Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 278 First Level ([-])
Mai Xiang and Huai Ci knelt down, kowtowed their heads, and just raised their teacups when Jiang looked at Huai Ci's face and asked with concern: "Son, what's the matter with your face? Someone scratched it?"

"It's okay, I was accidentally scratched by my wife's nails while falling asleep last night." Huaici said half-truthfully.

The scratches on his face can obviously be seen from scratches, and there is a dark patch under his eye circles, which he found in the mirror this morning, so he can't cover it up, and he didn't even think about it To cover it up, his own daughter-in-law scratched it, he was willing!

"Oh, my son, although you were not born by me, I have not been willing to touch a finger of yours these years. How come you were scratched by your wife just after you got married? Is that okay?"

"Mother, I said it was careless, I don't blame her." Huai Ci said with restraint.

Seeing that Huaici was protecting Mai Xiang, Jiang turned to Mai Xiang and said, "Brother Yuan, daughter-in-law, it's not me who is talking about you, this woman, after getting married, she must abide by women's morals, and her husband is her own heaven." No matter what kind of temperament you used to be in your natal family, when you arrive at your in-law’s family, you have to abide by the family rules of your in-law’s family. How can you let yourself be petty? You hurt your husband on the first day of marriage..."

Jiang Shi didn't seem to notice that the two were holding teacups, chattering and lecturing Mai Xiang.

"Okay, let's not say a few words, the children have been kneeling for a long time." Wan Chengyao saw Mai Xiang and Huai Ci's faces getting darker and darker, and had no choice but to stop his wife.

"Hey, don't I also care about our own son? After all, Mai Xiang is still young, and she came from the countryside. How can I understand these rules?"

Mai Xiang smiled and said: "My daughter-in-law really doesn't understand. I will ask my mother to teach me more in the future. I heard that my mother has paid a lot of attention to my husband-in-law these years. Both my husband-in-law and my daughter-in-law will keep it in mind. Thank you, mother, for your hard work."

"You, what are you?" Jiang wanted to say something, but Mai Xiang's attitude was respectful. When outsiders saw it, they really thought that Mai Xiang was thanking her.

"Look, this kid has such a sweet mouth, he can talk a lot." The old lady said.

She was also dissatisfied with the Jiang family. Doesn't this clearly mean to give these two people a bad blow?The child's teacup has been held up for a long time, but she still doesn't take it, she is really becoming less and less like an adult.

After hearing her mother-in-law's words, Jiang Shi didn't dare to say anything, took the teacup from Mai Xiang resentfully, and just wanted to cheat by pouring hot tea on Mai Xiang, but saw Mai Xiang reminding her with a smile: "Mother has served it, carefully the tea is hot."

Jiang had no choice but to take a sip from the cup, then put the cup back on the tray, and reluctantly put in a pair of gold bracelets.

Next are Huaici's two aunts, one is Wan Chengmin, born to an old lady, her husband's family is also in Changhe Town, surnamed Chang, and the other is Wan Chengmei, born to Wan Baocai's concubine , not yet 30 years old, her husband's family lives in Baijiatuan, and I heard that she seldom goes back to her mother's home.

The two aunts did not make things difficult for the two of them, Wan Chengmin gave Mai Xiang a pair of jade bracelets, and Wan Chengmei a gold hairpin.

As for Wan Zhigao and his wife, they don't need to kneel down, they only need to serve tea, and Mai Xiang also received a pair of gold bracelets.

After kneeling down, Mai Xiang took out gifts for the four elders, each with a set of clothes, shoes and socks, all of which were high-quality satin. Because the two aunts did not prepare well in advance, Mai Xiang gave each of them a piece of satin with icing on the cake. For these two sister-in-laws, Mai Xiang gave a purse and a pair of purple gold bracelets, Wan Zhigao a set of pens, ink, paper and inkstone, and the children each a purse and a gold collar.

"Okay, it's time to eat, let's set the meal." The old lady said.

After hearing this, the women hurriedly went to the kitchen to pass on the meal. The maids here had already set up tableware in the warm pavilion next door. After a while, boxes of dishes were brought in.

Due to the small number of people and the close relatives of the family, the old man said that they should sit together and have a reunion. The old lady naturally had no objection.

Seeing that Kang Yi was standing between the old lady and Wan Baocai, Mai Xiang had no choice but to stand between Wan Chengyao and Jiang Shi. The two little girls Wan Zhihe and Wan Zhilian also came to the table. This Mai Xiang didn't expect that the pair of concubine girls still had some status.

Mai Xiang has never served anyone for dinner, but when eating at Zhang Jia's house, she saw a maid serving dishes beside her. Mai Xiang looked at Kang Yi. Kang Yi has been in the house for several years, and the eating habits of Wan's family are similar. She understood everything, so she whispered a few words to Mai Xiang.

Mai Xiang nodded to her, thanking her for her suggestion.

Jiang Shi likes to eat vegetarian dishes, so Mai Xiang gave her some tofu and shiitake mushrooms, Wan Chengyao likes fish, so Mai Xiang gave her some fish.

"What kind of fish is this fish today?" Jiang asked.

"Mrs., it's a big frozen carp."

In this season, only frozen fish can be eaten, and the live fish has just come out of the water, and it has also become frozen fish.Unless their own family has a greenhouse to support them, the Wan family obviously does not have this condition.

"I'll try it."

Mai Xiang had no choice but to pick a piece for her.

"Why are they all thorns? Why don't you pick the thorns clean?"

"Ah?" Mai Xiang was dumbfounded when she heard that, and Bu Cai has to be in charge of picking?
Grandma, are you really using me as a maid?
Mai Xiang smiled and said, "Ma'am, I'm so sorry, I don't know these things. We have never had the rules of serving dishes in our country. This is the first time I serve others, so I don't know how to criticize. This job of picking thorns is still a good job." Ma'am, please bear with me."

Mai Xiang emphasized the word "pricking", and Mrs. Wan naturally understood the meaning behind Mai Xiang's words. She was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "That's why I said that you people from the countryside don't know the rules. You need to teach them more. Teach, in the future, I have to work harder and train you personally."

"Yes, then please trouble your wife." Mai Xiang still put the fish into Jiang's bowl after she finished speaking, because she noticed that even the old lady and the old man vomited the fish by themselves. What's the point?
"Mom should take the trouble to train others. My Maixiang won't bother my mother. Anyway, we won't live here for long. Let her do whatever she wants. Anyway, I like it." Huaici said slowly.

Huai Ci's words surprised the elders present, logically, these words were a bit disobedient, after all, the Jiang family was Huai Ci's aunt, how could a aunt say something that the concubine would refute in public.

"Brother Yuan." Wan Chengyao stopped Huai Ci.

"Father, I'm telling the truth. My mother's health is not good, and she needs to take care of herself. Mai Xiang grew up in the countryside, and has always been very repulsed by these red tapes. I'm worried that my mother will be mad at her instead. Besides, Prince Li Fujin also said that what she likes is Mai Xiang's simplicity, and our family has enough well-behaved people, so she is not bad."

"Presumptuous, now that you rely on yourself, you don't even pay attention to your mother and me?" Wan Chengyao was a little annoyed and refused to show his face. His two sisters, son and daughter-in-law were also present. , daughter and the others, how could this make him lose face?
"Huaici dare not."

Wan Baocai sighed, why did this son become more and more irritable, this grandson was finally won over, and promised to live at home for three years, how could he push it away?
Wan Baocai glanced at Jiang Shi, what happened today was all caused by Jiang Shi, and Mai Xiang has to pick a thorn in his side if he eats fish well, does he really think of himself as a mother-in-law?
Seeing that the old man gave him a cold look, Jiang Shi was dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to make trouble anymore, he hurriedly said with a smile: "Master, why bother to get angry with my son? Brother Yuan also loves his daughter-in-law, there is nothing else I mean, who didn't come here when they were young? Let me tell you, this is a good thing, our brother Yuan finally knows how to hurt people, and he has really grown up."

"That's right, that's right, eat, eat, if you don't eat any more, this dish will be cold, but it will spoil the new wife's intentions." The old lady smoothed things over.

Next, An Sheng finally finished the meal. Unexpectedly, when Mai Xiang returned to her small courtyard with her chest pressed against her back, Feng Ye had just served her own meal. He led a woman and two maidservants and two wives in.

"Second Grandma, these four are called by your wife in your yard. This is Aunt Yun, Grandma Yun, why don't you go up to see Second Grandma?"

Mai Xiang took a closer look, and it turned out to be the one named Yun'er. After hearing what Jiang Wang's family said, Yun'er hurriedly knelt down, but there was no futon on the ground. I didn’t mention Aunt Yun, please go back where she came from, and Mrs. Jiang, please tell your wife that our master will be able to try it in a few days. He needs to calm down and read books these days. He has a As a habit, once there are strangers in the family, they can't read books, and they can't write well. There are enough people in my yard, and they are all used by the previous master. I also ask sister-in-law Jiang to explain a few words to my wife."

"Second Mistress, this is what the wife wants. The servant is a servant, and only knows how to follow the wife's wishes." Jiang Wang's family pretended to look at Mai Xiang in embarrassment.

"Really? Please ask Sister-in-law Jiang to take him back first, and just learn it as I said. If the wife has other ideas, I will explain it to the old lady and the grandfather in person. I will definitely not embarrass Sister-in-law Jiang." Yes." Mai Xiang lost her tone.

At this time, Maple Leaf was looking for a purse. He wanted to reward Jiang Wang's family, but when he saw what Mai Xiang said, he put the purse back.

Jiang Wang's family saw that Mai Xiang talked about this, so they had to take people out, just in the yard, they met Huaici coming in, Yun'er looked at Huaici with tears in her eyes, and cried out sobbingly, " Second Master..."

"What's going on? Didn't you say you don't want people, so who sent them here?" Huai Ci understood what was going on after seeing these people.

"Second master, it means the wife. The wife said that the second grandmother has entered the house. According to the rules, she should be given two maids and two women who do rough work." Jian Huaici from Jiang Wang's family hurriedly explained with a straight face.

"Tell my wife later, she will give it away next time, and I will sell it together."

After Huaici finished speaking, he didn't even look at these people, but ordered Taoye to wipe the floor.

(End of this chapter)