After cleaning the shop, Chu Yi and Chu Ping deliberately set off firecrackers in front of the door on the day it reopened. Firstly, it was a sign of good luck, and secondly, they wanted to let the nearby villagers know that the Chu family's paper money shop had reopened. .
Seeing that it was already the middle of the twelfth lunar month, it was the time for everyone to buy paper money before the Chinese New Year. As soon as Shen Luzhu's shop opened, he saved the villagers from having to travel to town to buy. The transaction was faster than expected. There is a lot of prosperity.
But from time to time, there would always be people coming to buy goods, looking at him with a very inquiring and hesitant look. At first, Shen Luzhu just thought that everyone knew that they were in the county jail. It was just a novelty, so I ignored it. When my fat aunt, whom I hadn’t seen for a long time, came over to buy paper money, I realized that it was not the case at all!
When Shen Luzhu saw that Fat Auntie had finished buying the paper money and still didn't leave hesitantly, he guessed that she might have something to say: "Fat Auntie, if there is anything else, just say it. There are no outsiders either.”
The fat aunt took a few steps forward and approached Shen Luzhu and asked in a low voice: "Aunt, I have nothing to do. I just heard a few gossips. I heard that the government closed down your shop. , I won’t let you do this business anymore, but you... don’t even look like it!”
Shen Luzhu was stunned for a moment, and then thought of one person. He estimated that apart from that person, these words would never come out of the mouth of another person again: "Of course it has not been stopped. If it is really as rumored, In that case, how can we dare to continue buying goods so blatantly? We are not afraid of being beheaded! The county magistrate just said that it is best not to sell the banknotes and paper money in the future, so as not to cause any trouble again, other paper money It's something I haven't even mentioned before! Where did Auntie hear this from? It couldn't be from my mother's home in Hexi Village, right?"
The truth of Shen Luzhu's words made the fat aunt a little surprised. She felt that there must be some inside story that she didn't know about, so she hurriedly moved forward and said, "I'm just telling you, you two are not that bold. People who want money rather than their lives! But don’t tell me, it’s true. I heard about it from Hexi Village. It’s not just me, there are many others. How do you know, wife of the Chu family? Yes? Someone told you?"
Shen Luzhu shook his head and said mysteriously: "Auntie, no one told me, I guessed it myself!"
"How did you guess that? Is there anything else going on here with the Chu family's wife?"
Shen Luzhu also imitated the fat aunt's approach, leaned forward, and whispered mysteriously: "Aunt, I can not only guess that it is coming from Hexi Village, but I can also guess who is spreading it. It’s coming out!”
"Who? Who?"
"I guess it must be the Tang family's aunt!"
"Tang family? Which Tang family...ah! Could it be the Tang family who got engaged to Chu Ping next door to you a few days ago?"
"That's her!"
"How do you know it's hers? Didn't they break off the engagement? Besides, it's from the next door yard. Why is she spreading lies about your family?"
"Auntie, you should have heard that. As soon as Chu Yi and I were taken away, Auntie Tang's family came home to cancel the engagement. I guess she was afraid that we would be implicated. This is understandable. Original……"
The fat aunt interrupted Shen Luzhu with disapproval and said: "There was such a big commotion in the Tang family that day. Why haven't I heard about it? It was so widely spread. I want to see it. I'm afraid of being implicated. It's possible, but it's definitely not all because of this. Who doesn't know that the next door neighbor is your distant cousin, and no matter what happens, it's impossible to get involved there. I think it's probably because of something else!"
"We don't know about this, but what's even more strange is that the Tang family's aunt came to our door again two days ago, and she was planning to re-engage the two families!"
The fat aunt looked at Shen Luzhu in shock, and couldn't believe it: "What? Another engagement! There must be something wrong with the Tang family's brains. How can they make a decision and then withdraw, and then decide again after withdrawing! This is called People know better than to say that their daughter can’t get married? Besides, even if his daughter can’t get married, it’s not like we can’t get married, so why do we have to marry his daughter?”
"Auntie, you are right! First of all, this matter is really ridiculous, and then the Tang family insists on breaking off the engagement, no matter how hard it is, it really chills our hearts. Naturally, my cousin can't agree to it. Yes, but Aunt Tang’s family doesn’t know what kind of ecstasy she took until she died, so she insists on getting engaged, no matter what she says, it won’t work!”
"What are you doing, why are you relying on your family?"
"I see that being frozen like this is not the solution. I was trying to persuade my aunt, but the aunt of the Tang family saw the banknotes and paper money that were about to be thrown away on the ground. She asked a few questions. After knowing that they were not allowed to be sold, she didn't say anything. She turned around and left without even calling back! Apart from her, only her family members knew about this, so when you said it just now, auntie, I guessed that it was probably her, but I really couldn’t figure out what this person wanted to do. What?"
The fat aunt frowned and pondered for a long time, then slapped her thigh and said, "I know! Most likely, she was interested in your family's money at the beginning. She felt that if the neighbor next door was close to your family, she would be able to get some advantage, so she So she actively sought out the matchmaker, so as soon as something happened to you, she would immediately come over to cancel the engagement. As soon as she heard that you were all fine, she came over again to make a decision! Really, what kind of granny is this? It’s all for nothing. Damn her daughter! I think she didn’t get what she wanted this time, so she was upset and deliberately said it to smear your family! This person is really wicked, it’s a good thing he didn’t become in-laws with her!"
"No, if it's really like what my aunt said, then I'm really glad that the marriage didn't happen!"
"Who says it's not? It's settled this time. Fat Aunt, I finally know what's going on. I'll tell everyone later that your house is open and open, and it's a serious business. Don't listen to those unscrupulous people. Damn it!" The fat aunt patted her chest and assured her.
"Then I'll thank you fat aunt here first!"
"Why should I be so polite to your aunt!"
The fat aunt's words and appeal in the village were not just lies. Within two days, the trend in the village had completely changed.
In the past two days, Tang's mother always felt like she was being criticized, but she didn't know why. Until that day, Tang's father opened the door angrily and wanted to teach herself a lesson!
"I was really blind when I married you, a woman like you. I just like to take advantage of you. My family doesn't care about you. But in the end, you embarrassed me and sent you to another village! Yuzhen Stall You, a mother-in-law, have been so unlucky for eight lifetimes!"
As Father Tang said this, he picked up the broom beside him and threw it towards Mother Tang. In the past, other members of the Tang family would have come out to stop this kind of thing, but today not only was there no one to stop it, the Tang family also Grandpa and grandma even want to do it for their son!
Since then, the Tang family has been in a state of turmoil for a long time because of this incident.
The aunt Wang also heard some rumors in the village, and she didn't know which ones were true and which ones were false. The truth was that she didn't have the patience to wait for her son to come back, so she ran back to her old house again, hoping to get an accurate answer. Xin'er.
"Auntie, what's going on in our shop? What did the government say? Can we continue to sell paper money? People in this village would say this and then another. They really gave me a Confused!”
Grandma Chu put down the clothes she had just mended and glanced at Mrs. Wang: "Tell me about you, you are such an old person, you don't have a backbone, you just listen to the wind and rain all day long! If it were true that the government would give everything Stop, how dare they continue to sell like this? I’m tired of living!”
Hearing that the shop could continue to make money, Mrs. Wang felt relieved and was happy to patronize it. She didn't pay attention to what Grandma Chu had just said to her: "Mommy, what we talked about before, you and Dad should think about it." Is it done?"
"Your father and I will think about it again."
In fact, Uncle Chu and Grandma Chu had already tacitly agreed to the matter of Uncle Chu's family returning to their old home. However, the recent renegade of the Tang family has been widely spread in the village. The matter of their previous separation My son, I have been criticized by the village for a long time. If we get together again, I am afraid that I will be criticized like the Tang family again. Master Chu suddenly became worried, so he told his wife , if the eldest son’s family talks about this matter again, they will delay it for a while.
When Mrs. Wang heard this, she couldn't help but feel a little anxious: "What are you thinking about? Auntie, how long have we been discussing it? The Chinese New Year is coming soon. There are a lot of big and small things. Let's get together as soon as possible to celebrate the New Year." Wouldn’t it be nice to have a lively year?”
"Is this something like this that I and the old man should think about carefully? It's almost the Chinese New Year. You said there are many things to do, so let's wait until after the new year!"
"Don't, Aniang, wait until the end of the year... isn't that too long?"
"If you have nothing to do, go home. I'm still working. I don't have time to talk to you here!" After saying this, Grandma Chu left the main room and ignored Mrs. Wang, mainly because of this. My son, I can’t make the decision myself, so I still have to listen to my old man.
Mrs. Wang returned home and learned what happened today from Uncle Chu: "You said what happened to my father and mother. I obviously felt that I had agreed before, so why do you want to think about it now? You also said that you have to wait until after the new year!"
Uncle Chu was a little irritable after hearing the news. He blamed Wang for not stopping Chu Ren, and ran back to the old house: "Then Ah Ren told me how to deal with it, why can't you just wait for him to come back? You have to You can go to the old house and do whatever you want, it’s fine now, but my parents don’t agree again!”
"What nonsense are you talking about? The two old co-owners don't agree and it's up to me! Why do I go back and ask, why don't you know? Then if the real shop is stopped by the government and is not allowed to be sold, we What's the use of returning to the old house? Then when Aren left, there was no such thing. If you go back and ask if you don't go back, it's my fault if I go back and ask. What kind of fate do I have? You are such a useless man!"
Seeing that Mrs. Wang's voice was getting louder and louder, Uncle Chu quickly begged for mercy: "Okay, okay, what are you shouting for? Let outsiders hear it, and I don't know what to say again! Anyway, this is it, let's wait until my son comes home. .”
On the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, just before the Lunar New Year, Chu Ren finally moved back from the town. After listening to what Uncle Chu and Wang said, he thought for a moment and asked his wife Li to go out and buy two cuts of meat. Then, the whole family went to the Chu family's old house together.
This is the first time Chu Ren has returned to his old home since he began lobbying Chu and his grandma to return to their old home. Originally, he didn’t plan to say anything to his grandpa and grandma, and just waited for his parents to tell him. , it would be nice if I showed my face one last time, but now it seems that I can’t do it if I don’t show up!
Sure enough, based on Chu Ren's status in the hearts of Uncle Chu and Grandma, this matter was confirmed without a doubt. Now they are just waiting for the old couple to tell Uncle Chu and Chu Yi about it.
During dinner, Mr. Chu directly said: "On the New Year's Day, the boss and his family are also coming back for dinner. I happen to have something serious to talk to you, so let's all come together!
