Chapter 281 - 157: The Granary’s Demon Plague
Days flowed like water; a month passed in the blink of an eye.
The funeral shop welcomed and sent off; it handled seven burial services, two funeral rites, and some miscellaneous funeral trade.
Xu Qing gauged the customer flow and constantly improved his business strategy.
Those who had the ability to seek his funeral services were mostly affluent families; occasionally, someone from a modest background would visit, but they were ordinary families without the worry of meals.
However, those disaster victims and beggars would, in any case, never patronize his shop to arrange affairs after their demise.
To avoid losing potential customers, Xu Qing specially put a new notice on the city gate bulletin board, while also widely promoting under the dry bridge where refugees and beggars often gathered, in dilapidated houses, abandoned temples, and the like.
These days, the Jianghu eight sects have so many disciples that the Imperial Court can’t manage them all, and those beggars with skills in performing and singing folk songs are quite outstanding in their capabilities. After accepting Xu Qing’s gratuity, they widely spread the word about his funeral shop, proclaiming it everywhere.
Nowadays, as long as someone passes under the dry bridge, they can always hear the sound of beggars performing and singing there. These beggars are very savvy and don’t sing these gloomy verses while begging for food. Instead, they perform them as an entertainment when idle.
Right now, beside Shuimen Bridge, beggars are performing:
"Crippled beggar froze to death at the City God temple,
He borrowed incense candles and borrowed a cart.
During his life, he rarely ate his fill,