Yu Yuan was afraid that Yu Tang's acting would go too far and offend Gu Xi's nanny, but he would not be able to achieve his goal, so he pulled Yu Tang's sleeve and pretended to scold her: "You said that you have a temper, and you will lose your temper in the future. How dare I take you out again? Sit down and talk if you have anything to say. Everyone is watching us! You are not afraid of being surrounded by people, but I am!"
He thought he could delay as long as possible, and say a few more words about the Li family in front of Gu San's mother and son.
Yu Tang knew Gu San's mother and son quite well, and felt that what he said was enough to make the mother and son suspicious, so he went to investigate the Li family's affairs. Now that the goal has been achieved, she has no intention of having any further entanglements with the Gu family's mother and son. The two bowls of noodles have already been paid for and cannot be wasted. Hurry up and leave.
She sat down.
Yu Yuan's face turned pale, and he hurriedly said: "That's right. The noodles are getting mushy, let's eat the noodles first!" After speaking, he apologized and said to Gu Xi Kongniang: "Don't be angry, my sister, Everything is fine, except that my temper is a bit impatient. However, I can't blame him for it all." At this point, he began to complain about Gu San, "Why didn't you tell me that you are from the Gu family? If I had known this, I wouldn't have greeted you." You guys ate noodles together."
Gu San stood up since Yu Tang, and his mind has turned several times. He still couldn't tell whether the Yu Yuan brothers and sisters met him by accident or waited for him here intentionally, but no matter it was the former or the latter, what they said about the Li family gave him a chill in his heart.
His mother is the young lady's wet nurse, and the fate of their family has been linked with the young lady from the very beginning. The eldest young master would not agree to the eldest daughter's marriage, but he couldn't help the eldest master's ears were soft, and he was moved by the wife of the second wife after three or two words. The young master found a helper, and he took a fancy to the young man from the Li family, so he firmly arranged this marriage for the young lady.
If what the brothers and sisters of the Yu family said is true, then it is possible that the young lady's uncle's family is as the young master said at the beginning, the family background is too weak, there is no foundation, I am afraid there are no rules.
It is impossible to withdraw from the engagement, but the eldest lady's life is over!
Gu San was so anxious that he couldn't eat bamboo shoots and noodles. He just wanted to ask someone to find out what happened to the Li family, so that he could go back and report to the young master, so that the young master and the others could see the marriage contract of the young lady. What should I do.
"Mom!" He who hadn't spoken all this time winked at his mother, signaling that she should not use words with Miss Yu's family now, then smiled apologetically at Yu Yuan, and said, "Brother Yu, I Seeing that you and Yao San'er have been friends since childhood, I thought he told you about my identity, and you misunderstood me. It was my fault. Listening to what you said, it seems that your Yu family has some grievances with our uncle's family However, as Ms. Yu said, my mother and I are only slaves after all, and we can’t say anything about the boss’s affairs. Please forgive me. As for the same table, Ms. Yu, I After lunch, you have to rush to the shop to help, you just think you are sharing a table with a stranger, we will leave immediately after eating."
As expected of Gu Xi's right-hand man, he speaks impeccably and covers every aspect.
Yu Tang had no intention of being relentless.
She nodded and sat down to eat noodles.
The noodles of this restaurant really lived up to their reputation. Even if she was not in the mood, she drank a sip of the soup, and the delicious taste whetted her appetite.
Gu Xi's nurse was in a very complicated mood.
The Gu family is one of the most prominent families in Hangzhou, but they have a lot of houses and conflicts. Even if the brothers and sisters of the Yu family had feuds with the Li family, they would not be able to completely spread rumors about the marriage between their young lady and the Li family. Eighth and ninth are both natives of Hangzhou, and the words of the Yu family brothers and sisters will soon be spread. If the Li family is really as bad as the Yu family brothers and sisters said, then wouldn't the marriage of their eldest daughter become an incident in Hangzhou city? A laughing stock, the young master will be laughed at for ten or twenty years
There is also the stepwife in the family, originally because the eldest young master has the ability to look down on the young master everywhere, and the one who can't find the young master is not just arguing with the young lady, who doesn't know about the Gu family? If the Li family is really inappropriate, where will the young master of their family put his face!
She couldn't sit still, she couldn't eat after two casual mouthfuls of noodles, and when her son's noodles were on the table, she even gave him winks frequently, signaling him to finish eating quickly and leave.
Gu San calmed down.
Now that the matter has come to an end, instead of running away and letting the people in Hangzhou laugh, it is better to ask more information from the brothers and sisters of the Yu family.
He even ate a few mouthfuls of noodles, feeling that his stomach was 50% full, and Yu Yuan was almost done eating, so he said, "Brother Yu, what happened to the Li family, can you tell me. I know, you are not the kind of person who likes gossip, but you also know the relationship between the Li family and our family. I am worried about our eldest lady—my mother is the nurse of the eldest lady. If the eldest lady gets married, my mother will definitely I want to accompany the eldest lady to Lin'an City, and I will go there to serve. Because of this, the eldest young master arranged for me to be an apprentice in various shops. Even if it is for myself, I have to ask. Brother Yu please Don’t hesitate to tell me, I’m here to thank Brother Yu first.” After speaking, he got up to salute Yu Yuan.
The commotion caused by Yu Tang just now subsided, and Gu San took the initiative to ask about the Li family again. Yu Yuan didn't want to make any more trouble, so he quickly sat him down on the stool, and said in a low voice, "Brother Gu, don't do this. If you have anything to say, let's just talk about it." After finishing speaking, he looked around in all directions as if afraid of trouble.
Of course, Gu San didn't want the matter to become serious.
He took advantage of the situation and sat down again, cupping his hands towards Yu Yuan: "Brother Yu!"
Yu Yuan sighed, concealed the matter of Yu Tu, and softly told Gu San's mother and son about all the things Mrs. Li did because of her unsuccessful proposal to marry Yu Tang, including Wei Xiaoshan's matter.
The more the two listened, the more ugly their faces became. When they heard that the Yu family had hired Pei Yan as a middleman, the two gasped in unison, and Nurse Gu Xi exclaimed in a low voice: "So Come on, Master Pei also knows about this?"
Looking at it like that, he was a little scruples about Pei Yan.
Yu Yuan's heart moved, he gave Yu Tang a quick look, and said, "Got it! Not only Master Pei San knows, but everyone in Lin'an City who has a face knows it too."
Nurse Gu Xi's face suddenly became ugly.
Yu Tang rolled his eyes, snorted coldly on purpose, and said, "Now you know we're not just talking nonsense! If you still don't believe me, you can ask Master Pei San."
Nurse Gu Xi didn't say a word.
Gu San's smile seemed a bit forced, he got up and helped his mother, and said, "Brother Yu, when I get to work, I will leave first, and I will invite you to drink tea when I have a chance."
Yu Yuan got up to send them off, and said in a fake manner: "Brother Gu, my younger sister is straight-tempered, if there is something offensive in words, please don't take it to heart."
"How could it be!" Gu San said modestly.
The two exchanged pleasantries and parted ways.
Looking at the back of Gu San's mother and son, Yu Yuan let out a long breath, and said to Yu Tang in a cheerful tone: "Oh, I'm so lucky today. I finally solved this matter. Otherwise, you let me I really can't say anything bad about the Li family."
Yu Tang smiled understandingly, and said: "If you talk about luck, it's brother's good luck. If it wasn't because you took pity on me and brought me to eat noodles, how could we have met Gu San's mother and son? How could we have met Gu San so smoothly? The mother and son talked? Thank you brother for this matter!"
Yu Yuan blushed, embarrassed to say this again, and changed the subject: "Then what are we going to do later? Shall we return to Lin'an early?"
They originally planned to rest here for two days and two nights, and then go back tomorrow.
Yu Tang thought for a while, and said, "Why don't we go back early tomorrow morning! In the rest of the time, we can visit Hangzhou City and see how other people's shops are furnished? How do the shopkeepers greet customers? What kind of business is that?" Best to do? And what kind of utensils are sold in those porcelain shops, tinware shops... What do you think?"
"Okay!" Yu Yuan smiled briskly, "Our most important thing is done, and other things are easy to talk about."
Yu Tang nodded.
The two siblings happily went shopping.
Gu San's mother and son whispered behind the Gu's silk shop for a long time before leaving. Gu San patted his cheek to make himself look less depressed before entering the shop, while Gu Xi's nurse returned with a somber face all the way. Gu Fu.
Before dawn the next day, someone came out from the back door of the Gu mansion and boarded a boat to Lin'an City.
The Yu Tang brothers and sisters were also on this boat.
The two found a corner to sit down as they did when they came here, and whispered about what they had learned in Hangzhou City in the past two days, and Yu Tang also took the opportunity to encourage Yu Yuan to take the right to speak in Yu's lacquerware shop: "I don't want you to disobey the boss. Uncle, I think that nothing can be built and nothing can be broken. Instead of dying like this, the shop at home is better to die and survive. If the uncle is willing to hand over the shop to you, let the uncle take care of our family's farm and Forest. If Uncle insists on running a shop by himself, you might as well manage the farm and forest at home. When the farm and forest have income, Uncle knows you are capable, and what you say will naturally have weight in our family. When you discuss with Uncle how to run the shop, Uncle will definitely consider your opinion carefully."
In this way, the eldest uncle and the eldest cousin father and son do not have to have conflicts, and the eldest uncle can slowly hand over the shop.
Yu Yuan was thoughtful.
Yu Tang continued: "I was similar to what you thought before. The shop at home is still managed by my uncle, and you came to Hangzhou City to do business. But after I followed you around Hangzhou City these two days, I found that everything that can Every shop based here has their own tricks, and this is not something that can be solved with money. Isn’t it said in the book? Governing a big country is like cooking small fish? Let’s not worry, we have to figure it out slowly. "
Yu Yuan said, "Is it like you?"
In the past, Yu Wen never asked Yu Tang about his work, but now he always asks Yu Tang for his opinion. If Yu Tang objects, he will probably give up. Even his father, if he heard that this was what Yu Tang meant, he would think about it carefully.