Chu Li saw that his brother and sister-in-law were in trouble, so he thought of a way: "Sister-in-law, I'll go, I'll accompany you! Cousin Xiuxiu is at home looking after the stall, and I will accompany my sister-in-law to purchase goods!"
"How about that..." ("It's a way.") The couple said at the same time.
Shen Luzhu disapproved: "Chu Yi, Chu Li still has to go to school!"
"Chu Ping, he doesn't need to go to school."
"You mean, ask Chu Ping to help us purchase goods? Chu Ping is a good candidate, he is smart and trustworthy, but we may need to purchase goods frequently in the future, so we can't always trouble others. Chu Yi, why don't we ask Chu Ping Ping, can you please ask him to help us purchase goods from now on?"
"Okay, I'll go and ask."
"He and Zhao Cheng helped a lot when they got married, and they even said they would treat them to a drink later. Why don't we just invite them to our house after we have purchased some goods in the past few days?"
"Listen to you!"
As soon as they returned to Chu's house and greeted their grandpa and grandma, Shen Luzhu and Chu Yi went into the empty room where the paper money was kept. They planned to count the inventory and estimate how often they would need to purchase goods in the future and how much would be appropriate.
There are still 64 knives left for the white money, 23 knives left for the copper coins and burnt paper, and only 12 knives left for the ordinary yellow burnt paper! Shen Luzhu did the calculations. He could earn four cents per dollar by throwing away money, six cents per cent by burning yellow paper, and sixteen cents by burning copper coins. After excluding the one dollar she opened and sent as a gift of copper coins and burning paper, she also removed the car that day. Fei and the money he earned from making molds and iron sheets actually earned 500 wen in the past few days. For them who were just starting out, it was really a good start!
"We have been running the stall for less than half a month, and we have stopped for two days recently. In total, we can sell almost 6 knives of burnt paper and 4 knives of scattered money every day. The sales of copper coin burnt paper are not very good for the time being. Thirty dollars should be sold out this month, maybe it will be better in the future, how about one month in advance?”
"Okay, then I'll burn 200 knives for paper and 100 knives for money. I'll talk to Chu Ping later." A month's supply won't be too much to sell out, and it won't be out of stock again in a short period of time.
"Then wait a minute, I'll get the money!"
Chu Yi took the money bag and went to the yard of his grandfather's house next door to talk to Chu Ping. Shen Luzhu took Chu Li to cut the paper together. She planned to make a notebook for accounting. She had no experience before. , Fortunately, it has just started, and there is not much money coming in and out. As time goes by, it will be difficult to remember clearly, so it is better to write down the account, so that you don’t need to come over every time when you purchase goods or something in the future. Let’s count the quantities now!
Chu Ping had just returned from wandering outside and was squatting on the courtyard dam to bask in the sun when he saw his cousin coming to him: "Cousin, why are you here? Are you busy today?"
Chu Yi walked over, squatted with Chu Ping, and asked him: "Why haven't you been there lately?"
Chu Ping itched his head, feeling a little embarrassed about being caught: "Oh, it's not my mother-in-law. She said you were getting married. She was already busy, but now she has set up a business. Please stop me from going over and causing trouble for you and your cousin-in-law! "
"It's time to go, why can you cause trouble? Your cousin-in-law even said that she wants to treat you to a drink!"
"That's great! I told you that she is just worrying. By the way, cousin, I was chatting with the idle men in the village just now under the big willow tree at the head of the village, and I heard them talking about our copper coins and paper burning. On!
Feng Zizi told people that his cousin-in-law is a generous person. His grandpa burned the anniversary, and his aunt went to the stall to buy burning paper. Looking at the copper coins burning paper, she felt that it was quite novel but also felt a bit expensive. His aunt, Aunt Feng, who in the village I don’t know if he is a cheap and difficult master, but he may have pestered his cousin. It is said that the cousin actually took out a knife and gave her a dozen!
Feng Zizi said that the copper coin burning paper feels no different from the ordinary burning paper. It is the same rough paper, but for some reason, it burns completely different from the ordinary burning paper. The fire is much stronger. It's fast and good, which is ridiculous! He also asked me if any special materials were added to this copper coin burning paper! "
"Then what did you say?" Chu Yi also felt a little mysterious. They were all the same paper, how could there be such a big difference!
"I didn't know if there was anything different about this paper, so I just fooled him and said it must be because his grandpa prefers this kind of paper to burn with copper coins. The old man likes this one, so naturally it burns better than the other ones. , who knew that idiot Feng Zizi would really believe it!
He also said, I'm sure, this burning paper doesn't have copper coins on it. I'll give you the burning paper and copper coins. Who doesn't like copper coins? It must be that his grandpa prefers copper coins and didn’t run away! Hahaha, cousin, you didn’t see it, it really amused me to death! "
Chu Yi didn't expect that even half a month later, the issue of paper money could still become a topic of conversation among the villagers! After laughing enough, Chu Ping remembered to ask his cousin: "By the way, cousin, did you come to see me for something?"
"It's true that something has happened. Your cousin-in-law and I can't get away from each other, so I came to ask if you can help me go to the town to buy some goods."
"What's so difficult about this? As long as my cousin and cousin-in-law can trust me, I'll go and help my cousin come in tomorrow!" Chu Ping thought it was something, but it turned out to be just an errand.
"Not just this time, I will leave this matter to you in the future. I can't let you run away in vain..."
When Chu Ping heard that Chu Yi was talking about something wrong, he quickly interrupted him: "Stop, stop, stop, it's just two trips to town. Why, my cousin still wants to pay me wages?"
"From now on, we have to run once or twice a month. We make money from this, so how can we use you in vain!"
"That's not possible. I'm just sitting around all day long. I won't waste anything by going to a town. You are my cousin. It's just a small relationship between us. I'll charge you for running errands for me. If you let me Grandpa and Dad know that I will probably have no legs to run away from now on!
Besides, everyone in the village said that I was not doing my job properly. If I had a reputation of being greedy for money, my mother-in-law would not be able to expect me to marry a wife and have grandchildren! Cousin, please spare me. If you want to give me money again, then I won’t go! "
"Sure, it's up to you. I'll write you the address later and help me come in tomorrow..." Chu Yi opened the wallet and looked at the money inside. He did the math and gave Chu Ping ten taels of silver: "Just put in five hundred dollars to burn paper, spend two hundred dollars to spread the money, hire a bullock cart, and let the shop assistant help load the cart."
Since Chu Ping refuses to get paid, then just make more at one time. This amount should be enough for two months, and it will save Chu Ping the trouble!
Chu Yi came back and told Shen Luzhu about the matter. Shen Luzhu thought it would be okay to buy more goods: "It's okay. If you buy more goods at once, the fare will be less and it will save Chu Ping a few times." !”
Early on the next morning, Chu Ping rode a rickety cart to stock up on goods.
Chu Yi returned to his usual busy schedule, and Shen Luzhu continued to set up her stall next to the courtyard gate. However, Shen Luzhu found it a little strange. Starting from the days before the Dragon Boat Festival, no one came to the stall anymore. People came to watch and join in the fun. I don’t know if it’s because I haven’t had a stall for two days, but from time to time today, people started to come over to ask about copper coins and burning paper. Could it be that there is nothing new in the village and everyone is too bored?
After a long rest, as soon as Shen Luzhu and Chu Yi took out the stall, Chu Ping came back in a bullock cart. They unloaded the cart together and moved all the newly bought paper money to the empty room.
Shen Luzhu brought out herbal tea for Chu Ping and Chu Yi: "Cousin, drink some tea quickly and have a rest!"
"Thank you, cousin!"
"Have you had lunch?" Chu Yi saw that Chu Ping drank the bowl of tea in one breath, and handed him the bowl that he had not finished yet.
"After eating, my cousin didn't know me yet, so how could I lose myself? I saw that I couldn't finish loading the car in a while, so I went to walk around the street and eat some by the way."
"That's it. Let's go back and have a good rest in the afternoon. I'll call you for a drink later!"
"Okay, cousins, I'll go back first!"
Having said that he would treat Chu Ping and Zhao Cheng to a drink, Shen Luzhuyuan planned to stop the stall one afternoon, prepare some food and drinks for them, and invite them all to eat at home in the evening! But I don’t know why, but it has suddenly become busy recently. Not only are there more people coming to the stall to buy paper money than before, but there are also people here who come specifically to buy copper coins to burn paper, and there is a faint upward trend!
The sales of copper coins and burning paper suddenly increased. Seeing that the remaining twenty-three copper coins and burning paper were sold out in a few days, Shen Luzhu and Chu Yi suddenly became even busier! During the day, one person makes coffins and one person sets up a stall. After dinner, he has to make copper coins and burn paper!
Shen Luzhu was naturally happy that burning paper with copper coins was accepted by the villagers, but sometimes she was still confused and couldn't understand why it was suddenly accepted? After dinner that day, Shen Luzhu and Chu Yi rested for a while as usual and started burning copper coins and paper. Chu Li started on the side while talking about things they heard from the school.
"Many of my classmates in the school said that our copper coins and paper burning paper really contain copper coins!"
While Shen Luzhu was repacking the burnt paper, he was chatting with Chu Li: "Yes, brother and sister-in-law are engraving copper coins on it right now!"
"No, sister-in-law, that's not what they are talking about! They said that if they burn these copper coins and paper and give them to their deceased relatives, they will really receive the copper coins!"
Shen Luzhu was confused now. Even if there really were supernatural beings, she didn't have the ability to communicate with yin and yang or exchange paper for money!
Not to mention Shen Luzhu, even Chu Yi was a little confused: "Ali, what else did they say?"
"He also said that who doesn't like copper coins and paper? People who have passed away are not stupid. They like copper coins to burn paper, so they are all the same rough paper, but the copper coins burn paper with a particularly strong fire, and they burn very fast! Isn't this I want to burn paper with copper coins even more!"
Burning more? Shen Luzhu was in a daze. Did she also taste the sweetness of modern knowledge? Although it may have been an accidental collision, she herself did not think that it was probably because the burnt paper with holes punched in it had a larger contact area with the air than the original burnt paper, so it burned more violently! Junior high school chemistry knowledge point: Oxygen is needed for combustion!
Chu Yi felt like he had heard this before. After thinking about it for a moment, he finally remembered: "I probably know what's going on!"
"What's going on?" Shen Luzhu looked at Chu Yi with some surprise. Does Chu Yi also know that burning requires foreign style?
"It's Chu Ping!"
"Chu Ping? What does it have to do with him?"
So Chu Yi told his wife and brother what he heard about Feng Zizi when he went to meet Chu Ping that day!
Xu was one of the other people present that day, and they talked about it again later. They spread it to ten people and hundreds of people. In addition, Shen Luzhu once took apart a knife and gave it away. These people and those who bought copper coins and burned paper heard it. After that, when I think back to the scene of burning paper, it seems that this is really the case! As a result, more and more people were convinced of this. From word to word, they naturally started to spread the flames by burning copper coins and paper!
Not only that, but the stall where Shen Luzhu sells paper money became even more lively!
