Delicate Flower Chapter 150: Painting

The more Yu Tang thought about it, the more it became true.

It's a pity that Rizhao is too far away from here. Even if she has suspicions, it is difficult to verify. And counting the days, the matter has become an unjust case, and she doesn't know what else she can do.

However, eight or nine out of ten of the Li family's fifty acres of Yongye Field were used to wash away the money they had embezzled when they were the prefect of Rizhao.

She couldn't sit still.

Li Yi has been the prefect of Rizhao for seven or eight years. If he really has evil intentions, there must be more than this unjust, false and wrong case, which shows that he is not a good person. Now that he is a Beijing official, he has greater power and comes into contact with more people and things. Who knows if he will do anything unconscionable again.

Speaking of which, their family is also a victim!

If Li Yi was not an official, would the Li family dare to think of killing people?

Yu Tang suddenly felt the same hatred as the enemy, and felt that it was fine if he didn't know. If he knew and still remained indifferent, didn't make good use of it, and brought down the Li family, how could he be worthy of Wei Xiaoshan, who died in vain?

She jumped up from the bed, called A Tiao in, and said, "Go and ask Mr. Hu for me. I'll see when the third master is free. I have something I want to see the third master."

Among the people Yu Tang knew, only Pei Yan had the ability to check whether Li Yi had done those things.

She needs Pei Yan's help.

A Tiao left in response and came back half an hour later to tell her: "The oranges are ripe at Pei's village in Ji'an, and the third master has gone to Ji'an to sell oranges. Come back tomorrow night and ask if you are in a hurry? What if? If you are in a hurry, please write a letter to the third master. If you are not in a hurry, wait until the third master comes back and then set a time."

I’m anxious, but I’m not in a hurry for half a day.

But, Pei Yan sells oranges...what's going on?

Are oranges on the market at this time?

Compared with Li Yi's matter, Yu Tang was more curious about Pei Yan selling oranges.

She said: "Then you go back to Mr. Hu and wait until the third master comes back to set a time."

A Tiao ran away again.

Ma Xiuniang asked Magpie to bring a letter to see her, and also asked her to have lunch at home.

Yu Tang told Mrs. Chen and went to Zhang's house with two silk flowers made by herself, accompanied by Shuang Tao.

Ma Xiuniang was instructing the woman in the kitchen to roast the pig's head. When she saw her arrival, she patted her apron and walked out of the kitchen.

As soon as Yu Tang entered the second door, he smelled the scent of braised pork. He immediately went forward and bowed, saying: "What delicious food did you cook? You even called me from home. Where is Qing'er? What's the matter? Miss her? Is my brother-in-law at home? If I just come here, will it be too intrusive?"

"Why are you talking so much!" Ma Xiuniang saw that she was smiling and her little face was as bright as a summer flower, so beautiful that it made people dazzling. She couldn't help pinching her little face, and then said, "Since I called you here, there must be nothing inappropriate. Your brother-in-law went to a restaurant and didn't come back for lunch. That little girl Qing'er sleeps all day long, like a little pig, you don't have to worry about her ."

The two talked and entered the house hand in hand.

The magpie came in with refreshments.

The two sat down in order and exchanged a few words. Ma Xiuniang talked about the reason for inviting her here this time: "Originally, I was supposed to go see you, but Qing'er is too young, and she has not had any symptoms since she was born. After leaving me, I was worried about leaving her alone at home, so I called you over. I just want to ask you, last time you said you asked your brother-in-law to help your shop draw patterns, your family still wants to Can anyone help me?" At this point, her face turned red.

Yu Tang was overjoyed and said hurriedly: "Yes, yes, yes. I just need the pattern. It would be great if my brother-in-law can help. It depends on whether my sister wants to sell one piece to make money for each piece, or all at once. Sell ​​it to our family?"

Ma Xiuniang doesn't quite know the difference, and she doesn't feel comfortable asking in detail.

In his previous life, Yu Tang paid more attention to his family's business because of Yu Yuan. He also had dealings with shopkeepers and knew that only by knowing how to do business can he develop his business in the long run. Ma Xiuniang didn't ask, so she started: "The money for selling one piece of lacquerware is how much we agree on for selling a piece of lacquerware. For example, if this pattern is used on a mirror dowry, the mirror dowry will sell for one tael. Silver, for every piece sold, I will give your family ten cents; if we sell it all at once to our family, that is how much a painting costs, and we can use it as we please. Now our family invites an outside master to paint a painting. It's about one tael of silver a piece. But my brother-in-law is different. My brother-in-law's paintings are good. If he is willing to sell them to our family, our family will definitely pay double the silver. Sister, it depends on how convenient it is for your family. Our family It’s all possible.”

Had Ma Xiuniang not been waiting for the money, she would not have encouraged Zhang Hui to draw pictures for the Yu family. Moreover, Zhang Hui only promised Ma Xiuniang to draw twenty pictures and then stopped painting. Besides, she didn’t know that the pictures Zhang Hui drew could be used. Why can't the Yu family make money?

She blushed even more and whispered: "You also know about my family..."

Hearing this, Yu Tang knew what he meant and immediately said: "That's okay. Just sell them all to our family. What I said is that some painters like to sell knots one by one. My sister has never been exposed to these. Didn’t I make it clear to you? You can just let your brother-in-law paint with peace of mind. I will take care of the rest!"

When she said this, Ma Xiuniang became even more embarrassed and said, "Your brother-in-law only plans to paint twenty paintings."

Yu Tang also thought that Zhang Xiucai would not always do this, and was not disappointed. Instead, he was happy to get Zhang Hui's paintings. She said: "Twenty paintings is just twenty paintings. It's better than even one in our family. Sister, when do you think I can come and pick up the paintings?"

Ma Xiuniang laughed and said: "Your brother-in-law has just been persuaded by me, how could it be so fast? However, you have to tell me carefully what kind of drawings your family wants, so that I can urge your brother-in-law to draw them as soon as possible. The painting is done."

Yu Tang said: "The elegant things in the study will do."

Their family does not lack pictures such as Magu's birthday greetings or Pengzu's ascension to the throne. What they lack are elegant items that can make the literati like them.

Ma Xiuniang smiled and said: "Okay! I understand. Just go back and wait for the news."

Yu Tang thanked him repeatedly.

Ma Xiuniang took Yu Tang's hand and said with emotion: "I should thank you."

Obviously it was a mutually beneficial thing, but Yu Tang acted as if the Yu family had taken many benefits from their family.

Ma Xiuniang was suddenly very happy to have made Yu Tang as a friend, but she didn't know that Yu Tang was also very happy that she had not missed anything in her life and became good friends with Ma Xiuniang.

After leaving Zhang's house, Yu Tang went directly to Yu's shop on Changxing Street.

From a distance, she saw Xia Pinggui and Xiang's maid Xia Lian standing at the door of the shop talking. Xia Lian was still holding a food box in her hand.

She guessed that Xia Lian was ordered by her sister-in-law to deliver lunch to her eldest cousin.

Yu Tang pursed his lips and smiled.

The apprentices cook in the shop, which is of course not as good as at home. My sister-in-law feels sorry for her eldest cousin’s lack of food.

When she got closer, she realized that the smiles of Xia Pinggui and Xia Lian were too bright.

A trace of doubt flashed in Yu Tang's heart.

Seeing her, Xia Pinggui and Xia Lian both jumped away like cats whose tails were stepped on. Xia Pinggui greeted her with a hundred times more attentiveness than usual: "Little, Miss , you’re here. Are you here to see the boss or the Shaodong family? The Dong family has gone to find Master Xiang and he hasn’t come back yet. Is the Shaodong family guarding the shop? I’ll take you in!" As he said that, he lowered his eyes like a He rushed in like a headless fly.

Xia Lian said in a panic, "Miss, I'm going back first. I'm here to deliver food to the young master's family. Our young mistress is still waiting for my reply," and ran away quickly.

Is she so scary?

Yu Tang murmured in his heart, and suddenly had an idea.

Should Xia Pinggui be interested in Xia Lian...

She didn't show it on her face, but the villain in her heart was laughing.

Such a thing happened to her in her previous life when she was in the Li family.

Some of the maids and servants around her took a fancy to her. However, Mrs. Lin did not allow such a thing to happen in her family, so she sold all the maids and servants, saying that this kind of thing should not set a precedent, otherwise it would be easy for internal and external collusion and self-stealing.

However, Xia Pinggui and Xia Lian are quite suitable. When the time comes, she has to remind her sister-in-law that if both of them really mean this, it would be better to make things happen for them as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble and make everyone look bad.

Yu Tang calmly went to the tent where Yu Yuan was resting and told Yu Yuan about Zhang Hui.

Yu Yuan was overjoyed and said: "Do you know what Dad is doing to find Master Xiang? A few days ago, Dad took a job. Someone wanted to order fifty boxes and cages, but they wanted a pattern like "Four Seasons". Dad went to find Master Xiang to draw a pattern. You also know that Master Xiang's drawing costs at least five taels of silver."

Yu Tang became anxious after hearing this: "Then you quickly find someone to inform the uncle. If the uncle has negotiated with Master Xiang, it will be difficult to change his mind. Also, I know Master Xiang, he is from Lin'an. The most famous painting master in the city. If Master Xiang has five taels of silver a piece, then Mr. Zhang must have at least four taels of silver a piece, right?"

The painting master she knew before only charged one tael of silver per painting, but who knew Master Xiang would be so high.

Yu Yuan hurriedly told Xia Pinggui that there was an important guest at home and asked Yu Bo to come back quickly. After Xia Pinggui left, he continued to talk about the matter with Yu Tang: "We told my father before that the patterns at home are a bit old. My father also knows that, but he feels more sorry for the money and always thinks that we can make do with it in a few days. Just a few days. If someone hadn't asked for a pattern like "Four Seasons Ruyi" this time, otherwise this business wouldn't have been possible. Dad figured it out~IndoMTL.com~The money earned from this business is just enough to pay Master Xiang I just gritted my teeth and found the money for the painting samples. Otherwise, why would I wait until now!"

Yu Tang smiled helplessly.

The brother and sister drank tea for a long time, and Yu Bo rushed back panting.

"I heard that you found a better pattern maker?" he asked as soon as he walked in, without even having time to take a sip of tea.

"Not a painting master." Yu Tang told Yu Bo about Zhang Hui.

Yu Bo was indeed a little hesitant and said: "Zhang Gongzi's paintings are definitely good, but I don't know whether they will sell well or not."

The price of four taels of silver is even worse.

Yu Tang said with a smile: "Since this business can pay for Master Xiang's painting samples, and everyone always says that the paintings in our shop are not innovative, I think it is better to let Mr. Zhang paint according to the merchant's wishes first. A few drawings, if the customer is satisfied, then ask Mr. Zhang to draw. You can still make a few taels of silver!"

Yu Bo agreed after thinking that his family would not suffer.