave her alone if your mother is like this. Dad has made up his mind. From next year, our family will raise more things. Dad You must earn this money back." Two lines of clear tears flowed from Ye Dafu's eyes.

He thought all night, prepared a lot of drafts, and planned to intercede with his daughter, but he didn't expect that before he spoke, the daughter agreed to him first, just to avoid embarrassing him.

"Father, don't think so. I'm relieved that you're doing well. Our family doesn't lack this little money. I also left you 1000% of the shares in the bookstore, and this year I also divided more than 1000 taels of silver." , Huaici and I have enough property for us to live a good life. Dad is in the countryside to find out who sells land, and I also made an agreement with the tooth shop in the city, and let me know if there is any land or shop. One word, Mai Huang and the others, one of them will marry two shops with [-] acres of land, plus [-] taels of silver, don’t worry, father, I won’t lose a few younger sisters, I will definitely let them live a life without worrying about food and clothing.”

"Father knows, son, father has lost you, and all the money you earned has been filled in this family, son, listen to father, father doesn't want the shares in the factory, this is for you as a dowry, if father has these in hand Enough is enough, and your sisters should be satisfied too." Ye Dafu patted Mai Xiang's head.

"Eldest sister, we don't want so much dowry, let's leave more for elder sister." Mai Huang and Mai Qing came in, their eyes were red, they lived next door to Mai Xiang, and they heard what they said just now.

"Okay, why don't you be polite with the eldest sister, Mai Qing, from next year, follow your second sister to learn bookkeeping, and pay more attention to family affairs."

Mai Xiang thinks that Mai Qing is smarter and more careful than Mai Huang, but this child usually doesn't show off, unlike Mai Huang who likes to show off.

"Understood, big sister." Mai Huang and Mai Qing nodded hurriedly.

"Father, are you going to give the silver or the land?" Mai Xiang asked.

"Give it to the land. One hundred acres of top-grade land only costs 800 taels of silver."

"That's right, why am I confused, then I will give it to the land." Only then did Mai Xiang remember that Ye Dafu had told herself about the land price.

"Father, go and tell Mammy that the one hundred mu of land cannot be given now, but will be given when she gets married." Mai Qing said suddenly.

"Why?" Mai Huang asked.

"One hundred acres of land can still charge 100 taels of rent a year, why should I pay my aunt in advance?" Mai Qing rolled her eyes.

"Hehe, I didn't expect Sanmei to be smart." Mai Huang pinched Mai Qing's face.

Now that the decision has been made, Mai Xiang doesn't want to be procrastinating, and urges Ye Dafu to visit Mrs. Liu first, and give Mrs. Liu a reassurance. Otherwise, Mai Xiang doesn't know if she will be able to attend the wedding of Bafu tomorrow. .

After Ye Dafu left, Mai Huang and Mai Qing climbed onto Mai Xiang's kang, and within a few minutes, Mai Lu also came over while rubbing her eyes. The four sisters huddled together, talking and laughing, and soon Forget about the troubles caused by the one hundred acres of fields.

Under Ye Dafu's heart medicine, Liu's heart disease really improved very quickly. When the eight blessings got married, Mai Xiang saw her beaming in a new dress and sitting on the main seat in the hall to accept the new couple's kneeling, her heart even flickered. After a thought, this Mrs. Liu is not pretending to be sick, right?

After Bafu's wedding was over, Wufu hurried back to the capital again. This time, Li Shi didn't follow him. Only then did Mai Xiang know that Li Shi was pregnant again.

Today, Mai Xiang was chatting with Liu Huilan and Li Xiangyun, talking about Kunqu opera "Dream of Red Mansions".

Mai Xiang knew that Cao Xueqin didn't sell her copyright to the tea garden all at once, but proposed to split the accounts. This was the idea of ​​Dun Min. Fortunately, Dun Min was in charge of the tax in that area, and he was very concerned about these accounts. clear.The plays hand-picked by the Queen Mother will definitely be very popular, and it is more appropriate to share the account than to sell the copyright.

"It's a pity, I really want to go to the tea garden to see, what do the people who play Brother Bao and Sister Lin look like, are they really as beautiful as they are written in the book?" Mai Xiang sighed.

In fact, she already had a preconceived idea in her heart. Except for the [-] version, this brother Bao and sister Lin didn't care about Mai Xiang in other versions.

"Who said it wasn't? Your husband went to see it. Brother Bao is played by a girl. He looks very handsome. Sister Lin is also soft and weak. It is said that the first three days opened and the show was full." Li Xiangyun was happy. Said bluntly, this means that the Cao family has made another fortune.

"That's right. We all know that the old queen mother likes the show. Who doesn't want to see it? I heard that there are some low-class people who want to play against these two. The two of them entered the palace, let Haosheng treat them.' Now everyone is honest." Liu Huilan laughed.

"Really, what you said makes me want to see what those two look like." Mai Xiang's curiosity was aroused.

"What kind of appearance, isn't it just that people are more beautiful, what is there to see?" Liu Huilan glared at Mai Xiang.

"No, you are going to get married, you'd rather be honest." Li Xiangyun also persuaded.

"I didn't say I was going either. This world is so unfair, why can men spend their time outside, but women can't go out to watch a show." Mai Xiang said a few words with emotion.

"Oh, who offended my daughter?" Cao Xueqin entered with a smile.

"Who else? Of course it is yourself, sir."

"I?"

Mai Xiang rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "Sir, why don't I pretend to be your servant when you go to the tea garden next time?"

"Just say you're more honest, you're here again." Liu Huilan glared at Mai Xiang again.

"Girl, don't worry, I guarantee that someone will pick you up to watch this show during the first month." Cao Xueqin patted Mai Xiang on the head.

"Really? Is it Prince Li who wants to invite the troupe into the mansion?" Mai Xiang also realized it.

Every year in the first month of the lunar year, Uladomin would invite several theater troupes into the mansion, and the princes and nobles would have entertainment exchanges, eating, drinking and watching operas were must-have programs, and of course wiping dominoes.

"It's still my eldest daughter who is smart and thought of it so quickly." Cao Xueqin still laughed.

"Sir, when will the second half of the play come out?" Mai Xiang asked.

Because the queen mother is pressing, Yong En means to let Cao Xueqin write out several key plots in the second half in the form of a drama. Anyway, Cao Xueqin also has a draft, and the ending has already been decided long ago. As for the novel, Leave him to change slowly.

"It's finished."

"Sir, show me." Mai Xiang hurriedly stood up, and finally had a chance to see the ending, and this trip was not in vain.

"Wait until your mistress finishes transcribing it."

After hearing this, Mai Xiang refused to follow her, left her needlework and ran to the study by herself, Cao Xueqin shook her head, he really didn't understand, does his book really have such a great magic power?
(End of this chapter)