The steward bowed respectfully and said, "I will go back and have the accountant organize the ledgers and send them to Miss's courtyard for you to take a look at first. In a couple of days, I will call all the stewards together so that you can meet them."
"I think the housekeeper's arrangement is excellent. I'll let your son come and meet him too."
After Yu Xunmei finished speaking, she left gracefully.
The housekeeper's face lit up with joy upon hearing this, and he unconsciously straightened his hunched back.
"It's entirely up to you, Miss!"
He had only one son, who was pampered from a young age. However, when he grew up, he was neither good enough for high-level jobs nor good enough for low-level ones. He spent his days either causing trouble or teasing cats and dogs.
I had assigned him a position before, but unfortunately he was unambitious and acted recklessly. His subordinates reported this to the master, who, although he did not punish him, told him not to get involved in the Yu family's business anymore.
For this reason, he had recommended him to the eldest son many times, hoping that he could stay and work by the eldest son's side. Unfortunately, the eldest son was very arrogant and did not think much of his own son.
Now that the young lady has made a promise, he has nothing to worry about in the future.
That day, Luo Shouxin, Yun Si, and Yun Liu received a letter from Lin Yinan and his wife, along with a packet of medicine powder.
After the three of them read the letter carefully several times, Yun Si changed into the clothes of a rich young master, put in a few packets of medicine powder, and went out with Yun Liu, who was dressed as a servant.
Arriving at a place where the servants of the Yu family often passed by to buy medicine, the two found a teahouse by the roadside and sat down.
Some time ago, Yun Liu successfully made contact with the servants of the Yu family. Whenever the servants of the Yu family came out, they would come to Yun Liu, a fellow sufferer, to complain.
Yun Si had excellent eyesight and spotted the servants sneaking around the street corner from afar.
"Yun Liu, the fish are here, it's up to you now."
Yun Liu grabbed a few packets of pastries he had bought in advance from the table and went out, pretending to bump into the servant.
"Hey, Liu Zi, it's you!" The servant of the Yu family couldn't hide his joy when he saw Yun Liu carrying things. "Are you out shopping for your young master too?"
Yun Liu shook his head helplessly, as if he had found a kindred spirit and poured out his grievances.
"That's right. My young master's tastes have become strange lately. He only likes sweets that girls usually like. Since the young master asked for them, as his servant, I'll run my legs off to buy them for him."
The servants of the Yu family looked at him with pity and whispered, "That's right, my young master also likes to eat sweets now."
"My young master has recently acquired a new gadget. Come with me."
Curious, the servants of the Yu family followed Yun Liu into a quiet alley.
"What's new?" he asked eagerly.
Yun Liu pulled a small paper packet from his pocket. "Here, this is it. My young master had someone bring it from the capital. It's much more effective than taking Cold Food Powder."
Some of the servants in the Yu family didn't believe it.
"Take a sniff."
Yun Liu carefully opened the paper package and let him smell it. The scent had a faint, indescribable fragrance. Just from that smell, he knew that this medicine was no ordinary item.
"You have a lot of this stuff. I'll buy a few packs to take back to the young master to try."
Yun Liu looked troubled. "This item was brought back with great difficulty by the young master's friend. There's nowhere to buy it in the south, I'm afraid..."
"I'll pay a high price to buy it for you," said the servant of the Yu family, who seemed to have plenty of money.
He was willing to spend any amount of money to please his young master.
“We’re brothers, talking about money can hurt our feelings. How about I give you some to go back and try it out?” Yun Liu scratched his head and sighed.
He had a round head and a kind, honest appearance, and the demands of the Yu family servants really put him in a difficult position.
Looking at the paper packet, no bigger than a thumb, the servant of the Yu family was a worldly man. He gritted his teeth and said, "One hundred taels a packet, brother, am I being generous enough?"
"But I don't have many?"
"How much are you carrying?" Seeing that he had given his word, the servant of the Yu family hurriedly asked.
Yun Liu rummaged through his pockets and honestly laid out the contents for him to see, "Only five packets."
"I want them all."
The servants of the Yu family took the five packets of medicine powder from Yun Liu's hands, took out a five-hundred-tael silver note and stuffed it into his pocket, as if afraid that Yun Liu would change his mind, and ran away without looking back.
He clutched the five packets of medicine powder in his arms and ran back to the Yu family home in one breath.
Yu Shicheng lay lazily on the low couch. When he saw the servant running in panting, he lifted his eyelids and glanced at him sideways, saying weakly, "So you're back? Did you finish what you were doing, sir?"
"All done."
The servant took out a medicine packet from his pocket and presented it to Yu Shicheng with great reverence.
"Young Master, this is a new shipment from the capital. I managed to snag it for eight hundred taels of silver. It's definitely top-quality."
Upon hearing this, Yu Shicheng's eyes lit up instantly. He took the package, opened it, smelled it, then dipped his finger in it and tasted it.
"Excellent! Go, warm a pot of wine."
The servants quickly brought over the wine, and Yu Shicheng couldn't wait to swallow the entire packet of powder.
In a short while, Yu Shicheng began to enter a state of mental and physical lightness, a state of transcendence.
Yu Qiutao was helped by a maid as she walked over, and the servants quickly withdrew upon seeing her.
Two beautiful maids dressed in thin gauze emerged from behind Yu Qiutao and helped Yu Shicheng into the room, one on each side.
Immediately afterwards, obscene and decadent music came from inside the room.
Yu Qiutao sat calmly under a large tree in the courtyard until the clouds and rain inside the house subsided before she got up and left.
After the Yu family servants turned out of the alley, Yun Si floated down from the rooftop next to them.
He stepped forward, took the silver notes from Yun Liu's hand, counted them, and said with a smile, "The Yu family is really rich!"
Yun Liu, clutching the silver note, said, "Fourth Brother, let's go to the bank and exchange it for silver. This paper feels so flimsy and makes me feel uneasy."
As they fled south to escape the famine, many of the silver notes they had seized from bandits' dens became worthless.
After leaving the money shop, they divided the silver into two portions and carried them on their own.
The sleeve pocket felt heavy; it was reassuring to have money on me.
Yun Si and Yun Liu were walking down the street when five or six beggars approached them. The two immediately became wary and stepped aside to avoid them.
The beggars looked flustered and hurried, while a man sitting by the roadside drinking tea maliciously stuck out his foot.
One beggar was not seen and stumbled, about to fall forward, but Yun Si reached out and supported him.
"careful!"
The beggar glanced at Yun Si's distinguished clothes, then quickly lowered his head, "Thank you, young master!"
"You're welcome! It's just that someone has a truly wicked heart," Yun Si said sarcastically.
Seeing that Yun Si had ruined his plans, and noticing that he was an unfamiliar young man, the man's anger surged instantly.
"You little brat, mind your own business!"
Yun Liu stepped forward and drew his sword from his waist in a flash, his brows furrowed and his eyes fierce as he said, "How dare you bully my young master!"
Upon seeing this, the man immediately admitted defeat, "It's a misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding."
After speaking, he hurriedly took out a piece of silver and left in a hurry.
Seeing that the man wasn't going to pursue the matter, the beggars helped their companions and ran away.
Yun Si and Yun Liu exchanged a glance, then lightly followed after him.
He stopped chasing her in a deserted, dilapidated alleyway, feigning breathlessness, and asked, "Why are you running?"
The beggars were startled by what they heard. They turned around and saw Yun Liu supporting Yun Si, who was panting heavily behind them. They looked at each other, at a loss for what to do.
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