Zhao Cheng and Chu Ping finished eating, and made an appointment with Chu Yi to come back the next night, learn how to burn paper with copper coins, and then went home, and then the two families discussed again.

After breakfast the next day, Shen Luzhu went back to his mother's house across the river, Shen's mother and second aunt Zheng were weaving rattan baskets in the courtyard, and the men of the Shen family usually had to go up the mountain to pick herbs from time to time in addition to farming, and they would pick herbs for their own medicine shops, and this rattan basket was prepared for them.

Shen's mother saw that there was no New Year's Festival, and her daughter suddenly returned home early in the morning, and she was a little surprised: "Luzhu, why did you come back at this hour?" But what's the matter? ”

Shen Luzhu moved a small wooden stool and sat down next to Shen's mother: "I have something I want to discuss with my family, isn't this the recent sale of copper money burning paper getting better and better, and it will be the Midyear Festival in a few days, Chu Yi and I plan to sell more before the festival, but the two of us can't do it, so I want to ask the family if we can help and make a knife and five cents, what does A-Niang think?" ”

Shen's mother glanced at her daughter: "You two can't be busy, tell the family that there are many people in the family, although your father and they are busy, but I, your second aunt, and sister-in-law are very idle, just to help, what do you say about the money?" ”

"Ah Niang, how can this be, your son-in-law and I are relying on this to make money, that is, it is a thing to make money, how can we come back to take advantage of my mother's family and let people work for nothing!"

"What has become of earning money from my daughter and son-in-law!"

"A-Niang, when Chu Yi came back to ask our family yesterday, I knew that A-Niang must not be able to collect money, but we really can't help it, this job can't be done by someone casually, the mold is easy to be imitated by others, and there are not many people we can believe, and it is inevitable that there will be people who have their minds after a long time, A-Niang, you can help your daughter, okay?" As she spoke, Shen Luzhu used her usual tricks again, holding Shen's mother's arm and shaking it lightly.

Seeing this, the Zheng family on the side helped persuade him: "Sister-in-law, if you refuse to accept the money, I'm afraid that your niece and daughter won't ask us for help, but you can't find someone you can trust, and it's not beautiful to delay the Midyear Festival to make money, isn't it?" ”

Shen's mother thought about it carefully, if she really did what her daughter said, this is not a matter of helping a few times, she is willing to be a mother, after a long time, her sisters-in-law may not have no ideas in their hearts: "Nacheng, how to do it, you go back and talk to your family, that is, it is a job to make money, then it is better to understand more!" ”

"My daughter knows, A-Niang, wait for Chu Yi to finish the new mold, and then come over to demonstrate it!"

Shen Luzhu came back from Shen's house, he didn't rush out of the stall, but went to the backyard to find Chu Yi, and the person who helped make copper coins and burn paper was found, and the next step was to hurry up and make a few more sets of molds, and go to the town to burn more paper and come back!

"Chu Yi, should we give out this set of molds in our hands first, so that we can start doing it today, so that we will not delay the recent business, and we can have time to make new molds!" Giving out the work of making copper coins and burning paper is only Shen Luzhu's first step plan, and her ultimate goal is to let Chu Yi have less work, but before that, she still has to discuss it with Chu Yi first!

"Okay, ask them in the evening, and I'll go to the blacksmith's house at noon, and ask him to make some more pieces of iron as he did last time."

"In addition to making molds, I have to run around the town a few times, buy more burning paper and stock up first, it's not good to always trouble Chu Ping, why don't I go and discuss with grandpa and grandma, let's rest a little more a day, so that we can go to the town to buy goods by ourselves, what do you say?"

Chu Yi felt that his wife's idea would not work, and if she wanted to delay the work at home, it was impossible for grandpa and grandma to agree! Not only will it not work, but he may also be scolded, but Chu Yi has never poured cold water on his wife: "It's better for me to go, or I'll do it soon!" ”

Say anything to do it quickly, he's fast enough, okay! Chu Yi's work is not piecework, he can rest after doing it every day, even if he does it quickly, he just finishes this, and then does the next one, and goes on endlessly: "But you still have to do work today, don't worry, I will please the elders when I am young, I will only discuss it with grandpa and grandma, if they don't agree, they will definitely not be stalked, let's think of another way!" ”

After speaking, without waiting for Chu Yi's reaction, he ran back to the front yard and went to the hall to find Grandpa Chu and Grandma Chu!

Shen Luzhu knew that Grandpa Chu and Grandma didn't even feel sorry for Chu Yi, her own grandson, so how could she be willing to give in to her, so Shen Luzhu had already thought about it, she didn't plan to really discuss, but went with the mentality of talking about business!

She had asked Chu Yi before, and knew that he actually liked to do these carpentry jobs, so she didn't plan to really let Chu Yi not do it directly in the future: "...... Every month in the future, the granddaughter-in-law will honor grandpa and grandma for three taels of silver, and let Chu Yi do half a day's work every day, and take a day off every ten days. ”

Whoever dies in the countryside mostly buys a simple thin coffin and puts it in the funeral. This kind of thin coffin is made of more common wood, polished smooth after molding, not necessarily lacquered, and there is no complex and exquisite ornamentation, but the price is close to the people, generally the price of a coffin is about one or two, some good wood, can be sold for two taels of silver, which is easier to be accepted by croppers!

The Chu family makes this kind of coffin, if Chu Yi has not been delayed much in a month, he can make about three to four coffins! These coffins are not immediately bought, and most of the time, they have to be kept in the yard for a while before they can find a buyer.

The coffin business of the Chu family was still good before, but later only Chu Yi was left to do it, and the output was naturally greatly reduced, and after a long time, the people in the village were used to buying in the town, and now the Chu family can sell two or three coffins a month when it is so annoying, and it may not even be able to sell a mouthful when it is bad!

Therefore, Shen Luzhu said that he would pay three taels of silver to the Chu family every month, which was almost equivalent to the Chu family's monthly income!

Grandpa Chu pondered for a long time before he slowly spoke: "You go back first, let me discuss this matter with your grandma." ”

The paper money stall made by the grandson and his family is very profitable, Grandpa Chu probably knows, and the old woman has muttered to him twice, but first, this is the rule left by the older generation of the Chu family, and the grandson has indeed not delayed the work at home, even if there is something bad in his heart, there is nothing to say.

At the beginning, they didn't agree with the family to do this business, and the grandson and his family did it themselves, is it possible that now that they know that people have made money, they will reach out and ask for it?

Shen Luzhu didn't wait too long, when he was cooking lunch, he helped Grandma Chu in the stove room, and got Grandma Chu's letter, but he just told her not to go out to talk about it!

When I was having lunch, Grandpa Chu announced the matter at the dinner table: "Chu Yi and his family are doing a good business, and they have been very busy recently, so in the future, Chu Yi will only do half a day's work every day, don't get tired." ”

After Grandpa Chu finished speaking, he saw that not only his sons and grandsons were looking at him in a daze, but why did even the Shen family stare at him without blinking? After thinking about it, he said, "Let's take another day off every ten years." ”

Shen Luzhu responded with a smile: "Thank you, grandpa!" ”

Chu Yi looked at Grandpa Chu, then looked at his wife beside him, and held Shen Luzhu's hand under the table and pinched it!

Shen Luzhu didn't plan to hide it from Chu Yi, but after dinner, he took the initiative to explain when he returned to the room: "There is a return for paying, you can't let the elders suffer, Chu Yi, don't you say?" ”

Chu Yi is a little helpless, his family Azhu often has some unexpected actions, and he looks very reasonable, but he is humbly taught!

Seeing that he didn't speak, Shen Luzhu was a little weak-hearted, took two steps forward and hugged Chu Yi's waist, tilted his head and asked, "Are you angry?" ”

Chu Yi was helpless, and nodded his wife's forehead: "Don't stop?" "There's no way, whoever makes Azhu is all for his good!

Is this a page-turner? Shen Luzhu blinked: "Rest!" ”

After dinner, Chu Ping and Zhao Cheng came to Chu's house again, Chu Yi demonstrated the use of the mold to the two in the empty room, and said that the new mold will probably take a few days to be done, but it needs to be done in these two days, and now this set of molds can be taken back and used first.

Chu Ping immediately said when he heard it, let Zhao Cheng take it away and do it first, he planned to take advantage of the few days to make a new mold, and then live a leisurely life, after he went back to tell his family yesterday, his grandmother and aunt couldn't wait to come to thank his cousin and sister-in-law immediately, saying that he finally wanted to do something serious about this lazy thing, and let him play with Chu Yi since he was a child, and he really didn't follow the wrong person! Today, I also babbled about a day, let him study hard, work hard, and when he hears that he has the opportunity to be idle for a few more days, the fool will not do it!

The matter of finding someone to make copper money burning paper was solved, and in the following days, Chu Yi made a few trips to the town to buy goods while making new molds, until the yellow burning paper he bought was almost full of empty houses! And Shen Luzhu continued to set up her stall, and as soon as she was sent away as a customer that day, she saw the eldest aunt Wang coming over in a hurry, and before Shen Luzhu could say hello, she entered the hall with a straight face!

Not long after the Dragon Boat Festival, someone came to the door to send a message to Wang's family, which was handed back to Chu Ren's trustee in the town, it turned out that Chu Ren's father-in-law and mother-in-law were infected with the wind cold, and his wife Li needed to be taken care of in front of the bed, afraid that his grandson was still young and passed the illness, and wanted his aunt to go to the town to help take care of him for a few days!

Wang got the letter, packed the package and hurried to the in-laws' house in the town, thinking that it would be seven days and eight days, but the in-laws just happened to be two people, and the Wang family was sick again, and it was only for more than half a month that he didn't return to the mountain village until noon this day!

As soon as the Wang family returned home, he listened to Uncle Chu talk about the old mansion, and Uncle Chu was very angry about the copper money burning paper, these people are blind, how can they spend a high price to buy that nondescript thing! Wang also felt strange, before she left, she still saw a lot of excitement, and she didn't buy a few, why did she go to the town by herself, and when she came back, the sky changed?

Could it be that the child's father exaggerated, the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't sit still, he put down the package and went to the big willow tree at the head of the village, the village people would stay under the tree and chat when they were idle, if they wanted to inquire about something, it must be right to go!

After staying for a while, he inquired about the old mansion, and the Wang family couldn't believe his ears! What kind of deceased person can receive copper coins, this Shen family really dares to make it up! In order to make money, you don't even want your face?

The more Wang thinks about it, the more unpleasant it becomes, Shen is so foolish, don't your in-laws care? No, she has to go back to the old house!