Chapter 45: Dissemination



No matter how old a child is, he is still a child in the eyes of his parents.

Chen felt that Yu Wen's words were too perfunctory, but when she saw Yu Wen fall asleep in the blink of an eye, she couldn't help but make excuses for her husband, thinking that he might be too tired. She pondered over it for a long time and felt that she had neglected her daughter too much. She got up early the next morning, made a bowl of wine-brewed egg drops herself and brought it to Yu Tang's room.

Yu Tang had often enjoyed such treatment in his previous life, but this was the first time after his rebirth. He was shocked and quickly crawled out of the quilt, saying, "Mom, what happened to you?"

Chen did not answer. She smiled as she watched her put on her clothes and said, "Mother hasn't had a good talk with you for a while. Do you want to go to the temple with me for a feast today?"

After the old lady of the Pei family passed away, Chen often went to the temple to burn incense for her.

Yu Tang rinsed his mouth with green salt and said, "Is Mrs. Chen busy today? My father and I are going to visit Uncle Lu's grave. It will be his 27th day soon, and my father said we should burn some paper for him." This would also let the people in Lin'an know that they had brought back Lu Xin's relics from Hangzhou and were going to burn them for Lu Xin.

Chen was a little disappointed, but she was still very relieved that Yu Tang could go out with Yu Wen and the two of them could walk together in a warm and affectionate way.

"Okay!" She agreed readily, and said, "Hurry up and drink the wine-brewed egg drop soup that Mom made for you, otherwise it will get cold and won't taste good. I'll ask Mrs. Chen to make some hu bing for you and your father to take away."

Lu Xin was buried in Qingshan Lake on the outskirts of the city. It took two hours to get there from Lin'an City. There were mountains all along the way, and there was not even a teahouse, so they could only eat dry food.

Yu Tang agreed, casually changed into a moon-white cotton short coat and dress, simply combed her hair into a bun, drank the wine-brewed egg drop soup made by her mother, and went out of the room to have breakfast with her parents.

After breakfast, Mrs. Chen's Hu pancakes were ready. Mrs. Chen personally packed the side dishes in a lunch box and told Ah Tiao: "Be careful on the way. Don't let the master and the young lady get hungry."

Yu Wen was even more worried about Chen, so he said, "Let A Tiao follow you! I have A Tang to keep me company."

The couple gave in to each other. Yu Tang smiled and asked Mrs. Chen for a shoulder basket.

Chen asked, "What do you want to do with the basket?"

Yu Tang winked at his father and said, "Aren't these candles for Uncle Lu?"

Chen went to find a medium-sized basket for Yu Tang, and Yu Tang and his father went out to buy some candles.

As expected, as soon as the two of them went out, they met a lot of acquaintances. Everyone knew that Yu Wen had gone to Hangzhou Prefecture in the past few days. When they saw him carrying sacrificial offerings the next day after returning, they didn't know what he was going to do. They were all very curious. Nine out of ten asked him what he was going to do, and one even pulled them aside to ask what fun things there were in Hangzhou.

Yu Wen answered everyone according to what he and Yu Tang had agreed on before: "Lu Xiucai left some of his things in Hangzhou. I went there to help him pack them up. On the seventh day of his death, I will burn all his things for him."

Everyone praised Yu Wen for being kind and generous.

Yu Wen was polite for a long time before hiring two sedan chairs to go to Qingshan Lake.

When we arrived at Lu Xin's grave site, we saw lush green cypress trees all around, and in front of the grave there were still remnants of red firecrackers from the burial.

Yu Wen sighed, kneeling in front of the bluestone tablet and burning paper money for Lu Xin, saying: "I don't know which of your words in front of me are true and which are false. But no matter true or false, I hope you can forget this life, be reborn as soon as possible, and stop being vain and impulsive like in this life."

Yu Tang stood by and looked at other people's tombstones curiously.

Some people have both sons and daughters, and enjoy a long and happy life; some die young; some leave half of their body waiting to be buried together with their spouse, and some have already been buried in double graves.

The autumn wind blew over, making the deserted trees rustle and bringing a bit of coolness to people.

Yu Tang rubbed his arms with both hands and said, "Dad, are you cold? It's so dark here, let's go back first!"

Yu Wen nodded and went down the mountain with Yu Tang.

Many people in Lin'an City knew the news.

Even Ma Xiuniang, while coming to thank Yu Tang, asked curiously, "What did Mr. Lu leave behind?"

"Some calligraphy and paintings, or something like that." Yu Tang said, "They are all things he uses in his daily life. It's not good to keep them in our house."

Ma Xiuniang said sympathetically, "Uncle Yu is also unlucky. He made friends with a man like him. When he dies, he won't know anything, but Uncle Yu is running around for him."

Yu Tang didn't want to talk to her about this matter anymore, so he asked her with a smile, "What are you going to wear when your brother-in-law comes to make the reservation?"

She might as well choose a piece of clothing that wasn't too eye-catching to match Ma Xiuniang, so as not to steal the limelight from her.

Ma Xiuniang blushed and said, "My mother prepared a scarlet one for me."

Yu Tang smiled and said, "Then I'll wear a lilac color!"

Ma Xiuniang hummed in response and whispered to Yu Tang: "My mother secretly gave me three ten-liang silver notes and told me not to tell anyone so that I don't have to ask Master Zhang for money when I buy rouge and powder after I get married."

Yu Tang had never experienced anything like this before. She asked curiously, "Didn't you have 20 acres of land as a dowry?"

Ma Xiuniang said: "My mother said that although the twenty acres of land is my dowry, the income is limited. The Zhang family is not well-off. If I spend lavishly, I am afraid that their family will be unhappy..."

Yu Tang couldn't help but feel lucky that she didn't have to get married.

After a few days, the news spread all over Lin'an City, and Yu Tang felt that the matter should be 100% certain - those people did not come to steal Lu Xin's relics, they burned them. Whether it was the former or the latter, this hot potato could be thrown away.

These days, Yu Wen either studied the map at home or carefully inquired about which people in Lin'an City were doing business in Fujian, how big their business was, whether they were generous, etc. Once, someone asked him why he was inquiring about these things, and whether the Yu family was preparing to change their business.

He fooled around and got away with it, only to find himself in a cold sweat when he got home.

Yu Wen told Yu Tang about this and said, "It shows that I am not good at doing bad things."

Yu Tang laughed, somewhat worried whether it would be appropriate for his father to go to the capital or Fujian to inquire about the news.

Yu Wen comforted her: "If there is a first time, there will be a second time. People need opportunities to practice."

This also makes sense.

In her previous life, she didn't care about anything, but now she acts in a proper manner.

Yu Wen was afraid that she would think too much, so he took out two paintings copied by Master Qian and admired them. He said, "You said, Master Qian has such a good skill, why does he still do this business? Although he can earn a lot, the risk is also high, and it is impossible for him to leave his name in history. It's too bad."

Who doesn't have some stories?

Yu Tang did not comment on this. When her mother came to call them for dinner and she was helping her father clear the table, she was stunned as if struck by lightning.

"What, what is this?" she cried in a lost voice.


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