Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 298
Mai Xiang's embarrassment didn't last long, and Yong En sent someone to pick them up.

It turned out that Yong En thought of another way.

In order not to disturb Pei Chunlin, Yong En found another official to impeach Pei Chunlin. That official had a deep quarrel with Mr. Pei. It is not easy to determine whether it is Huai Ci and Mai Xiang who want revenge.

In this way, Huaici and Acton won the initiative. Regardless of whether Acton is the presiding judge of this case, Pei Chunlin will also weigh his own mouth in order to please Acton, knowing what to say and what not to say. Said, and Acton will have enough time to send him away.

When Mai Xiang and Huai Ci returned to Wan's house, it was time to light the lamps, they went to the upper room to say hello, and after returning to their small courtyard, Wan Zhigao came to the door.

This was Wan Zhigao's first visit after the bridal chamber trouble that day, and Mai Xiang guessed that he came for Jiang's sake.

After preparing the tea, Mai Xiang was about to leave, Huaici grabbed Mai Xiang's hand and said to Wan Zhigao: "Speak quickly if you have something to say."

Wan Zhigao saw that Huaici was so indifferent that he didn't even say a word of elder brother, so he frowned, thinking that Huaici and his wife turned a blind eye to Jiang when they were in the room just now, and none of the elders in the family scolded them, but asked with concern Did they eat or not.With such an abnormal behavior, the mother must have done something excessive to offend the younger brother.

For this younger brother, Wan Zhigao can't say that he hates it, but he definitely can't say he likes it, because the two of them were already eight years old when they met for the first time as far as they could remember. Autistic tendencies, and the eight-year-old Wan Zhigao grew up held in the hands of the Wan family. Such two people will not have any intersection and relationship, and they are more strangers to each other.

It is said that brothers are like siblings, but to Wan Zhigao, the sense of existence of this sibling is not even as good as any of the servants around him.

So many years later, when they live under the same roof again, facing each other, they only have a little more politeness and alienation than strangers.

"Well, second brother, younger brother and sister, I came to see you, and today I found that you started to move things out of your yard, are you going to move out again?" Wan Zhigao asked with some embarrassment.

"Ah."

"What?"

Seeing that Huaici did not answer, Wan Zhigao hurriedly said: "Didn't you agree to live at home for three years? Second brother, in fact, the elders have really missed you these past few years. Grandpa and grandma are not young. You Can't you really think more about them?"

Huai Ci listened, looked at Wan Zhigao, and said calmly: "Isn't there you?"

"I, I am not as promising as you, and I can glorify the lintels of Wanjia." After saying this, Wan Zhigao lowered his head.

Although he didn't want to admit it, the fact was before his eyes that Huai Ci not only passed the provincial examination once, but also passed the general examination once. This kind of talent is not something everyone can have. Not just luck.

"The lintel of the Wan family has nothing to do with me, it's your business, if there is nothing else, we have to rest." Huai Ci became unhappy when he heard this, and immediately kicked him out.

"You, you, you..." Wan Zhigao looked at Huai Ci speechless, and walked away with a dark face.

He grew up held in the hands of the Wan family. How often has he suffered such grievances?
Not to mention Wan Zhigao leaving angrily, Huai Ci here is also restless. His restlessness is more due to fear and worry about the uncertainty of the future, and this fear and worry are not for himself. , but afraid of hurting the woman around her.

Mai Xiang also knew his mentality. After thinking for a while, she sat beside him, held his hand and said, "Master, there is not only one choice in life. Thinking about the problem from another angle may make it clearer. First of all, we have We are together; secondly, the two of us are now well-off; thirdly, the worst result is that your reputation will be rotten and you will have no fame. Have you ever thought about it? Although you can’t be an official without fame, we can do the same. Business, as we originally imagined, we can be booksellers, free-spirited booksellers, why not?"

"I'm stupid." Huai Ci thought for a moment, then smiled knowingly.

There is indeed not only one choice in life, and what he expects is to be able to hold the hands of those around him all the time, and he is not demanding on anything else.

Huai Ci understood this point, and her heart became much calmer.

The next day, the two of them had just returned from delivering things in Huaiyuan, and Mrs. Pei sent someone to meet Mai Xiang, and the place was in Fuyunlai.

Huai Ci sent Mai Xiang to Fu Yunlai, told Mai Xiang a few words, and went to find Wu Fu by himself.

When Mai Xiang pushed the door, Mrs. Pei had already arrived. She was sitting by the window, staring at the two small wooden boxes on the table in a daze. She hadn't seen her for a few days, and she was much haggard.

"Hello Madam."

"sit down."

Just as Mai Xiang sat down, Mrs. Pei waved her hand, and the two maids rushed out, and Mai Xiang also sent Feng Ye out.

"Today, someone read our master's book, do you know about it?"

"Madam, how do I know about the affairs of the court?" Mai Xiang asked back.

"That person is our master's mortal enemy. He collected a lot of evidence of our master's bribery, and said that our master's reputation is not good. I want to know, is this what you mean or Master Zhang Jia's meaning?"

"Madam is telling a joke, right? I am an ordinary person, how can people listen to me on such a big matter? By the way, who is the person Madam is talking about? Do I know him?"

Mrs. Pei gave a name.

"Madam, I have never heard of this person. Madam must have investigated me a long time ago. There are only a few families I have been with. Another point, Madam must also know that my husband has just taken the palace examination. It's time to release the list, does Madam think it is appropriate for us to do these things at this time? If you bite back, my family's reputation will be ruined, Madam thinks we will use my family's future to take this risk?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Pei looked at Mai Xiang coldly, and said, "If I hadn't learned your eloquence before, I really thought someone would have taught you what you said today."

"Madam, do you mean I'm stupid?"

The other party ignored Mai Xiang, picked up the tea cup and blew on the floating leaves on it, took a sip, then slowly put down the cup, looked at Mai Xiang again, and then said: "Actually, our master also said this Unlikely."

"Isn't this the end?" Mai Xiang rolled her eyes, playing tricks on the other party.

Mrs. Pei didn't make a difference after hearing this, and pushed a small wooden box over, seeing that Mai Xiang didn't move, she opened it herself, and inside was a pile of bank notes.

"These were given to me by your mother-in-law one after another in the past few years. Now I return them to you together. There are a total of [-] taels. I also just found out that our master had caused harm to your husband back then. He said, this It was an unintentional mistake. At that time, he didn't even know that he was Master Wan's own son. When he found out, he immediately let him go. This money should be regarded as our compensation to your husband." After Madam Pei finished speaking, she got up and gave Mai Xiang made a salute.

After Mai Xiang waited for her to salute, she pushed the wooden box over and said, "Madam, we accept your apology, but please forgive me for not accepting the money."

"In fact, speaking of this matter, your mother-in-law is the real culprit, so you can take the money with peace of mind. Do you understand what I mean?" Seeing that Mai Xiang was so calm, Mrs. Pei couldn't understand Does Mai Xiang know the truth?

To be honest, she only found out in the past few days that Huai Ci and her master had such a relationship. She never dreamed that the Jiang family would give their concubine son to others as a plaything.She knew that many people in the officialdom would give away their concubine daughters as gifts for their own future, but she knew that this Jiang family was the first and only one to give concubine sons.

The problem is, the trouble is coming now, this bastard is now promising, and if he wants to settle the old debt, the Pei family can't afford it anymore, and they have to ask others instead, so they can only return the money as compensation.

Mrs. Pei doesn't quite believe Mai Xiang's words, and she wants to ask why, this is a woman's intuition.But she felt that what Mai Xiang said made sense, if his master tried his best to break the net, and in front of civil and military officials, also read a book that Huaici had been a child molester, then Huaici's examination results would definitely be cancelled. Not only that, but I am afraid that I will never be able to take the imperial examination again. This must be the cruelest thing for a scholar.

Huaici was still so young, and he was married again, seeing that the two were glued together, that matter should have been let go, and there was no need to sacrifice his own future.

Mai Xiang saw the other party bowed her head and pondered, thought for a while, and said, "I know my mother-in-law is the culprit, so I said I accept your apology. There is no need to hold on to it. After all, no matter how much you care about it, it has already happened. What matters to us now is whether we can grasp our future happiness. So I have a request, I hope you can keep this matter secret , stop here. I think Mr. Pei is probably not willing to risk his future, right?"

Mai Xiang's words were implying to the other party that if this matter broke out, it would definitely hurt both sides. Mai Xiang definitely has the strength to make the other party overwhelmed.

Mrs. Pei heard Mai Xiang's words, looked at Mai Xiang, and was shaken again. Could it be this young couple's idea?

"Are you sure?" Madam Pei asked.

"I'm sure, and I hope you are too."

"Okay." Mrs. Pei breathed a sigh of relief.

If this is the case, the Pei family will not necessarily lose, because the Pei family must have their own contacts after being in the officialdom for so many years, but if Zhang Jia's family and Prince Li intervene in this matter, the Pei family will undoubtedly lose.

"These bank notes, I hope you will accept them and buy them for peace of mind. Also, here are 2 taels of bank notes, which are for Mrs. Zhang Jia." Mrs. Pei pushed another small box, which is a A small box made of rosewood.

When Mai Xiang heard this, she became entangled again. Should I take the 5 taels of cash?
(End of this chapter)