I played as an assistant in ancient times

Shen Xiaoye quietly let the curious little black cat out, and it whizzed through the crowded crowd and left.

After everyone in the yard whispered to each other, many men went out to see why two people were tied up.

Only the women with their girls hugged their own cloths tightly and looked at Old Lady Xin together. That's right, not only the women from each family came, but they also brought their girls who were as good as Shen Xiaoye.

Otherwise, Qi Zhi's family wouldn't have been so crowded with people in the courtyard. The villagers had their own little wisdom. When they saw Shen Xiaoye coming with them and asked first to see everyone's cloth, they naturally went out together with the women in the family.

Under the earnest gazes of the neighbors, Old Lady Xin had no choice but to introduce the cloth to Shen Xiaoye. After confirming that she could accept the cloth, the ladies really gave it away without asking for any money.

Shen Changsui saw that his niece had opened a piece of cloth to examine it with the help of the women of the Qi family, so he whispered a few words to his eldest brother who was carrying the silver and money, and then walked out the door.

When he turned towards the headman's house, the little black cat came running towards him. It jumped into his arms and said, "Shen... meow... meow..." Changsui, guess who I saw?

But Shen Changsui decisively covered its mouth. When he heard footsteps, he quickly picked it up, turned around an alley, and threw it hard: "Go find Xiaoye."

"Meow!" The little black cat pushed itself up and landed on the ground very nimbly. It turned around, bared its teeth at him, and ran away.

Shen Changsui pretended to be calm as he walked out of the alley and headed towards the headman's house. Unexpectedly, he almost bumped into a guy who came out of another alley and was looking around: "Master... Lu?!"

"Shen... Changsui, it's you." Lu Guan chased after the black cat as soon as he saw it, but it ran too fast and he couldn't catch up.

"Why are you here?" they asked in unison.

Shen Changsui: "My family dyes cloth, and I'm here to collect the cloth from the countryside. How about you?"

"My farm is in the neighboring Tong Village, and it was messed up." Lu Guan had just said this when the servant Xuan Shen came after him and asked, "Master, the fourth master?"

He said, "It can't be lost. Has my elder brother finished reading the deed?"

"I didn't notice." In Xuan Shen's eyes, the contract and the eldest young master were not as important as the fourth young master.

Lu Guan sighed, "Go and watch, I met a friend and will be back later."

Seeing the hesitation in Xuan Shen's eyes, he added: "Shen...Brother Changsui saved my life."

"Yes." Before Xuan Shen left, he bowed to Shen Changsui.

As soon as he left, Lu Guan said, "Shen...Brother Changsui, if you are free, let's chat."

"Okay, shall we go outside the village?" In a strange village, Shen Changsui was still very careful about the surrounding environment, so as to avoid including himself in the surveillance of others.

So he used his fingers to point out the rhythms of varying lengths, and Lu Guan immediately translated them, saying, "It's best to find a place to rest. I've been riding fast for an hour or two, and I'm still a little dizzy now."

At the same time, make a gesture that no one follows.

While the two were talking, a villager carrying a hoe passed by and curiously asked them if they were relatives.

After being asked by several people passing by, Shen Changsui had no choice but to lead Lu Guan towards Qi's house after mentioning Qi Zhi several times.

Lu Guan: "When you said you were collecting cloth, did you mean the cloth woven by Beiqi Village for Wanzhuangtou?"

"Yes, could he be the head of your farm?" Shen Changsui raised his eyebrows, and still involuntarily paid attention to his surroundings.

Lu Guan smiled bitterly: "Yes and no, he is my eldest sister-in-law's subordinate. After my eldest sister-in-law accepted a piece of land from someone else, she used the name of my imperial farm to evade taxes, and also got involved in the profiteering of the cloth merchants.

You don’t know, when someone came to my door this morning, I thought I was going to be arrested. But they asked me whether I had cooperated with Derun Fabric Shop and whether I had contacted them in the past few days.

God knows which cloth shop this was, but they suddenly produced a bunch of evidence and accused me of forced buying and selling.

The key point is that I actually sold the cotton from my farm to his family, and then he was reported for occupying the farmland and the case was suppressed.”

Shen Changsui seemed to be thinking: "So selling the loom weaving cloth is not the village head's own decision?"

"Is it possible?" Lu Guan didn't want to tell him directly that his eldest cousin's wife was cooperating with the cloth shop.

"After I came out of the government office, I went to my eldest brother to ask for an explanation. We hurried all the way to Tong Village, and soon found out the dirty things that the village head had done.

So, we are going to find the victims one by one to verify and return the ill-gotten gains. "

When the two of them walked and talked outside the Qi family's door, Shen Xiaoye had already heard of him from Little Black Cat. He just said to the door while checking the cloth: "Fourth uncle, take a look. Their cloth is well woven. You can buy it as medium or high quality."

"Sui'er, it's a lot. We can collect enough in one afternoon." Xin Laojiu also helped Shen Changshou load the goods onto the cart.

The women in the yard didn't know who the young man in elegant clothes was. When several girls saw the two of them appear side by side, their faces turned slightly red.

Old Mrs. Xin invited them in. The two of them were very graceful and came in and bowed to the old lady.

When Shen Changshou discovered that the young boy knew his niece, he immediately became alert, but when he looked at Xiaoye who was still staring at the busy work, he felt relieved again.

When Lu Guan learned that he was Shen Changsui's eldest brother, he hurried forward to greet him. At this time, Qi Zhi came back from outside the gate and said, "Everyone, please stop for a moment. Wan Zhuangtou's master wants to make up for the money he withheld from selling cloth.

Aunts, sisters, hurry up and go to Brother Cheng's house to calculate how many pieces of cloth that thief cloth merchant took from you."

He managed to finish his speech in one breath, but he received a series of glares from his old lady. As a result, everyone stopped selling cloth.

"What?"

"Is there such a good thing?"

"So will you still collect the cloth this time?"

Amid the noisy questioning, everyone stopped looking at the handsome young man, and some of them even held up the cloth and said they would not sell it for the time being.

Old Lady Xin's face turned cold: "Next time, it would be more appropriate to test the cloth at your own home. My courtyard is too small to accommodate a big Buddha."

Those few left in a hurry, embarrassed.

Of course, more people are willing to sell, because the price offered by Shen Xiaoye is very high, and people don’t find fault, they just say which one is better.

But they also discussed and wanted to settle the accounts. Shen Xiaoye said, "Everyone should sort out the previous accounts first. I am not in a hurry to leave here. Besides, you can buy and sell as you like. I will never force you."

After thanking him, the women walked away quickly, leaving the cloth behind with peace of mind.

Lu Guan and Shen Changsui whispered a few words and left quickly.

When Shen Xiaoye was discussing with his two uncles how much more they wanted to collect, she saw Old Lady Xin coming in, grabbing her son's ear and saying, "Why are you so annoying? They wouldn't come to call for help from their own family."

"Mom, mom, I just want to pass on a message." Qi Zhi asked for help from his cousin, father and brothers, but no one came to help. Even his wife glanced at him sideways.

It was only after Shen Changshou stepped forward to persuade her that the old lady let go, "He is ignorant and interrupted your business."

Shen Xiaoye supported her and said, "What are you talking about, old lady? It's not easy to meet a host who is willing to compensate. Should we go and see what's going on?"

By the way, have you ever sold cloth to him before?"

"After my eldest nephew's advice, my family stopped accepting their work. You don't know, the daughter-in-law of the Wan family is very capable. In the past one or two years, she didn't ask for cotton thread, but spun and wove the cotton herself.

It seems that the master has discovered something and is here to ask for punishment. Let's go and take a look." The old lady didn't want to miss the fun, but she specifically told Qi Zhi not to go.

Shen Xiaoye and his group came to the alley where Qi Lichang lived, and they heard cheers from afar.