In this way, Chu Ji's shroud shop opened smoothly under the attention of all colleagues. However, after the shop opened smoothly, the young couple became worried because they received too many congratulatory gifts from colleagues on the opening day. I was thinking about returning the gift.
Looking at the gift list that was finally sorted out, Shen Luzhu really didn't know whether he should be happy or worried: "Even people I have never met come to congratulate me. Those who don't know think that our family is so popular among our peers. Well, now I'm afraid only President Sun's family can open another shop to overshadow this situation."
Shen Luzhu was confused that day. At that time, he thought it was really related to the Chamber of Commerce, but later he felt more and more that something was wrong. Although the young couple still hadn't figured out what the problem was, they knew it was definitely not the case. Just because my family is well connected.
Chu Yi reached out and took the gift list from his wife's hand, and softly comforted him: "Forget it if you can't figure it out. Anyway, they are here to congratulate you. It's a good thing. Let's just accept it."
"What about the return gifts? We are not familiar with most of them, and some of them only knew who they were after asking specifically that day. Now a few days have passed, and I now have many names that don't match the people. I’m afraid I won’t be able to remember it at all after a while.”
Chu Yi was also a little worried. Something happened unexpectedly that day, and too many strange faces came up to greet them. It was not easy to write down all the gift lists now, and he really couldn't force anything else.
"Why don't we just buy a return gift while we still have an impression of it now and send it back together."
As the saying goes, courtesy reciprocates. Logically, they should wait until there are weddings and funerals in each family, or when there are children and shops, etc., before they return the favor. However, most people have only seen them once or twice. When will they come? The young couple don't know much about this kind of thing, and they are afraid that if time goes by, it will be even worse if they miss a few more.
Shen Luzhu had no other better way. Although it was a bit abrupt, it was better than being rude in the future: "Okay, let's go shopping on the street in the afternoon. Buy the goods as early as possible and return the gifts as early as possible. A quick day."
After discussing the countermeasures, the young couple got up and left the house. One took Zhengzheng to the west courtyard to continue making coffins. The other passed through the arch in the middle of the east and west courtyards and entered the shroud shop to find Chu Xiuxiu.
After all, it is a funeral business, just like Chu Ji's paper money shop. It is not the New Year or the festival, but not many people come to the door. Most of them wait until the fourth festival of the year, which will usher in the peak season. Shen Luzhu does not There's no rush, you can take advantage of this period to bring Chu Xiuxiu with you.
When the West Courtyard was being renovated and the shroud shop was being prepared, Shen Luzhu had always intentionally kept Chu Xiuxiu by his side. He would explain to her in detail how to decide on anything and why he was so determined.
Now that the shop has officially opened, Shen Luzhu and his sister-in-law will stay in the shop when they have nothing to do. From purchasing goods, managing people to accounting, as long as it is related to the operation of the shop, Shen Luzhu will take Chu Xiuxiu to learn a thing or two. .
Seeing her cousin-in-law come in from the back door of the shop, Chu Xiuxiu quickly put down the travel diary in her hand and said hello: "cousin-in-law."
This is a habit she developed around Shen Luzhu. When she has nothing to do, she always likes to read a book. Her cousin-in-law once said that whether it is a storybook, a travel note or the Four Books and Five Classics, reading it is better than not reading it. It can add some knowledge.
"You're studying, those ones you bought a few days ago?"
"When I went to deliver food to my cousin yesterday, the young master of Boss Deng's family was reading it. It was very interesting to read. Would you like my cousin to read it?"
Shen Luzhu was stunned when he heard this and asked, "But he lent it to you?"
Chu Xiuxiu shook her head: "He did say that he would lend it to me, but I didn't think it was a good idea, so I went to the bookstore and bought it myself."
Shen Luzhu looked through the cover and saw that it was something he had never read before, so he said, "Don't worry, just wait until Xiuxiu has finished reading and then lend it to me. It's getting late, and I want to make fried fish for lunch today." "Xiuxiu, is there anything else you want to eat? Do you want to go to the market with me?"
"good."
The aunt and sister-in-law went to the market for a walk. Maybe it was a little late and they didn't buy any fresh fish. They saw that the pork belly in the butcher shop was especially plump today, so they took a cut and went back.
The aunt and sister-in-law prepared lunch, and Chu Xiuxiu took the food box to go
After delivering food to Chu Li and Liang Huairen, as soon as Fang entered the inn, he saw Boss Deng's youngest son Deng Nanxun walking out from behind the counter.
"Miss Chu is here to deliver food to Mr. Liang and the Chu brothers? They didn't go out today. They are in the room upstairs at the moment."
Chu Xiuxiu nodded lightly: "Thank you, Mr. Deng."
After saying that, he was about to go upstairs with the food box, but was stopped again by Deng Nanxun: "Miss Chu, let me carry it for you."
"Don't bother Mr. Deng, I'll just send it up myself."
Deng Nanxun stared at Qian Ying who was already walking upstairs, scratched her hair in annoyance, and then remembered the story books and travel notes that she bought yesterday, and hurriedly ran to the backyard to take them out.
A few days ago, he accompanied his mother on the street and happened to see Miss Chu and the proprietress of the Chu family browsing a book store, so he guessed whether she liked reading.
Yesterday I saw that she was interested in the travel notes in his hand, but when he wanted to lend it to her, the other party said that he was still reading it and did not want to delay his reading. He refused to take it away even if he said nothing, so he bought a lot more. return.
Chu Xiuxiu quickly came down from the second floor of the inn. Halfway through, she saw Deng Nanxun running in from the backyard of the inn holding a few books.
"Miss Chu, I see that you like to read books. These are similar to yesterday's travel notes. I couldn't read them for a while, so I gave them to you to read."
Looking at the man holding the book in front of her and handing it to her, Chu Xiuxiu was stunned. No matter how slow she was, she could still tell that something was wrong.
But the young master of the Deng family has always been very enthusiastic, and he was afraid that he had misunderstood the kindness of others, and it was not a matter of accepting or not accepting, so he was stunned for a moment.
As soon as Mrs. Deng came out of the backyard, she saw her youngest son stopping the girl. Not knowing what she was doing, she hurriedly stepped forward to rescue her and said, "Miss Chu is here to deliver the food?"
Only then did Chu Xiuxiu come back to her senses and bowed: "Madam boss, it's getting late and my family is still waiting for me to go back, so I'll take a step forward."
"Walk slowly, walk slowly."
"Aunt Chu...hey, it hurts!"
Deng Nanxun was about to call out to Chu Xiuxiu who was already walking out of the inn, but his mother-in-law pulled her ears and dragged her to the kitchen.
"You brat, why did you stop this girl just now?"
Deng Nanxun rubbed his red ears and said, "I didn't do anything... I just wanted to lend her a basic book to read."
How could a mother-in-law not see that little thought of her own son? She slapped him in the face and said, "Do you think I'm stupid for your mother-in-law? I need to help you borrow books, which one of these in your hand is not?" Did you buy it yesterday? You bought it just to chat with that little girl, right?"
Deng Nanxun scratched his head in embarrassment, then simply broke the jar and asked his mother-in-law for advice: "Mom, why do you think Miss Chu refuses to take the books I bought?"
"What did the Chu family girl say?"
Deng Nanxun said with a bitter face: "Yesterday she said that I was still reading it and she couldn't borrow it. This time, before I could speak, I was interrupted by you, Aniang."
"What? You asked me once yesterday, and you stopped me again today?"
Deng Nanxun nodded and said matter-of-factly: "Miss Chu didn't agree to that yesterday because I was watching. The things I brought here today were all things I wasn't watching."
Mother Deng really didn't know what to say about her stupid son. It was obvious that his two brothers had gone very smoothly when they negotiated the marriage and coaxed their daughter-in-law. How could the youngest of them be so stupid?
"This girl is well-educated and knows not to take advantage of others. It's a good thing. Although I didn't borrow the book, if they appreciate your kindness, you can chat with them for a while when you come to deliver food. You might get familiar with this sentence after going back and forth, but luckily for you, you didn’t lend it out yesterday, but today you blocked it directly on the road, and now even a fool knows you have bad intentions!”
Deng Nanxun turned red after being told by his mother-in-law, and Deng Nanxun hurriedly retorted: "My mother-in-law, what's wrong with me!"
Mother Deng took her time to look at her tough-tongued little son, and said jokingly: "You don't have any bad intentions? That's fine. When a girl from the Chu family comes to deliver food tomorrow, I will follow her."
Go and apologize. "
"Auntie, you have confused me, what are you apologizing for?"
"Of course you apologized for blocking her. I told her that I was sorry for her misunderstanding. Our Deng Nanxun didn't mean anything to her at all. She was just stupid and didn't know how to do things. , tell her not to think too much about it, and just don’t talk to you in the future.”
Deng Nanxun's eyes widened and he looked at his mother-in-law in disbelief: "Mom, you...how could you do this? Aren't you severing your son's marriage?"
"You brat, you're still pretending to your mother-in-law. Didn't you just say that you had no bad intentions, and now you're not pretending?"
"My son is wrong, so why don't you give me an idea? What should I do now?"
After receiving her son's approval, Mother Deng solemnly helped her younger son make up his mind: "What else can we do? I'll discuss it with your father later. If he thinks it's okay, we can pick a good day. Go to the Chu family to propose marriage."
"It's so fast, grandma, isn't it good?".
Mother Deng glared at her son and warned: "Hey, if you dare to imitate those libertines on the street, who provoke girls all day long and still don't want to be responsible, believe it or not, I will ask your father to ask for help?"
"Auntie, what are you thinking about? What my son is saying is that Miss Chu and I have never even spoken a few words. Wouldn't it be too abrupt to come directly to propose marriage?"
Mother Deng then softened her expression and said, "You have to listen to my mother-in-law on this matter. Now you have asked other girls to guess your thoughts. If you are still like before, without a clear attitude, it will not be good. Don't worry. No matter what other girls mean to you, as men, we must make our attitude clear first."
Deng Nanxun had to admit that what Deng's mother said was right, but she still felt a little worried in her heart: "What if Miss Chu doesn't agree? She hasn't even understood me yet."
"Then you should behave well and try to get the girl to nod. How can this marriage be settled in one go? If you really like it but it doesn't work out once, we will go there again. As long as we don't get kicked out by the Chu family with a broom, this matter There’s still room for everything.”
