Pei Yan returned to the Ouhetang where he lived in another courtyard, but looked surprised.

He still had many things to make decisions in the Pei Mansion, but he pushed them all to Pei Man, and went up the mountain like this. First, he was worried about his mother and wanted to see how her old family was doing here; second, he wanted to hide from those who came to him in the name of paying him a New Year greeting.

There were officials who asked the emperor to become the crown prince and moved to hear the wind inside and outside the country. The secrets of Jiangnan officials and eunuchs were even more undercurrent. When the Pei family chose to settle in Lin'an, wasn't it just because of the occlusion and quietness of Lin'an City. How could he allow the Pei family to be involved in it anymore?

This kind of thing happens every few years.

In the past, he was one of the trendsetters, and he experienced incomparable happiness from it.

But since his father died, he suddenly felt that these ups and downs were extremely boring.

Pei Yan looked at the young man sweeping the snow in the courtyard and sighed softly.

He will really live in the mountains and forests in the future.

It's okay now, and in another ten years, no one will probably remember him anymore.

However, before he really retires, he has to do his second brother's resuscitation well, and those relationships in Jingli can't fade away at this time.

He called Pei Qi to come over and ask: "How many silver coins are available at home?"

"The bank in Tianjin hasn't moved since the old man went." Pei Qi whispered, "There are one hundred thousand taels of silver."

Pei Yan thought for a while, turned around and went back to the study to draw up a list and handed it to Pei Qi: "You give the list to Shu Qing, and then listen to his dispatch."

Shu Qing was the master who followed him back to Lin'an, and is now his staff.

Pei Qi respectfully promised and retired.

Pei Yan lay on the rocking chair.

Aming cleverly took a blanket and put it on his lap.

Pei Yan ignored Aming, closed his eyes, but his mind turned quickly.

The silver from Tianjin is transferred to Beijing to give gifts, but the silver from Lin'an is not too expensive. He spent too much money on the farm this year, but the income was not large, and he did not see that it would take several years to recover the investment. The best way is to adjust the death in the pawnshop to respond to an emergency. This matter has to be discussed with the treasurer Tong. The treasurer Tong is the person left to him by his father. He only talked with him once when he first took over the Pei Mansion. It has been more than a year, so he has to find a chance to talk to the treasurer Tong.

Pei Yan thought, suddenly thinking of Yu Tang's cloak.

He remembers that when he was young, there were always very good leathers in the pawnshop. You can ask the treasurer Tong to bring them to Miss Yu to keep out the cold.

Thinking of this, Yu Tang's face appeared as white as the first snow in his mind.

The old leather... doesn't seem to be very good...

I'd better find a way to get her some new leather.

There should be...

Pei Yan is someone who does what he thinks of. He immediately asked Aming to send someone back to the city to open his own warehouse: "See if there is a suitable way to make a cloak for Miss Yu. I was negligent before, and I just wanted to invite her. Came to accompany Lao An, but forgot..."

After all, the Yu family has a simple family style. Even if it is a windfall, it is impossible for the nouveau riche to start making clothes and jewelry, spending money like land.

However, Miss Yu has a good point.

If the remaining 150 acres of fertile land that can be grown in Li Duan’s family are assigned to the Yu family, the Yu family will be able to live a prosperous life from now on, and Miss Yu will probably be happier.

Pei Yan said again: "I want to write a letter and arrange for someone to grind the ink."

Regarding Rizhao, it was too slow to just entrust to the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. They deal with too many major cases every day. He'd better write a letter to the Chief Envoy of Shandong. If they report such a big case by themselves, they will still have a strong reputation as an inspector. If they are impeached by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they will be fine. It's not pretty.

A Ming hurriedly arranged.

Pei Yan had already figured out the wording, and when the ink was finished, he began to write letters.

Of course, Yu Tang cares about the rank of her poem, but she doesn't want to ask when Gu Xi has the opportunity to discuss poems with her. So that Gu Xi would not stop talking in front of her like a previous life, like a female master. However, this also has a lot to do with her understanding of what is the most important thing in this life.

So she was on the way back, and when she saw that Gu Xi had been around Lao An and didn't have the energy and time to pay attention to her, she quietly asked Miss Fifth: "Who are the third and fourth?"

Miss Fifth pursed her lips and said: "Sister Yu and I are tied for third." She also told her, "The fifth is the second sister, and the fourth sister is the last."

Yu Tang was a little surprised.

She thought the second lady would be ahead of her.

Miss Wu smiled and said: "Ms. Gu's poem is the best, fast and artistic. Everyone voted for her first. The third sister lost in the artistic conception. Miss Gu is not as far-reaching as Miss Gu. Sister Yu's poems are also well done. The rhyme was not as rigorous as Miss Gu and the third sister, so I ranked third with me. My mother found the second sister's poem too stiff and lacking aura, and the fourth sister only finished it because of the last."

Yu Tang blushed slightly.

Gu Xi was enlightened at the age of three, and she went to school with her brothers in the family since she was a child. Even if she was a two-life, she couldn't catch up. The third young lady's poems are better than her. The fifth youngest is tied for third with her. It can be seen that the two sisters are very smart in reading.

She sincerely praised: "You and Miss San are both amazing!"

Miss Five blushed and said humblely: "No, no. I'm just good at the questions that happen to be asked."

Yu Tang didn't argue with Miss Wu, but stroked her head with a smile.

Miss Wu lowered her head embarrassedly.

Therefore, neither of them noticed the red ears of the third lady who was walking in front of them.

In the evening, I had dinner with Lao An, and Yu Tang thought Lao An would leave them to talk. Who knows that Lao An brought tea to the guests as soon as the ladies took the table.

Yu Tang and others could not hide their surprise.

Lao An said straightforwardly: "Your three uncles will come over to greet me later, and I won't keep you."

A few juniors got up obediently and left. Yu Tang and others didn't stay a lot, and everyone went back to their residences.

Early the next morning, Lao An asked them to greet them after the hour.

Yu Tang asked the reason.

The catkin who came to report the letter smiled and said, "The third master is going to greet Lao An in the morning."

Yu Tang suddenly realized.

After breakfast, A Ming came over with a baggage.

Yu Tang was very surprised, and repeatedly asked him what matters.

A Ming chuckled, and gave Shuang Tao a baggage in his hand, and said, "Our third master asked me to send it over, and the third master is still waiting for me to reply!" After finishing speaking, he didn't wait for Yu Tang to speak. Ran away.

"What's this?" Shuangtao muttered, and entered the house holding the baggage.

Opening the baggage and looking at it, it turned out to be a white sable cloak with water-green phoenix-tail flowers.

"This..." Yu Tang took up the cloak in surprise.

The unique texture of the Kesi gleams gorgeously under the unknown light in the room.

"It's beautiful!" Shuangtao couldn't help but exclaim.

Yu Tang was uneasy.

Why did Pei Yan give her a cloak?

She told Shuangtao: "Go and see what A Ming is doing? Why did the third master send me a cloak?"

And it's still a lady's.

It should not be done temporarily.

Shuangtao also felt wrong.

If the third master is willing, you can ask Lao An to transfer it to the young lady. Now it was delivered in private like this...

She hurried to find Aming.

Yu Tang tidied up, leaned on the bedside to read, and Shuangtao came back braving the wind and snow.

"Miss!" She didn't care about going back to the room to change clothes, and went into the inner room with a chill. "Aming followed the third master at Lao An, so I found a chance to talk to him. He said, yes. Seeing that the young lady’s cloak was thin, the third master sent someone back to Pei’s mansion overnight to get it. He also said that if you don’t like it, you will use it for a few days, and he will find someone to help make one, and let me ask you what you like. colour?"

Are you rushing out?

Yu Tang was in a daze.

Did you see that she was still a little cold in her cloak today?

So does she take this cloak or not?

Don't accept it, let's live up to the kindness of the three masters. Take it, it's too expensive, and she feels uneasy.

However, this cloak is really beautiful, she likes it very much.

Yu Tang couldn't make up his mind.

I thought it would be fine if her mother was here.

She can ask her mother.

Yu Tang rubbed the raised pattern on the tapestry with his fingertips, frowning tangledly.

Gu Xi also packed up there, sitting in front of the bookcase reading a book freely. It's just that when Hexiang came to reply to her, her fingers squeezed the pages of the book tightly and almost broke the book.

"Ms. Yu's close maid, Shuangtao, ran to find the book boy who was close to the third master?" Her face was so gloomy as if it was about to rain, and she looked a little distorted in the shaky light.

"Yeah!" Hexiang responded in a low voice, "The two people hid behind the flower tree and pulled and pulled for a long time before the pair of peaches left. Then Aming ran to see the third master."

Gu Xi asked, "Where was the third master at that time?"

"Still in Lao An's house." He Xiang replied.

Gu Xi furrowed her brows and her tone was very cold: "What then?"

He Xiang said: "Then after A Ming entered, about a cup of tea, A Ming came out of Lao An's house with the third master and returned to the Ou He Tang where he lived."

Gu Xi was taken aback, and said, "After going back to Ouhetang, didn't you go to Miss Yu again?"

Hexiang paused and said, "I stood there for a while and then came back, I don't know..." Will anyone go there later. And she didn't want to watch anymore. In such a cold day, one careless person would freeze people to death.

Fortunately, Gu Xi didn't say anything, and waved her hand to make her retreat.

That night, Gu Xi didn't sleep well, and kept thinking about why Shuangtao wanted to find Aming.

But the next morning, she knew when she went to greet Lao An.

At that time, there was only Yu Tang in the house, and the people who served in the house didn’t know where she went. Because she had been acquainted with the people in Lao An’s house during this time, the lady at the door didn’t stop her when she entered. If you enter the uninhabited state, you enter the hall directly. I was wondering why there was no one in the room. If I wanted to make a noise, I heard Lao An’s voice: "...He started to learn to manage general affairs after his father went, and he never cared about these things before. , It is inevitable that there will be rudeness, please don't take it to heart."