Grandma Chu felt that she was about to get angry again. That day she was chatting with people on the courtyard when she saw someone coming to inquire about her paper money stall.
"Auntie, let me ask, wasn't there a stall selling paper money before? Why haven't you seen any stalls today? I want to buy some paper money for my family."
The fat aunt who was chatting with Grandma Chu next to her asked curiously: "Yes, why hasn't your stall come out recently? Has it not been out since the Ghost Festival?" Because of what you ordered, doesn’t business seem to be booming?”
Why didn't she come out? Where did she go? Aunt Chu could only smile without embarrassment: "Wait a moment, I will go into the house and call someone for you."
Grandma Chu called Shen Luzhu, who was reading a storybook in the room, to come out. She thought that since all the buyers were coming to her door, the stall should be out this time: "There are people outside the door buying paper money. Go out and take a look." Look!”
Shen Luzhu came out and sold the paper money, but not to mention selling out, he didn't even use a cup of tea in the whole process! I saw that she just put down her storybook, walked out of the courtyard, asked about the person who came, then turned around and went to the empty room to get two knives to burn paper, collected the money, turned around and went back to the house, lying on the kang to continue Read her words!
Grandma Chu was so angry that she followed her into the house of her grandson and his wife: "We are all twenty today! Can your stall ever be out of business?"
"I'm twenty, so why don't we wait until September!"
Grandma Chu took a deep breath and decided that regardless of whether they could leave the stall or not, whatever she said today, she had to get the August money out first: "Whether you like this stall or not, I can't control your own affairs. , but I should give you the money for August!"
"Money, grandma came to granddaughter-in-law for this reason. Here, give it all to grandma!" Shen Luzhu said, and handed the forty coins he just got from selling burning paper to grandma Chu. in hand.
Grandma Chu stared at the forty cents that had been stuffed into her hand. Her heart was overwhelmed by the anger that suddenly surged up. She clenched the copper plates tightly with her fingers, her fingertips turned white from the force, and cursed: "Forty cents." ! Shen, please don’t bully others too much! We agreed at the beginning..."
Shen Luzhu stroked the plain silver bracelet on his wrist, raised his eyes and looked at Chu A Nai in front of him, who seemed to be swallowing him alive: "Yes, A Nai, we agreed at the beginning to have three taels per month, not you and uncle Mom went back on her word and said that if she earns more, she should be given more?"
"So what, you only gave me 40 cents, so how much is that?"
"Can't I just give you 40 cents? If you make more, you have to give more. If you make less, you have to give less. I didn't even sell the stall this month. I sold a total of 40 cents and I haven't even deducted it yet. As for the cost, it’s all given to grandma, isn’t it too little for just grandma?”
Grandma Chu shook her hands and pointed at Shen Luzhu. Her chapped lips opened and closed several times, but she didn't say anything. Finally, she clutched the forty copper coins tightly, turned around and was about to slam the door out, but was blocked again. Shen Luzhu stopped.
"By the way, grandma, I don't have much inventory at home. Next time someone comes to buy paper money, don't call me, just send it away!"
It's been a busy time for farming recently. Uncle Chu got three acres of land when he split up the family, and later bought two acres. Only Uncle Chu and his wife, Mrs. Wang, are busy working on the five acres of land. The recent autumn harvest has been so busy that they can't even touch the ground. I haven’t been to the old house for a long time, so naturally I don’t have time to pay attention to the paper money stalls.
On this day, Mrs. Wang was busy in the fields with her men. She heard someone calling her from a distance. She stood on the field ridge and looked around. It turned out to be her mother-in-law!
Mrs. Wang walked out of her field and greeted her: "Why are you here? What's the matter?"
"You have the nerve to ask. It's not like you had a bad idea. Now I want money, but I don't have any. I'm still so angry with Mrs. Shen! If I had known better, I shouldn't have listened to you, a stupid woman!" Grandma Chu thought more and more after she returned. The angrier he got, the more he dared not tell Grandpa Chu. There was nothing he could do, so he came to find Mr. Wang.
Auntie Chu scolded her head and face, which completely confused Mrs. Wang. She was so old and was scolded by her mother-in-law in the street. She felt very uncomfortable: "Auntie, you didn't say anything, just scolded you first. Dun, when did I give you a bad idea?"
"You still don't admit that you didn't say anything about Shen's asking for money? Didn't you ask for it? It's better now. Shen doesn't have a stall, doesn't do business, and won't even give you any money. , they only gave me forty coins this month! Forty coins! What is enough for me?"
Grandma Chu's words were like a barrage of words, and she didn't care whether Wang could understand them or not, she just wanted to calm down first before speaking.
Wang has been very busy recently. She knew that Shen's stall wanted to take a break for a while, but she didn't expect that it never came out: "Aniang said that Shen only gave 40 yuan this month? Wasn't it agreed at the beginning? Is it too much? Why did she only give forty coins?"
"Otherwise, it's all your bad idea. Don't say more now. We don't even have three liang! Stop talking about those useless things and tell us what to do now!" Chu A's heart was broken. I'm almost regretting it. I knew she shouldn't have listened to Wang in the first place!
"Aniang, please wait for me for two days. When the work in the field is finished, I will go with you to find Mr. Shen to reason with you! Don't worry, Aniang, she won't be able to waste this money!"
By the time Mrs. Wang finished her work in the fields, it seemed that it was the end of August, but Shen Luzhu's stall still hadn't opened yet!
Mrs. Wang was afraid that Shen Luzhu had deliberately deceived them, so she walked around in front of Zhao's house before returning to her old house. When Zhao Cheng's mother saw Mrs. Wang, she took the initiative to say hello and asked her if she knew about the plan of the paper money stall. When will it be released again?
Wang didn't seem to be faking it, so she murmured in her heart. On the way back, she went to the yard next door. Chu Ping and his parents were drying corn in the yard. Seeing Wang enter the yard, Qian didn't seem to be surprised: " Why are you here, cousin sister-in-law? Is there something wrong?"
"Ah, nothing happened. I went back to my old house to have a look. I happened to pass by and came in to take a look at you. Isn't Chu Ping the kid at home?" Wang went into the hospital and looked around, but didn't find Chu Ping, as if accidentally. Asked.
"Sister-in-law, you don't know this about my family. It's very worrying. I don't have a proper appearance all day long. I'm either hanging around with a bunch of idle guys or sleeping until lunch. It's not worrying me day by day. Some days ago, I finally did some serious work with Ayi, but I haven’t even waited for two days to be happy, but now that I don’t leave the stall, I’m back to my original shape!”
Mrs. Qian seemed to have endless complaints when she mentioned Chu Ping. She pulled Mrs. Wang and talked about it. In the end, Mrs. Wang said she had something else to do and had to go to the old house quickly, so she stopped talking.
Seeing Mr. Wang leave his yard, Chu Ping and his father, who had been silent until now, spoke up: "Fuck you, you are too careless. Isn't it bad for us to do this?"
Qian rolled her eyes at her man and continued to do her work: "What's wrong? What did I do to you?"
"Isn't our son okay recently?"
"It's just because it's okay that I have to say this. You forgot what my son said. He finally let Ayi lead him on the right path, but he can't let those wicked people interfere with it! If anyone asks again, You have to say it like me, do you hear me?"
After saying that, Mrs. Qian stopped talking to Chu Ping's father and turned around and went into the kitchen. Thinking that it was almost time for her son to get up, she reheated breakfast. Recently, her family would close the door at night and quietly make copper coins and burn paper. , Chu Ping had nothing to do during the day, and even worked later at night. Since his son was motivated, it was natural for him to be a mother-in-law and do a good job in ensuring the safety!
This matter has to start with the Mid-Autumn Festival. The paper money stall next door has not been out. Seeing that her son is almost back to his old self, Qian thinks about asking Chu Ping to go over and ask what the stall is planning. When the time came, my son went to stay for more than an hour, and when he came back, he mysteriously talked about what happened next door.
It was said that they would not be able to run the stall for a while, but they wanted to work secretly first to stock up on goods for the Winter Clothes Festival and Spring Festival. Chu Yi gave the money and Zhao Cheng was responsible for purchasing the goods, so they went to get them in the dark at night. I'm making it at home, but when it's done, I won't send it back. I say I'll settle the bill together when I can sell it later.
Chu Yi was the child they had seen since childhood, and their character was naturally trustworthy. After hearing what her son said, Mrs. Qian was also a little angry. Mrs. Chu and Mrs. Wang were a bit bullying. , especially the Wang family, who had gone away to live alone, and then came back to stir things up. In the past, the Qian family was a little bit displeased with their harsh treatment of the Chu Yi brothers, but after all, it was not their own business, so they could only give them a few words of advice. , there was nothing she could do if people didn't listen, so she took care of the two brothers in private.
Now I see that the other party has delayed my son's business again, and he even scolds me when he mentions it. He is simply a troublemaker!
When Mrs. Wang came out of Chu Ping's yard, she was even more suspicious. She originally thought that Mrs. Shen was just bluffing and wanted to deceive herself. Unexpectedly, after asking around, she felt like she really wanted to quit, so she couldn't help but panic!
The family has been busy with farming recently, and Chu Yi has also been busy. Shen Luzhu wanted to replenish his health, and was busy in the kitchen when he saw Chu A'nai and his eldest uncle Wang Shi coming in together.
"Hey, my nephew-in-law, what good thing is this? You guys are living a happy life!"
Shen Luzhu didn't look annoyed after hearing Wang's strange behavior. He continued to look at the things in the pot and replied with a smile: "It's not like I don't know. Now the whole family is pointing at Chu Yi. Don't give it." He has repaired his body, but if he collapses from exhaustion, who can he ask for money from, don't you think?"
Mrs. Wang was so choked by Shen Luzhu that she simply stopped talking about useless things and went straight to the point: "Ms. Shen, Chu Yi is still only doing half-day work, but you haven't given me the money you promised. If you had If you really don't want to, you can just say so. What does it mean to cheat after you agreed?"
"My niece-in-law did promise my grandpa and grandma to give her three taels of silver every month, but later she and grandma thought it was inappropriate and said that from now on, they would pay according to how much they earned. The more you earn, the more money you will give." If you earn less, you will naturally have less. I am just obeying my elders. How come I turned into my nephew-in-law and cheated on me when I heard it from my eldest uncle? Could it be that the eldest uncle meant that I can only have more but not less? Where in the world is this? Is there any truth to this?"
Wang also knew that what she said at that time had been taken advantage of, so she could only hold Shen Luzhu out of the stall and talk about it: "You just stopped the stall and didn't make a penny. Isn't this a lie?"
Shen Luzhu put out the fire in the stove, squatted on the ground and looked at Wang with a puzzled face: "We asked our family at first. The elders thought it was not good and the family refused to do it, so we did it ourselves. Since It's our own private work. When do we want to go out and when do we want to stop? Can't we make the decision ourselves and have to ask my aunt for instructions?"
Grandma Chu saw that Wang was silenced and took over the conversation: "Yes, that stall is your own private business, and the family does not interfere. But Chu Yi only works for half a day, and you only pay for it for a month." Forty coins are enough for what?"
"Ah Nai, in this business, there are profits and losses. It just happened to be the Ghost Festival. How can anyone buy paper money every day? My family has done this business before. I want to come here. It was because I knew this that I didn’t agree to do this again at home!
Regardless of whether it's forty cents or six taels, whether it's more or less, isn't it all based on the wishes of grandma and uncle? If grandma is only allowed to earn more and not less, then I really don’t know how to deal with my granddaughter-in-law! "
Just as he was talking, Chu Yi came in from the door: "Azhu, if grandma really doesn't want to do this business, we won't do it!"
