Yu Tang looked towards his father.

Yu Wen was obviously aware of this problem.

He smiled bitterly at his daughter and said, "Mr. Shen is a man of his word!"

If someone else encountered such a thing, they might just let it go, but Shen Shanyan tried his best to help them get sea buckthorn seedlings.

These favors can only be remembered in my heart and repaid slowly.

Yu Tang thought about it and said to his father with a smile: "Dad, let Ah Tiao take Wang Si back to the old house as soon as possible! The saplings have been on the road for almost two months, and now is not a good season for transplanting. What if..." If nothing happens, wouldn't it be a waste of everyone's efforts?

Yu Wen thought so too, and hurriedly called Ah Tiao over and gave him some instructions.

Yu Tang carefully asked Mrs. Chen to prepare some food for Wang Si so that he could eat his fill before continuing on his journey.

Wang Si had been eating dry food all the way, and sometimes he only ate a few biscuits a day to save money. Now that the saplings were delivered, and he could have a meal with soup, he was so grateful that he didn't even sit at the table. He squatted at the door of the stove and wolfed down the food, which stunned Shuang Tao, who was in the stove room getting hot water for Chen.

Wang Si saw a pretty maid looking at him, and his face suddenly became hot. He quickly explained: "I, my boss only gave me two taels of silver for this trip, so I have to be frugal. I don't know if the boss here will keep me."

If the sapling can't survive, why would the owner keep him here?

It is said that there is little land in Jiangnan, and most of them can read a little, either go out to do business, or work as apprentices in shops, trying to become shopkeepers. People like him who are illiterate and can only do hard labor will not only be looked down upon, but also find it difficult to find work.

Shuang Tao was a little unhappy to see that he missed the Yu family so much, and she defended the Yu family, saying, "Our boss is not that kind of person. If you don't want to stay, our boss will definitely not give you less money for the return trip."

Wang Si looked honest and dull, but he was actually a very smart person, otherwise he would not have taken this job. Hearing Shuang Tao say this, he immediately knew that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly said, "I know the boss is a good person, I am just afraid that I can't do things to satisfy the boss."

He's quite talkative.

Shuang Tao nodded with satisfaction and said, "Just do your best. Our boss will never treat you unfairly!"

Wang Si smiled with gratitude, but in his heart he thought, whether he was treated unfairly or not, he would have to work for a while to know. However, the maid of this family could speak for the master like this, which showed that this family was not that bad, and it all depended on whether he could stand firm.

He didn't dare to delay, and quickly finished his meal and rushed to the Yu family's old house with A Tiao.

Yu Tang sent the saplings away, took his father's arm and walked back: "How is the business in Suzhou?"

Yu Wen was beaming with joy: "I have already made an appointment with your uncle Wu to set off early tomorrow morning." At this point, he said, "Oh, how could I have forgotten this just now. Tomorrow I am going to Suzhou Prefecture, to the old house..."

It's just planting a tree, her father doesn't necessarily have to watch over it.

Yu Tang smiled and said, "Brother, are you going to Suzhou Prefecture with me? Your business here is more important. I will go back by myself tomorrow. After planting the trees, I will talk to Wang Si and see how he is. If we stay, I will also see what else he can do."

They had already hired a forest ranger. If the two could do the same thing, considering the income from their forest, they would have to keep only one.

Yu Wen thought about Wang Si's sturdy body and said, "I think, if the forest doesn't need two people, let Wang Si come to our house to do some odd jobs. I heard that life in the west is not easy. He came all the way here. If we can keep him here, we should keep him. Our family doesn't lack food. After a long time, he might be able to find another job in Lin'an City, and we can do a good thing."

Yu Tang knew this would happen.

Her father and mother are both very kind-hearted.

However, their family made a fortune from selling pictures, and it would be a good thing if they could help others.

"I understand." Yu Tang replied with a smile.

Yu Wen was very pleased with his daughter's performance and said, "Your brother will go with us to Suzhou Prefecture tomorrow. Tiao will stay at home. You can instruct him if you have anything to do."

If Wang Si stayed, the family would have someone who could run errands and carry things wherever his father went.

Yu Tang nodded repeatedly, thinking that as long as Wang Si was an honest and hardworking person, she would keep him.

The next day, after seeing off Yu Wen and Yu Yuan, she returned to the old house.

Wang Si had planted the trees overnight, and stayed with the forest ranger hired by the Yu family at night. However, the ranger looked unhappy, which showed that Wang Si's arrival still made him feel the danger.

Yu Tang didn't like intrigues, so she told the forest ranger, "I asked Wang Si to come here specifically to plant these sea buckthorn trees. You are still responsible for other matters on the mountain. You also have to find a way to help Wang Si plant these trees. Otherwise, there is no need to hire someone to guard this forest."

The forest ranger had not thought of the connection before, but after hearing what Yu Tang said, he immediately changed his mind and promised Yu Tang: "I will definitely help Wang Si plant this tree."

If the sea buckthorn trees are to survive, the forest will slowly be replaced with sea buckthorn trees. The forest covers 40 to 50 mu, so they will have no time to rest for the next three to five years. When the sea buckthorn trees bear fruit, the Yu family will need people to harvest the fruit, which will also be a job. The two of them will definitely not be able to finish the work, and they may even have to hire someone. But if the tree doesn't survive, he and Wang Si will have nothing to do.

Seeing that he had figured it out, Yu Tang stopped talking. He asked Wang Si about planting trees, and Wang Si was able to answer everything. It sounded quite reasonable. And from what Wang Si said, he could also plant crops and fruit trees. But they planted barley and wheat over there, while most people in Lin'an planted rice. Yu Tang thought that as long as he could recognize what rice and wheat were, he should be able to learn to plant anything if he was willing.

She simply said to Wang Si: "Do you see that large paddy field over there? That belongs to our Yu family. If you have nothing to do in the mountains, just go and take a look at the fields over there. You can learn how to grow paddy fields from them."

Wang Si accepted the offer respectfully.

Yu Tang went to talk to his fifth uncle again.

Be it the ancestral home of the Yu family or matters on the farm, the fifth great-uncle was just helping to look after them and did not really take charge of the affairs. In his opinion, whether Wang Si learned to farm paddy fields or not was not of much concern to him. However, if other people in the village asked about it, he would just help to answer and tell others that it was the Yu family's intention. There was nothing he could not agree to.

Yu Tang told Wang Si: "My fifth uncle lives alone. Come and visit more often when you have nothing to do. Help pick up firewood and carry water. If you encounter anything in the village in the future, you can also have someone to help you." "

Wang Si was very surprised, he didn't expect Yu Tang to be so friendly and what he told him was so fundamental. He thanked him repeatedly and looked forward to settling down in Yu's family.

Yu Tang rushed home that day.

Wang didn't know when she came, and she and Chen were busy in the warehouse.

Yu Tang was sweating all over. While washing up, he asked Mrs. Chen, "What are Mom and Auntie doing? It's so hot."

It was said to be a storehouse, but actually it was a small room behind Chen's inner chamber, without even a window. In this kind of weather, one could get heat stroke.

Mrs. Chen grinned and said, "I don't know either. You can ask the Madam when she comes out later."

Yu Tang thought she was being mysterious, so he didn't ask any more questions. He changed his clothes and drank two bowls of mung bean soup in a row. He felt refreshed and went to say hello to his aunt.

The eldest aunt and Chen had already come out of the storehouse and were talking under the eaves. When she saw Yu Tang coming over, she took the initiative to greet him with a smile and asked about Shan Lin.

While answering his aunt's questions, Yu Tang looked curiously at the bundle in her arms.

Chen explained, "Your aunt came to our house to look for some fabric."

Do you have any fabric you want to borrow from them?

Yu Tang wanted to ask something, but his aunt was about to leave.

She didn't ask too much, and accompanied Chen to see her aunt off. Then she asked, "Mom, what kind of cloth does my aunt want?"

Chen said vaguely: "Nothing, just a few feet of fine cloth."

At this time of year, wearing a midriff-baring garment made of fine cloth is both washable and cool.

Could it be that my aunt wants to make a middle-length coat?

Yu Tang didn't ask any more questions. He told his mother about his father's trip and put this little episode behind him.

Yu Wen and Yu Yuan came back five days later.

The two of them were beaming with joy, and it was clear that things were going well.

Because of this incident, the Wu family and their family became closer. During the Ghost Festival, Mrs. Wu came to invite Chen and Yu Tang to go to the river lantern festival together, and even tried her best to find a better marriage for Yu Tang. But as Yu Wen had expected, those who were willing to be sons-in-law for other families either had this or that deficiency or were not good-looking. Chen even went to see them twice in person, but it didn't work out.

Fortunately, Yu Tang was not in a hurry, so Chen Shi felt less anxious.

After drinking Zhang Qing's full-moon wine and Yu Tang giving Pei Yan some peanuts, the osmanthus flowers were in full bloom and every household began to prepare gifts for the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Yu Tang discussed with Chen and sent some mooncakes to the Pei family: "Besides the puff pastry mooncakes, can you make other mooncakes?"

In her previous life, she had eaten mooncakes at Li’s house that were said to have come from the capital. The skin was like a pancake, and the inside was filled with nuts.

I don’t know if her mother would do it?

Chen smiled and said, "If you don't eat mooncakes with crispy skin, what else can you eat? Is there any mooncake that is not made of crispy skin?"

Yu Tang didn't know what to say. He thought about going to Hangzhou City to buy some Beijing-style mooncakes for his mother to taste and then try making them.

Just as I was thinking about it, Yu Yuan came to deliver mooncakes. He said that the Xiang family had someone bring them from Fuyang as a Mid-Autumn Festival gift for the Yu family, and one of them was for Yu Wen.

When Yu Tang opened it, he found that it was exactly what he wanted, a box of Guangzhou mooncakes.

Guangzhou mooncakes are similar to those in Beijing, both are made of dough, but the difference lies in the fillings. Guangzhou mooncakes tend to be filled with lotus seeds and egg yolks.

She said to Chen: "Look, isn't there a mooncake that is not made of puff pastry?"

Chen disagreed and said, "If a mooncake is not made of crispy crust, can it still be called a mooncake? If you want to eat mooncakes, you have to eat the ones with crispy crust!"