Wei Xiaochuan became excited and said hurriedly, "Sister, don't worry. Although he is in the prefectural school and I am in the county school, we have acquaintances. I promise to tell you what he does every day."

Yu Tang said: "Then you can't neglect your studies, okay?"

If the Li family wanted the painting, they could either fall into her trap and steal or rob to get their hands on Lu Xin's "relics", or force her to marry Li Jun as they did in her previous life.

If the Li family fell into her trap, a gentleman's revenge is never too late, she could spend ten or twenty years to slowly find out the real cause of Wei Xiaoshan's death. But this life is different from the previous one, she has parents and a brother, if the Li family wants to interfere in her marriage again, they can only outwit her and not force her, there must be a back-up plan.

She just waited.

The most urgent task now is to comfort Wei Xiaochuan and prevent him from being affected in his studies or even his future because of this incident.

Wei Xiaochuan smiled a little and said, "Don't worry, sister. I know the severity of the situation."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Tang heard his mother's voice: "What are you doing here?"

They both looked in the direction of the sound.

Chen was surprised and asked hesitantly, "Is this Xiaochuan? The fifth son of the Wei family?"

Wei Xiaochuan hurried forward and saluted Chen.

Chen hugged him happily and said, "Good boy, what brings you to our house? Why don't you come in and talk? It's not nice to stay at the back door. Come on, come on, come with me into the house." She called Shuangtao loudly, "Pack some of the snacks that Young Master Yuan bought from Hangzhou a few days ago for Xiaochuan to taste."

Wei Xiaochuan's face flushed. He said hurriedly, "Aunt, no need! I just came to see my sister. The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, our county school is on holiday, and I have to go back to help with farm work at home!"

"Oh my!" Chen was even more pleased after hearing this, and said, "You are studying in the county school, and you are also helping with farm work at home! That's great. Unlike some scholars, who become idle and inactive after reading a few books. However, since you are in a hurry to go back for the festival, I won't keep you. But you must bring some snacks. If you don't like them, you can give them to your brothers and sisters to try."

Wei Xiaochuan agreed, thanked Chen, took some snacks, and went home.

Chen closed the door and interrogated Yu Tang: "Xiao Chuan is a boy who is not even three feet tall and is studying in the county school. Why did he suddenly come to see you?"

Yu Tang had no choice but to say, "Can't I ask him about Miss Xiang?"

Chen slapped her and said, "This matter has not been settled yet. If anything goes wrong because of you, I will lock you up in the woodshed."

Yu Tang knew that her mother was always kind to her. She didn't know how many troubles she had caused when she was a child, but her mother never touched her. She tried to make her mother happy, calling out "Dad" loudly, saying, "Mom is going to beat me!"

Yu Wen hurried out of the study, and before he saw anyone, he shouted, "If you have something to say, just talk it out, why hit the child?"

"Yutang!" Chen didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Yu Tang had already bent over and ran to Yu Wen's side.

Yu Wen knew at a glance that Yu Tang was playing a prank, and he threw his hands helplessly at Chen, saying, "Forget it, forget it, I'm going to go write. I don't care about your business anymore."

Yu Tang ran to her mother to apologize, and then changed the focus to talk about the blind date tomorrow: "What should I wear? What if I steal the limelight from Miss Xiang and she doesn't like me before she even gets married?"

"Then marry you off." Mrs. Chen pinched her daughter's cheek and helped her pick up her clothes.

Yu Tang chose a lilac dress to wear when accompanying Ma Xiuniang to get her hairpins inserted. Although Chen was not very satisfied, she did not say much. The next morning, she and Wang and others took a sedan chair to the Yu family's farm in the countryside. After lunch, they pretended to be passing by the Wei family on their way back home and went to visit them.

Yu Tang looked at the scenery along the way and felt a little depressed.

Usually such divinations take place in temples or nunneries.

However, they arranged the wedding in Wei's house in a roundabout way, probably because they were afraid that the scene would hurt her feelings and remind her of her own marriage.

She had no way to repay her parents' love.

Yu Tang took a deep breath and reminded himself that he must be happy in front of his mother.

The Yu family's old house in the countryside was quite large, a five-story brick house. A widower from a distant relative lived there with his adopted son to help them look after the house and manage the farmland. Yu Tang called him the fifth uncle and his adopted son the seventh uncle.

This fifth uncle was in his sixties, honest and loyal, and had been helping the Yu family take care of the old house in his previous life. Knowing that Yu Wen and others were coming back, he cleaned the house early and prepared a banquet.

Yu Tang, his mother, aunt and other female relatives were eating in the house, while Yu Wen and his fifth uncle were drinking outside.

The fifth great-uncle asked Yu Wen, "It's not the Mid-Autumn Festival yet. Although the grain in the fields has been harvested, it hasn't been put into the account yet. Why don't you go to the granary and take a look first?"

Yu Wen smiled and said, "Today we are just going back to the countryside to have some fun. We will do things in the fields as we did in previous years."

The fifth uncle looked at the gloomy sky and wondered what was the point of going to the countryside in such weather.

But he was an honest man, and if Yu Wen didn't say anything, he was too embarrassed to ask. Because he had to go to the Wei family in the afternoon for Yu Yuan's matter, Yu Wen didn't drink. And because the time for the appointment with the Wei family was still early, he didn't leave after dinner. He drank tea while chatting with his fifth uncle about things in the farmland.

Uncle Seven was a man in his early forties, of medium height, dark skin, and a strong body. For some reason, he had never married. When Yu Tang came to the farm with her father as a child, he often carried her around to play, bought her snacks and hair ties, and liked her very much.

Later, when her parents passed away, he made a special trip to pay his respects to them and also carried rice on his back to her several times.

Seventh Uncle stood outside the door and waved at her.

When Chen and Wang saw him, they smiled and said to Yu Tang, "Go! Let your seventh uncle take you around the manor so you don't get bored."

Since his rebirth, Yu Tang has never met his seventh uncle.

She smiled and went out.

Uncle Seven took out a crude bird cage from behind his back that looked like he had made it himself and said, "Here you go."

Yu Tang took a look and saw a few sparrows locked in the birdcage.

Most likely it was caught by my seventh uncle.

I once took her to roast sparrows.

She smiled, thanked her seventh uncle, and took the birdcage.

Uncle Seven asked her, "I'm going to pick osmanthus flowers later. Do you want to come? I'll make osmanthus candy for you."

Yu Tang didn't really want to go, but she wanted to see the forest at her great uncle's house.

In the previous life, after the forest was sold to the Pei family, they planted a kind of fruit in the forest and made it into preserved fruit for sale. It was said that it sold very well in Hangzhou. Gao often scolded Yu Yuan for being a waste because of this, saying that he was wasting money while guarding a mountain of gold and silver and actually sold such a good mountain.

After hearing this, Yu Tang was so angry that he didn't eat for several days, but he had to admit in his heart that the Pei family's manager was very powerful. Even with a forest like this in his hands, he could find a way to make money.

In this life, she also wants to give it a try.

Yu Tang brought the bird cage inside and handed it to Chen and Wang, saying, "Let my eldest cousin entertain Miss Xiang. I will go with my seventh uncle to pick osmanthus flowers."

Chen hurriedly warned her, "Don't pick them yourself. Be careful not to get the flower juice on your hands, which will take a long time to wash off." She also called her seventh uncle in and asked him to keep an eye on Yu Tang.

Uncle Seven promised repeatedly.

Yu Tang and his seventh uncle went to the foot of the mountain where osmanthus flowers were planted.

The green leaves are dotted with bright yellow flowers.

Uncle Seven handed her a cloth bag and said, "Stand under the shade of the tree while I pick the flowers."

Yu Tang agreed with a smile.

When Uncle Seven was picking flowers, she stood on tiptoe and looked around as she spoke to him: "I see that other people's forests are planted with walnuts, peaches, and plums, but why is there nothing in our forest?"

While picking osmanthus flowers skillfully, the seventh uncle said, "The forest at your great uncle's home is not good. The soil is particularly bad. Your grandfather also planted walnuts, but the walnuts were bitter and astringent and could not be sold. Later, bamboo shoots were planted. A large bamboo forest grew, but the bamboo shoots were like dry firewood. The peaches and plums were even worse... When it came to your great uncle, they just let it go. It was okay to grow a few miscellaneous trees to sell some firewood! You little girl don't know that firewood is also very easy to sell in winter. Even our Lin'an city can't keep up with the supply... I heard that it is more expensive in Hangzhou City, but your fifth uncle is in poor health, so I can't go too far, otherwise I will go to Hangzhou City to sell firewood..."

Yu Tang was a little confused.

Going to Hangzhou to sell firewood? The money from selling firewood is not enough to pay for the boat to transport the firewood, right?

In her previous life, she never cared about these things. She just let them go in one ear and out the other, and thought everything her seventh uncle said was quite interesting. But in this life...

Yu Tang smiled bitterly and shook his head secretly.

With her past life experience, no matter how hard she pretended, she couldn't go back to the past.

As she was arranging the osmanthus flowers picked by her seventh uncle, she heard a rustling sound, as if someone was coming from the bushes.

Yu Tang looked up and saw a few young men who were acting lazy.

When they saw Yu Tang, several of them's eyes lit up and they even greeted each other with their eyes, and it was obvious that they had no good intentions.

Yu Tang's alarm rang loudly, and he called out to his seventh uncle, "Do you know these people?"

Uncle Seven turned around and said with a smile, "Oh, they are some hooligans from our village. Don't worry about them, they won't dare to do anything!"

Even so, he looked extremely nervous. The flower that he had just been able to pick with a light pinch now failed to come off even after two strong tugs.

Could it be that this seventh uncle has some grudge against them?

Yu Tang said hurriedly: "Seventh Uncle, let's go back! I have to accompany my mother and aunt to visit the Wei family later. I will come with you to pick osmanthus flowers next time." After saying that, he pulled the corner of Seventh Uncle's clothes.

Uncle Seven's mouth trembled, but he said, "No, don't go back yet, I'll finish picking them soon."

Something is wrong!

Yu Tang looked towards the thugs, who were walking towards her quickly.

The momentum is somewhat fierce.

Yu Tang went to see his seventh uncle again.

The hands he used to pick the flowers were tightly gripping the branches, and his knuckles were turning white.

Yu Tang suddenly thought of the Li family that she had always been on guard against...

She ran away.

"Stop right there, you little bitch!" the men shouted at her.

Then someone grabbed her by the collar.

Yu Tang turned around and saw his seventh uncle's face full of apology.