Mrs. Wang hurriedly entered the main room, but did not see her parents-in-law. She searched around the front yard but still couldn't find them. Then she entered the backyard and found Chu A'nai who was feeding chickens.
Mrs. Wang had just found a circle of people and had calmed down a lot. When she saw that the girl from the third room was there, she sent her away: "Xiuxiu, my uncle and your grandma have something to say. You go to the front." Let’s play in the yard.”
It wasn't until Chu Xiuxiu's figure was completely obscured by the house that she spoke again: "Mom, my daughter-in-law just came to find you. She walked around the house, but why didn't she see Chu Yi?"
"They said they went to look for Chu Ping in the yard next door. What's wrong? Do you have something to do with him?"
Mrs. Wang was even more angry after hearing this. He didn't work at home honestly and delayed the coffin business. How could she support Chu Ren's education? "What's the use of going to the yard next door if you don't work in broad daylight?" ? I’m afraid that after making some money, I will only focus on my own small business and not care about the life and death of my family!"
Grandma Chu was not feeling well some days ago. She also talked to the old man about it. She was said a few words by Grandpa Chu. Recently, she got money from Shen Luzhu. Naturally, she would not badmouth her grandson and his wife's business like before. Even now, she I also hope this business lasts longer!
After listening to the eldest daughter-in-law chattering for a long time, but nothing serious happened, she became a little impatient and asked, "What is the matter with you?"
Mrs. Wang didn't hear Grandma Chu's impatience, and just said to herself: "My daughter-in-law heard some rumors, saying that those who die by burning paper can really receive copper coins! Auntie, isn't this a lie, Mrs. Shen?" You dare to make up any nonsense just to make money?"
When Grandma Chu saw her sending away Xiuxiu from the third bedroom, she thought she had something big going on: "Just because of this? You can believe it even if the idle men in the village are so stupid!"
"You can say that he has a nose and an eye, it must be Mr. Shen who deceives people to make money! And that Chu Yi, he runs out in broad daylight. Doesn't this delay the work at home? Dad and mom, why don't you take care of him? "
"Didn't I tell you that Chu Yi went to see Chu Ping for something? What on earth are you doing here today? You said something useless!"
Only then did Ms. Wang feel that her mother-in-law's attitude was a little wrong. Before, she didn't say that Ms. Shen was just wasting her money and Chu Yi. It didn't mean that she couldn't delay the work at home. Why did she say two things now? The sentence becomes useless!
Could it be that when Chu Yi and the others made money, their hearts went astray: "Auntie! Our Chu Ren is a scholar and a scholar! If people find out that someone in the family makes money by cheating, they will be stabbed in the back. Yes! And Chu Yi is so idle, which hinders the family’s income. How can your grandson study in the town? "
Grandma Chu figured it out. The eldest daughter-in-law was upset because she saw Chu Yi and his wife making money, so she came back to seek bad luck.
I didn’t want too many people to know that Mrs. Shen had given the money, so there was nothing I could do about it right now: “To tell you the truth, Mrs. Shen and the others said they would give three taels of silver as filial piety money every month just to allow Chu Yi to rest every day. After a long time, I guess she was too busy on the paper money side, so Chu Yi had to go over and work together. Your father and I agreed on this matter! From now on, you should stop talking about paper money transactions! "
Wang didn't expect that there was something like this: "Aniang!"
"What the hell! Chu Ren doesn't need money to study in the town? Thirty taels a month, not three cents, but thirty or forty taels a year. Our family is no better than before, where can we get thirty or forty taels a year? Besides, , you don’t care how she earns money, you don’t want Chu Ren to cheat her, a cousin who has separated from the family, if anyone talks, you won’t scold him back? "
"But……"
"But what the hell, who can stop people from making money? If you force them to stop, what benefits will you get then? Not to mention three taels, even three pieces of burning paper won't be your share!"
Many of what Grandma Chu said were what Grandpa Chu said when she persuaded her that day. The old man was right. If the old Chu family wants to change its family and live a good life, it can only rely on Chu Ren!
If he could read, they would provide for him. They said that making a coffin would hinder Chu Ren, so they would separate the family and go to town to study. They would pay for it! But now most of the work at home depends on Chu Yi, which really makes people anxious. He works hard for a day, and works hard for a day, but at the end of the day, they get nothing!
Less than half an hour later, Mrs. Wang came in angrily and left in a daze!
Uncle Chu thought that his mother-in-law might have gone to the old house, but he didn't expect that when she came back, she would look like this: "What's wrong with you, but what did you say over there? Did Mrs. Shen contradict you?"
"Auntie told me not to talk about paper money transactions in the future!"
When Uncle Chu first heard about the rumors in the village in early May, he went back to his old house once, thinking that he wanted to teach Chu Yi and his wife a lesson. He happened to meet Shen Luzhu who was setting up a stall at the gate of the courtyard.
Uncle Chu was extremely angry when he saw that someone actually came to buy it. If it wasn't for his face, he would have pushed away the person who bought the burning paper!
Just when Shen Luzhu was paying the bill, she caught a glimpse of Uncle Chu. Seeing that his expression was not good, she thought there was something urgent. Before she could say anything, she saw that the man had already taken two steps at a time and rushed to the stall!
Uncle Chu finally waited for the man to leave, pointed at the copper coins on the cart and burned the paper, and asked in a rough voice: "Is this the nondescript thing you made?"
It seems that there is no emergency, but trouble has come, but for some reason today it is not the aunt's wife, but the uncle. Seeing this, Shen Luzhu was not in a hurry, and stood up slowly and leisurely, as if he had not heard what Uncle Chu just said, He said hello: "Uncle."
Without waiting for Uncle Chu to respond, he sat back as if nothing had happened and continued to look at her stall, sorting out the burning paper and the money box, as if he couldn't see the angry Uncle Chu!
Uncle Chu had been holding back his words for a long time, and was about to have an attack when he was choked again. It was not true if he said it, and it was not true if he did not say it!
Unable to continue entangled with Shen Luzhu, Uncle Chu had to suppress his anger temporarily and asked: "Where is Chu Yi, let him come out!"
"Is there something wrong, uncle? Chu Yi is making a coffin right now. My grandpa and grandma said that nothing can delay the work at home. Why don't you tell me? Why don't you pay for the coffin directly? Let's see if grandpa and grandma can be accommodating." He couldn't bully her, so he wanted to find Chu Yi, her family, but there was no way!
"You! You!" Uncle Chu pointed at Shen Luzhu with shaking hands and said "you" for a long time before finally finishing the sentence: "You, you poor-talking junior!"
"Thank you for the compliment, uncle!"
"Who are you praising you for? You guys are just doing all these nondescript things, and you are still going out to lie and lie to people. Which business is like this!"
Shen Luzhu's eyes widened, as if he suddenly realized: "Oh! It turns out that the uncle wants to do business with us. This... is not impossible, but we have already set up the stall. If the uncle really wants to I’m afraid you need to spend more money to buy shares!”
Uncle Chu couldn't remember what he was going to say at all, and his thoughts completely followed Shen Luzhu's: "Who said I would give you money!"
"Uncle, you are really joking. If you don't give me any money, who will let others get involved in your business?"
When Uncle Chu saw her finish speaking, he stared at himself without blinking, as if he was a joke. Now he was so angry that he couldn't say a word. He opened and closed his lips for a long time, and finally had to throw away his sleeves. Leave!
I was thinking that things would get bigger this time, and my father must have known about it, and he would definitely take care of them now. Who knew that this was what he was waiting for: "Aniang, did she really say that? Where is my father?" "
"I can't lie to you. I haven't seen my father, so I mean the same thing as my mother! Anyway, from now on, you just need to remember that Chu Ren needs money to study. If they make money, they will honor their parents. That's all. Paper money We won’t get involved in the business!”
Uncle Chu didn't expect that his parents not only ignored them, but also refused to let them talk more. But Wang was right. If Chu Ren wanted to continue reading, they had to rely on the old house. He couldn't help feeling a little depressed: "That's all. , after all, they have separated the family, so they can do whatever they want, and if there is a problem in the future, it has nothing to do with anyone else!"
At this time, Shen Luzhu didn't know that because of the three taels of silver every month, the aunt's family had been peaceful for a long time!
Chu Yi made five more sets of molds in the past few days, one set was sent to Zhao Chengna, and two sets were sent to Chu Ping next door. After closing the stall in the afternoon, the couple sent the last two sets to the Shen family together, and showed everyone in the Shen family how to use the molds. They had dinner at the Shen family before returning home together.
The yellow burning paper and molds were all prepared, and the Zhao Chengjia, Chu Ping's and Shen families had become proficient in making copper coin burning paper, which made Shen Luzhu and Chu Yi feel much more relaxed.
In addition to the work of making coffins, the rest of the time is mainly spent selling stalls and stocking up. Zhao Cheng, Chu Ping and Shen Er Ge will deliver the copper coins and burning paper to the Chu family every day. Chu Yi and Shen Luzhu count the quantities and prepare them on the spot. They would pay off the money and prepare new yellow paper for them to take away. This process lasted until the end of June. In the empty house of the Chu family, they had saved a room and a half of copper coins and paper, and half a room. A room full of yellow paper!
The Ghost Festival in July is also called the Ghost Festival. According to legend, the gates of ghosts will open on this day, and the souls of the dead will leave the underworld and return to the earth. After the sun goes down, people will light lanterns along the road to light the way home for their deceased relatives. Every household must burn paper money to worship the souls of the dead!
From the beginning of July, in front of Shen Luzhu's stall, it was obvious that more and more people were coming to buy paper money. Seeing that Chu Yi and Shen Luzhu couldn't cope with it at all, not only Chu Xiuxiu and Chu Li, but also Even Uncle Chu asked Chu Li to move a chair and sit aside to help!
Not only were there more people coming to buy goods, but each household also bought much more than before. However, on the 5th and 6th, nearly half of the two types of burning paper he had stocked before were sold out, so Chu Yi had to run away again. After several trips to town to purchase goods, Zhao Cheng, Chu Ping and the Shen family put down most of their work and worked overtime to make copper coins and burn paper!
The news about the long queues at the paper money stall in front of Chu's house soon reached the ears of Uncle Chu and his wife. Although they said they would no longer get involved in the paper money business, they still couldn't help being curious and ran there specially. They walked in front of the old house and looked at it from a distance. Now they couldn't care less about whether they were angry or not, they were just shocked!
It’s not like Chu’s shop has never sold paper money before, and it’s not like the Ghost Festival has never been celebrated before. Although on days like the Ghost Festival and the Winter Clothes Festival, the paper money sales are better than usual, that’s inevitable. But, this is so good, people in the whole town came to buy it!
It is an exaggeration to say that the whole town came, but at least people from seven or eight nearby villages should have come. This was thanks to the two previous rumors. Everyone knew that the Chu family in the backing village was selling paper money. , regardless of whether you believe the mysterious rumor about burning paper with copper coins, at least you don’t have to go to town to buy it!
Compared to Uncle Chu and Mrs. Wang, the ones who were most shocked were Uncle Chu and Grandma Chu! They can see the long queue outside the courtyard gate every day, and the piles of paper money that are constantly being moved out!
In addition to being shocked, Grandma Chu now feels unspeakable discomfort and regret. Regret, if she had known, she should have agreed to them in the first place. If this was her own business, her eldest grandson would not have to worry about paying for his studies in the town!
