"Can't be blended together, then if it's dried, after drying, apply a layer of tung oil on the outside, I remember that on the printing plate of our silver ticket money, don't you apply tung oil? I just don't know if it's good to ignite it after doing this, it should be okay, right? ”

Shen Luzhu suddenly thought of oil painting, after the paint dries, another layer of varnish is applied on it, which can not only protect the color of the pigment, but also add luster, although the nature of the two is different, but it should still be possible to increase a little luster by this.

"Well, but if you use a large amount, it may not be easy to buy in the future."

Tung oil is a kind of seed extraction called tung oil tree, this tree likes the sun and light but does not tolerate water and moisture, and can only grow in a few warm and dry southern, very valuable. Only a few state capitals can grow in large quantities, so tung oil is not only not cheap in price, but can only be purchased in large quantities by shipyards and paint factories that have obtained the permission of the imperial court.

Ordinary people want to buy, not only the price is much higher, but also rely on luck, even then you can only buy a little, so the price of dry paint is also very high, which is also an important reason why many ordinary people's coffins are not painted.

Ningchuan Mansion is located in the northernmost part of Daqian, and there is no such tree growing since then, so compared to other places, this tung oil is even more difficult to buy.

"The third uncle in the family went to the south in the early years to buy it, but there are still a lot, Ah Zhu can use it first, and then we will find a way." Chu Yi rubbed his wife's head soothingly.

"It's still not necessary, let's think of other ways, anyway, the shop is not particularly anxious to get a new one, it's a big deal to not be oiled, in fact, it's not too bad."

"Okay, listen to my family."

The matter of gold and silver ingots had to be temporarily put on hold, and the paper money shop opened again in March, and there was still a period of time before the Qingming Festival, and the work in the shop was not too busy.

On this day, Shen Luzhu was looking at the shop and teaching Xiuxiu a new embroidery pattern, when he saw the eldest aunt Wang hurriedly entered the courtyard, this is the first time since the temple fair, Wang has come to the door!

Grandma Chu waited for Wang's for half a month, she was so anxious that she didn't dare to mention it to others, looking forward to the stars and the moon, and looking forward to the big bubbles at the corners of her mouth for two rounds, but she was looking forward to Wang's coming!

"Why did you come back? That's your son, why is he so unhurried! Can you get something back? Grandma Chu pulled the Wang family into the main room, and when she saw that there was no one on the left and right, she dared to count the Wang family.

"Auntie, how can I not be in a hurry, I'm dying! But in the end, this thing was given to the Li family, I can't figure out any reason, I can't go up and grab it! ”

Wang went to the town in a hurry to ask for a pendant before, thinking that even if he couldn't return on the same day, he would always be able to return to the village after three or four days, but whoever wanted to go for nearly half a month, he really couldn't think of any good reason, coupled with the current situation of the Li family, Wang opened his mouth several times and swallowed it back.

"And you got it back?"

Wang took out the pendant from his cuffs and handed it to Grandma Chu: "In the end, I really didn't have a trick, so I could only make up a nonsense and push everything on my mother's family, I said that my brother's brother over there was shouting to divide the family, and my brother and daughter-in-law knew that there was such a thing, so I had to take it back and divide it again!" Li reluctantly gave it to me, for this matter, I am now not a person inside and outside! ”

"Then who are you relying on, it's not that you are greedy, and you boast that it is passed down from your mother's family, don't push it to your mother's family, where to push it!"

The Wang family was so stunned by Grandma Chu that they couldn't speak, and only prayed that their mother's family would not know about it!

The most important thing at the moment is to return this hot potato as soon as possible, Grandma Chu didn't want to say more, but said: "Since you got it back, why don't you return it quickly?" ”

"A-Niang, the Cui family hasn't been so long, this pendant can't be thrown on her grave, if it is lost again, she will rely on us again......" Wang is really afraid, and the main reason is that she doesn't dare to go to Cui's grave to return it, who knows if Cui's will do something because of anger!

"And what do you mean?"

"The daughter-in-law thought, or we will return it to Chu Yide, and it is just right for him to return his aunt's things to him!"

Grandma Chu glanced at Wang, and regretted more and more that she had married this stupid mother-in-law to her own boss: "Return Chu Yi? Why did you tell him that you stole his aunt's relics back then? You're crazy! ”

"Of course, it can't be said explicitly, A-Niang helps her daughter-in-law think of a way, why don't you give this thing to Chu Yi, and don't let him suspect us, if he knows, it's not just me when the time comes, A-Niang, don't you have to be complained!"

The Wang family has no idea, so they can only drag Grandma Chu to death, if they can't hide this matter, they can't be scolded by themselves!

Grandma Chu was so angry with the Wang family, but there was no way to take her, the only hope at the moment was to think of a good excuse that would not make Chu Yi suspicious, and return this thing to him, otherwise the later it is delayed, the more unfavorable it will be to Chu Ren!

In the next two days, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law got together alone and muttered when they had nothing to do, and they didn't know if there was a good way to discuss it, but they only knew that at dinner on the seventh day of the third lunar month, Grandma Chu suddenly said that she would have a family cleaning the next day.

Without waiting for others to speak, Grandpa Chu was the first to vote against: "Right now, spring ploughing is busy, what are you tossing in a good way?" ”

Grandma Chu didn't obey Grandpa Chu as before: "It's not warm, you have to clean up." Your man's family should be busy, the Shen family should also go to your shop, the eldest daughter-in-law will come back to help, plus me and Xiuxiu, it's enough! ”

The matter of cleaning was decided at the insistence of Grandma Chu. The next day, the Wang family really came to the old house to help clean up as Grandma Chu said.

Chu Yi was making a coffin in the backyard, and Shen Luzhu was in a daze in the shop, thinking that it seemed that the eldest aunt and grandmother were going to take action.

The eldest aunt helped clean up all morning, had lunch together in the old house at noon, the elders drank tea in the hall, and Shen Luzhu and Chu Yi went back to the house to rest. As soon as I entered the room, I saw a blue handkerchief on the kang cabinet, and it seemed that something was still wrapped in it.

Chu Yi stepped forward to lift the veil, only to see that it was the relics of Chu Yi's mother, Cui's relic, the pendant inlaid with silver edges and shaped like a poached egg, Chu Yi put it in his hand for a long time, and stepped forward to hug his wife in front of him.

"Thank you, my family, Azhu!"

Shen Luzhu hugged Chu Yi and patted him on the back: "I said I wanted to bring it back for you!" ”

Things have to go back to the gold and silver ingots, when the young couple was looking for colored paper and paints in the shop in the town, they once met an old man with a goatee who set up a fortune teller stall on the side of the street.

The old man stopped the little couple who had just come out of the shop, saying that he was looking at the face and wanted to calculate a hexagram for the two, Shen Luzhu was so big, he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, so he was a little curious, so he took two steps forward and talked.

"How much silver does it cost to calculate a hexagram?"

The old man touched his beard and said with a smile: "Fortune telling, only take a hundred texts, but change the way and solve the matter, it has to be calculated separately, depending on the size of the matter, the cultivation depends on the loss." ”

Shen Luzhu looked at Chu Yi beside him and sat down on the chair in front of the stall: "Can anything be solved?" ”

"Girl, let's talk about it first."

"I don't count, I don't count here, sir, can you go where I say and count someone else's hexagram?" I'll give you two taels of silver. ”

When the old man with the goatee heard this, he sat down and looked at Shen Luzhu for a long time: "The old man doesn't do anything that hurts the heavens and harms reason and seeks people's lives!" ”

"Sir, I just need you to say four words to that person, and I won't interfere with anything else."

"What four words?"

"Return to its rightful owner!"

The old man stroked his goatee and suddenly smiled: "Don't worry, girl, the old man will help the girl find the lost things, but I also have to ask the girl to tell the old man about the stealing love!" ”

"It's nature."

But then again, this goatee old man is also a little capable, Shen Luzhu just told him about the general appearance of the eldest uncle, and on February 19, they will go to Qizen Temple to ask for a sign and pray for Chu Ren's imperial examination. At that time, he needs to calculate a hexagram for the eldest aunt at the temple fair, and this old man actually followed this information and lived with the eldest aunt and Grandma Chu, so that they were convinced of it, which is really powerful!

I forgot where I saw it in my previous life, the masters who set up the stalls to tell fortunes are actually masters of psychology and linguistics!

After lunch, the eldest aunt Wang not only didn't leave, but also stayed in the hall to drink tea together, Shen Luzhu guessed that she might be afraid that she and Chu Yi would find something and ask over, so she thought of a rhetoric and waited for them to go over in the hall!

In this case, if the play is to be performed in full, they naturally have to go to the hall and ask questions.

Shen Luzhu took his things and went to the hall with Chu Yi: "Grandma, grandma, granddaughter-in-law just went back to the house and found this on the kang cabinet, but who left it in our house?" ”

Grandma Chu had already thought of a statement with Wang, and said unhurriedly: "This, this is what I swept out of the cracks under the cabinet when I cleaned up the house, and I put it on the cabinet in your house!" ”

"But this pendant is not granddaughter-in-law's, I haven't seen it, is grandma mistaken, could it be the eldest aunt dropped, I see this handkerchief is a little familiar, the eldest aunt seems to have the same before?"

After speaking, Shen Luzhu stretched out his hand and leaned the handkerchief and pendant towards Wang's eyes: "Uncle Niang, take a look, can you recognize it?" ”

When Wang saw the pendant, it was as if he had seen some terrible object, and he retreated again and again: "No, it's not mine." ”

"Uncle hasn't seen it yet......"

Grandma Chu stopped Shen Luzhu's hand: "It's not yours, it's your aunt's, your house turned out to be the second and the second, take it back and keep it." ”

"So that's the case, and the granddaughter-in-law accepted it."

It wasn't until the little couple left the hall and disappeared behind the door of the east wing that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were completely relieved, but they sent the hot potato back.

While breathing a sigh of relief, I can't help but fantasize about a better life in the future. The thing is returned, the black luck or something should be gone, and now the bad luck in the family should always be dispersed, and Chu Ren's road to the imperial examination should be smooth, after all, he is recognized by Mr. Xuetang and the fortune teller!

Maybe I will be able to go to high school again in August this year, and the day of the Chu family's glorious lintel is coming soon!

After March 20, more and more people came to Chu's shop to buy paper money, and the life of the young couple became busy again.

Shen Luzhu's copper coin burned paper has been sold for almost a year, and it has become more and more popular in several nearby villages, and after the Spring Festival, the aunts and daughters-in-law of each family, and the villages have visited relatives and friends, and the reputation has spread farther and farther.

The business is getting better and better, the Chu and Shen families and people like Zhao Cheng and Chu Ping are happy, and most of the people in the village are also very excited, it has only been less than a year, and the Chu family has begun to stand up, and now we will talk about the Chu family who bought the coffin in the mountain village, except for the unlucky things in his family in the past few years, who must not say that Chu Yi's little two are capable people!

But this is the case these days, there are always a few happy and a few sad, the better the business of the paper money shop, the more depressed some people are, such as the lobby sister Chu Fang, and then those who have discussed with Chu Yi and Shen Luzhu.

As soon as the Xie family's aunt bought paper money from the other side of the river and returned to the village, she was stopped by Ai Pozi, who was washing clothes on the bank: "Yo, he's Aunt Xie, is this going to the opposite side to buy burning paper?" ”

"What about the sister-in-law of the Ai family? Isn't this going to be clear, buy some burning paper! ”

Aunt Zhang, who was washing clothes next to her, said: "The little daughter-in-law of the Chu family, Shen, if you want to talk about relatives, you can count yourself as your niece, why do you have to spend money to buy it with some burning paper?" ”

The mothers-in-law in the village just love to talk, the east family and the west family are short, and the aunt of the Xie family doesn't care: "Sister-in-law of the Zhang family, you have said it, when it comes to relatives, we are the elders of the family, how can there be such a cheap reason." ”

The man of the Xie family's aunt is the younger brother of Shen Luzhu's maternal uncle, Xie Shi, if you have to talk about it, it is indeed Shen Luzhu's elder.

Ai Pozi put down the mallet in her hand: "If you want me to say, I really looked away, at the beginning, those matchmakers, told Chu Jia Erlang how many girls they had, you don't all think that people are poor, there are too many oil bottles, but you see what is going on now, people are up, or you have to have a craft, you see this business is booming, I just don't have a daughter, if you want it, I want this son-in-law!" Hey, he Xie family aunt, how can I remember that the matchmaker also went to your house, and it was the third girl you said at the time, right? ”