When Li Duan's landlord told him that the house was going to be taken back, Li Duan began to regret complaining to Pei Yan.
He went to find Shen Shanyan.
Unexpectedly, Shen Shanyan was packing his bags, saying that he was going to the capital, and Zhou Zijin wrote to him, wanting him to help him as a staff member. He did not hide it from Li Duan, and said frankly: "The new governor of Lin'an has a prejudice against me. I don't want to stay in Lin'an to see his eyes, but if I go back to Hangzhou, I will quarrel with your master's wife day and night. I thought about it and felt that maybe it would be better to go to the capital, just as if I were going on a long journey."
Li Duan did not mention the renting of a house for the time being. He helped Shen Shanyan pack up his writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone, and said casually, "I heard that the second elder of the Pei family went back to the capital. I wonder what he will do this time?"
Shen Shanyan didn't think much about it and said, "Now that Pei Xiaoguang is no longer in office and Zhang Shao has passed away, the Zhang family has a lot of things that need to be reorganized. This is actually a good thing for Master Pei. Maybe the Zhang family will include him in the plan. Besides, his mentor is no pushover and will definitely find a way to arrange things for him."
Li Duan's heart was bleeding with jealousy, and he talked about the difficulties he encountered.
Shen Shanyan was very surprised, but when he thought about it carefully, it was also expected.
Just last year, people died in Tongxiang because of the corruption of the county magistrate. At that time, everyone was filled with righteous indignation and it was understandable that they could not accept what happened to the Li family.
He did not think of the Pei family as Li Duan had expected. Instead, after a moment of hesitation, he warned Li Duan earnestly, "Look, there are some things that have a bottom line and must not be done."
This seems to be a bit of an accusation against Li Yi.
Li Duan felt annoyed when he thought about how many people would talk about their family and his father behind their backs. However, in front of Shen Shanyan, the only person who was willing to personally run around for him when he was in trouble, he felt that he should be more respectful, so he lowered his head with a regretful look and replied "yes".
Shen Shanyan didn't want to say more. He nodded at Li Duan and let him go. He said, "Since they don't want to rent a house to you, then you can just find another one. I have a friend who is the abbot of Yongfu Temple. If you don't mind, how about staying there for a while? After two years, these things will be over and everything will be fine."
Li Duan was ready to leave in two years, and now the most important thing was to find a quiet place to study. Although the Yongfu Temple was austere, it was quiet.
He hurriedly thanked Shen Shanyan.
Shen Shanyan shook his head secretly in his heart, invited him to have lunch, gave him his business card, and then sent him out.
Li Duan successfully moved into Yongfu Temple.
Lin naturally complained a lot and wanted to buy a house, so Li Duan had to persuade her: "Father will need money to make arrangements in the place of exile, and I will have to go to the capital in two years. The more you can save now, the better. I will be able to do it when I pass the imperial examination."
But can you pass the imperial examination in one try?
Lin swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue and ordered the maid beside her to help hang up the curtains and clean the room.
It’s just that what people want is usually hard to get.
After Lin moved to Yongfu Temple, he would go to the temple to burn incense from time to time, hoping that the Buddha would bless their family with peace and safety. Inevitably, he would meet some pilgrims who liked to talk.
That day, she went to burn incense again and heard about the marriage of Yu Tang and Pei Yan: "It is the first of its kind in Lin'an City. It is said that the dowry was either purchased in Hangzhou City or Suzhou. There is also a self-sounding clock. It is the kind of clock that can tell the time by itself. It is the first of its kind in the whole Suzhou City."
The people who were listening nearby exclaimed, "Who is the Yu family? Not only did the girl marry into the Pei family, but she also got to sit with the self-ringing bell? Could it be some Jiangnan aristocratic family that has never been seen before?"
"He only said that his father was a scholar." The messenger didn't know much, but it was obvious that he was interested in the marriage between the Yu and Pei families. He said, "But he also had some family wealth, and he valued his daughter as much as a pearl. He married into the Pei family and didn't want his daughter to suffer any injustice, so he gave up his family wealth to buy a dowry for his daughter."
Everyone praised her and said, "It's not important what kind of family you marry into. What's important is whether you are loved and valued by your parents. Look at the Gu family's marriage of their daughter, didn't they cause a lot of jokes? If I had a son, I would rather marry the daughter of the Yu family than the daughter of the Gu family."
Someone echoed, "Who says it's not? Marriage is a union of two families. If the daughter-in-law's family is not willing to help, what's the point of marrying her even if she is prominent? It's better to marry someone who is a normal family and willing to help out when something goes wrong."
Most of them nodded in agreement, which made Lin furious. She couldn't help but snorted coldly, "What kind of good family is the Yu family? They are just a poor scholar. The self-ringing bell, I think it's a rumor, right? Even if it's not a rumor, then it should be that the Pei family gave money to their daughter-in-law to save face, right?"
The female pilgrims looked at her as if she were a madman. The woman who first said this even pulled her companion and said, "Let's go! I saw it with my own eyes. There's no need to explain it to these messy people. Some people just can't stand seeing other people doing well."
After saying that, he looked Lin up and down critically.
Lin was immediately irritated by her attitude.
She was one of the most valued daughters in her natal family, and after marrying into the Li family she became the wife of a Jinshi. She had never been looked down upon like this, as if she were an unworldly, uneducated woman from the market.
Lin's face flushed, and she went forward to argue with the female pilgrim. But when the pilgrims saw her, they ran away as if they had seen a plague.
She was so angry that she couldn't utter a word and her hands were shaking. She wanted to go back to the house, but suddenly her limbs became uncontrollable and she fell to the ground... When Li Duan rushed over and asked a doctor to see her, the doctor said it was a stroke and that she should just take good care of herself and not stand being bullied or angry.
Li Duan was helpless and personally went to boil the medicine for Lin to drink. Lin was already half paralyzed but still told Li Duan: "No, no, let Yu go!"
He felt bitter in his heart, but he nodded and responded perfunctorily to Lin.
Yu Tang, who got the self-sounding bell, walked around it several times, staring at it curiously for a long time, and then asked Yu Wen: "Dad, how did you get it? This is the first time I heard of such an item."
It's enough to make her proud.
Yu Wen said proudly, "This is not something I thought of, but something that Master Jiang thought of." Then he talked about his trip to Suzhou with some pride, "He knew that the Pei family wanted to promote him, and he was very happy. He specially found this chiming clock. Master Wu and I felt bad, so we gave him another ten points."
The last time they went to Ningbo, Jiang Chao said he would consider it, but this time he took the initiative to invite them to Suzhou. I guess he had inquired about the situation of the Pei family.
Chen came in with a tray and just happened to hear the end of the sentence. She couldn't help but say, "Did he say how much it would cost? You have to give him the money. Brothers should settle accounts clearly. Only when the accounts are settled clearly can the business continue for a long time, and you don't have to ask Master Pei to repay you for your favors. He has helped our family a lot. This is also what my uncle meant. He said that if Master Pei helped our family like this, we would not be able to make a fortune, and we would not have the chance to do so. We should not bother Master Pei anymore in the future."
Although Pei Yan was already her son-in-law, she still couldn't believe it and didn't dare to call him Pei Yan casually.
Yu Wen has always been open-minded about money. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "You keep nagging me every day. How can I not give the money to Mr. Jiang? Don't worry, he is a smart man. I have already accepted the two thousand taels of silver. I don't care whether he is really worth the money or not, I have given the money."
Mrs. Chen was satisfied and handed the bird's nest on the tray to Yu Tang: "Drink it quickly. I asked Mrs. Wu to buy it for you."
Yu Tang didn't like drinking these, but as the wedding date approached, her mother started to stew various beauty supplements for her to drink, and also asked Dr. Yang Yu to check her pulse and asked Dr. Yang Yu if he wanted to prescribe a prescription.
Doctor Yang Yu also knew about the marriage between the Yu family and the Pei family, and he became more polite to the Yu family than before. He felt that Yu Tang was in good health and did not need to prescribe any medicine, so Chen gave up.
Yu Tang drank the bird's nest in the bowl as if it were medicine.
Chen smiled with relief, asked Shuangtao to take the bowl, and talked about the two maids who accompanied Yutang to the wedding: "Xing'er is easy to deal with. I think she is very smart. But Lanhua doesn't know anything. I wonder if we should send her to Mrs. Wu to train her for a few days?"
The Yu family didn't have many maids, and they were quite lenient towards the maids they had. Chen was indeed not good at these things.
The couple kept talking about Yu Tang's marriage.
Yu Tang was listening at the side and became an outsider.
She couldn't help but smile.
Time flies by fast when you are busy.
In the blink of an eye, it was the first day of October, the day for ancestor worship.
Yu Wen felt that this year was particularly different for their family than in previous years. Not only did they have a new grandson, but Yu Tang's marriage was also arranged. The offerings for the ancestors were more abundant than usual, and they even went to Zhaoming Temple to perform a Buddhist ceremony.
At this time, Pei Yan met Jiang Chao with a small entourage.
The two men agreed on some business matters, and then Jiang Chao made his plans to go to the Yu family.
Yu Tang's departure from the palace officially began.
Putting up the tent, setting up the reception room, inviting the stove master, inviting the opera troupe, except Yu Tang, everyone else in the Yu family was busy.
Listening to the noise outside, Yu Tang felt that his room became more and more quiet.
She stood up and stroked the bright red wedding dress hanging on the hanger, her eyes and eyebrows full of joy, and she even childishly stroked the gold threads with her hands for a long time.
On the sixth day of October, the sun is shining brightly.
Yu Tang got up as usual. Lunch was brought in by Xiang Shi, who also asked for a big red envelope from Yu Tang with a smile.
After lunch, Mrs. Wu came over with her eldest daughter-in-law.
She is the lucky person hired by the Yu family.
After taking a bath, washing her face, combing her hair, and drinking sweet rice wine, Mrs. Wu and the eldest daughter-in-law helped her put on her wedding dress.
Dazzling, bright and gorgeous.
Even Mrs. Wu, who often saw Yu Tang these days, was amazed and praised her, saying "She is so beautiful". However, Mrs. Chen, who was hiding outside the door and took a look, started crying.