Upon hearing this, Yu Tang smiled at Pei Yan.

Hu Xing waved his hand, and two sedan chairs appeared from nowhere.

He said to Yu Tang and Pei Yan cordially, "How about Miss Yu take the sedan chair?"

Yu Tang and Pei Yan were both a little stunned.

Pei Yan had persuaded Yu Tang to go up the mountain just to find out what Yu Tang was thinking. Now that he had seen some clues, he also realized that climbing the mountain was indeed a burden for Yu Tang, so he couldn't help but feel anxious. Hu Xing's sedan chair just gave him a step, so he naturally praised it and said to Yu Tang, "Then you can go up in the sedan chair. This mountain road is indeed too difficult for you."

How could Yu Tang go up the mountain alone in a sedan chair?

She refused.

Pei Yan dragged her onto the sedan chair, pressed her shoulders and forced her to sit down, then ordered two sedan chair drivers to "lift the sedan chair."

The two sedan chair drivers were hired by Hu Xing, and they must have listened to Pei Yan's instructions. With a little effort, they lifted the sedan chair.

Yu Tang sat down quickly.

Two porters carried Yu Tang up the mountain.

Hu Xing ran to Pei Yan's side and whispered, "Third Master, I have prepared a sedan chair."

However, the mountain road was narrow, and if Pei Yan sat in a sedan chair, he would not be able to talk to Yu Tang beside the sedan chair.

This is also the reason why Hu Xing didn't release the two sedan chairs in one breath.

Pei Yan understood, hummed, praised "not bad", took a few steps forward, and hurried to Yu Tang's sedan chair.

Yu Tang felt embarrassed when he saw Pei Yan following beside him.

Pei Yan also saw something, so he simply told Yu Tang about his plan: "Just now at the foot of the mountain, I found that those sea buckthorn trees are growing quite well. This shows that the soil here is still suitable for the growth of sea buckthorn trees. In the northwest, sea buckthorn trees are mostly used to prevent wind and sand. This also shows that the soil in your forest is not good. In my opinion, it is good to plant more sea buckthorn trees, maybe it can improve the soil in your forest. In addition, the fruit of the sea buckthorn tree is used as a treat for guests in the northwest. I have eaten it before. Although it is not very delicious, it is sold at a lower price. Ordinary farmers should still be willing to buy it. This time we go up the mountain, we mainly want to see if you can plant some peach trees in your forest."

Yu Tang wondered in his heart if this was the reason in his previous life, why Pei Yan planted sea buckthorn trees in the forest near their home, and later made preserves out of the sea buckthorn berries, claiming that eating them could prevent coughs and moisten the lungs, and that they sold quite well.

She asked, "Is it the peach tree in Qingzhou that you mentioned before?"

Pei Yan nodded and said, "I think that peach tree is good. It will bear peaches in August and September and can be sold to the capital. It will definitely work."

If they can grow crops in their forests, they can use their ships to transport the crops to the capital.

Yu Tang was still quite convinced of Pei Yan's abilities.

The two of them chatted about fruits and snacks from all over the place. Before they reached the top of the mountain, Yu Tang had already started to swallow his saliva.

Pei Yan watched with a slight smile on his face, and told Hu Xing to rest for a while. He asked Ah Ming to open the bamboo basket on his back and take out some washed cherries and plums to quench Yu Tang's thirst.

Yu Tang exclaimed in surprise.

Hu Xing pulled Qing Yuan to boil water and make tea for the two of them.

Qing Yuan finally understood.

She winked at Hu Xing.

Hu Xing pretended not to understand, and personally took the stool to help Pei Yan and Yu Tang sit down, and then went to instruct the servants to do their work.

Qing Yuan lowered his head to wash the teacup, but his eyes couldn't help but drift towards Yu Tang and Pei Yan.

Pei Yan just said a few words to Yu Tang with a smile on his face, which made Yu Tang burst into laughter.

The clear sound spreads far away, as melodious as a lark, making people feel happy just by listening to it.

Qing Yuan thought, if she were Pei Yan, she would also like someone like Miss Yu who always made people happy, right?

I just don’t know what Pei Laoan would think?

Yu Tang put her worries aside for the time being. She listened to Pei Yan talking about how he followed Pei Laoan to collect rent on the farm. "I think since we are not going to ask for the rent back, we might as well burn the IOUs. That way, we can start over, instead of giving up hope and giving up everything because of the IOUs that have been passed down from generation to generation. But my father said that if we do that, everyone will expect us to burn the IOUs, to repay kindness and to avenge hatred. If they really want to make progress, they will come out to help us sail and risk their lives to make a name for themselves. Therefore, when the harvest was bad, there were almost no farmers in our family. On the contrary, our family's shipping business has never lacked sailors, and our business has always been good."

Only then did she know that the Pei family actually had a fleet.

Yu Tang felt that Pei Yan seemed to be gradually explaining things to her, and she was getting closer and closer to Pei Yan.

That's probably what he meant, right?

Yu Tang glanced at Pei Yan and couldn't help but test him: "No wonder the Tao family and your family are so close. But Ningbo is closer to Lin'an, why would the Pei family choose to go far away?"

Pei Yan smiled and said, "This is also a lesson learned by our ancestors. In the previous dynasty, our Pei family was also wealthy, but when a war broke out, our Pei family was the first to bear the brunt. Our ancestors set the rule that industries should not be placed in the same place."

Moreover, if the Pei family can no longer stay in Lin'an, they can move to other places at any time.

Yu Tang vaguely understood why the Li family, despite being so aggressive in the previous life, could not harm the vitality of the Pei family.

The Pei family is much more powerful than they see.

Is it possible for her to marry into such a Pei family?

Yu Tang felt that the experience in her previous life made her feel that a good relationship should make her a better person instead of exchanging it for her own grievances.

Yu Tang looked at Pei Yan again.

He is indeed a descendant of an aristocratic family. It must have taken several generations of blood to produce such a look!

She sighed in her heart.

Pei Yan felt that the atmosphere was just right. He thought for a while and then asked bluntly, "Has your Yu family lived in Lin'an for generations?"

Yu Tang smiled and nodded, and also talked about the family history of the Yu family: "It was not until my great-grandfather that he gradually became prominent among the clan members, set up businesses, and built the current Yu family ancestral home. My great-grandfather learned the craft of lacquerware and bought a shop in Lin'an City."

Pei Yan asked: "If you were allowed to go somewhere else and live a different life, would you be willing?"

What do you mean?!

Yu Tang intuitively felt that this answer was very important.

Her heart was like a heavy drum, beating violently with each beat.

But when she saw Pei Yan's serious look, she still followed her own heart and said frankly: "I don't know either."

Pei Yan was somewhat disappointed with this answer.

But he didn't want to give up, so he continued, "Why?"

Yu Tang lowered his eyelids and said, "I think it doesn't matter where I live. What's important is the people who stay with me."

Pei Yan was stunned, and then couldn't help laughing silently.

"I can't bear to leave my mother and father," Yu Tang still had his eyes down and didn't notice Pei Yan's strange expression, "and my uncle and his family. If I have them by my side, I can go anywhere!"

Pei Yan held his breath and said, "I'm not saying that you should leave your family, but the people around you are different from the people you knew before. You may have to get to know them again and adapt to them again. Others don't understand you and may misunderstand you."

Is that what she thought it meant?!

Yu Tang felt like screaming.

Why would Pei Yan...ask her these questions...

She suppressed the huge wave in her heart, tried her best to make her voice sound as calm as usual, and said with a smile: "When you go out to be an official, don't you also have to make new friends and adapt to the climate of the capital?"

Isn't it the same for a girl to start over when she gets married?

Who can win everyone's favor by getting married?

Some people just don't have the luck to be liked by their husband's family. Should they stop living just because of this? They still have to find a way to make themselves feel better.

As Yu Tang thought about it, his eyes fell on Pei Yan.

Pei Yan stood up suddenly, walked back and forth a few steps with an excited look, and then sat down again, sitting upright, and asked Yu Tang seriously: "Are you willing to accompany my mother?"

Yu Tang was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped.

She knew that Pei Yan was courageous and a little unconventional, but she never dreamed that he was so courageous.

He actually asked her...wait...he was speaking so vaguely, what if she misunderstood?

Isn't this just a huge joke?

Yu Tang couldn't help but straighten his back and asked seriously, "What do you mean?"

Pei Yan's breathing seemed a little heavy, but he still said solemnly: "If you wish, I want to write your name on our family tree, next to mine."

Yu Tang was stunned, but the little man in his heart was dancing and spinning in circles.

Her eyes couldn't help but well up with tears.

Pei Yan was shocked when he saw her looking like she was neither smiling nor crying.

Did she agree to this? Or did she think he was too reckless and bullying?

Pei Yan's forehead was sweating, and he urged, "What do you think?"

Perhaps because he was too nervous, his voice was even colder and stiffer than usual.

Yu Tang's surging mood suddenly seemed to be poured with a bucket of cold water, and he calmed down.

She couldn't help asking, "Why?"

Pei Yan didn't understand: "What?"

The scenes from when she and Pei Yan first met each other to the present flashed through Yu Tang's mind. She asked, "Why me?"

Pei Yan probably never thought about this question. He was speechless and finally got angry and said, "What's there to ask? There's no need to ask so many whys. I think you're fine."

Having said that, he also began to reflect on why he wanted to marry Yu Tang.

Is it because she is beautiful?

He had seen many beautiful women, but he had no intention of marrying any of them.

Is it because she is smart?

But more often than not, we do stupid things.

Or, is it because she is relatively well-behaved and sensible in front of her elders?

But in front of him, I couldn't see any of it.

Thinking of this, Pei Yan snorted with some dissatisfaction.

Yu Tang then realized that he seemed to have fallen from mid-air to the ground, and his heart finally settled down.

She was afraid to hear Pei Yan's answer that it was because she was beautiful.

Why is this happening?

Yu Tang examines himself.

She thought about the bad things that happened to her in her past life.

Perhaps, deep down, she felt that her past life experiences had a lot to do with her appearance.

Yu Tang was silent.

Pei Yan's palms were sweating.

He felt very nervous. He should coax Yu Tang a few words at this time, maybe Yu Tang would agree. But this thought made him feel very awkward. The result of the entanglement was that he glared at Yu Tang unhappily and said unhappily: "Do you have anything else to ask? I think we are suitable. Life is short, like morning dew. If you can't live according to your wishes, what's the point. If you don't have anything else to ask, I will take it as your agreement. You wait at home for a few days, I will go to your house to propose marriage after I prepare everything."