Thoughts together, like weeds grow wildly.
But this is not the time to talk about it.
Yu Tang took this matter to heart, turned around and took the painting and asked Wang: "Should it be put away or framed and hung up?"
Favors in the family come and go, and some good things will be put away and given away on special occasions. Especially paintings like Zhang Hui's paintings, which not only have literary titles, but are also really good. It is the most decent gift to send to those scholars who know the goods.
Perhaps considering this point, Zhang Hui only inscribed a congratulatory message on the painting of grapes, while the other three paintings were only stamped with private seals.
Mrs. Wang couldn't put it down, and said: "I asked the master to frame it and hang it in your elder brother's study. I heard from Mrs. Wei that Miss Xiang once studied in a private school for ten years."
Hanging these paintings will add a lot of color to the Yu family.
Yu Tang pursed his lips and smiled, and ordered to go on and not to speak.
After the second day of February, when the dragon raised its head, Xiang's family sent people to look at the new house.
The woman’s furniture has been laid out long ago. This time when I came to see the new house, I was talking about seeing if there were any additions or subtractions. In fact, it was a bit of supervision, to see if the Yu family had gone through the matchmaker as before. Arrange a new house for the new couple as promised by Xiangjia.
Yu Bo only had this one son, and the couple valued their heirs. Not only did they repaint the three East Wing rooms as they had promised to the family, but they also built a flower wall in the East Wing, the main room, and the West Wing, and planted vines. Such plants made the East Wing Room a small courtyard, and built a two-room setback behind the East Wing Room, which can be used as Xiang's storeroom or as a sleeping room for maids to rest.
In order to satisfy the Xiang's family, Mrs. Wang specially took the Xiang's family to see the north room where the East Wing was turned into a study.
The north room inlaid with two pieces of transparent glass is brightly lit, the black-painted pillars are tall and solemn, and the paintings hanging on the walls are delicate and exquisite.
The woman who came over from Xiang's house was said to be Mrs. Xiang's close wife, and she was brought by Mrs. Xiang from Shen's house. She probably had some insight. The flower wall courtyard did not let her show any obvious preference. She was very moved. She stood there watching for a while, and then said to Wang with a sincere smile: "My wife has worked hard. No wonder my aunt is full of praise when she mentions my wife. This marriage is really well prepared."
The truth is the same.
Since the Xiang family is satisfied with these paintings, they must be very satisfied with Yu Tang's previous idea of inviting all the scholars in Lin'an City to their home as guests.
While Wang breathed a sigh of relief, she couldn't help but start to praise Yu Tang: "It was all arranged by our nephew. You know, my second uncle is a scholar. This niece studied with her father since she was a child. She's not like an ordinary boudoir girl, I also rely on her a lot for her elder brother's marriage."
When Mrs. Wei was a matchmaker for Miss Xiang, the Xiang family took the Yu family to the bottom.
If it weren't for the fact that the Yu family had a simple population and a good reputation, even if Mr. Xiang didn't care about his daughter, he wouldn't have agreed to this marriage.
The people from Xiang's family naturally followed Wang's words and praised Yu Tang again and again.
Wang's face was full of joy, and she felt that the people of Xiang's family were not as difficult to get in touch with as she had imagined before, so she showed some sincerity and kept the people of Xiang's family for dinner.
Goodwill is mutual.
Seeing that Mrs. Wang was sincere, the people of Xiang's family fell to the ground, and they treated Mrs. Wang sincerely. The people of the two families ate a meal in harmony. When the woman returned to Xiang's house, she couldn't help but praise Yu's family in front of Mrs. Xiang, and Mrs. Xiang laughed and teased the woman: "I don't know what benefits Yu's family has given you. It was bought. If you go here a few more times, I think your heart will be in your armpit."
The woman blushed.
Mrs. Xiang didn't take it to heart, and waved her hand and said, "Okay, you don't need to say much. She can find a good family to live in peace, and don't make trouble for her brother in the future. Why would I make trouble? Old An Too much thought."
The mother-in-law dare not answer.
On the Yu family's side, it seemed as if a great event had been accomplished, they got together for dinner at night, and the Wang family was quick to talk about the visit from Xiang's family today.
Yu Bo felt that this time he really bowed his head to marry a wife. If he hadn't seen Mrs. Wei being smart and capable, the girls she taught would not be too bad, and his son really liked him, so he wouldn't be so angry. But he couldn't listen to Wang's praise of his family. He pushed Wang's favorite broad beans in front of her, and said, "Just don't say a few words, eat quickly, the weather is cold, and the dishes are cold."
Wang stopped the topic embarrassingly.
Yu Wen, who hadn't spoken much all this time, said to Yu Tang and Yu Yuan: "You two will follow me to Pei's house tomorrow. Chief Pei will send someone to deliver a letter in the afternoon, saying that Third Master Pei has something to ask us to go over and talk."
It should be a matter of maps, right
Yu Tang thought, and nodded with Yu Yuan. Early the next morning, he followed Yu Wen to Pei's residence.
The Pei family seemed to have fallen into a mortal fairy cave. The winter had just passed, and the trees in their house were still very lush. They walked along the bluestone corridor they came in last time, feeling the same as the last time they came, without any change.
Yu Tang didn't understand in the past, but in his rebirth, he knew how much manpower and material resources it would take to maintain the same season throughout the year.
She also thought of Pei's shop in Hangzhou City.
The Pei family should be richer than they imagined, right
Yu Tang thought about it, and followed his father and brother to the study where Pei Yan saw them last time.
There is only a little boy guarding the study, and there is no one else.
Seeing someone coming in, the little boy stepped forward to salute.
Yu Tang recognized this little boy as the one he had seen in Zhaoming Temple and Yu's old house, and suddenly felt excited to meet an old acquaintance in a foreign land. When the boy was sternly serving tea to them, she couldn't help but talk to him. The little boy whispered: "Do you remember me? I remember your name is Ming, is that your name?"
The little boy nodded solemnly like an adult, but when the steward who brought them in was talking to Yu Wen, he showed a festive smile at Yu Tang, pointed to the tea in her hand, and whispered: "Fennel beans, you can be fragrant." Already!"
This little clever ghost!
Yu Tang's heart was melted by him, seeing that her father was still talking to the steward, she asked him in a low voice: "What is the third master doing?"
The boy named Ah Ming immediately pursed his lips into a slit, and shook his head vigorously.
If it weren't for the manager of the Pei family here, Yu Tang would have laughed out loud.
Of course she wouldn't embarrass Ah Ming, she patted his head and didn't ask any more questions.
Soon, Pei Yan strode in.
With the air-conditioning outside, Yu Tang who was sitting at the door couldn't help shivering, and couldn't help slandering Pei Yan: In such a cold day, the earth dragon is not burned, and I don't know what is wrong with it!
Pei Yan wore a moon-white muslin cotton gown today, with a green bamboo-colored cloth belt around her waist, and had no accessories other than that, this time it was truly simple.
Yu Tang looked very uncomfortable, always feeling like something was missing.
Pei Yan seemed to be very busy. He sat down and raised his hand to drive all the servants out of the house. He said straight to the point and said to Yu's family: "I'm looking for someone to test the voyage. The map is real. I'm going to put the auctioned The time is set on March 16th, what do you think?"
Although he was talking about negotiating, his tone was very firm. He obviously felt that such an arrangement was very good, and the Yu family would not refuse.
The three members of the Yu family all changed their colors.
March 16th is Yu Yuan's wedding date.
Why didn't Pei Yan arrange it sooner or later, but on this day
And when their family proposed to share the auction money with the Pei family, Pei Yan did not agree.
Yu Yuan couldn't help but look suspiciously at Pei Yan.
He winked at Yu Tang.
Yu Tang saw it, but felt that Yu Yuan was overthinking this matter.
The strength of the Yu family and the Pei family are very different, and Pei Yan doesn't need to play such a trick at all.
Yu Wen thought that since Pei Yan had set this date, there must be a reason, how should these two things be taken care of
He lost his mind for a moment, so he showed some hesitation.
On the other hand, Pei Yan was puzzled and wondered: "What? Do you think it's a bad day? I invited the Tao family in Guangzhou to help with the sea trial. Somehow, this news leaked out, and now I don't know if there is any Those who have heard the news, I thought, don't hide it, move the time back, and let those who are interested in bidding participate. Maybe the price of the auction is not as high as we thought before , but if there are too many people, maybe more money will fall into the pocket.”
It can be seen that Pei Yan didn't know about Yu Yuan's marriage at all.
Maybe he was busy with the map during this period of time, so he didn't have time to pay attention to the things in Lin'an City.
Yu Tang tactfully said: "March 16th, my eldest cousin gets married..."
Pei Yan was stunned, looked Yu Yuan up and down a few times, and said, "How old is your eldest cousin? Why are you getting married so early?"
Most of the boys and girls in Lin'an City get married at the age of seventeen or eighteen, her eldest cousin is not too late, but it is not too early either.
Yu Tang said: "My eldest cousin is the only male in our family!"
Pei Yan was stunned, and said decisively: "Then let's set the tenth day of March. What do you think? You should be able to get back the money from each auction before Mr. Yu gets married."
The first cousin's marriage can be handled properly.
Does he mean that
Yu Tang couldn't help but glance at Pei Yan.
I didn't expect this person to have such a delicate mind.
"Okay!" Yu Wen felt that the earlier the map was thrown out, the sooner their home could be quiet, of course, the sooner the better, "We listen to the third master."
After hearing this, Pei Yan smiled with satisfaction, called Pei Man in, and said, "The auction is scheduled for the tenth day of March, hurry up and send the invitations to the ones we have set before."
Pei Man backed away.
Pei Yan handed Yu Wen the list of people who were going to be invited to participate in the auction, and then introduced the background of each family.
The Tao family in Guangzhou, the Wu family in Huzhou, the Yin family in Quanzhou, the Li family in Longyan... You can crush the Yu family if you choose any one.
If they hadn't invited the Pei family to come forward, even if they had a picture to sell, they would have to spend the money!
The more Yu Wen listened, the more he sweated, and the more he listened, the more grateful he was for listening to Yu Tang's suggestion.