When Yu Wen walked into Yu Tang's room, Yu Tang and Shuang Tao were putting some of the finished silk flowers in a paper box. Yu Wen couldn't help but laugh when he saw them and said, "You have been making these these days!" As he said that, he walked over and picked up a half-finished silk flower and looked at it carefully, "It's quite realistic."

Yu Tang smiled and poured a cup of tea for his father. He said, "I heard that Mr. Wu came. Has he left? Is there anything you want to talk to me about?"

Yu Wen was very angry when he came, and he thought things were simple. But when he saw his daughter, he felt a little embarrassed and didn't know how to start the conversation.

When Yu Tang saw this, he sent Shuang Tao away, washed a plate of fruit himself and placed it in front of his father. Then he sat down next to his father and slowly continued to make silk flowers, giving his father time to speak.

After all this trouble, Yu Wen felt more at ease. He said thoughtfully, "Atang, you are not young anymore. Do you have any plans for your own marriage?"

Yu Tang's first reaction was to suspect that Mr. Wu came here to propose marriage to her.

She said without thinking: "I want to marry someone I like."

I actually started to feel a little uneasy.

Pei Yan usually looks quite stable, so why does he become so unreliable at such a critical moment?

Didn't he say he would come to my house to ask for marriage soon? There is still no sign of him.

She thought so in her heart, but her mind told her that the mourning period for Old Lady Pei had not yet ended, and perhaps he was going to propose marriage as soon as he was done with mourning. It was normal for a matchmaker to come after the mourning period for Old Lady Pei was over, and she should not blame him in her heart.

But Yu Tang was getting anxious. She couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Wu came to our house to find me a wife? What kind of family? What did he say? Where's my mother? Why didn't she come?"

Normally, even if the father knows about this kind of thing first, it is the mother who tells the daughter.

Yu Tang didn't think much about it. Her relationship with her father had always been closer than that of an average father and daughter, so it was possible for her father. It was just that she was more resistant to this kind of thing now, and unconsciously used Chen's excuse to delay.

She stretched her neck and looked out the door.

Yu Wen was stunned by the question and realized that he had done something wrong.

He hesitated for a long time before saying, "Your mother is entertaining guests in front. I have nothing to do, so I just want to ask you. You are my only daughter, so of course I hope everything goes well for you. Although the marriages of children are decided by parents, I also want you to be satisfied and live a good life."

Yu Wen's words were vague, but Yu Tang immediately realized that her parents had a disagreement about her marriage.

My mother agreed, but my father was the one who opposed it.

She couldn't help but ask, "Dad, what happened? Why is Mommy here to entertain guests? Is it you and Mommy..."

When she said this, she looked at her father with eyes full of smiles, her seriousness revealing a bit of worry.

Yu Wen's heart softened immediately, thinking about how he could let such a good girl, who had been raised by him in the palm of his hand, marry into the Pei family, have to look at the faces of the Pei family members, and be ordered around by them?

He suddenly became more courageous and wanted to protect his daughter from being bullied. He said solemnly, "Ah Tang, I plan to keep you at home and find a son-in-law. What do you think?"

Whether to recruit a son-in-law or to have a new wife has become a common topic in the Yu family, but Yu Wen has never been so sure.

Yu Tang was extremely anxious and just wanted to know what had happened.

However, Yu Wen had already made up his mind. He waved at Yu Tang, stood up and said, "Just stay at home. I'll take care of what happens outside for you," and quickly left Yu Tang's room.

Yu Tang chased after him.

Yu Wen asked her to go back to the house: "Your mother and I still have something to talk about. You just stay in the house."

Yu Tang couldn't insist, so after Yu Wen left, she immediately called Shuang Tao over and said, "Go and find out what happened in front."

Shuang Tao went to see Wang Si herself. Not only did she get to know Wang Si better, she also discussed the details of the marriage with Wang Si. She was very happy and was very motivated to do anything. Hearing this, she immediately smiled and said "yes" in a crisp voice, and ran away.

Yu Tang was waiting anxiously in the house.

Yu Wen walked into the hall with a gloomy face and a desperate look, and found that Master Wu was gone. Wang and Xiang, who was holding a child, came in at some point, and together with Yu Bo and Yu Yuan, they surrounded Chen and talked about Yu Tang's marriage with laughter.

"She has been chubby and fair since she was young, with a pair of eyes like two crystals, round and very smart. I thought this child was blessed. And my guess came true. Our Atang can actually marry the third master of the Pei family. He is a Jinshi! And he is so handsome, there is no one else like him in the whole Lin'an City." Wang sighed there.

Xiang was really happy for Yu Tang, so she naturally said what her mother-in-law said: "That's right! I've heard of the Pei family before when I was in Fuyang. Having money is secondary, the main thing is that they have a good family tradition! They don't have concubines, and their children are ambitious. From time to time, someone passes the examination to become a scholar or a judge. Our Atang is really resting on his laurels."

"I didn't expect that either." Chen smiled, "I wondered if she had won the favor of Mrs. Pei. I felt it last time at Zhaoming Temple. Mrs. Pei seemed to like our Atang very much. I also benefited from it. Not only did I sit with Mrs. Pei, but when Atang had a heat stroke, Mrs. Pei personally intervened and asked her trusted maid to send her ginseng pills. When I think about it this way, at least my mother-in-law likes Atang after she gets married. Life will be easier."

Yu Wen was so angry that he almost fell down. He rushed in and said, "How is my daughter, Yu Wen, worse than others? Do you want to curry favor with Mr. Pei? I don't agree with this marriage..."

Everyone was startled, and not a sound was heard.

Yu Wen looked at this and felt better.

Who would have thought that Yu Bo, who usually treated his younger brother Yu Wen with great respect, would frown, take a few steps forward and push Yu Wen aside, as if he had not heard what he said, and said directly to Chen: "Whether Mr. Pei likes Atang or not is secondary, what matters is Mr. Pei San. He must like Atang. Otherwise, Mr. Pei Er would not have come out in person to talk about this. I think we have to prepare well here. When the matchmaker from the Pei family comes, we can't be too shabby." As he said, After looking around for a while, he said, "People who come here won't go anywhere else, so we can't be too obvious. We need to sweep the yard and the living room, and then trim the flowers and plants in the courtyard. If we really don't know what to do, we can go out of town and hire a gardener to buy some flowers and trees for the house. And the vases on the long table are too ordinary. I remember that my second brother has some treasures in his study. We'll take them out when the time comes and see if there are any suitable ones. If not, we'll go buy some and bring them back..."

He gave detailed instructions, and Yu Yuan nodded repeatedly, saying, "Leave this matter to me! Yao San came back a few days ago and asked me to have a drink with him. His business has been doing better and better in recent years. He often delivers goods to some wealthy families in Hangzhou. He is very knowledgeable, so I asked him to help me with some ideas."

While shaking the child, Xiang Shi hurriedly warned him: "You can give advice, but don't be so rude and tell him everything. Mr. Pei San hasn't paid his respects yet, the matchmaker hasn't come, and there's nothing to do, but we've made a fuss here and everyone knows about it. If the Pei family knows about it, they will think that the head of our family is not stable and doesn't have the ability to accomplish great things. When Atang marries into the Pei family in the future, she will be looked down upon."

Wang felt that Xiang's method of throwing the child was too harsh, so she stepped forward and took the child from Xiang's hand, saying, "Ayuan's wife is right. If we want to tidy up the yard, we have to do it early. That way, when the flowers and trees grow up, they will look like they are from home, and others won't see that they are newly planted, which would make it seem like we have no foundation."

Mrs. Chen nodded repeatedly and called Mrs. Chen over, saying, "You have to remember everything. If I forget, remember to remind me."

Mrs. Chen didn't know what happened at first, but when Yu Wen and Mr. Wu quarreled, everyone in the family knew about it. She thought it was simpler than Mrs. Chen, and thought that their young lady was really lucky, and the Yu family would be prosperous in the future, and even servants like them would be envied by everyone when they left home, so she was happier than Mrs. Chen.

Her face was full of smiles, and she responded without hesitation, saying, "Madam, Madam, does the young lady want to buy some new winter clothes? There are only a few famous tailors in Lin'an City. If we don't make an appointment now, I'm afraid it will be too late. If I remember correctly, the old lady of the Pei family will be in mourning in mid-September."

After the mourning period is over, the marriage will be held in a grand manner.

Chen said repeatedly: "If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten about it..."

"No need!" Wang interrupted Chen and said, "Tang's clothes should be made in Hangzhou. She will have to deal with families like the Song and Qian families in the future. She doesn't need many clothes, but each one must be presentable. No matter how good the tailors in Lin'an are, they can't compare to those in Hangzhou."

Yu Bo made the decision: "It's settled. The clothes making will be handed over to your wife, Ayuan. She is young and knows what styles are popular now. As for the money, you can take it from my shop first. Keep an account so that you will know how much you spent later."

"Thanks to her uncle!" Chen didn't try to brag, and it was impossible to brag in this matter.

She blessed Yu Bo gratefully.

No one paid attention to Yu Wen's anger.

Yu Wen was so angry that he stood on the armchair in the living room and shouted at his brother and sister-in-law: "I don't agree with this marriage, I don't agree!"

This is just a marriage proposal, and they are willing to empty their family's coffers to please the Pei family. If they really become relatives with the Pei family, will they just stop living? Why do they have to go to such lengths to save face for Atang during every festival?

Yu Wen shouted, "Where is Brother Wu? What is he doing? Did he go back to the Pei family to report the incident?"

As he asked, he immediately jumped off the armchair and ran out to chase after him.

They are a family of scholars and they are trustworthy.

He could oppose this marriage, but he couldn't let Mr. Wu oppose it after he went back to the Pei family.

If they go back on their words, what kind of family have they become?