Chapter 159 This...is not a bad idea!

"It doesn't matter!"

Yang Wenyuan naturally didn't mind that Gu Tingye couldn't drink.

He never liked to force himself to drink.

If you can drink, drink it. If you can't drink, drink tea instead. The same principle applies.

Not only did he not mind, Yang Wenyuan even joked:

"Then you can just watch us while we drink."

After saying that, Yang Wenyuan's smile faded slightly. After a little thought, he turned to Gu Tingwei and asked:

"Where's Sanlang? Your second brother doesn't drink, how about you help him deal with a few sips?"

Gu Tingye was about to reply, but Gu Tingwei shook his head in advance and said apologetically:
"I'm sorry, Brother Yuan, I came here with my second brother. If I had drunk, I'm afraid my father would blame my second brother..."

After hearing Gu Tingwei's answer, Yang Wenyuan secretly grinned.

It seems that he really has a simple personality.

With the Xiao Qin family as a powerful force to rely on, it will be difficult for these two brothers to deal with them in the future!
"Oh, this was my negligence." Yang Wenyuan deliberately patted his head and said with a regretful tone.

But without making a sound, he quietly moved his position.

"We're still preparing for the feast at home, how about we go fishing first?"

There is nothing wrong with growing cypress.

He finally experienced the joy of fishing today.

However, as soon as Changbai turned around and was about to return to his fishing spot, he ran into Yang Wenyuan.

Not to mention that the fishing spot is occupied.

Changbai looked back past Yang Wenyuan.

Suddenly I realized that my fish basket had been considerately swapped.

"Come on, come on, sit down!"

Yang Wenyuan sat down at the spot where Changbai had been fishing, and said loudly:

"The fishing rods and fishing holes are ready for you!"

Having said that, Yang Wenyuan closed his mouth and immediately started his fishing business!

Yang Wenyuan now just wants to race against time and save his face before the lunch!
Seeing that Yang Wenyuan had already sat upright and started fishing with bated breath, Changbai could only shake his head helplessly and sit quietly in the same fishing spot where Yang Wenyuan had just been.

Gu Tingye and Gu Tingwei also imitated the two and started fishing.

But Gu Tingwei is a young man after all, and he has always liked to have fun. After a while, he could not sit still anymore and began to look around, looking restless.

"Second brother, fishing alone is too boring. Is there any other fun activity?" Gu Tingwei sat for a while and couldn't hold it in any longer, so he turned around and whispered to Gu Tingye.

"what?"

Gu Tingye was startled when he heard this, then turned to look at Yang Wenyuan and Changbai. Seeing that they were both concentrating, he pondered for a while and replied:
"How about this, you go out and play by yourself first, and the bill will be put on Second Brother's account, but don't drink at the lunch, and come back to me early, and then we can go back together, okay?"

Gu Tingwei had no objection and said happily:
"Thank you, second brother. I will go there early and come back early!"

"Ok!"

Gu Tingwei immediately left happily.

At this moment, Yang Wenyuan's fishing rod suddenly trembled slightly.

Feeling a sinking sensation in his hand, Yang Wenyuan suddenly opened his eyes and quickly pulled up the fishing rod. With a strong swing of his arm, a fish shining silver under the warm winter sun jumped out of the water along the fishing line.

The fresh fish drew a graceful arc in the air and finally landed on the ice, splashing a piece of tiny ice chips.

Changqing ran down quickly, unhooked the fish that was jumping around on the ice, and put it back into the fish basket.

Hearing the sound of water splashing in the fish basket, Yang Wenyuan finally showed a satisfied smile on his face.

Sure enough, the problem was found!

This is the best fishing spot today!

The fighting spirit rekindled on Yang Wenyuan's face.

Lunch time hasn’t arrived yet, and the winner and loser are still unknown!

But just when Yang Wenyuan was mustering up his confidence and preparing to surpass Changbai's performance in a short period of time, Gu Tingye's furtive figure suddenly appeared in his sight.

"Gu Tingye, why are you going on the ice?" Seeing that it was a critical moment, he was interrupted by Gu Tingye who was not fishing properly. Yang Wenyuan immediately said unhappily.

Yang Wenyuan turned his head and found that Gu Tingwei was gone.

Changqing came over and whispered that Gu Tingwei went back by himself.

Yang Wenyuan was delighted and immediately joked:
"Could it be that you can't catch any fish, so you want to jump down and scoop them up yourself?"

"Yang Wenyuan, you really can't say anything nice. You haven't changed at all after getting married!"

Hearing Yang Wenyuan's ridicule, Gu Tingye immediately spat, but his route remained unchanged.

He walked along the ice surface, tiptoeing to the wooden board.

The whole person is full of stealing feeling!

Changbai also noticed Gu Tingye's strange behavior and asked:
"Zhong Huai, what do you mean?"

Gu Tingye gently pressed his lips to hiss, then peeked out through the gap in the wooden board, as if to confirm that it was safe, and then replied:

"I'm looking for Miss Yu!"

Righteous and eloquent!

Concise and concise!

I understand, I understand!
But what the hell are you doing pulling at the wooden planks and peeking through the gaps?

Looking at the gaps between people, right?
Damn, where did this peeping Tom come from?
And how come you are so skilled in your movements?

I remember when we were wandering around Bian Jing, there was no option to "attack Widow Village at night"!
As he spoke, Gu Tingye looked at Changbai and seemed to have thought of something, and waved to Changbai enthusiastically:

"Zhecheng, you come too!

Didn't you not propose marriage? It just so happens that two girls from the Yu family came today, both of them are legitimate daughters. If you like any of them, you can tell me. I will never compete with you. Then we can each take one, and we can become brothers-in-law!

With Dong Huan added to the mix, wouldn't the three of us be even closer?"

"Um……"

As the third person on the field, Yang Wenyuan listened to Gu Tingye's advice, touched the remaining light blue stubble on his chin, and fell into inexplicable thought.

What the hell is this? It sounds like it makes sense.

But who will draw the “SSR” card of Yu Yanhong?
This is a serious problem!

Changbai is a true gentleman, so he naturally would not play tricks with Gu Tingye. He quickly gestured to Gu Tingye to come back with a look of disgust.

"Don't be so careless and come back quickly, or else you'll be discovered."

"What are you afraid of?"

Gu Tingye looked indifferent and asked Yang Wenyuan:

"Donghuan, do you think we'll be discovered?"

Yang Wenyuan was happy to watch the fun, so he pretended to think for a while, then said seriously:

"Well, probably not.

This place is all fenced off, and there are maids brought by my family and other ladies guarding the perimeter. Outsiders cannot come in, and we also have Changqing guarding here..."

Gu Tingye understood very well and immediately asked Changqing:
"Changqing, is what your Lord said right?"

Chang Qing was helpless. He didn't expect his own Lord and Gu Tingye to get together and play this ridiculous game again. He could only nod helplessly and say:

"Correct!"

Gu Tingye immediately showed a smug look on his face, and shouted to Changbai: "Look, this is what everyone wants!
How about it, Changbai, do you want to come and take a look?"

Changbai ignored Gu Tingye's words and instead sneered at Yang Wenyuan, making Yang Wenyuan a little confused.

Who knew that Changbai's next words would be so accurate in breaking through the defense.

"Brother-in-law, if I remember correctly, the women playing on the ice inside include my sister and your sister Rujin, besides Miss Yu, right?"

???

Come on! ! !
Yang Wenyuan was startled suddenly.

Oh well, I forgot my sisters-in-law and cousins ​​were also in there.

Thinking of this, Yang Wenyuan immediately urged Gu Tingye:
"Well, today I finally invited the thief to my home! Gu Tingye, come back here quickly!"

Gu Tingye was a little unhappy.

But under the threat of murderous looks from Yang Wenyuan and Changbai, he returned reluctantly.

When he sat down next to him, Gu Tingye muttered:
"I didn't go to see Sister Sheng and Sister Rujin, how dare you think of me like this..."

As he spoke, Gu Tingye's voice gradually became louder:
"You actually don't believe in my integrity. Do you think that all my years of studying saintly books were in vain? I'm very disappointed now!"

But obviously, facts speak louder than words.

Gu Tingye’s sneaky look just now is still vivid in my mind!
So what greeted Gu Tingye were only the still suspicious looks from Yang Wenyuan and Changbai.

Seeing that the two men had unchanged expressions, Gu Tingye knew that it was pointless to say more, so he gave up the idea of ​​investigating it personally and held the fishing rod again.

But not long after, Gu Tingye spoke again.

"If you ask me, Donghuan, why do you have to put a wooden board in front of you? Can't you just do it openly like the polo club?"

Yang Wenyuan glanced at Gu Tingye and said calmly:
"This is our home, so we must pay attention to the difference between inside and outside. But if you don't want it, then you can go find Madam Wu and ask her to help you organize a polo match in the snow in winter, right?"

Gu Tingye was suddenly speechless.

In this cold winter, if I were to go to see Madam Wu and ask for permission to host a polo match, I would probably be immediately looked at as if I were a fool.

But Gu Tingyu was still unwilling and continued to ask:
"If we don't have time to meet in the morning, what about the afternoon?"

"What do you think?"

Yang Wenyuan looked at Gu Tingye as if he were a fool and said:

"Other people either meet each other at the polo match or the lady at home negotiates the deal. How can anyone do what you do, selling the deal yourself?"

Gu Tingye couldn't help but feel deflated.

Also.

However, it would definitely not be possible to ask Xiao Qin from home for this matter.

If I tell her, the outcome will probably be determined from the beginning.

It seems that my dream of meeting the girl from the Yu family is now hopeless, right?

Then wait until next spring?
But at that time I was busy with the Spring Examination and definitely didn't have time.

For a moment, Gu Tingye's enthusiasm for marriage, which had arisen because of Yang Wenyuan's happy life after marriage, unconsciously faded a lot.

Or why not wait until after the imperial examination next spring?
When Gu Tingye was frustrated, he heard Yang Wenyuan continue:

"But it's not impossible."

"Ok?"

Gu Tingye hurriedly asked:
"What? Do you have any idea this afternoon?"

Seeing that Gu Tingye was having another crazy idea, Yang Wenyuan immediately said unhappily:

"I'll help you, I'll help you! They're going to play mahjong together this afternoon. I'll ask my cousin to leave and let you join a table. Okay?"

"This...this is not a bad idea!" Gu Tingye said shyly.

Of course he knew this wouldn't work, he just wanted to provoke Yang Wenyuan.

Yang Wenyuan was choked on what he was about to say and shook his head.

"Wait a few days. With Hualan's reputation today, it will be easier to..."

As Yang Wenyuan was speaking, a middle-aged steward from the Marquis's Mansion came over and waited outside the pavilion.

Seeing the person coming, Yang Wenyuan frowned.

As stewards of the Marquis' Mansion, these people are always able to read people's expressions.

If the matter was not urgent, he would definitely not suddenly appear when Yang Wenyuan was entertaining guests.

Moreover, the job that this manager is in charge of is the purchase of charcoal that Yang Wenyuan had arranged for him to do recently.

After the snow.

Considering that the snow this year is different from previous years and the cold may be more severe and rapid, Yang Wenyuan specially arranged for people to increase the purchase of charcoal for the Marquis' Mansion this year.

Of course, the Marquis' Mansion has sufficient stocks of silver charcoal for its own use, so there is definitely no shortage of it.

Therefore, most of the newly purchased charcoal was prepared for the clan members living around the Pingyang Marquis' Mansion and the family members of the personal guards.

Why did you come here at this time?
Seeing the visitor, Changbai nodded in understanding and said to Yang Wenyuan:

"Brother-in-law has something to do, so I'll take care of it first."

“But you have to be quick, otherwise you might catch less than I do!” Gu Tingye shook the fishing rod in his hand with a smug look on his face, obviously looking down on Yang Wenyuan who only caught one fish in the whole morning.

"Okay, I'll be right there!"

Yang Wenyuan nodded.

He then walked out of the water pavilion and found a nearby study room, followed closely by the middle-aged steward.

"Tell me, what went wrong with the charcoal purchase?"

"Yes, Lord Marquis."

The middle-aged steward nodded in agreement, then took out a letter from his sleeve, unfolded it, and placed it on the desk.

"My Lord, please take a look!"

Then he stepped aside and said nothing.

Yang Wenyuan nodded.

As soon as I looked down at the letter, I saw a series of bright red handprints.

"The complaint?"

"Yes, sir."

"Ah."

Although Yang Wenyuan was a little puzzled as to how a letter of complaint with so many people's fingerprints could be produced from just buying charcoal for his family, he understood that these housekeepers were very particular about every detail and would not bring such a thing to him for no reason.

Now continue to look down in detail.

But the more he looked, the more Yang Wenyuan's brows furrowed.

After a while, Yang Wenyuan finally finished reading it and said in surprise:

"I've heard of fishing tyrants and city tyrants. Are there also firewood tyrants and road tyrants today?"

The content of the letter was about a group of poor families who complained that they had worked hard to cut wood in the suburbs for firewood, but were exploited at every level. Some of them even had to borrow money from usury, which eventually led to the ruin of their families.

The middle-aged butler said at this time:
"My Lord, these tyrants don't appear often. They only rise up occasionally during the Great Cold Festival. They are usually ruffians, city foxes, and the like. Every time they make trouble at this time, they will submit some complaints to the government office."

"Could it be that you went to collect charcoal, and then the people begged you to hand this petition to me?"

As Yang Wenyuan spoke, he picked up the complaint and read it over and over again.

He had never seen this thing before.

(End of this chapter)