Girls from families like the Yu family, the lacquerware master's family, usually marry a craftsman of equal status and then continue to stay in this circle. Few can jump out of this circle.

When the girl heard Pei Yan asking her, she was immediately overjoyed.

If she could gain the favor of the Pei family, even if she married a craftsman in the future, she could find a way to work for the Pei family, or open a shop with the help of the Pei family. At the very least, she could have some face in the shop, and her life would be much better.

"My name is Lanhua," the little girl answered, pulling her sister who was a little dull beside her, and said, "This is my sister, her name is Meihua."

Pei Yan nodded and said nothing more. He called the Yu family's pattern-making master over and asked about the pattern-making.

The master who made the pattern was in his thirties and was hired by the Yu family from Jiangxi. He was short and timid, but when he talked about pattern making, his eyes sparkled and he was very confident. It was obvious that he had confidence in his craft: "We made the pattern according to the painting brought by the young master, but the red lacquer carving is different from other lacquerware techniques. Yin is yang and yang is yin, and it has to be carved layer by layer."

In other words, the pattern making is not important, what is important is the craftsmanship of the master.

Pei Yan asked him, "How long do you think it will take you to make a thousand boxes?"

The master said very carefully: "If I were to do it alone, it would take about four or five months. But after the summer, when the weather turns cooler, the paint won't dry as fast as it does now, so four or five months is probably the best. I'm bringing my apprentice with me, so I can save about a month."

Pei Yan wants to go and see him make a lacquerware.

The master was a little hesitant.

Pei Yan sneered: "Your boss is not afraid, so what are you afraid of?"

The master was also very smart and said quickly: "Some people cannot touch paint. Their faces will swell up if they smell the smell. I am afraid that if you feel uncomfortable somewhere, I will be blamed for it."

Pei Yan stood up, his expression grim: "You lead the way."

The master didn't dare to say more and hurriedly walked ahead.

Pei Yan grabbed Yu Tang who was about to follow him and said, "You stay here and help me peel some lotus seeds and refrigerate them. I'll have them for you when I come back."

Yu Tang's eyes sparkled. He really liked his hypocrisy. He said with a smile, "I grew up in a lacquerware shop. If I couldn't get lacquer on, I wouldn't have come here. Don't worry. But you have to be careful. If you don't feel well, don't try to show off."

Pei Yan nodded, thought for a moment, and asked Yu Yuan to find a handkerchief for Yu Tang to cover his nose with: "The smell is really bad, don't be careless."

Yu Tang knew that Pei Yan meant well, so he obediently covered his nose with a handkerchief and then went to the workshop in the back with Pei Yan.

Yu Yuan looked at Pei Yan and Yu Tang, and smiled so much that his eyes narrowed into slits.

The master demonstrated to Pei Yan the process of carving red lacquer.

Pei Yan said nothing, and left the workshop with Yu Tang, and then wanted to send Yu Tang home: "I will think about this matter carefully, and I will tell you when I have thought it through. There will be a dragon boat race at Tiaoxi Hall tomorrow. Everyone should rest early so that you can have a good time tomorrow."

Yu Yuan originally just wanted Yu Tang to give him some advice, and he didn't expect Yu Tang to come to the workshop. After hearing what Pei Yan said, he naturally agreed and urged Yu Tang to go back quickly.

Yu Tang trusted Pei Yan very much. Since Pei Yan said that he didn't have any good ideas at the moment, she put the matter behind her, thinking that with Pei Yan's intelligence, he would definitely be able to come up with a good solution. So she didn't insist and went out of the shop from the back door with Pei Yan.

Pei Yan discussed with her: "I think the two little girls who poured tea for us today are good. If they are willing, you can take them with you. They are better than those bought from outside. Their fathers and brothers all work for your family. If they follow you and serve you, their family probably won't return to Jiangxi."

Yu Tang had guessed when Pei Yan asked about the two little girls' names. Now that Pei Yan had spoken, she was even more certain and said with a smile, "I'll go back and ask."

Pei Yan said "hmm" with satisfaction and sent Yu Tang to Qingzhu Lane.

But when they reached the intersection, they found that the door of an inn was surrounded by people in three layers inside and outside the door.

Shuang Tao couldn't help but look at them a few more times, and said to Yu Tang, "Miss, there are relatives from other places who were kicked out of the inn."

Most of the inns in Lin'an are run by the Pei family.

Pei Yan frowned upon hearing this and told Ah Ming: "Go and take a look."

Ah Ming ran over.

Yu Chang was a little worried.

She was afraid that the Pei family's reputation would be damaged.

"How about we wait here for a while?" Yu Tang said, "I'm not in a hurry to go back now."

If Pei Yan personally came out to comfort the situation, no matter whose fault it was, the matter would be over quickly.

Pei Yan was still a little hesitant, but Yu Tang made a prompt decision and said, "These are just small matters, so we should not lose sight of the big picture because of small things. Why don't you go and take a look? I'll wait for you here."

He just wanted to stay with Yu Tang for a while, so after listening and thinking for a while, he asked someone to guard Yu Tang's carriage and went to the inn himself.

Yu Tang pricked up his ears to listen.

After a while, the noise from the inn stopped. After waiting for about a cup of tea, Pei Yan came back and said, "They were going from Shandong to Fujian to visit relatives. They took the wrong road and ended up in Lin'an. Their mother was sick with tuberculosis. The shopkeeper asked them to stay at a farm of the Pei family outside the city for a few days. The family was afraid of being driven out, so they didn't want to leave and started shouting at the door of the inn. I asked someone to take them to the farm."

Pei Yan is not a cold-hearted person. Since he brought the people to the farm, he will definitely find a way to help them cure their illness.

Yu Tang put the matter behind him and started searching through his closets for clothes and jewelry as soon as he got home, preparing to secretly go to Tiaoxi Hall with Pei Yan tomorrow.

Fortunately, Chen was always sick in the past. Although she has been better in the past two years, Yu Wen rarely lets her go out, not to mention the hot weather like on the Dragon Boat Festival. This year, Yu Wen and Mr. Wu made a reservation early and grabbed a private room in a restaurant by the Tiaoxi River, preparing to take Chen out for a trip. Chen also prepared her clothes carefully and did not have much energy to take care of Yu Tang. When they arrived at the restaurant, they met people from the Wei family again. Everyone was talking and laughing, and it was very lively. When Yu Tang slipped away, only Wei Xiaochuan noticed it and followed him.

"Why are you following me?" Yu Tang stood on tiptoe and saw that Pei Yan on the observation deck had disappeared. She was afraid that he was waiting for her to be exposed to the sun, so she asked Wei Xiaochuan anxiously, "I have an appointment with someone to play, please don't sell me out."

"How could that be!" Wei Xiaochuan's eyes rolled around, and it was hard to believe. "I want to go play too, sister, take me with you!"

Yu Tang was more cunning than him. He called over several cousins ​​from the Wu family who were under ten years old, gave them a handful of change, and told them with a smile: "If you want to buy snacks later, let this brother run errands for you."

Immediately, the cousin of the Wu family hugged Wei Xiaochuan's thigh and shouted that she wanted to eat melon seeds.

Wei Xiaochuan was so angry that his face turned red. He asked, "Aren't there any melon seeds in the private room? Why do we have to go out to buy them?"

The little girl answered confidently, "The melon seeds in the private room are the same as those at home. The ones outside are coated with sugar, and we want to eat the ones coated with sugar." She also threatened Wei Xiaochuan, "If brother doesn't buy them for us, we will go and tell Mrs. Wei that you are ignoring us."

Wei Xiaochuan stomped his feet, looking for Yu Tang, but Yu Tang had disappeared. All he saw was a crowd of moving heads.

He tapped the little girl's forehead and said, "If something happens to Sister Yu, how will you explain it?"

The little girl had a round face and white skin, like the little children in the New Year pictures. She snorted and said, "No way! Sister Yu has Sanmu and Shuangtao by her side, so she won't get lost!"

Wei Xiaochuan could only stretch his neck to look and guess who Yu Tang was going to meet.

It took Yu Tang a long time to squeeze out of the crowd and arrive under the big tree where he and Pei Yan had agreed to meet.

Qing Yuan was already waiting there.

Seeing Yu Tang, she breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly came forward to invite her to get on a moped, saying, "The third elder said that there are too many people and they may talk too much, and we are afraid of encountering flower-shooting gangs, so it is safer to take a car."

The main reason is that fewer people see it.

Yu Tang had no objection and got in the car.

But she squeezed out of the crowd, her body covered with sweat. Qingyuan helped her wipe the sweat off, and then opened the car window to let in some air. However, when she looked up, she accidentally saw a moored car passing by them.

Yu Tang's heart was pounding and he felt a little breathless.

She grabbed Qing Yuan's hand and said hurriedly, "Quickly send someone to check. It seems that the eleventh master of the Peng family was sitting in the mule car that passed by us."

What Qing Yuan heard was that Peng Shiyi frightened Yu Tang unconscious during the lecture at Zhaoming Temple.

She hurried to report to Pei Yan.

In his heart, Pei Yan felt that Peng Shiyi would hurt Yu Tang.

His expression tensed and he rode over quickly.

Fortunately, everyone went to watch the dragon boat race, and Pei Yan's horse galloped all the way unimpeded. In just a cup of tea, he met Yu Tang.

"Did you see clearly?" Pei Yan didn't have time to feel the joy of meeting someone, but instead became worried. He asked solemnly, "Is it Peng Shiyi?"

"It seems to be him!" But after a quick glance, Yu Tang was not sure. She asked, "Is the Li family's case not over yet?"

If it was really him, then what was he doing here?

Pei Yan didn't think too much about it. He immediately ordered the servant beside him to follow him, and then said to Yu Tang: "Don't worry about this matter, I will find a way to figure it out." Then he felt that Yu Tang was too dangerous.

What if Peng Shiyi came for Yu Tang just like in Yu Tang’s dream?

Pei Yan immediately said, "Atang, I will take you to Tiaoxi Hall another day. For now, go to my mother's place. She has many people around her, and my mother will protect you, so you will be fine. I will go to Peng Shiyi now."

Yu Tang knew her own situation. She felt that she would not be in any danger in this life, so she was not very panicked. But when she saw Pei Yan was going to meet Peng Shiyi, and thought that Zhao Zhen and the others were not in Lin'an, she became a little panicked and pulled Pei Yan's sleeve to stop him from leaving: "Let's be quiet. If he doesn't come to find us, we shouldn't go to find them."