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Shen Lingzhu shook his head. What was important was not Xia Tongsheng, but why his uncle was helping outsiders to plot against his family.

Seeing that the two shopkeepers Feng and Zhang told everything they knew, but did not involve Shen Man, it was obvious that they did not know the key.

At this moment, they all stared at their uncle eagerly, hoping that the contract would not be terminated, because termination of the contract at this time would not only mean paying compensation, but would also affect their future reputation.

"Xiao Zhuzi, what do you think?" Huang Zongqi didn't trust the two shopkeepers much.

Shen Lingzhu needed their existing craftsmanship, so she nodded slightly and said, "Since you two want to start work earlier, it's not impossible to send the wood earlier.

However, will you be collecting wood in the store on the Ghost Festival?"

"No, no, no, let's wait until the festival is over." The two shopkeepers were also quite reluctant to collect things on that day.

Shen Lingzhu said: "You can do it today if you want, just hand it over to me and take it away.

It is written in the contract that within three months you can only work for me and are not allowed to buy or sell bellows without permission. Otherwise, if you are caught, you will be fined fifty taels for the first time and one hundred taels for the second time.

Since today was just a misunderstanding, let's just ignore it and there won't be a next time."

"No next time, no next time." Shopkeeper Zhang was the first to express his opinion. Compared with Shopkeeper Feng who had a mediocre shop, he only had a sign at the entrance of his alley and his business was really average.

If the Shen family hadn't asked him to make bellows for three months for six taels of silver, he would have wanted to go to the provincial capital to find a job.

After Shopkeeper Feng said that there would definitely not be a next time, Shen Lingzhu made it clear that after the one-year confidentiality period, they could make and sell the products on their own and should not just focus on the county town, but also go to neighboring counties and prefectures.

The two men smiled bitterly as they sent them off, and simultaneously thought of the same question: "This is considered to have offended Old Cai to the end."

"What a coincidence, someone chased me home."

"Forget it, forget it. Don't try any tricks. Just work honestly for the Shen family for three months."

"Now that I think about it, it's a little strange that Old Cai would come after you. Mr. He is a real murderer. He wouldn't do anything to him, right?"

"I wouldn't kill someone for a bellows business, at most I'll give him a beating."

……

However, the two of them imagined too much. After Shen Lingzhu knew that Cai Yuansheng and Miao Sili were related, there was no way he would let his uncle touch him.

Outsiders don’t know the inside story, but those who are well-informed in the yamen probably know the reason why my uncle returned home.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have asked my uncle to come to the county town last time to add insurance for my aunt’s land deed.

Therefore, if you can avoid dealing with the people inside, try not to fight.

After they invited the guests to a quiet private room in a nearby teahouse, Shen Lingzhu pulled his uncle outside and whispered for a long time.

Shen Xianzhu, who was waiting here, carefully looked through the disassembled wooden boards of the bellows. After confirming that it was a secret mark made by Xiaozhuzi, he could not help but sit down in disappointment.

When Cai Yuansheng saw that they brought him here and Mr. He did not come in, he no longer worried about being beaten.

While he was still wondering how to get away with it, Shen Lingzhu came in, put the wooden board on the ground, took out the tools from his backpack, and successfully assembled the bellows in no time.

She asked, "I heard that Master Cai had studied carpentry before, so making a small bellows like this would be no problem for him. Why did he find a partner instead of working alone?"

Then, take your bellows, but don't sneak around looking for people again."

Cai Yuansheng subconsciously took the bellows and glanced at Huang Zongqi at the door. He was afraid of this man, a real butcher: "Are you willing to let me go?"

"As long as you tell me how much money you gave to Shen Man, there's no point in keeping you." Huang Zongqi didn't let the door open.

This sounded unkind, and Cai knew she wasn't going to be easy to talk to. He said, "It's okay. I bought the bellows myself."

He just didn't believe that they could bring everyone they saw to confront him.

"Buy? Master Cai, do you know that my bellows are numbered? We will personally install them at your doorstep for every customer who buys one, and we will leave your name and address." It sounds easy to knock a hole in the stove to install a bellows, but it is actually not easy to do.

In order to prevent the entire stove from being accidentally broken, her family built several earthen stoves for the teenagers to practice.

So far, the best knockers are the Xia Wang brothers and Huang Xunzhi.

Shen Lingzhu deliberately looked at Cai Yuansheng for a few times: "This one in your hand was asked for by your elders, so it was specially double-marked."

As soon as she finished speaking, Cai Yuansheng opened the bellows and said, "He, Shen Man owes me a favor, so he just gave me a bellows.

If you don't believe me, you can go ask him." He rushed to the window, ready to shout for help.

However, Huang Zongqi would not give him a chance. He quickly chased after him and pushed him back onto the stool.

He said, "Xian Zhu, go find your tenth uncle to verify and see if he was the one who asked for the bellows first.

I don't believe a scholar like him would owe a cook such a favor that he needs a bellows."

Without waiting for Shen Xianzhu's response, he pressed him down and said, "Are those who look at others foolish?

Why didn't we investigate Feng and Zhang further, but instead came after you and asked you about it? Don't you have any idea?"

Cai Yuansheng found that he could not break free from his hand, so he simply gave up moving and watched Shen Xianzhu leave and close the door.

Shen Lingzhu blew a breath and said, "I'm very surprised that since you already knew that my Jinshi bellows were selling well, you could quietly find someone, for example, Xia Tongsheng, to buy one at Shenquan Market.

Why take it from my tenth uncle and cause so much trouble?

Or, has our family offended you in some way, causing you to deliberately use this technique to sow discord among our clan members?"

She stared into the other person's eyes and found that his expression changed slightly when she mentioned Xia Tongsheng, but he showed no expression when she mentioned offending someone.

It seems that there was no grudge between them and my family.

Then she stopped talking, pulled a stool over and sat opposite him, looking at him all the time.

Huang Zongqi didn't know what his nephew was doing and blinked at her several times.

Shen Lingzhu smiled and shook her head, staring at Cai Yuansheng silently.

The latter was irritated by her gaze, but after just a quarter of an hour he said, "You should go find Shen Shiman. What's the point of holding me here?"

"Have some tea." Shen Lingzhu poured him a glass of water and handed it to him.

Cai Yuansheng hesitated for a moment before taking it. He said, "I have to go to work soon. If I'm not here by then, the owner of the old restaurant will definitely send people to look for me."

"Just to pick you up, a vegetable cutter?" Huang Zongqi immediately exposed him, saying, "I told him I'd punch him and he'd tell me anything, yet you insisted on sending him here for tea."

"Uncle, please sit down and have a drink too." Shen Lingzhu quickly poured him a glass.

Huang Zongqi drank three cups in a row before he was satisfied. Then he looked at his niece and said, "Mr. Cai, since we are all related in some way, please stop hiding it and tell me when you knew that there was a bellows for sale in Shenquan Market."

"I guess it was on the tenth day of June when Xia Tongsheng came to the county town." Shen Lingzhu and his uncle sang in unison.

Cai tightened his grip on the cup and quickly gulped down the tea to cover up his gaffe.

At this moment, the door of the box was pushed open...