Delicate Flower Chapter 151: Help
When Yu Tang got home, he wrote a letter and asked A Tiao to go to Zhang's house.
After receiving Yu Tang's letter, Ma Xiuniang began to urge Zhang Hui to paint. Not to mention, Yu Tang had a headache and met Pei Yan the next day.
The case in Rizhao must not be brought up, otherwise she would not be able to explain how she knew, so she would have to spend time on the fifty acres of Yongye field.
Fortunately, the Li family left enough flaws.
The next day, Yu Tang changed into a newly made dark green silk trousers woven with silver and pink seasonal flowers, and wore the goose-yellow magnolia silk flowers made a few days ago to the Pei Mansion.
Pei Yan looked tired, and his expression was a little wilted, but it did not detract from his handsomeness. Instead, he felt approachable, friendly and warm because he lost his usual dignity.
"Why are you looking for me in such a hurry?" He casually sat on the Arhat couch in Nuan Pavilion, pointed to the fruit plate brought by the little maid, and said, "Try, Fujian's fortune cake, everyone loves it. Said it was delicious."
Fujian Fu Cake is a kind of persimmon made in Fujian. Because it is bright and red in color, it is sweet but not greasy when eaten in the mouth. It also has the effect of clearing away heat, moistening the lungs and calming cough and asthma. It is used as a snack or even as a snack. It tastes good when soaked in water, hence the name "lucky cake".
However, fortune cakes are usually on the market in the twelfth lunar month, and this time... it's too early.
I don’t know where it came from?
Yu Tang couldn't help but said: "I heard that you went to sell oranges? How was the sales? Are they delicious?"
Pei Yan raised his eyebrows when he heard this and stared at Yu Tang with a rather unkind look: "Selling oranges? Who did you hear that I went to sell oranges?"
Yu Tang knew it was going to be bad as soon as she heard it, but she didn't know why the words reached her and she became "selling oranges". No matter who made the mistake, with Pei Yan's temperament, he might actually investigate the matter if he gets upset. Wouldn't it make it difficult for everyone to live in peace?
She hurriedly said in a calm manner: "I said the wrong thing! I mean, I heard that the oranges grown in the farm in Ji'an are on the market. Didn't you go over to check it out? It's me too. Of course - since you started collecting oranges so early, you must have already thought about the market. If you say something in a hurry, doesn't it mean that you are 'selling oranges'?"
Yu Tang felt that what he said was enough to set Pei Yan up, but Pei Yan raised his eyebrows again as if he wanted to deliberately slander her and said, "Who told you that I wasn't going to sell oranges? There are five in total. Thousands of catties of oranges were all sold to Shanglin Garden, and five thousand saplings were also sold."
If it weren't for him, how could the people in Shanglinyuan be so honest, handing over the money and delivering the goods?
Can their oranges be sold to the capital?
Yu Tang’s jaw dropped in shock and said: “Shanglinyuan still buys oranges?”
She was extremely envious.
Why don’t their family have such ability?
But even if it is for the palace people to eat, that is still a matter for the eunuchs in the twenty-four yamen. When will it be the turn of Shanglinyuan to plant trees and flowers for the royal family?
"Don't you understand this?" Pei Yan said calmly, "If the royal garden had income, would the emperor be happy? Not to mention the oranges that bear fruit so early."
In other words, Shanglinyuan is cheating!
Yu Tang stuttered: "Aren't they afraid of being discovered? What if the emperor wants to see the orange trees?"
"The Emperor is busy practicing alchemy, how can he have time to care about how many orange trees are planted in Shanglin Garden!" Pei Yan said disapprovingly, "If he really wants to go, just find a way to get it from my orchard in Tongzhou. Just move a few orange trees in. Otherwise, why would they buy oranges from us in Shanglinyuan? Isn't it because our farm in Tongzhou also grows oranges. But the oranges here are not as delicious."
Yu Tang has been confused by this wave of operations. In her opinion, this is a waste of money and people. But the things that government agencies do that waste people and money are not just one or two things. She has no intention of criticizing or saying anything more.
She didn’t expect that the Pei family still had a farm in Tongzhou? !
Where else is the Pei family without a farm?
Yu Tang cursed in his heart, changed the subject, and said, "Isn't this fortune cake also made by your farm?"
Pei Yan noticed Yu Tang's rosy face when she walked in, and thought about what Pei Man told him that not only did she win the favor of his mother, but she also got along well with several of his nieces. When they first met, he and she chatted for a long time about what style of clothes to wear, and he even got a reward from his mother.
You must know that his mother is not an ordinary woman, and not everyone can win her favor.
He originally just wanted her to come into the house to make his mother happy, but he never thought that this would be like a fish in water for her.
Look, when he was too busy in Ji'an, she was still living quite leisurely at his house.
Inexplicably, Pei Yan felt a little sad. He wanted to tease Yu Tang and didn't want her to look like everything was going well in front of him.
He couldn't help curling his lips when he heard this, and said: "Our family's hands are not as long as you think. Fujian is the place of the Peng family, the Yin family, and the Li family. I am not prepared to be enemies of these families at the same time. This blessing cake was sent by the Li family. It is said that it is made for their own family. It is very different from the ones sold in the market. You can taste the difference."
From his tone, Yu Tang didn't seem to like eating these sweets, so where did the peanut cake she made go?
Did you always just do it for show?
She couldn't help but said: "What do you like to eat? If my mother can cook it, I will make it for you next time."
Pei Yan looked dispensable and said: "I don't particularly like to eat, or I don't particularly like to eat. Just try something fresh if you have it. I don't like eating fortune cakes. , Mainly because Lao An people heard somewhere that eating more blessing cakes can cure coughs. They have cooked persimmon cakes and water for me to drink every day since I was a child. I feel uncomfortable smelling the smell."
Yu Tang suddenly felt as if he had met a confidant and said hurriedly: "Then I'm the same as you. My mother always thinks that children with bad gastrointestinal problems have to drink porridge. Since I was a child, my mother likes to let me drink porridge. , then when I grew up, I didn’t want to serve the bowl when I looked at the porridge.”
Have you grown up yet?
You are only a few years old now. No matter how long you are, you are only a dozen years old.
Pei Yan was very happy to hear what she said. Tang: "Why did you come to see me?"
Chen Qi on the side looked at Yu Tang a few more times.
The third master is the most impatient of gossiping. Why are he so happy chatting with a little girl today?
However, this little girl is young, but she speaks and acts in a decent manner. Could it be that the third master has taken a fancy to this young lady?
He left the study and went to inquire about Yu Tang's origins.
It was no secret that Yu Tang accompanied Lao An. Although he did not publicize it, he did not deliberately avoid it. Soon, Chen Qi found out the reasons and consequences of her entering the mansion.
Everything is good, but my family background is a bit low.
Chen Qi thought about it in his heart.
Neither Yu Tang nor Pei Yan thought that much. Yu Tang told Pei Yan about the purpose of his visit: "You told me before that the Li family was in urgent need of money for activities in Beijing. At that time, I felt that the Li family was too much. I was impatient. Since it was a temporary need, given the reputation of the Li family, I just carried an empty box with a seal and took it to a **** shop to **** it. There must be a **** shop willing to sell the favor of the Li family, so why have to sell these five items? What about the ten acres of Yongye field? However, I heard a news a few days ago that the things Li Jun sent back from Rizhao on his father's orders were indeed rutted into the ground. I have nothing to do at home these days and I am just thinking about this. Something. Do you think this is a cover-up? No one knows how much money the Li family has, but people in Lin'an City are watching their family get rich. If Li Yi really embezzled money in Rizhao, he must have Are you thinking of a way to launder this money?"
As he listened, the lightness on Pei Yan's face slowly began to fade away. By the time Yu Tang finished speaking, Pei Yan had sat up straight and looked at Yu Tang solemnly: "What are you talking about? What do you mean? Do you want to press Li Duan into the mud and rub him again?"
Yu Tang's face turned red upon hearing this.
She did mean that.
But what Pei Yan said was too straightforward.
When others heard this, they thought the two of them were discussing how to make money and kill themselves!
She blinked and said: "I heard that the Li family will soon move to Hangzhou City, and Li Duan is also planning to go to the capital to study with his father. If they really leave Lin'an City, the Wei family will Can’t the young master’s great revenge be avenged?”
Pei Yan didn't quite understand and said, "Li Duan has already paid tribute to the second son of the Wei family, and the marriage between Li Duan and the Gu family has also fallen through. Don't you think this is enough?"
He felt that Yu Tang was too persistent.
She and the second young master of the Wei family just had a blind date, and they didn't even get married.
Could it be that Miss Yu has taken a fancy to the second young master of the Wei family?
Pei Yan touched his chin.
Yu Tang said: "Repaying evil with kindness, how can I repay kindness? Even if I hate someone again, the most I can do is curse him in private to a bad death. The Li family can harm the Wei family without hesitation for their own interests. Second Young Master, it can be seen that their family is not a good person! And our family, if it were not for your protection this time, might have ended up with the same fate as the Second Young Master of the Wei family, and might even be ruined! With such a family, why should I Want to let them go?"
Pei Yan looked at her angry little face, and suddenly thought that he was bullied when he was a child because he was jealous of his classmates. He not only fought back, but also beat the dog in the water, not only making the bully never dare to mess with him again, but also Even the people watching the excitement didn't dare to mess with him easily. ~IndoMTL.com~ His father felt that he was not broad-minded enough and scolded him severely for this... Thinking about it this way, he felt that it was understandable for Yu Tang to do this.
Yu Wen is just a young scholar after all. If he can bring down an official family like the Li family, others will definitely not dare to bully their family casually in the future.
"Tell me! How do you want me to help you?" Pei Yan said cheerfully, "I'll have to reconcile with the accounting clerk later."
The implication is that Yu Tang should not waste his time.
Yu Tang smiled sheepishly and said, "Can you help me check what Li Duan's father did when he was an official in Rizhao? It's impossible for an ordinary person to be a prefect and send so many things back. Right?"
She actually wanted to ask, in the same piece of land, why could only the Li family's 200 acres of Yongye field be able to grow green rice? If he is interested, she can use the thirty acres of land she owns for the Pei family to study. Maybe the Pei family can also grow green stem rice in their land.
It's just that Pei Yan said such words in front of her, and she mentioned it in the back. It is easy for people to misunderstand that she wants to exchange conditions with the Pei family, but instead betrays Pei Yan's good intentions.