My wife and I came back from shopping and realized my phone was missing. I called the number, and a kind-looking middle-aged woman answered. She said she had found the phone and had been waiting for a call to return it. I thanked her profusely and gave her the address to pick it up. When I arrived, she was waiting downstairs. I went over and said, "Auntie, you're such a kind person, thank you so much!" She waved her hand, "Don't mention it. Just be careful next time. If someone else had found it, they definitely wouldn't have returned it." After getting my phone, I was about to leave when she suddenly called out to me, "Young man, are you just going to leave like that?" I was taken aback. She said, "You have to have a conscience." I said, "Yes, thank you for returning it. I'll transfer you 200 yuan as a thank you fee." She frowned, "Only 200? This phone is worth at least 1000, right?" I was stunned and said it was an old phone and wouldn't sell for that much, so I offered to raise the price to 300. She was still unhappy: "At least 350." In the end, I transferred 350 to her. On the way back, I kept thinking: Was this aunt a good person or a bad person?

A migrant worker risked his life to save a young woman who had fallen into the water. After being rescued, the woman tried to give the worker some money to thank him for saving her life. The kind-hearted migrant worker refused outright, saying that saving someone wasn't about money. Back at the construction site, he discovered his phone was damaged in the water and unusable. He could only afford a new, ordinary phone for 200 yuan. He worked hard at the construction site to earn 200 yuan, which wasn't easy, and he felt a pang of regret. Then he remembered that he had saved the woman, and since his phone was damaged during the rescue, she should compensate him. He contacted the woman and explained the situation. However, the woman flatly refused, saying that saving someone was voluntary, and since he hadn't accepted payment then, he shouldn't accept it again now. Otherwise, she would be using this as leverage to blackmail him. The migrant worker felt wronged; he felt he wanted compensation, not a reward. He never expected that kindness could turn into coldness so quickly.

There were three vendors selling tangerines at the intersection, and I picked the one that looked best. But after chatting with them, I found out all three were owned by the same person, selling 20,000 jin (10,000 kg) a month. So, no matter how I went around, I couldn't escape his grasp. It's practically a monopoly on traffic at the intersection. Each vendor's vehicle is different, deliberately creating the illusion of competition. Ordinary vendors worry about others stealing their business; skilled vendors compete with themselves. The logic of top brands is the same. No matter which one you choose, you'll always encounter them. The thought of having choices is just the option I'm giving you.

I now realize that borrowing money is just a way of swindling acquaintances.

Don't worry about whether a girlfriend has been with someone twice, three times, or several times over when you're looking for one now. Cecilia Cheung's ex-husband is Nicholas Tse. Nicholas Tse's ex-girlfriend is Faye Wong. Faye Wong's ex-boyfriend is Li Yapeng. Li Yapeng dated Qu Ying. Qu Ying later dated Zhang Yadong. Wait a minute, there's also Pu Shu, who had an ex-girlfriend named Zhou Xun, and Zhou Xun's ex-boyfriend is Li Yapeng. Faye Wong's ex-husband was Dou Wei, and Dou Wei has a cousin named Dou Peng. Dou Peng had an ex-girlfriend named Zhou Xun, and Dou Peng's cousin is named Dou Ying. Dou Ying's ex-husband is Zhang Yadong, and Zhang Yadong dated Qu Ying, and Qu Ying's ex-boyfriend is Li Yapeng. Can you even figure out how many times they've been with someone? Rich people don't care about who they date, so what are you worrying about?

The owner of the chicken farm had always disliked missionaries. He felt that most missionaries said one thing and did another. So he often spoke ill of them. One day, two missionaries came to his farm, saying they wanted to buy a chicken. These two men spent a long time browsing the vast chicken farm, finally bringing out a lame rooster that was almost completely plucked and extremely ugly. The owner was very puzzled and asked them why they had chosen this particular chicken. The missionary replied, “We want to buy this chicken and raise it in the monastery courtyard to show everyone that it’s from your chicken farm, and to give you some publicity.” The owner immediately became agitated: “No way! Look at all the chickens in this farm, every single one is beautiful and plump. This one is always fighting, that’s why it looks like this. If you use it as a representative, letting everyone think all our chickens are like that, it’s really unfair to me.” Another missionary chuckled and said, “Yes, a few missionaries may have questionable behavior, but you’re using them as representatives. Isn’t that equally unfair to us?” The chicken farm owner then realized his mistake.

I went to the fruit stand to buy fruit. I noticed only a child, about ten years old, was minding the shop. So I asked, "Little brother, which of these two pears is better?" "The one on the right!" the child pointed without hesitation. Just then, the owner returned, greeted me, and I casually asked again, "Sir, which kind of pear should I buy?" "The one on the left, of course!" the owner pointed without thinking. I laughed, "But the little brother just told me the one on the right is better!" He suddenly slapped the child: "This is your uncle, a good friend, you have to tell the truth!"

Merchant Li, caught in the chaos of war, suffered a business downturn. As the year drew to a close and he needed to pay his employees, he found himself short of funds. So, Li instructed his steward to spread a message that many people would be laid off at the end of the year. This news caused widespread panic; everyone feared being laid off. Three days later, Li had his steward announce that although the year had been difficult, he didn't want to abandon his loyal employees who had shared his hardships, and therefore, no one would be laid off at the end of the year, but wages would be reduced by ten taels of silver. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. A few days later, Li summoned all the employees and told them that he had borrowed more money from the bank, and now each person would only need to pay five taels less. Upon hearing this, the employees were overjoyed and praised Li.

In the village, a girl with intellectual disabilities was married off by her parents for 80,000 yuan. After giving birth, she was kicked out. The man was poor and only wanted the child, not her. Three years later, seeing that she had given birth and her intellectual disabilities were not an issue, another family came to propose marriage. Her parents received over 100,000 yuan and married her off to another family. She had two sons, who also had no intellectual disabilities. This new man treated her well, often taking her to the market and teaching her basic common sense and housework. Although she often liked to wander around, she would always return home. The countryside is a large place with all sorts of people, including many single or widowed men. Her mother-in-law, fearing she would be bullied if she wandered around, told her son that she either had to stay home or get a tubal ligation. The man thought it made sense and prepared to take her to the hospital for the procedure. However, the day before they went to the hospital, the man was killed in a car accident. The driver who caused the accident paid her family a sum of money, but her mother-in-law wouldn't give her a single penny. The reason her mother-in-law refused to give her the money was another reason: if she did, it would be to do her parents a favor. Her parents had a huge argument with her and sued her mother-in-law. The judge, at his discretion, awarded her parents tens of thousands of yuan, and they took the money and brought her back home. Less than a month after returning home, she was immediately remarried. She received 120,000 yuan. People said that it was strange that she only gave birth to boys, even though her children were not intellectually disabled. Later, she really did give birth to another boy. Her mother-in-law was a kind person; she personally cared for the children, keeping them by her side 24 hours a day, and even taking care of her daily needs. Her new husband ran a small shop at the village entrance, so he had more free time. She took good care of him, and when she occasionally returned to her parents' home, she was always smiling, and she was very well taken care of. The villagers said she was much more fortunate than most women, having earned her parents hundreds of thousands of yuan. Sometimes, I just feel quite sorry for her. If she keeps being driven away, she'll keep being remarried by her parents, keep having children, and keep abandoning them. Although she's not fully aware and can't understand the pain of separation from her children, the children do...

I was driving to a tourist attraction and couldn't find a parking spot for ages. Just then, a young man came up to me and said, "Need parking? 20 yuan." Although it seemed a bit expensive, I still paid him 20 yuan. What the young man did next really taught me a lesson. He calmly drove away, making room for me. I realized I could do the same. When I was about to leave, I knocked on the window of a car that was looking for a parking spot: "Hey buddy, need parking? 30 yuan." Having successfully found a parking spot, I happily drove home!