Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 293
Mai Xiang didn't expect that the other party would propose to go to her yard to have a look. With the old lady and Mrs. Jiang around, she had no choice but to agree.

Jiang is also a smart person, knowing that Mrs. Pei must have something to ask Mai Xiang, she wanted to go and listen, but she was afraid of offending Mrs. Pei, so she thought about it and said with a smile: "Ma'am, I won't follow, I went to the kitchen and asked them to add a few dishes, and ask my wife to stay for dinner. It just so happens that our family has hired a new cook from the south, so my wife can give me some advice. Mai Xiang, greet Mrs. Pei well for me. "

Mrs. Pei looked at the sky outside, it would be too deliberate if she would go to Mai Xiangna and leave immediately, after thinking about it, she smiled and said: "Okay, then I won't be disrespectful, I'm just bothering you again. I’ll do something else another day, and I’ll invite the old lady’s family to appreciate it.”

"Okay, meeting is fate, what does it matter who invites whom?" The old lady laughed.

Although she knew that the other party's purpose was not pure, and he must be coming for Mai Xiang, but she was not afraid, there were a few backers behind Mai Xiang, so she definitely couldn't suffer.But Wan Jia, if they make good use of it, maybe they will use this opportunity to pave a way for Wan Chengyao.

"Please, Mrs. Pei." Mai Xiang had no choice but to lead Mrs. Pei into her small courtyard.

The small courtyard was originally said to be built with two inverted seats in the spring, but because of fear of affecting Huaici's studies, the construction has not started yet, but Kangyi's back room has almost been built.

Mrs. Pei looked at the few simple houses in the yard, and was secretly surprised. It seemed that Mai Xiang's status in the Wan family was indeed not very good. When she entered the house and looked at the furnishings in the room, she was even more sure of her opinion. .

Because the desks and high chairs for the God of Heaven in the hall are all made of beech wood. Although it is not too bad, there is still a clear gap compared with the mahogany furniture in Wanjia Shangfang and Jiang's yard. Of course Mrs. Pei knew that this kind of furniture could only be prepared by the Wan family.

And the few decorations on the desk should be the dowry brought by Mai Xiang. Mrs. Pei's eyes fell on the large western clock. This clock is more luxurious and exquisite than the one in her home. What the family can get out, and the pastel cloisonné enamel plum vase next to the clock, even her family can't get it out.

Looking at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall from the decorations on the table, there are Ji Xiaolan’s, Yongen’s, Acton’s, and Mengruan Jushi’s, either to congratulate the daughter or the younger sister or congratulate the granddaughter or congratulate the wedding ceremony of the lover Yes, Mrs. Pei thought to herself when she saw this, this Mai Xiang does have some connections.

"Ma'am, sit down." Mai Xiang saw that the other party was almost sizing up, so she poured tea herself and sent the maids away.

"Although the room is not big, it is very elegantly furnished." Mrs. Pei sat down and praised sincerely.

The whole room is not as magnificent as she imagined, because as far as she knows, there are good things in Mai Xiang's more than 200 dowry, but Mai Xiang didn't display all of them, she just picked a few very practical ones From this point of view, Mrs. Pei guessed that Mai Xiang probably didn't plan to live here for a long time.

"It's really ridiculous and generous. I don't know what decorations are, but I just picked a few practical ones."

Mrs. Pei smiled when she heard this, picked up the cup and looked at it, and said: "I heard that there is a porcelain store in the capital that specializes in selling your kind of jade porcelain. It seems that the business is very large, and it has only received business from Westerners for more than a year I don’t know how many, it’s rumored that Prince Li and others partnered to open it.”

Mai Xiang changed the name of bone china to jade porcelain, because when bone china is mentioned, people will definitely think that it is added with bones, so there is no commercial secret at all.

"Madam came here specially, isn't it to see where my porcelain comes from?" Mai Xiang didn't want to make false claims with the other party.

"That's right, little girl, you're smart enough. Dealing with smart people is easy. I do have a small matter that I would like to ask Miss Mai Xiang to help me with. I would like to ask Miss Mai Xiang to introduce Lord Acton to me." Mrs. Pei put down With the teacup in his hand, he smiled.

Mrs. Pei sent several posts to the scholar's mansion, but she didn't know that the mansion was not allowed to enter at all, and she also entrusted several acquaintances, but this Acton has always been ruthless, knowing that she would come to the door at this critical time, she could only It's the same, bribery, so I don't see it at all.

No, she inquired about the news about Acton's house, and it happened that Mai Xiang got married, the scholar's residence gave a high-profile dowry, and the old lady announced in a high-profile manner that Mai Xiang was the person under the protection of her bachelor's residence, so she entered the Wan family, otherwise If so, how could she, a third-rank lady, condescend to go to the home of a sixth-rank official to join in the fun?

That's why when we met for the first time, she specially wore the jade bracelet given by the Jiang family. It was intended to be given to Mai Xiang, and she really wanted to hint to Mai Xiang that what happened to Wan Chengyao back then was smoothed over by her husband. of.

What Mai Xiang didn't know was that when they met in the small restaurant, Mai Xiang came out and didn't notice that she was being followed. Mrs. Pei saw Mai Xiang enter the scholar's residence with her own eyes, and she guessed that Mai Xiang must be looking for Zhang Jia Jia went to discuss ideas.

And today, Mrs. Pei originally planned to wait for Mai Xiang to send Huaici into the Gongyuan before greeting Mai Xiang, but Mai Xiang went first with the people from the University Scholars' Mansion, so she found Wan Jia.Because she knew that if she waited any longer and Huai Ci hit Gongshi, Mai Xiang would be even more difficult to speak.

Mai Xiang didn't know that the other party was following her, but she especially wanted to know whether this Mrs. Pei knew about her husband's scandals, she was a little confused by the other party.

If Mrs. Pei knew what her husband had done to Huaici, then what courage and face would she have to ask Mai Xiang for help?But if he doesn't know, Mai Xiang also thinks it's impossible. Master Pei has met Huaici again, even if he didn't know that Huaici was Wan Chengyao's son, but last time, Wan Chengyao had already introduced Huaici in front of the two of them. the other side.

Mrs. Pei came to look for Mai Xiang, can she discuss it with her husband?How can her husband let her fall into a trap like this?After all, today's Huai Ci is different from six years ago, he has Mai Xiang, and Mai Xiang's backer is his backer.

Therefore, Mai Xiang was really confused.

"I don't know what Mrs. Pei's referral means? Also, I don't know why Mrs. Pei thinks this is a trivial matter?" Mai Xiang asked slowly after taking a sip of tea.

"For me, it may be a big deal, but for Miss Mai Xiang, I know it must be a small thing. Moreover, this referral will not be for nothing. Our master is rich, and your family Isn’t Weng’s matter easier to handle? I think you should know why your mother-in-law asked me for it? This is a good thing for mutual benefit. It doesn't matter, right?" Mrs. Pei picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea gracefully.

Mai Xiang smiled and said: "Mrs. Pei seems to have made a wrong bet. Whether my father-in-law's official career has anything to do with me is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that he has nothing to do with Madam. If you want to recommend, I will directly Introducing him to the bachelor, why should I make a big circle?"

"I see. Clever. But I guess you don't want to do it. If you wanted to, you would have done it."

Mrs. Pei guessed that Huaici and the Jiang family must have had a lot of grievances over the years, otherwise, the Jiang family would not be able to let Mai Xiang not ask for it, but instead beg for an outsider who is near and far away. Moreover, the Jiang family has not been less filial in these years she.

"If you don't want to now, it doesn't mean you won't want to in the future." Mai Xiang is telling the truth, although the possibility of this is very slim.

"Okay, tell me straight up, what are your conditions?" The other party got a little impatient.

"Conditions? The so-called conditions are nothing more than money, rights, and beauty. Unfortunately, I don't lack any of these."

Mrs. Pei looked at Mai Xiang and said with a smile: "You are smarter than I thought, you are worthy of standing with them. It's just that you seem to have forgotten one thing. When your father-in-law had an accident, it was all because of us." Only the master can avoid that prison disaster."

"But Madam seems to have forgotten that what Mr. Pei did was not a good deed, and the Wan family also paid the due price."

"The price you mentioned is nothing more than money. I can pay you double for these. In this way, the public account of the Wan family becomes your private house. You won't be unable to calculate this account, right?" Pei said. Madam looked at Mai Xiang and smiled triumphantly.

Because she believed that Mai Xiang was willing to live in Wan's family, but refused to help Wan Chengyao get promoted. The purpose was to attack the Jiang family and seize Wan's wealth. reason.

It's a pity that everything is an exception, and Mai Xiang is this exception. Compared with Wan's family property, she would rather see Jiang's unlucky and Jiang's downfall. Holding it in his hand made Jiang feel the pain of loss.

"I'm really sorry, Mrs. Pei made the wrong bet again. The Wan family's public account belongs to our Wan family. I didn't want to keep it for myself. As I said before, I don't need money."

Mai Xiang has tens of thousands of taels of silver in her hands, and the two of them still receive tens of thousands of taels of silver a year. She is indeed not short of money. Mai Xiang in this life makes up for Ye Meng's shortcomings in the previous life. How do you want to spend the money? All done.

"It's really crazy." Mrs. Pei looked at Mai Xiang with cold eyes.

"Ma'am, it's not a matter of being crazy or not. Ma'am must have heard a saying that a gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way. Although I am not a gentleman, I also understand this truth. Besides, the property of my Wan family is still It's not an outsider's turn to put the beak in."

"You, you, okay, okay, you've been taught." Mrs. Pei gave Mai Xiang a livid look, and got up to leave.

She never thought that she would fall on a yellow-haired girl today. Moreover, this yellow-haired girl is still a country girl who is nothing. ?
(End of this chapter)