In the study of Pei's farm garden, Pei Yan and Shen Shanyan were relatively silent.
After a long while, Shen Shanyan let out a long sigh, and said: "I'm too self-righteous. Speaking of it, we are quite alike, we are the kind of people who have no brains. I don't even care about my own family affairs. Clearly, I’m still here to persuade you. Xia Guang, just look at your second senior brother’s face, don’t be as fussy as me!”
Pei Yan's face turned pale, and he said: "It's good that Mr. Shen can think clearly. It's not that I don't want to take care of the affairs of the capital - who doesn't want to make contributions? But there are some things that I don't want to do. Since I have become the suzerain of the Pei family , Naturally, I have to be responsible to the Pei family, and I can't drag the whole family into trouble because of my own preferences. You know this best. Otherwise, you wouldn't have chosen Lin'an back then."
Shen Shanyan nodded, looking a little dazed, and said softly: "Your father... has vision, strategy and courage. I underestimated him in the past... I always thought that Mr. Yi was the wisest in your family. Now it seems that he is the wisest It's your father... This is also the blessing of your Pei family!"
"Blessing!" Pei Yan murmured, her eyes suddenly became moist, her throat seemed to be blocked, and she couldn't make any sound.
It was the appearance of Ah Ming who broke the silence of the study: "Third Master, the young master and miss of the Yu family are here to visit you!"
Pei Yan doesn't want to see guests now, but he also knows why Yu Tang and Yu Yuan came to him at this time.
He drew the bow, he couldn't just let it go!
"Please come in!" Pei Yan said, but he couldn't restrain the sadness in his heart immediately.
It was Shen Shanyan, who was surprised when he heard the words: "The young master and young lady of Yu's family? Could it be the nephew and girl of Yu Huili's family?"
"Yes!" Pei Yan felt tired and didn't want to say a word.
Seeing this, Shen Shanyan wondered if he should avoid it, but Ah Ming had already walked in with Yu Yuan and Yu Tang.
The elder brother Gao and the younger sister both have white skin and big eyes, with beautiful and delicate eyebrows and eyes. One is wearing a beautiful blue plain-faced silk gown, and the other is wearing a water-green plain-faced silk gown. Her gestures are graceful and graceful, which is easy to make people feel uncomfortable. favor.
"Mr. Shen is here too!" After the two saluted Pei Yan, they greeted Shen Shanyan again.
Shen Shanyan nodded slightly, a little strange what the two of them came to see Pei Yan for, seeing that Pei Yan had no intention of asking him to avoid him, he continued to sit there without moving.
Yu Yuan showed several boxes to Pei Yan.
Pei Yan was not happy at first, but now seeing that he had been earnest, and the things Yu Yuan brought out still did not meet his requirements, he vented his anger on Yu Yuan, and said with a blunt expression: "These things can't be done well. The paint can't be done well. That's all, good paint and bad paint account for a large part. Even if your family wants to get some better paint, I'm afraid you can't find a way. But what about the carving skills? I told you several times before, but you Judging from the items you brought over, they are just a bit stronger than before. If you only have this level, you will definitely not be able to get ahead."
Yu Yuan's face turned pale, as if he had been stabbed.
Yu Tang couldn't bear it.
She clearly saw these problems, but she didn't point them out in time, hoping that Pei Yan could give Yu Yuan some pointers. I didn't expect Pei Yan to speak so sharply, and her eldest cousin lost all his momentum with just a few words.
Yu Tang hurriedly said as if to make amends: "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. After all, we still have too little knowledge. Third Master, I wonder if you can find a way to help us find a way to come here so that we can see Raise your horizons."
Pei Yan thought about it for a while, and felt that Yu Tang's words made sense.
However, it is not so easy to find things in the imperial court, but Pei Yan happens to have them.
He said: "Then you just have to wait for a while. I'll ask someone to get a round box, which is used to hold ink ingots. I got it by accident before, so I'll take it back for you to have a look."
Is Pei Yan going to help the Yu family do business? Isn't Pei Yan the one who is the most impatient with these general affairs? When did the Yu family like Pei Yan so much
Shen Shanyan was a little dumbfounded.
Yu Tang glanced at Pei Yan quite unexpectedly.
I don't know why, Pei Yan looks the same as usual, but Yu Tang faintly feels that Pei Yan is very unhappy, and it seems that there is a resentment lingering in his chest, which will make Pei Yan more and more irritable .
But when Mr. Shen was here, Yu Tang didn't ask any more questions, and he and Yu Yuan got up and said goodbye when they got the small round box with red lacquer.
Pei Yan looked at the worry on Yu Tang's eyebrows, and a moment of hesitation flashed in his heart.
Miss Yu has always been treated preferentially by him, either by him staying for a cup of tea or a snack or something, this time she followed Yu Yuan into the mansion, but when he was in a bad mood, she didn't even have a good face If he gave it to her, he just drove her away.
I don't know if the little girl will think about it when she goes back.
even cry...
Pei Yan thought for a while, then called to stop Yu Tang who was going out, and said: "I still have time to draw a few pictures here, you can take them back and have a look. I will send some over in a few days."
Because Pei Yan often changed her mind, Yu Tang didn't think much about it. Seeing that Pei Yan's complexion seemed to be getting better, she also raised the corners of her mouth and smiled shallowly. Thinking of Shen Shanyan's presence, she even bent her knees to give him a blessing , then went forward to pick up a few drawings that Pei Yan found on the desk, bowed his head and left.
Seeing her laughing, Pei Yan felt at ease, thinking that the little girl was always a little sad when she was not smiling, but she was pretty when she was smiling, like flowers blooming in spring, quite colorful.
No wonder that Li Jun lost his soul when he saw her.
However, the current Li family estimated that they could not protect themselves, and life would start to be difficult.
He secretly clicked his tongue a little gloatingly.
Thinking of Miss Yu's narrow-mindedness again.
Not only did he want the Li family to lose a good marriage, but he also used his hands to uproot the Li family, even Miss Gu.
Thinking of this, Pei Yan rubbed his temples.
He has thought of everything he can think of, and he has taken precautions against everything he can prevent. I hope that on the Buddha's Day, Miss Yu will not have the chance to provoke any moths for him to clean up the mess!
Pei Yan sighed softly, turned around and continued to talk about the situation in Beijing with Shen Shanyan: "Who did the Duduyuan send as the censor this time? Is it really just to check the accounts of the Gaoyou River?"
Shen Shanyan didn't say a word, his expression was obviously a little shocked.
Pei Yan was surprised, wondering what was wrong with him, and asked again.
Only then did Shen Shanyan say "Oh", came back to his senses, and said: "Who will be sent here has not yet been decided. There are rumors in Beijing that they are going to the river channel of Gaoyou, but the ones sent out are people from Zhejiang Province. I can’t tell. We can only wait for people to arrive and see if they are resting in Suzhou or Hangzhou.”
Pei Yan didn't speak.
Shen Shanyan has Shen Shanyan's way, and he has his way.
If someone from the Supervisor of Rituals came over this time, it might not just be a case of corruption of ink.
He didn't speak, but Shen Shanyan couldn't help it, he said: "You... what's going on? Why do you take care of the small lacquerware shop of Yu's family? Even Yu Huili, it's just because the brotherhood will last in his elder brother's absence Check it out when you’re home…”
Pei Yan is doing everything by herself, doing the work of the big shopkeeper.
This is not the Pei Xiaguang he knew!
Pei Yan felt a little unhappy when he heard this, and said: "The lacquerware shop is also very interesting. I recently got several pieces of red lacquer, and I want to see how they are made."
Shen Shanyan was a little suspicious.
Although there are many children from aristocratic families like Pei Yan who like miscellaneous things, are proud of knowing astrology, maps, and arithmetic, and even write books, but they are not the right way after all, and Pei Yan is not like this kind of person.
But he hadn't had time to think about it, because Pei Yan had already said: "If someone from the Supervisor of Rituals leaves Beijing, who will he send out?"
Shen Shanyan was startled, he didn't bother to think about these details, he hurriedly said: "You heard that there will be a person who is in charge of rituals accompanying you?"
Pei Yan nodded, surprised himself.
If you talk about the Yu family's affairs, you can talk about the Yu family's affairs. Why did he tell Shen Shanyan the news
He was planning to use this as his hole card!
Pei Yan frowned.
After Yu Tang and Yu Yuan left Pei Mansion, Yu Tang kept guessing why Pei Yan was unhappy.
She felt that Pei Yan's emotions must have something to do with Shen Shanyan.
It's not the first time she met Shen Shanyan to visit Pei Yan.
Shen Shanyan is a literati who avoids living in Lin'an, besides what happened to Mrs. Shen last time, what else can make him and Pei Yan entangled
Yu Tang tilted his head and thought for a long time.
But Yu Yuan was holding the small round box in his hand, like holding a cornucopia, with a worried expression on his face, and a joyful expression at the other, which made Yu Tang very worried and wondered if Yu Yuan would be too happy Yes, all of a sudden crazy.
Yu Tang also tried to ask Yu Yuan: "Has the name of my little nephew been decided?"
Based on the saying that a humble name is easy to support, Yu Yuan's eldest son was named Dabao.
According to her aunt, if there is another one, it will be called the second treasure, and the subsequent ones will be called the three treasures, four treasures...
Yu Yuan immediately looked back at her vigilantly, and said, "Second Uncle, did you think of another nice name?"
Yu Wen said before that he wanted Dabao to name him Shunyi according to his seniority, birthday, five elements and so on.
Everyone thought this name was like a servant's name, but Yu Wen was the most knowledgeable in the family, and he was afraid that this name would indeed be good for Dabao's luck, so even Yu Bo didn't immediately refute it.
Yu Tang believed that his elder brother's brain was fine.
The two returned to the shop, Xia Pinggui was eagerly waiting for them to come back, and when he heard that the small red-lacquered box in Yu Yuan's hand was made by Pei Yan as a sample for them, he immediately walked over tremblingly, He didn't even dare to touch it, so he looked at this small round box carved with bamboo leaves with Yu Yuan's hand.
Yu Tang didn't understand these things, and she was thinking about Pei Yan's emotions just now. After listening to Xia Pinggui and Yu Yuan muttering for half an hour, she became a little impatient. She said, "Brother, why don't I go back first? Wait for you to see." Something happened, I'll go to Pei Mansion with you again."
Seeing that Yu Tang was a little mentally weak, Yu Yuan felt sorry for her running around with him, and immediately said: "Then you go back first! Take a good rest. Going to Pei's mansion is also a matter of tomorrow."
Yu Tang left with Shuangtao.
And because there were several men looking at lacquerware on the front shop, she and Shuangtao walked out the back door.
She never thought that she and Shuang Tao would see Pei Yan's carriage just after they stepped over the high bluestone threshold of the back door.