I played as an assistant in ancient times

Chapter 289: Mumbling

Since it had already been said, Xu Yun suppressed her shyness and said openly: "You are from Linghe County, and your surname is Yue."

"From Yue's Cloth Shop?" Shen Xiaoye asked slowly.

"Yeah." Xu Jun nodded slightly, and the handkerchief involuntarily covered the lower half of his face.

"Congratulations." Unexpectedly, Yue Jinxuan acted quite quickly. Shen Xiaoye couldn't ask her for details, so she just said, "Come on, go to Lu's house and pick the one that suits you best."

As she said that, she took Xu Yun's arm and walked out the door.

However, the cook came running over and said, "Miss Shen, our daughter is no longer the same as she was before. She needs to do some embroidery work. It is not appropriate for her to go to the Lu residence next door alone.

Otherwise, wait a few days and ask the madam to find a maid or a daughter-in-law to accompany you?"

Xu Jun's interest was interrupted, but she couldn't say anything. After all, she had just been married for a few days, and Mother Yu was doing it for her own good.

Shen Xiaoye smiled and said, "I'll go get some for you to choose from first."

"Hey..." Xu Yun couldn't pull her back in time, so she turned around and pouted at the cook: "Mother Yu."

"Girl, I always like to hang out with the neighbors, and I know the power of catching wind and making groundless accusations.

After all, the people next door are all Mr. Lu, and he is a young man. "Mother Yu is a relative of the Xu family. Although she loves gossip, she knows what not to tell others. She doesn't like the big mouths like the first cook hired next door, and she usually protects the Xu family the most.

As she spoke, she pushed people into the second door, "Miss Shen is different."

Xu Yun was not convinced: "Why are they different? They are all girls."

Mother Yu said after careful consideration: "She is always accompanied by her uncle or brother, and she manages a workshop and is a businessman.

He also spoke out for justice in the lobby.”

After a pause, she leaned close to her ear and said, "There are rumors that Miss Shen is a spy from the Guard Bureau.

Look around you, who dares to make up a story about her?"

Xu Yun: “…”

……

On the other side, as soon as Shen Xiaoye stepped into the door, Mr. Bai said, "Miss, a master from the outer city is here, and Master Geng is entertaining him."

"It seems there is news." She had previously contacted several escort agencies to ask her uncle about those scholars.

Shen Xiaoye thanked Mr. Bai and quickly found a guest room, where he saw an old man with a short beard, describing to his cousin how he was looking for someone.

Seeing her come in, the old man stood up and bowed, saying, "Miss Shen, I have fulfilled my mission and have found Mr. Cheng in Zhuozhou.

You must hurry up, or he will leave his friends soon."

Shen Xiaoye quickly dodged and returned the greeting: "Thank you for coming here, is there anyone staying there?"

"Yes." Miss Shen's price was indeed too high, so how could he dare to throw away the hundred taels of silver that was about to be in his hands.

"Xiao Ye, shall we go directly there tomorrow? We will arrive the day after tomorrow.

But it won’t work if we are alone, we need Fourth Uncle to be here to show our sincerity.” Everyone in the convoy was very tired, and Shen Cungeng hadn’t arranged for anyone to go back to the village to report the news in advance.

Shen Xiaoye thought for a moment, and said to the bidder again: "Can you trouble Mr. Xue to go to Wubenzhai in Linghe County for us and inform Mr. Pan and his uncle to come to Beijing? You set the price."

"Miss, you are too polite. It's just an errand. I will arrange someone to go there right away." Mr. Xue is the actual controller of the bidding bureau. He is willing to make friends with the young scholar of the Shen family.

After saying that, he handed the collected records to her, then said goodbye to the two of them and left.

Shen Cungeng came back after sending the people away. "Without anyone staying in the capital, it would be inconvenient if there is any emergency."

"In the future, there will be. My uncle will enter the Imperial College after the New Year and will definitely live in the capital.

However, it is true that it is best to have someone to help you look after the house.

Cousin, think about it, who in the village is suitable? "The reason why Shen Xiaoye wanted to leave the two trucks of leather goods at Lu's house was that there would be no one guarding Juxianfang after they returned home.

The other carts of goods and horses are currently all placed in the large compound newly purchased by Lu Guan, guarded by Lin Erniu, Zhuangzhuang and their teammates.

As for the team led by Shopkeeper Dai, which had fewer cars, they were arranged to stay temporarily at the Shen residence in Zhenjiang Hutong.

Shen Cungeng said: "Let grandpa and dad decide on this. The most urgent task now is how to place the people in Lu Guan's group.

We have issued five taels per person this time, and there is not much work to do next time, so let them go? I tell you, it is easy to go, but it will be difficult later.

Also, are the two who are taking on private jobs the only ones who are leaving, or are the other two also included? We need to make a decision as soon as possible."

Shen Xiaoye groaned for a moment and said, "Thirty people will temporarily live in the compound bought by Lu Guan in Wude Lane.

Wait a minute, distribute the money to them, give them a few days off, and gather them together on the first day of next month.

When the time comes, follow us south to Hejian Prefecture.

As for those who made mistakes, it won’t be too late for Lu Guan to deal with them when he returns, but the two who were redeemed cannot participate in our actions anymore.”

Before she finished speaking, Shen Changshou's voice came from the door: "What action?"

"father!"

"Uncle!"

The two siblings never expected that he would come just as they were talking about missing their family.

Shen Changshou stared at the two men while carrying his bag and said, "You two can do it, we have government troops escorting you along the way.

I tried to sneak closer, but I was almost caught by them."

"A few days ago, Zeng Xiaoqi said that someone intended to steal horses. Could he be referring to you?" Shen Xiaoye remembered that not long after they arrived in Xuanfu, Zeng Xiaoqi discovered the enemy when they passed by the Dada delegation leaving Beijing.

After a long time, she found out that the enemy was her uncle. She held her uncle's arm and said, "Why don't you come out and meet me face to face, but hide instead?"

"I guess it's to test us." Shen Cungeng answered quickly and hugged his father's other arm, "Dad, you came at the right time.

Lu Guan has not returned due to some matters, please give me some advice on how to run the team he has organized."

"There's nothing we can do when the master is not here. Even the job of taking over their short-term jobs is difficult for outsiders to do." Shen Changshou was very clear about the matter of responsibility.

To be honest, when he rushed to Xuanfu to meet the convoy, he was still nervous when he didn't see Lu Guan and Guard Chen.

Are they too careless? Without a mature person to lead them, the children were having fun all the way.

Xiao Ye, in particular, treated everyone to delicious food and wine, and fed the horses with top-quality fodder. He was simply the embodiment of a prodigal young man.

But the move had already begun, and Shen Changshou couldn't step in to stop it just to save money.

Later, when the son saw the government troops off, the bag of silver he gave them was even more heartbreaking.

Of course, the effect is very good! Their daily speed is 30% faster than when they usually travel with heavy loads.

He said: "Your current arrangements are very good, let everyone rest first.

Erniu was thoughtful and had already asked the mutton soup restaurant to deliver the meal to his door.

Xiaoye, a few carts of leather must be tanned as soon as possible, so that Linghe County can also consume a whole cart."

"Uncle, I have to go to Hejian Suning to buy cloth and send the fur back to the county. There is no one at home and no time to sell it." He has to collect cloth, dye cloth, and organize the weaving and selling market, so how can he have free time?

Shen Xiaoye didn't plan to wait for Wu Qiye all the time, she had to take the initiative to go there.

Shen Changshou said: "The two cousins ​​of your tenth grandfather are capable. They and Qian Zhuang are in Tianjin. Because they buy and sell cloth at a fair price, they have accumulated some popularity and connections.

We gave them most of the furs, and sold the remaining half to two cloth merchants in the county town."

"Two families? Jixiang Cloth Shop is related to the Li family. Is it still open?" Shen Cungeng thought it would probably close down because his prices were too high.

Shen Changshou shook his head: "Oh, his shop is still open. After many people from the Li family were arrested, the owner of Jixiang Cloth Shop was very decisive and separated his own child from the Li family boy."