When Shen Luzhu first proposed to make grain basins and paper ties, Uncle Chu was not so agreeable, their funeral grain basins were prepared by the main family themselves, a few wooden sticks and a few pieces of white paper, what they could make by themselves, how could anyone spend silver money to buy it, losing money was still secondary, after all, it was not necessary to make a few grain basins, but I was afraid that the little couple would be busy enough, but in the end it was empty.

Chu Yi felt that it was nothing, how could he know that it would not work out if he didn't try it, especially after seeing Shen Luzhu's excited appearance, he couldn't say anything unsupportive.

Shen Luzhu naturally saw that Third Uncle Chu was talking and worried, although she knew the beauty of paper products, but she couldn't explain it to everyone, so she could only promise: "Third Uncle don't worry, let's try it first, if the effect is not good, we will not be entangled anymore." ”

If you simply make an ordinary grain basin, there is no difficulty, not to mention Chu Sanshu and Chu Yi, it is Chu Li and Chu Xiuxiu, and they can be made smoothly after seeing it, but the little couple now wants to sell it as a commodity, so it is naturally more refined and beautiful.

Different from the previous two times, the production of paper products, whether it is the selection of raw materials or the steps and methods of production, from the beginning of the small couple is in accordance with the workshop assembly line processing method to ponder, is thinking that if their own family can really promote this paper in the county, it must be processed in the workshop in the future, now think about one more step, but also save the trouble in the future, even if it does not work, there is no loss.

In addition to the paper paste on the outside and a little pigment, the most important thing is actually the skeleton of the paper tie product, in fact, the most suitable material for the skeleton is bamboo, which is very suitable for the needs of the paper skeleton in terms of weight and toughness.

Unfortunately, not to mention the local Xing'an County, that is, in the north of the entire Daqian, there is no bamboo growth, after experimenting with several kinds of wood and branches, Shen Luzhu decided to use willow branches and corn stalks to make the skeleton of paper products.

The toughness of the willow branch is very good, even after drying in the shade, it will not be easily broken, it needs to be bent and the arc-shaped part is used to make the skeleton, the dried straw is very light, not to mention, it is also very flammable, use it as the skeleton of the main body, even if it is a large paper product, it can easily follow the funeral procession, in the absence of bamboo, the combination of the two can also achieve the desired effect.

Considering that the production process needs to be folded repeatedly, and the water-containing thing such as paste is used, the toughness and waterproofness of the oil paper have become the key, and the place where it needs to be colored and fluffy is used, and the crepe paper is used to decorate.

After setting the materials, it is to try to make things perfect little by little, determine the size and shape, bind the skeleton and then paste the outer layer of paper, and finally color and air dry.

Although Uncle Chu has been paying attention to the progress of the little couple, he also knows that with such meticulous craftsmanship, the finished product must be much stronger than the one made by himself, but when he really saw the grain basin made by the little couple, he couldn't help but marvel.

In order to be better accepted, the small couple retained the size and basic shape of the original grain basin, but the appearance has been greatly improved, the original grain basin is made of white paper to make a rough appearance, and the small couple has made the porcelain pot and the appearance of the cereals more vivid, not only painted with some colors, even the graininess of the grain has imitated nearly fifty percent, and it looks like the real one from a distance.

"Like, too much! I am afraid that there will be no second one except you who can make the grain basin like this, and this thing will definitely be easy to sell, and it will be made at this time, but I plan to start selling it during the Winter Clothes Festival? ”

The craftsmanship was recognized by the third uncle Chu, and Shen Luzhu was very happy: "The third uncle said that it is easy to sell, then it will be good!" But at the moment, there is no hurry, I want to make a few more things out, and then put them in the shop together, with this grain basin to follow, other paper ties can be more easily understood and accepted. ”

Third Uncle Chu thought about that picture, nodded and agreed: "When the time comes, put more paper in the shop, that scene will definitely attract many neighbors." ”

The word "paper tie", the Chu family still learned it from Shen Luzhu's mouth, of course, as always, it was seen from the book, and the third uncle Chu also boasted at that time, I don't know who thought of this name, it is really appropriate.

In late September, the Winter Clothes Festival has not yet arrived, but the funeral of Chu Ji on Changqing Street has ushered in the peak season first, and the paper money shops in the county want to take advantage of the Winter Clothes Festival to earn him.

Thanks to the blessing of these paper money shops, the popularity of copper money burning paper in the county is more widespread, not to mention, even the popularity of the funeral with Chu Ji in the county is higher, and the little couple has made a lot of money through this winter clothes festival.

The business of the shops in the county town is good, and the workshop of the old house of the Chu family in the mountain village is very busy, and the people in the village see Jiang Quan in and out all day long, either driving the ox cart to the town to buy raw materials, or taking the convoy to deliver goods to the county seat.

There are people in the village who are developed, even if they have nothing to do with their own family, but when everyone chats about this matter after dinner, they are still happy, and they have a sense of honor when they talk about the Chu family.

If you have to say that there is something unpleasant about mentioning this matter, that is, those who have had bad friends with the Chu family before, among them, Grandpa Chu's family is the most uncomfortable.

Every time Grandpa Chu wanders around the village, he can hear how good his third son and second grandson are doing now, people are always like this, when others were only a little better than their own in the past, they were always jealous, and secretly scolded God in his heart for not having long eyes, how to let others go away with shit.

But now there is no comparison between the two families, but Grandpa Chu has lost the feeling of hating before, looking at Chu Ren, who was at home again, and the strange atmosphere at home, suddenly a trace of doubt arose, whether he and his wife were on the wrong side of the line, if they have been following Chu Yi, now they are afraid that they will also follow to the county to enjoy Qingfu.

Chu Ji funeral business boom, will naturally attract the attention of peers, early November when the small couple continued to study the paper, the county suddenly appeared in the imitation of copper money burning paper, the paper money shop called Yang Ji, also started the wholesale of copper money burning paper, burning paper is exactly the same, not to mention, even the wholesale price to other merchants, are compared with the small couple here, pressing the price of the Chu family, the Chu family sells twenty-five Wen, they will be twenty-three Wen a knife.

The Yang family's paper money shop is relatively large in the county, in addition to the paper money shop also sells incense candles and tombstones, etc., and has its own workshop, but in addition to the trading of tombstones, incense candles and paper money are mainly wholesale business.

When the Chu family shop first opened, it actually did not attract the attention of the Yang family, the county is so big, and there are many people doing business, today a new paper money shop has been opened, and two more have been closed tomorrow, which is a common trivial thing for the Yang family, a big shop that mainly does wholesale.

Noticed that the Chu family was still around the end of September, most of the shops in the county town had entered the copper money burned paper to sell, the better the sales of copper money burned paper, the more affected the yellow burned paper operated by the Yang family, and the wholesale volume was decreasing for a month.

Yang Fangwen, the boss of the Yang family, went out for only half an hour, and then returned to his house with a solemn expression: "Daddy, I went to take a look, although what the next person said was exaggerated, but the Chu family's business is really good, this is not yet the Winter Clothes Festival, but there are more people in the shop than any other company that does paper money trading, and my son has also seen a lot of familiar faces, all of whom are shop owners who have been buying goods in our house before." ”

When the old man of the Yang family was young, he and his brothers broke out of a family business together, but after the days were booming, the brothers were separated from each other, and they had a lot of trouble for the sake of interests, and finally they could only break up the gang, and the old man Yang got the money and reopened the paper money shop.

"What's the origin of this Chu Ji, his paper money is cheaper than ours?"

The second Yang Fangwu has always been more thoughtful, as early as when he learned that the old man called the boss to inquire about the news, he also took the first step, in order to show himself, he directly grabbed Yang Fangwen's words, and said directly: "Daddy, I have paid attention to this Chu Ji before, he moved it from the village of Changshui Town below, his paper money is a little special, it is different from what we have seen, and it is more expensive to sell, I heard that it is also 25 yuan a knife to buy goods." ”

"Twenty-five wen and a knife? What paper money is more expensive to buy than yellow burnt paper in bulk, and someone really buys it? ”

Yang Fangwu continued: "It is called copper money to burn paper. ”

Old Man Yang nodded, and then said angrily at the eldest son: "Boss, what have you done every day, the second child has long been paying attention, what about you?" Just like you, how can I rest assured that I will hand over the shop to you! ”

The boss Yang Wenwu quietly glared at the second child on the side, and said in his heart that this is a clear matter, and he needs to pay attention to it in advance, if he doesn't get it, he just went out to inquire, so he can have a lot of eyes, but he doesn't dare to complain at all, so he can only bow his head and admit his mistake: "My son will pay more attention in the future, if he could have known earlier, he would definitely have discussed it with Daddy immediately, and it would not be like this." By the way, there is actually another way for his family to say that it is called paper ingots, but this one is only sold to retail investors, and his son has bought some back, do you want to take a look? ”

Yang Fangwen's words immediately made Yang Fangwen's face change, isn't this just saying that he deliberately concealed it and didn't report it, he looked up at the old man Yang who was glaring at him, he was indignant in his heart, but he didn't dare to make a mistake.

The youngest son, Yang Fangsheng, nested in the chair and watched the two brothers fight beautifully.

The old man of the Yang family took the two kinds of paper money handed over by his eldest son and took a look, it was indeed very different: "These two sell well?" ”

"That's good."

"Let's talk about it, what should I do?"

Yang Fangwen didn't want to be robbed of the opportunity by the second child, and said busily: "I heard that their family is not sold to the paper ingots of other shops because the manpower and scale of the workshop are not enough, it is better for the son to talk to the boss of Chu Ji, we took over the processing of this paper ingot, the two cooperated, or directly bought his recipe, this paper ingots son looks at it to make more money than the copper coin burning paper." ”