Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 294
Seeing Mrs. Pei walking away with a dark face, Mai Xiang thought of Jiang's entrustment to her, so she had to catch up and accompany her into the upper room.

At the door of the upper room, Mrs. Pei glared at Mai Xiang again, adjusted the expression on her face, and then entered the room with a different smile.

Although the Jiang family and the old lady saw that Mrs. Pei's smile was a bit forced, they couldn't ask if the other party didn't say anything. They just warmly greeted the other party to sit down and have a meal. Mai Xiang still stood and served dishes.

Fortunately, this time Mrs. Pei offered to say goodbye after drinking a cup of tea and sent the guests away. Just as Mai Xiang wanted to go back to her small courtyard to eat and rest, the old lady stopped Mai Xiang.

"Mai Xiang, what did Mrs. Pei tell you?"

"She wants me to introduce Mr. Bachelor for her." Mai Xiang chose to tell the truth.

"You didn't agree?" The old lady guessed it. Although Mrs. Pei had been covering it up just now, she still couldn't hide the hesitation on her face.

"No."

"Why didn't you agree? Isn't it just a recommendation? I didn't ask you to do anything else." Jiang complained.What she was worried about was that Mrs. Pei would put pressure on her.

"What does the wife mean by other things?" Mai Xiang asked back.

"You child, you always talk to me with a straight face, as if I still owe you eight hundred hangs. In front of the old man and the old lady, let's make an agreement that I don't owe you any more. Here I still have a lot of inside and outside." Jiang complained.

"Madam, I don't mean that. I just want to ask, what else does Madam say? Madam also knows. I'm from the countryside. How do I know this?" Mai Xiang would also play dumb.

"She just mentioned the recommendation, and didn't say anything else?" The old lady opened her mouth, and she could tell that the grievances between Mai Xiang and Jiang seemed to be deep, and it was definitely not because of this little monthly money. Why?

"That said, asked me what benefits I wanted, and I said I don't lack anything. By the way, she also mentioned that if I help her, Master Pei can support her father in the future, but I refused. I said, if I With this ability, why do I have to make a big circle? Wouldn’t it be better for me to directly introduce my father to the bachelor?”

Mai Xiang was not sure whether Mrs. Pei would add details to Jiang's conversation between the two of them. If Jiang found out, he would definitely add details and tell the old lady. Instead of passively thinking about countermeasures at that time, it is better to spread the word today up.

The old lady was excited when she heard this, she quickly took Mai Xiang's hand and said, "Son, do you really want to understand?"

"Old lady, it's not whether I have figured it out, but the old lady said something when she recognized me as her granddaughter. We only talk about family relationship and nothing else, especially in official affairs, and absolutely don't let me intervene. So , I don't have the ability."

"Okay, don't force a child. She's right. It's not easy for people to treat her like this for a child with no roots. We can't help you, so don't make trouble." Wan Bao Cai said.

Wan Baocai didn't believe Mai Xiang's words, but thought that Mai Xiang didn't trust Wan Jia at all, and didn't have deep feelings for Wan Jia. This would make Mai Xiang do these things and only arouse Mai Xiang's disgust.

Although Wan Baocai has not been in contact with Mai Xiang for a long time, she still knows some of Mai Xiang's personality. This girl is affectionate but also holds grudges. Therefore, she can only coax such a person slowly and show her sincerity first. .

After the old man had spoken, no one else dared to say anything, only Mrs. Jiang muttered a few words, but no one heard what she said clearly.

"Let her go back, this girl hasn't had dinner yet. What's the matter, let's talk about it tomorrow." The old man glanced at Mai Xiang who was still standing, and said to the old lady.

Seeing that there were people in the room, Mai Xiang finally remembered that he hadn't had dinner yet, and he felt more fond of the old man.

"Look at how confused I am, right, go back to dinner, Cuibi, and see if there are any untouched dishes in the evening, and send them to Second Mistress." The old lady also remembered at this moment, and wanted to make amends.

Although Mai Xiang wouldn't really eat the food given by the old lady, she thanked her and took it back, because it was the elder's wish and she couldn't refuse.

After finally surviving Huaici's exams, Mai Xiang began to wait for the results for a long time. Seeing that he was so anxious, Mai Xiang told the old man and the old lady, and took Huaici back to her mother's hometown to live for a few days. It just so happened that the construction in the yard was about to start. Cover the two inverted seats.

The old lady readily agreed, not forgetting to ask Mai Xiang to kowtow and make a wish.

In the days in the country, Mai Xiang didn't let Huaici touch the books again, but followed Ye Dafu to do some farm work every day, weeding the fruit trees, watering the vegetable fields, feeding poultry and livestock, and sometimes going with Er Fu and San Fu Go to the field and experience the real difficulty of farming.

On this day, Mai Xiang was accompanying Huaici to plant a rhododendron tree in the newly built yard. This rhododendron tree was dug from the mountain the year Mai Xiang came here. I didn't expect to see it for a few years, and it grew a large area. Fu disliked that eating white took up space, and when she was about to deal with it, Mai Xiang thought that her small yard was still bare.

It turned out that Ye Dafu considered that Mai Xiang might come back with her husband and son-in-law for a few days after they got married, and it would definitely be inconvenient to live with the whole family. There is a lot of open space in this yard, so Ye Dafu decided to build a small courtyard for Mai Xiangdan. It is also convenient for the couple to live together.

"Sister, you're so idle, you still do it yourself?"

A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy stood at the door at some point.

"Sister, you don't know me anymore?" The boy was a little hurt when he saw that Mai Xiang didn't recognize him.

"Fatty, are you Fatty?" Mai Xiang looked at the vaguely recognizable facial features in front of her eyes and asked uncertainly.

"Sister, I have a big name now, my name is Bai Renjie."

"Aren't you still fat?" Mai Xiang remembered that the white lady was calling her big girl one by one, so why did she have to call her son Renjie?
At this meeting, Mai Xiang didn't feel that she was naive at all, she just immersed herself in the surprise brought to her by this young man.

Although the boy in front of me is not as beautiful as Huai Ci, but he is quite different from the fat boy with no facial features in Mai Xiang's impression, and he is a bit bookish. The important thing is that this boy has been thinking about him for so many years. There is only one thing he wants to do, and that is to marry Mai Huang as his wife.

Huai Ci was a little wary at first, but after hearing the name of this person, he knew why the other party came, so he hurriedly greeted him with a smile.

"Brother-in-law, let me come, you must not be able to do these strenuous tasks." Seeing Mai Xiang looking at himself, Pang Dun hurriedly took the pickaxe from Huai Ci's hand.

"Can you do it? Didn't you say that you have been studying in the capital? How did you come back?" Mai Xiang asked.

"Eldest sister, I came from the countryside anyway, so digging a tree hole can still trouble me? By the way, elder sister, our academy is on vacation for the past few days, and I came back temporarily. I didn't expect to meet my eldest sister at home." Fatty dug On the side of the tree hole, there is no explanation for 300 taels of silver here.

Mai Xiang glanced at Huaici, and asked, "Can I have a holiday at this time? You are not fooled by me, are you?"

"Hehe, it's really not Ms. Meng's. It's the husband of our academy who has an urgent matter at home. He can't find a substitute teacher at the moment. Let us take two days off."

"Oh, what did the gentleman say about your homework? When do you plan to take the children's exam?" Mai Xiang asked.

"I'm sorry to disappoint my eldest sister. My husband said it will take another two years."

Mai Xiang counts that he is fifteen this year, and he will only be seventeen two years later, which is not bad.

"Sister, Mai Huang is [-] years old this year, so let us make an engagement. Only after we get married can I settle down to study. Otherwise, I'm always worried that when my eldest sister will marry Mai Huang to someone else, how can I do it?" Can you sit still?"

"Pfft, you, you..." Huai Ci was holding a bowl of tea and just took a sip, and sprayed it all at once, and by coincidence, it sprayed all over Fatty's head.

Fat Dun was also stunned for a moment, staring blankly at Huai Ci and Mai Xiang, not knowing where he made a mistake.

"You, you speak too directly and boldly." Huai Ci embarrassedly found a handkerchief for the fat man.

Don't say that Huai Ci was surprised, even Mai Xiang was a little scared. Was this ancient man so straightforward in proposing marriage?This little bastard is only 15 years old, still a false age, do you know what marriage is?
"Do you know what it means to be married?" Mai Xiang asked.

"Pfft." Huaici spouted again, blushing and pulling Mai Xiang to her side, and gave Fatty a glare.

Fat pier was messed up again, it was nothing, he finally mustered up the courage to look for Mai Xiang, but unexpectedly, he was sprayed twice by this beautiful brother-in-law.

Huai Ci also noticed Fatty's dissatisfaction, and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, I didn't mean it, uh, I just think you speak very boldly, like a man."

"I was originally a man." Fat Dun didn't think this sentence was a compliment, so he rolled his eyes.

"Your brother-in-law doesn't mean that. I mean, you know that getting married means raising a family, a wife and children. You have a lot more responsibilities. Getting married is not like playing house when you were a child. If you make a mistake, you can start from scratch." Mai Xiang explained.

At this moment, she also somewhat understands why Huaici would spray it for the second time, because her words are ambiguous. If a woman asks a man what it means to get married, can it be blamed for not being crooked?
"Sister, if it's just this, you can rest assured. My mother said that I will get married, and she will give me 20 acres of land. The rent of the [-] acres of land is enough for me to raise wheat yellow. Moreover, I promise, if I can’t pass the exam before the age of [-]. I will reconsider another way out. If Mai Huang likes the city, I will take her to open a shop in the city. If she likes the country, I will take her to do business in the country. A landlord, I have made up my mind, I am going to buy a barren hill, specially used to raise sheep, rabbits, chickens, ducks and geese, don’t worry, elder sister, although I can’t guarantee that I can give Mai Huang a rich life, but I will definitely not let She suffers."

As soon as Mai Xiang heard Fat Dun's words, she knew that Mai Huang must have sold him the family property. Ye's family can earn hundreds of taels of silver by relying on the things raised in the yard for a year. It is no problem for an ordinary family to live. , it seems that these two people are determined to be together.

(End of this chapter)