If Yu Tang can do it, then can he also give it a try?

Yu Yuan thought about it, and suddenly he felt more confident.

He said, "But I have never taken care of the farm and the forest. How can I take good care of the farm and the forest? How can I make my father think that I am capable of managing the household?"

Yu Tang was afraid that Yu Yuan would not believe her. Now that Yu Yuan was able to take her suggestions seriously, she would naturally tell him everything she knew.

"Didn't we go back to our hometown to worship our ancestors before?" she said. "I didn't pay attention to the things in the fields, but the forest near my home is full of miscellaneous trees. I remember hearing people say that there is a kind of fruit tree that can be used to make preserved fruits in the forest near our home. If we can plant this kind of tree, when it bears fruit, we can make preserved fruits and sell them."

When the two brothers of the Yu family separated, Yu Bo thought that Yu Wen only knew how to study, so he took the initiative to give the good farmland to Yu Wen, leaving the mountain forest with little income. So the mountain forest that Yu Tang mentioned actually belonged to Yu Yuan's family. And for so many years, this mountain forest of Yu Yuan's family has not brought any other income except selling firewood in winter.

Yu Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Think carefully about who told you this? Has anyone made this kind of preserved fruit? What does it taste like?" As he spoke, he began to worry again, "Even if preserved fruit can be made, where can we find a master who can make preserved fruit?"

Most of the sugar in Lin'an comes from Guangxi, so it is more expensive. People with poor economic conditions sometimes put preserved fruits in porridge to replace sugar when they are having confinement. So preserved fruits are particularly popular. But most of the well-made preserved fruits come from Hunan. Even if someone here can make it, it is an exclusive craft, and they may not be able to find a master who can do it.

Yu Tang patted his chest and smiled slyly: "Ask me?"

Yu Yuan saw that she looked clever and was very proud of his sister because she had been through so much but was still as cheerful as before.

He couldn't help but laugh heartily, half pretending and half serious as he bowed to Yu Tang, saying, "Please teach me, sister!"

Perhaps because he had no worries, Yu Yuan laughed a little loudly, attracting half of the people on the boat to look over at him.

The people sent by the Gu family also looked over.

It's just that they don't know each other.

The Gu family thought they had seen the world, but they never expected to see a pair of siblings with different looks and temperaments on the boat to the countryside. They sighed in their hearts and couldn't help but imagine that Lin'an was also a place with beautiful scenery and such outstanding people. They wondered if their aunt, who was praised by his wife for her "good looks", was also like these siblings...

Yu Yuan realized that the brother and sister were disturbing others, his face turned red, he lowered his head and stopped talking. Only then did everyone withdraw their gaze and start chatting about their own things again.

"What's your idea, sister?" Yu Yuan spoke again, his voice lowered by more than half, "Stop keeping us in suspense."

Yu Tang smiled for a while, then lowered his voice like Yu Yuan and said, "I can make preserved fruits, but I have only done it on a small scale. If I want to sell them to merchants, I may need to try to make preserved fruits so that they can be sold at a good price. As for what kind of fruits can be grown in our forest, you have to find out by yourself. However, I heard that the tree is about the height of a house and bears The fruit is bright red, the size of a thumb, sour and sweet, and has a core. When making candied fruit, the core must be removed. The resulting candied fruit is also sour and sweet, and is particularly appetizing and satisfying. Many children or elderly people like to buy some and take them home to eat when they have no appetite. They... well, we can use this as an excuse to make candied fruit, and it will definitely sell well. "

In her previous life, Gao often scolded Yu Yuan because of this forest. Even Yu Tang, who could only go back to the Yu family occasionally, had seen it several times. She was very curious about the forest that had become a golden cake in the hands of the Pei family. She once went to check it out while offering incense at her parents' tomb. Although the Pei family was very strict about the industry, they heard that she was the daughter of the Yu family who married into the Li family with her husband's tablet. After reporting to the third master Pei, they respectfully invited her in to take a look and gave her two boxes of the best preserved fruits to take back.

Now that she thought about it, she had already owed Pei Yan a favor.

Not only that, the young steward in charge of the forest once told her proudly that the yellow fruit was called sea buckthorn, and was discovered by Master Pei San when he was visiting a friend of his who was an official in the northwest.

Thinking of this, Yu Tang felt a little hot on his face and a little guilty.

She said, "If we can grow that kind of fruit at home and make preserved fruits, it would be great if we could sell them in Pei's shop."

In the candied fruit business, the people who make the most money are the merchants. On the contrary, the people who make candied fruit make money through hard work. Just like the cotton growers have no cotton clothes to wear, and the rice growers have no white rice to eat, the people who make money are the merchants.

Yu Yuan had never done such a business, and he didn't know how much profit this business could bring. Most importantly, he wanted to make the Yu family's lacquerware shop a success. For him, making preserved fruits was more about proving his ability and gaining the right to speak in the family. So Yu Yuan intuitively believed that this was just a small business and didn't take it seriously.

He said, "The Pei family is a big business, and they may not look down on such a small transaction. If it can be done, it will be the same if I sell it to Yao Saner. Now I just have to find a way to find the tree you mentioned."

This is very different.

If this business can be done, their family will only take on the hardest work of the Pei family in the early stage, and still give the Pei family the profits that they deserve, just like in the previous life.

Although the wild geese are still flying in the sky, they should not boil water and calculate the gains and losses at this time, but this matter involves Yu Tang's bottom line in life and work, so she still thinks she should make it clear to Yu Yuan.

"Brother, the Pei family has been very kind to our family," she insisted. "Our Yu family is what it is today thanks to the Pei family's protection. We must not forget our roots. As long as our family is engaged in the candied fruit business, we must sell it to the Pei family. As for other businesses, they belong to our family."

Although she has benefited from rebirth, she cannot harm the interests of others or steal other people's things because of her rebirth.

Yu Yuan thought about it carefully and felt that Yu Tang's words made sense. He had no more objections and said, "Then it's settled. I'll tell my father when I get back and see what he thinks." After that, he smiled at Yu Tang and said, "If my father agrees that I can manage the shop, then you can go to the mountain to plant trees. We have such a large forest at home. We couldn't do anything when we had no other options. Now that we have a solution, we can't just waste it like this."

Yu Tang was stunned.

Yu Yuan chuckled.

Yu Tang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Is this like shooting oneself in the foot?

They returned to Lin'an City smoothly.

Every household in Lin'an City has begun preparing to sweep the stove and celebrate the Little New Year.

Yu Tang had just finished washing up when Yu Wen took him to his uncle's house.

Yu Bo didn't know whether he had just returned from the shop or had not been to the shop at all, but was waiting for her at home. After she and her uncle greeted her, Yu Bo asked someone to call Yu Yuan, who had just finished washing up, over and asked them both, "How was it? What did you gain from your trip to Hangzhou this time?"

There was a hint of impatience in his tone.

Yu Yuan couldn't help but exchange a look with Yu Tang. He spoke on behalf of the two siblings, "Not bad! I went to sit with Yao San'er, had a meal with Tong Er, and took my sister to stroll around the streets. I found that the shops in Hangzhou City all have their own characteristics. Either they are cheaper than others, or the shop assistants are particularly smart, or they have unique skills."

He calmly recounted everything he had seen and heard in Hangzhou City in the past two days. In just two days, Yu Tang suddenly found that his eldest cousin seemed to have become more stable and gradually saw the successful and confident figure of his previous life.

Is it because of the direction of struggle?

As Yu Tang was thinking about it, his thoughts inevitably drifted to the sea buckthorn fruit.

She couldn't tell her brother about her rebirth experience, so she couldn't tell him to go find the seabuckthorn tree directly. It would be like looking for a needle in a haystack for anyone, let alone her brother, to just rely on her description. Maybe there would be no harvest for several years, and it would be too slow for her eldest cousin who was anxious to get his uncle to pay attention to him. The best way was for her to find the seabuckthorn tree through her past life memories and plant it as soon as possible.

Besides Pei Yan and the Pei family, who else knows about this tree?

Yu Tang racked his brains.

As for Yu Yuan, it was just as she expected. Although the business in the shop was not good, except for the busy opening day, almost nothing was sold in the past few days. However, Yu Bo still rejected the proposal to hand over the shop to Yu Yuan without thinking.

In the words of her great uncle, her eldest cousin hasn't even started a family yet, so how can he know anything about doing business?

He also scoffed at Yu Yuan's suggestion that he should take care of the farmland and forests: "What can you do with the income from a few acres of farmland and forests? Don't have such unrealistic ideas. Follow me and learn the craft and do business. When you get married to Miss Xiang and give me a few big fat grandchildren, I will be old enough to enjoy the grandchildren. Then the business of the shop will be handed over to you and Atang. I will help you discipline the children with your uncle, and at least we can support a scholar and raise a man."

Yu Yuan was very depressed.

When did he become inferior to Yu Tang!

The shop at home was not handed over to him to take good care of Yu Tang, but was handed over to the two of them.

So what does this brother do?

Is there no other purpose besides giving birth to a few fat grandchildren?

He sat alone in the room and sulked for a while.

But after getting angry and thinking about it carefully, it is really like this.

Yu Tang has already occupied a place in his father's heart with her own ability. I don't know when she started to be a person who can stand shoulder to shoulder with him. And judging from what happened during this period of time, Yu Tang is indeed capable of standing shoulder to shoulder with him. No, it can even be said that Yu Tang is more independent and capable than him.

As a brother, he is already inferior to his sister.

Yu Yuan walked back and forth in the house for a few times and then ran to Yu Tang's house.