Yu Yuan placed Yu Tang and Xiang Shi in the guesthouse, and took Xia Pinggui to Ping An Tavern to inquire about the news. Yu Tang was not idle either, she sent San Mu out: "Go and find out about the Jiang family, the more details the better." She also gave him dozens of copper coins, "Don't be stingy, buy them a bag of fried melon seeds, sugar peas, etc."

Sanmu had heard Ah Tiao brag in private that he never came back empty-handed when doing things for the young lady, and he was very jealous at the time. Of course, he was not jealous of Ah Tiao's reward, but of Ah Tiao's trust in his boss. Now that he had the opportunity, he was naturally overjoyed, and happily responded, carefully put the copper money into his pocket, and ran away.

Xiang looked at him and smiled, "After all, you are still a little young, and you are not steady enough in doing things. You need to hone yourself for a few years."

Yu Tang smiled and flattered his sister-in-law: "With my sister-in-law here, why worry that he won't be able to learn any skills?"

"How can I be as good as you say?" Xiang's face turned slightly red.

The aunt and sister-in-law joked with each other.

Xiang suggested going out for a walk: "Don't go far, just look around."

The inn they stayed in was also on Canal Street, which was very lively and prosperous.

Yu Tang naturally had to accompany him.

The two of them took off their rings and hairpins, changed into coarse cloth clothes, wrapped their heads, and left the inn with Shuangtao and Xia Lian.

Next to them was a shop selling satin. The two of them went in and browsed for a long time. They bought two rolls of white silk, two rolls of white silk, and four rolls of Hang silk with broken branches and flowers, and asked the waiter to deliver them to the inn, preparing to make autumn clothes. As a result, when they left the satin shop, they saw a shop selling rouge and powder across the street. Xiang Shi got excited and took Yu Tang to buy some hair oil and facial cream, and also prepared to bring some back to Wang Shi and Chen Shi.

In her previous life, Yu Tang was a widow, and she was particular about dressing in a simple and elegant way. Now she is the same age as a flower, and clothes are easy to say, but she really doesn't know how to put on makeup. Usually, she just puts on lip balm to look formal. But what woman doesn't like to dress up? Yu Tang kept her face plain because she was afraid that she would not be able to put on makeup well and be laughed at as "ugly people do weird things". After hearing what Xiang said, and looking at Xiang's neat and tidy makeup and energetic appearance, she couldn't help but whisper to Xiang: "Auntie, can you teach me how to put on makeup? I, I don't know how to do it."

Xiang looked at Yu Tang in surprise, smiled and pinched her face, saying, "You still need to put on makeup when you are like this. Are you going to let us live? You should stop wasting time. Just put on some lip balm like you are doing now. It's better not to put on makeup."

As the two of them were talking, they inevitably ignored the people and things around them, and Xiang Shi suddenly bumped into someone. The other person cried out "Ouch!" Xiang Shi and Yu Tang apologized before they could see the person clearly. When they looked up, they found that the person Xiang Shi bumped into was a girl of about 17 or 18 years old, wearing a half-new jacket with gold all over it, with almond eyes and rosy cheeks, and she was very beautiful, but her eyes were rolling around, and she was holding a box of rouge in her hand. She stood there in a coquettish manner, with a bit of frivolity in her beauty, not like a girl who was kept in a secluded house.

Yu Tang was stunned.

Gao family!

She actually met Gao here.

This is truly... a bad fate!

But why is she here?

Most people go to Hangzhou for shopping.

As Yu Tang was thinking, Xiang Shi hurriedly said, "Miss, I'm sorry. Where did I bump into you? Do you need help?" Then he looked around for a moment and told Xia Lian, "Go and ask if there is a clinic nearby. We will take this young lady to the clinic!"

But before Xia Lian could respond, a man came over, supported Gao, and asked anxiously, "What happened?"

Gao looked at the tall, handsome man in front of her with her big, watery eyes and choked up, "Brother, I got hit. It hurts!"

Brother?!

Yu Tang carefully looked at the man whom Gao called "brother", but he couldn't remember when he had seen this man before.

Upon hearing this, the man immediately held Gao behind him and said unhappily, "What do you want?"

If your sister was hit, shouldn't you first ask where she was hit and how badly she was hurt? Why do you look like you're about to have a fight?

Yu Tang and Xiang Shi were both a little confused. Gao Shi looked at them and immediately pulled the man's sleeve, whispering, "I'm fine, I'm fine. Let's go back early! Otherwise, the shopkeeper will come looking for you later."

The man lost all his temper after hearing this. He turned around and said to Gao in a soft voice, "Okay, let's go back first." After that, he glared at Yu Tang and Xiang, then walked away with Gao in his arms.

Xia Lian was so angry that she stamped her feet and said, "What kind of person is this! I saw it clearly. It was clearly her who bumped into the eldest young lady and the young lady while walking without looking. She even turned the tables on us, as if we bumped into her. It's also because the eldest young lady and the young lady are too kind-hearted..."

"Okay!" Xiang stopped her and said, "It's fine as long as nothing happened. Sailing is very dangerous. We should be humble and cautious when we are outside. We should avoid causing trouble if we can. Since no one is in trouble, let's just treat it as a misunderstanding and don't say anything more."

Xia Lian didn't dare to say anything more, and Xiangshi pulled Yu Tang into the rouge shop.

Yu Tang, however, kept thinking about that man and the rouge in Gao's hand.

In her previous life, Gao seemed to have always used this kind of rouge.

Yu Tang carefully looked at the items in the shop and saw the rouge in Gao's hand. She asked the shop assistant, "How much is this rouge?"

The waiter smiled and said, "This is the signboard of our shop, called March Peach Blossom. After applying this rouge, your face will look like peach blossoms..."

Yu Tang interrupted the clerk and asked, "How much is a box?"

The clerk didn't dare to push the sale any further and immediately said, "5 taels a box."

Yu Tang took a breath of cold air.

The employee laughed and said, "Don't underestimate it because it's expensive. It's expensive for a reason..."

Yu Tang's thoughts couldn't help but drift to his past life.

Gao had a dowry, but it was not much, and Yu Yuan had not made much money in his early years. At least from her point of view, Gao could not afford to use this kind of rouge all year round.

Yu Tang was feeling upset, but he pulled himself together, bought some things with Xiang Shi, and returned to the inn.

Yu Yuan sent someone to bring a letter saying that he would not be back for dinner that night. Sanmu, who went to the Jiang family to inquire about the news, hurried back to the inn at dusk.

Yu Tang and Xiang Shi had already had dinner, and they met San Mu in Yu Yuan's guest room.

He panted and gulped down half a cup of tea, then he excitedly told the two about the Jiang family: "I have found out everything. They live in Xiaosuhang Lane not far from here. The current head of the Jiang family is Jiang Chao, who is only twenty-two or twenty-three years old. When he was sixteen, his father passed away. He sold his father's boat and followed his uncle to run a ship. But two years later, he bought a big boat again and started to work alone. It was bigger than the boat his father left for him. Just two months ago, he suddenly said that he wanted to organize a boat to go to Sulu, and he also raised shares from everyone. Everyone thought he was a whim, and not many people invested, but many people laughed at him."

Yu Tang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "I asked you to find out about the Jiang family, why did you mention his investment?"

Sanmu went off topic, touched his head and smiled awkwardly, saying, "I have also found out about their family affairs. Jiang Chao is neither married nor engaged. He only has a younger sister who has been engaged to the Yu family next door since she was a child and got married last year. He and his widowed mother now live in a three-story house with seven or eight maids serving them..."

Jiang Ling, are you married?

Yu Tang was stunned and asked, "Have you ever heard anyone talk about the Jiang family's grandmother?"

Sanmu nodded repeatedly and said, "I've heard about it. It's said that their aunt had bad luck and was married off for the purpose of congratulations. But who knew that the aunt's illness got worse and worse. Her mother-in-law sometimes talked about it with the neighbors and said that she regretted letting the aunt from the Jiang family go to the congratulations."

Not to mention Yu Tang, even Xiang Shi frowned when he heard it.

Yu Tang sighed in his heart.

She asked, "Then have you found out where the Jiang family's aunt usually goes?"

Sanmu said: "I have found out everything. It is said that the old lady of the Jiang family has not been in good health these days. The aunt of the Jiang family goes back to her parents' home every morning and evening to visit her. The rest of the time, she stays at home to serve her husband."

Yu Tang thought Sanmu was quite capable, so he praised him a few times and rewarded him with more than ten copper coins. He also asked Shuangtao to bring him a plate of braised pork, a plate of sweet and sour fish, and a plate of stir-fried amaranth for dinner.

Miki thanked him again and again happily, then went back to eat.

Xiang asked Yu Tang worriedly, "What are you going to do?"

Yu Tang smiled and said, "If my brother comes back and says that the Jiang family's business is worth doing, I'm going to go find the Jiang family's aunt. After all, we are women, and we can't just go to Jiang Chao directly!"

Xiang was worried and asked, "Mrs. Jiang doesn't go out, how can you see her?"

Yu Tang laughed and said, "We are doing business seriously. If we want to see Jiang Ling, we can just ask for it directly. Why can't we see her? Even if she doesn't want to see me, I can just ask a few more times. It shouldn't be a difficult thing, right?"

Xiang wanted to say that things were not as simple and easy as you imagined, but when the words came to his lips, he thought carefully about what Yu Tang said, and it did make some sense.

She had no choice but to wait patiently for Yu Yuan to come back.

After Yu Yuan came back and heard this, he chuckled and said to Xiang Shi, "My sister would never use ten percent of her strength if she could use only five percent. You know what, I think her lazy method is quite good." After saying that, he held Xiang Shi's face and gave her a kiss, which made Xiang Shi's heart beat fast but her face turned red.

"Don't be like this, there are still people here." After she complained quietly, she asked Yu Yuan, "Do you want to call A-mei over now?"

"Call him over!" Yu Yuan said with a smile, "We have things to do tomorrow."

Xiang went to invite Yutang in person.

The three of them sat down at the round table. Yu Yuan poured them tea personally, and then told Yu Tang about what he had seen and heard today.