I played as an assistant in ancient times

"I heard that I'm not going to Kuanhe, but to Zhangbei. I need at least 3,000 rolls of thicker blue cloth and 2,000 rolls of red cloth.

Since you don't have the complete supply at the moment, you can only wait until this year's cotton is woven into cloth.

Of course, if you can have 3,000 pieces of cloth before August 15, I will still accept it when the time comes." This time, Mr. Miao did not mention any contract or anything like that.

Shen Xiaoye's mind raced, and thinking of what his fourth uncle had said on the way here, he smiled and bowed, "Okay, okay, this time my uncles and cousins ​​will deliver the cloth to you at the ferry first."

During the conversation in the morning, she learned that the other party had rented a warehouse at Qicuo Ferry.

Miao Dongjia was very satisfied with this. He led his entourage on horseback and rode in front, while his two uncles and cousin Lin followed behind on mule carts.

"Chang Sui, five thousand pieces of cloth, but unfortunately we don't have that much at the moment.

It would be fine if we could collect three thousand now." Uncle Lin said with regret.

Shen Changsui nodded, but he knew in his heart that Mr. Miao’s original intention was not to get his 5,000 pieces of cloth, but to leave a hook on purpose in preparation for the next meeting.

He asked Xiao Ye to come here just to find out whether the other party was here for business or for something else.

On the other side, Shen Xiaoye returned with the little black cat. Her stall was already very busy. Her cousin and grandfather both came out to sell cloth.

But when she wanted to go forward to help, she was driven away by several people. So she stood on the bench outside the shed helplessly, took Erniu's vacant seat and started shouting through the loudspeaker.

Until her aunt Huang came over to pull her down after finishing her work, she covered her nose and asked, "What's that smell on you? Where did you get so much dirt?"

He turned her over and helped her brush the dirt off her butt.

Shen Xiaoye couldn't explain it clearly at the moment, so she said, "How about I go home and wash myself before coming back."

"Go ahead, use great-grandfather's new car to take grandma away as well. She didn't take her medicine at noon and has been standing for most of the day.

And take the great grandmother back to rest, you have to persuade them." The family has a cart that can't be pulled out, so Huang stuffed a string of copper coins into her hand and said, "There are many people, put it in the crossbody bag and carry it in front.

I discussed it with Tang yesterday and asked her to help cook the mung bean porridge at 3 p.m., and you can bring it to everyone after it cools down."

"Yeah." Shen Xiaoye nodded quickly, fearing that if she stayed any longer her aunt would tell her more.

Fortunately, grandma and great-grandma listened to her advice and went home with her.

By the time she finished packing and rushed to the foot of Lingshan Mountain, her uncles had returned from delivering the goods, and even Erniu had come back, but there was not much fabric left on the stall.

The cloth bags and head flowers left over from last time were sold out early, and Huang repeatedly regretted that there were no more cloth head flowers.

Shen Xiaoye happily started to clear out the stock, but this was luxury. She could cut off a piece of the cloth that was a little bit stained with dirt and continue to sell it, but no one wanted the cloth printed with watermelon juice.

As the sky filled with sunset glow, the number of customers at Tangjia Market gradually decreased, and the stalls at the foot of the mountain also began to close down.

However, merchants always leave later than their customers. When dusk fell, the four members of the Lin family said goodbye to them at the exit.

Shen Xiaoye and his companions dragged their tired bodies and followed the carriages and neighbors back home. Someone in front of them started singing a folk song, which attracted the passers-by to sing along.

After finally stepping into the house, Shen Cungeng excitedly called his cousin to help him move the cash box.

His father laughed and scolded: "Money has no legs and can't run away. Don't be lazy, unload the cloth and move the wooden frame."

"There's not much cloth, let him do his thing." Huang was still very worried about her son. When she heard Geng'er's hoarse voice, she wanted to boil some mint water for him immediately.

"They haven't eaten yet. Where are Qian Wu and Zhuang Zhuang and the others?" Grandma Lin and great-grandma Qian held up two lamps to illuminate everyone.

Shen Xiaoye replied: "He insisted on going back to his own house to eat. No matter how much we persuade him, he wouldn't come."

She decided to pay the workers soon, and everyone, both adults and children, worked very hard.

Grandma said, "Changsui, go to the kitchen and get some meat and steamed buns and send them to the group."

"Yes, if it's any later they would have already eaten." Old man Shen Shanyou is always the first to support his wife no matter when.

He then said to Shen Shanxin: "Brother, you have to drink a couple of cups with me."

"Of course. I hope we'll have great sales during every big market in the future." Shen Shanxin was happy for his brother's family because their business was doing well. He knew too well how depressed his brother, who had left home at a young age and was now covered in old injuries and had lost half his life savings.

Shen Changsui went downstairs to deliver the vegetables, and after unloading the things, Geng Ge came over happily to hold the cash box.

Unexpectedly, just as Shen Xiaoye and he had lifted the box, the sound of carriages and horses was heard outside the courtyard. He asked, "Who is coming to the end of the village at night? Did you take the wrong road?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the carriage stopped outside the courtyard gate, "Brother Shen."

"Brother Lu!" the old man greeted him in surprise.

Captain Lu jumped off the carriage and opened the curtain. "Well, Mr. Lu doesn't want to live with us in the government office. He insists on coming to see Sui Ge'er, and the child beside him also insists on following us."

Under the light, Lu Guan in the carriage hugged the little boy who called him "big brother" and smiled at the people who were watching.

Shen Xiaoye had a toothache. Why was she bothering with that when she was injured?

But since they were already here, and Captain Lu was there to see them off personally, the Shen family couldn't send them away, so in the midst of a flurry of activity they sent them to the west wing to stay temporarily.

Shen Cungeng sighed and said, "Xiao Ye, when can I have my own room?"

"It's almost done." Shen Xiaoye patted the cash box. There was quite a bit of money in it. The East Courtyard could be built at any time...right?

As a result, when they counted the accounts after dinner, although they sold more than 100 taels of silver today, after deducting the cost, they only made a net profit of more than 50 taels of silver, which was definitely enough to build a house. However, my uncle disagreed.

He said: "It is not appropriate to focus on building a house when things are just starting to get better. This will easily arouse suspicion from the villagers.

Besides, Xiaoye still needs to collect more cloth and wait until next year to build both the east and west courtyards, which is the right thing to do. "

The old man also holds the same opinion, so Shen Cungeng’s wish cannot be realized for the time being.

After he returned to the room, he looked at Lu Guan who occupied his bed and felt a little unhappy, "Hey, I heard that your family is a high-ranking official. How unfair it is for you to live in our countryside."

"Big brother, I want to sleep." The little boy next to Lu Guan tried hard not to sleep, but his little head was slowly falling asleep and he couldn't hold on any longer.

Lu Guan pressed him down: "Close your eyes, your father will come tomorrow morning."

He blindfolded the little boy, and Shen Changsui sat beside him fanning him, which made Shen Cungeng feel jealous.

"It's cool, don't make noise." Lu Guan answered Shen Cungeng concisely. Seeing him leave angrily again, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Your little nephew is quite interesting."

"He is not a child anymore. Tell me honestly why you want to live in my house?" The county government even assigned them an archer. Shen Changsui suggested that the archer go to his uncle's house to rest.

Lu Guan leaned against the wall and said, "I suspect that there are their people in the government office. It's not safe."

Shen Changsui frowned when he heard this: "Why do you think so? Or tell me why you were injured again?"

At the kitchen door in the courtyard, Shen Cungeng asked Shen Xiaoye: "Why is Fourth Uncle so nice to him?"

Huh? Shen Xiaoye's eyes were full of question marks.