The first day of July is the day the couple decided to open their new store.
Yesterday morning, Chu Yi and Shen Songjie hung the plaque carved by Chu Yi directly above the shop in the east courtyard. Shen Luzhu also went to Aunt Sun's cloth shop to buy a piece of red cloth and covered it with a picture. auspicious.
As soon as the auspicious time arrived, firecrackers exploded in the open space in front of the Chu family's east courtyard shop. The lively and festive sound instantly attracted many people to stop.
As soon as the firecrackers went off, the young couple followed the advice of Aunt Sun next door and invited the gongs and drums team and the lion dance team to appear on stage. Two lions, one red and one yellow, performed various difficult movements in front of the shop to the beat of the drums. It attracted bursts of cheers from the crowd.
As the drumbeats and music became more and more intense, the movements of the lion dancers became more and more complex. As the crowd watched with interest, the red lion actually stepped directly onto the back of the yellow lion, and then jumped He stood up and jumped directly to the same height as the plaque on Chu's store. He opened his big mouth and pulled off the red cloth covering the plaque. The four characters "Chu Ji Funeral" suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.
Just as everyone was sighing, the lion turned around and jumped back to the ground steadily in an instant. At the same time, the drum music also came to an end. With the sound of the last drum beat, the two lions stood upright together in tacit agreement, and a couplet fell out of their mouths, wishing the owner a prosperous business and abundant financial resources.
A unique lion dance performance attracted a lot of customers to the Chu family shop. Later, Jiang Quan and Shen Songjie greeted them diligently and attracted many customers into the shop. Those who thought it was an ordinary paper money shop were attracted by it as soon as they entered the shop. The paper ingots specially arranged to look like mountains of gold and silver inside attracted attention. Read the book
"Boss, what is this in your house? Is it paper money for dead people?"
This man asked the common sentiment of everyone, have they started giving gold and silver ingots to the dead these days? Some people even stepped back and retreated outside the shop. They stared up at the plaque for a long time and murmured to themselves, "That's right, it's a funeral shop!"
Some people who were standing outside the door and had no intention of entering the shop saw him behaving so strangely. They stepped forward in confusion and asked, "Brother, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with his shop?"
The man hurriedly grabbed him, pointed to the plaque above his head and asked, "Those four characters are Chu Ji's Funeral. Am I right?"
"That's right, it's Chu Ji's funeral. What's wrong with you?"
The man didn't explain, but just pulled him towards the shop: "Follow me."
When other people outside the shop saw it, they were all very puzzled. They were all curious about what was special about this funeral shop. When they went in, people became abnormal, so more and more people couldn't control it. Curious inside, I followed him inside.
Shen Luzhu stood at the counter, patiently explaining to everyone the two amazing mountains of ingots: "Auntie, you are really good at joking. Our family owns a funeral shop, and the things sold in this shop are naturally... It’s an object used to worship at graves!”
"You little daughter-in-law, don't lie to us. Who hasn't seen paper money burned in graves? How can your family be like this?"
"That's right, that's right. This is obviously a gold and silver ingot. Who would go to a grave to burn such a precious gold object?"
Shen Luzhu smiled: "Mom, I really didn't lie to you. Think about it, if I had so many gold and silver ingots at home, who would go out to do business to make money? I would have been lying around counting silver coins all day long. But you are right about one thing. This one in our house is really called an ingot, but it is not a gold or silver ingot, but a paper ingot specially used for the deceased."
"Made of paper? Ouch, this...it looks too similar!"
Chu Yi took down a few paper ingots from the display cabinet behind him and handed them to everyone around the counter. Shen Luzhu continued to explain: "If you don't make it more realistic, how can you have the nerve to sell it to all the aunts, aunts, and uncles?" Hey, our paper ingots are a little different from the ordinary paper money. They are sold by the number. If you buy them individually, they cost five cents each. If you buy ten of them, you will only receive forty cents."
"Ten cents for forty cents? That's not cheap. We usually buy burning paper for twenty cents a dollar, but you can buy ten gold coins for two cents."
This is the first time people in the county have heard of
It was normal for this paper ingot not to be made of yellow burnt paper. The young couple had planned it in advance, so they didn’t panic and continued to introduce it with a smile.
"Old man, don't look at it. The price seems to be the same, but it is not as popular as the yellow burnt paper. But our paper ingot is different from the ordinary burnt paper in your hand. It's like..."
Seeing his wife pause for a moment, as if she hadn't thought of a good metaphor, Chu Yi added at the right time: "It's like giving a gift of gold. Although they are all the same, one tael of silver is always more beautiful than a copper coin."
Shen Luzhu looked at Chu Yi with a smile, nodded quickly and affirmed: "Yes, that's it!"
The old man seemed to think it made sense: "That's right..."
"It's okay, uncle, if you think this paper ingot is not what you want, our family has other paper money to choose from. In addition to the commonly seen yellow burning paper and white money, our family also has a kind of paper money called copper coin burning paper. I Let me show it to you."
As soon as Shen Luzhu finished speaking, Chu Yi had already tacitly taken out a knife of copper coins and burned paper, skillfully opened it and distributed it to the potential customers present.
"Your paper money is quite special. Why are there so many holes in this one? Why does it look familiar?"
Shen Luzhu picked up a piece of copper coin burning paper and stood it up to show it: "Of course it looks familiar. Auntie, look, our paper money is engraved with copper coins. This is called copper coin burning paper."
"Oh, don't tell me, it's really just copper coins."
Everyone looked at the light and saw, right? Just now they really didn’t associate it with copper coins, but now that they know about it, they look more and more like it.
"How do you sell this copper coin burning paper?"
"This is more expensive than ordinary yellow-burnt paper, at thirty cents a dollar, but our shop has just opened and we have a discount. If you buy five dollars, you will get one for free."
The ladies and aunts calculated in their minds, and it seemed that this plan was more suitable. However, when facing new things, they were still a little cautious: "My dear wife, is this of yours easy to use? I'm afraid there won't be any yellow paper when I buy it and burn it." Okay, it’s almost the Ghost Festival, so if it’s useful, I’ll buy more.”
"Auntie, to tell you the truth, when I sold these paper money in the village, they all queued up to buy them. The aunts and ladies in the village all said that the paper money in my house burned much more than the yellow burning paper. There are also It is said that our ancestors liked this kind of paper money, so they burned it particularly well."
"Really?"
Shen Luzhu nodded seriously: "Of course, what did I lie to you for? If you buy it back and it doesn't take off, my business will be completely ruined if the neighbors talk about it."
"Yes, then I believe you. Give me these copper coins and burn paper for five knives. If you buy five knives, you will give me one as a gift, right?"
Shen Luzhu rolled his eyes and continued: "Auntie, these activities we are doing today are just because we just opened. After the Ghost Festival, the prices will be restored to the original price. I think you are the first one today. If you trust me, I will give you a discount. If our family buys enough 200 coins in the past few days, you can become a member. Today, you only need to buy ten more paper ingots. Although it is less than 200 coins, I also I’ll get one for you, so even if these discounts are no longer available in the future, as a member, every time you spend over 200 yuan, you can get 20 yuan cheaper, don’t you think so?”
This was the first time everyone heard about this thing called "membership", and they were a little confused: "Will your membership always be cheaper from now on?"
"Yes, ma'am, I'll write down your name. If you come back later, as long as you buy enough 200 yuan and tell me your name, I'll give you a discount of 20 yuan, which is equivalent to a 10% discount. Don't look at it. Twenty pennies is not much this time, but during these four festivals every year, every family uses a lot of paper money. Calculated, it can also save a lot of money. Our membership quota is limited and can only be applied for fifty people. Madam, have you thought about it, do you want to get one?"
The aunt was dumbfounded by Shen Luzhu's words. She nodded and said, "That's it, that's it. I'll buy ten more paper ingots. You can get me a membership like that. I'll fuck you from now on." Come and buy it!"
"It's done!"
With the first one there will be the second
Two, someone saw that this lady seemed to have gotten a big deal, and heard that there was a limit on the number of people, so they rushed to say: "Lady boss, I will also buy one of the ones she just mentioned, and you can make one for me, as you said. Is that what kind of membership?"
Shen Luzhu looked a little embarrassed, pretending to ask for a moment, and then seemed to have made some important decision: "As usual, I have to buy enough paper money of two hundred yuan... However, if I favor one thing over another, Auntie, you I'm afraid you won't come to my shop anymore, that's all. I'm happy on the first day of opening today, so I'll just give you some more benefits. If you guys buy enough 190 Wen today, my family will give you a membership. !」
"Then I want it too, I want it too!"
"The boss lady is so generous, this business will definitely be prosperous in the future!"
"That's right, if it works well, we will buy it from your house in the future!"
Shen Luzhu responded with a smile: "Don't worry, old man, my paper money is guaranteed to be useful."
Grandpa Shen, Father Shen and Uncle Chu stood on one side of the shop, watching the juniors busy at work, helping each other from time to time, and felt very emotional for a while.
"Lu Zhu has been a different child since she was a child. Other girls like to pick flowers or make dolls, but she likes to read and read. Her little head is also smart. The other boys in the family have grown up. I was teased all over the place by her."
Father Shen thought for a moment about the scenes his father talked about, as if they all happened just yesterday: "Well, when I was a little older, her mother and I had troubles. This daughter of ours Being so naughty, I don’t know if I can find a good family in the future. Who would have thought that my grandson would be called grandpa now.”
Uncle Chu had always been the most satisfied with Shen Luzhu, so he naturally praised Shen Luzhu without hesitation: "Luzhu is the most intelligent and capable person. If Ayi had not been lucky enough to marry her, the family would not be in such a good situation now." .”
Hearing this, Grandpa Shen laughed loudly and said, "Her third uncle, I'm afraid you haven't seen the way she deceived people when she was a child. She is just the same as she is now, hahaha!"
