At first glance, this statement seemed to be fine, but what kind of person was Pei Yan? How could he hesitate when answering her question?

Yu Tang felt puzzled, and felt that he said this just to appease her and her father.

But before she could think about it, Pei Yan asked, "What are you going to do in the county school?"

Yu Tang felt even more surprised.

Pei Yan doesn't seem like the kind of person who cares about these details.

His question seemed to be changing the subject.

So what was wrong with Gu Chang's visit to Shen Shanyan?

Yu Tang was very curious. However, thinking that Pei Yan was unlikely to answer her confusion, Yu Tang did not ask, and talked about why she went to the county school, and specifically mentioned Li Jun: "I didn't expect that he also returned to Lin'an City."

Rizhao is quite far from Lin'an, and it takes at least three months to go there and back. Few people come back as soon as Li Jun, not to mention that he told outsiders that he was going there to study.

Pei Yan was obviously stunned.

This made Yu Tang even more curious.

The Gu family called Li Duan to teach him a lesson, and Gu Chang and Li Jun appeared in Lin'an City one after another. Yu Tang thought it was impossible to say that there was no connection between them. Looking at Pei Yan's reaction, there was obviously something fishy.

She thought of how Pei Yan liked people to speak their mind, and wondered whether to ask Pei Yan now or ask him behind her father's back, when she saw Ah Ming running in and saying, "Third Master, Lord Gu and Mr. Shen are here to visit you!"

They came so quickly!

Not only Yu Tang, but also Yu Wen was a little confused.

Pei Yan, on the other hand, seemed to have expected this. He nodded calmly and said to the Yu father and daughter apologetically, "Sorry, I'll go meet them before coming back."

Yu Wen and Yu Tang hurriedly stood up and said goodbye: "Master Gu rarely comes to Lin'an City. We don't have anything urgent to do. We will come to visit you after you are done."

Pei Yan did not force them to stay. He asked Pei Man to see them off, and went to meet Gu Chang and Shen Shanyan.

On the way back, Yu Wen whispered to Yu Tang: "Why do I feel that the relationship between Master Pei San and the young master of the Gu family is not as simple as an ordinary acquaintance. What do you think? Am I overthinking it?"

Yu Tang couldn't help but give his father a thumbs up in his heart.

Not only did she feel this way, but she also felt that Pei Yan seemed to be worried about something.

But she felt that the Pei family was at this level, and Pei Yan's predicament and pain were not something that people at their level could share. Rather than peeking at them and causing unnecessary trouble, it would be better not to know.

"I don't feel that way." Yu Tang smiled and coaxed his father, "Maybe it's because both of them are young and promising, and they are always compared to each other. So even though they are not familiar with each other and don't have much friendship, they know each other, right?"

She made irresponsible guesses, but unexpectedly she convinced her father.

Yu Wen nodded and said, "You have a point." Then he put the matter behind him and asked Yu Tang and Yu Yuan when they were going to return to the old house of the Yu family: "The weather is getting hotter and hotter, you might as well stay in the old house for a few days. I don't expect you to know everything about the crops, but at least you have to know which things will affect the harvest in the fields. I'll leave it to you in the future, and no one can fool you!"

Yu Tang smiled and said, "It will be over in two days."

As for how many days she can stay in the old house, that depends on whether her brother is willing or not!

Yu Yuan had just gotten married, so of course he didn't want to leave Xiang Shi alone at home, so he went to the old house to spend a few days. Yu Tang urged him to take Xiang Shi with him: "Auntie grew up in the farm, maybe she is more familiar with these things than us, and we can ask her for advice when the time comes."

Yu Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately used this as an excuse to get the opportunity to bring Xiang Shi with him when he returned to the old house.

Although Wang was shrewd, she was shrewd mostly towards outsiders, but was very tolerant towards the people at home. Yu Yuan's excuse was full of loopholes, and Wang agreed without any suspicion. Not only that, she also told Xiang to take good care of Yu Tang: "You are the sister-in-law!"

Xiang Shi naturally knew why she followed Yu Yuan out. She felt both amused and sad, but also felt sweet in her heart. Not only did she respectfully respond to her mother-in-law's words, she also prepared a lot of food early in the morning, and kept asking Yu Tang to eat on the way there.

Yu Tang smiled and took Xiang's arm, sincerely asking her for advice on the matters at the farm.

Xiang Shi did not hide anything and told her everything, saying, "You don't have to worry too much. If you encounter any problems in the future, you can just come and ask me directly."

Yu Tang nodded continuously. After settling Xiang Shi in the old house of the Yu family, he and Yu Yuan went to the forest to see the sea buckthorn trees that were transplanted from the Pei family.

The tree was growing lushly, and it looked like it had survived, but it was supposed to bear fruit, but there was not even a bud. The old man who was watching the forest muttered, "It doesn't look like it can bear fruit. I think the young master and the young lady were fooled!"

Although Yu Tang was undecided, she was able to make such a decision because Pei Yan was successful in her previous life, so even if she heard someone nagging her now, she was not discouraged. She walked around the mountain with Yu Yuan, then went to the fields to take a look, and talked to those experienced old farmers before returning to the old house.

Xiang had already instructed the maid to prepare lunch. After lunch, Yu Yuan took them to go fishing in the small ditch. During the few days in the old house of the Yu family, it seemed more like a trip than a work. When they returned to the city, they even loaded half a car with wild cherries, wild ducks, wild rice stems, and other things.

While Chen was smiling and scolding them for being "naughty", she asked Mrs. Chen to help them unload the car.

Yu Tang pointed to one of the bamboo baskets and said, "This is for the Pei family. Don't throw it into the kitchen."

Chen lifted the blue printed coarse cloth covering the bamboo basket and took a look. She said, "Are these wild duck eggs? They will be wasted if you send them over like this. It would be better to pickle them before sending them over. The yolks of wild duck eggs like this will definitely turn into sand."

Yu Tang didn't quite understand all this, so he naturally followed Chen's instructions.

Xiang had been married for less than three months, and it was time for her to show off in front of her parents-in-law. She smiled and said she would stay to help Chen: "My aunt's family also raises a lot of ducks, and we often pickle salted eggs."

Chen was happy to give face to the new daughter-in-law. She smiled and agreed. She also praised Xiang: "It's rare that you are so enthusiastic. I'll let Mrs. Chen tell your mother-in-law that you can have lunch here before going back."

Yu Yuan felt sorry for his wife and wanted Xiang Shi to go back and rest quickly, but Yu Tang winked at him, so he had no choice but to pull Xiang Shi's hand soothingly and followed Yu Tang to the study. As soon as he entered the room, he asked Yu Tang: "What do you want to say? Why didn't you say it on the way?"

But it's true that if I have a wife, I lose my sister!

Yu Tang made a face at Yu Yuan and whispered, "Brother, let's find a chance to go to Suzhou City! I want to inquire about the maritime business."

I don't know why, but there are more people doing maritime business in Suzhou than in Hangzhou.

Yu Yuan's heart skipped a beat, thinking that his sister was going to act up again. He asked nervously, "You, why are you asking about this? Didn't we agree before that our family wouldn't do this business? At that time, the Third Elder recommended the Song family to us? Didn't you refuse?"

Yu Tang wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to get on board the Jiang family.

She whispered, "I don't want to do business on the sea. I just want to invest a small amount and make a little money, using only our own private money. I think it will cost a lot of money to repair our forest."

If I take money directly from Yu Bo, how can I be considered self-reliant?

The most important thing was that Yu Wen treated them all equally. After the auction of the painting, he gave her and Yu Yuan two thousand taels of silver each for his own use.

These words touched Yu Yuan.

He thought for a moment and said, "I'll go back and discuss it with your sister-in-law."

Do we need to discuss this with Xiangshi as well?

Yu Tang was stunned.

Yu Yuan said shyly, "We finally went to Suzhou City, so let your sister-in-law see the world."

All right!

In her brother's eyes, her sister-in-law is the greatest.

Yu Tang glared at Yu Yuan, but jealousy slowly filled his heart.

In the afternoon, Xiang helped Chen pickle salted eggs, and Wang came over to join in the fun when she had nothing to do.

Everyone was in the courtyard, mixing with wood ash.

Wang and Chen chatted casually: "What do you think, will Mr. Li be transferred or promoted this time? I wonder if the Li family will regret separating the Li Duan family from the Li clan?"

Yu Tang then realized that Li Duan's father, Li Yi, had completed his three-year term and had returned to the Ministry of Personnel in Beijing to report on his work. The new prefect of Rizhao had taken office. Would Li Yi stay in the capital or continue to be sent out? Whether he would be promoted to a higher level or transferred horizontally, there had been a lot of discussion in Lin'an City in the past few days, and everyone was staring at the Li Mansion. And the reason why Li Jun came back was to transport back some of Li Yi's belongings from his previous tenure in Rizhao.

Everyone was saying, "What is this? It must be the money he embezzled while in office. Didn't they say that a county magistrate gets 100,000 silver coins for three years? Mr. Li is the prefect, and he has been the prefect of several places!"

Chen doesn't care much about these, but if the Li family can continue to maintain the status quo, it will be more beneficial to the Yu family.

She mixed the wood ash nonchalantly and said with a smile: "Anyway, I think the Li family did something inappropriate. Look at Lin'an City, it's not like there are no officials, but is there any family like theirs that has been rumored to have brought back silver?"

Li Duanze was furious about this rumor.

He yelled at Li Jun: "You were asked to deliver the goods, so you delivered them. How did it get spread that our family brought back 100,000 taels of silver from Rizhao? Who spread the word? Who are the people working around you?"

Li Jun lowered his head and said nothing.

He is obviously three years younger than Li Duan, but his expression at this moment is dull, as if he is two or three years older than Li Duan. People who don’t know him would think that Li Jun is the elder brother and Li Duan is the younger brother.

Li Duan looked at him and couldn't help but curse secretly in his heart.

Ever since the incident with Wei Xiaoshan, Li Jun seemed to have suffered a severe blow from which he has never recovered, and he has lost all his energy and spirit.

He paced around the room a few times in annoyance, feeling that his anger was suppressed deep in his heart. He stopped and was about to have a good talk with Li Jun when Lin Jue broke in.

Li Duan was very unhappy.

This is the Li family, not the Lin family, but Lin Jue felt as if he was walking on flat ground when entering their inner house, as if no one had ever stopped him.

But before he could show his displeasure on his face, Lin Jue said in a deep voice: "A Duan, I have investigated the matter thoroughly. It was Peng Shiyi who spread the rumor."