After having breakfast, Yu Jiao went back to her room and practiced calligraphy in Yu Qizhe's room. Not long after, she was called into the main room by Yu Ruhai.
Yu Ruhai first asked in a fake tone, "How have you been in Qingzhou these days? I heard from Jinshu that you encountered trouble on the way back. What happened?"
Yu Jiao sat down on the chair, drank a sip of tea slowly, and then said, "Nothing serious, I just encountered a group of people blocking the road and robbing."
"I heard from Jinshu that it was because of the medical book in your hand?" Yu Ruhai asked with his old eyes narrowed and an ambiguous gleam in his eyes.
Yu Jiao smiled faintly, "I don't have any medical books in my hand. It's just that some people saw that I have great medical skills and mistakenly thought that I have some secret skills."
She put down the teacup and said, "You have clearly explained what I brought with me when I first came to the Yu family. If I really had any precious medical books, I would have exchanged them for silver long ago. Why would I sell them for four taels of silver to bring good luck?"
She always spoke frankly and Yu Ruhai was already used to it. Although he once suspected whether Yu Jiao had some rare medical books, this girl had nothing when she came from Mengjia Village.
But it is true that she does have many secret skills.
Yu Ruhai cleared his throat and asked with a smile, "You went to Qingzhou to see the wife of the prefect. You must have received a lot of medical fees, right?"
Yu Jiao understood what he meant, that love requires money.
"Although it's the prefect's house, the prefect's wife doesn't have a serious illness, just a gynecological disease, and the medical fee was only one hundred taels." Yu Jiao was not going to tell Yu Ruhai about the money she got from the Sun Mansion and share it with him.
When Yu Ruhai heard that there was one hundred taels, he felt it was not a small amount. The smile on his face became even bigger, and wrinkles appeared on his face from laughing.
Yu Jiao paused, and then continued, "Sister Fuling and I bought some things for our family in Qingzhou, and spent a lot of silver. Now we have less than 70 taels. According to what we agreed before, I should give you half of the consultation fee. However, the wife of the prefect gave more than 100 taels of consultation fee. Lord Yang also gave two pieces of Yujiang pine ink and two Huizhou colored porcelain purple hair brushes. The Yujiang pine ink is worth 100 taels each, and the purple hair brush is the same. If you want to divide the consultation fee, how should the Yujiang pine ink and the purple hair brush be calculated?"
When Yu Ruhai heard her say this, the smile on his face froze. Last night, Yu Jinshu had shown off the Yujiangsong ink and purple-hair brush in front of him, and said that they were gifts from Prefect Yang to them brothers.
He did not mention that Yu Jiao received the valuable gift because she treated the wife of the prefect, but only said how valuable the pen and ink were.
Yu Jiao smiled at Yu Ruhai, "To be honest, I actually lost out. I only got 100 taels of silver for the consultation. If we split the Jade River Pine Ink and the Purple Hair Brush equally, I should have more than 200 taels of silver. But I see that my second and fourth brothers like the Purple Hair Brush and the Jade River Pine Ink very much. What do you think we should do?"
Yu Ruhai laughed dryly, "The pen and ink are dead objects, so they can't be counted towards the consultation fee."
Yu Jiao smiled mockingly, "Isn't this easy? You can sell it and get some silver. This way you can have more silver, and I can have more silver too. Why don't we do this?"
Yu Ruhai heard from Yu Jinshu yesterday that the Yujiangsong ink was produced in Huizhou, and that the purple-hair brush might not be available even with silver. In short, they were top-notch items, and they were given to him by the prefect of Qingzhou. It would be such an honor for him to tell others about this. How could he take them back from his four brothers and sell them for silver?
But the four brothers went to Qingzhou for the autumn examination and emptied the family's treasury box, and the third brother lost ten taels of silver at the pork stall. Yu Jiao had money in her hands, so how could he not be jealous?
"Why don't we do this? I'll go ask my second and fourth brothers for the Yujiangsong ink and purple-hair brushes. The shops in town that sell pens, ink, paper and inkstones should know the goods and they will definitely accept these good things." Yu Jiao stood up and said with a smile.
Yu Ruhai said hurriedly, "Forget it, forget it. They are all scholars who cannot live without writing. They are also sent by the prefect. Even if we are poor, how can we take those things out to exchange for money? Grandfather is not an unreasonable person. Let's forget about the consultation fee this time."
"Are we really just going to let it go like this?" Yu Jiao said calmly.
Yu Ruhai smiled perfunctorily, secretly furious, but helpless, so he could only say, "Forget it."
"Then I'll go back to the house first." Yu Jiao walked out of the main room.
Yu Ruhai called her again, and Yu Jiao turned around and looked at him, "What? Do you have anything else to say?"
"I heard from Jinshu that you met two noblemen on the way back. They helped you solve the highway robbery. Those people won't find your home, right?" Yu Ruhai said a little worriedly.
Yu Jiao was about to speak when there was a knock on the door.
Yu Qiaoshan, who was working on bamboo strips in the courtyard, opened the gate and saw that the two young masters who had helped him on the way back to Changkui were standing outside the gate. He hurriedly invited them into the courtyard and asked, "Why are you two young masters here?"
He thought that Gu Yun and the other man came to visit because of the follow-up to the robbers on the road.
Liu Ziqi said politely, "Uncle Yu, is Miss Yu here? We have something to discuss with her."
Yu Jiao, who had already seen the two people in the main room, raised her eyebrows, a little surprised. These two people were not coming to Changkui to visit old friends, so why did they come to Yu's house?
Yu Ruhai's attention was also attracted by the two people in the hospital. He thought that someone came to see a doctor, but when he saw that the two people were good-looking and had extraordinary demeanor, he stood up and went to the hospital to greet them.
Gu Yun had sharp eyes and spotted Yu Jiao standing in the main room. He grinned at her, his white teeth standing out in the sunlight.
"Gentlemen, are you here to see a doctor?" Yu Ruhai said with a smile on his face.
Looking at Yu Ruhai's age, Liu Ziqi guessed that he should be the grandfather that Yu Jinshu mentioned. Because of what Yu Jinshu said in the carriage, he felt that this old man Yu was a pretty good person.
"Grandpa, we are here to look for Miss Yu." Liu Ziqi responded.
Yu Qiaoshan explained, "Dad, these two young masters helped us a lot on the way back to Changkui. This one is Young Master Liu, and this one is Young Master Gu."
Yu Ruhai didn't expect that the two young gentlemen in front of him were the nobles from the capital mentioned by Yu Jinshu. The smile on his face became more amiable, and he greeted them, "So it's you two gentlemen, come in quickly."
He greeted Gu Yun and Liu Ziqi into the main hall, hurriedly called Yu Jinshu out to meet the guests, and asked Yu Zhoushi to prepare tea.
"You really don't have to be so polite." Liu Ziqi said when he saw him mobilizing such a large force.
Yu Ruhai smiled and said, "I heard from Jinshu that it was all thanks to the two gentlemen who helped on the road. I really should thank them very much."
Yu Jinshu came out of the room and saw Gu Yun and Liu Ziqi sitting in the main hall. He was startled, then smiled warmly and asked, "Why are Master Gu and Master Liu here?"
"We have something to discuss with Miss Yu." Liu Ziqi's gaze fell on Yu Jiao, his inner emotions surging uncontrollably.
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