When Qing Yuan came in with the iced mung bean soup, he wanted to laugh when he saw this scene - Pei Yan was drawing at his desk, Yu Tang was fanning him with a Sichuan fan, and behind Yu Tang, there were two servants fanning them both.

Is Third Master really trying to make things difficult for Miss Yu?

Qing Yuan didn't dare to say anything more. He invited them both to drink mung bean soup and then quietly retreated.

Yu Tang sat on the armchair, rubbing his wrist.

Pei Yan looked at him with contempt and said, "How come you can't even fan yourself properly?"

Yu Tang responded without hesitation: "How about we switch?"

Pei Yan glanced at the half-painted pomegranate flower, raised his eyebrows, and repeated Yu Tang's words to him: "How about we switch?"

Yu Tang was not afraid of him, he rolled up his sleeves and said, "Change it!"

Who is afraid of whom?

When she couldn't draw well, it was Pei Yan who came to the rescue.

This idiot thought he could embarrass her!

Pei Yan was really afraid that she would ruin the half-finished painting, so he quickly stopped her and said, "Alright, alright, stop being naughty. You don't have to fan me anymore, just stand by and pass me the brush." ​​He also said, "Tell me, what can you do?"

So this is still her fault?

Yu Tang sat on the chair unwilling to move, saying: "I want to rest for a while!"

Pei Yan didn't really want her to do anything, but he thought that since he was working hard for the Yu family, Yu Tang would have to accompany him to feel comfortable. So he didn't force her, as long as she stayed in the study, he quickly finished two paintings, one of pomegranates and one of peony, and said, "Both of these are fine, you can make a few samples and let the Hu family choose. Their family started out by making rice paper, and in addition to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, they have branches in Hunan, Hunan, Guangdong, and Jinzhong, and the capital. They do a big business. If your family can get this order, you won't have to worry about business in the future."

Yu Tang was eating fruit there while watching Pei Yan continue to paint the third pattern. He also chatted with him in a fanciful way: "What do you think about adding some new business to our family? Making red lacquer hairpins? I think girls' things are easy to sell. Like those who sell rouge and powder, and those who sell hair flowers."

Pei Yan bluntly hit her: "It's good. But, have you calculated the cost?"

Yu Tang thought of the forest at her home and immediately lost her temper. She could not help but said bitterly, "Why can you make money by growing sea buckthorn fruit and selling preserved fruits, but I can't?"

"Because I know more people than you!" Pei Yanquan praised at the time, and said disapprovingly, "I can sell my goods to many places! For someone like you, you can only focus on Hangzhou at most, which is of course not possible."

Yu Tang provoked him: "Okay! Then let's open a shop in the capital. There must be more opportunities there. But this requires money! Shops in the capital are so expensive, who doesn't want to do business in the capital!"

Pei Yan looked back at Yu Tang as if he was looking at a "fool" and said, "Master Wu's family has a lot of money, why don't you think of opening a shop in the capital?"

That’s because opening a shop in Beijing requires a backstage support.

Yu Tang was so angry that he said, "What's wrong with you? You have to reply to everything I say. Can't you just say hello? If you keep doing this, who will chat with you in the future?"

Why is no one chatting with him? Everyone wants to get something out of him.

But Pei Yan looked at Yu Tang and saw that he seemed really angry. He didn't continue talking, but turned around and asked Yu Tang: "What do you want to eat later? I'll ask the kitchen to make it for you!"

Yu Tang had lunch here at noon, and he wanted to keep her here for dinner.

Yu Tang said a little embarrassedly: "I, I won't have dinner here. My elder brother asked me to set up the shop first when I go back. They want to print out the painting you gave me yesterday today."

She felt that Pei Yan not only helped her family, but also treated her to delicious food and drinks. She felt a little sorry for Pei Yan if she just ate everything and left.

Pei Yan didn't think too much about it. He was a little worried about being gossiped about by others if he left Yu Tang alone, so he didn't insist too much. He just reminded her before leaving: "Come early tomorrow. While I'm free these two days, I'll draw a few more pictures for your family."

How could Yu Tang dare not refuse?

Pei Yan went to have dinner with Pei Laoan in the evening, and also talked with his mother about the plans for the Dragon Boat Festival.

Mrs. Pei basically didn't care about these things now, and agreed to whatever Pei Yan arranged. But after seeing Pei Yan off, she immediately pulled Aunt Chen to ask, "Did Miss Yu come to the mansion again today?"

Aunt Chen replied with a smile, "On the road over there, the people on duty are all from our courtyard, so there won't be anyone gossiping."

Pei Laoan nodded with satisfaction and asked, "What did the two of them do?"

"The Third Elder seems to be telling Miss Yu to paint." Aunt Chen said uncertainly, "You know that the Third Elder hates people spying on what's going on in his courtyard. We dare not get too close."

Pei Laoan waved his hand indifferently and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Xiaguang to be so interested."

Aunt Chen was busy cheering on the side, saying, "Who says it's not true? It shows that the Third Elder and Miss Yu are really destined to be together."

Pei Laoan nodded and asked about the first wife's affairs: "What are she going to do with the eldest young master's marriage? Is she still discussing it with the Yang family? I heard that the Gu family sent a dowry list. What is the dowry?"

Upon hearing this, Aunt Chen sighed inwardly, thinking that the marriage between the first wife and the Gu family was a bit of a mistake, and said, "The dowry there is 64 taels of silver, 3,000 taels of silver, 50 mu of mulberry fields, and two shops in Hangzhou."

If Yu Tang were here, he would find that Gu Xi's dowry included two more shops than in her previous life.

Even so, Aunt Chen explained: "It is said that those two shops were Mr. Gu's own private property."

Now that Gu Chang has become successful, it is natural for him to repay the favor.

Mr. Pei nodded without making any comment. Aunt Chen was a little worried about Yu Tang and asked hesitantly, "As for Miss Yu..."

Pei Laoan said, "She will be an aunt in the future, so she definitely can't just marry in like this. But you know Yang's temper, so there's no need to let her know this now. Let's wait until the dowry list of the Gu family is finalized."

Aunt Chen asked, "What do you mean?"

Pei Laoan said, "Miss Gu's dowry is considered good in Jiangnan, but compared with a family like ours, it's just a break-even. If Miss Yin knew how to behave, she wouldn't let her sister-in-law marry in like this. Let's wait and see."

In other words, we need to use this incident to see Gu Chang's attitude towards Gu Xi and Miss Yin's ability to deal with people.

Aunt Chen smiled and said "yes" and didn't mention it anymore.

Yu Tang stayed at Pei's house for two consecutive days, until the day before the Dragon Boat Festival. They had an appointment to watch the dragon boat race together the next day, so they couldn't continue painting together.

"I'll draw a few more pictures for you when we get to the mountain." After lunch, Pei Yan prepared to send Yu Tang back.

Yu Tang was quite surprised, thinking that he would have a lot of things to do tomorrow, so he obediently took the painting he had drawn in the morning and prepared to go back.

Who knew that Pei Yan asked her to wait a moment, as he needed to change his clothes first, as if he was going out with her.

Yu Tang was a little dumbfounded.

Pei Yan said helplessly: "Didn't you say you went to the shop to check it out? If the plates they print out are not satisfactory, what's the point of me working hard here? You have to be able to do it! I'll go with you to take a look today."

After the Dragon Boat Festival, he would continue to trick Yu Tang into going up the mountain to continue spending the summer with Yu Tang. He didn't want to go down the mountain again because of the Yu family's stall business.

Yu Tang had no idea what Pei Yan was planning. He looked at him gratefully, wishing he could serve him tea and water himself.

Pei Yan snorted arrogantly: "Just don't complain about your hands being sore when I ask you to fan me!"

Yu Tang blushed, but said with confidence: "I have done this before, right? I will practice it when I get home."

Practice? Who should I practice with? Father Yu or Mother Yu?

He could barely accept these two people, but what about Yu Yuan?

Pei Yan glanced at Yu Tang unhappily and said, "We'll talk about it later! The weather is so hot, don't let yourself get a heat stroke. If you then ask me to call a doctor from Hangzhou, that would be too much trouble!"

Yu Tang felt that Pei Yan might get so angry that he would get a heat stroke.

She waited for Pei Yan angrily at the door of the carriage, but when she thought of Pei Yan's arrogant look when he did a little thing, she felt that he was particularly arrogant, interesting, and cute... It even made her want to laugh whenever she thought of him.

Yu Tang couldn't help but smile.

Pei Yan came out and found Yu Tang missing. He was so scared that he broke out in a sweat. Knowing that she had arrived at the carriage hall first, he hurried over. However, he saw her hiding beside him and laughing like a kitten that had stolen fish. He was anxious and angry. He wanted to scold Yu Tang, but he also thought that she was quite interesting. It would not be good if she was frightened by his scolding.

During this hesitation, Yu Tang saw Pei Yan.

She smiled brightly at Pei Yan.

Her bright face is brighter than the summer sun.

Pei Yan felt as if his heart had stopped beating.

He placed his hand on his chest, thinking: Forget it, a great man does not bear grudges against a small man, not to mention that small men and women are difficult to raise.

The two of them went to Yu's lacquerware shop together.

The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon and there will be a dragon boat race tomorrow. There are many people on the street, mainly people buying food. There are many people looking at the Yu family's lacquerware shop, but few people buying.

Pei Yan attracted everyone's attention as soon as he entered.

He frowned and quickly walked into the small courtyard at the back.

Yu Yuan hurried out to greet him.

Pei Yan quickly glanced at Yu Tang, who was following him in a veiled hat, and said in a deep voice, "Let's talk inside."

Seeing that he looked unhappy, Yu Yuan felt sad and quickly took the two of them to the room in the back to receive distinguished guests.

Yu Tang took off his veil and breathed a sigh of relief.

The weather is still too hot.

The master hired from Jiangxi came with his entire family. The two daughters acted as maids and hurriedly served tea to them.

Pei Yan's expression did not improve either, and he asked Yu Yuan, "Does Miss Yu usually come here like this?"

Yu Yuan didn't understand what he meant for a moment.

The master's daughter was smart and said, "Normally, the young lady always goes through the back door when she comes here. There are not many people there. You can go out through the back door with the young lady later. There are too many people on the street today."

Pei Yan looked at the little girl with admiration and asked, "What's your name?"