Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 274
After the dowry from Prince Li's Mansion was carried out, Mai Huang entered Mai Xiang's house with four gift slips, followed by a group of women.

"Mai Xiang, tsk tsk, you are really rich, my dear, you don't have to worry about it in this life, you have three thousand acres of land and six shops, not counting those gold and silver jewels. It is Mai Xiang's blessing that Mai Xiang can marry into Wan's family, now it seems that it is cheap, Huai Ci, these dowries, whoever Mai Xiang marries can't offer Mai Xiang?" Sun laughed first.

"Okay, let's not talk about that for now, it's time for Mai Xiang to put on some makeup, it's more or less our own idea." Li Shi said.

After Mrs. Li finished speaking, everyone looked at Mrs. Liu. Mrs. Liu took out a golden hairpin. Mrs. Qian was all silver hairpins, silver bracelets, etc. Mrs. Li gave Maixiang a pair of emeralds alone Bracelets, the women in the Zhao family are similar, but Yu's, because she doesn't want people in her family to know that she gave Mai Xiang a pair of gold bracelets, she gave them to Mai Xiang in advance, and suddenly there will be nothing to show. He had no choice but to pull out the silver hairpin on his head, and Mai Xiang also took it with a smile, planning to return it to her later.

"You guys are all done, it's our turn." Liu Huilan and Li Xiangyun squeezed in front of Mai Xiang.

Liu Huilan first handed Mai Xiang a small box, and Mai Xiang opened it, and inside was a set of golden hair, hairpins, bracelets, collars, necklaces, earrings, rings, and bracelets, all inlaid with rubies.

Just as Mai Xiang was about to speak, Li Xiangyun opened the bag in his hand, and said with a smile: "There are still more, this is something you and I, Mrs. Lan, have rushed to make in the past few years, and I will give it to you."

Mai Xiang was stunned when she saw the things in the bundle. Inside were embroidery work of all sizes, ranging from a ten-fold screen to a bellyband for Mai Xiang. There were dozens of them in a thick pile. Mai Xiang estimated that the two spent at least three years embroidering these, because they usually sew toothbrushes to earn money.

"Godmother..." Mai Xiang hugged Liu Huilan and Li Xiangyun, she was really speechless, her heart was too heavy.

"Okay, today is a happy day, don't cry. Your husband said that he also plans to buy a yard in the city, so that you can have another place to go when you go back to your mother's house." Liu Huilan pulled out her handkerchief. The son personally wiped Mai Xiang's tears.

"Really, then I'll give my wife furniture." Mai Xiang wiped away her tears and smiled. She persuaded Cao Xueqin several times to move to the city, but Cao Xueqin always refused on the grounds that the countryside is quiet. I didn't expect him to take the initiative this time. Figured out.

"Okay, cry and laugh, don't be ashamed, this time you will be an adult after you get married, don't lose your temper, be more considerate and filial to your in-laws..." Liu Huilan touched Mai Xiang's head, carefully explain.

Before Liu Huilan finished speaking, Feng Ye called out from outside the door: "Girl, someone from the Ji family is here."

After hearing this, Mai Xiang hurriedly got off the kang, Feng Ye lifted the door curtain, and Ji Xiaolan's wife Ma Shi came in, followed by two maids and two women.

Mrs. Ma said with a smile as soon as he entered the door: "I came late and missed a lot of excitement. Along the way, people on the street were all talking about who married a daughter so beautiful. Tsk tsk, I heard that this dowry can be bought from the east. The door is lined up with the west gate."

"Master, please sit down, don't make fun of me." Mai Xiang gave up her seat with a smile.

Mrs. Ma looked at the people in the room, and said with a smile: "They are all here to add makeup? Your mistress doesn't have any good things, this is just a little care of your mistress."

After Mrs. Ma finished speaking, the woman behind took out a box, which was also a set of gems, and the woman next to her opened a bag, which was a set of clothes for spring, summer, autumn and winter.

"Thank you, Mrs. Ma, you are too kind." Mai Xiang also hugged Mrs. Ma.

"Stupid girl, why are you being polite to Mrs. Madam, this is also your master's heart. Your master said that he is a poor man, so don't despise him." Ma said with a smile, and the two maids next to him let go. Opening the scroll in his hand, there are two words and two paintings.

"Master can really joke. Who doesn't know that master's calligraphy is hard to find now? If I ever fall down, these few calligraphy and paintings are enough for a lifetime."

Ji Xiaolan is well-known, and his calligraphy and paintings are well written. Now the market price outside has reached ten taels of silver a piece, and the big ones have even been hyped to 100 taels of silver a piece. How can Mai Xiang be ungrateful?

As soon as Mai Xiang finished speaking, she was hit on the head several times, "Hey, Tong Yan Wuji, you are the bride?" Ma Shi, Liu Huilan and Li Xiangyun said at the same time.

It was because of these words that Mrs. Ma noticed Liu Huilan and Li Xiangyun. Mai Xiang hurriedly introduced them a few times. Unexpectedly, the two sides have been friends for a long time. Ji Xiaolan had several meals at Cao's house, and Cao Xueqin had several drinks at Ji's house. Drinking wine, the three women quickly put Mai Xiang aside and chatted and laughed. Not only that, Mrs. Ma insisted on dragging Liu Huilan and Li Xiangyun to Ji's house as guests, saying that they would come to marry Mai Xiang together tomorrow morning.

After Mai Xiang sent off all the guests, she was already so tired that she lay on the kang, and the muscles on her face were all stiff.

"Getting married is really tiring. I will never get married again." Mai Xiang said with her eyes closed.

"Big girl, who gets married not just once, could it be possible that there will be a second time? What's the point of this, don't be too hypocritical?" Dong Zhi smiled while covering his mouth.

"It's not hypocritical, if I can have the beauty like you when I get married, I would also like to get married every day." Zi Lan curled her lips aside.

"If you want to be beautiful, you should find a good family, don't think about being like your elder sister again." Dachun glared at Zilan.

She also married into Wan's family, and her daughter is a concubine. Compared with Mai Xiang, this treatment is a world of difference. In the spring of this year, I also regret that I should not let my daughter into Wan's family, and there is not even a dowry. , Let alone a wedding, people are carried in as soon as the sedan chair is lifted.

"What's wrong with Eldest Sister? Eldest Sister is not bad, and now she is living the life of a rich grandma in Wan's family, with maids and mother-in-law taking care of her." Zilan is not ashamed.

"Zi Lan, you want to be a concubine so much, why don't you marry this new son-in-law, anyway, the new son-in-law will also be looking for a concubine in the future, with your cousin's dowry, let's not take advantage of outsiders, this is called fat water not flowing to outsiders Tian." Fang said.

As soon as Fang's words were finished, Dachun hurriedly echoed: "Yes, right, it just so happens that your Qiaoyu is getting older, and these three cousins ​​are married to the new son-in-law at the same time, and the new son-in-law is not beautiful? These old good things , can’t make it easier for outsiders, who is this little wife marrying?”

After hearing this, Mrs. Yu clapped her hands and laughed, "It's really a good idea."

These people agree with each other, even Qiufen has a thirteen daughter who wants to take this ride. The other daughters are really young, so they can only sigh, but no one has noticed that Mai Xiang is getting darker and darker. The face of Jiufeng and Jiufeng watching the fun with a smile on the side.

"My brother-in-law said that he won't marry a concubine." Mai Huang couldn't help it.

"How is it possible? A man who is rich doesn't have many concubines, what do children know?" Shi Yu pawed Mai Huang.

"Have you guys finished?" Mai Xiang looked at these people coldly, are they relatives?Counting her dowry before even passing the door?
"It's over, big girl, don't worry, the two girls, Zilan and Qiaoyu, promise not to cause trouble with you when they go, and you also have mutual support, it's better than my uncle marrying an outsider, don't you think?" Dachun wanted to hold Mai Xiang's hand, but Mai Xiang avoided it.

"Mother, why don't you say something?" Mai Xiang smiled and looked at Mrs. Zhao.

"Well, well, I think what your aunt and your uncle said makes sense. After all, my uncle is going to marry a concubine. At least they are two of us." After Zhao finished speaking weakly, she always felt that something was wrong.

"Mother, you are dead." Mai Qing shook her head.

"Okay, you've finished talking, it's my turn to say a few words, now, right away, you'll let me out of this door, where did you come from, and where do you go back, from now on, I'm not your niece, and you're not mine Auntie, auntie, go, let me go. Fengye, Hongye, find some people for me to chase them away." Mai Xiang ordered with a downcast face.

Unexpectedly, in order to take care of these relatives in the past few years, she would even see them in her own bowl.

"Big girl, Li Xia, what, what's going on here? Why did you kick him out when you said so well? We are all real relatives, and we came to marry our niece, so why did we kick him out?" Da Chun Looking at Mrs. Zhao, then at Mai Xiang, I don't know what's wrong.

"That's right, girl, these are all your aunts and aunts. How can anyone come to the door to send a marriage and drive them out? If you say it, they will make a joke of our Ye family?" Looking at Mai Xiang, Zhao looked at Mai Xiang with the same expression. The face is blank.

"Whoever likes to make jokes, go make a joke. Be whoever you like to be a concubine. Don't get in the way of me. I don't understand. Why do you want to live a good life? But, you have to be someone else's concubine in a humble way, go away." Let's go, I don't have such relatives." Mai Xiang made her words clear.

"Big girl, that's your fault. You're too independent. Which man doesn't want to be petty? Isn't it better to be a concubine for the new son-in-law than to marry a poor man outside?" Zilan and Qiaoyu said separately.

"Mai Xiang, you are standing and talking without back pain. How dare you not see others when you have a good partner? Why should he spend his whole life guarding an ordinary man and counting daily necessities, but you Can you find a husband who is rich, knowledgeable, good-looking and capable?" Jiufeng said in support, but just as she finished speaking, she was slapped by Mrs. Liu.

"No, that's what it means. Damn..." Fang wanted to step forward and hold Mai Xiang's hand.

"Shut up all of you, and I'll say it for the last time. I don't want to share a man with others. Do you understand? If you die of this heart and are willing to stay and have a glass of wedding wine, you can stay. This idea, let me go home as soon as possible, I don't recognize you as a relative."

"You don't recognize, don't you recognize that we are still your relatives?" Fang said angrily.

Just as Dachun was about to speak, Fengye brought a few maids and women, saying that the uncle had come to thank her makeup.

After hearing this, the Fang family hurried out and wanted to find Huai Ci in person.

(End of this chapter)