Peasant Girl Bookseller

Chapter 37
Mai Xiang couldn't explain it now. She remembered that when her cousin was having a baby, the family always told her to eat these alkaline foods, saying that it was easy to have boys.But she is a country girl in her teens, how can she say these words?

Mai Xiang looked at the silver key in her hand, looked at the longing eyes of the other party, and thought that there might not be a chance to see each other again in the future, so it is better to be a good person to the end.

"Sister, don't you want a son?" Mai Xiang smiled slyly after she finished speaking, and when she was about to run, she was held back by the other party.

"Little sister, tell me how to make this Cordyceps duck soup and red chicken?"

This made Mai Xiang embarrassed, she only remembered the name of the dish, how could she cook it?
Scratching her head, Mai Xiang said, "Oh, duck stewed with cordyceps and chicken stewed with distiller's lees, it's very simple."

Hearing this, the other party gave Mai Xiang two silver pegs, Mai Xiang took out a pair of small wall shoes from the basket, and said with a smile: "This is for my sister, it is wall shoes to hang on the wall, to avoid evil spirits." To ward off evil spirits, and bless my sister and the child to be safe in the future."

Just as Mai Xiang sent the young woman named Uladomin away, someone grabbed her clothes again.

"Girl, do you remember me?"

Mai Xiang saw that it was the wife of the Wan family, and looked up again, and saw the old lady of the Wan family and her grandson standing not far from her, with several maids and women beside her.

"Hello." Knowing that there was another business coming, Mai Xiang walked up to the old lady.

"Girl, the last wish you made for us has been fulfilled, and I would like to ask you to make another wish for me," said the old lady.

Wan Zhigao next to him pretended not to know Mai Xiang, and kept saying, "Grandma, I can do it too, why don't you believe me?"

"Okay, grandma knows you can do it, grandma will let you do it later, and let this girl make a wish for us."

Mai Xiang took a copper coin from her mother-in-law, but this time she wished, "Don't rain again in Huai'an."

After making the wish, Mrs. Wan looked at Mai Xiang, and the more she looked at it, the more she felt that the child was alert. After thinking about it, she asked tentatively, "Who is the young lady who made you wish just now? What wish did you make?"

"Old lady, this wish won't work if you say it out, and the Bodhisattva will blame me."

This remark suited the old lady's wishes, and she was worried that Mai Xiang would talk nonsense to others.

"Girl, why don't you come to me and be a personal maid? I promise you the monthly money of the maid."

Mai Xiang smiled when she heard this, she just helped her ex-fiancé to make a match, and the ex-fiancé's grandmother actually wanted to buy herself to be a maid. If she knew that she was her granddaughter-in-law who almost never got married, what expression would she have on her face? ?

Of course, Mai Xiang just thought about it, she still wanted to spend a few more days in this Reclining Buddha Temple, she was waiting for the money.

"Old lady, I also have parents and family members. I am the eldest daughter in my family, and I want to help my parents bring up younger siblings." Mai Xiang didn't understand why she wanted to buy herself to be a maid. Did she look like a maid?

However, Mai Xiang still took the other party's money bag with a smile, and could not make trouble with money.Mai Xiang weighed the purse and thought to herself, the old lady is much more stingy than her grandson.

Mai Xiang walked around the wishing pool, and then sold two pairs of wall shoes. It is estimated that today will be the same. She is thinking about family affairs. After coming out of the temple, she went to the place where the ring is made. She wants to give a piece of Maidi There is no money to buy gifts, so I can only find them from the ring.

Mai Xiang fell in love with an emerald safety buckle, and it looked pretty good, but Mai Xiang knew that jadeite at this time was not as valuable as white jade, but she still hoped to give this safety buckle to Mai Di.

Mai Xiang got what she wanted, bought what she needed, and hurried home.

After she left, Uladomin and Amusin, the young women who had just asked her to make a wish, were sitting in a side hall of the temple having tea, listening to Uladomin imitating how Mai Xiang made a wish for her and told her what to eat.

It turned out that this young woman, Ula Domin, was Amu Xin's aunt and sister. Before she got married, she often lived in her grandfather's house for a period of time, and she had a very close relationship with A Muxin.

Ula Domin just this year, was married to the eldest son of Prince Li's Mansion when she was 14 years old, and she has no children so far, so she is very sad, so she looks more mature than her actual age.

"Who is this girl? It's really interesting, but is what she said true or false?"

"Cousin, I don't know if it's true or not, but it's not bad if you try it. The left and right are food, not medicine." Amusin said.

To be honest, she didn't understand where Mai Xiang's words came from, but since this girl said it so solemnly, why not just believe it once?

After listening to Nanny Li's suggestion, Amuxin wanted to try Mai Xiang's wit and good luck again. Mai Xiang's wit was tested. If her cousin is really pregnant this time, then Mai Xiang really has a background .

It's just that Amu Xin wanted to return to her thoughts, but she didn't say it out loud. If other people like her fall in love with this girl, she still doesn't know if it will be a blessing or a curse.

When Mai Xiang came home, she had just put her things away and was about to wash her hands and cook for Ye Dafu and Mrs. Zhao when she suddenly heard an argument from the upper room.

It turned out that Wu Fu had just returned from fetching medicines for Mrs. Zhao and Ye Dafu. This time, he took the medicines for three days. Although it was much cheaper than the previous two times, it still cost more than three taels of silver.

Qian and Sun knew that they didn't want to. If the family went on like this, it would be a bottomless pit. They had no other demands, such as separating the family or letting Mai Xiang go to Gege's house to be a maid or enter Wan's house to be a concubine.

With these three options, they are more inclined to separate the family, because Mai Xiang is still young, even if she enters Wan's family to be a concubine, it will not be a matter of time. Mai Xiang, if you open your mouth to Wanjia again, I am afraid it will be limited. Even if Wanjia can give another 30 taels of silver for the sake of friendship between the two families, it will only be enough for a few days of medicine money. What about in the future?You can't reach out to Wanjia whenever you are short of money, right?
As for selling Mai Xiang to Ge Ge to be a maid, it can only quench her thirst for a while, how many days will it take to sell herself for money?How much monthly money can a maid get?A few hundred dollars a month is not enough for a pair of medicines, and this family will still be dragged down.

But the reason for the family separation cannot be put forward in this way, so Qian and Sun worked together to find Liu.

"Mother, do you still have the money for the medicine?" Sun asked pretending to be very concerned.

"Where is there more? This big family still needs to eat, and they will be poor if they grab another medicine." Liu said with a bitter face.

In fact, she still has a few taels of silver in her hand, but this family has to have some emergency money, and she is really worried.

In the future, it will be too difficult for this family to make some money. How much money can she save by embroidering handkerchiefs?The produce of the field is not enough for the family to chew.

"Mom, do you still remember that Gege? Why don't we persuade Mai Xiang to work at Gege's house, sign a contract of living, and get ten taels of silver to treat the elder brother and sister-in-law, and then the monthly money can also be used to supplement the family. Some." Sun persuaded.

"Is this possible?" Liu Shi had already thought about it, but she didn't dare to say it.

"Mother, you have to think about the whole family. If this goes on like this, not only will the eldest brother and sister-in-law's illness be cured without money, but our whole family will also starve to death, and the fifth brother's daughter-in-law will even disappear. Marry into such a family? Mom, we can't live in this family just because of the eldest brother's family, right? Besides, the big girl is not really sold, she just went out to work for five years, and she can eat and wear herself , all of us can be saved, and the fifth brother’s daughter-in-law is also available, tell me, how good is that?" Mrs. Sun broke up with Mrs. Liu one by one.

"Yeah, mother, what the third sibling said is so true, I thought so too. If the elder sister wants to be a maid, it's the same if she goes to Wan's family to be a concubine. How much money for the medicine, and what will the family's income depend on in the future? Why don't you ask Dad to find Wan's family, and ask Wan's family to give the dowry in advance." Qian was beating on the side.

"The reasoning is not bad. I'm afraid that your elder brother is not willing, and the big girl is not happy either! Also, the Wan family, last time they came, we rejected them so simply, and begged to come again this time, you Father can't agree either. Even if the concubine doesn't do it, can the big girl agree to be a maid?" Mrs. Liu thought about this a long time ago, if she doesn't sell wheat fragrance, marriage after Wufu and Bafu will be difficult.

"Tsk tsk, I really won't enjoy the blessings that are ready-made. What kind of family is this Wan family? Let alone a wealthy family, they are still officials. Why is this girl so clueless?" Qian paused.

"Second sister-in-law, you don't understand. Although Wan's family is good, is it better than Gege's family? It is a decent and noble family. This Gege is going to get married, so why should he marry a prince or Baylor? If Da Ya follows Gege, How can Bao Buqi still be a prince or Baylor's concubine? That's a blessing." Sun clapped her hands and said.

"That's right, it's still the third younger sibling who thinks too far. Mother, the situation is different now, so I can't help but the eldest brother and the eldest sister are not willing. Where does the elder brother and sister-in-law get the medicine money, and how will this family live in the future? Eighth brother and sister-in-law He is still young, but the fifth brother is about to marry a wife." Qian added another handful of firewood, implying that her mother-in-law sold her granddaughter so that only a few sons and daughters could survive.

Knowing that Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Sun are planning for themselves, Mrs. Liu is still tempted. The main reason is that this day is really impossible to live on. The medicine of three taels of silver can only be taken for three days, and a few more for three days. This family is really poor.

Therefore, when Mrs. Liu brought a bowl of medicine to Ye Dafu, and after Ye Dafu drank the medicine, Mrs. Liu slowly told him about the difficulties at home.

(End of this chapter)