After more than ten days like this, Yu Bo and Yu Yuan came back from Jiangxi.
Yu Wen was drawing a picture when he heard the news and asked in surprise, "Why did they come back so soon? Could it be that things are not going well?"
It takes more than two months to take a boat from here to Nanchang Mansion in Jiangxi.
Yu Tang was the opposite of what Yu Wen thought.
It will only take longer if things are not going well. If things go well, they will come back early instead.
"The uncle's house is next door," Yu Tang said with a smile, "how about I help you go there and ask?"
Chen Shi accompanied Yu Tang doing needlework. She smiled and scolded her daughter: "I don't think you want to ask your father for a letter, are you trying to be lazy?"
In the previous life, Yu Tang missed her loved ones and cried so many nights that she wet her pillow. Now that time can turn back and let her be at the knees of her parents, she can't wait to gild the body of Bodhisattva. How can she be like the ignorant self in the past, worrying her mother and embarrassing her father
For the past ten days, she has honestly been doing embroidery work at home, and even drew a few patterns that are popular in later generations, which made Mrs. Chen feel very pleased that her daughter has changed her face after receiving this lesson.
"Mumma knows me best." She rubbed her shoulders against Chen's shoulders in colorful clothes, and said, "Mumma, just let me go out to get some air! I haven't been out for several days."
Mrs. Chen loves her daughter the most, and after taking Yang Douxing's medicine these days, she feels her chest is much more comfortable and her energy level is full. She feels that even if her daughter gets into trouble, Yu Wen won't be able to clean up the mess by herself, so she laughs : "Okay! You and your father go to your uncle's house to have a look."
Yu Tang cheered.
But Yu Bo and Yu Yuan came together.
Everyone met each other, sat down under the tree canopy in the courtyard, and Shuangtao served tea.
Yu Bo talked about his trip to Jiangxi this time: "It's very lucky! We just entered Jiangxi, and met a Guangzhou merchant who sold lacquerware and planned to go to Ningbo to try his luck. I saw that he received a lot of goods. He talked for a long time, and he shared half of the goods with us. The shopkeeper Huang who happened to order at our house didn't care what kind of goods, as long as it could catch up with the fleet to go to sea. The business was negotiated. However, our family always Broken promise. I promise to pay fifty taels of silver to shopkeeper Huang... "
"It should be, it should be." Yu Wen hurriedly said: "Brother Yinzi is the master."
Yu's lacquerware shops are connected together, the business is done together, and the money and goods are paid out together, and the dividends are only distributed at the end of the year when the accounts are settled.
There is no need to pay so much money, and Yu Tang's family is very happy.
Yu Wen left Yu Bo and Yu Yuan for dinner.
Yu Bo refused, and said: "I have to hurry to Pei's house. I heard that Pei's house is going to rebuild Changxing Street, so I have to inquire about it."
Yu Wen was quite surprised, and said: "Is this news reliable? I didn't even hear about it when I stayed in Lin'an City, how did you know about it just after you came back?"
Yu Bo smiled and said: "You only read the books of sages and sages. Even if someone tells you about these merchants, you won't pay attention to them. How can it compare to me, who ran our family's lacquerware shop with my father since I was a child."
Yu Wendao: "Why did the Pei family suddenly think of rebuilding Changxing Street?"
Yu Bodao: "It seems to be the intention of the magistrate. I specially invited the second master of the Pei family to discuss it. This matter has been spread."
Yu Tang listened beside him, feeling the same as in his previous life. The Pei family agreed to rebuild Changxing Street, but also proposed that if the shops that did not belong to the Pei family could not afford the money, the Pei family could buy their foundations.
In her previous life, when she didn't know the strangeness of this, she felt that the Pei family was doing good deeds. Later, she realized that she had secretly scolded the Pei family. In this life, she knew about the strangeness, but she has already received the great kindness of the Pei family...
Yu Tang sighed inwardly.
Out of sight and out of mind, I went back to my room to do my sewing.
The Yu brothers talked about it in the study.
Yu Wen proposed that each of the two families sell a foundation to the Pei family, and the Pei family will help them rebuild the pavement. In this way, although the Yu family lost half of their assets, they managed to keep the other half.
Yu Bo was worried that the Pei family would not agree, and said, "Changxing Street is mostly the Pei family's shop, they can leave us alone, and we have to sell all the foundations to their family when the time comes."
But Yu Wen was eager to try: "Brother, look at me!"
Ever since he knew that the painting Lu Xin sold to him was a fake but he didn't see it, he admired shopkeeper Tong's appreciation ability. Shopkeeper Tong is already half a close friend.
Yu Wen felt that he could follow the path of shopkeeper Tong.
Everyone in Lin'an City knows that Shopkeeper Tong's family has helped the Pei family manage the pawnshop for generations, and now there are seven or eight generations. They are decent and talkative old people in the Pei family.
Yu Bo is not as optimistic as Yu Wen.
If shopkeeper Tong was a talker and took everything to Pei's house, how could he be where he is today
It's just that Yu Wen was in high spirits, and he didn't like to pour cold water on him, so he simply encouraged his younger brother a few words, and then led Yu Yuan to busy with the business in the shop.
Yu Wen had lunch, changed some clothes and went out.
When he came back in the evening, he happily told his wife and daughter: "The shopkeeper Tong is really nice. He promised to help our family to ask."
Chen was overjoyed.
Yu Tang was a little dazed.
Yu Wen took out the "Picture of Fishing in Pine Stream" and opened it under the lamp. While looking at it, he said to Yu Tang with emotion: "So, you can't be too fussy about gains and losses. You see, I bought a fake, but It also made me a friend."
Yu Tang pouted.
If she hadn't found a way to prove the authenticity of the painting, how could their family have dealt with Shopkeeper Tong. However, as his father said, Shopkeeper Tong is really a good person.
Yu Tang recalled the past life again.
According to Shopkeeper Tong, this painting is exactly the same as the original painting, that is to say, there is no problem with those inheritance seals. Where did the painting that fell into her hands in the previous life come from? Is it true or not
Yu Tang wanted to find an opportunity to ask Shopkeeper Tong for advice, but before she found the opportunity, Yu Wen happily told Chen and Yu Tang: "Our shop is saved!"
"What's going on here?" Mrs. Chen put down the needle and thread in her hands, and poured a cup of tea for Yu Wen herself.
Yu Wen sipped his tea twice, and said happily: "Treasurer Tong wrote back to me, saying that the chief manager of the Pei family did not agree, and felt that the two foundations were not enough to rebuild the two shops, so shopkeeper Tong thought about it earlier. Didn’t our family get cheated of money in the past, and I wanted to say goodbye to our family and let our family add some more money. But the head manager said that this precedent cannot be set. Otherwise, those whose shops were burned would follow suit. What to do. Who knew that the two of them were talking about this matter. The third master of the Pei family passed by and heard it, so he decided to agree to this matter. He also said that for all the houses whose shops were burned, the Pei family can help to clear the shop first. When it is built, the money spent will also be paid in advance by the Pei family, and the repayment will be made in installments of five or ten years without interest."
"Ah!" Yu Tang was stunned.
In this way, all the families whose shops were burned can tide over this difficulty smoothly.
"The Pei family is really the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva who saves the suffering!" Chen put his palms together and bowed in the direction of Pei's residence.
This is completely different from the previous life.
Could it be because of her rebirth
Then when the Li family came to propose marriage, wouldn't she have to do nothing, and their family would reject the marriage
Then will she never have to deal with the Li family again
Their family originally planned to recruit her!
Thinking about this matter, Yu Tang felt refreshed.
Chen said happily: "Then our family doesn't need to sell the foundation?"
"I'm afraid that won't work!" Yu Wen rubbed his head in embarrassment, and said, "Our family has already asked the Pei family to sell the foundation, and the Pei family is merciful and willing to lend money to everyone. What about the family!"
Chen's expression darkened, and he sighed in disappointment.
Yu Wen comforted Mrs. Chen: "This is already very good. If you think about it this way, if our family hadn't invited Shopkeeper Tong to talk about Xiang, how could the third master of the Pei family know about it? The third master of the Pei family didn't speak, so what about the Pei family? We will lend money to these families who have burned down their shops for free, and speaking of which, our family has indirectly done a good deed.”
Chen Shi laughed, and said coquettishly: "You are the one who is lenient."
Yu Wen giggled.
Yu Bo, who got the news, also thought that the foundation of his shop didn't need to be sold. He came to discuss with Yu Wen and found out the whole story. He couldn't laugh or cry, but thought of going with Yu Wen. Our family doesn’t have this kind of fate.”
The two Yu brothers have made up their minds, and it's even harder for the others to say anything.
A few days later, the Pei family was negotiating with those who had burned down the shop on how to rebuild the shop, and the old man of the Pei family passed away suddenly.
"It's impossible!" Yu Wen, who got the news in the middle of the night, stood in the courtyard with his clothes on. Hearing the loud insect cry, he held Chen's hand with a face full of shock, "When I went to Pei's house yesterday, I asked I passed the old man and said that the old man is fine, why did he just leave like this?"
Chen's heart was full of sadness, and said: "Is there some kind of sudden illness? The old man of the Pei family has passed the age of hearing, right?"
"But it's too sudden." Yu Wen still couldn't believe it, and told Ah Shao, "Go and check again, did you make a mistake?"
A Shao wiped her tears and choked with sobs and said: "I have already asked, the Pei family has knocked on the cloud board, and has begun to report funerals to each family. Both Zhaoming Temple and Qingxu Temple have received news, and the abbots of the two families have already left Come here. The news will not be wrong!"
Yu Tang leaned against the door, only feeling that the night dew was heavy and cold through the heart and lungs.
She has been very concerned about the health of the old man of the Pei family. Everyone said that the old man of the Pei family is well. Why is the old man of the Pei family still passing away
Yu Tang regretted it very much.
She shouldn't just listen to others, she should go and see for herself.
The Pei family has helped their family so much, but she didn't take the initiative to help the Pei family.
Yu Tang went over and took his mother's arm, and said, "Mum, are you going to offer incense to the old man of the Pei family? Can you take me there?"