Both the boss and the boss lady still remember Yu Tang.

Not only did they warmly entertain Yu Tang and his sister to stay in the hotel, they also specially picked a secluded guest room for Yu Tang and personally fetched hot water for her to wash up.

Yu Tang naturally thanked him again and again.

The lady boss lowered her head to show her the silk flowers in her hair: "You gave it to me last time you came. Everyone says it looks beautiful. Every time I wear it I get compliments."

Yu Tang smiled and asked the proprietress to accompany her to the alley selling hair accessories.

She planned to make a few more hair flowers this time so that she could take them back to the Xiang family and show them off when her brother and Miss Xiang came back to visit.

Yu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when he found out.

He was just about to go to Wulin Gate to inquire about the news, and was worried about how to arrange for Yu Tang.

"Then be careful." He warned his sister, "Come back after you finish shopping. I won't have dinner in the inn tonight. I've already told the boss. The boss's wife will bring dinner to your room. If you have dinner and I haven't come back yet, remember to close the doors and windows of your room and go to bed early. I'll talk to you tomorrow if there's anything."

It was the first time that Yu Tang asked his brother to do such a thing. He was worried that he would be exposed and targeted by the Gu family, or that he would encounter some danger. He pulled his sleeve and said caringly, "You have to be careful in everything. It's okay to get the news, but the most important thing is to be safe. You also said that it's never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. As long as the green mountains are there, there will be no shortage of firewood. We can't do it this time, so we'll think of other ways next time. If anything happens to you, I don't want to live anymore."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Yu Yuan was listening with a mixture of laughter and tears, and said, "I told you to read less novels and go to less operas, but you ignored me. Stop thinking about nonsense. What do you think I was going to do? It is important to get information about Miss Gu's wet nurse, but the most important thing is the business in our shop. I went to Wulin Gate to look for Yao Saner, and I went there to get information for you."

Since Yu Yuan contacted Yao Saner last time he came to Hangzhou, he has been in touch with him. A few days ago, he asked someone to bring a New Year gift to Yao Saner. When their shop opened, Yao Saner also asked someone to bring a gift to Lin'an.

That's good!

Yu Tang laughed and said, "Then go early and come back early, brother. Remember to bring me the halved pig head from Zhenbeicheng's family."

"Why would you eat halved pig's head as you're a girl?!" Yu Yuan said mercilessly, "If I'm going to bring you anything, it should be sweet-scented osmanthus cake, water chestnut powder, and silk candy." After saying that, fearing that Yu Tang would pester him to buy this and that, and he would be soft-hearted and agree to everything like he did before, he simply waved to Yu Tang, said "I'm leaving, be careful," and left the inn without looking back.

Yu Tang was so angry that her cheeks were puffed up, but she had no choice but to go to the alley next door with the boss's wife to sell headwear. Then she saw a shop selling chestnut cakes, so she bought two pounds and asked the waiter of the inn to deliver it to Tong Er, the second shopkeeper, and asked the waiter to tell him: "Thank you for taking care of me when I came to Hangzhou last time. I wanted to bring some earthenware from home, but they were not as delicious as those sold in Hangzhou. So I just bought some cakes in the alley next door. They are ordinary things, not a respectful gesture. I hope Tong Er, the shopkeeper, will forgive me. When my brother comes back, I will go to visit Tong Er, the shopkeeper."

After being taught a lesson by Pei Yan, she went back and learned etiquette from Yu Wen. She knew that if she wanted to visit someone at this time, she couldn't just go there directly, but had to send a name card in advance or send someone to send fruit or something, greet the person first, and make an appointment before going. This is called politeness. She also learned from the experience of giving gifts to Pei Yan, and showed sincerity and told the truth.

Tong Er, the shopkeeper, was very happy to receive the cakes, because Yu Tang sent the cakes in the name of Yu Yuan. Tong Er, the shopkeeper, asked the waiter to tell him that they were also for Yu Yuan, and that a banquet would be held in the backyard of the shop tomorrow night, and invited Yu Yuan to come over for a drink.

Yu Tang took the lead and agreed on behalf of Yu Yuan, and asked the waiter to help buy a few bottles of the best Jinhua wine and wait for Yu Yuan to come back.

Yu Yuan rushed back before curfew.

He drank, his face was red, his eyes were a little straight, and his speech was incoherent.

Yu Tang had no choice but to wait for the money from the auction of the painting to buy a personal servant for Yu Yuan. Their family was not a wealthy family. The servant that Yu Yuan followed before said that he was serving Yu Yuan, but in fact, he was serving his uncle most of the time. Moreover, Yu Yuan was going to get married soon. Although Miss Xiang grew up in a farm, she was not short of money. By then, she would probably have several servants around her. She couldn't let her cousin be too shabby.

Once the thought comes to mind, I can’t stop it.

She gave the waiter of the inn a few coins to help take care of Yu Yuan's grooming, and then she went to find the proprietress to ask her to introduce a reliable matchmaker to buy a personal servant for Yu Yuan.

The lady boss was quite surprised and said with a smile: "Oh, your family is getting better and better these days."

In a family like the Yu family, the division of servants is usually not so clear. This time, I have to buy someone specifically for Yu Yuan. If the family had not made a fortune, they would definitely not be so generous.

Yu Tang didn't want to say more, and smiled, "My brother is getting married soon, and he can't be without someone to run errands for him."

"That's right." The lady boss smiled and agreed, and went to look for someone for Yu Tang. Yu Yuan woke up early the next morning with a headache that made him want to bang his head against the wall. Yu Tang, who brought him breakfast, didn't look at him well.

"You deserve it!" Yu Tang said, "Who told you to drink so much? There's no one around you. What would you do if you fell down somewhere? You promised me to be good!"

Yu Yuan smiled shyly and said to her flatteringly, "Atang, I found out everything for you yesterday. If there is nothing urgent going on at the Gu family, Miss Gu's wet nurse should go to the shop to see her son tomorrow. It's quite a coincidence that Yao San'er's shop is just behind the Gu family's shop. Yao San'er not only knows the son of Miss Gu's wet nurse, but also knows several shopkeepers at their shop. According to him, , the third shopkeeper in their family is a chatterbox, especially likes to gossip, because of this, their first shopkeeper is very dissatisfied with him. He knows it in his heart, and wants to find a small shop to be the first shopkeeper while he still has some incense relationship with the Gu family. Hearing that I came from Lin'an City and wanted to open a shop in Hangzhou City, he was particularly enthusiastic about me. I drank too much today because he kept urging me to drink at the banquet. "

Few shopkeepers would change their employers. If they did, the new employer would not dare to hire this person without a letter of recommendation from the old employer.

Yu Tang was a little displeased when he heard that this shopkeeper was a chatterbox, and asked, "If you were to open a shop in Hangzhou, would you hire this guy?"

"No!" Yu Yuan also doesn't like people who gossip.

Yu Tang thought of Pei Yan's words to her and said, "We are using him, but we can't let him think that we will hire him to be the shopkeeper in the future. We have to distinguish these two things clearly."

It would be bad to create grudges.

Yu Yuan covered his head which was beginning to hurt again and said in a humming voice: "I know. It was Yao Saner who was afraid that I would be looked down upon by them, so he said that I would open a shop in Hangzhou. I said at that time that I really wanted to come, but my father would not let me. This thing is probably impossible. At most, I will come to take a look and satisfy my curiosity."

Yu Tang nodded.

Yu Yuan talked about the Sheng family's lacquerware shop: "When you walk in, you'll feel that the things in their shop are particularly good. But if you look closely, they're not too expensive. Of course, some things are very expensive, but I always feel that their high prices are justified. And the patterns on their lacquerware are really novel. Not to mention anything else, the same Fu Lu Shou lacquer box, their carvings are lifelike, we really can't compare, not to mention that they also have the craft of 'color matching'..."

As he spoke, his expression became depressed.

"I didn't feel like looking at it any longer. It happened that the time I had an appointment with Yao Saner was almost up, so I left quickly. I came back and thought that this wouldn't work. I have to go and take a look today."

Yu Tang could feel the pain in his heart.

Although Yu Yuan was a young master and had followed Yu Bo to some places, he was, after all, just a teenager who had not yet come of age. He had just arrived in Hangzhou, the first city in Jiangnan where famous artists, shops and products were gathered. He must have felt uncomfortable with being surrounded by so many people.

In her previous life, when she had just married into the Li family, she had also developed such inferiority complex when facing the beautiful and generous Gu Xi.

"I'll go with you." Yu Tang said, "I'm also about to get married. If the 'color matching earrings' are really as good as the legend says, I can buy one or two things when I come with my mother and aunt next spring."

The main reason was that her visiting the Sheng family's shop gave Yu Yuan ample reasons. Yu Yuan felt confident and could behave in a generous manner. The shopkeepers and employees in the shop were all sharp-eyed and thoughtful. When they found that they were wearing coarse clothes but dared to look at their things casually, they would definitely think that they were children of a wealthy family who had come out to gain experience, and naturally they would not dare to neglect them.

My cousin can also learn some ways to treat people and deal with things from this incident.

Yu Tang secretly nodded to his own idea, and inexplicably thought of Pei Yan who was wearing simple fine cloth clothes but playing with rare objects.

It is easy for those who look down on others to fall flat on their face.

Yu Tang suddenly sensed Pei Yan's bad taste.

She couldn't help but wipe the non-existent sweat from her forehead, and then told Yu Yuan about Tong Er's treat: "We are going out for a walk today and have to come back early in the evening. You can also take this opportunity to ask Tong Er for advice on the business in Hangzhou."

Yu Yuan was a little nervous.

This was the first time that he had left his father and uncle's care to meet seniors of status like Tong Er, the shopkeeper. But he was not a shrinking person. Since Yu Tang had already planned it for him, he would do his best to do it well.

As for today's daytime, they decided to visit the lacquerware shop of Chengsheng's family in Hangzhou in the morning, and go to Yao Saner's place in the afternoon to meet the third manager of the Gu family and talk about the affairs of the Li family. It would be best if Gu Xi's wet nurse happened to pass by at that time.

Having made up their minds, the brother and sister had breakfast, changed into clean clothes, and headed towards Wulin Gate.