After hearing this, Hu Xing and others quickly retreated.

Pei Yan raised his hand and motioned Yu Wen and others to sit down and talk.

Yu Wen sat down somewhat nervously. A Ming closed the door for them and walked out.

"What does the Third Elder want us to do?" Yu Wen asked in confusion.

Pei Yan paused as if he was clearing his thoughts, and said, "Just now, the fourth elder of the Song family came to see me. Oh, that's the head of the Song family. The head of their family is the fourth elder of the third branch. I don't know where he got to know about Yutu, and he also wants to get a piece of the pie. He also proposed to cooperate with our Pei family. As you know, my father just passed away, and none of us brothers are interested in doing this business. But the fourth elder of the Song family has some origins with our family - his mother and my mother are cousins, and his mother is the elder sister, who is nearly 20 years older than my mother. Although she has passed away, our two families still have contact from time to time. I thought, if your family is interested in taking this opportunity to participate in it, it would be better to form a partnership with the Song family. I want to ask what you think. So that I can arrange it."

When Yu Wen heard this, he was overjoyed.

Pei Yan had not mentioned this before, which showed that he was not optimistic about their family's involvement in such a business. Later, he told them in detail the ability and background of the people who participated in the auction, and also warned them that the offshore business was very profitable but also very risky, and it was not something that a family like them could get involved in. But now, he has become a middleman to connect their family with the Song family, which shows that he thinks that the two families may cooperate. This is either because the Pei family has the face and confidence to protect the interests of their Yu family in front of the Song family, or because the Song family is honest and trustworthy.

Regardless of the former or the latter, their families relied on the protection of the Pei family.

Yu Wen was very grateful for this.

So should we seize this opportunity?

Yu Wen looked towards Yu Tang out of habit.

Yu Tang felt confused.

She did have this in mind, wanting to keep a copy of the map so that if her family had the opportunity in the future, they could invest in the offshore business. But she had never thought of cooperating with a family like the Guangzhou Tao family.

There is a huge disparity in power between the two parties. The weaker party has no say, cooperation is unequal, and it is easy for it to be swallowed up by others.

Her first choice was the Jiang family.

It’s the Jiang family that gave birth to Jiang Ling.

According to her memory of her previous life, their family has not yet become successful, but judging from the things that happened in her previous life, their family has the ability to do so.

The best cooperation is when we first met each other from humble beginnings.

But at this moment, Yu Tang had to admit that Pei Yan's proposal was like putting a bowl of pork belly in front of their house, making them salivate.

Fortunately, she quickly calmed down under her father's gaze.

Being seduced or deceived into making one waver will never lead to good results.

Yu Tang couldn't help but cough lightly and said in a gentle voice: "Third Master, thank you for recommending our family. But our family is just a small family after all. Such a business is not something we can control, nor is it something we can dream of. I think we should just forget about it."

Pei Yan's enthusiasm seemed to be chilled by the icy water in the coldest days of winter, and his face suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Isn't she trying hard to get rich?

With such a good opportunity, he was reluctant to show any mercy, thinking that it was not easy for her as a girl to end up like this.

"It's up to you!" Pei Yan felt a chill all over his body, and even the atmosphere became stagnant. "I just think that if you cooperate with the Song family, they won't do anything behind the scenes for the sake of our Pei family. Since you don't mind, just pretend I didn't mention it." After saying that, he picked up the tea bowl.

This is what it means to see someone off.

Yu Wen felt very embarrassed.

Everyone can understand Pei Yan's good intentions, but he didn't expect Yu Tang to refuse.

Of course, this decision was indeed something they had discussed long ago, but nothing is set in stone.

Yu Tang was too disrespectful to Pei Yan.

Yu Wen glared at his daughter, his lips slightly pursed, wanting to overturn Yu Tang's decision. He had to give Pei Yan face no matter what, not to mention that Pei Yan was doing it for the good of their family.

Before Yu Tang said this, she had thought that Pei Yan might be a little embarrassed, but she didn't expect Pei Yan to turn hostile so suddenly. Her father was even more indecisive. Seeing that Pei Yan was unhappy, he immediately thought about buying Pei Yan's favor without thinking about what kind of situation this favor would put their Yu family in.

"Third Master!" She hurriedly spoke before Yu Wen, "A lot of things have happened to our family in the past six months. If it weren't for your help, we wouldn't be safe, let alone my mother's illness. We are in trouble. What we Yu family is today is all due to you. It's all for the good of our family. It's just that our family's motto is that it's better to rely on ourselves than on the heaven and the earth. The Song family is one of the largest families in Suzhou, and our family has never done any other business except a lacquerware shop. If you can bring him to our home, it is for your sake and the Pei family's sake. For face. Others don't know, but we know how much we can earn. It's easy to do business with the Song family, but we can't just take a map to join the partnership? Even if we only take a map to join the partnership, how can we join the partnership? Should we form a fleet? How many ships should we have each time? How many people should we have on each ship? What cargo should we transport? Where should we dock? We don't know anything about these. Do I have to ask you one by one? How can we help the Song family? What benefits can the Song family gain from partnering with us? If the benefits are not equal in the long term, why should we always cooperate with others? What is the difference between that and relying on you? "

Now that their family has put the map of fortune up for sale, it's not like the Song family can't afford the auction price, so why should they cooperate with the Yu family just for a map of fortune that can be sold for money?

After all, it was still for Pei Yan's sake.

Pei Yan has to repay this favor.

Even if Pei Yan thought it was not a big deal, their family couldn't just accept it.

Yu Wen and Yu Yuan listened and nodded repeatedly, and the slight tremor just now disappeared.

Pei Yan still felt unhappy.

After all the talk, it sounded reasonable, but in the end I still rejected him.

"It's up to you!" Pei Yan raised the tea bowl in his hand again.

Yu Tang didn't expect Pei Yan to be so angry, and no matter how she tried to persuade him, he couldn't let it go.

It would be fine if Pei Yan had ulterior motives, but he was kind-hearted. Yu Tang knew that his decision was the most correct and beneficial choice for the Yu family, but he still felt very guilty towards Pei Yan.

Pei Yan was arrogant and didn't care much about household affairs. It was a rare opportunity for him to take care of her affairs, but he was rejected by her. She was really ungrateful.

Yu Tang wanted to make him feel better, so he pretended not to notice him picking up the tea bowl, took a few steps forward, and said humbly, "Third Master, we will do business well after we return, and strive to be able to accept your reward one day."

Pei Yan saw her with her head down, her smooth forehead as warm as jade, her long eyelashes motionless, resting on her eyelids like phoenix feathers, looking submissive and docile. His heart softened, and he felt that the nameless anger gradually dissipated a little.

He also knew that not everyone could accept his reward, which showed that he had some self-knowledge!

"Forget it!" He heard himself say in a calm voice, "It's my fault for not considering it carefully. Let's just forget about it."

Yu Tang sighed secretly.

Finally, I managed to coax this ancestor into a better state.

Do you want to continue coaxing her?

She also wanted to know why Pei Yan in his previous life planted sea buckthorn in the forest near their home?

Yu Tang's mouth is faster than his brain.

She heard herself say respectfully, "No matter what, I still want to thank Third Elder. If Third Elder doesn't mind, my mother made some Qingtuan at home a few days ago. I asked Manager Hu to bring some for Third Elder to try. We don't have anything else to show off at home. We can only make these ordinary dishes earlier than others, so Third Elder can have a taste of them."

Normally, every household would start making Qingtuan in one or two months. But this year, Chen was in good health and was interested in making Qingtuan, so she made some in advance. It wasn't much, but she had good skills and was a month ahead of others, so it became a delicacy that she could show off.

Pei Yan's depression subsided a little after listening to this.

He didn't like eating qingtuan that much, but he was in mourning, and he was supposed to eat these during the mourning period. However, many people didn't know what was going on and always forgot that he was in mourning. They either invited him to drink or to appreciate flowers. Only the things sent by the Yu family were reliable.

Those people seemed to have forgotten that his father had just passed away.

What made him most uncomfortable was that many of these people had received favors from his father.

It can be seen that the saying "killing and arson will bring you a golden belt, building roads and bridges will bring you no corpses" makes sense.

Pei Yan snorted in his heart, but his voice became softer: "Don't be so polite! Then thank Mrs. Yu for me."

This is what it means to accept it.

Yu Tang was overjoyed and said hurriedly, "I'm glad you like it." Then he thought that he had come in such a hurry and didn't know how the meeting with the Song family went. He didn't want to delay his business, so he knelt down and bowed, saying, "Then we'll take our leave first. We won't bother you again after the auction is over."

He had indeed temporarily placed the Fourth Master Song in the guest room. He would host a banquet for him later, so Pei Yan could not stay here for long. He was very satisfied with Yu Tang's ability to handle the situation, so he simply gave him two more instructions: "The heads of the various families will come to Lin'an City in the next few days. You'd better not go out when you have nothing to do, so as not to be noticed by others and cause trouble."

Are they afraid that someone will know that the picture belongs to them and snatch it away before the auction?

Those are families that the Yu family cannot afford to offend.

Yu Yuan’s face turned pale.

Pei Yan glanced at him and said, "You don't have to worry too much. I have already given orders that anyone coming to Lin'an City will be restricted from leaving before the auction. We have also sent people to secretly monitor your family. I'm just in case..."

Yu Tang immediately said, "Yes, yes. We are prepared for anything that might happen. Our family will definitely not run around before the auction. Don't worry."

Pei Yan's expression finally returned to its original cold and arrogant look.

Yu Tang's hanging heart also completely settled down.