Although Chu Ping's words cannot withstand careful scrutiny, people in the backing village are more willing to believe the former than those two strangers of unknown origin.
There was Fat Aunt in front and Chu Ping in back. The two servants sent by Yang Fangsheng had somehow become the street rats that everyone in Kaoshan Village shouted to beat.
When people in the village saw them from a distance, they would quickly avoid them, as if they would be infected with the plague if they got closer to them.
Even if there were two people who didn't avoid it occasionally, they would ask the people around them to stop them, whisper a few words in their ears, and then avoid them with fear and contempt.
But as the saying goes, it takes a thousand days to commit a thief, but a thousand days to guard against a thief. Chu Ping and the others could stop the people in the village, but they could not stop everyone in the surrounding villages.
Although there were some twists and turns, the people sent by Yang Fangsheng still understood everything they wanted to know. In the end, they went directly to Mr. Chu's house and gave him the same purse of money. Wang could not wait to give it to him. Ever since Chu Yi was born, he had told these two people who obviously had bad intentions everything about everything. He even wished that Chu Yi and his wife had been tricked and deceived.
As soon as the bank note case, the separation of the Chu family, and the matter of Ding An were reported to Yang Fangsheng, he knew that his opportunity had come.
But the scene when he went to Chu Ji's shop last time was still vivid in his mind. Yang Fangsheng was afraid that he couldn't deal with the Chu family, so after thinking about it, he decided to rely on the power of the Yang family old man.
After several months of recuperation, although the Yang family's old man's body was not as strong as before, it no longer deteriorated. He could wake up for a while every day, but he could no longer interfere with the big and small matters at home.
Perhaps they were worried about the health of the old man of the Yang family, and perhaps they wanted to take this opportunity to seize the power in their hands. At the moment, Yang Fangwen and Yang Fangwu deliberately stopped mentioning the matters in the workshop and shop.
Yang Fangsheng's idea was very simple. No matter whether it was him who brought down Chu Ji in the end, or his old man brought down Chu Ji, he would always provide the clues and information. The old man would always remember his merits and perform well in the future. Fan, with the help of his mother-in-law, he doesn't believe that the family's property will not be in his hands.
Yang Fangsheng took advantage of the day when he was pretending to be a filial son around the Yang family's old man, and told the old man what he had discovered about the Chu family. He also claimed that if he could use the power of the funeral chamber of commerce, he would be able to drive the Chu family out of the county.
At that time, whether it is the business of burning copper coins or paper ingots, it will all belong to the Yang family. But if he wants to accomplish this, he needs the support of the old man. After all, his old man is the deputy director of the Funeral Chamber of Commerce.
The old man of the Yang family lost the power of running the family due to illness and could no longer give orders. He was depressed and angry, but the two sons, each thinking of his health, always used the doctor's words to scare him.
Now after hearing what his youngest son said, he immediately became interested and called the servants sent by Yang Fangsheng to ask questions. For the first time, the old man of the Yang family had a different view of this youngest son who had always been incompetent and loved to get into trouble. As expected of his son, even if he was a bastard in the past, if he starts to think about things seriously, he is still an impressive being.
Regardless of the obstruction of his other two sons, the old man of the Yang family insisted on getting up and writing a letter to several vice-directors of the funeral chamber of commerce who had good personal relationships, and promised that when the matter was completed, they would definitely benefit from it.
The old man of the Yang family is excited, not only because he has regained some of the feeling of being in control of the overall situation, but because he expects that after taking over the Chu family's business, he can use this to regain the power of life and death in the family. As for him now The younger son, who had to rely on him because of illness, took care of the first two, and Yang Fangsheng was still unable to make a living.
After contacting the other two vice-directors and listening to his father's arrangements, Yang Fangsheng led his people directly to Chu Ji's funeral.
The young couple was making tea around the stove with the family in the main room of the east courtyard when they saw Song He walking in quickly from the shop in the front yard.
"But the shop is too busy?"
Song He shook his head and said hurriedly: "Boss, a group of people came to the front shop. They said they were from some kind of funeral chamber of commerce, and they were yelling at you to get out!"
Funeral association? The young couple looked at each other after hearing this. Could it be that the Yang family has made a comeback, or is it the Sun family?
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After comforting his family, he followed Song He to the shop in front, and as expected, he saw Yang Fangsheng in the crowd.
When Shen Luzhu saw Yang Fangsheng's wretched look, he felt angry and said sarcastically: "Hey, isn't this the third master of the Yang family? Is this tomorrow of your Yang family not the same as what we said tomorrow? Are you really calling us We waited so long that the officials in the yamen almost thought we had reported a false case."
Yang Fangsheng naturally knew that the other party was sarcastic about him, and after making harsh words, he disappeared without a trace. Just as he was about to step forward, Vice Director Zhao on the side grabbed his sleeve: "Fang Sheng, this matter has nothing to do with the officials in the Yamen. What does it have to do with me?"
He just came to help, add some momentum, and share some of the benefits. If this matter led to a lawsuit, then he, Lao Zhao, would never agree to it.
Yang Fangsheng was afraid of missing something, so he still bothered to quarrel with Shen Luzhu, so he hurriedly explained: "Uncle Zhao, don't listen to their nonsense. It's nothing, we still have to do business."
After saying that, he turned around and said sternly to the young couple: "These two are Vice Director Zhao and Vice Director Chen of the Funeral Chamber of Commerce. The three of us are here today to represent the Funeral Chamber of Commerce to inform you of Chu Ji's funeral. You must pay within fifteen days." Please submit your application form to join the association together, otherwise you may be boycotted by the Funeral Chamber of Commerce and be cleared out of this county."
The young couple did not expect that the funeral merchant's guild would be as shameless as the Yang family. They had secretly sent people to steal and deceive before, but now they were openly robbing them.
Chu Yi snorted coldly: "Sign up? I won't join your chamber of commerce, but you really dare to kick me out. I don't believe that your Yang family has the final say in this county, and there is no king's law!"
"Why don't you just rely on Ding An..."
Yang Fangsheng was only halfway through his words when he was stopped by Vice Director Zhao just now. The Yang family had played the bad side just now, and now it was their turn to play the bad side.
"What are you talking about, Boss Chu? In this day and night, none of us ordinary businessmen would dare to drive your whole family out of the county on the street. It's just a good word."
Vice Director Chen also advised: "That's right, it's very harmful to be so anxious and shameless. Those who do business in our county all pay attention to working together. We all have money to make together. The Yang family advises you to join the association because of you." The shop is good, after all, this unsociable person will inadvertently be ostracized over time, which is something no one wants to see."
Shen Luzhu laughed when he heard this and said: "What a good person to persuade and work together! You two are so old, but when they tell lies, their faces don't blush and their hearts don't beat. Could it be that they are older? Thicker? I think you all worked together to take advantage."
"You little lady, you are so rude. We just want to promote your family because we are all in the same industry. If your family is ignorant and something goes wrong, don't come to the Chamber of Commerce to plead for mercy. .”
Shen Luzhu was not frightened, so how could he get confused because of the other party's few words: "Let's not mention that there are no presidents and directors present, can you three vice-directors alone represent the Funeral Chamber of Commerce? Even if you can, then what will be done? People like you represent the Chamber of Commerce, so it’s okay if you don’t join.”
Chu Yi even said directly: "No need to waste your breath, we won't enter."
After saying that, he led his wife towards the inner courtyard, so angry that the two elderly deputy directors behind him called her unreasonable.
Seeing this, Yang Fangsheng hurriedly said: "Okay, since you Chu Ji are so stubborn, don't blame our Funeral Chamber of Commerce for being rude to you in the future!"
The old man of the Yang family knew that the Chu family would not admit defeat and hand over their secret recipe just because of their few words.
But he still insisted on asking Yang Fangsheng to come with two other vice-directors who were friends with him in private. He just wanted to make the feud between Chu Ji and the Funeral Chamber of Commerce real in front of everyone, and turn the conflict between his family and the Chu family into a From the Chu family and the Funeral Chamber of Commerce.
In this way, they can freely target Chu Ji's funeral in the future. This is done. It is the Yang family who will stand up for the funeral merchant association, and the practice of paper ingots will naturally fall into the hands of his Yang family.
If it doesn't work out, it will be the grudge between the Funeral Chamber of Commerce and Chu Li. They are just small players who help, even if the Chamber of Commerce really wants to do something.
After investigation, he was bedridden, and his youngest son was doing mischief in his name. There was nothing he could do about it.
Yang Fangsheng didn't know that even his own son was tricked by the old man of the Yang family, and he was still complacent. The show was very successful today.
The young couple didn't believe that the Yang family or the chamber of commerce was really trying to drive them out of the county. Thinking about it, it was just a stupid move based on malicious competition.
Since they started doing this business, they have encountered quite a lot of these things. As for the tricks to deceive people, they are not without them. The soldiers come to cover up the water and the earth.
The young couple's guess was correct. The day after the merchant came to visit, the troublemaker couldn't wait to appear.
Throughout the morning, several people came one after another with official silver or banknotes to buy paper money. What they bought was only two knives of yellow burnt paper, and then they urged the clerk to give them change.
A shop like Chu's that sells paper money, except for some wholesale customers, only deals in change. Although there is a lot of change in the shop, it can't handle such change. After a while, Song He has to He stopped doing business in the shop and went to another house to exchange change.
It looked like there were a lot of people in the shop all morning, but in fact, there were a lot less transactions than in the past. Some aunts and ladies couldn't bear to wait, so they turned around and went to other places.
Song He felt that something was strange again, so he ran to the inner courtyard to find Shen Luzhu.
Just as he was talking about this strange situation, he saw another old lady, holding a fifty-tael banknote in her hand and fanning herself in the air. She walked in and said, "Bring me a knife of yellow burning paper."
