When the folks who came to celebrate his birthday heard that they could have a feast and buy paper money during the Hungry Ghost Festival, they all confirmed with Shen Luzhu: "It's true, my wife from the Chu family is here today." Can anyone give me a discount?"
Shen Luzhu smiled at the aunt closest to her and replied: "Yes, aunt, from now on until the end of the Ghost Festival, anyone who comes to wish my grandpa a birthday or comes to my shop to buy paper money will It can be cheap!"
An aunt sitting behind her patted Shen Luzhu's hand: "Daughter-in-law of the Chu family, how can you remember there are so many people? Do you need to give us any voucher?"
"No need, auntie, just say so when you come!"
The aunt hesitated for a moment, and she didn't know whether it was because she was afraid that the young couple would not admit their debt or because she had other concerns: "That's not good...what if, what if someone else comes and tells you that you can't tell the difference anymore?" What can I do?"
"I believe that the aunts and ladies in our village would not do this. If so, we can think of it as a blessing for Grandpa. Every piece sold is a blessing!"
What Shen Luzhu didn't say was that they didn't really intend to distinguish whether the people who came to buy paper money had congratulated Mr. Chu on his birthday today. It was just a publicity reason.
When everyone heard this, they all praised Mr. Chu: "Hey, Mr. Chu really knows how to educate his children and grandchildren. Look at how filial these young couples are!"
"That's right, that's right! This is a lion dance and opera, and it's also about doing good deeds to gain good fortune. I've never seen more filial grandchildren than them!"
"Mr. Chu family, congratulations! With the filial piety of the children, I think it will be possible to celebrate your eightieth birthday, ninetieth birthday, or even your centenary birthday in the future!"
Grandpa Chu is just like living in a dream today. Most of the people in the village came to wish him birthday. Chu Yi and his wife really put in a lot of effort today. These tricks of lion dancing and singing are not his. What a country farmer dares to think when he celebrates his birthday. Coupled with the flattery from the surrounding villagers, he is even more happy from ear to ear.
"Hahaha, if you really live to be a hundred years old, you won't become an old monster!"
Mr. Chu, who was sitting at the head of the table, was enjoying himself. But just now, Mr. Wang, who was happily displaying the family tree of the head of the family, turned his face down and sent the restaurant steward who came to check the number of people. He walked to Grandma Chu, who was sitting at the main seat with Grandpa Chu, and pulled her sleeves.
Grandma Chu was sitting next to Grandpa Chu and listening to the play beautifully. Suddenly she felt someone tugging on her sleeve. She turned around and looked again. It was Mrs. Wang who looked unhappy. Her interest in watching the play was ruined. Halfway through, he frowned and asked, "Why are you here pulling my clothes when you're not busy back there?"
"Aniang! What does this Shen mean?"
Mrs. Wang was so excited that she couldn't control her voice for a moment. Not only Grandma Chu, but all the elders, relatives and friends sitting near the main table turned to look over.
Grandpa Chu was upset by Wang's complaint. He turned around and said, "What are you yelling about? I don't see all the elders here listening to the show!"
Wang had to temporarily swallow the anger in her heart and explained awkwardly: "Dad, grandma, I'm not sure about something, and I want grandma to come with me to check it out!"
Grandpa Chu said "hmm", looked at his wife again, then turned back and continued to listen to the play.
Grandma Chu reluctantly followed Mrs. Wang to the small alley connecting the front and back yards. Seeing no one around, Mrs. Wang felt relieved and spoke freely: "Auntie! Who are Chu Yi and his wife?" What does it mean? Are you here to celebrate my father’s birthday or to attract business for their shabby shop!"
"You don't care whether she recruits business or not! Just do your thing well, it has nothing to do with you!"
When Mrs. Wang heard what Grandma Chu said, her eyes widened even more: "How can she have nothing to do with me? She has recruited all the people to buy paper money from her, so how will our paper money business be handled?"
Only then did Grandma Chu think of the paper money in her shop, and she kept complaining for a while. When the Wang family wanted to sell paper money at first, Grandma Chu supported it with both hands. Why couldn't she do such a money-making business? I even had a few arguments with Mr. Chu, but that was money, just money in vain!
But not long after she bought it, Grandma Chu regretted it. She didn’t know what the Wang family did. Obviously other people could earn money easily, but it was better for her to just cause a lot of gossip. Now, she can still be asked to sell it at a loss, what a waste of money!
"Then what's going on? I told you that you can't do it a long time ago. You don't make any money by selling paper money. You don't listen to me when I tell you to stop tinkering. If this person is really called over, the paper money you got recently will be terrible. No matter what, you will have to pay for it! I finally made some money recently!"
After being cheated last time, Ms. Wang actually thought about forgetting it and not selling paper money at the worst, but she obviously lost the money because she was tricked, and her family always said that she No, the money that this young couple could easily earn, why did she end up in such a mess? She couldn't swallow the bad breath in her heart, so she kept holding on, thinking of all kinds of ways to get rid of this paper money. Keep selling, not to mention that it has finally begun to show signs of turning losses into profits recently, how can you just give up at this time!
"I asked Mr. Shen to plot and let those evil-hearted people trick me! Otherwise, it's not necessarily clear who will gain and who will lose! Mom, please stop talking. I can't stop this paper money business. You Didn’t you know that I’ve started to make money recently!”
Chu A'nai rolled her eyes at Mrs. Wang. She might turn a blind eye to Mrs. Wang for Chu Ren's sake when it came to matters at home, but that was absolutely impossible when it was about money. Just like this, Wang was allowed to continue his nonsense: "If it weren't for the money I made recently, you would think that I and your father could still ask you to sell it! What on earth do you want me to do here?"
"Mom and Dad, we will also tell the folks later that our shop will also give them a discount. They are not fifty cents less than five cents, or a hundred cents less than twenty cents. We are also less, no matter whether we come or not. Dad wishes you a happy birthday, we all have less!”
"Can this be done?" Grandma Chu was hesitating when she saw another figure walking from the front yard. When she looked closely, it turned out to be Chu Ren.
"Grandma, grandma, what's the matter? Why did it take so long?"
Chu Ren, who was also sitting near the main table, also listened to what Wang said in the front yard just now. Seeing that the two of them had not returned after leaving the table, they were afraid that Wang would cause trouble again on such an occasion today. If there was any trouble, I got up and came over to look for it.
"Your mother-in-law said, tell me and your grandfather to tell everyone later that our shop will also be cheaper, so that we don't have to ask people to go to Shen's place to buy paper money, and our shop will be empty again! "
After hearing this, Chu Ren quickly stopped him and said, "No, anyone who falls behind will fall behind. If I follow Shen's words in this situation today, it will be of no use except making people laugh!"
When Mrs. Wang saw her eldest son stopping her, she was still a little unwilling: "If you don't say anything, how will our family's business be organized?"
Chu Ren continued to stop him: "Later, I can adjust the price to the same price as my cousins, but I must not talk about it behind Master Shen at my grandpa's birthday party now. You are guilty of this, Aniang." Confused!"
Mrs. Wang couldn't understand what Chu Ren said. But the eldest son had said so. Even if Mrs. Wang didn't want to, she wouldn't go out of her way to sing the opposite. She just sighed secretly in her heart. The eldest son couldn't do anything. Well, she just didn’t know anything about this business. She originally planned to take advantage of this Chinese Ghost Festival to make a lot of money from him, so she finally found a way and got a lot of paper money to go home, but now she can’t Fortunately, everyone has left, and she may not be able to earn any money during the Ghost Festival!
After the two plays were finished, the theater troupe closed the stalls, and the food and wine in the backyard were all prepared. Various dishes were served to the table one after another. The Chu family’s birthday banquet was hosted by a chef from a restaurant in the town. He was also willing to cut down the ingredients, and almost every dish was eaten immediately as soon as it was served. Everyone enjoyed the meal, and even the chatter that was coming up and down just now was almost gone.
Ms. Wang followed the greetings for a while, and saw that the people invited in the backyard were serving the dishes smoothly, so she also sat down. The smell of the meat had just made her drool!
Before I had even eaten two bites, the steward of the restaurant came from the backyard with a waiter and stood next to Mrs. Wang. He originally wanted to ask her to take a step to talk, but it turned out that Mrs. Wang was enjoying the meal and refused to leave. The table still didn’t understand the steward’s intention at all, so he shouted directly: "
If you don't work in the backyard, why do you come to the front yard to do it? "
The steward was very dissatisfied with the hostess who was interacting with him today. Ever since he arrived in the morning, he had been criticizing her. He always spoke in a arrogant manner and directed them around one by one. He didn't want to After spending more time talking to her, he said directly: "Today's banquet costs a total of eight taels of silver. Your family has already given a deposit of five hundred coins. You can settle the remaining balance with the hostess now." .”
With a "clang" sound, the chicken legs that Wang just picked up fell into the bowl: "What did you say?"
When the steward saw Wang's behavior, he thought she was trying to renege on the debt. He immediately straightened his face, raised his tone and said again: "The money for the banquet is still seven or two to five hundred yuan. Let's settle it with the hostess's family!"
Wang suddenly stood up from her chair: "So much! Why should I ask for money? I don't have any!"
When the steward saw this, he rolled up his sleeves, walked straight to the opposite side of Wang with the waiter behind him, and asked, "Hey, my eyes have really been opened today. I've seen people who go to restaurants to eat Bawang meals, and I have to return the favor." Once I saw someone who could refuse to pay for a banquet at my house. Waiter, I went to the backyard and said hello. I put the rest of the dishes on, stopped what I was doing, and asked everyone to come to the front yard. , let everyone see what this person looks like when he even wants to eat the Overlord’s meal during a birthday party for his own old man!”
