Yu Tang discovered that Pei Yan particularly disliked others knowing about his affairs.

She grew up in the market. When the servants of each family gathered together, they would gossip about the family members. If there was any good thing, the servants would also like to show off. Therefore, any good thing in a family would be heard by the neighbors.

Yu Tang also got used to this kind of living atmosphere.

However, now that she is married into the Pei family, she should abide by the Pei family's rules, especially Pei Yan. They will live together in the future, so they should respect each other's habits.

Besides, it is indeed difficult to tell others about the Pei family’s affairs.

For example, buying a farm in Jiangxi.

Yu Tang secretly took note of it and said, "Later, my mother invited Mrs. Shi to come twice. She seemed to be a good person, but I have never met her. I should ask my mother whether to invite her to our home."

Pei Yan felt that what Yu Tang said made sense.

The main thing is that this old doctor is good at moxa, which is used more by Pei Laoan.

He casually picked up Yu Tang's forbidden steps, played with it in his hand and said, "Then go ask Mom later."

Yu Tang felt a little embarrassed.

Pei Yan told her, "As the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor. Why? Because close neighbors have more contact. The same is true for people. The more they interact, the more they understand each other and the better their relationship. I don't need to talk about my eldest sister-in-law. My second sister-in-law is kind, but she doesn't make decisions. My second brother often makes decisions for her about family matters. Mom wants her to live with my second brother, so that there are three or four of them and it won't be difficult for my second sister-in-law to manage them. We must live with Mom. Mom has a strong temper, so you can only ask her to give in to her a little more."

Yu Tang didn't think it was a big deal.

She is the younger generation and should be filial to the elders.

Besides, Pei Laoan is not an unreasonable woman.

She smiled and assured, "Don't worry, I will definitely listen to Mom."

This was originally a very gentle sentence, but Pei Yan felt slightly dissatisfied when he heard it.

You can't be blindly filial!

He couldn't help but say, "But don't be too hard on yourself. If Mom does something wrong, don't argue with her. Come back and tell me, and I'll find a way."

Do the younger generation still dare to talk back to the older generation?

Yu Tang stared at Pei Yan with his eyes wide open.

Pei Yan laughed loudly, turned over, and lay on the bed and said to Yu Tang: "When I was a child, I often argued with my father. Many times, my father was so angry that he wanted to expel me from the family." When he said this, he thought of his deceased father, his face was sad, and he turned over again, lying on his back on the bed, and stopped playing Yu Tang's forbidden steps. He put his hands behind his head and sighed deeply, "If only my father was still here. He would be very happy to know that I'm married."

Yu Tang knew that he was showing filial piety to Old Lady Pei and even plucked all the flowers in the house. Seeing him like this, she couldn't help but feel distressed and comforted him gently: "After the Ramadan, let's go and burn incense for Dad! We can also invite the masters from Zhaoming Temple to perform a ritual."

Pei Yan thought this was a good idea and said, "Father is a believer in Taoism. Let's ask the Taoist priests from Shangqing Temple to perform a ritual for him."

After he finished speaking, he began to talk about the differences between Taoism and Buddhism.

It was the first time that Yu Tang heard of this, and he couldn't help but listen with great interest. Seeing that Pei Yan was talking for a long time, he even poured him a cup of tea personally.

The two of them could have talked about such a boring topic for the entire afternoon. If Qing Yuan hadn't reminded them that they would soon have to go to Mr. Pei's house for dinner, they would probably have continued talking.

Pei Yan couldn't help but smile.

He hadn't chatted with anyone for a long time, and he didn't expect that Yu Tang was quite interested in the topic he was talking about.

Maybe, he can teach Yu Tang to read?

Pei Yan was thinking about it in his heart, while Yu Tang secretly regretted and said, "It seems that I will only have time to meet the people from Shuyu Mountain House when I come back in the evening."

Pei Yan didn't want to.

He said, "It's so dark, how many faces can you recognize? Let's talk about it when we come back!"

He wanted to continue practicing the postures that he didn't have time to practice last night, so he made sure to make up for it today.

Yu Tang did not suspect anything and went to have dinner with Pei Laoan. Pei Laoan kept the two of them and explained for a long time what they should pay attention to when returning home. He also reminded Pei Yan a few times, such as "Don't have a stern face" and "I know you are not angry, but others don't know that." Then he let the two of them go.

But as soon as the two of them left the house, Old Man Pei said to Aunt Chen, "Look at Xiaguang, isn't he a little bit as naughty and active as before? Today I asked him to be nicer to his father-in-law, but he actually glared at me. When he was a kid, when he didn't want to do his homework and his father scolded him, if I was next to him, he would glare at me like this."

Aunt Chen, under the order of Mrs. Pei, went to recheck the things that Yu Tang and his family had brought back home. They were not there at all, let alone seen. But she was worthy of being Mrs. Pei's caring nanny, and she smiled and answered the question irrelevantly: "Although the third master is the pillar of the family, he is old, and it is rare that the third wife can make him happy. Isn't this the 'harmonious marriage' that people often envy? If I were replaced by you, I would be very happy."

Pei Laoan laughed and let the matter go.

The next day, Yu Tang got up with a gloomy face.

Pei Yan was fiddling with a few pots of Clivia in the hall.

He was dressed in a bamboo-colored, thin, straight-necked gown with dark bamboo leaf patterns. His face was as handsome as jade, and it shone in the morning light, making everyone else look pale in comparison.

Yu Tang didn't know what to say.

How can there be such a big difference between day and night for some people?

What a beast in human clothing!

Yu Tang cursed in her heart, but when Pei Yan turned around and said to her with a smile, "Get up! Don't worry, there's still early, and your brother won't come so soon," she felt less angry, but her face was burning.

According to the custom in Lin'an, when a girl returns to her parents' home, her brothers from her parents' home have to bring a box of food to greet her.

Yu Tang was afraid that Yu Yuan would come too early, so he got up earlier than yesterday. He struggled to get out of bed, but when he heard Pei Yan say that, he had no choice but to ignore him.

Pei Yan knew she was shy, so he didn't mind. He asked Qing Yuan to bring her a bowl of black chicken and ginseng soup that had been simmered overnight, and said, "Fill your stomach first."

Yu Tang was indeed hungry and drank two bowls of soup.

Yu Yuan is here.

He first went to greet Mr. Pei, and then came to pick up Yu Tang and Pei Yan to return home.

Pei Yan invited him to have breakfast according to etiquette, and then everyone returned to Yu's house together.

Yu Tang's visit to the pavilion was very lively, and when they returned home, some neighbors were waiting at the door to watch.

Pei Yan also greeted his neighbors generously and amiably, making those neighbors constantly praise his grace and temperament.

Yu Wen was naturally happy when he knew this, and he went out of the hall in person to welcome his new aunt-in-law. Pei Yan also acted like a son-in-law, which made everyone in the Yu family very satisfied.

Yu Tang was called into the inner room by the women in the family. Chen nervously pulled her hand and asked, "How is it? Did the Pei family treat you well after you got married? Did your aunt take good care of you?"

Pei Yan's care either kept her awake all night or made her not afraid of quarreling with others?

Fortunately, she is an honest person and just listened to it. If it were someone else, the whole house would be in chaos.

Yu Tang secretly complained in his heart, but he intuitively felt that even his mother would be embarrassed to say such a thing, the former because she was embarrassed and the latter because she was afraid that people at home would misunderstand Pei Yan.

She could only mumble, "Very good! Whether it's the Third Elder or Mrs. An, they treat me very well."

Chen was still a little unconvinced and looked Yu Tang up and down.

Wang looked at the girl and laughed, saying, "Do you think the girl is in a bad mood? Since she doesn't want to talk about it, don't ask. We were all little girls before. There is a long way to go. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."

Chen laughed and stopped asking.

Xiang asked curiously, "I heard that the eldest wife of the Pei family is difficult to get along with. What do you think?"

You have to speak for the family you marry into.

Yu Tang smiled and said, "I just got married, and I only met her once when I recognized her as my relative. It's hard to say what she is like now. But it's true that she is a widow and it's not convenient for her to go out."

The implication is that she should be a little cold.

Xiang Shi felt that he had asked the wrong question and said with a smile, "I just want to know whether it is true or not."

Yu Tang understood it very well, as she had been interested in these things in the past.

Everyone happily entertained Pei Yan and his wife. Since they lived nearby, Yu Tang and his friends had dinner at the Yu family before returning home.

I just didn’t expect to meet the first wife on the way back.

She had just come out from Mr. Pei's place, said hello coldly to Pei Yan and Yu Tang, and left.

Pei Yan's attitude was also cold. He nodded and took Yu Tang away.

It looks like all the face and friendship have been torn apart.

She followed Pei Yan to pay their respects to Mr. Pei Oldan. Mr. Pei Oldan looked unhappy. He forced a smile and asked them a few questions about returning home, then he looked tired.

Yu Tang hurriedly pulled Pei Yan's sleeve.

Pei Yan took her up and said goodbye.

Old Pei looked at the swinging door curtain and said to Aunt Chen with emotion, "You are right. Xiaguang has become more gentle after getting married. This is a good thing. The hardest thing is the easiest to break. This is just right."

Aunt Chen thought of what the eldest wife had just said and sighed inwardly.

It was not until the next day that Yu Tang formally got acquainted with the servants of Shuyu Villa. She made adjustments to the people around her and Pei Yan according to what Pei Yan had told her before, and determined the people who were responsible for each of them. Shuyu Villa soon became as orderly as the other courtyards.

Apart from visiting old man Pei every morning and evening, Yu Tang also had to deal with the teasing of several young ladies from the Pei family, and then there was Pei Yan, who always seemed to be unsatisfied.

Just this made her physically and mentally exhausted.

There were a few young ladies in particular, who would bring their nephews from one family to pay respects to their great-aunt, and would bring their brothers from another family to pay respects to their aunt. There was constant laughter in Shuyu Mountain House every afternoon, but it was useless even if Pei Yan had a stern face.

Yu Tang had no choice but to ask Pei Yan: "Can you go to the study and sleep for a few days?"

Pei Yan was so angry that his face turned black, even worse than his nephews and nieces. He shouted angrily, "Why? I have a wife and I still have to sleep in the study? Listen, are you talking like a human being?"

Yu Tang felt guilty and murmured in a low voice: "That's not you... You have to let me get a good night's sleep!"