Pei Yan felt that it was better for Yu Tang to stay by his side, and he would feel at ease only when he saw her.

Yu Tang blushed at his words "porcelain" and "tiles", and nervously responded, then went to ask Qing Yuan with a blushing face whether the cherries that she had left for Pei Yan had been washed.

Pei Yan had been so busy lately that he didn't know the time of day or night. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "My family bought cherries!"

When Yu Tang came back, her face was no longer as hot as before. She smiled and said, "I didn't buy it. Mrs. Yin sent it over. There were two big baskets. I asked someone to take some to my second sister-in-law and Mrs. Gu."

Yu Tang felt proud to be able to call Gu Xi "Mr. Gu".

Pei Yan would not care about these interpersonal matters. He picked up the juicy cherries, stuffed one into Yu Tang's mouth, and then tasted one himself. He said, "The loquats in our farm should be ripe. I'll ask them to send some over. You can send some to each family when the time comes."

Yu Tang responded, and Pei Yan handed all the cherries in the glass plate to Yu Tang, saying, "They are quite sweet. They must have come from Shandong. Eat more."

"Don't you like eating?" Yu Tang really likes eating. If she wasn't afraid of upsetting her stomach by eating too much, she would have almost been unable to stop eating this afternoon.

"Not bad." Pei Yan smiled, "I see you like it very much. I'll ask the fruit shop to send some to our house tomorrow."

He had just eaten one, and Yu Tang had already eaten two in a row. He rarely saw Yu Tang like eating something so much.

Pei Yan was thinking that in addition to asking someone to deliver cherries tomorrow, he also had to tell the people in the fruit shops that if there were any fruits on the market, or if there were any rare and uncommon fruits, they could be sent over for Yu Tang to taste.

Yu Tang smiled and said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow."

Pei Yan was puzzled.

Yu Tang smiled and said, "When Mrs. Yin saw that I liked to eat it, she immediately asked someone to tell the people at the fruit shop she was familiar with. I saw that the people at the fruit shop would send me two or three baskets, if not four or five. This fruit doesn't last long, so we don't want it to be wasted."

Pei Yan's face looked a little unhappy.

Yu Tang was surprised and asked, "Shouldn't I accept her gift?"

"No!" Pei Yan answered. Although his expression was not as ugly as before, his tone was still a little stiff.

This Xu family is too troublesome.

It's not like the Pei family can't afford to eat the fruit, so they don't want her to be attentive.

Pei Yan said, "I wonder what's going on with Yin Mingyuan. Is he really going to let his wife stay at our house every day? Is their house just a decoration?"

Yu Tang felt that Pei Yan was being a bit nitpicky. She said, "You know that the ladies in the Yin family would send someone to ask her even how many sips of water she drank in a day. They wouldn't even let her touch anything raw or cold..."

Pei Yan became even more annoyed after hearing this and said, "She and Yin Mingyuan grew up together. Doesn't she know what the Yin family is like? Why is she getting impatient now? What was she doing before? It's not like she doesn't have a mother's home. If she doesn't feel comfortable staying at the Yin family, she can go back to her mother's home!"

The problem is that Xu Xuan's mother is afraid that something might happen to her first child, so she doesn't dare to confront the aunts from the Yin family!

If Pei Yan were told about these little scruples and calculations among women, he probably wouldn't understand.

Yu Tang looked at his suddenly unhappy expression and felt that there was no point in arguing with him any further, so he decided to end the argument as soon as possible.

She smiled and said, "I think I married well. There aren't so many messy things in my family."

Then she saw Pei Yan's visible light, the sky was clear and the wind was light, and he became happy as if the sky was clear.

Tsk! This spoiled brat! He only listens to good words and not bad ones.

Yu Tang tried very hard not to laugh out loud.

She quickly changed the subject and told him about Yu Yuan.

Pei Yan listened and laughed.

He thought of how Yu Tang used their Pei family as a banner. Wasn't the reason why Yu Yuan lived in Pei's house also because he wanted to use the Pei family as a banner?

These two siblings are quite similar.

His heart softened immediately and he said with a smile, "Doesn't he still have Zhang Yinmingyuan's visiting card? If it doesn't work, let him use it."

Anyway, he has to repay the debt of favor.

Yu Tang could sense his relief, so he joked with him, "You have to use it wisely! I think your business card is enough for normal times."

Pei Yan's face turned a little dark, and he asked, "Is my business card not as good as Yin Mingyuan's?"

As Yu Tang walked out, he said, "That's not the case. Isn't it that Yin Mingyuan's business cards are hard to come by? Don't you have a lot of them?"

Pei Yan then realized that Yu Tang was teasing him.

But when he came to his senses, Yu Tang had already walked out of the door with a smile on his face. He shouted to him, "I'm going to the warehouse to see if I can find some suitable fabric to make clothes for the children," and then ran away.

Pei Yan looked at the empty door curtain, his nose filled with the scent of lily of the valley.

He couldn't help but burst out laughing.

——

As Pei Yan expected, the Peng family had let Manager Gao contact Yu Yuan just to test the waters. Now that Pei Yan had been asked to investigate Manager Gao, they stepped forward very generously and humbly, and sent Peng Yu's brother, Master Peng Jiu, to pay their respects to Pei Yan.

Pei Yan met Master Peng Jiu in the main hall of the courtyard where he lived.

Master Peng Jiuye and Peng Shiyi look quite similar, but Master Peng Jiuye looks rather frail, while Peng Shiyi is more handsome.

He did not beat around the bush and apologized to Pei Yan as soon as they met, saying that their Peng family was judging others by their own standards. Because of Peng Shiyi's matter, they were afraid that the Pei family would have a prejudice against them and were embarrassed to come to them for help, so they sent Manager Gao over. It was their Peng family who was wrong.

Master Peng Jiu was talking, but Pei Yan's mind was spinning. When Master Peng Jiu finished speaking, he had an idea in mind and said, "You also know that our Pei family and your Peng family have always been at peace, but your Peng Shiyi has stretched his hands too far. What about the Li family? After all, they are our Pei family's fellow villagers and neighbors, and there is no such thing as him interfering. Now he has not only interfered, but also destroyed the Li family. How can our Pei family survive in Lin'an City in the future? If it were your Peng family, what would you do?"

This means that he is still unwilling to let Peng Shiyi go.

Master Peng Jiu felt that Pei Yan was too aggressive, but what Pei Yan said did make sense, and no matter where they went, no matter who they asked to judge, no one could accuse the Pei family of being wrong.

The problem is that Peng Shiyi originally did this on the orders of the clan leader.

Now that the Peng family can no longer handle the situation, they are pushing their sons who were ordered to do the work out to take the blame. Who will dare to do work for the family in the future? How can the clan obey the public?

Master Peng Jiu thought of what the clan leader had told him when he arrived: "No matter what method you use, reconcile with the Pei family first. As for next year, just find a way to bring down the second son of the Pei family." He sighed deeply in his heart.

What if the second son of the Pei family cannot be brought down? Who will the family let take the blame?

Anyway, it can't be his brother, and it can't be him.

Master Peng Jiu's mind was spinning rapidly, but his expression was so calm that no one could tell anything was wrong. He smiled and said, "So our eldest brother from the clan said, let's see how we can make it up to you."

In fact, the Peng family privately discussed whether they should switch hands and bring some business from the Ministry of Industry to the Pei family.

Who knew that Pei Yan insisted on Peng Shiyi and asked the Peng family to guarantee that from then on Peng Shiyi would no longer appear in the Pei family, especially in front of his family.

Are they afraid that Peng Shiyi will disturb the Pei family?

Master Peng Jiu felt that Pei Yan was worrying about nothing.

There is no order without rules. For a family like theirs, even if there are any grudges, it is impossible for them to involve the female members.

Mr. Peng Jiu agreed immediately.

Pei Yan did not hesitate and directly asked Pei Qi to accompany Master Peng Jiu to meet Pei Xuan.

The Ministry of Revenue issued a new regulation that all salt permits must be stamped with the Ministry of Revenue's seal. The original purpose was to control the salt permit business within the Ministry of Revenue. Because of some bad habits in the officialdom, those petty officials like to make things difficult for people who come to do business. For a family like the Peng family that brought a large amount of salt permits to be stamped, even if Peng Yu came to say hello, because there was a department between them, the petty officials might not buy the bill. It was a small matter to take out some money to make a deal, but it was a small matter to delay the stamping for a year or two because there was something going on today and tomorrow. The Peng family lost face, but it was a big matter that outsiders would mistakenly think that the Peng family had lost power.

Therefore, even though Pei Xuan went to greet them, the Peng family also gave money as a tribute according to the rules, and everyone was happy to do this. When Peng Yu found out, Master Peng Jiu had already packed up and was ready to go back to Fujian to tell the good news to the eldest master of the Peng family.

Peng Yu stamped his feet and scolded his brother: "Why are you so confused? Why didn't the Pei family consult with me when they took you to the Ministry of Revenue to stamp your seal?"

Master Peng Jiu said aggrievedly, "Didn't you say that? This matter must be handled as soon as possible. Otherwise, people will think that there is a rift between our family and the Pei family, which will damage the reputation of the Peng family. Besides, Pei Lao San was very polite and immediately had someone take me to the Ministry of Revenue. I can't just say I'll talk about it another day, right? We are going to beg for help, not to announce an imperial decree. We are the only ones waiting for others, how can others wait for us?"

Peng Yu was so angry that he asked, "Then let me ask you, what should we do with Eleven?"

The Peng family cannot go back on their promise.

Master Peng Jiu said very bluntly: "This is your business! You just asked me to ask Pei Laoer to help stamp this seal. No matter what conditions the Pei family puts forward, we will agree to it first. You can't cross the river and demolish the bridge. I have done the job, and you think the conditions raised by the Pei family are too high. I, Peng Laojiu, also have to walk outside. You can't ask me to do anything when I am doing the job, and then slap me in the face after I have done the job."

He even sided with Pei Yan and insisted on punishing Peng Shiyi.

Peng Yu was so angry that he couldn't speak.

Master Peng Jiu had nothing to say to his brother, so he took his servant and went straight to Tongzhou and took a boat back to Fujian.

Peng Yu really didn't know what to do, so he threw the matter to the head of the clan.

The eldest master of the clan had no choice but to discuss with Peng Shiyi: "You should go to the southwest to hide first. Your seventh brother said that he would find a way to bring down the second son of the Pei family. We will definitely avenge you then."