I played as an assistant in ancient times

Shen Changsui raised his head and glanced at the Taoist priest outside the window, then he put down his knife and walked over and said softly, "Put it back first."

Shen Xiaoye pinched it doubtfully and felt it was very fine and crumbly, but she didn't ask any more questions and put it back on the shelf. She jumped off the stool and said, "I wonder if my cousin has finished watering the fields."

"Geng can handle it." Just as Shen Changsui finished speaking, he heard Shen Cungeng's voice coming from outside: "Mom, I've been pedaling the waterwheel for most of the day. I'm so tired!"

Shen Xiaoye put down the fruit slices for making tea and ran to the door, "Cousin, give me the cart."

Her family has a wheelbarrow, and she has to keep her balance when walking, otherwise it will really fall over.

Shen Cungeng slipped off the shoulder strap and wanted to let go, but after seeing her pink body, he immediately gripped the handlebars tightly, "There are only two steps left, I'll push it myself.

Xiaoye, I'm not used to you dressing like this."

"Are you used to wearing the same coarse linen and short brown clothes as you?" At this time, Huang had already finished moxibustioning her mother-in-law. She took a few steps forward to take over the car. Seeing her son's face full of sweat and his clothes soaked with water, she whispered, "Did you go swimming in the river?"

"No." After Shen Cungeng answered, he found that his mother and cousin were staring at him intently. He suddenly realized that he answered too quickly.

Even without putting my head in the water, I can still be discovered. Sigh... "Hey, I'll go back to the house and change clothes first."

As he spoke, he disappeared into the courtyard gate. Two bangs were heard, and the door of the bedroom at the bottom of the west wing was closed.

"What's wrong?" Lin asked on the other end.

"There's a bug crawling on him." Huang gritted her teeth and quickly pushed the cart towards the west wing.

Shen Xiaoye quickly got on the bicycle frame and pushed it eastward, whispering, "Aunt, aunt, calm down. We have guests at home."

Huang didn't want to make a fool of herself in front of the guests, so she pushed the cart towards the door of the warehouse in front of the east wing kitchen.

Shen Xiaoye was unloading her things diligently, fearing that her aunt would be upset again. When she pushed the door to put her things in, her aunt stopped her: "Leave the mats and ropes outside to dry in the sun, and only put the cleaned and dried shovel inside."

"My cousin has finished the work very neatly. Look, there's not a speck of dirt on the shovel, and the buckets have also been cleaned." She praised her cousin at the right time, and when she saw her aunt nod slightly, she went into the warehouse.

As soon as she came in, she discovered that there were white broken rice shells in the rice jar that she had cleaned yesterday.

Normally, we eat mostly brown rice at home. Only out of consideration for my grandmother’s stomach do we prepare some husked white rice.

"Aunt, is there anyone who would exchange rice for pork?" She thought of this as a matter of course.

Huang shook her head and said, “Who would be willing to spend money on rice when it’s so expensive.

It was Qian Wu who sent it, saying that he wanted to thank Sui'er and you for saving her mother. If you don't accept it, he will use the cloth and medicine he took that day as payment.

By the way, please help me light the pot later so we can make some pancakes for the Taoist priest.

Soak the rice for a bit longer, and use the rice water to kill the safflower tomorrow."

"Okay, Uncle Qian is a down-to-earth person." Shen Xiaoye really felt that the people here were simple and honest. Occasionally, one or two people like Old Mrs. Hang who were not very decent were just to embellish life.

She didn't know at the moment that after two days of acupuncture and taking medicine, Old Mrs. Hang became lively again. She also left her two children at Jirentang and ran away quietly.

Qian Er was pissed off by his own mother for the first time. He almost vomited blood. He endured the pain in his buttocks and searched for his mother in the county town for a long time but couldn't find her. "Brother, she, she, she is a criminal. We paid the bail and then went outside to see a doctor for her.

The county government required her to show up at one o'clock every three days. If she didn't show up, the money would not be returned and officials would be sent to search for her.

My dear mother, how could you even betray your own son? "

"I'll go to the county government office and put her in the jail. You take Tiezhu back to the village to find her." Qian Da floated towards the county government office with a tired face.

Qian Tiezhu grabbed him and said, "Dad, I'll go take his place. You go home and ask my uncle to take charge."

"What are you talking about? You are only fourteen years old and not yet an adult." Qian Da refused.

Qian Tiezhu and Qian Zhuangzhuang are twins. He said, "Then let my second uncle go."

"What did you say, little brat?" Qian Er heard it from behind and came up to slap Tiezhu. Tie Da tried to stop him, but he hadn't eaten anything for a day and a night, so he was knocked to the ground by his younger brother.

"Brother, I didn't use any force." Qian Er was so scared that he knelt down and shook his brother.

"Get out of the way." Tiezhu wanted to hug his father, but his father was too tall and he couldn't lift him.

But my second uncle was just holding my father and shaking him like an idiot. People around didn't know what was going on and gathered to watch. Someone said, "Don't move him. If he breaks any bones, the more you move him, the worse it will get."

"Is there such a saying?"

"That's what Dr. Ge said."

"That's what the old immortal said. Kid, stop moving. And whoever wants to stop shaking, stop it."

"Go find a doctor first."

Qian Er was confused by what everyone said, and Qian Tiezhu was even more anxious. He begged, "Can any kind uncle or aunt please call a doctor?"

"Shicun, go and help call Doctor Ge." A middle-aged scholar sitting on an open cart saw this scene and ordered the driver.

The driver said, "Sir, who will look after the donkey cart if I leave?"

"I."

"Can……"

"Go quickly."

The driver had no choice but to pull the cart to the side and run to the clinic. Not long after, a pharmacist and a doctor came over. After checking, they said, "He fainted from hunger. Go get him some hot soup."

"Ah?" Everyone was surprised. These three people really didn't look like they had no food to eat.

When Qian Tiezhu was still a little stunned, the driver Shicun was ordered to bring a bowl of noodle soup again: "Hurry up and feed it."

"Hey, thank you, big brother." Qian Tiezhu hurriedly poured the medicine down his throat, and soon Qian Da woke up.

While he was happy, he found that the person who had just handed over the soup had left. "Uncles, do you recognize that person?"

"The one delivering the soup?"

"Here we went."

Everyone looked at the donkey cart turning southwards. Someone recognized him and said, "He is Mr. Pan's driver. He must have been sent by Mr. Pan."

Qian Er saw the respect from everyone and asked, "Mr. Pan?"

"Does the county school know about this?"

"Ah."

"Opposite it is Wubenzhai, which is the school opened by Mr. Pan. He has taught many scholars in recent years, several Juren and two Jinshi."

"Well, Mr. Pan doesn't set any requirements. He will accept anyone who is willing to go to school.

Many of his students are from farming families. If they succeed, it will be a great achievement, like a carp leaping over the dragon gate."

"Do you remember? That year he just opened a shop and took in a little beggar. He passed the imperial examination and became an official."

"No, no, I passed the imperial examination and was recognized by my family."

"..."

"I know. He's Sui Ge'er's husband." Qian Da finally recovered and sat up. He held his son's hand and said, "Let's go to the county government office."

Tiezhu asked the doctor to take another look, "Dad, you've fainted, let Uncle go."

After the doctor confirmed that everything was fine and left, a waiter came to ask for the bowl back, and Qian Dacai said, "Your second uncle is gone."

"Ah?" Tiezhu turned his head and saw that his second uncle was not there. He pounded the ground in anger, but he didn't know that Qian Er was chasing after Mr. Pan.

The donkey cart was not moving fast, and Qian Er was about to catch up. However, when he saw the incognito appearance of County Magistrate Tan, he immediately hid himself, wanting to wait until the person left before chasing after him.

Unexpectedly, County Magistrate Tan walked towards the donkey cart. When the driver stopped, Mr. Pan bowed and asked, "How come County Magistrate Tan has time?"

"Sir, you are too kind to me." County Magistrate Tan quickly stepped aside and bowed deeply, saying, "I will be transferred back to Beijing soon, so I came here to ask for your advice."

Mr. Pan thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the study and talk."

After the car entered the courtyard through the side door, Shicun handed the car to the doorman, carried Mr. Pan to the wheelchair and pushed it away...

Qian Er left in disappointment. He just wanted to go over and ask if his eight-year-old Dabao could come to the academy to become a disciple.

When he returned to the original street and didn't see his elder brother, he decided to go home first to ask Shen Changsui about the requirements of the master. He didn't think that they would accept the child just by sending him there.

So when the sky was filled with sunset glow, Shen Xiaoye helped set up two tables of food. As everyone was savoring the greasy braised pork, they saw Qian Er appear at their door.

He was thirsty and hungry and slipped outside the gate. Shen Changsui and his nephew had to drag him into the yard and give him a bowl of porridge.

"Qian Er, what's wrong with you? Where is your elder brother?" Lin couldn't help but look outside the courtyard wall.

At the signal from his fourth uncle, Shen Cungeng quickly walked away to go to Qian's house to check out the situation.

Qian Er was only busy drinking the porridge, and when he was done he handed the bowl to Shen Xiaoye, "You're still thirsty." He knew that he couldn't order Huang around with a cold face.

Shen Xiaoye didn't want to pay attention to him, but she still said after her grandmother: "Tell me what happened and I'll give you a second bowl."

She turned around and scooped up another particularly thin portion, but just as she put the spoon back, she suddenly heard Qian Er howling: "Oh my god..."

Everyone was startled by the howl, "What happened to your mother?"

"She, she ran away." Qian Er said as he wiped his face with his big hand, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Taoist Master Hengxi simply sat back at the table, eating meat and drinking wine while watching with interest.

Shen Xiaoye came over with a bowl in hand, "Then go find her! She won't come to my house."

Qian Er grabbed the bowl, gulped down another big bowl, and then said, "I didn't find her. My eldest brother went to the county government to report her."

After saying that, he threw the bowl away, grabbed Shen Changsui's hand, stared at him and said, "Sui'er, I just asked the old student at Tangjiaji if Dabao can take the exam for a scholar if he studies hard. He said that there cannot be any criminals in the three generations of his ancestors.

Is what he said true? If my mother is sentenced to prison, Dabao will not be able to become a scholar?"

Shen Changsui winked at the women in the family and asked them to step back. He then pressed down on Qian Er's upper arm and said, "This is the rule."

As expected, Qian Er was about to attack, and Shen Xiaoye opened her arms and pushed her grandmother and aunt back and forth.

Shen Changsui used his hands and feet to push the man to the ground and said, "Second Brother Qian, what do you want to do?"

"What to do? He must be asking Lao Wu to withdraw the lawsuit!

Otherwise, none of my Dabao, Erbao and Baoer will be able to become an official." Qian Er found that no matter how he moved, he could not break free from Sui Ge'er's suppression. His hands were pressed on his back and he felt very uncomfortable.

He stopped struggling and said slowly, "Let me go. I have to stop Lao Wu from suing."

"Second Brother Qian, do you think Fifth Brother Qian will agree?

If the village head hadn't been keeping a close eye on her, it would have been more than just Aunt Xia who got hurt that day." Shen Changsui didn't relax, but he had to tell him the truth.

Qian Er paused, then added: "We are all brothers from the same father!"

Shen Xiaoye was speechless after hearing this. Why didn't you say we were brothers when you attacked Uncle Qian Wu?

He continued, "What about my three treasures? They can't be officials anymore."

"Can they read? Have you sent them to school?" Shen Xiaoye couldn't help but ask.

Qian Er said: "I will send Dabao to Wubenzhai this year.

Sui Ge'er, you have to help me beg Lao Wu. If Dabao passes the exam and becomes an official, our Qian family will benefit from it."

"I can't persuade you, and I don't want to ask you to go. If Brother Qian Wu hears that your mother is missing, he might do something. He has more than one hatchet in his house.

Don't forget, his mother is still lying in bed and can't move." Shen Changsui felt that the other party's momentum slowly dissipated after hearing the word "axe", so he immediately let go and pulled the man up and said, "Go home and pack up, and quickly find your mother. That's the most important thing."

"Oh." Qian Erqing knew that the other party was unwilling to help, so he didn't say much and left with his head hung.

When leaving the hospital, I bumped into Geng Ge'er without realizing it.

Shen Cungeng sent back a letter saying, "Brother Zhuangzhuang is at home, nothing happened."

"Eat, eat." Lin waved her hand and asked everyone to sit down. "Xiaoye, don't forget your paint."

"I can't forget. I'll get it in half an hour." Shen Xiaoye suddenly felt that the meat was a little greasy. She thought that the matter of the old Hang family might not be over yet.

Sure enough, the next day, when she was pounding the safflower that her aunt had washed, Zhuangzhuang came running over and asked, "Xiaoye, is Genggeer home?"

"He and my fourth uncle went to collect herbs after teaching." She was not kidding. Although the branches, leaves and roots of woad are dyes, the roots and leaves are more of a medicinal herb. It has another name called Isatis root.

She asked, "Brother Zhuangzhuang, what's the matter?"

"Yeah, big news!" Qian Zhuangzhuang looked incredulous.

Huang piled the pounded safflower in a round winnowing basket to wake them up. She smiled and said, "Zhuangzhuang, what's the big deal? Can you tell me?"

Zhuangzhuang nodded: "My second uncle wants to adopt Dabao to my fifth aunt as a grandson. My grandfather has agreed."

"What?" Seeing Shi Shao trying to stop Honghua from jumping out, Lin became upset. The fifth aunt had a son.

Shen Xiaoye and Huang stopped what they were doing. They both wondered what Qian Er was doing.

"Where's your milk? Have you found it?"

"Didn't my grandma and my dad go to the hospital to see a doctor?"

Well, Qian Er never told his family that his mother was missing.

Lin washed her hands and said, "Zhuangzhuang, come with me to find your aunt."

She said to Shen Xiaoye, who was eager to make trouble, "Just do your own work."

After saying that, he took Zhuangzhuang to find his elder sister-in-law Qian.

Shen Xiaoye stepped on the pestle again, "Uncle Qian, you really have some ideas."

"No matter how much you think, it won't work. Fifth aunt's son is a member of the canal transport gang. It's just that she and Old Hang are somewhat close, otherwise she wouldn't let her touch her things without getting angry." Huang asked her to stop, "You can take this out and wake him up."

To wake up actually means to ferment for a while. We picked a lot of safflower today, so we can do it all at once.

Shen Xiaoye's one hand was not convenient for working, so it was not her turn to wash after fermentation. She concentrated on pounding the flowers. Anyway, the safflower flowers had to be pounded a second time after waking up and squeezing out the yellow juice, so she had things to do.

More than half an hour later, the second round of pounding the flowers was completed. After the reds were killed, she and her aunt piled them in a large basin to let them rest for a while.

When the time is up, take it out and pour it into the rice washing water that has been fermented overnight. When my aunt-in-law puts the flowers into a cloth bag and squeezes out the juice, the red dye appears.

Shen Xiaoye said, "Aunt, I'll go to the river to cut some green chrysanthemum flower residues and make them into safflower cakes for later use."

Huang thought for a moment and said, "I'll join you after I finish squeezing the juice."

Shen Xiaoye...