As soon as Yu Tang returned home, he wrote a letter and asked A Tiao to go to the Zhang family.

Not to mention that Ma Xiuniang started urging Zhang Hui to paint as soon as she received Yu Tang's letter, Yu Tang had a headache and was about to meet Pei Yan the next day.

The case in Rizhao must not be mentioned, otherwise she would not be able to explain how she knew about it. Then she could only focus on the fifty acres of permanent farmland.

Fortunately, there were enough broken pieces left by the Li family.

The next day, Yu Tang changed into a newly made dark green silk jacket with a silver pink Four Seasons Ruyi floral pattern, and wore a goose yellow magnolia silk flower that she had just made a few days ago when she went to Pei's house.

Pei Yan looked tired and listless, but his handsomeness was not affected. Instead, he seemed approachable, friendly and warm without his usual reserve.

"Why are you looking for me so urgently?" He casually sat on the Luohan couch in the warm room, pointed at the fruit plate brought by the little maid, and said, "Take a taste, Fujian Fuku cookies, everyone says they are delicious."

Fujian's fortune cake is a kind of persimmon cake made in Fujian. It is named "Fu Bing" because of its bright red color, sweet but not greasy taste in the mouth, and the effect of clearing heat, moistening the lungs and relieving cough and asthma. It is very good as a snack or even soaked in water.

However, lucky cookies are usually available in the late lunar calendar, so it’s too early to release them now.

I don't know where it came from?

Yu Tang couldn't help asking, "I heard you went to sell oranges? How were they? Were they delicious?"

Pei Yan raised his eyebrows upon hearing this, and stared at Yu Tang with a rather hostile look: "Selling oranges? Who told you that I was selling oranges?"

Yu Tang knew it was bad when she heard it, but she didn't know how the word got to her and became "selling oranges". No matter who got the word wrong, with Pei Yan's temper, if he got upset, he might really investigate the matter. Wouldn't that make everyone uneasy?

In an attitude of keeping the peace, she said hurriedly, "I said the wrong thing! What I meant was, I heard that the oranges grown on your farm in Ji'an are on the market, and you went to check them out. I thought it was natural - since you started harvesting oranges so early, you must have thought of a sales channel. If you said that in a hurry, wouldn't it be 'selling oranges'?"

Yu Tang thought that what she said was enough to give Pei Yan the upper hand, but Pei Yan seemed to be deliberately confronting her. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Who told you that I didn't go to sell oranges? A total of 5,000 kilograms of oranges were sold to Shanglinyuan, and 5,000 saplings were also sold."

If it weren't for him, would the people in Shanglinyuan be so honest and willing to hand over the goods in exchange for money?

Can their oranges be sold to the capital?

Yu Tang's jaw dropped in shock, and he asked, "You're still buying oranges in Shanglinyuan?"

She was extremely jealous.

Why don’t they have such ability?

But even if it was to be used for the people in the palace, that was the job of the eunuchs in the twenty-four government offices. When would it be the turn of Shanglin Garden to plant trees and flowers for the royal family?

"You don't understand this, do you?" Pei Yan said calmly, "If the royal garden had income, the emperor would be happy, right? Not to mention the oranges that bear fruit so early."

In other words, Shanglinyuan is cheating!

Yu Tang stammered, "Aren't they afraid of being discovered? What if the emperor wants to go and see the orange tree?"

"The emperor is busy making elixirs, how can he care about how many orange trees are planted in Shanglin Garden!" Pei Yan said disapprovingly, "If he really wants to go, he can find a way to move a few orange trees from my orchard in Tongzhou. Otherwise, why would Shanglin Garden buy oranges from our family? It's because our farm in Tongzhou also grows oranges. But the oranges here are not as delicious."

Yu Tang was already confused by this wave of operations. In her opinion, this was a way to cause loss of labor and property. However, this kind of thing that caused loss of labor and property by the government was not the first or second time, and she had no intention of criticizing it or saying more.

She didn't expect that the Pei family had farms in Tongzhou? !

Where else does the Pei family have farmland?

Yu Tang complained in his heart, then changed the subject and said, "Could this lucky cookie also be from a noble family?"

Pei Yan noticed Yu Tang's rosy face when she entered the room, thinking about what Pei Man had told him, that she not only won the favor of his mother, but also got along well with his nieces. The first time they met, he chatted with her for a long time about what style of clothes to make, and even received a reward from his mother.

You know, his mother is not an ordinary woman, not everyone can win her favor.

He had originally just wanted her to come into the mansion to make his mother happy, but he had never imagined that this would become like a fish in water for her.

It seems that while he was busy in Ji'an, she was living a leisurely life in his house.

Inexplicably, Pei Yan felt a little sad. He wanted to tease Yu Tang and didn't want her to act like everything was going well in front of him.

He couldn't help curling his lips when he heard that, and said, "Our family's hands are not as long as you think. Fujian is the place of the Peng family, the Yin family, and the Li family. I am not prepared to be enemies with all of them at the same time. This lucky cookie was sent by the Li family. It is said that it is made for their family to eat, and it is very different from the ones sold in the market. You can try it to see what the difference is."

From the tone of his voice, Yu Tang seemed not to like these sweets very much, so where did the peanut crisps she made go?

Was it just for show in the past?

She couldn't help but ask, "What do you like to eat? If my mother can cook, she will make it for you next time."

Pei Yan said nonchalantly, "I don't have anything I particularly like or dislike to eat. I just try anything fresh. I don't like eating fortune cakes, mainly because Lao An heard from somewhere that eating more fortune cakes can cure coughs, so she has been making persimmon water for me to drink every day since I was a child. I feel uncomfortable when I smell the smell."

Yu Tang immediately felt like he had met a bosom friend, and hurriedly said, "Then I am the same as you. My mother always thinks that children with poor stomachs need to drink porridge. Since I was a child, my mother liked to let me drink porridge. Later, when I grew up, I didn't want to pick up the bowl just by looking at the porridge."

Still growing up?

He is only a few years old. No matter how long it is, it will only be about ten years.

Pei Yan was very happy to hear her talk, and chatted with Yu Tang intermittently until Chen Qi brought the account book to Pei Yan for review. Pei Yan then remembered and asked Yu Tang seriously: "What do you want to see me for?"

Chen Qi on the side looked at Yu Tang a few more times.

The third old man is the most impatient with idle chatter, so why is he so happily chatting with a little girl today?

However, this little girl is young, but she speaks and acts in a very capable manner. Could it be that the third master has taken a fancy to this young lady?

As soon as he left the study, he went to inquire about Yu Tang's background.

It was no secret that Yu Tang had been accompanying Old Anren. Although she didn't publicize it, she didn't avoid it either. Soon, Chen Qi found out the whole story of how she came to the mansion.

Everything is good, except that his family background is a bit low.

Chen Qi pondered in his heart.

Yu Tang and Pei Yan didn't think too much. Yu Tang told Pei Yan the purpose of this visit: "You told me before that the Li family was in urgent need of money for activities in Beijing. I thought the Li family was too anxious at the time. Since it was a temporary need, with the reputation of the Li family, even if they took an empty box with a seal to the pawnshop to pawn it, there must be a pawnshop willing to sell it to the Li family. Why must they sell the 50 mu of permanent farmland? However, , I heard a piece of news a few days ago that the things that Li Jun escorted back from Rizhao on his father's orders were indeed crushed to the ground. I have been thinking about this matter at home these days. What do you think, could this be a trick? No one knows how much wealth the Li family has, but the people in Lin'an City have watched their family prosper. If Li Yi really embezzled money in Rizhao, he must have found a way to launder the money, right? "

Pei Yan listened, and the cheerfulness on his face slowly began to fade. When Yu Tang finished speaking, Pei Yan had already sat up straight and looked at Yu Tang solemnly: "What do you mean by saying this? Do you want to press Li Duan into the mud and rub him?"

Yu Tang blushed when he heard this.

She really meant that.

But Pei Yan's words were too blunt.

When others heard this, they thought the two of them were planning how to commit murder and robbery!

She blinked her eyes and said, "I heard that the Li family is going to move to Hangzhou City soon, and Li Duan is going to go to the capital to study with his father. If they really leave Lin'an City, will the revenge of the second son of the Wei family be unrequited?"

Pei Yan didn't quite understand and said, "Li Duan has already been in mourning for the second son of the Wei family, and the marriage between Li Duan and the Gu family has also fallen through. Don't you think this is not enough?"

He felt that Yu Tang was too stubborn.

She and the second son of the Wei family were just a blind date and they hadn't even got engaged.

Could it be that Miss Yu has taken a fancy to the second son of the Wei family?

Pei Yan touched his chin.

Yu Tang said, "Repaying evil with kindness, how can I repay kindness? Even if I hate someone, at most I will curse him to death in private. The Li family harmed the second son of the Wei family without hesitation for their own interests, which shows that they are not a good family! And if it weren't for your protection this time, our family might have ended up like the second son of the Wei family, and it might even be destroyed! Why should I let such a family go?"

Pei Yan looked at her angry face and suddenly remembered that when he was a kid, he was bullied by his classmates because of jealousy. He not only fought back, but also beat the bully hard. Not only did the bully never dare to provoke him again, but even the people watching the excitement on the side did not dare to provoke him easily. But his father thought that he was not broad-minded enough and severely reprimanded him for this... Thinking of this, he felt that Yu Tang's behavior seemed to be understandable.

After all, Yu Wen was just a young scholar. If he could bring down an official family like the Li family, no one would dare to bully them anymore.

"Tell me! How do you want me to help you?" Pei Yan said cheerfully, "I still have to reconcile the accounts with the accountant later."

The implication was that Yu Tang should not waste his time.

Yu Tang smiled sheepishly and said, "Can you help me check what Li Duan's father did when he was an official in Rizhao? It's impossible for an ordinary person to be a prefect and send so many things back, right?"

She actually wanted to ask, it was the same piece of land, why only the 200 mu of permanent farmland of the Li family could grow green-stemmed rice? If he was interested, she could take out the 30 mu of land she got from her family and let the Pei family study it. Maybe the Pei family's land could also grow green-stemmed rice.

It's just that Pei Yan had just said this, and she brought up this matter right after. It's easy for people to misunderstand that she wanted to exchange conditions with the Pei family, which would be a betrayal of Pei Yan's good intentions.