Yu Tang's eyes widened even further.

Pei Yan's servants actually dared to question Pei Yan's decision!

Don't ordinary servants do whatever their boss says?

Who is this servant?

Pei Yan knew what Yu Tang was thinking at a glance.

He glanced at Yu Tang and said coldly, "Pei Qi is my foster brother."

"Oh, oh, oh." Yu Tang lowered his head and admitted his mistake, "I was distracted for a moment."

Pei Yan said coldly: "I think you are not just thinking about something wrong for a moment, but you are thinking about something wrong all the time."

How can such a pretty girl have the habit of gossiping? She needs to change this.

Being good at talking is one of the seven reasons for divorce.

Pei Yan was just thinking about how to teach Yu Tang a lesson when Pei Qi came running over again and said, "Third Master, Master Gu's followers refused to go back and insisted on seeing you. They also said that their master had something important to see you about..."

He paused here and glanced at Yu Tang.

Yu Tang stood up immediately and said, "I just brought some tea for you to try. Since you are busy, I will take my leave now."

Pei Yan ignored Yu Tang and said to Pei Qi, "What is Gu Chaoyang up to now?"

Seeing that he was not avoiding Yu Tang, Pei Qi spoke without reservation and said bluntly, "It's about the Lianghuai Salt Transport Commissioner."

Yu Tang was shocked when he heard this.

Gu Chang wanted to meet Pei Yan because of this matter. It can be seen that Pei Yan was either doing salt business or doing something related to salt sales.

It's not appropriate for her to stay here any longer.

"I'm leaving!" Without waiting for Pei Yan to speak, she knelt down in front of him while holding the books Ah Ming had packed for her. "There are so many books. I have to read them quickly. I don't know what to do with the forest at home. However, I'm trying to grow some peanuts. When the peanuts are harvested, I'll send some to you to try. Do you like peanut crisps or boiled peanuts? I'll make some for you when the time comes."

The speech is a bit disorganized.

Pei Yan found it very interesting.

Normally, Miss Yu seemed to be very courageous, but now she looked frightened.

I don't know what's going on in her little head.

You don't think he's selling illegal salt, do you?

Or maybe you felt like you had accidentally spied on his business and were scared?

In that case, let's scare her a little.

In order to prevent her from being ignorant of the world and going anywhere and saying anything all day long, she even came to him with Li Duan to confront him. If he hadn't spread the word and let others think that he was protecting her, she would have been drowned long ago.

Let her learn a lesson and be more honest.

He's doing this for her own good!

The more Pei Yan thought about it, the more he felt that he was right.

He frowned and ordered Ah Ming: "Send Miss Yu back!"

Yu Tang hurriedly followed Ah Ming out of the garden.

But on the way, she couldn't help thinking that Pei Yan had been to Huai'an before, saying that he was helping someone, and he went with Zhou Zhuangyuan... Gu Chang went to Huai'an on business trip out of Beijing this time... Pei Yan's face was so grim, could these things be related to each other?

She carefully recalled the events of her previous life.

I don't think I've heard that the Pei family is doing salt business...

The more Yu Tang thought about it, the more headache she had. She felt like a blind man touching an elephant. Even if she thought about it, she couldn't figure it out. It was better not to think about it. With Pei Yan's ability, if he couldn't handle it, then she would be even less likely to have any countermeasures.

I just hope that everything goes smoothly and safely for him this time and nothing goes wrong.

She looked at the books in her arms and prayed silently, thinking that she would read all the books as soon as possible when she got home, so as not to let Pei Yan down.

But what she didn't expect was that when she just got home, she found that her father and eldest cousin had returned from outside.

Yu Tang exclaimed, put the book aside and hugged his father's arm, saying happily: "Dad, brother, when did you come back? Why didn't you tell your family in advance so that we could pick you up."

But within a few days, Yu Wen's skin looked a little darker than when he left home, but he was in very good spirits, and his eyes were as bright as the morning stars.

He chuckled twice, touched his daughter's head, and said, "I brought you a box of new pearls from Suzhou this year. When your mother is free, you can go to Jinlou to make some jewelry." The last sentence was said to Chen.

Chen said coquettishly, "It's enough for you to come back. Why bring anything else? This year's new pearls are very expensive, right? You don't have to buy this year's new pearls. The same applies to previous years."

Yu Yuan smiled and said, "When a person gets old, his pearls will become worthless. If you want to buy some, you must buy this year's new pearls."

Chen was so amused that she rarely made a joke to Yu Yuan: "Are you saying that your mother and aunt are old?"

Yu Yuan was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red. He touched the back of his head awkwardly and said, "No, no. Auntie, don't blame me for not being able to speak..."

Chen interrupted him with a smile and said, "I was just joking with you. But you are already married. You should be careful when you say such things in the future, so as not to make your nephew's wife feel uncomfortable."

Yu Yuan quickly lowered his head and replied "yes".

Chen said to Yu Tang, "It's so hot, stop clinging to your father. Your father and your brother came in before you, if you have anything to say, let them wash up and change clothes first."

Yu Tang giggled, said "thank you for your hard work" to his father and eldest cousin, and let go of his arms.

Yu Wen said to Yu Yuan, "You should go back and rest first! Come over to have dinner with your father, your mother, and your wife in the evening. There are some things that you need to talk to your father about."

Yu Yuan bowed respectfully, said hello to Chen and Yu Tang, and took Sanmu back to his home.

Chen went to help Yu Wen change his clothes, while Yu Tang personally helped set the table. When Yu Wen came out after changing into clean clothes, he took the initiative to serve his father a bowl of mushroom soup and invited his father to eat.

Yu Wen breathed a sigh of relief, and had his meal with his wife and daughter. They moved to sit under the grape trellis in the back garden. Shuangtao served tea and snacks. He then smiled and asked Yu Tang, "I heard from your mother that you went to the Pei family early in the morning. Is there anything urgent?"

Yu Tang went to pick up the book Pei Yan had lent her, and said ostentatiously: "Look! Third Elder lent it to me!" Then she talked endlessly about the scene of going to Pei's house: "You don't know, I actually saw pears at Pei's house! They were sent from their farm! They are on the market now! Third Elder also said that if they are delicious, they will be sold to those merchants... Third Elder knows how to farm... No wonder everyone has to study... There are also books about how to farm..."

This time even Chen was shocked.

She flipped through the book that Yu Tang had borrowed and said in surprise, "The book also teaches how to farm? This is the first time I've heard of it in my life."

Yu Wen began to flip through the book impatiently.

Yu Tang looked at it and smiled.

She said to her father, "The Third Elder said that if I don't understand, I should ask you!"

Yu Wen, who was busy flipping through a book, froze for a moment. He chuckled twice and said, "Let me take a look first. Let me take a look first."

Yu Tang blinked.

The situation seems to be different from what she thought!

Shouldn't her father know how to farm after reading the book? Why does he sound so unsure? Is Pei Yan too smart, or does her father... not understand anything at all?

Yu Tang was just thinking about how to ask her father tactfully when she heard the voice of her great uncle Yu Bo: "Huili, Ayuan said you have something important to tell me?"

Yu Tang and his family of three stood up quickly.

"Brother is here!" Yu Wen and Yu Bo greeted him, while Yu Tang and Chen greeted Yu Yuan, Wang and Xiang who came with Yu Bo.

Mrs. Chen and Shuangtao hurriedly moved a stool over.

The group sat down according to age. Shuangtao and Mrs. Chen replaced the tea and snacks and served fruits.

Yu Wen then looked at Yu Yuan with pride and said to Yu Bo, "Brother, let Yuan tell you! This matter is also Yuan's credit."

It seems that my father and eldest cousin gained a lot from their trip to Suzhou Prefecture.

My father didn't mention it before, he must have wanted to lift up my eldest cousin in front of everyone.

Yu Tang was pondering in his heart, but his eyes fell on Yu Yuan along with everyone else.

It was a rare occasion for Yu Yuan to be recognized like this by his elders.

His face was red, but his expression was very excited. He first said humbly, "It was all my uncle who helped to check it out," and then briefly recounted the story of him and Yu Tang going to Suzhou Prefecture. Then he said, "After we came back and discussed it with my uncle, my uncle was a little worried, so he made a special trip with me to Suzhou Prefecture to meet Mr. Jiang. Mr. Jiang was young and promising, brave and resourceful, calm and flexible, and he and my uncle got along very well." He became more and more excited as he spoke, "But it was the first time my uncle had dealt with him. At that time, he didn't even make a promise to Mr. Jiang, and turned around and rushed to Ningbo Prefecture with me overnight!"

"Ah!" Everyone was shocked.

Seeing this, Yu Wen smiled complacently, with a calm look on his face, and took a sip from the teacup beside him.

Yu Yuan grinned silently and continued, "My uncle took me to not only find out everything about the ship owner surnamed Wang, but also to see the Wang family's ship and inquire about the maritime business in recent years. I felt that what Mr. Jiang said was true, so we rushed back to Suzhou Prefecture overnight and agreed on the shareholding agreement with Mr. Jiang."

In other words, their family decided to invest in Jiang Chao's maritime business.

Yu Tang couldn't help but ask: "Then, how much money should our family pay?"

Yu Wen raised his chin and said rather proudly, "Six thousand taels!"

Another two thousand taels were added.

Yu Tang lost his voice and asked, "So many?"

Yu Bo said: "Where did our family get so much money?"

Wang and Chen looked at each other in bewilderment.

Xiang Shi might have known something. He lowered his head but kept looking at Yu Yuan out of the corner of his eyes.

For a moment, the hall was silent.

Yu Wen opened his folding fan with a "swish" sound and said confidently: "Don't worry, I have personally watched the sale of this pile, it is 100% sure and there will be no mistakes. As for the money in the family," he glanced at Yu Bo, "I recently got an unexpected fortune, and this money will come from my unexpected fortune, so you don't have to pay. But if we make money, we will split it equally between the two families, half each!"