Of course, Pei Yan didn't spread this news.

Although he dug a trap for Gu Chang to fall into, once Gu Chang fell into it, he no longer paid attention to it.

This matter was actually spread by Gu Xi.

Because her father had embezzled her mother's dowry, she had been gossiped about by the elders in the clan since she was a child, and she had had enough of it.

This time, for her dowry, her father even acted like a rogue.

She had long since given up hope on her father, so of course she wasn't particularly sad. But when her brother's marriage to the Yin family was finalized, her father, angry that her brother had rejected his face, actually tried to use the same old trick again. He wanted to use the Yin family's dowry to save her face by using her brother's marriage to the Yin family. After discovering the agreement between her brother and the Yin family, he cursed their dead mother in the house...

Although doing so would hurt the enemy by 1,000 and herself by 800, she felt happy in her heart and was willing to bear the consequences. However, He Xiang, the maid beside her, was very worried and said, "What if it's the aunt's family..."

Gu Xi curled his lips and said, "Do you think the Pei family is a nouveau riche like the Li family? The Pei family cares about face. Even if I have a flawed moral character and the engagement is rejected, they will keep it a secret and won't say anything bad about me in front of outsiders."

Isn't this just a gentleman deceiving others with his own tactics?

He Xiang was stunned.

Gu Xi smiled and said, "So, when you marry into a family, you must be careful."

He Xiang lowered her head and said nothing.

On Yu Tang's side, he finally saw off the two young ladies from the Pei family and checked two account books before it was time to light the lamps.

Shuangtao felt sorry for her, and together with Qingyuan, she cooked ginseng and hen soup for her.

Yu Tang was drinking soup when Miss Yang and Miss Pei came over and brought her some snacks from the capital. Yu Tang naturally wanted to treat them to soup. The two were a little surprised and declined politely. Yu Tang then realized that Miss Yang and her friends were going to visit the nearby Ku'an Temple tomorrow and had asked her to go with them.

She glanced at the pile of account books on the desk with some embarrassment and could only politely decline.

The two of them didn't force themselves to leave. They chatted with Yu Tang for a few words about the Buddhist incense in Ku'an Temple, then stood up and said goodbye.

Yu Tang felt that the two of them came not only to invite her to Ku'an Temple, otherwise Miss Pei Si and Miss Pei Wu would ask her when they came over in the afternoon.

She couldn't help but ask Qing Yuan: "Do you know what they are here for?"

Qing Yuan agreed with a smile, and soon he got the news: "Ms. Yang is going to visit someone tomorrow, and it will be at Ku'an Temple. I'm afraid she wants to invite you to go with her. With more people, this matter won't be so conspicuous."

Yu Tang asked with interest about the man Miss Yang was going to marry.

Qing Yuan is worthy of being Pei Yan's maid. She knows how to think two steps ahead and finds out all the questions that Yu Tang might ask. This way, if Yu Tang asks, she will have an answer.

This may be the difference between an ordinary maid and a first-class maid.

"His surname is Yan. He is said to be a scholar, but his family is very wealthy." Qing Yuan said slowly, "He was originally five generations distant from Old An Yi. Because he passed the imperial examination, he probably wanted to make a career in the government, so he tried to establish a relationship with Old An Yi and became very close to Old An Yi's family. The reason why the Yang family agreed to the marriage of the Yan family was also for Old Lady Yi's sake. The Yang family entrusted this matchmaking to Old An Yi. Old An Yi didn't like to be a matchmaker, so when he heard that Old An was coming, he entrusted it to Old An Yi. That's how the matchmaking at Ku'an Temple came about."

Yu Tang nodded.

Qing Yuan smiled and reminded her: "If everything goes well tomorrow, Miss Yang will leave for Beijing in two days. Do you want to bring something for Miss Xu?"

Yu Tang didn't expect that Miss Yang and Miss Xu had such a good relationship.

Qing Yuan smiled and said, "Miss Yang and Miss Xu are just acquaintances. However, the Yang family and our Pei family will be relatives in the future. I think Miss Yang will definitely be willing to help out with something between relatives in law."

Yu Tang also missed Miss Xu a little, and she excitedly discussed with Qing Yuan what gift to give Miss Xu.

Miss Yang and Miss Pei left Yu Tang's yard and couldn't help but look back at the red painted gate. Then they smiled and said, "I didn't expect the cooking skills of Miss Yu's yard are so good. The chicken soup is so thick and fresh that I almost bit my tongue while drinking it. And the fruit served is not only arranged in a pattern of joy, but also very sweet. Was this made by the people brought by Miss Yu, or by someone from your family?"

The Pei family's villa is very large, and several guest courtyards have small kitchens.

Miss Yang's courtyard was also taken care of, and if she needed a maid, she had to tell Pei's housekeeper. But in this way, she had to take care of everything. She was only staying here for a few days, and although the Yang family didn't lack the money, she just didn't want to be so conspicuous.

Miss Pei also noticed it just now, but her relationship with Yu Tang was ordinary, so she didn't know much about Yu Tang. Miss Yang was Mr. Yang's step-sister, and their relationship was not particularly good. She was afraid that if she was too nice to Miss Yang, it would make Mr. Yang unhappy, so she answered perfunctorily: "She should have brought someone here herself, right? Even in our family, people with such skills would serve several mistresses. We don't even have such people in our house."

Miss Yang was a little skeptical.

Since she was visiting Pei's house, she would not be completely unprepared.

She also asked about Yu Tang.

The Yu family is not a family with such ability.

The next day, Miss Yang, who was strolling around Ku'an Temple and waiting for someone, mentioned this matter again and invited the young ladies of the Pei family: "Let's go to Miss Yu's place to ask for a bowl of chicken soup when we get back, right?"

The fourth young lady clapped her hands and asked the fifth young lady in confusion, "Why did my great-aunt want Sister Yu to help her check the account book? It makes it so that Sister Yu can't even play with us?"

The Fifth Miss made a wild guess: "It should be Sister Yu's good at math. Isn't her family in business? People in business seem to be good at math."

The fourth young lady nodded as she listened.

The Third Miss looked at them in confusion, and pulled the Fourth and Fifth Misses' hands, saying, "Stop talking nonsense. The sun is really strong today. Let's go to the pavilion in front to rest our feet."

The fourth and fifth young ladies were distracted and ran away happily.

Miss Yang seemed to be thinking about something.

The sun is quite bright today.

Yu Tang sat in the room. Qing Yuan specially called two maids to fan her. She started sweating after doing some abacus and felt very uncomfortable.

She simply stood up, opened the window and let in some fresh air.

Pei Yan walked in.

He was wearing a moon-white plain cloth Taoist robe, with only a green bamboo hairpin pinned on his head. His face was pale and sweat-free, making people feel refreshed just by looking at him.

When you get closer, you can smell a faint, unknown, elegant fragrance on her body, which gives you a feeling of cleanliness and purity.

How can someone be so clean?

Yu Tang was thinking with some jealousy, and then he saw Pei Yanju holding up a bamboo basket in his hand and said, "Would you like to go fishing together?"

"Ah?!" Yu Tang's eyes widened.

Two days ago, Pei Laoan told them not to go near the river, fearing that they would not know the depth of the river and fall into it.

Pei Yan smiled softly in her ear, tempting her: "Don't be afraid, I can swim!"

The deep voice seemed to have a hook, stirring her heartstrings.

It took Yu Tang a while to react to what he said, and hesitantly asked, "Is it possible?"

"What's impossible?" Pei Yan smiled at her slyly, "You've read most of these account books."

Yu Tang looked at the bright sun outside and suddenly remembered something. He said hurriedly, "It's already so hot before the Dragon Boat Festival. Will this summer be particularly hot? Will there be a drought or something?"

At this time in her previous life, she had just married into the Li family, and Lin suddenly turned against her. She was unable to adapt in various ways, and was busy dealing with the personnel affairs of the Li family every day, so she paid little attention to the outside world. She vaguely remembered that there was a severe drought in the county, and many people came to Lin'an to escape the famine.

The Pei family owns a lot of land, and it’s possible that some of the estates will be affected.

Pei Yan laughed when he heard this and said, "I didn't expect you to be able to observe the weather. That's right, this year the Purple Star is moving westward, which represents fire. There should be disaster prevention measures in the west. I'll let the farm owner pay attention to it."

Yu Tang didn't understand a word he said and said awkwardly: "I was just saying it casually."

"You have a pretty good intuition." Pei Yan continued to praise her, stuffed the bamboo basket into her hand, and said, "Take it, it's up to you later."

Yu Tang had only seen other people fishing from a distance a few times when she was a child and followed Yu Wen out, and also in paintings and calligraphy. She saw that the bamboo basket was quite new and exuded the fragrance of green bamboo. She couldn't help but hold it in her arms and said, "Why do you have to watch mine? Are we going to use this bamboo basket to catch fish? I don't know how!"

She didn't want to either.

Those people holding bamboo baskets in the paintings are all standing barefoot in the stream.

The painting and reality are two different things.

The stream in the painting is clear and clean, but in reality, there are many water plants and small fish and insects that she doesn’t recognize in the stream. She has been afraid of these things since she was a child.

Pei Yan found her face, which looked like she was saying "I don't do it", very interesting and started laughing. He conjured up a bamboo hat from nowhere and put it on her head. He said, "I'm responsible for fishing and you're responsible for catching the fish. Is that fair? How many fish we can catch depends on how many times you can catch them!"

But she didn't want to mention the fish.

The fish was fishy and slimy.

Isn't he a clean person? Why doesn't he say so now?

Yu Tang clung to Pei Yan's side feeling aggrieved, racking her brains for a way to escape.

But she hadn't thought of a way to escape until they walked along the tree-lined path and reached a pavilion by a small river. Pei Yan was almost laughing in his heart.

He always thought Yu Tang was interesting and not like other girls. But when he really got to know her, he found that this girl was more interesting than he thought.

This little look of being angry but not being able to say anything, with a puffy face but eyes rolling around, was enough to make him laugh for half a year.

"Here we go!" He pretended to be serious and said calmly, "There are more mosquitoes and insects here, so there must be a lot of fish too!"

Then he saw Yu Tang glare at him quietly and touched his arm in fear.

It’s really interesting!

Pei Yan ordered Ah Ming who followed him out: "Take out the earthworm and hang it on the hook."