Chapter 249
As soon as the coffins painted by the Chu family and the auspicious clouds and cranes and the colorful deer of the sacred birds were displayed, they attracted a lot of attention in the county.
As the saying goes, I have never eaten pork, I have always seen pigs run, ordinary people in the county do funerals at home, although few people will spend a lot of money to buy those beautifully carved coffins, but in the end it is the county seat, there are many rich businessmen and squires, those rich people do red and white things, the favorite is to take the wedding or funeral procession, around the main street of the county, so as to show their own heritage, plus there is such a family as Sun Ji in the county, specializing in the coffin of the rich business, the types of coffins that the residents of Xing'an County have seen will naturally not be a minority.
But what makes people feel strange is this, we all know that Chu Ji's family moved to the county seat from the village below, and has always done the business that is oriented to ordinary people, with small profits and quick turnover, so after seeing these coffins, many people are a little puzzled, this Chu family will still do these things that can only be used by rich people, is it possible that it is also like the Sun family in the early years, and plans to do the rich man's business?
Some people watched and discussed, and some people couldn't suppress their curiosity and asked, "I said, this guy, brother, why are all these new coffins in your house with patterns?"
Without waiting for Gao Tongshan to reply, someone speculated to himself: "Shouldn't you also learn from the Sun family, look down on the business of us ordinary people, and specialize in the business of the rich and noble family in the future!"
The others didn't know what was going on, and when they heard this, they frowned disapprovingly and said, "Your family is also from that countryside, why do you look down on us, you can't be like this."
"That's it, don't look at the material of your coffin, the Sun family is all precious wood, stone, it is said that there is a coffin spread in the heirloom, which is made of whole jade, and you don't see what kind of expensive material it is."
Gao Tongshan was a little depressed, these people didn't even enter the shop to take a closer look, they just stood in front of the door, opened their mouths far away and began to talk nonsense, not even giving him a chance to interject, thinking of this, he turned around angrily and walked back a few steps, took a standing card on the counter in the shop and came out directly in front of everyone.
The crowd who was still in a position to speak was a little stunned in an instant, and they didn't understand what Chu Ji's guy was doing, so they were a little displeased, and they said timidly, "What are you doing...... What are you doing, why are you still beating people in your family?"
Gao Tongshan Tiger stretched out his hand with a face and knocked on the standing card: "What are you doing, look here."
Only then did those people find that there were still a lot of words written on the sign, and some illiterate people hurriedly tugged at the sleeves of the people next to them: "What is written on this?"
"Oh, that's the price of those coffins."
The illiterate man was puzzled and said, "What are you doing with this?"
"Who's to say it's not, alas! That's not right, why is your coffin with patterns so cheap, just one or a half taels more expensive than those ordinary ones?"
"Other people's coffins are expensive, but your family doesn't lose money like this?"
Gao Tongshan saw that everyone had seen the content of the sign clearly, so he accepted the sign and said, "Why don't you have to be in front of people's doors, look at it from such a distance, you have to talk nonsense if you can't see clearly, come and come, come in with me and take a look clearly."
Gao Tongshan said and led everyone to the coffin displayed in the shop: "Some of the other people's houses are carved, but this one in mine is painted with paint, although the methods are different, but they are all handicrafts, and they are all very exquisite. Our boss said that our coffin was sold to the same flat-headed boss as them, and this price naturally can't be sold expensive, and each bottle is only half a tael more expensive, all of which should be the cost of a pigment."
"Huh? Then why is your family spending all this effort to lose money and make money?"
Gao Tongshan looked like he was whispering, and the actual volume was not much smaller: "Brother, let me tell you this, let's open the door to do business, how can we lose money to do it, don't you say?" But my family is honest, they are from a poor family in the countryside, and now that life is better, they always want to help others, this painted coffin is, they are thinking that this good thing can't only be cheap Those rich people are not, why can't we people use it?
However, the craftsmanship of carving does have to use good precious materials, and other people are expensive and have their own reasons, but he can't either
I put the money upside down, buy the expensive ones and sell them cheaply, this is not the boss lady came up with an idea, replace the carved ones with paintings, and put up some paint money, but it can give the neighbors a benefit, the coffin is still making money, but earning less, just thinking that our ordinary people can also use some good things, right?
If you don't believe me, look at me, my right hand is crippled, who can ask me to be a buddy in the shop, but look at our owner, I used me without saying a word, it's not that people are good-hearted and sincere."
Don't look at Gao Tongshan was originally a craftsman who worked all day long, but the kung fu of fooling people on this mouth was not bad at all, the little couple did say that they couldn't sell it too expensive, and they also thought that the family would continue to do ordinary people's business, and not go to rob the rich with the Sun family, but it was not the same as what he said at all.
As soon as Gao Tongshan's words came out, he directly raised the image of the little couple in the hearts of everyone to a high level, not to mention, and was stunned that he didn't offend the boss of the expensive coffins of the Sun family at all, everyone looked at his obviously crippled right hand, and couldn't help but sigh: "I can't imagine that the boss of this family, people are so good!"
Gao Tongshan echoed: "No."
As he was talking, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Song He, who was looking inside at the door of the shop, and raised his voice: "Song boy, why don't you stay in the shop in the east honestly, what are you doing when you run out? Beware of showing the owner that you have lost the money."
When Song He was selling paper money in the shop, he kept hearing the noise at the end of the shop in the west of his house, and finally sent the guests away, and as soon as he came out, he heard Gao Tongshan fooling these people, and he didn't care if he was discovered, and said with a smile: "Uncle Gao, don't worry, although I listen to you, my eyes have been looking at the shop, I won't lose it, you continue to do the work, I'll go back."
Saying that, Song He ran all the way back to the east shop and didn't come out again. It's just that Gao Tongshan didn't know, Uncle Chu just came in in a wheelchair in the shop on the east side, and when he saw Song He coming in from outside, he asked casually, but Song He didn't say a word, and learned what he had just heard, which made Uncle Chu shake his head and laugh, and sighed that this guy newly recruited by his nephew and his family was really a talent.
The little couple in the West Courtyard naturally knew about it from Uncle Chu's mouth, and they were a little crying and laughing, they recruited these two guys at the beginning, in addition to valuing Gao Tongshan to understand the coffin, they mainly relied on the eye, but they didn't expect some unexpected surprises.
At noon, when Shen Luzhu came to deliver lunch to the two guys, Song He also made a small suggestion to her: "Boss, let's set up a bigger sign in front of the door, and write down the price of these paper money and coffins at home, so that the big guys can know as soon as they walk by, and save those who don't know the truth, and say something that they don't have."
Gao Tongshan originally wanted to say that he brought those people into the shop, but after thinking about it, what if people didn't say it in front of them, so he agreed: "Yes, boss, Song Xiaozi is right, so that those who didn't enter our shop can also know about these new coffins in our house."
Shen Luzhu felt that it was just a brand, it was not a big deal, and there were a lot of planks in his own west courtyard, so he nodded and responded, and after turning his head back, he told Chu Yi about it.
"Okay, the wood in the west courtyard is ready-made, I'll pick a suitable one in the afternoon."
The trading of the coffin shop is not like other transactions, and those who need it may go in to take a look, and most of the funeral supplies will only go in if they are in need, but Gao Tongshan's half-truths and half-truths this time, coupled with the extremely eye-catching big sign standing at the door, have brought a lot of attention and topics to Chu Ji's coffin.
With the attention, the sales in the shop will naturally go up, most of the people in the county are richer than the people in the village, and it is not difficult to spend half a tael or one or two to buy a more exquisite coffin, and it is not difficult to give the elders of their own immortals, and for a while, Chu Ji's coffin quietly became popular in the county.
Shen Luzhu struck while the iron was hot, and conceived a lot of pictures suitable for painting on the coffin, drew sketches one by one, kept them in the west courtyard, and changed some new patterns to paint on the coffin from time to time, and the composition and drawing area became more and more daring
In the courtyard of the courtyard, re-paint and cover, re-draw the picture, but I don't think this coffin is still being bought by someone...
The coffin was bought by an old lady, with long silver-white hair combed very straight, wearing a brand-new gown, but her back was already a little hunched, and she was not very neat when she walked, and she was helped into the coffin shop by her children and grandchildren.
I don't know if it's getting older and getting worse and worse, the old lady always feels that she is going to die soon, so she not only prepares a shroud, shoes and socks for her family, but also asks her children and grandchildren to lead her to personally select the coffin, saying that she will live in the future, and she must choose one that she is satisfied with.
So as soon as she entered the shop, the old lady was attracted by the unique coffin, and then it seemed that other coffins could no longer enter the eyes, it was noon, the little couple changed two guys to the side to have lunch, looking at the old man who walked out of the door of the shop after buying the coffin, Shen Luzhu was very emotional, I don't know if I will be lucky enough to face life and death so calmly like the old lady in the future.
At that time, Shen Luzhu didn't know that this coffin that was accidentally sold brought them a lot of unexpected surprises.