Chapter Twenty-Four: We Won't Do It

Grandma Chu felt that she was about to be angry again, and she was chatting with people on the yard that day, when she saw someone come to inquire about her family's paper money stall.

"Old woman, let me ask, wasn't there a stall selling paper money before? Why haven't you seen a stall today? The family wants to buy some paper money to use. ”

The fat aunt next to her, who was chatting with Grandma Chu, also asked curiously: "Yes, why hasn't your stall come out recently?" Isn't it since Halloween? Because what's the point, doesn't the business look quite prosperous? ”

Why didn't she come out, where did she know where to go, Grandma Chu could only smile without embarrassment: "Wait a minute, I'll call someone into the house for you." ”

Grandma Chu called Shen Luzhu, who was reading the script in the house, to come out, thinking that this buyer had come to the door, and this time the stall should come out: "Someone outside the door has come to buy paper money, you go out and have a look!" ”

Shen Luzhuren came out, and the paper money was sold, but don't say anything about the stall, I didn't even use a cup of tea in the whole process! I saw that she just put down the notebook, went out of the courtyard gate, asked the person who came, turned around and went to the empty house to get two knives of burning paper, collected the money, turned around and went back to the house, lying on the kang and continuing to read her notebook!

Grandma Chu was so angry that she followed her into the house of her grandson's little couple: "I'm twenty years old today!" Can you still get out of this mess? ”

"It's twenty, then let's wait until September!"

Grandma Chu took a deep breath and decided that no matter whether they came out of the stall or not, she had to give out the money for August first: "You love this stall or not, I don't care about your own affairs, but the money for August should always be given!" ”

"Money, grandma came to find her granddaughter-in-law, it was for this matter, oh, it's all for grandma!" Shen Luzhu said, handing the forty texts that had just been sold to Grandma Chu.

Grandma Chu stared at the forty wen coins that were stuffed in her hand, her heart was overwhelmed by the anger that surged up instantly, her fingers tightly grasped the copper plates, her fingertips were so hard that they turned white, and she scolded: "Forty wen!" Shen, don't deceive people too much! We said it was good......"

Shen Luzhu stroked the plain silver bracelet on his wrist, raised his eyes and looked at Grandma Chu in front of him who seemed to be about to swallow him alive: "Yes, Grandma, we said three taels a month, didn't you and the eldest aunt regret that you should give more if you earn more?" ”

"What's the matter, you only give forty wen, where is the more?"

"Can't just give forty wen? If you earn more, you have to give more, and if you earn less, you will naturally have to give less, this month even the stall is not out, and a total of 40 wen has been sold, I haven't deducted the cost, so it's all given to grandma, and this grandma won't be too little, right? ”

Grandma Chu shook her hands, pointed at Shen Luzhu, her chapped lips opened and closed several times, but she didn't say anything, and finally clutched the forty copper plate tightly, turned around and was about to slam the door and go out, but was stopped by Shen Luzhu again.

"By the way, grandma, there is no stock at home, don't call me next time someone buys paper money, just send it away!"

Recently, it was the time when the farm was busy, Uncle Chu got three acres of land when he divided his family, and later purchased two acres, five acres of land only Uncle Chu and Uncle Wang's two people were busy working, and the recent autumn harvest was so busy that they couldn't touch the ground, and they hadn't been to the old house for a long time, so naturally they didn't have time to pay attention to the paper money stall.

On this day, the Wang family was busy working in the field with the man, and from a distance he heard someone calling him, standing on the ridge and looking, it was his mother-in-law!

Wang walked out of his field and greeted him: "Why is A-Niang here, but what's the matter?" ”

"You're embarrassed to ask, it's not that you have a bad idea, now you want money, but you don't have money, I'm still so angry with that Shen family! I shouldn't have listened to you stupid woman if I knew I wouldn't have been! After Grandma Chu went back, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and she didn't dare to tell Grandpa Chu that she really couldn't do it, so she came to find Wang.

Grandma Chu split her head and covered her face, and completely confused Wang, she was so old, and she was reprimanded by her mother-in-law on the street, and she felt very uncomfortable: "Auntie, you don't say anything, just scold you first, when will I give you any bad ideas!" ”

"You still don't admit it, don't you say that you care about the Shen family's asking for money? Didn't you open your mouth when you wanted it? It's good now, the Shen family doesn't come out of the stall, doesn't do business, doesn't even give money, and only gave me forty wen this month! Forty texts! What are you doing? ”

Grandma Chu's words were like a cannon, and she didn't care if Wang understood it or not, she just cared about her own relief first.

The Wang family has been very busy recently, she knew that the Shen family wanted to take a break for a while, but she didn't expect it to come out all the time: "A-Niang said that the Shen family only gave forty wen this month?" Didn't she say that she would give more, why did she only give forty wen? ”

"Otherwise, it's all your bad idea, don't talk more now, not even three taels! Don't bother with those useless things, let's talk about what to do now! "Grandma Chu's intestines are about to regret it, I knew that she shouldn't have listened to the Wang family in the first place!

"A-Niang, you wait for me for two days, and when the work in the field is finished, I will go with you to find the Shen family to reason! A-Niang rest assured, she doesn't want to lose this money! ”

By the time the Wang family finished the work in the field, it seemed that by the end of August, Shen Luzhu's stall still hadn't come out!

The Wang family was afraid that Shen Luzhu deliberately deceived them, so before returning to the old house, they went to the front of the Zhao family to take a stroll, and Zhao Cheng and his mother saw the Wang family, took the initiative to say hello, and asked her if she knew when the paper money stall was going to come out again?

Wang didn't look like a fake, he muttered in his heart, and on the way back, he went to the next yard, Chu Ping's father and mother were drying buds in the yard, and when they saw Wang enter the courtyard, Qian didn't seem to be surprised: "Why did my sister-in-law come over, something?" ”

"Ah, it's nothing, I'll go back to the old house to have a look, and I happened to pass by and come in to take a look at you, Chu Ping, is this kid not at home?" Wang entered the courtyard and looked around, but did not find Chu Ping, and asked as if unintentionally.

"Cousin-in-law, you don't know my family, it's very sad, I don't have a positive shape all day long, either follow a group of idlers to fool around, or sleep until lunch, day by day is not worry-free, some time ago I finally followed Ayi to do something serious, and I didn't wait for me to be happy for two days, this one is not out of the stall, and it will be beaten back to its original shape!"

Qian seemed to mention Chu Ping, and there were endless complaints, pulling Wang is to say, and in the end, Wang said that there was still something to do, and he had to hurry over to the old mansion, so he stopped talking.

Seeing that the Wang family was out of his yard, Chu Ping, who had not moved, opened his mouth: "Damn you, you are too good at nonsense, isn't it good for us to do this?" ”

Qian glanced at his man and continued to do the work in his hands: "What's wrong, what am I talking about?" ”

"Hasn't our son been successful recently?"

"It's because it's still successful, you have to say that, you forgot what your son said, he finally let Ayi bring the right path, but you can't let those who lack virtue stir up! If anyone asks again, you'll have to say the same thing as I do, do you hear? ”

After Qian finished speaking, he stopped talking to Chu Ping and his father, turned around and entered the stove room, thinking that his son should almost get up, so he reheated the breakfast, her family has closed the door at night recently, and quietly made copper coins to burn paper, Chu Ping is fine during the day, and he does it later at night, his son is motivated, and when A-Niang naturally has to do a good job of security!

This matter has to start with the Mid-Autumn Festival, the paper money stall next door has not been out, Qian saw that his son was about to change back to the old way before, so he asked Chu Ping to go over and ask, to see when the stall was going to come out, but the son went to stay for more than an hour, and when he came back, he mysteriously said about the matter next door.

said that they couldn't go out of the stall for a while, but they had to do it secretly first, and stock up for the Winter Clothes Festival and Spring Festival later, Chu Yi gave the money, and Zhao Cheng was responsible for buying the goods, so they went to get it at home at night while it was dark, and they didn't send it back when it was done, saying that they would wait for the stall to come out of the stall when they turned back, and then settle it together.

Chu Yi is the child they have seen since childhood, and his character is naturally trustworthy, and when he heard the reason for what his son said, the Qian family was also a little angry, Chu Grandma and the Wang family were inevitably a little bullying, especially this Wang family, they were all separated and separated, and they came back to stir up the peace, before the Qian family was a little unaccustomed to their mistreatment of the two Chu Yi brothers, but after all, it was not their own business, and they could only persuade a few words, and they couldn't listen to her, so they took care of the two brothers in private.

Now that I see that I have delayed my son's business, I have to scold him when I mention it, I am simply a troublemaker!

The Wang family came out of the courtyard of Chu Ping's house, and he was even more suspicious in his heart, originally thinking that the Shen family was just bluffing and wanted to deceive himself, but he didn't expect to ask around, and he felt like he was really going to quit, and he couldn't help but panic!

Recently, the family has been busy with farming, and Chu Yi has also been busy, Shen Luzhu wanted to make up for him, and was busy working in the stove room, when he saw Grandma Chu and Uncle Wang come in together.

"Yo, what good things are you doing for your nephew and daughter-in-law, or are you living a good life!"

Shen Luzhu listened to the strange movement of the Wang family, his face was not annoyed, he continued to look at the things in the pot, and replied with a smile: "It's not that the eldest aunt doesn't know, now the whole family is pointing at Chu Yi, and if he doesn't make up for his body, if he is tired, who will ask for money, do you say yes?" ”

The Wang family was choked by Shen Luzhu, so he simply stopped talking about some useless things, and went straight to the point: "Shen, Chu Yi is still only doing half a day's work now, but you didn't give the money you promised, if you really didn't want to do it at the beginning, you can just say it, what do you mean by agreeing and playing tricks again?" ”

"The niece and daughter-in-law did promise grandpa and grandma to give three taels of silver a month, but then it was not the eldest aunt and grandma who felt that it was inappropriate, saying that they would give money according to how much they earned in the future, and the more they earned, they should give more, and if they earn less, they will naturally have less, I just obey the elders, how did it get into the mouth of the eldest aunt, and it became a nephew and daughter-in-law? Could it be that the eldest aunt means that there can only be more and not less, how can there be such a truth in the world? ”

Wang also knew that what he said at the time was exploited, so he could only pull Shen Luzhu out of the stall and say something: "You just stopped the stall and didn't earn a penny, isn't this cheating?" ”

Shen Luzhu extinguished the fire in the stove, squatted on the ground and looked at the Wang family with a puzzled face: "We asked the family at the beginning, the elders felt bad, and the family refused to do it, so we did it ourselves. ”

Seeing that the Wang family was stunned, Grandma Chu took over the conversation: "Yes, that stall is your own private work, and the family doesn't participate, but Chu Yi only does half a day's work, and you only give forty wen a month, what is enough?" ”

"Grandma, this business, naturally there are profits and losses, it was just in time for the Midyear Festival, how can anyone buy paper money every day on ordinary days? The family has also done this business before, and I think grandma knows this, so she didn't agree to do this at home!

It doesn't matter if it's forty or sixty taels, it's too much or less, isn't it all according to the meaning of grandma and aunt? If grandma is only allowed to earn more, not less, then she really doesn't know what to do in this business! ”

As he was talking, Chu Yi came in from outside the door: "Ah Zhu, if Grandma really doesn't want to do this business, we won't do it!" ”