I played as an assistant in ancient times

Shen Xiaoye asked her to wait for a moment, and took out a piece of coarse and fine white cotton cloth from her grandmother's room, and quoted the price: "A piece of fine cloth four meters long costs four cents and two cents of silver, and a piece of fine cloth thirty-two meters long costs three cents and three cents and six cents, which adds up to ten and a half copper coins per foot of cloth, which is two cents less than the price charged by the cloth shop.

Look at these two pieces of cloth, they are very smooth and tight, and are of truly top-quality.

He is the capable steward of Mrs. Jiu. After the fine cloth is dyed, he will give it to you at ten cents per foot.

Of course, if you choose coarse cloth, it will be nine cents per foot." I gave her the price to the nearest centimeter, and it happened that my family had received some local fine cloth and coarse cloth.

Madam Fang stroked the two pieces of cloth and said without thinking, "I want a piece of fine cloth four meters long. This one will do."

After she thanked for the discount, she checked the length of the cloth with Shen Xiaoye in person. Naturally, the cloth she brought also had to be checked.

After the work was done, when Shen Xiaoye said goodbye, she took two pieces of cloth with locked edges in the yard and made flower patterns on the spot as a gift.

Madam Fang sat in the car admiring the flower. Although it was a small flower, it was made of silk and was almost twice as expensive as cotton.

And the flower pattern was really novel and unique. She couldn't help but compare it to her hair. Unexpectedly, the carriage stopped suddenly, and her elbow hit the board instantly, and the silk flower fell. "Lao Luo, what's wrong with you?"

The moment she opened the curtain, she saw several horses passing by. One of them was clearly Captain Lu. Madam Fang quickly lowered the curtain and said, "County yamen express team, who are you trying to arrest?

Go quickly and report back to the Madam." The Madam had already warned everyone in their house that they must not be involved in other people's affairs.

The fast horse that was riding away was clearly heading towards Jiuli Village.

In a moment, these people broke into the fifth aunt's house. As soon as the card ticket showed that the name matched, they directly kidnapped Qianzhuang and Houzi, and left after saying that the two were involved in arson.

"My Zhuang'er never causes trouble." The fifth aunt left the ignorant Dabao beside her and chased after her. She accidentally tripped and fortunately several women acted quickly to prevent her from falling on the stone slabs.

Everyone held her down and stopped her from chasing after him no matter what she said.

The head of the village pulled Shen Changsui out first. Everyone who was having the feast in the yard was so frightened that they didn't dare to move. It was not until Qian Er shouted and chased out that everyone looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.

Outside the gate, Captain Lu only said, "They are related to the fire at the ferry."

Before he could finish his words, Qian Er rushed over and yelled, "Uncle Zhuang, I won't adopt Dabao anymore. I won't adopt Dabao anymore."

However, before he could rush to the bank, a guard with a knife in hand stopped him: "Back off, or you will be punished as an accomplice."

"Apologize, he's too excited." Shen Changsui quickly grabbed Qian Er by the collar, and when he was about to yell again, he simply chopped him unconscious with a sharp knife.

The bailiffs looked at each other and put away their knives. On the other side, Captain Lu had finished talking with the head of the village. They escorted the two men onto their horses.

Neither Qianzhuang nor Houzi struggled. Resisting arrest was the most disadvantageous at this moment. He looked at Shen Changsui and said, "I am innocent. Please help my cousin find a famous lawyer to plead my case. Please."

Shen Changsui nodded. He could see the surprise and surprise when he was hung up in chains. He was not sure whether he knew about it, but he could still find a lawyer to do it. He just didn't know if anyone dared to take it.

On the day he delivered the knife, he saw the profile of Zhou Xiang drawn by the teacher. After telling him about their several encounters, he also said that he had not seen Qianzhuang and Houzi leave the village after they returned.

I thought the government would come to the village to inquire soon, but two days later the county government came and locked people up.

“Sui’er, although Zhuangzi often travels on the canal, he is a man of loyalty and would never set fire to his own county.

Captain Lu just said that it was someone close to Zhuangzi who identified him. How is that possible? He was in the village around the time the fire broke out at the ferry.

Look, why don't we harness the car and go look for the person now?" Qian Li was worried. Why did so many people get arrested in the village recently, and they were all his relatives.

Qian Da, who had been following them silently, said at this moment: "Uncle Sheng, I'll go with you."

Then came old man Shen Shanyou and the elders of the village. He also said, "Send Qian Er home first, and then have someone take care of him..."

Before he finished speaking, Fifth Aunt had already rushed to the front door when no one was paying attention. She bowed and said, "Everyone knows who Zhuangzi is. He would never do such a wicked thing as arson. I beg you to help prove that he has not left the house since he came back. Shengzi, can you take me to the county government to find someone to ask about the connection?"

And Sui'er, I beg you to help me, don't let your uncle get beaten as soon as he goes in."

She was older than everyone else, so everyone quickly moved aside to avoid being treated politely.

Regardless of whether others went or not, the head of the village had to agree to go, and Shen Changsui was no exception. The happy feast was instantly over.

On this side, Shen Xiaoye dyed the cloth soaked in hematite water purple with alum, "Aunt, the color is pretty good, isn't it?"

"My ancestor, how did you come up with this color? Ordinary people are not allowed to wear purple.

You, you dyed three or four pieces." Huang grabbed it and threw it into the kitchen, then set it on fire.

Shen Xiaoye was speechless for a while: "You can make it into a purse and sell it on consignment. There will be officials and their wives who will buy it."

"Don't be. There are only a few high-ranking officials in the county, and half of them don't have their families with them.

Purple and bright yellow, you are not allowed to dye them anymore, I have confiscated the alum." Huang was even planning to pour out the alum water on hand.

Shen Xiaoye hastily snatched it away: "Even if a pound of alum costs four or five cents, don't waste it. This can be used with lotus seed shells to dye the lotus brown color that Madam Fang wants."

She carried the basin to her room, but saw her eldest uncle and his father coming back with serious faces, "Where are grandpa, grandma and fourth uncle?"

Shen Cungeng spoke first: "Don't mention it. The county government said that Grandpa Zhuang was involved in the fire at the ferry and was arrested. Grandpa and grandma stayed at his house to clean up the mess. Fourth uncle and his family accompanied fifth aunt to the county town to find a way to save people. I don't know if I can go home tonight.

I don’t know what Uncle Qian and his wife were thinking. They chased after the elders of the Qian family and said that today’s adoption was invalid.”

"Tsk, don't say that before you go out." Uncle Shen Changshou patted his son lightly and said to Shen Xiaoye and his wife who had come out of the kitchen, "I'll boil water and boil the sumac to dye Yue's cloth first."

"It's been recorded in the family tree, right?" Shen Xiaoye's mind flashed back to what her grandmother had said: Qian Er would definitely regret it.

As his uncle Shen Changshou dragged his son to move to the sumu, he said, "We haven't gone to the county government to change the household registration certificate yet, but we can change it back."

"It's a hassle." Shen Xiaoye put down the basin and came to help. They had a lot of work to do today. They had to boil several pots of sumac water, soak the cloth in it and then soak it in alum water for mortar dyeing. This process had to be repeated several times before a piece of cloth was considered dyed.

Fortunately, my grandmother made the decision yesterday and bought a few large vats for our family, which are specifically used for dyeing cloth. With division of labor and cooperation, the speed can be increased.

When grandpa and grandma came back, their progress was much faster. They thought that Fourth Uncle would stay in the county town tonight, but Uncle Qian came hurriedly to inform them before dinner: "Sui Ge'er has been detained."

"What?" The whole family was shocked. Shen Xiaoye asked, "Why?"

It was still the old man Shen Shanyou who remained calm: "Boss, quickly harness the carriage and enter the city tonight."