Everyone at the table looked at Ye Chenyu in confusion, and then looked at each other to see if he was each other's friend.

After confirming that no one knew him, the person closest to Ye Chenyu greeted him tentatively.

Ye Chenyu took a deep breath and took out a collection of poems from his sleeve.

"Mr. Su, I like your poetry collection very much. I can recite every one of your poems by heart. I am fortunate to meet you here today. I would like to ask you to sign it for me. I will go back and keep it at home as a family heirloom for future generations." After Ye Chenyu finished speaking, he handed the book over with both hands, blushing and not daring to look at them.

Su Feng and his group were stunned. They knew that Su Feng was popular, but they had never met anyone so brave.

Nowadays, people are very reserved in their emotions, and no one would talk about love. We are all scholars, so we should say that we appreciate each other.

Su Feng had met people who discussed articles and poems with him, but they only dared to speak to him when they were familiar with each other. He had never met anyone who asked for his autograph.

Su Feng took the poetry collection in a daze, touched the well-read collection, and felt a little moved.

He picked up the pen on the table and signed his name with a flourish.

This was not the end yet, he asked, "What is your name, young friend?"

Ye Chenyu raised his head excitedly, "Ye Chenyu, Chen for beautiful scenery, Yu for the vast universe,"

Su Feng picked up the pen and continued writing. When the ink dried, he returned the collection of poems to him.

Ye Chenyu looked at the words "Gift to my little friend Ye Chenyu" and was so excited that he wanted to jump up.

Ye Chenyu thanked them and stopped disturbing them, walking out briskly with the book in his arms.

Su Feng shook his head and chuckled. Being liked purely by others also made people happy.

Ye Chenjing beat his chest and stamped his feet in regret. He should have gone with his seventh brother.

Ye Chenyu thanked Ye Qing, "Qingya, you are right. Brave people enjoy life first."

Lin Wenxuan chuckled and handed the candied haws he had just bought to the three people. The candied haws here are very famous, so they wanted to try them to see if they were different.

A few people ate too much and didn't want to go back to the inn.

The inn is looked after by Shuanzi, the cousin of the second uncle. He likes freedom and likes to go out. Ye Qing always lets him lead her caravan.

Shuanzi is very experienced and can arrange the caravan clearly without Ye Qing's presence.

A few of them strolled to visit the embroidery workshop. There are many embroidery workshops in Suzhou City, and there is basically one every few steps.

Ye Qing looked at these exquisite embroideries and felt that he liked all of them and was reluctant to put any of them down.

The embroidery here is not as expensive as those over there, and some of the small embroidery has a childlike charm.

Ye Qing buys whatever she likes, and she also brings gifts for her family.

Ye Chenjing was carrying a bag for her, which already contained more than a dozen pieces of embroidery, but Ye Qing had no intention of stopping.

“Qingya, buy it tomorrow and look somewhere else.” Ye Chenjing advised her.

Ye Qing looked at the spoils in her hand and stopped, feeling unsatisfied. She must invite a few masters back, as they were so beautiful.

Ye Qing reluctantly left the embroidery workshop and followed her brother back to the inn.

Early the next morning, Ma Youdao came to the inn.

"Wenxuan, I took the money to buy medicine yesterday. You really solved my urgent problem." Ma Youdao thanked him first.

Lin Wenxuan earned a lot of money from the mock exams, and he felt it was worth it as he could help his friends.

"Aunt Ma's health is the most important. Given our relationship, there's no need to be polite." Lin Wenxuan was not polite to him.

"Wenxuan, I may have to return this money to you later. Once I have the money, I will definitely return it to you as soon as possible." Ma Youdao was a little embarrassed.

"I'm not in a hurry to use it. You can give it to me when you have it." Lin Wenxuan comforted him.

Ma Youdao felt even more grateful to Lin Wenxuan and planned to take them around Su City.

Ye Qing and the others understood that he had no money, so they tried to choose cheaper places to eat.

Ma Youdao also knew that they were planning for him, so in addition to taking them on tours, he also took them to visit several embroiderers, all of whom were famous in Suzhou.

These embroiderers had superb skills and could sell a pair of screens for hundreds of taels. They were not willing to go to other places at all, so Ye Qing and his companions returned empty-handed.

Ma Youdao was also very anxious. They came here for this matter and he couldn't let them return empty-handed.

Ye Qing felt a little disappointed. Her workshop was already built. If it didn't work out, she would raise the price a little and must open the workshop.

The few of them walked back to the inn in silence.

"Youdao, why are you here? Is your mother feeling better? The embroidery business has been slow recently. Let your mother have a good rest before coming to work." A woman stopped Ma Youdao.

Ma Youdao saw her only after hearing her voice, "Aunt Zhang, my mother is much better. I guess she won't be able to go to the embroidery workshop for half a year."

Aunt Zhang had a worried look on her face. "Your mother has a disease of the rich, she needs to be taken care of. Rui'er has also learned her embroidery. If you let Rui'er come to work, the family will have no income at all, how are we going to eat?"

Ma Youdao thanked Aunt Zhang and said that he and his sister would go out to earn money when his mother got better.

Ye Qing didn't interrupt their conversation. When he heard Aunt Ma working in the embroidery workshop, he looked at Ma Youdao again.

The clothes he was wearing were not new, but the stitching was dense and the bamboo embroidered on them was lifelike.

The clothes that the people of Sioux City wore were all embroidered, but they hadn't noticed it in the past few days.

After hearing what Aunt Zhang said, I couldn't help but think about it.

Aunt Zhang then noticed the people standing with Ma Youdao, "Youdao, these are your friends."

"Aunt Zhang, they are my good friends from the academy."

Lin Wenxuan and his group greeted Aunt Zhang. They didn't get to say a word as they were talking animatedly.

Aunt Zhang took a look at them and knew at first glance that they were good kids.

"You have come to Suzhou and you can stay for a few days. Let Youdao show us how to be a good host." Aunt Zhang said with a smile.

After she finished speaking, she looked at Ma Youdao and said, "Youdao, have fun. I have to go to work. Tell your mother to relax. I will visit her when I have time."

After saying this, Aunt Zhang left in a hurry. Ma Youdao was obviously used to her impetuous personality.

"Mr. Ma, is Aunt Zhang working as an embroiderer in the embroidery workshop? The embroidery workshop is not doing well, so isn't the demand for embroidery work here in short supply?" Ye Qing asked curiously.

Ma Youdao answered patiently, "Aunt Zhang is good at embroidery. When she was young, she worked with my mother in the largest embroidery workshop in Suzhou City. Our two families have always been very close."

"Isn't it the largest embroidery workshop? Why is it still in a downturn?"

Ma Youdao sighed, "After Aunt Zhang and my mother got married, they left the embroidery workshop. Later, our family encountered some problems, so we found another embroidery workshop to work in."

Ye Qing looked at the Ma family's house and realized that they used to be from a well-off family, but later fell into decline.

Ye Qing's eyes rolled and an idea came into his mind.

She didn't say it, but watched and saw what kind of character the Ma family members were.

She didn't want to meet a family like the Sun family, who said one thing to her face and another behind her back and looked down on the people in her village.

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