Yu Wen readily agreed, and said, "Do you want me to go with you? Your brother is young, and I'm afraid I won't be able to entertain him well and be impolite."

Yu Tang smiled and said, "The family business will be handed over to my brother sooner or later. You and uncle should give him a chance to gain experience."

Yu Wen nodded with a smile, went to tell Yu Bo, and went to Pei Mansion after breakfast the next day.

Pei Yan was having breakfast with Old Lady Pei An. When he heard that the Yu family's father and daughter had come, Pei Yan muttered quietly, "Why did they come at this time?" Old Lady An was instructing the maid to take Yu Tang to the flower hall to sit down. She didn't hear what Pei Yan said clearly, so she turned around and asked, "What did you say?"

"Nothing." Pei Yan said seriously, as if Mr. Pei had heard it wrong.

Am I just too old?

Pei Laoan was suspicious, so he sent Pei Yan away and went to the brothel.

Because she was going to meet Pei Yan, Yu Tang dressed up specially. She wore a plain aqua-green silk jacket, a green moonlit skirt, and a row of newly opened jasmine flowers inserted behind her double spiral bun. With a faint floral fragrance, she looked as beautiful as a pomegranate flower about to bloom in the early summer morning light.

This little girl is getting more and more beautiful.

Pei Laoan secretly praised it in his heart, and sat down with Yu Tang beside the lattice window in the flower hall with a smile on his face.

Yu Tang stepped forward, bowed, and presented the earthenware offerings he had brought back from Hangzhou City.

Pei Laoan said politely: "You girls rarely go out, so just have fun. What else can you bring me?"

Yu Tang smiled and said, "Last time at Zhaoming Temple, I was so grateful for your care, but I never thanked you properly. This time, in addition to saying hello to you, I also want to thank you sincerely." After saying that, he stood up and respectfully bowed to Mr. Pei Laoan.

Pei Laoan accepted it with a smile, and waited for Yu Tang to sit down again before telling her about the trip to Hangzhou.

She had already heard Pei Yan briefly talk about Pei Yan's affairs. She was interested in some matters concerning the marriage between the women of Qin Wei's family who were about to go to Beijing to serve as officials and the Yin Gu family.

Yu Tang told her in detail what he knew.

When Mr. Pei heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched.

This son of his was really ruthless when it came to cheating people, but what good did it do to him to cheat Gu Chang? Harming others should benefit oneself, but he was harming others without benefiting himself. Could it be that his old habit had come back again, and he was bored and started to cause trouble everywhere?

Mr. Pei was very worried.

The second wife and the fifth lady came over to pay their respects to old Mr. An.

Mr. Pei hurriedly asked someone to invite the two people in.

When people meet, there is bound to be some awkwardness.

After the greetings, Yu Tang presented the earthenware offerings to the Second Wife and the Fifth Miss.

The Second Lady smiled dignifiedly and thanked them, but the Fifth Lady happily shouted, "Me too," in her childish voice, which made everyone laugh.

Yu Tang handed the earthenware gifts for the other Miss Peis to the second wife and asked her to pass them on.

The Second Lady thanked her on behalf of the Miss Peis, and the Fifth Miss took Yu Tang to her room to play.

Mrs. Pei always liked to pamper children. Not only did she agree with a smile, she also instructed Aunt Ji: "Didn't the farm send fresh lotus leaves over? Peel a plate of lotus and send it to the two children."

Aunt Ji smiled and agreed.

This time it was Yu Tang's turn to be surprised. She asked, "Are there lotus flowers at this time?"

Pei Laoan smiled and said, "San'er made it. I don't know how he made it, we just eat it."

The second wife explained, "It was done by the third master."

Could it be that Pei Yan really has a talent for farming?

Yu Tang thought about it and laughed.

The Fifth Miss and she walked out of Mr. Pei's yard hand in hand.

But just as they went out, they ran into Ah Ming who was peeking around there.

"Miss Yu!" He saw Yu Tang's eyes light up, and he trotted over and said, "The Third Elder asked you to go to Old An's place after meeting him. He has something important to discuss with you."

It should be something about their family’s forest.

Yu Tang guessed and could only say goodbye to the Fifth Miss apologetically.

Miss Wu was afraid that she would be delayed, so she urged her to go quickly: "When you are free, come to the mansion to play with us. We also want to discuss with you about helping Ku'an Temple sell incense!"

Yu Tang couldn't help but wonder, "Isn't Xiao Tong's job as the shopkeeper going smoothly?"

"It went very smoothly!" Miss Five said excitedly, "So we need to talk it over and see if we can do better."

This is inspiring!

Yu Tang agreed with a smile, and went to Pei Yan's study with Ah Ming.

Yu Wen is not here.

Pei Yan complained when he saw her: "Why did you come at this time? What did you talk about with Lao An?"

Yu Tang looked at Pei Yan strangely and said, "It's not too late! I've been staying at Old An's place for less than half an hour!"

Half an hour isn't long?!

Pei Yan thought that women tend to talk a lot when they are together.

He said, "Master Yu originally wanted to wait for you, but he said he wanted to go to see the Li family's house with Master Wu, and he was in a hurry to get to the pier. I couldn't keep him any longer, so I asked someone to take him to the pier."

Yu Tang did not notice Pei Yan's change of heart to Yu Wen, but shook his head with amusement and asked Pei Yan: "Do you think the Li family's house is worth buying?"

"Let's look at the price!" Pei Yan said indifferently, "It's not worth much anyway, just consider it as making him happy."

Yu Tang agrees with Pei Yan's opinion.

Pei Yan made an appointment with Yu Tang to set off for Yu Tang's hometown in the afternoon.

Yu Tang was stunned and asked, "Isn't this too fast?"

We set off this afternoon and they won't arrive until the evening. Doesn't that mean they have to stay one more night in Yujia Village?

Pei Yan said, "The sooner this is done, the better. After the Dragon Boat Festival, we won't be able to plant anything."

Yu Tang was convinced.

She went back and invited Yu Yuan.

Yu Yuan received the letter last night. He packed some clothes and waited for Yu Tang to pack his boxes. Then they waited together at Yu Tang's house for the mule from the Pei Mansion.

The two had nothing to do, so they talked about the mountains and forests at home and the lacquerware shop at home. Yu Yuan sighed, "Thanks to this, our shop would not have had the opportunity to appear in Zhaoming Temple, let alone receive more than a dozen orders at once. With this start, I think our lacquerware shop will definitely get better and better."

This is thanks to Pei Yan.

Yu Tang asked: "Who are the people who placed the orders?"

Yu Yuan smiled and said, "They are all housewives, and some are wealthy families in Hangzhou and Suzhou. Most of them ordered the same box as Mr. Pei Laoan, which is a box for Buddhist scriptures."

Yu Tang said: "Take it slow. As long as we do a good job and more people know about it, the orders will increase."

The brother and sister were full of longing for the future, smiling happily, as the Pei Mansion's mule carriage arrived.

Yu Tang and Yu Yuan said goodbye to Chen. Yu Yuan led Yu Tang out and said, "The Mule is better. I will do my business well and try to buy a Mule for the family next year. Then you and your sister-in-law can take your nephew out for a spring outing."

"So did you buy it for me, brother? Or did you buy it for my sister-in-law?" Yu Tang laughed and teased Yu Yuan.

Yu Yuan's face flushed.

As a result, when the two went out, they found Hu Xing and Pei Yan standing next to the Pei Mansion's mule.

Yu Yuan was startled and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Why did you come here in person? I'm sorry to trouble you to make this trip! Come in and have a cup of tea!"

Pei Yan glanced at Yu Tang and saw that she had changed into a bright blue jacket embroidered with white flowers and wore small pearl earrings, which made her look neat and tidy. He nodded secretly and said briskly, "We are going to your hometown together. Isn't it normal to walk together? What's so surprising? I won't drink the tea. We should hurry up while it's still early. It may be a little hot on the road, so you should remember to drink more water."

Yu Yuan responded respectfully.

Hu Xing hurriedly lifted the curtain for Yu Tang.

Yu Yuan couldn't help but look at Hu Xing suspiciously.

Pei Yan's face suddenly darkened, and he said, "I see that Miss Yu is very good at using Qing Yuan, so I'll bring her along when I go to Yu's Manor this time."

As he was speaking, Qing Yuan poked his head out of the carriage and happily called out "Miss" to Yu Tang.

Yu Tang had been accompanying her for some time and had become very familiar with her. He was naturally very happy to see her, so he didn't say much and let the old woman who was accompanying the carriage help him into the carriage.

Pei Yan invited Yu Yuan to ride in the same car with him.

Yu Yuan felt a lot of pressure, but it was difficult to refuse, so he had to bite the bullet and get on the car.

In the front carriage, Yu Tang and Qing Yuan were chattering away, while in the back carriage, Pei Yan was trying to find out about Yu Tang from Yu Yuan, but was turned away.

Pei Yan touched his nose. He didn't expect that the seemingly very gentle Yu Yuan had his own bottom line. He said what he should say and would not say what he shouldn't say no matter what. In this respect, he was better than many children from aristocratic families.

With a cousin like this, even if Yu Tang cannot become rich, he will not be a drag or cause trouble.

Thinking of this, Pei Yan pressed his temples with a headache.

Although Yu Yuan's appearance was expected by him and Hu Xing, Pei Tang was still a little unhappy when he saw Yu Yuan. However, they also had Hu Xing, so it was not difficult to get rid of Yu Yuan.

Pei Yan felt a little better and talked to Yu Yuan about the characteristics of fruit forests in different places.

The group staggered to Yujiazhuang.

The head of the village received the news in the morning, and after a quick breakfast he waited here. When he saw the two siblings of the Yu family, he hurried forward to greet them.

The Yu siblings were not polite and accepted their generous gifts. After meeting several elders in the family, they began to tell everyone why they came back.

The old patriarch said nothing. In his eyes, the Yu family had not been able to think of any way to increase the income from the forest. He was not as smart as his elders, so he did not think about it. So the Yu family's proposal to live in the village for a few days and to hire someone familiar to take them into the mountains were trivial matters that were not worth mentioning to him.

Pei Yan was very pleased. He did not expect things to go so smoothly.

He chose a room closest to Yu Tang and lived there. Wang Si, the forest ranger for the Yu family, heard the news and rushed over. Wang Si was better off, as he was engaged to Shuang Tao, so the Yu family would take care of him no matter what. The forest ranger who came earlier than Wang Si was different. He had no outstanding talents and it was not known whether he could stay.

In his previous life, Yu Tang went to the Li family and often dealt with these servants. He knew what the forest ranger was worried about, so he tactfully told him that the family was planning to plant more fruit trees in the forest, and not only would they not lose people, but they would also hire a few more people. Only then did he appease the forest ranger.