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There are two "weirdos" in the village, Uncle Shengqi and Daddy Chunsong.

Uncle Shengqi is definitely the "No. 1 weirdo" in Wendou Village, which is unreasonable.

He works part-time in the village all year round, and can do beautiful carpentry work and is very sought-after.

But he had a "quirk", which was that his wages only received brand new banknotes. As long as he gave a good salary, even if it was less, he was happy. If he gives him old money, he will be depressed, and if he is asked to do work again, he will find an excuse to get rid of it.

Everyone in the village knows that if you ask Uncle Shengqi to work, you have to prepare brand new coins in advance.

Uncle Shengqi doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, and never spends a penny. His only hobby is to close the door at night, counting his banknotes over and over again, and smelling the unique scent of ink emanating from the new banknotes.

Larger denominations of banknotes are generally not kept, and they have to be spent painfully in a certain amount of life. But the small denomination of the banknotes remained.

After Uncle Shengqi died, his son turned out a large stack of neat and brand-new banknotes in the box under his pillow, ranging from one cent, two cents, five cents, one yuan, and two yuan, and there were very few five yuan, and those above ten yuan were basically gone. His son felt that these banknotes were not worth a few dollars, and that they were a little thought left by his old father, so he kept them unused. After a long time, I forgot about this banknote.

Later, the banknotes that were in good condition and had a certain "age" suddenly appreciated, and his son suddenly remembered the "treasures" left by his old father. took some of it out, exchanged a lot of money and came back at once, and became a rich man in the village overnight.

The people on the village all say that Uncle Shengqi has vision and foresight. From then on, he no longer used his affairs as a joke.

In contrast, the "No. 2 Weirdo" Chunsong Daddy is a famous "miser" in the village.

He has worked hard all his life to accumulate a small family business, but he has kept it to the death. The people in the village educate their children that "it is difficult to start a business, and it is even more difficult to keep it successful", and they must take him as a model.

It is said that his family almost never buys salt. A piece of salt stone, tied with a wire, was hung by the fire. After the vegetables are cooked, remove the salt stone and take it to the pot and cook it for a minute or two, even if it is salt.

But what the people in the village say the most is that his family eats moldy tofu.

A small piece of moldy tofu that can be eaten in one bite can be eaten at his house for seven or eight days. Then a small piece of moldy tofu, put it on a plate, take it out when the family eats, you can only dip it with the head of chopsticks, taste the taste, and then put it back. If someone clips a small piece, Daddy Chunsong will blow his beard and stare at him, or hit his head with chopsticks.

In fact, it's not that his family can't afford to eat salt or moldy tofu, but it is not easy for Chunsong's father to create a family business when he was young, and he is afraid of hardship, and he hopes that his children and grandchildren will cherish the family business in front of him and live frugally.

However, his son didn't learn his way, he worked hard every day, he should eat and drink when he earned money, and he would play until midnight when there were guests at home.

When I was a child, I saw my aunt with a big bag around her neck, which in modern parlance was a typical iodine deficiency. However, by that time, Chunsong's father had passed away.

The old aunt is a kind person, with a very hunched back, but she is kind and kind, and she is busy with this and that every day, and takes care of the housework. The family can also live a good life.