This is to let the two fight first!
Pei Man understood, and responded with a smile, and opened the place where Ah Ming had read before, ready to continue reading the gift list to Pei Yan.
Pei Yan raised his hand and made a "no" gesture, and said: "This is a gift list sent by the Wu family. You can take it and have a look first, and prepare a return gift accordingly. Then see if there is anything interesting in the things you sent. s things."
Knowing his hobbies, Pei Man responded respectfully and withdrew.
Pei Yan was a little bored, took the door beast ring casually, went to his second brother to talk about the New Year, then went to greet his mother, thought for a while, turned around and went to the study in the outer courtyard.
The place where Yu's father and daughter were received before, at this time, except for Pei Yan's study room, all the rooms are brightly lit, and the accountant, steward, clerk, and servant are all busy without touching the floor, although everyone is talking in a low voice, But it was still noisier than the other places, and the oncoming heat made Pei Yan frowned in disgust.
"Third Master!" Everyone heard the movement and saw that it was Pei Yan who came in, and they all stepped forward to salute.
Pei Yan nodded, and her eyes fell on Pei Man.
Pei Man hurriedly said: "The Wu family's gift list has been transcribed, and our stewards are discussing about preparing to return the gift." Having said that, he paused, and said, "If you can't come here now, I'm also going to wait I will go to see you—the things from the Wu family are quite expensive, I asked the accountant to calculate, and they are worth at least 10,000 taels of silver. Among them, more than 7,000 taels are specified for you."
Obviously came by request.
But the other people in Pei's residence didn't know the reason, they all looked at Pei Yan with admiration, as if they just knew this person.
Pei Yan twitched the corners of her lips, rubbing the frosted ring of the door beast ring in her hand, thinking that the Yu family would give him 70% of the income.
How surprised would the father and daughter be if they knew that he had received so many gifts in just two days
"Then accept it." Ever since Pei Yan fell out with his second senior brother, he didn't like the people and things around his second senior brother very much. "If I don't accept it, he won't feel at ease!"
Pei Man smiled and said yes, but at this time another servant came in, panting: "Third Master, Tixue Censor Deng Xuesong and Lord Deng Xuesong are here to visit."
Pei Yan was very surprised.
It was already late at this time, although he and Deng Xuesong belonged to the same family, but Deng Xuesong came from a poor family and had an aloof personality, the relationship between the two was very normal, logically, Deng Xuesong would not come to visit him at this time.
Is it related to the map
Pei Yan rubbed her chin and went to the Nuan Pavilion where she met her guests.
Deng Xuesong was in his forties, tall and thin, with a goatee and a goatee. He sat on the grand master's chair with half-closed eyes, and let Hu Xing surround him courteously. He couldn't tell what he was thinking.
Seeing Pei Yan, he nodded arrogantly towards Pei Yan.
Deng Xuesong didn't like Pei Yan very much either, he felt that Pei Yan was talented but willful, a talent that many people couldn't ask for, but he didn't take it seriously. But the two are from the same family, even if he doesn't want to see Pei Yan anymore, he can't tear each other down. Fortunately, he helped Pei Yan last time, which made him more confident.
After the two exchanged pleasantries, Deng Xuesong directly explained the purpose of coming: "I heard that the elder of the Huzhou Wu family is here with you? Do you know what the Huzhou Wu family did in the first place?"
Pei Yan gave a "tsk" in her heart, and felt that Deng Xuesong came for that map without thinking too much. I just don't know who he is trying to help? Being able to stand up to Jiang Hua's in-laws so bluntly, it can be seen that the one who entrusted him to come forward is not an idle family. But why didn't they come forward to find him directly, and asked Deng Xuesong to be the middleman
Pei Yan pretended not to know, and said with a smile: "The Wu family is my second brother's in-laws anyway, how could I not know?"
As soon as the words were spoken, Pei Yan's heart moved.
Zhou Zijin heard that he and his second senior brother had fallen out, these people don't think so, do they
That's a little bit of fun!
Thinking about it, Pei Yan pushed the fruit plate at his side towards Deng Xuesong, and said, "Try it, Tao Ziran sent someone to bring me a fortune cake from Guangzhou. I tasted it, and it really lives up to its reputation."
Tao An's style name was Ziran, and Deng Xuesong was his subordinate when he was the chief recorder of the Ministry of Industry.
Deng Xuesong's expression froze when he heard this, obviously he already knew what the Tao family had done.
Pei Yan chuckled, took a piece of cake and handed it to Deng Xuesong: "Eat the cake, eat the cake!"
Deng Xuesong reluctantly ate a piece of cake, praised a few delicious words, after thinking about it, he felt that he was no better than Pei Yan and Tao An in eloquence, so he simply said: "Then I won't make circles. Quanzhou Yinjia is kind to me, let me I'll be a middleman for them, and ask Xia Guang to meet with him."
The Quanzhou Yin family, the Fuzhou Peng family, and the Longyan Li family are known as the three major families in Fujian. Quanzhou Yinjia started out as a tea maker, but was overwhelmed by Longyan Lijia and switched to shipping. Apart from the Peng family, most of Fujian's current fleets belong to the Yin family. The Yin family is not as single-minded as the Li family, nor as powerful and powerful as the Peng family, but their family also has its own advantages-over the years, the Yin family has been devoting itself to ethnology and has helped many scholars. Among the three families, their family has the most news Well-informed, the most flexible and flexible.
Pei Yan had hesitated before whether to hook the Yin family over.
It's all right now, without him coming forward, the Yin family jumped out by themselves.
Pei Yan stopped playing Tai Chi with Deng Xuesong, and said bluntly: "We are not outsiders, so I will speak directly. If something is wrong, you have to give me some help. The map is not yet available. I knew it was true or not, so I didn't say anything. However, I happened to have something to trouble the Yin family. If this matter is successful, I will count Tutu as one of them no matter what."
Deng Xuesong heard his heart skip a beat, and said, "A share?"
Pei Yan smiled and said: "You don't think that such a big matter can be eaten by only our family?"
Deng Xuesong is a person who only reads sage books. He neither likes nor cares about business matters. He blushed when he heard this, and said, "You also said that we are not outsiders. Tell me, what do you want me to do?"
Pei Yan was not polite anymore, and said: "I want to ask the Yin family for help with something. You can ask their family to have someone who can talk."
Deng Xuesong knew that it was not easy to make Pei Yan open his mouth to ask for help, and to use maritime business as a bait.
He has done everything he can, and he doesn't want to go into this muddy water anymore.
"Okay! Then it's settled." He stood up bluntly and said, "It's not early today, and I have to go back to Hangzhou City overnight, so don't keep me, the assessment will be at the end of the year I can't delay my serious business."
Pei Yan did not force him to stay, and personally sent Deng Xuesong out. On the way, he mentioned Yu Wen's matter: "Although he is only a scholar, Suikao is not with you, so you should say hello anyway, and take care of him if you can."
Scholars are assessed every year. If they fail the assessment, they may be dismissed as a scholar.
Deng Xuesong didn't ask any further questions. Anyway, Pei Yan accepted the favor. He said, "Don't worry, I know what to do about this matter. When the time comes, someone will report to you."
Pei Yan thought that this could be regarded as a thank-you gift for the door beast ring. Watching Deng Xuesong's sedan chair go out of Xiaomei Lane against the cold wind, Pei Yan went to the study room where common affairs were handled.
Everywhere is still so busy, but several stewards are gathered around the desk where he dropped a door beast ring to press the account book, talking about the door beast ring: "I didn't expect the third master to have one. If I knew this, or I put it The one from the store can be sent over, or you can ask the third master for it, it’s only worth the money if you make a pair.”
Pei Yanqi asked: "Where is there a door beast ring?"
The steward smiled and said, "In the antique shop, there is a door beast ring exactly like this one, but it was sold a few days ago, and it's too late to regret it."
Pei Yan looked a little weird when he heard it, and said, "When did you sell it? How much money did you sell it for?"
The steward smiled and said: "It's just a few days ago. You know, this thing is not very valuable in the first place, and it is a single piece, so it is even less valuable. We sold it for two taels of silver. If I had known that you have one here, at least It can also be sold for a hundred taels of silver."
"Oh!" Pei Yan responded blankly, and said, "Then you guys are busy, I'll go back and rest!"
After all, the several stewards acted based on his eyes, and they were all very good at observing faces, so they immediately realized that he was very unhappy.
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what made him unhappy.
They exchanged glances with each other, not knowing what to say.
After finally waiting for Pei Yan to leave, Pei Man couldn't help but slap one of them and said, "Why don't you go to work? Don't you want to sleep for days and nights?"
The manager who spoke exclaimed and hugged his head, and hurriedly put down the door beast ring to reconcile the account.
Pei Man looked at the door beast ring glowing blue, and felt like a hot potato, not knowing what to do.
But you can't just leave it here like this!
He thought and thought, beckoned Ah Ming to come over, and told him quietly: "Find a chance and quietly put it on the third master's bookshelf."
When the third master went to flip through the book and found out, it was fate. If you can't find it, you won't lose it.
Ah Ming went to put the gate beast ring as instructed.
The people from the Yin family arrived at Lin'an City at noon the next day.
He is the eldest son of the Yin family and the next head of the Yin family.
Before coming, their family had carefully inquired about Pei Yan, and knowing that this was the first Spring Festival when Pei Yan took over as the suzerain of the Pei family, they thought of going with the Wu family, thinking that Pei Yan must be powerful. , pulled nearly ten carriages to see Pei Yan.
That day, Yu Tang happened to accompany his mother to give the New Year's gift to Mrs. Ma's house, so he sat in the sedan chair and raised the curtain to see clearly. After returning home, Mrs. Chen also said to Yu Wen: "No wonder Mrs. Pei wants to pass on the position of suzerain to the third master. Just this year's ceremony, it is a hundred times more lively than in previous years. Will the Pei family become more and more prosperous in the future? Tell me, will the Pei family be happy?" Move to Hangzhou City."
Throwing the pot out, his wife's illness has been treated by a famous doctor, her daughter is becoming more and more obedient, and she can help with family affairs. Yu Wen's life is so comfortable, and he started to live in the study again The days of carving seals and reading idle books. He thought that when Yu Yuan got married in Kaichun, Yu Tang's marriage would be finalized. He would have to carve a seal for his daughter. In the future, her daughter's housekeeper could use the seal to pay money or collect bills. Thinking about it, he thought it would be grand.
"No!" He looked at the appearance of the seal, and said casually, "If the Pei family wanted to move, they would have moved a long time ago. Besides, Hangzhou City is not so easy to take root."
The husband and wife were chatting slowly, but Yu Tang felt a little anxious.
From this point of view, the auction will be postponed until the next year.
I don't know if these people who came to send New Year gifts have anything to do with the map auction
She sighed softly.