I played as an assistant in ancient times

When everyone entered Qi Lichang's house, Shen Xiaoye saw from the gaps in the crowd that Lu Guan checked the deeds with the villagers and threw them into the fire.

As the paper deeds were burned, there were constant cheers from the crowd, mixed with the cries of women.

The heavy weight that had weighed on their hearts and minds for the past few years was finally gone.

I no longer have to work day and night to carefully weave cloth for the Wan family. I can finally weave some cloth according to my own physical strength and earn money.

Squeezing to the front, Shen Xiaoye saw the man in rich clothes and another man in Hangzhou silk kneeling beside him, holding an account book and a bag of copper coins and distributing money to each family.

There was a young man in his twenties who was sitting in the main seat, staring coldly at them as they were called out.

Old Mrs. Xin sighed softly, “In the future, they can stand up straight and no longer be blamed by their families.

You don't know that when the head of Wanzhuang takes the leftover cloth to the county town, no one will buy it, and it is common for the cloth merchant who comes to buy it to lower the price to one or two cents for the medium-quality fine cloth you ordered.

Sometimes, you have to bet hard to get one penny per piece of cloth. One pound of cotton costs more than 30 wen, and you need to pay a deposit of one penny to weave a piece of cloth with three pounds of cotton. After spinning and weaving, you have to sell it for one penny. It's all in vain."

"Buy it at the price of mid-grade coarse cloth? So low?" Shen Xiaoye set the purchase price of mid-grade fine cloth at 1.5 cents, the same as that of high-grade coarse cloth, because the selling prices of the two were basically the same in the market.

Occasionally, fine coarse cloth and medium fine cloth are slightly higher.

So far, she does not accept inferior products, and even the middle-quality coarse cloth is basically only dyed and not accepted. After all, the difference between high-quality and middle-quality coarse cloth is only one cent, and almost everyone who buys it will choose the high-quality one.

"It's that low. The merchant said that the top-quality Songjiang white cotton cloth he bought was only 1.5 cents a piece. I don't know if it's true or not, but the longest piece of Songjiang cloth I've seen is eight feet shorter than the cloth we weave, and it's also several inches narrower.

Even if what he said is true, think about it, how much less cotton thread can be used for almost ten feet of cloth, and the finer and thinner the cloth is, the more strands of cotton thread can be split into. Isn't it natural that less material is used and the price is lower?

But in fact, they sell it at a very high price in the county town’s cloth shops.” Old Mrs. Xin has been spinning yarn all her life, so how could she not know the ins and outs of this place?

The cotton production in the south is high, and the price is much lower than that in the north. It is a fact that cloth is cheap, so Shen Xiaoye nodded in agreement: "You are speaking with maturity and prudence. Coarse cloth is heavy."

The old and the young did not mind the heat, and they watched the lively performance while putting their heads close together to exchange views.

On the other side, Lu Guanzao saw them come in. He just nodded slightly to Shen Changsui and then quickened his movements.

After burning all the deeds, he immediately asked Village Chief Qi to lead the way to several other nearby villages. Before leaving, he only exchanged a few words with Shen Changsui.

Shen Xiaoye probably heard him say that there were a lot of natural cotton cloth on the farm and wanted his uncle to take it.

Shen Changsui naturally would not refuse and agreed to collect it tomorrow morning.

Shen Xiaoye followed the group out of the door and saw the two offenders tied to horses again. As the horses sped up, they had to run to chase them, and the fat on their bodies trembled in a way that made people laugh.

After watching the excitement, she wanted to leave, but unexpectedly, several women came up to her quickly and wanted to sell cloth to her, "Miss Shen, we will take the cloth now, and you can choose some."

They are the people who had regretted selling to Shen Xiaoye before. Now they find that the cloth merchant only compensates the previous price but no longer accepts cloth, so they are going to regret selling the cloth again.

Old Mrs. Xin looked unhappy, but she didn't make a decision for her.

But Shen Xiaoye still smiled and said, "I'm sorry, aunties, I just accepted so much and I have spent all the money I brought.

If you trust me, draw a line and put the cloth down first, and tomorrow I will..."

"Forget it, let's talk about it next time." The leading woman turned and left. She would never dare to sign any contract or clause again.

The other few hesitated for a few moments, and begged for a while, but when they saw that Shen Xiaoye just said that there was not enough money, they slowly dispersed.

Old Mrs. Xin shook her head and said, “They should be able to sell them when they go to the county town in the future, but they don’t go out much and have little experience.

But they will certainly find that the price you offer is not as high as it is. "

"Hahaha, the old lady is praising me in a roundabout way." Shen Xiaoye was very happy to meet her, and the two of them got along very well. When they returned home with a full load, they even got a jar of drunken shrimps from the old lady.

She felt embarrassed, but the old lady said, "We have many rivers here and we don't need this. If you want to make it up to me, please bring some unique hair ornaments to my girls next time. I'll be happy if they are happy."

"Absolutely no problem. I have many colorful handkerchiefs and I'll give them to them to play with." In this era, a large handkerchief can sometimes be tied on the head as a decorative cloth. When Shen Xiaoye experimented with various colors, she tie-dyed many styles, each of which is unique.

Of course, she could also sense what the old lady meant and make friends with her uncle, the young student.

All I can say is that Old Lady Xin has a good vision and believes that her uncle will surely achieve success in the imperial examinations.

Not to mention that they stayed overnight at Xin Laojiu's house and were warmly entertained, the next morning, with the help of Uncle Xin, they hired a boat and went directly to Tong Village.

However, today, the nephew, uncle and nephew did not let Xin Laojiu accompany them anymore, so as not to waste other people's working time.

Shen Xiaoye looked around the cotton fields and still found many people catching insects in the fields. "Last night I heard Aunt Jiu say that this cotton field has been planted for several years.

Today, it is uncertain whether we can plant crops again next year."

"Pests and diseases are not a big deal. The key is that if the plants are planted in one place for a long time, the soil will become compacted easily." Shen Changsui was still squatting on the ground, grabbing a handful of soil.

Shen Changshou patted the two of them and said, "Don't go down to other people's land!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a fast horse coming towards him.

"Just in time to meet you." Lu Guan jumped off his horse, stretched out his palm and shook hands with Shen Changsui. They had agreed on the time and place yesterday.

Then he turned around and said, "Shen Xiaoye, nice to see you again."

"Ahem!" Uncle Shen Changshou instantly stood in front of his niece, not allowing her to agree, and stared at Shen Changsui with a somewhat unfriendly look: "Sui'er, what's your name?"

"Apologies, Brother Shen. I learned the names of your family members from the Guard Bureau last time." Lu Guan realized that he greeted them too casually, and spoke before Shen Changsui.

Shen Changshou already knew his identity from his brother, "From now on, you should call me Miss Shen."

At this time, he felt that it would be more appropriate for the young master of Yueji to call him niece when they met.

Lu Guan clasped his fists repeatedly and asked them to follow him. On the way, he didn't even dare to glance at Shen Xiaoye because Shen Changshou was staring at him as if he was guarding against a thief.

Ugh……

Shen Xiaoye laughed secretly, and Little Black Cat was puzzled: "You two obviously know each other, why is it not more intimate to call her by her name than to call her Miss Shen?"

She patted the little guy but smiled without saying anything. Not long after, after turning off the path in the field and onto a wider dirt road, she saw a row of neat brick houses from a distance.

Lu Guan introduced: "That is the warehouse of this farm, where the head tenant farmers live."

"How many acres are there? Are they all planted with cotton?" Shen Changsui asked.