Chu Ping, who had just been lying on the chair, suddenly stood up from the chair when he heard his father's words: "Dad, what are you talking about? My cousin's shop sells copper coins and burns paper and paper ingots? That's it. Is the copper coin burning paper in my cousin’s shop the same as the paper ingot? Are they exactly the same?"
Chu Ping's father rolled his eyes at his stupid son. He really didn't know whether he didn't sleep well and affected his brain, or whether he slept too much and couldn't even remember a sentence! After thinking about it, I picked up another paper ingot on the counter, put it in my hand and looked at it: "Yes, that's it. I picked it up and looked at it for a long time. It's exactly the same!"
"How is this possible! Where did my cousin get it from?" Chu Ping still couldn't believe it. This was not the yellow burning paper that could be bought anywhere. This was researched by my cousin and could not be found anywhere else. No, this is the only one in the whole county!
Chu Ping and his mother-in-law, Qian Shi, also frowned and complained: "Why does Mrs. Wang have no time to calm down and is doing things all the time! I don't believe that that stupid woman of hers could have thought of making that thing on her own! Ah! Yi, Luzhu, you two think carefully, did you ask her to spy on you two making paper money?"
Shen Luzhu shook his head in confusion: "It shouldn't be, Auntie, we haven't done that burning paper with copper coins for a long time. We don't even have molds at home, and we still have paper ingots. Even if we saw how to fold them, the paint I always prepare it secretly in the house, so there is no way I can be seen!"
When Mrs. Qian heard this, she felt even more puzzled: "That's right. The copper coins and paper burning were all made by our family. Mrs. Wang and the others have never even entered the courtyard. Where can I go to see it! Is it possible... that they stole it?" Dad, are you sure it looks exactly like the paper money in this shop?"
"I've been looking at it for a long time, and it's exactly the same!"
Chu Ping was a little unbelievable: "No way, there are people in this courtyard all the time, and there are even more people in the shop. How could they steal the paper money without making a sound, and still sell it? That's an undeniable amount." It can’t be less!”
It's impossible to see it before, and several people don't believe that they can figure out how to do it by themselves, not to mention that it's exactly the same, so the most unlikely one is probably the most likely!
Shen Luzhu thought for a while: "Whether it was stolen or not, I will check the inventory in the warehouse with Chu Yi later and we will know. Even if it was stolen, it was probably stolen in the recent period. Otherwise, with the temperament of the aunt, she would definitely not be able to do it." She may have been reluctant to sell it until now, not to mention that she came to the shop a few days ago and tried every means to get me and Chu Yi to open our own shop, and then do work for them and supply them with coffins and paper money. Why do you look at it? It doesn’t look like you’re acting on purpose!”
A few days ago, Mrs. Wang came to make trouble and Shen Luzhu poured tea on her face. Mrs. Qian had already heard about it. She couldn't help but regret it these past two days. She went back to her parents' house that day. If she had known it, she would have It was a different time, causing her to miss such a great show. She really wanted to see Wang's embarrassment with her own eyes.
Xiuxiu and Uncle Chu were in the front helping to look after the shop, while Chu Ping's family of three helped tap aside the paper money in the warehouse and shop. After tapping, Shen Luzhu followed his accounting book to the workshop managed by Uncle Chu. After checking the records at the side, we found that there were indeed two batches of prepared paper ingots and copper coins to burn paper!
The kang in the room was still burning, and several people had hurriedly counted all the inventory. They were very tired. Qian wiped the sweat from his forehead, changed his position and leaned on the edge of the kang: "Look at it this way , it must have been stolen! Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence that this one was missing so much paper money for no reason, and they suddenly started selling it!"
Chu Yi nodded: "I guess it was when I was renovating the yard a few days ago, my uncle and the others came back once and drove the ox cart to pick up the things left here by grandpa and grandma."
"That day I just invited a master to dig a well. We were all in the backyard, and my uncle and aunt brought their own people to load the cars in the front yard. Except for that time, no one came there again. The courtyard wall has been raised a lot, so it should be impossible for anyone to climb over the wall from the outside!"
Chu Ping and his father also couldn't accept it: "How can elders like me, my cousin, do this? It's getting more and more excessive. They can do anything!"
It's hard for Mr. Qian not to agree with this: "It's not the first day you've met them. What else can they see besides money?"
After counting the inventory for a long time, Shen Luzhu's mentality changed.
It has become a lot calmer, and now everyone is in a leisurely mood and joking: "It's not like I only have money in my eyes, there is Chu Ren!"
Chu Ping laughed out loud at the side: "Cousin, you are wrong about this. How can my eldest cousin be seen? He is just an eyeball!"
Chu Yi also joked: "If these eyes don't have the talent for reading, you can look at them again."
Shen Luzhu thought for a moment, then burst into laughter: "That would mean you are blind!"
Mr. Qian was really convinced by these juniors. At this time, he was still in the mood to chat and laugh: "You guys, how long has it been now, are you still in the mood to joke around!"
Shen Luzhu smiled and comforted: "Don't worry about it, Auntie, it's just some paper money. I've seen a saying in a book before, it's better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish, which means giving others fish to eat is not as good as giving him a fish to eat. Teach him how to fish, so that he can fish and eat by himself in the future. Although it is different from our situation today, the meaning is the same. Auntie and the others just stole a few fish from us. The method of fishing is It’s still in our own hands!”
"Then let this matter go?"
Shen Luzhu shook his head: "Of course it's impossible to just let it go."
When Chu Ping heard this, he immediately became energetic: "Sister-in-law, what are you going to do?"
"Well, I haven't thought too much about it yet, but I have to ask my cousin for a favor. Please help me keep an eye on it and let me know when my eldest cousin returns home."
Chu Ping patted his chest and promised, "What's the problem? Leave it to me. Sister-in-law, just rest assured and wait for my news at home!"
Qingming Festival is coming soon, and the business at Shen Luzhu Paper Money Shop is getting busier and busier than in the past few days. It is a very busy day. I just received money from an aunt, and I am about to ask the next person if she wants to buy something. What, when he saw Jiang Juan and Ding An standing in line behind the aunt, Shen Luzhu hurriedly waved for the two of them to come over.
Jiang Juan smiled at Shen Luzhu, turned around and didn't know what she said to Ding An. Then she walked around from the outside of the crowd to the side of the counter, and greeted the young couple: "Cousin, cousin, and third uncle of the Chu family." And sister Xiuxiu!"
Shen Luzhu hurriedly stretched out his hand and pulled the person to the counter, leaned back a little, and gave up the busy position in front. He took Jiang Juan to take a break and chatted: "Why did you come here with Ding Captou? He went Looking for you? Why are we still in line!"
The situation before him really aroused Shen Luzhu's desire for gossip. Could it be that Ding Captou has already started to take action? Or have they already decided to start dating?
Who said people in ancient times were reserved? Few of them she met were reserved, just like Chu Yi. Even though he didn't talk much and his expressions weren't very expressive, sometimes he could talk about love more easily than anyone else. !
Regarding Shen Luzhu's question, Jiang Juan didn't think much about it, and her answer was frank, so frank that it directly extinguished half of Shen Luzhu's burning fire of gossip.
"Cousin, how did you know it was Brother Ding who came to see me? He said he would come back to visit my aunt before the Qingming Festival. He happened to hear that the paper money in your shop could not be bought elsewhere, so he asked me to take him Come buy some and bring them back to the county when the time comes. It’s useful for Qingming Festival sacrifices. I originally said there was no need to queue, but Brother Ding disagreed and said he didn’t want to cause any trouble to you, so he queued secretly at the back..."
Jiang Juan saw that Shen Luzhu's expression was a little strange when he was talking, as if he was a little confused, a little regretful and a little excited, so she hurriedly asked with concern: "Cousin, are you okay? Is something wrong?"
Shen Luzhu really wanted to grab Jiang Juan's shoulders and shake her awake. Wake up, cousin! It's not like he's never been to their shop before. Wasn't he the one who took him and Chu Yi away from here last time? How long has it been since he came to buy some paper money? Do you still need someone to guide you? This is an excuse, an excuse!
But Shen Luzhu couldn't say anything, so he could only keep his mouth shut, and wait until no one was around to take a break, then discuss it with Chu Yi: "It's nothing, it's just... I just didn't expect that Ding Captou would come to our house to buy something." Paper money, what a surprise!”
"I also feel a little surprised. By the way, cousin sister-in-law, why did I hear people in our village say today that the Chu family's coffin shop also sells copper coins for burning?
Paper and paper ingots, are they here to ask for them? "
"If she comes in an aboveboard manner, then I will kick her out directly and give her a cup of herbal tea to wake her up!"
Jiang Juan also knew that Shen Luzhu splashed tea in Wang's face last time. Every time she thought about it, she found it funny: "Cousin, don't be angry, my mother-in-law said that if Wang comes to bother you next time, just call her As long as she comes, she will be so angry that Mrs. Wang will never dare to come again. If she is disrespectful to her elders, she knows how to bully the juniors, thinking that no one in our family can do it!"
Shen Luzhu smiled when he heard this. The grandmother next door said the same thing that day, saying that she should not let her touch Mrs. Wang again, otherwise she would hit her with a cane once she looked at her!
"Okay, cousin, please remember to thank your aunt for me!"
Ding An bought a lot of paper money at the paper money shop. After chatting with Chu Yi for a few words, he followed Jiang Juan who brought him back to Zhutun Village. He finally had a rest at noon on the other side. Shen Luzhu finally had a chance. Chu Yi, who knew Wei Er well, discussed today's unexpected incident!
"Chu Yi, do you think Ding Captou did it on purpose? Why don't I believe that he doesn't remember where our shop is? It seems that we guessed it right last time. Let me just say, he just treats my cousin a little differently!"
Although Chu Yi didn't quite understand his wife's excitement, he didn't stop him from chatting with her: "Well, there's really no need to find someone to lead the way."
"Chu Yi, you think so too, don't you? Sure enough, and he specially asked his cousin to lead the way. Even if he doesn't remember the way, it would be nice to just ask someone on the way, right?"
"Yeah, that's right!"
"I don't know if they can succeed in the future. If they succeed, will my cousin have to move to the county? Speaking of which, I don't think my cousin has any idea of Ding's intention!"
"It's still early, Takeru."
"Oh, that's right, I'm thinking too much, hehe!"
On the other side, after Ding An sent Jiang Juan back to Jiang's house, he returned to Tian's house alone with the paper money he bought at Chu's house.
Aunt Tian saw Ding An go out for a while and bought a lot of things in big and small packages. She hurriedly stepped forward to take them. When she saw that Ding An bought a lot of paper money, she couldn't help but have doubts: "What are you doing after buying so much paper money?" What?"
"It's for the Qingming Festival. Yaya and I will stay here until the Qingming Festival before leaving."
Aunt Tian was naturally happy for her nephew to bring Yaya back to see her more often: "It would be great if this happened earlier. You should bring Yaya back when you have nothing to do. There will always be only the two of you in the yard. How boring, even if you stay here You can live there, but Yaya can’t live there!”
"I know aunt, I will definitely come back as soon as I have time!"
Aunt Tian had tried to persuade Ding An to go back to the village many times over the years, but every time he would pretend not to listen. Or just excuse yourself and say that there is too much work in the yamen and no time. When have you ever been so obedient?
"Eldest nephew, tell your aunt, is there anything you have been hiding from me recently?"
