Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away-Chapter 62 - Sixty-two Her man must not be looked down upon_1
Chapter 62: Sixty-two Her man, must not be looked down upon!_1
Chapter 62: Sixty-two Her man, must not be looked down upon!_1
Madam Li thought it was just Chenzi alone who was too busy to both collect money and write couplets, so she quickly agreed.
She nodded her head, “Sure, no problem, I’m experienced at this, I do it every year!”
The two of them quickly came to an agreement with just a few words.
Outside the house, Lei Bo had already collected quite a bit of money.
He was just about to ride his tricycle motorbike home and go to the city to buy couplets.
Then he saw Chenzi walking out of the house.
Although he didn’t say anything, he intentionally slowed down his pace, just waiting for Chenzi to ask him for help.
All he needed was for him to say something, and he would immediately retort.
The expression on his face was one of pure smugness.
Chenzi noticed everyone sitting together, chatting about this and that, and he cleared his throat softly twice.
In all seriousness, he said, “Everyone, please quiet down, I have something I’d like to say.”
Hearing this, everyone fell silent, curiously looking over at Chenzi.
“What’s up, Chenzi, got something on your mind?”
Chenzi got straight to the point.
“Teacher Li is sick, as I’m sure everyone knows. If no one minds, I, Chenzi, am willing to help write couplets, two yuan per pair!”
His announcement was like a bolt from the blue.
The questioning voices instantly grew louder than the chatter before, of course, mixed with lots of laughter.
“Chenzi, don’t stir things up; can you even write?”
“Yeah, if you can write couplets, I can teach!”
“We know times are hard for your family and that money isn’t easy to come by, but there’s money you can earn and money you just can’t.”
This job of the intellectuals isn’t something just anyone can do, especially not someone like Chenzi who doesn’t understand anything.
It’s a joke, isn’t it?
Seeing so many people doubting Chenzi,
Ji Pianran couldn’t help but grip the corner of her clothes.
Her facial expression grew a bit troubled; these people, really looking down on others.
Just because Chenzi was ignorant in the past, does that mean they can talk about him like this?
Don’t they say to view a person differently if they’ve changed after three days?
How can they just write someone off?
“Chenzi, I think you must be crazy for money. You think you can earn what Teacher Li can? We all know what kind of person you are; shouldn’t you have some self-awareness?”
Dong Qingfang finally got the chance to make fun of Chenzi.
Her mouth was as incessant as an abacus; it just kept going.
“Enough, wife, I think he’s just afraid I won’t bring him the couplets, and he’s acting strange!”
He said with a smirk as he walked over to Chenzi and patted him on the shoulder.
With a face full of pride, he said, “Don’t worry, Chenzi, I’m not so petty. Just apologize to me and my wife in front of everyone today, and we can let bygones be bygones. How about it?”
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After hearing Lei Bo’s words, Chenzi nearly laughed out of exasperation.
Dream on!
What kind of logic is this?
Can’t he ever let it go, always nagging like a woman.
He chuckled, “Oh, thinking just like me, aren’t you? During the New Year festivities, it’s so much better for us all to get along. You and your wife should apologize to mine properly, and then there’ll be no need to go into town to buy couplets.”
“After all, ‘meat wrapped around metal’ really draws attention; it’s quite cold in this deep winter.”
Good lord!
The tricycle motorbike that so many couldn’t afford, and he dared to mock his own vehicle?
If he’s so capable, why doesn’t he go buy one? Classic sour grapes.
And ‘meat wrapped around metal,’ if he’s so able, let him buy a ‘metal wrapped in meat’ home!
“Alright, alright, Mr. Gu, you might as well go and buy in the streets yourself. Let’s see who ends up colder!”
After saying that, Lei Bo glanced around at everyone.
“Anyone wants a refund, speak up now, or I’m off!”
Just now, he actually charged each household an extra three yuan for the couplets.
Thinking about it, just from this group of people, on this trip, even after deducting the fuel cost, he could earn more than a hundred yuan.
What a good deal it was, gaining favors while also making money.
Everyone shook their heads, clearly, no one trusted Chenzi, not even for an extra three yuan, were they willing to let Chenzi write.
After all, once these things were pasted on the door, they would be there for a whole year.
Seeing everyone shaking their heads, Ji Pianran got anxious.
What she was anxious about wasn’t the couplets not being sold, but that no one was willing to trust Chenzi.
She turned and went into Teacher Li’s house, took out the ‘fortune’ character that Chenzi had just written.
Then she stood in the middle of the living room, and spoke calmly.
“Look everyone, this character was written by Chenzi.”
At this, everyone, including Lei Bo, was stunned.
Wow, the writing was so beautiful.
Could Chenzi actually write such beautiful characters?
And most crucially, they cost only two yuan!!!
The couplets from the city were already more expensive than those sold by Teacher Li’s family, costing five yuan a pair, and it cost an extra three yuan for Lei Bo’s service.
That’s eight yuan in total for a trip.
But now, you could get a pair of couplets for only two yuan.
And the characters looked beautiful, too.
That was such a great bargain!!!
At this point, some people had already started to waver.
“Pian Ran, you two are a couple, you’re not trying to fool us with Teacher Li’s writing, are you?”
“Yeah, Pian Ran, this is something we’re going to hang up for a year, don’t play tricks on us.”
“In my opinion, we shouldn’t be suspicious, with two yuan, you can’t buy losses, you can’t be cheated. I think this writing is pretty good, and if both parts of the couplet look like this, only a fool would buy them from the city.”
Someone bold in the crowd had completely changed their stance.
“Chenzi, make me a pair, Lei Bo, refund my money, I don’t want it anymore.”
Sometimes, all it takes is one person to lead the way.
After the first one asked for a refund, the second followed, then the third… the tenth.
Lei Bo was almost driven mad with rage.
“Gu Chenzi, you’re deliberately causing trouble, aren’t you?”
Damn it, not only did he not receive an apology, but he was now being blocked from earning money.
Chenzi shrugged his shoulders, looking innocently at Lei Bo.
“I’m not causing trouble; I’m trying to help everyone save money. Nowadays, it’s not easy for anyone to make money. Saving a yuan here, counting a yuan there, everyone agrees, right?”
With those words, not only was Chenzi’s writing acknowledged, but his popularity also instantly went up a notch.
Chenzi really had everyone’s best interests at heart!
“I didn’t see it coming, Chenzi has really changed nowadays.”
“To tell you the truth, it pays to work in the city for a few years. Just look at our Chenzi—he’s different since he came back from the city.”
“Right, right, right, we’re lucky to have Gu Chenzi, otherwise we would have wasted so much money in vain.”
By this time, those with a silver tongue had already started praising Chenzi.
Ji Pianran stood at the back holding Tangtang, seeing that everyone finally recognized Chenzi, a hint of a smile finally appeared in her eyes.
Her man couldn’t be looked down on.
As for Lei Bo, he was on the verge of exploding with anger.
These people, really forward they used people, but backward they did not. Just a moment ago, they said they were troubled and had bothered him.
And now, turning around they made Chenzi out to be the good guy?
So it turned out he was the bad guy making dirty money?
If he had made money, that would have been one thing, but the key point was he hadn’t earned a single penny, and Chenzi had already stolen his business.
“That’s not a fair way to put it, right?” Lei Bo looked discontentedly at everyone, “Just now it was you guys begging me to buy couplets, and now you say you don’t want them just like that?”