Grandpa Chu's coffin shop rents a shop near his home. The shop is not big and can only accommodate three coffins except for the counter. Because it was a rented shop, there was not much decoration and decoration. They just hung a plaque covered with red cloth in front of the door. There were three coffins placed in the middle of the shop. It was unknown where they were transported.
The shop does not have a backyard, and Grandpa Chu’s yard is not big. This time the shop opened to celebrate Grandpa Chu’s birthday. Chu Ren casually gave Wang money and asked her to book a table directly at a nearby restaurant. After setting off the firecrackers and opening the plaque, they walked to the restaurant together.
The people who came to attend were all fine people, so they naturally knew that the banquet was not the main point, but giving out congratulatory gifts was. But when everyone came to the restaurant, they all came to Chu Ren, planning to say a few words and then send the red envelope. When he went up, he saw Chu Ren waved his hand and declined.
"Take back all the red seals quickly. What are you doing?"
Not only the bosses and merchants who came to congratulate them, but also Mr. Wang and Mr. Chu were stunned when they heard this. They refused to accept the congratulatory gifts and even specially set up a banquet in the restaurant. This is not a waste of money. business.
"Ah Jin!"
When Wang was about to speak, she was blocked by Chu Ren's glare: "Bosses, you have misunderstood what Chu meant. I invite you all to come here today just for two things. This time, I came with the help of my grandpa. ’s birthday, please come and help celebrate it. By the way, I would also like to thank you for supporting my work during this period.
Well, I also want to let everyone know that my grandfather and father are the craftsmen of making coffins passed down from their ancestors. Now that they have moved to the county town with me, they have also opened a coffin shop. They not only sell coffins but also some paper money. And so on, you guys should visit more often in the future. "
When Chu Ren said this, the people present naturally cheered and responded, "This is natural. From now on, you will naturally have to buy these things from Chu Shi Fu's shop."
"Yes, yes, we will definitely support you."
Unexpectedly, Chu Ren actually waved his hand and said: "It's not my shop, it's my grandpa's shop. Since you are so willing to support me, you can go to the shop again after dinner."
Chu Ren's words once again confused most of the people present. They couldn't figure out why they were asked to go back again after they had just come from that shop.
However, there were some smart people. After thinking about it for a while, they roughly guessed Chu Ren's intention, but they didn't say much. They just raised their glasses and toasted Chu Ren to congratulate him.
Although others were puzzled when they saw this, it was not easy to ask questions directly on the spot. They thought that they were here to make Mr. Chushi happy, so they could just go there again, which wouldn't be a big deal.
Mrs. Wang was just about to ask Chu Ren what he meant by not accepting gift money, when she saw Chu Ren coming over, pulling her to the outside of the restaurant and saying, "Mom, I didn't tell you to prepare more yellow paper in the shop." Here, are you ready?"
Mrs. Wang nodded and said: "Of course I'm prepared, Ah Ren, why do you only invite people to dinner without accepting gifts? Our family is in a big loss!"
Chu Ren explained impatiently: "Auntie, what do you know? Everyone in the county knows that I am running a banquet today. If I accept the gift directly in front of so many people, the people in the Yamen will know. What should I think?"
"But, that can't be done, that can't be done either..."
Chu Ren continued: "Don't worry, Mom. Just do as I say, and the gift money will be in your pocket later."
Chu Ren said, motioning for Wang to come over, and then whispered a few instructions in her ear. Seeing that Wang went directly in the direction of his shop, he turned back to the restaurant.
At the banquet, when everyone saw Chu Ren sitting down, they all took the initiative to talk: "Why haven't you seen Chu Ji's boss Chu today? It seems to be fate. Mr. Chu Shi, your shop is called Chu Ji. I want to come." Didn’t you know that there is a store called Chuji in our county, and their business is very good? They have opened three shops on Changqing Street, and they also opened a workshop."
"Well, we are both from the same family, and they both engage in the funeral business. It's really a fate."
The two people who said this originally just wanted to get close to Chu Ren, but they never thought
As soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of Mr. Chu's family on the other end changed.
The restaurant instantly became quiet. When Chu Ren saw this, he put down the wine glass in his hand and said coldly: "Unfortunately, that was my cousin. He disliked being poor, loving being rich and disrespecting his elders, so he was assigned to live alone. That’s it.”
After Chu Ren said this, the restaurant became even quieter. Everyone looked at each other. Who in this county has not heard of the rumors that caused a great commotion because of the Yang family, but what Chu Ren said was completely different. identical?
Chu Ren, including Grandpa Chu's family, didn't know what happened back then, nor did he know what happened in his own family back then. Because of the Yang family's affairs, it had long been known to everyone in the county, and they just thought that everyone I was surprised by the relationship between the two families.
Chu Ren also seemed to be magnanimous and said: "Why don't you stop using your chopsticks? You should eat and drink. If your family doesn't have one or two unworthy descendants, the family will no longer care."
Those who came to the banquet were not only here to curry favor with Chu Ren, but at least no one wanted to offend Chu Ren. After hearing this, they all agreed: "No, Chu Shi is still a stingy man."
As for the past events of the Chu family, who is right and who is wrong has nothing to do with them. They only need to know that the current Chu City stingy man cannot deal with the Chu family of Chu Ji. They know where to stand. Just talk.
After the banquet, Chu Ren took everyone to his coffin shop again. As soon as Fang entered, he saw Mrs. Wang coming up to the shop with her son. Even Mrs. Li and her mother-in-law, Mrs. Yuan, were greeting them. .
The few people who had just guessed Chu Ren's intention in the restaurant, while others were still at a loss, took the lead to ask about the price of the paper money and expressed their desire to buy it. Then they listened to Wang on the side and followed Chu Ren's instructions. : "This paper money is specially made by my family. It is different from other people's. If you burn it, your business will be prosperous and your business will go smoothly. It is not too expensive to sell it, just one tael of silver per knife."
"What?"
If they hadn't seen Mrs. Wang speaking with certainty, everyone would have thought that they had just drank too much at the banquet and misheard the price of the paper money.
"Look...it looks no different from ordinary yellow burnt paper."
Seeing someone muttering in a low voice, as if he couldn't accept it, Chu Ren stood in front of the shop door and said calmly: "My mother-in-law is right. Buying these burned paper back will indeed have a different effect. It can ensure smooth business. Don't you think so?" Buy some back?"
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Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and for a moment they were a little confused. After a while, those who were the first to ask the price were the first to ask the price, and they spoke first again: "Then I'll buy some."
"Well, let me buy some too."
With the first one, there will be the second one. Seeing that no one raised any objections to this, they themselves did not want to be the one to offend others. After much hesitation, they finally took out their money to buy burning paper.
I could only comfort myself in my heart. Anyway, I came here to show my filial piety. Regardless of whether he just took the gift or bought paper money to give it, anyway, it was all given to Chu Ren in the end. It can be said that we reached the same destination through different paths. In short, I didn't offend him. People will do it.
Grandpa Chu’s coffin shop was popular, but not popular.
In the eyes of the people in the county town, this shop is just an inconspicuous small shop. Many people even don't know the existence of this shop. Occasionally someone notices it and just thinks that Chu Ji has opened a branch here. You can go in and take a look. , only yellow burning paper and ordinary wooden coffins were sold. As time went by, fewer people came in.
But this has not affected the huge income earned by Mr. Chu's family at all. Not only half of the merchants doing business in Xing'an County are aware of this shop, whoever wants to do business will If you are a stingy man in Chu City, then go to the shop and buy yellow burning paper, you are absolutely right.
On the surface, it seems that the shop can't get many customers all day long, but its monthly profit is not comparable to that of ordinary shops. .
While Mr. Chu's family was preparing for the birthday and opening banquet, Uncle Chu and the young couple were waiting anxiously in the yard of Deng's house.
Chu Xiuxiu was activated. She was fine when she got up in the morning, but at noon, she suddenly felt unbearable pain. The last time Mr. Shen checked Chu Xiuxiu's pulse, he told her to be more careful in the past few days. The Deng family Too early
Two midwives were invited early in the morning.
Now as soon as Chu Xiuxiu started, she was immediately helped into the delivery room that had been prepared long ago. After getting the news, the two families waited anxiously in the yard.
Now that he is more than five years old, he knows many things in his heart more or less. He is waiting with his parents in the yard of Deng's house. Although he does not see his little aunt, he can hear that he is already suffering from pain in the room. Some of the shouts had changed voices, but I still recognized them.
So he pulled his grandma's sleeves and asked in a low voice: "Grandma, what's wrong with my little aunt? Is she sick? Is my little aunt complaining about pain?"
Shen Luzhu touched his son's hair, forced a smile and said, "My little aunt is not sick. She is giving birth to a baby. Since you are so good, let's cheer my little aunt here, okay?"
Zhengzheng nodded. In his little mind, giving birth to a baby became a more uncomfortable thing than getting sick. Then he thought of his father saying that he was also a baby before, and he hugged his mother-in-law's arms. Thigh, raised his head and called: "Auntie."
"What's wrong?"
Zhengzheng carefully touched Shen Luzhu's lower abdomen, his face wrinkled together, as if he was troubled: "Does it still hurt, Mom?"
Shen Luzhu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he hugged Zhengzheng with moist eyes: "It doesn't hurt anymore, my mother has stopped hurting a long time ago."
As the mother and son were talking, a loud cry of the baby came from the delivery room, followed by the midwife's announcement of good news, which came through the door: "I'm born, I'm born, it's a little boy!"
The midwife quickly packed up Chu Xiuxiu and the newborn, and walked out with the baby in her arms: "Congratulations to Boss Deng, congratulations to Boss Deng, your daughter-in-law has given birth to a little golden grandson. Look how big this baby is." How handsome!"
