When Chu Yi returned to his yard, all nine people from the funeral team had been invited by Shen Luzhu to wait in the shop. Because it was the first business, the young couple had a lot of things to explain in advance.
"The master's house has few manpower. It's our job to set up the coffin, dig the cemetery, and carry the coffin for the funeral later in the day. We'll go over and help put up the coffin in a while."
Shen Luzhu reminded from the side: "This is our first business. Not only the owner, but also many people in the village are waiting to see our performance. You don't have any problems with the work. , but there are some other little things that I need to ask everyone to pay attention to."
Everyone nodded and said, "Okay, boss lady, just do as you tell us!"
"We are here to do work. Just do what the master tells us. Listen more, talk less, work more, and be more agile with your hands and feet. If we finish it earlier, we can go home earlier and rest."
Chu Yi also said: "If there is anything that the host's family does that is not in line with the customs, we will remind them privately, but just stop there. As for whether to follow it or not, it is up to the host's own wishes."
"Also, there is a funeral going on at the master's house, so he must be in a bad mood. Let's try to be as serious as possible while we are there. After the funeral is over early tomorrow morning, everyone can come to the shop at home so that we can settle the wages."
"Don't worry. Boss lady, we just keep our heads down and do our work!"
The young couple told them everything they could think of. Seeing that it was getting late, Chu Yi hurriedly took everyone to the Fan family. After communicating with the Fan family, he told everyone to send people to the Chu family's old house if anything happened. Only then did he return to his paper money shop.
Just after lunch, the people sent by Mr. Du arrived at the door of Chu's house. Shen Luzhu coaxed his fat son to go back to his room to take a nap. Chu Yi led the people to Fan's house to identify the door and talk in detail about the future. Funeral arrangements.
In the morning, several people quickly set up the funeral shed at Fan's house, and helped the host's family prepare the items for the funeral. They went to their respective homes for lunch without taking a rest. In the afternoon, they followed Fan's eldest son to pay tribute to Fan. The old man dug the cemetery, and when it was finished in the evening, he went directly to the Chu family's old house and talked with the young couple about the day's situation before going to their respective homes.
The next day was the day for the funeral of the Fan family. There was nothing that required the funeral team to do any work, so they stayed at home, just waiting for the official day of the funeral to arrive.
On the third day, the funeral team and Mr. Du's band arrived at Fan's house early. Chu Yi also got up early and went to Fan's house. He planned to go with him today. After all, it was the first transaction. , not only the Fan family, but also the people in the village were all staring at what was going on here, so they naturally had to be very alert.
Fortunately, the cooperation between the Fan family and the young couple was very smooth this time. Under the escort of the funeral team and band, the old man of the Fan family was smoothly sent to the cemetery dug in advance for burial. The Fan family was also very satisfied with the performance of the funeral team. Satisfied, Chu Yi settled his wages on the spot as agreed upon.
After excluding the commission for the young couple and the band's share, each of the nine people in the funeral team received sixty copper coins. Although sixty copper coins may not sound like much, but you have to remember that in this year and age, in the town, Working as part-time workers only earns 700 to 800 yuan a month. They have only worked for a day and a half. If calculated, they can earn more than working part-time in the town.
If there is more work in the future, will it be okay? Everyone in the funeral team felt full of energy just thinking about it!
As soon as the funeral of the Fan family was completed, many trustworthy villagers began to inquire from all sides about the funeral team organized by the Chu family couple. Most of them just wanted to laugh. They went to ask, but to their surprise, things turned out to be somewhat beyond their expectations.
The first is the attitude of the Fan family. They are actually very satisfied with this matter, saying that it saves trouble and money. After all, if relatives and neighbors are invited to help at home, there are very few people who are willing to put in the effort to do the work. But you still can't push me. During the few days when I invite you to work at home, you have to arrange everything, including food, drinks, and even accommodation. After the end, you have to give everyone some money. It's just a waste of effort and money.
But it's different to find Chu Yi and his funeral team to do the work. It saves me the trouble of asking for help everywhere. These people can do the work quickly.
It's also good that my family doesn't have to worry about it at all. If there are any oversights or omissions, they will kindly remind them.
The price was also negotiated before the start of the project. Although it may sound more expensive than the copper coins given to help relatives and neighbors at first glance, there is no need to prepare anything for food and drinks, which not only saves money but also saves a lot of trouble. After all the calculations, looking for a funeral team was the most appropriate thing to do.
Not only that, there are also those who were recruited into the funeral team. I originally thought that no one would apply, but not only did some people apply, they also recruited nine in one breath. Not to mention, after the Fan family incident was over, they actually still They all showed that they were very satisfied and it would be best to continue doing it in the future.
Everyone in Kaoshan Village couldn't help but be a little surprised: "These people are destined to die! Why do they feel like the young couple of the Chu family can succeed in anything they do? This business obviously sounds like a no-go. How come they can do it in such a short time?" It’s already opened!”
"Well, didn't the Chu family sell paper money earlier, and the Chu family also struggled to make money and sell it later, but no one made as much money as the two of them, and in the end, they didn't even deal with other people!"
"In the early years, the good people in this village despised Chu Yi and were unwilling to marry their daughters to him. But if you look at my life now, it would be better to say that the little daughter-in-law of the Chu family is better off!"
Of course, some people still don't want to believe that a business that they are not very optimistic about can actually make money: "How can I do this? I just did a job once. The Fan family is not an old household in our village. What kind of family members are here? He can’t find anyone to help him. What can he do without asking the Chu family’s funeral team? When will his family be able to dig out the cemetery alone?”
"Yes, there are still only a few people like the Fan family in this village. Once the work is done this time, we don't necessarily have to wait until the next time!"
The young couple originally thought the same way. Although the business of the funeral team was successfully launched, it did not mean that the business was on the right track. If they wanted to continue to make money steadily, it would take a while for them to be serious.
Unexpectedly, less than ten days after the incident with the Fan family, someone from Mr. Du's shop came to the shop and said that he had a big job and wanted to discuss it with Mr. and Mrs. Chu Yi.
The words of Mr. Du's apprentice made the young couple confused. It was not just a matter of funeral. At most, everything was left to them to handle. How big could this "big job" be? Could it be that someone Want to buy a lot of paper money?
Chu Yi asked with some uncertainty: "Brother, the job you are talking about is the job of the funeral team?"
The man glanced at Chu Yi inexplicably: "That's natural. Does your family have any other work besides this?"
"My husband, that's not what he meant. It's just that when we heard that it was a big job, we didn't react for a moment. May I ask what the content of this job is?"
Mr. Du's apprentice nodded clearly: "I only know that it is a job of moving graves. Someone came to my master. Master just said to ask Boss Chu to go home to discuss it quickly. I guess the others will have to wait until you arrive at Du's house." Only then will we know."
Moving the grave? Shen Luzhu thought to himself that it was probably the kind where the two ancestors were buried together. It seemed like a big job. He hurriedly took the fat son from Chu Yi's arms and told Chu Yi to go back quickly. Don't worry about the family. .
Chu Yi had been gone for half a day, and until Aunt Han put all the lunch meals on the dining table in the main room, Chu Yi was nowhere to be seen.
Aunt Han has been cooking in the Chu family's old house for almost a year. Shen Luzhu originally planned to wait until the confinement period before cooking by herself, but the novice mother-in-law underestimated how tiring it would be to take care of children, even though Zhengzheng is already a quiet child, and Chu Yi and Xiuxiu often help her take care of her at home, but just feeding her fat son is also a lot of physical work, so she discussed with Aunt Han, Ask her to help at home for a while.
Everyone in the Chu family sat in the main room and stared for a while. Seeing that Chu Yi hadn't come back yet, Shen Luzhu was afraid that Chu Li and the others would be hungry, so he quickly said he wouldn't wait any longer and gave some to Chu Yi to warm on the stove for everyone to eat first.
It wasn't until Shen Luzhu slowly woke up from his nap with his fat son that he discovered that Chu Yi had entered the house at some point and was sitting by the kang, watching the mother and son in trance.
"When did you come back? Have you had lunch?"
Chu Yi rubbed his wife's hair, which was still a little messy because she had just woken up, and explained in a warm voice: "After eating, when I came back, you and Zhengzheng had already fallen asleep. Ah Li said that you left food for me. I I just came here after going to eat.”
"That's good, how about it? What did Mr. Du say, but they want to be buried together or something like that?"
Chu Yi shook his head and replied: "No, there used to be a family named Bai in their village. They used to be considered a big family in the village, but their lives were not very prosperous. In the early years, the son of that family wanted to give it a try. With his thoughts, he took the family's only savings and went to the south to do a small business. Who knew that he was actually asked to do it, and later he took the whole family over. Now he has had enough for several years, and the Bai family's life has also improved. The better, I brought a fortune teller back to the village a few days ago, saying that he had directly reserved a place with excellent Feng Shui, and planned to move the tombs of all the ancestors of the Bai family to that place.".z .
"All the ancestors of the Bai family?" Shen Luzhu's eyes widened after hearing this. It seems that she still underestimated the so-called "big" character of Mr. Du's apprentice!
Chu Yi looked at his wife's reaction and remembered that he was equally shocked when he first heard about it: "Well, there are a total of eight cemeteries for the ancestors of the Bai family, and they all need to be moved."
"This is really a big job!"
"Indeed, the Bai family also listened to the fortune teller's words, saying that such a big move tomb relocation should not be done hastily, and everything must be done in accordance with the formal funeral customs, so they approached Mr. Du, hoping to I wanted to help organize a larger band for the funeral, and since the Bai family only had three grandchildren back to organize the funeral, I wanted to ask Mr. Du to help recruit some farm men in the village to help move the tomb. The boss took the opportunity to recommend our family."
Shen Luzhu was naturally happy to get a big job, but this job was suddenly a bit too big.
"There are so many graves, and there are only nine of us. I'm afraid we can't afford this job!"
