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Chapter 192: Famous Scenes That Test Humanity

Qiao Yicheng and his younger brother Qiao Qiqi were out for only an hour or two, but they brought back a considerable quantity and variety of New Year's goods, which surprised the anxiously waiting Qiao Erqiang and his three children.

Looking at Qiao Erqiang who kept stuffing candies into his mouth, Qiao Yicheng felt angry and distressed. In later generations, children were unwilling to eat these things. What they wanted were imported candies and chocolates.

"Erqiang, what did I tell you last time? How come you forgot so quickly?"

"Oh! Brother, this candy is so delicious!

I couldn't help it!" Qiao Erqiang explained incoherently.

Looking at his lovable brother and sister-in-law, Qiao Yicheng said nothing more and left the house with the remaining New Year's goods.

"Brother, where are you taking your things?"

"Go to my second aunt's house!"

I have spent all the money I have today. If I want to continue setting up the stall tomorrow, I must have capital. If I let my "bad father" Qiao Zuwang get involved, he will take away everything.

So the first person Qiao Yicheng thought of was his second aunt Wei Shufang. To be more precise, Qiao Yicheng went for his uncle Qi Zhiqiang. No matter his character or ability, his second uncle Qi Zhiqiang was unquestionable.

Wei Shufang and Qi Zhiqiang were surprised when they saw Qiao Yicheng coming to their house with a big bag of things. After hearing Qiao Yicheng's explanation, their expressions immediately turned to shock.

"Yicheng, are you telling the truth?" Wei Shufang looked at her eldest nephew Qiao Yicheng with some doubt.

"of course it's true!

There should be pen, ink and paper in Qi Weimin's house, right?

I might as well show you my skills right there, and you won’t doubt me anymore.”

"Haha, what a coincidence!

I just bought red paper yesterday and was about to write couplets!" Second uncle Qi Zhiqiang chose to believe Qiao Yicheng directly and turned around to get the red paper.

When Qiao Yicheng heard Qi Zhiqiang's words, he smiled, then took the pen and ink handed to him by Qi Weimin and began to write on the red paper handed to him by Qi Zhiqiang.

As soon as Qi Zhiqiang opened his mouth to speak, Wei Shufang revealed an unhappy expression. She rolled her eyes at her uncle Qi Zhiqiang and complained in a low voice, "What if Yicheng is just bragging? Our family would have wasted a piece of red paper!"

Qi Zhiqiang and Wei Shufang have been married for many years, so how could he not understand her character? He just shook his head and smiled helplessly, and ignored Wei Shufang.

Qiao Yicheng wrote a couplet in Yan style on red paper in a flamboyant and flowing style, reciting it aloud, "The upper line is about prosperity, wealth, and luck; the lower line is about a prosperous family, a prosperous career, and a thriving career; and the horizontal scroll is about a harmonious family, bringing prosperity to all things."

Looking at the beautiful Yan style calligraphy and Qiao Yicheng's resonant recitation, the Qi family looked at Qiao Yicheng in shock.

A picture immediately emerged in her mind, as if she saw a hermit writing and painting there. Even Wei Shufang, who could not read, was speechless.

Qiao Yicheng's direct display of his skills made the Qi family no longer doubt him, and the following things became much simpler.

"Yicheng, did you really exchange these New Year's goods for writing couplets today?"

"Yes! Second Aunt!

Uncut red paper is cheaper, while cut red paper is relatively more expensive!
So I need Qi Weimin to help me cut the paper so that we can earn more.

I also want my second uncle to help me look after the business. After all, I’m still a child and someone might bully me!

“Haha, that makes sense!
Why don’t you let me, your second aunt, go!

I can help you collect the money!"

"Second Aunt, you have something more important to do, which is to take care of Qiao Qiqi for a few days."

"Haha, I almost forgot about my little darling Qiqi!

This little guy is really fat from eating so much!" Second Aunt Wei Shufang then remembered Qiao Qiqi in Qiao Yicheng's arms, and quickly hugged her and kissed her in surprise.

Qiao Yicheng directly rejected the request of his second aunt Wei Shufang. In fact, the main reason was that Qiao Yicheng didn't like his second aunt very much. He felt that she and Qiao Zuwang were the same type of people, both relatively selfish.

As a child, I didn’t understand much about the grievances of the previous generation, and there were many secrets not shown in the TV series. Just looking at what Qi Weiyi and Qi Xiaoya did later, I knew that they inherited Wei Shufang’s character.

Setting up a table to write couplets is just a temporary means of making a living. If selfish people like Qiao Zuwang and Wei Shufang are allowed to participate, it will inevitably cause a lot of trouble.

Uncle Qi Zhiqiang is a genuine good uncle, and cousin Qi Weimin is also a pure good man. Only when Qiao Yicheng puts his back to these two people, will he feel truly at ease.

The next day, it happened that my second uncle Qi Zhiqiang was on vacation, so he could accompany Qiao Yicheng to set up the stall. The three of them first went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a few rolls of red paper and spare pens and ink, and then arrived at the door of the state-owned restaurant yesterday.

Aunt Liu, the middle-aged woman from yesterday, greeted Qiao Yicheng with a smile as soon as she saw him, "Yicheng, come here!

I've set the table for you!"

"Thank you Aunt Liu!
Today I brought my uncle and my cousin.

They helped me greet guests and cut red paper, and I was solely responsible for writing couplets."

"Haha, you are smart!

Just now, many fellow villagers came to our restaurant and asked if you were coming.

"Really? That would be great!"

Qi Zhiqiang and Qi Weimin, father and son, nodded to Aunt Liu. After all, they didn't know each other at all, and both sides felt a little awkward.

But when they saw Qiao Yicheng chatting and laughing with the other party, Qi Zhiqiang and Qi Weimin, father and son, both showed admiration. They didn't know that there was a term called "social awesomeness" in later generations, otherwise they would have given Qiao Yicheng a thumbs up and said "awesome"!
Soon, the three people with clear division of labor began to work on their own. Just when Qi Zhiqiang and Qi Weimin, father and son, were worried about whether anyone would come, they saw a lot of people slowly gathering in front of their stall.

There was no need for them to shout, Qi Weimin kept cutting red paper, and Qiao Yicheng just lowered his head to write couplets. There was no need for Qi Zhiqiang to greet the guests, he just had to take the things handed to him by the fellow villager, then blow dry the ink on the written couplets and hand them to the fellow villager.

Seeing more and more fellow villagers and their admiration for the couplets written by Qiao Yicheng, Qi Zhiqiang became more and more shocked, and soon he began to feel numb, because many fellow villagers wanted to take the couplets without waiting for the ink to dry, which would inevitably lead to scrambles, so Qi Zhiqiang was more focused on maintaining order.

Whether Qi Weimin was busy cutting red paper or Qi Zhiqiang was maintaining order, Qiao Yicheng didn't care because he was concentrating on writing couplets.

He thought about traveling through five worlds in a row, and he didn't even know what the point of doing so was?

Is it just for the so-called reward from the system?

Qiao Yicheng suddenly felt suffocated by the five worlds. He suppressed his desire to vent, and could only vent by writing couplets.

Suddenly he had a feeling that the reason the system was so kind as to allow him to master Yan style calligraphy was probably because it had noticed the change in his mentality.

Perhaps the system was also worried that Qiao Yicheng would become a madman, so it taught Qiao Yicheng not only calligraphy, but also basic musical knowledge, just to help Qiao Yicheng understand self-regulation.

The more Qiao Yicheng thought about it, the more he felt that this was how the system was thinking. He suddenly felt that the system was too insidious, and every step it took was to constantly exploit himself.

At this time, Qiao Yicheng realized the insidiousness of the system and felt very fortunate that he did not take the "power pill". How could such an insidious system reward him with such a precious thing? It must be up to no good.

Soon they ran out of red paper and finished writing the couplets. Then Qiao Yicheng came to his senses and looked at the crowd dispersing around him. He didn't notice that there were two old men in the crowd observing him.

"Yicheng, you must be tired! Take a rest!" Qi Zhiqiang handed a glass of water to Qiao Yicheng with a happy look on his face.

"Thank you, uncle!" Qiao Yicheng took it and drank it in big gulps.

After drinking a large bowl of water, Qiao Yicheng felt much better, as if he had returned to the world again.

"Yicheng, you are so amazing!

I've never seen anyone write couplets this well! " Qi Weimin also looked at his cousin Qiao Yicheng with admiration. "Weimin, do you want to learn? I can teach you!"

"Really? One percent! You're willing to teach me!"

“Haha, don’t worry!

With a master calligrapher like me teaching you, you will definitely learn quickly!"

“Fuck you calligraphy master!

Do I still need to pay homage to you as my disciple?" Qi Weimin said with a smile, looking at his funny cousin Qiao Yicheng.

Qi Zhiqiang was also very happy about his cousins who loved each other. Seeing that Qiao Yicheng was so capable, his uncle was also happy from the bottom of his heart.

"Uncle, do you have a dollar on you?"

"Huh? Yes!" Qi Zhiqiang was a little confused, but still took out a dollar and handed it to Qiao Yicheng.

Qiao Yicheng took the one dollar handed to him by Qi Zhiqiang and walked straight into the state-owned restaurant behind him. He still needed to set up a stall here for a few days. If he gave Aunt Liu a pair of couplets like he did yesterday, it would seem very tactless.

"Aunt Liu, our business today is very good!"

"Haha, the guests who come to the restaurant to eat are all praising you as a child prodigy!"

"Aunt Liu, please don't joke with me!
There is no such a great prodigy as me!
Aunt Liu, can you find a quiet place? I want to tell you something."

"Huh? Okay! There's a private room here!" Aunt Liu had an idea and took Qiao Yicheng to a private room.

"Aunt Liu, this is what happened!

I may set up the stall here for a few more days until the Chinese New Year!

So I want to give your restaurant one dollar a day as stall fee!"

"That won't do." Seeing the one dollar handed to her by Qiao Yicheng, Aunt Liu wanted to refuse.

"Aunt Liu, don't rush to refuse!

Even though you are the manager of a hotel, you still don’t need this dollar!

But the rules are here. You can help me so much, I can't cause you any trouble!"

After hearing Qiao Yicheng's explanation, Aunt Liu's eyes flashed, and she quickly understood what Qiao Yicheng meant. The business of the couplet stall was so good that it was inevitable that it would attract the covetousness of others, and even many employees of state-owned restaurants began to make strange remarks.

Now Qiao Yicheng took the initiative to pay one dollar a day for the stall, which solved all the problems. Only then did Aunt Liu truly face the child in front of her.

Aunt Liu sighed in her heart, this boy is not just a child, he is clearly a smart person, he understands so many ways of the world at such a young age.

After figuring everything out, Aunt Liu stopped being pretentious and took the one dollar handed to her by Qiao Yicheng with a smile, "Yicheng, don't worry!
With your Aunt Liu here, no one will dare to bully you!"

Looking at the backs of Qiao Yicheng and his two brothers as they left, and thinking about the news I heard last night, I felt very emotional.

The Qiao family is very famous in the nearby streets. Their family situation is really too special. As the father, Qiao Zuwang is also despised by the neighbors, and they feel even more distressed for the sensible Qiao Yicheng.

Qiao Yicheng and his two grandparents returned to Qi's house with bags of New Year's goods, divided the things, and agreed to continue setting up the stall tomorrow. Then he took Qiao Qiqi home. When they reached a deserted place, he suddenly put the bags in his hands into the space.

With a greedy younger brother and an unreliable father at home, Qiao Yicheng has to be wary of them.

Because he had reserved food for Qiao Erqiang and the other two little ones in advance, he was not worried that they would be hungry. However, when he saw the three little ones with sad faces, Qiao Yicheng became a little confused.

"Erqiang, what's wrong? Aren't you full?"

"Brother, Sanli, Simei, and I haven't eaten enough! Our dad ate all the food!"

"what?"

Qiao Yicheng knew that Qiao Zuwang was unreliable, but he didn't expect him to go to such an extreme that he would steal his own child's food.

"Brother, while eating, our dad praised your cooking for being delicious!
He even said that if he had known it was so delicious, he would have eaten it at home every day! Qiao Erqiang was also very angry about his father's behavior, and then he complained to his eldest brother in a vivid manner.

"What about others?"

"After eating, I went out to play mahjong!"

Hearing Qiao Erqiang's complaints and Sanli and Simei's resentful looks, Qiao Yicheng really got angry. He went back to the inner room and actually took out some food from the space and handed it to Sanxiao, then carried Qiao Qiqi to the police station near the street.

"Uncle police, I'm here to report the crime!"

"Ah? What do you want to call the police for?"

"I'm reporting someone who organized gambling and abandoned their children, not caring about their own children's lives."

"Huh? Who is he to you?"

"He's my dad!"

Soon the police became angry, and then went to the location given by Qiao Yicheng, and easily caught the gamblers.

The next morning, when Qiao Zuwang was released by the police, he already knew the whole story and directed all his anger at Qiao Yicheng.

Qiao Zuwang returned home angrily, thinking of teaching the ignorant Qiao Yicheng a lesson, but he didn't expect the house to be so deserted. However, when he saw that it was still early and not time for school, Qiao Zuwang was completely stunned.

After Qiao Yicheng reported Qiao Zuwang for organizing a gambling incident, he took his younger siblings to hide at his second aunt Wei Shufang's house early the next morning. Because of her couplet business, Wei Shufang welcomed the "escaping" brothers and sisters.

After arranging the four little ones, Qiao Yicheng took Qi Weimin to set up the stall. Because his uncle Qi Zhiqiang still had to go to work, the two brothers set up the stall today.

Therefore, how much and what kind of things they give to their fellow villagers really depends on their own mood, and the result has turned into a famous scene that tests human nature.

Finally, Aunt Liu couldn't stand it anymore and rushed out to stop some of the villagers from behaving strangely, "How can you bully other people's children like this?
What are these things?

What can these rotten cabbage leaves be used for?
Do you want the children to take it back and feed the chickens?"

"Haha." The crowd watching were amused by Aunt Liu's words.

"Everyone should have a conscience!

Look how well other people’s children wrote couplets!

It all depends on your mood, some people can't go too far!"

As expected, with Aunt Liu's intervention, the situation became much better, and no one anymore did the strange thing of exchanging rotten vegetable leaves for couplets.

Today is the third day of setting up the table, and this situation occurred because when Qiao Yicheng came out on the first day, many fellow villagers who liked to take advantage of others had not yet reacted.

By the next day, when they finally realized what was happening and wanted to take advantage of the situation, Qi Zhiqiang showed up and stopped many of them.

Today is the third day of setting up the stall, and two children, Qiao Yicheng and Qi Weimin, came, so the fellow villagers who wanted to take advantage of them could no longer bear it.

Qiao Yicheng had actually anticipated this scene a long time ago, but he just smiled indifferently and continued writing his couplet.

The two old men who had been observing Qiao Yicheng in the crowd were filled with admiration when they saw that Qiao Yicheng was not happy or sad because of things.

(End of this chapter)