In the middle of September, there is still more than a decade before the Winter Clothes Festival, and other paper money shops are often still in the stage of warming up and preparing for the Winter Clothes Festival, but the shop that sells paper money in the east courtyard of the Chu family has been crowded.

Fortunately, most of the workshops in the backyard of the Chu family's old house are used to make paper ingots, and the supply is not a problem, but it is hard to work for Jiang Quan, who is responsible for purchasing materials and delivering goods to the county.

Since the paper money shop entered the peak season, Shen Luzhu temporarily stopped painting the coffin, and helped the busy Song He with Chu Xiuxiu here every day, this day Shen Luzhu was busy in the east shop, and I heard Song He, who had just gone out to help a boss load the goods, came in and said, "Boss, the Jiang brothers are here."

As soon as Shen Luzhu looked up, he saw Jiang Quan carrying the paper money into the shop, followed by many brothers from the Lin Ji team: "Cousin-in-law, I'll move this paper money to the back warehouse first, and I'll come out to talk to you later."

"Okay, take your time, don't rush."

After moving all the paper money into the warehouse, Shen Luzhu took some reward money for everyone in the team, invited everyone to drink tea, and then took Jiang Quan to the hall, and he went to Jiang Juan, who was doing embroidery work, and Chu Yi, who was making coffins in the west courtyard.

Jiang Juan heard that her brother was coming, so she hurriedly put down the work in her hand and ran out: "If I'm not mistaken, it's not the time to deliver the goods later, how is Daddy and Auntie doing, her health is fine, the family's cultivated land should be harvested in autumn, remember to ask Daddy to hire a few laborers in the village to help, don't tire yourself."

Jiang Quan looked at his sister left and right, and said with a smile: "Sister, don't worry, Daddy and Auntie have me to take care of them, and I have already found someone to help in the field, let's not talk about this, cousin and sister-in-law, I came here in advance this time, I have something to tell you."

Chu Yi refilled the teacup that Jiang Quanqian had just drunk before he said, "But what happened to the workshop?"

Jiang Quan shook his head and said: "It's not over there, the workshop and Brother Chu Ping's shop are all good, it was yesterday afternoon, Yuanshuang's sister-in-law's aunt Fat Aunt went to the house, saying that when she was chatting with people in the village, she met a stranger in the village to inquire about you, and the fat aunt said that she didn't think those two people were like good things, so she stopped the villagers who wanted to talk and sent the two people away.

Shen Luzhu was a little puzzled: "Inquire about us? Could it be that people from other villages went to the village to ask because they were curious about what we were doing in the county town now?"

"No, cousin-in-law, the fat aunt said, those two people just inquired about the location of the Chu family's old house at first, whether there was a shop, where the workshop was, and when they saw someone talking, they began to ask you about the previous things, not like ordinary curious and chatting villagers."

Hearing this, Chu Yi asked, "Fat aunt, can you tell me what characteristics those two people have, their clothes or appearance?"

Jiang Quan replied: "Fat Aunt only seems to have said that those two people are not dressed up in our village, but they don't look like they are from a rich family, I don't know about the rest, I was not there at the time, maybe I said what Brother Ping forgot to tell me, if my cousin wants to know, I will go back and ask Fat Auntie, it will be very fast, and I will be able to come over early in the morning."

Chu Yi waved his hand and said, "No, I'm just asking casually, what to toss, even if the fat aunt remembers, we don't necessarily know who the other party is."

"But ......"

Shen Luzhu also persuaded him: "Just listen to your cousin, the brothers in the team have already left, you can stay at home for a few days, and accompany your sister and Xiaobao well."

"If you want to eat anything at night, my cousin will go to the restaurant to order it later."

Jiang Quan smiled and said, "Cheng, then I will listen to my cousin and sister-in-law, stay at home for a few days and then go back to the village."

For the two people who went to the village to inquire about their affairs, the little couple was private

Li also guessed for a long time, but there was no evidence, and he didn't know what the other party was asking about their previous affairs, and the speculation could only be speculation.

Around the Winter Clothes Festival, when the Chu family was busy buying and selling their own paper money, Shen Luzhu's painting coffin quietly became popular again.

The reason was to buy the old lady who was brown and red, painted with golden auspicious cloud pattern nanmu coffin, and Shen Luzhu also learned from the mouths of the neighbors that the old lady's family name was Meng, and the man who accompanied her from the family shop that day and called her "A-Niang" was not the son of Mrs. Meng, but her son-in-law.

This Mrs. Meng's family was originally in this county, in the early years, the man did some small business, and the family was still worry-free, the old couple only gave birth to a son and a daughter, and when they grew up, they all found good relatives, but the good times did not last long, after Mrs. Meng's wife left, the only son naturally inherited the small business of the family, but he was not a businessman, but a few years the family property was ruined.

In the early years, the family life was not bad, and the married daughter would give herself some filial piety from time to time, Mrs. Meng still had some private money in her hands, and the family business could not go on, but life always had to go on, so Mrs. Meng would use those private houses from time to time to supplement the family.

But even if there is a mountain of gold and silver, it can't stand to dig out every day, and after a long time, Mrs. Meng will be strapped for money, and as soon as the days are poor, the true face of the daughter-in-law's son's greed and selfishness will be gradually exposed, and then after finding that she can't get the money from her hands, she directly kicked the old lady out of the house and sent her sister's house.

The daughter and son-in-law of Mrs. Meng are filial piety, and they have been safe and sound in the past few years, until a few days ago, Mrs. Meng's health is getting worse and worse, and she went peacefully one night.

Mrs. Meng went, and her daughter naturally wanted to inform the only male member of the Meng family, knowing the virtues of her brother, and the two of them did not plan to leave the old lady's funeral in the hands of others, and the family that should handle it had already been handled, but they didn't expect to underestimate the shamelessness of the Meng family's son, they were not only indifferent to A-Niang's funeral, but even had other ideas.

The son and daughter-in-law of the Meng family actually clamored that the daughter and son-in-law of the Meng family had embezzled Mrs. Meng's private house, saying that it was the property of the Meng family, and that when Mrs. Meng was still at home, she could take out a few taels of silver every month to make up for it.

The daughter and son-in-law of the Meng family were already very dissatisfied with what the two of them had done for so many years, how could they agree to such a scoundrel's request, and no longer pay attention to them and plan to give Mrs. Meng a funeral at home, but the two people forced the funeral procession directly on the street, blocked the road for a long time, and finally the government came forward to quell this farce.

Such a shocking thing naturally attracted a lot of people in the county town to watch, and everyone scolded Mrs. Meng's son and daughter-in-law at the same time, many people also noticed that the coffin that was forced to park on the street, reddish-brown and painted with golden auspicious cloud patterns, only to know that it was the coffin of Chu Ji's funeral on Changqing Street.

This matter has caused a lot of trouble in the county, and it has been a verbal conversation for several days, and Sun Ji's nephew Sun Zhang, who was left in the county town and took care of his ancestral coffin shop, naturally also knew, but this farce was just an ear for him, but it was the coffin that was said to be very special, which aroused his little interest.

The people of the Sun family will naturally inquire about the things that the main family is interested in, and this is not a secret, but in an hour, the name of Chu Ji's funeral reached Sun Zhang's ears.

Recently, it is just in time for the Winter Clothes Festival, and the paper money shop in the east courtyard is busy, but there is no difference between the west courtyard and usual.

When there are no guests in the coffin shop, Gao Tongshan will move a chair and sit in front of the shop, while continuing to take care of the shop, while helping some guests in the shop next to him who have bought more, loading the car and taking the handle.

"Auntie, slow down."

As soon as Gao Tongshan stretched out his hand to help him, the white-haired lady who came out of the paper money shop looked up and saw a man with extraordinary bearing, walking straight towards this side from across the street.

Gao Tongshan glanced at the carriage and coachman waiting behind the man, and when he looked at the man again, the man had already come to the bottom of the steps in front of the shop.

Seeing this, Gao Tongshan hurriedly stepped forward and greeted: "Childe is here to see the coffin? Come on, come on, it's very cold outside, come inside and see."

Sun Zhang walked unhurriedly, and after going up the steps, he first stopped for a moment in front of the big standing sign marked with the price, and then walked into the coffin shop called Chu Ji under the guidance of Gao Tongshan.

There are nine coffins in the middle of the shop, which are similar to ordinary coffin shops, and most of the materials are pine and cypress, but some of them are painted with patterns or good patterns on them.

Sun Zhang walked around these coffins, and after looking at them one by one, his eyes moved to the layout of the entire shop.

"Childe, don't look at the affordable sale of my coffin, the materials used are all ordinary wood, and each tree is personally picked by our owner, so it is guaranteed to be a whole piece of wood.

And you look at our craft, the thickness of the wood is uniform, the surface is smoother than the mirror, you reach out and touch the texture so against it, whether it is the grain on the wood itself or the inlay gap, you can't feel it at all.

The most important thing is that our coffin has characteristics, look at these pictures and decorations, they are all painted by the owner himself, not to mention the meaning, isn't it?"

Seeing that the other party nodded lightly and didn't talk, this kind of performance, if it is said to be dissatisfied, but it is very careful, but it is not very similar if it is said to be satisfied.

Combined with his dress, Gao Tongshan felt that this person must be the son of the wealthy family, so it must be impossible to be dissatisfied because of the price, could it be because the material is too ordinary?

So he continued to sell: "If Childe thinks that this pine and cypress are more ordinary, we still have Nanmu materials, if this Nanmu can't get into your eyes, I still have an idea for the small one."

If you are not in a hurry, wait a few days, and then ask my owner to find you a few more expensive pieces of wood, and it will be possible to make a special one, but at this price, it is so much more expensive than these already made."