Both the boss and the proprietress still remember Yu Tang.
Not only did they warmly welcome Yu Tang's brother and sister to stay in the hotel, but they also specially chose a secluded guest room for Yu Tang, and personally brought hot water for her to freshen up.
Yu Tang naturally thanked again and again.
The proprietress lowered her head to let her look at the silk flower in her hair: "You gave it to me when you came last time. Everyone said it looks good. Every time you wear it, you will be praised once."
Yu Tang pursed her lips and smiled, and then invited the proprietress to accompany her to the alleys selling flower accessories.
She planned to make a few more head flowers this time, and when her elder brother and Miss Xiang returned home, they could bring them back to Xiang's house to show off.
Yu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief when he found out.
He was going to Wulinmen to inquire about news, but he was worried about how to arrange Yutang.
"Then be careful." He told his sister, "Come back after shopping. I will not eat dinner at the inn at night. I have already told the boss. The lady boss will bring the dinner to your room. If you I haven't come back after dinner, remember to close the doors and windows of the room tightly, go to bed early, and I will tell you tomorrow if there is anything."
It was the first time Yu Tang entrusted his elder brother to do such a thing, and he couldn't help worrying that he would show his feet and be targeted by the Gu family, or that he would encounter some dangerous things, so he pulled his sleeve and said with concern: "You have to do everything. Be careful. It’s easy to get news without inquiring. The most important thing is to be safe. You also said that it’s not too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years. If you keep the green hills, you’re not afraid of running out of firewood. We can’t do it this time, we’ll think about it next time There are other ways. If there is anything wrong with you, I don't want to live anymore."
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Yu Yuan listened, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said, "I tell you to read less scripts and listen to operas less, and you don't hear anything. You think less about what you have. What do you think I'm going to do?" Huh? It's important to ask you about Miss Gu's nanny, but the most important thing is the business in our shop. When I went to Wulinmen, I also went to find Yao San'er, and I just went to help you find out the news by the way."
Since the last time he came to Hangzhou City to contact Yao San'er, Yu Yuan started walking with him. A few days ago, he even asked someone to bring New Year's gifts to Yao San'er. Their shop opened, and Yao San'er asked someone to bring congratulatory gifts to Lin'an.
That's good!
Yu Tang giggled, and said, "Brother, go early and come back early. Remember to bring me the stewed pig's head from Zhenbeicheng's family."
"You are a girl, what kind of braised pig's head do you eat?!" Yu Yuan ruthlessly said, "I want to bring you osmanthus cake, gorgon powder, and corn candy." He bought this and that, he was soft-hearted, and would agree to everything like before, he simply waved his hand at Yu Tang, said "I'm leaving, be careful yourself", and didn't look back. out of the inn.
Yu Tang was so angry that her cheeks bulged, but there was nothing she could do, so she and the proprietress went to the alley next door selling headgear, and then saw a chestnut cake, she bought two catties, and asked the boy in the inn to send it to Tong The second shopkeeper, and asked the little guy to bring a message: "The last time I came to Hangzhou City, I would like to thank the shopkeeper Tong for taking care of me. I originally wanted to bring some earthen instruments from home, but it turned out that they were not as good as those sold in Hangzhou City. I just bought them in the alley next door." I bought some pastries. The things are ordinary, not a respect. Please forgive me from shopkeeper Tong. When my brother comes back, I will make a special trip to visit shopkeeper Tong."
After being taught a lesson by Pei Yan, she followed Yu Wenxue to learn etiquette after returning home. Knowing that if you want to visit someone at this time, you can't go directly, but you have to send a name card in advance or send someone to give you some fruit, so you have to say hello to the person first, and then go after an appointment, this is called polite There are festivals. Moreover, he also learned the experience and lessons of giving gifts to Pei Yan, and showed sincerity and told the truth.
Shopkeeper Tong Er was really happy to receive the pastries, because Yu Tang sent the pastries in the name of Yu Yuan, and shopkeeper Tong Er told the boy to reply that he was also bringing them to Yu Yuan, saying that he would hold a banquet in the backyard of the shop tomorrow night. Go far and have a drink.
Yu Tang took the initiative to agree on Yu Yuan's behalf, and asked the guy to help him buy some jars of high-quality Jinhua wine, waiting for Yu Yuan to come back.
Yu Yuan came back before the curfew.
He drank wine, his face was flushed, his eyes were a little straight, and he spoke in a distorted manner.
Yu Tang had no choice but to wait until he got the money from the map auction, so he had to buy Yu Yuan a personal servant. Their family was not a big family, and the servant Yu Yuan followed said he served Yu Yuan. Most of the time he was serving his uncle. Besides, Yu Yuan is going to get married soon, although Miss Xiang grew up in a farm, she is not short of money, and I am afraid that there will be several servants by her side by then, so she cannot let her first cousin be too shabby.
When the thought comes together, I can't stop it.
She stuffed a few copper coins to ask the inn boy to take care of Yu Yuan's grooming, and she went to the proprietress, asking her to help introduce a familiar and reliable matchmaker to buy Yu Yuan a personal servant.
The proprietress was quite surprised, and said with a smile: "Oh, your family is getting better and better these days."
For a family like the Yu family, those who serve around them are usually not so clearly distinguished. This time, he made a special trip to buy someone for Yu Yuan. If the family hadn't made a fortune, they definitely wouldn't be so generous.
Yu Tang didn't mean to say more, and said with a smile: "My elder brother is getting married soon, so I can't even have someone running errands around me."
"That's true." The proprietress replied with a smile, and was busy looking for someone for Yu Tang, leaving aside. Yu Yuan woke up early the next morning with a headache so bad that he wanted to bang against the wall, but Yu Tang who came in with breakfast didn't give him a good look.
"You deserve it!" Yu Tang said, "Who told you to drink so much. You don't even have anyone to follow, if you fall somewhere, what will you do? You promised me to be good!"
Yu Yuan smiled shyly, flattering her and saying, "Ah Tang, I found out for you yesterday. If there is nothing important in the Gu family, Miss Gu's wet nurse should go to the shop to see her son tomorrow. Said It seems quite a coincidence that Yao San'er's shop is behind Gu's shop. Yao San'er not only knows Miss Gu's nanny's son, but also knows several shopkeepers of their shop. According to him, The third shopkeeper of their family is a talker, and he likes to talk about things, because of this, their big shopkeeper is very dissatisfied with him. He also knows in his heart that he wants to find a small The store I ordered is the big shopkeeper. I heard that I came from Lin'an City and wanted to open a shop in Hangzhou City. He was very enthusiastic about me. I drank too much today because he kept trying to persuade me to drink at the banquet."
Few shopkeepers would change employers. If they did, the new owner would not dare to use this person without a letter of recommendation from the old owner.
Yu Tang didn't like this third shopkeeper's mouth when he heard that he had a bad mouth, and said, "If you came to Hangzhou City to open a shop, would you use this person?"
"No!" Yu Yuan also doesn't like people with bad mouths.
Yu Tang thought of Pei Yan's words to teach her, and said: "We use him to use him, but we can't let him think that we will ask him to be the shopkeeper of the shop in the future. These two things must be clearly distinguished."
It's not good to have grievances.
Yu Yuan covered his head that started to ache again, and said in a buzzing voice: "I know. It was Yao San'er. He was afraid that I would be looked down upon by them, so he said that I was going to open a shop in Hangzhou City. I said that at the time, I really wanted to come Yes, but my father won’t allow it. Eighty to nine times out of ten this matter can’t be done. The most I can do is to come and have a look, to get over my eyesight.”
Yu Tang nodded.
Yu Yuan talked about the Sheng family's lacquerware shop: "When you walk in, you can feel that the things in their shop are very good. But if you look closely, they are not too expensive. Of course, there are also some things that are sold very well. Expensive, but I always feel that it is reasonable for them to be expensive. And the patterns of their lacquerware are really novel. Not to mention anything else, they are also Fu Lu Shou's lacquer boxes. Their carvings are lifelike , our family is really inferior, not to mention that their family also has the craftsmanship of "color-matching tinsel"... "
As he spoke, his expression became depressed.
"I didn't have the nerve to look more. It happened that the appointment time with Yao San'er was almost up, so I hurried away. I came back and thought about it. I have to go and see it today."
Yu Tang could feel the pain in his heart.
Although Yu Yuan is a young master, he followed Yu Bo to some places, but after all, he is just a young man who has not yet reached the crown. He has just arrived, and it is the first city in the south of the Yangtze River, Hangzhou City, where famous famous stores and famous products gather. uncomfortable.
In her previous life, when she first married into the Li family, she also felt such a sense of inferiority when facing the beautiful and generous Gu Xi.
"I'll go with you." Yu Tang said, "It happens that I'm about to leave the court, if the 'color-matched tinsel' is as good as it is said in the legend, when I come with my mother and my aunt in the spring of next year , You can also buy one or two things to return."
The main reason is that she gave Yu Yuan a good reason to go to the Sheng family's shop like this. With confidence, Yu Yuan can naturally behave in a bold manner. If you find that they are wearing rough clothes but dare to look at their things casually, you will definitely think that they are the children of some rich family who have come out to practice, so naturally they dare not neglect them.
The eldest cousin can also learn some ways of dealing with people through this incident.
Yu Tang secretly nodded for his idea, inexplicably thinking of Pei Yan who was wearing plain muslin clothes but playing with rare objects.
It is easy to make those who look down on people fall into a big somersault.
Yu Tang suddenly sensed Pei Yan's bad taste.
She couldn't help wiping the sweat that didn't exist on her forehead, and then told Yu Yuan about the treat from shopkeeper Tong Er: "We're going out for a stroll today, and we have to come back early in the evening. You can also take this opportunity to ask shopkeeper Tong Er about the city of Hangzhou. of business."
Yu Yuan was a little nervous.
This is the first time for him to leave the leadership of his father and uncle and socialize alone with a senior with status like shopkeeper Tong Er. But he's not a withdrawn temper. Since Yu Tang has already planned for him, he will try his best to do it well.
As for today's daytime, they decided to visit the lacquerware shop of Chengsheng's family in Hangzhou in the morning, and Yao San'er's in the afternoon to meet the third shopkeeper of the Gu family and talk about the affairs of the Li family. It would be best if Gu Xi's nurse happened to pass by at that time.
Having made up their minds, the brother and sister ate breakfast, changed into clean and tidy clothes, and went to Wulinmen.