Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 266 Jealous
"Big Sister, Big Sister, do you think me or Brother Cao can write better?" When Mai Xiang was packing up, Mai Di and Cao Ji ran in, holding hands, sweating profusely.

Mai Di has been studying with Cao Ji at Cao's house for the past six months. Li Ding is the first teacher of the two of them, and he is very strict with the two children. Three are piggybacked.

Mai Xiang took the notebook from Mai Di and Cao Ji, took it up and looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "Both of them are well written, very neat, Cao Ji's is better than Mai Di, Mai Di, you Just practice hard."

"Understood, big sister, I will pay more attention. Let's go, let's pick cherries and eat." Mai Di pulled Cao Ji and was about to go out.

"Huh? Are the cherries ripe?" Mai Xiang asked.

She still remembered that when she came back from the capital, she was overjoyed to see the cherry blossoms all over the yard. How long did it take for the cherries to ripen?

"It's not that they're ripe. My daughter, I remember you promised Mrs. Zhang that the first batch of cherries will be sent to her to taste when they're ripe, and you can take them along as a gift."

"Understood. Huaici is on vacation today, and we will go there in person tomorrow when we are free. By the way, Mammy, do you want to send something?" Mai Xiang asked.
A few days after Mai Xiang came back from the capital, Liu Shi and Ye Tiezhu went to the city with Jiufeng again, saying that they wanted to meet the two families that Li Shi was looking for, but unfortunately they didn't match each other. People search, but they don't find the right one.

"Send some zongzi and cherries, nothing else is needed," Ye Dafu said.

Mai Xiang thought for a while, and didn't say anything more, she had already said what should be said and what should not be said, and the rest was up to them what they thought, after all, Mai Xiang couldn't control them for the rest of their lives.

"I still have to send some food and vegetables. Since I'm going, I'll bring more things. Everything in the city has to be bought with money." Mrs. Zhao walked in, followed by Mai Huang and the others.

"Sister, my mother has been a housekeeper for several months, and she knows that she needs to save money." Mai Huang joked.

"Damn girl, why don't I know, you think I'm still stupid, your mother is in the city, and you pay twice a month, just those few people, and always say it's not enough."

"Mother, you haven't settled the accounts. If you give grandma a second penny, you can spend it. Even if you send all the rice, grain, vegetables and meat at home, the money saved there will belong to grandma." .” Mai Qing rolled her eyes at Mrs. Zhao.

It was Mai Xiang's idea to give Liu Shi, Ye Tiezhu, and Jiufeng two slacks a month for living expenses. They live in the city with their maids and mother-in-law, which is about the same amount.

After all, Ye Dafu is the eldest son, this is his responsibility, and Mai Xiang doesn't want to embarrass him.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhao patted herself on the head, rolled her eyes and said, "Really, I almost went in for nothing again. I'm really stupid, even more stupid than the third girl."

Mai Xiang burst out laughing when they saw it, this was the first time Zhao admitted that she was stupid.

"What are you laughing at? I heard your laughter as soon as I entered the yard." Huai Ci came in, carrying two big bags.

Seeing that his face was covered with sweat, Mai Xiang hurriedly took his bag and asked, "It's so hot outside? Why did you arrive so late? Have you eaten yet?"

"Eldest sister, you have such a question, which one is better for my brother-in-law to say first?" Mai Qing snickered aside.

"Stinky girl, you just finished teasing our mother, and you made fun of your elder sister again?" Mai Xiang twisted Mai Qing's face.

"As soon as I was about to go out, I ran into someone from the scholar's residence who came to see me. I went to the scholar's residence first, and then went to the master. I wanted to borrow some books from the master, and the master was busy packing up. , he will go to Chengde to accompany him this year."

"Really? The master has attracted the emperor's attention so quickly?" Mai Xiang was quite surprised. Ji Xiaolan had only been in the Imperial Academy for two years, so it seemed that his talent was indeed extraordinary.

"Well, the master's name is well-known all over the world. You haven't seen how good our bookstore's business is now." Huai Ci smiled.

In fact, Mai Xiang borrowed Ji Xiaolan's light, not only the business of the bookstore is good, but the business of the publishing house is even better. There are a total of five issues of "Wei Mo", which are all sold out. Mai Xiang is now publishing "Four Books" The Five Classics, most of which were annotated by Ji Xiaolan, and a small part were taken by his colleagues in the Imperial Academy.

"By the way, what do you want from the scholar's mansion?"

"The old man knew that I was going to take the provincial examination this year, so he gave me some pointers, and found me some books and notes. Also, the old lady gave you a few pieces of jade, and asked you to make something you want and keep it."

Huai Ci knew that Mai Xiang saved Acton, but he didn't blame Mai Xiang for anything, he just said that in the future, if such a thing happened, he must be taken with him, and he didn't want Mai Xiang to take the responsibility alone.

"jade?"

"It was sent by Mrs. Agui from the Western Regions. They are all high-quality sheep fat jade. They are too heavy. I didn't bring them back, but put them at our house."

After Huai Ci finished speaking, he smiled at Mai Xiang, but Mai Xiang didn't expose him.He knows that Mai Xiang likes jade and porcelain, so it must be because it is good to see things. He brings them home to let his family see them. The person who saw it, said a few more words with ulterior motives, and simply put them in his house and hid them. Sooner or later, they will smell of wheat.

"Okay, Mai Xiang, go get my uncle some water to wash up, and we'll talk about it later." After Ye Dafu finished speaking, he took the Zhao family out.These words are not suitable for them to listen to.

"You rest, tomorrow morning, I want to go to Zhang Jia's mansion in person, and send some cherries to the old lady, after all, it is something I promised."

Huai Ci smiled and said, "I'll accompany you."

The two rested for a while, and Mai Xiang took Huaici to the cherry tree grove in the backyard with a basket. She usually seldom came to the backyard, and the things in the shop were all handled by the Blessed Ones.

"Brother, look, there are really a lot of cherries. People say that cherries are delicious and hard to grow, but I didn't expect that I will grow them." Mai Xiang stretched out her hand and picked a cherry into her mouth with a smile. , It looks very tempting, but it tastes a little sour.

"Sister, are you ashamed to say that you planted it?" Mai Huang and the others followed from behind, also holding a basket in their hands.

"What's the matter, little sister?" Huai Ci hurriedly asked, seeing Mai Xiang grinning.

"This cherry variety is not good."

"Idiot brother-in-law, eldest sister must be too sour, but eldest sister is hypocritical, she doesn't like anything sour." Mai Lu looked at Mai Xiang and made a strange face.

"Really? I'll try it." Huai Ci picked one up and put it in his mouth.

"It's not sour, did you pick the unripe ones?" After Huai Ci finished speaking, he picked another one from the tree, rubbed it, and put it directly into Mai Xiang's mouth.

"Eldest sister, I'm ashamed, I still need my brother-in-law to feed me." Mai Di and Cao Ji laughed from the tree, and shaved Mai Xiang.

Mai Xiang blushed, and was about to say something, when she looked up and saw a person standing not far away, it was Tong Liwen who hadn't seen him for three years.

"Tong Liwen, why are you here?" Mai Xiang was taken aback, she saw the loneliness in Tong Liwen's eyes, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

In any case, this gentle and jade-like young man helped her when she was most difficult and helpless. It is impossible for Mai Xiang to forget his pure kindness to Mai Xiang.

Tong Liwen twitched the corners of his mouth, forced a smile, and said: "My friend and I came down from the mountain to have a party at your house. We saw your orchard from the window and came to have a look. I didn't expect to meet you. What a coincidence. "

In fact, Tong Liwen heard Mai Xiang's voice, and came out specially to see Mai Xiang, but he didn't expect to see such an intimate action between Mai Xiang and Huai Ci.

To this day, Tong Liwen doesn't know where he lost, and wanted to find an opportunity to ask Mai Xiang, but the identities of the two are different. Luo Fu has a husband, so that the king has a wife.

"Tong Liwen, since you're here, I'll give you a basket of cherries and bring them back to Mrs. Tong to taste. I haven't seen her for a while, and your grandmother is still in good health."

After Mai Xiang finished speaking, Huaici took the basket from Mai Huang's hand and delivered it to Tong Liwen himself.

"Thank you for taking care of Zhuo Jing. By the way, if I remember correctly, you will also take the provincial examination this year. I have some reading notes of Mr. Ji Yunji. Would you like to take a copy?"

"You?" Tong Liwen didn't expect Huai Ci to be so generous, and then thought, what he did was nothing more than repaying the debt he owed to Mai Xiang.

"Okay. Thank you so much." Tong Liwen is not a pedantic person, Ji Xiaolan's reading notes are not so easy to get, so he will not gamble with his future.

"Okay, I'll visit another day." Seeing that he was willing to accept his kindness, Huai Ci heaved a sigh of relief and glanced at Mai Xiang.

Tong Liwen heard the meaning of seeing off the guests from Huai Ci's tone, took another look at Mai Xiang, said goodbye and left.

"Sister, let's go over there and have a look. The cherries over there are far away, and my little brother must have not had time to harm them." Huai Ci took Mai Xiang's hand and walked to the most remote southwest corner.

"Brother, what's the matter with you?" Mai Xiang saw Huai Ci dragging herself here with her lips pursed without saying a word, she quickly tilted her head and ran in front of him, looking at him.

"Brother, aren't you jealous? A big man..."

Before Mai Xiang finished speaking, Huai Ci hugged Mai Xiang.

"Sister, I don't like the way he looks at you. I'll pay you back what you owe him."

"Puchi." Mai Xiang pushed Huai Ci away, and said with a smile, "It's said that women are jealous, and if this man is jealous, I'm afraid it's worse than that. I haven't seen him for three years. How old was I just a year ago? Besides you, who else would miss a little girl?"

"Who said there is no, there are more."

Mai Xiang saw that he was serious and didn't seem to be joking, so she asked, "Don't you even eat brother-in-law's jealousy?"

In fact, when Mai Xiang asked this question, she felt that she lacked confidence, because she really felt that Yong En treated her strangely.

(End of this chapter)