Yu Tang is a very open-minded person.

Otherwise, during those years at the Li family, she would have been driven crazy by Lin.

Now that she has made the decision, she won't think about it any more.

Just do what they discuss.

Master Qian said that in addition to restoring the painting, he also had to forge three copies of it for them. Not only would he be unable to deliver the goods in a short time, he also asked for an additional thirty taels of silver.

Yu Wen acted decisively and secretly borrowed thirty taels of silver from Tong Er, the shopkeeper, and promised to return it after returning to Lin'an. He was afraid that Tong Er would tell others about this matter and make others doubt the purpose of their visit to Hangzhou. Yu Wen repeatedly asked Tong Er to keep it secret, saying: "I am a scholar after all. It would be too embarrassing if this word got out. Please help me to save face."

In fact, he was afraid that someone would doubt the purpose of his coming to Hangzhou.

There were many poor scholars, and even some officials were not well-off. Tong Er, the shopkeeper, had seen a lot of this, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this." Then he asked Yu Wen to write a promissory note and hid it in the storeroom of the pawnshop: "This is more secure than the storeroom of the government office in Hangzhou, so don't worry!"

If Yu Wenruo didn't trust Pei's pawnshop, he wouldn't have come here to borrow money.

He thanked the shopkeeper Tong Er politely before returning to the inn.

Yu Tang had nothing to do in the inn, so he used these two days to make not only a twin crabapple flower headpiece for Chen, but also a pair of plum blossom headpieces made of red velvet for the inn's proprietress.

The lady boss was very happy after receiving it. She praised her for her good hairpin and said, "I haven't seen such exquisite things in many years. Do you want to make some money from this? If you are interested, I can ask the Cai family's pollen shop how much the hairpin costs. After you return to Lin'an, you can ask the shopkeeper Tong of the Pei family's pawnshop to bring the finished hairpin to you, and I will help you sell it to the Cai family's pollen shop."

Yu Tang had never thought of making money from this in her life, so she couldn't help but hesitate, saying, "Are the hair flowers I make really that good? Will the pollen shop be willing to accept them? I don't know how many hair flowers I can make in a month, and I'm a little unsure."

The lady boss smiled and said, "If you really want to do this business, go back and think carefully about how much you can make in a month and how much it will cost. Once you have an idea, it won't be too late to come find me. I'm always here anyway, so you can always find me whenever you come."

Yu Tang thanked him again and again, and used her free time to make seven or eight hair flowers in a row. Yu Yuan happened to come back to change clothes, and she called him to help her calculate the cost.

You won't know until you calculate it. Once you calculate it, you will be shocked.

Just for these seven or eight flowers, I spent less than ten cents, but at least thirty cents per flower, which is a lot of money.

Yu Yuan was thoughtful and discussed with Yu Tang: "What do you think about us doing this business?"

It was okay to make a few flowers occasionally to supplement the family income, but Yu Tang had never thought about doing this business for a long time. But she would support Yu Yuan in everything he wanted to do.

"Then brother, why don't you go and find out about the market!" Yu Tang said.

Yu Yuan thought about it, and finally sighed, smiling somewhat bitterly, "Forget it! Dad is determined to revive our lacquerware shop."

Yu Tang had never been around Hangzhou before, and had always thought that the shop at home was pretty good. Now that he had been around Hangzhou, he felt that Lin'an was a little small, and understood why Yu Yuan was a little restless. But some roads had to be walked by Yu Yuan himself, felt by himself, chosen by himself, and fought for by himself.

She smiled and asked about Master Qian's situation: "You have been guarding there for the past few days. Is everything going well?"

"It went smoothly!" Yu Yuan said, "Master Qian's craftsmanship is impeccable."

When he brought back the work, everyone looked at it from left to right, but couldn't see any difference from the original. Yu Wen was amazed and wanted to meet Master Qian, but Master Qian rejected him directly. Yu Wen was very disappointed, but knew that such things could not be forced, so he packed his luggage and prepared to return to Lin'an.

Yu Tang asked Yu Yuan to accompany her to the alley selling watercolor head ornaments and bought some materials and tools for making head ornaments. Before they were ready to leave for Lin'an, Yu Wen took them to thank Pei Yan.

But Pei Yan and Zhou Zhuangyuan went to Huai'an.

According to Tong Er, the shopkeeper, Zhou Zhuangyuan's nephew was transferred to be the prefect of Huai'an, and Zhou Zhuangyuan pulled Pei Yan over.

Yu Wen was very envious and said, "Reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles. I don't know when I will be able to do that."

Traveling by boat or horse is very dangerous, but Yu Tang doesn't want Yu Wen to travel far.

She said bluntly: "That's because the Third Master of the Pei Family and Zhou Zhuangyuan both have acquaintances. You should stay at home with me and Mom!"

Yu Wen laughed, stroked his daughter's soft black hair, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm just jealous. It's okay for me to leave you and your mother to go out and play for three or four days, but it won't work for a long time."

Yu Tang pursed his lips and smiled.

They thanked the inn's owner and his wife and boarded the boat at a small pier not far from Pei's pawnshop.

Everything went smoothly, and in just two hours, Tiaoxi Pier was in sight.

The large sign of Pei's pawnshop was still swaying in the wind, and the pier was still as bustling as ever.

Yu Tang seemed to have been gone for a year or so, and even the noise became familiar.

She jumped overboard.

Tong, the shopkeeper, shouted at her from a distance: "Slow down, slow down, be careful not to fall into the water."

Yu Tang giggled and walked forward to greet the shopkeeper Tong.

Tong, the shopkeeper, came forward with a smile and greeted Yu Wen: "My brother said you were coming back today. I was just wondering why you hadn't arrived yet, but I didn't expect you to be here. Did you have a good trip to Hangzhou?"

"Very well!" Yu Wen walked forward shoulder to shoulder with Tong the shopkeeper, thanking him, "If it weren't for your brother, our girl would have suffered." He told Tong the shopkeeper about calling a doctor.

Yu Tang said angrily, "Dad, just tell Tong the shopkeeper about this, but don't tell anyone else."

Yu Wen and Tong Da, the shopkeeper, were stunned, then burst into laughter and said, "The little girl is shy. We will definitely not tell you about it again in the future, not again."

The shopkeeper Tong invited Yu Wen to the shop to have tea and rest.

Yu Wen was thinking about Chen at home and politely declined.

Yu Tang gave some of the hair flowers she made to the women in the Tong family.

Mrs. Tong and Little Mrs. Tong were very pleased with the gift. Knowing that Yu Tang had made it himself, they took out handkerchiefs or stockings as return gifts and told Yu Tang to come over with Chen when he was free.

Yu Tang responded with a smile.

After returning home, I generously began to give away the things I made.

Mrs. Chen, Mrs. Chen, Shuangtao, Ma Xiuniang, Mrs. Ma... the women from Mr. Wu's family next door also sent a box.

Everyone praised Yu Tang's dexterity, but Chen asked Yu Tang suspiciously, "Did you really make this? Did you buy it?"

Yu Tang made one for Chen on the spot.

Chen was very surprised. She hugged Yu Tang and said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to have such a skill. When did you learn it? How come I didn't know about it?"

Yu Tang didn't tell Chen.

At night, Chen was talking to Yu Wen in private, and she felt a little guilty. She said, "Although I am sick and don't have the energy to take care of Atang in everything, I was still too negligent towards her. I didn't even know she could make hair flowers."

Yu Wen was thinking about the map, and responded vaguely, "Go to sleep! Don't worry about it. Atang has made up her mind now. If she can support the family in the future, we may be able to enjoy her blessing."