Chapter 1

“Crack, crack.”

“Crack, crack.”

"Gulp, gulp."

“Ahhhhhh, there’s a ghost!”

5 living people, 3 real ghosts, and Huang Fugui, who is currently unknown whether he is a human or a ghost, sit in the cinema watching a ghost movie that definitely does not contain any real ghosts.

Because there were no other audience members in the cinema except Jiang Qi and a few others, everyone spoke up boldly and complained passionately, talking about whatever they saw.

"This movie is so bad." Qin Can couldn't bear to watch it and just kept stuffing popcorn into his mouth.

She didn't want to eat this high-calorie food at first, but she followed the boss's lead and ordered a Coke and a big bucket of popcorn, but the movie was so bad.

How should I put it, the actress does have a good figure. As a girl, Qin Can expressed her approval of the actress' figure in the film, but it is also obvious that her face has been plastic surgery.

Then I can just stab the ghost to death next time, so what’s there to be afraid of?

"That's right." Jiang Wanwan agreed, "It's not as scary as the 'Horror Doll House' in our store."

Jiang Qi said, "How can that be the same? There are real ghosts in our store. Now this real Kumantong is sitting obediently in Liu Lan's arms, watching the movie intently."

"It's not very good." Wang Erya has watched several scenes of how Lili scared people, and also watched several classic ghost movies with Lili. She has a deep understanding of how ghosts scare people.

"Real frightening should be gradual, so that people can hear faint cries, laughter, and nail grinding sounds, which appear and disappear as if floating in the air. In this way, the frightened person will think he has misheard at first, and when he really starts to feel that something is wrong, then suddenly scare him, and the effect will be better."

Jiang Wanwan and Qin Can: ...

Jiang Wanwan, who was sitting next to Wang Erya, moved to the side silently.

Although she is a fan of Wang Erya, she feels that Wang Erya's remarks at this time are somewhat dangerous.

Only Jiang Qi felt very pleased with Wang Erya's speech just now. Look at Wang Erya's learning progress, she is progressing step by step.

Wang Zhuo, who was sitting next to Jiang Qi, had finished a bucket of popcorn and was eating Jiang Qi's bucket.

"Eat less. We're going to have hotpot later. How can you eat hotpot after eating these two buckets of popcorn?" Jiang Qi reminded.

Wang Zhuo burped. "Old Jiang, don't you believe in my ability? As long as you treat me, I can eat four buckets of popcorn, not to mention two."

Jiang Qi: ...

Old John and Huang Fugui didn't speak the whole time. It was normal for Old John to remain silent. He would usually complain silently in his heart. He was always quiet whether he was watching TV, movies or live broadcasts.

Huang Fugui just didn't quite understand the plot. After the 20-minute mark when the second male lead suddenly cheated on his girlfriend and got together with the fourth female lead, he no longer understood the direction of the movie's love story.

Huang Fugui didn't understand the purpose of this plot, but Jiang Qi did.

Female number four has the best figure, and this plot is arranged just to sell the body. It's a 9.9 bad movie, so Jiang Qi can understand any outrageous plot.

After the movie ended, several people were full.

Popcorn is a magical food. A big bucket of popcorn is not heavy but very filling, especially the caramel flavored popcorn. Eating a bucket of it with a Coke while watching a movie will definitely make you burp.

Liu Lan fell asleep while holding Lili in the middle of the movie and didn't eat much from his bucket. Jiang Wanwan and Qin Can ate for an hour and a half while holding their buckets, and they kept burping when they entered the hot pot restaurant and sat down.

The novice waiter who led the way was stunned. He probably had never seen anyone eat hotpot after being so full.

"Why did you two eat so much?" Liu Lan slept for at least an hour during the one and a half hour movie. She only watched the beginning and the end - she was woken up by Jiang Wanwan, so she didn't know that Jiang Wanwan and Qin Can were eating popcorn like crazy because the movie was so bad.

"Would you two like to eat tripe?" Liu Lan marked the menu.

"Eat!" they said in unison.

Just as they were ordering, a waitress who looked like a foreman came over, walked up to Wang Erya and asked, "Well, little sister, do you need me to bring you a small chair to put your baby next to you? It might be inconvenient for you to hold the baby while eating hot pot later."

Wang Erya subconsciously glanced at Lili, and seeing that Lili had no reaction and the smile on her face did not change, she nodded: "Thank you, sister."

The foreman smiled even more brightly, and while moving the small chair over, he also brought a plate of watermelon, saying it was a small fruit for everyone.

Liu Lan was still busy ordering food, while Jiang Qi and Wang Zhuo also took a menu and were referring to it. Jiang Wanwan and Qin Can probably couldn't finish more than two bites, so their opinions could be ignored. Old John, Huang Fugui and Wang Erya had never eaten hot pot before, so they ate whatever they ordered.

In the end, Liu Lan ordered half of the menu.

Various beef, mutton and pork rolls, marinated meat slices, taste them and add more if not enough, vegetables and mushrooms, a large platter with everything. Tripe, yellow throat, duck intestines, etc., seafood, no staple food, small snacks such as crispy meat, etc.

The bottom of the pot was a mixture of spicy oil and red oil. When it was boiling, peppercorns and chilies kept coming up. Jiang Wanwan thought that she couldn't eat much anyway, so she ate all the spicy pot without fear of death, and her throat was swollen.

Liu Lan was quick to take a photo.

Jiang Qi was very satisfied with this. Finally, he was not the only one who died in the store today.

This mall just opened not long ago, and all the stores in the mall are new. Maybe because the quality of the ingredients in a new store is very good, Jiang Qi thinks the ingredients in this store are incredibly fresh.

Not only are the beef and mutton rolls freshly cut, but the various marinated meat strips also show that they are pre-marinated fresh meat rather than frozen meat. The vegetables in the vegetable platter are so tender that you can squeeze out water from them.

This was the first time in Jiang Qi’s life that he had eaten such fresh ingredients in a hot pot restaurant. He was worried that the boss would lose money because he was too honest.

I strongly recommend Gong Ye to come and learn.

After the hotpot meal, everyone gave this restaurant a high 5-star rating in their hearts. Even Qin Can, who only ate two bites of tripe, three lamb rolls, one beef roll, one black chicken roll and two crispy pork, couldn't help but give a thumbs up to this restaurant.

Conscientious shop, conscientious boss!

Because it was a new store opening, all customers who recharged 500 or spent 1000 or more could participate in the lucky draw. Jiang Qi and his friends had just reached the consumption requirement, so they were able to participate.

Jiang Qi took a look and thought the prize was pretty good.

The first prize is a 5,000 yuan stored-value card, and there is only one.

The second prize is 3 gift cards worth 2,000 yuan.

The third prize is 800 yuan stored-value cards, 10 copies.

The consolation prize is a 50 yuan voucher, which can be used if the amount is over 100 yuan.

The participation prize is a pack of tissues.

The lottery lasted for 5 days, and today is the last day. 2 second prizes were drawn, 7 third prizes were drawn, and no one has drawn the first prize yet.

The lottery method is also very traditional, which is to draw slips from a large lottery box.

"Jiang Qi, you paid for the dinner, why don't you take the lottery ticket?" Liu Lan suggested.

No one had any objections, including Jiang Qi. They were all poor people who couldn't even open a few bottles of beverages, so it didn't matter who smoked.

Jiang Qi stretched out his hand. There were quite a few notes in the box. He picked up one at random, took it out and opened it.

The golden first prize.

Jiang Qi was confused.

The clerk was also confused.

Even the boss was alarmed, and everyone in the store, including customers who were still checking out, ran over to watch the latest European Emperor.

"Jiang Qi, you're great. You've made it from Africa to Europe. Let's go buy a lottery ticket later. Maybe you'll win the 5 million jackpot." Liu Lan exclaimed.

Jiang Qi never thought that he would win a 5,000-yuan stored-value card one day. Before that, the most glorious achievement in his life was buying three bottles of Coke at the store at the school gate when he was in elementary school and having another one.

Since the bottle caps were to be given to the store owner, Jiang Qi drank 4 bottles of Coke in one breath and almost vomited.

The boss enthusiastically handed Jiang Qi a 5,000 yuan stored-value card and even asked the foreman to help take photos and post them on WeChat Moments.

Jiang Wanwan excitedly announced this in the family group. Jiang Xiaohong enthusiastically said that in order to celebrate Jiang Qi winning the first prize, she would buy some delicious food and invite everyone to her house for a meal to celebrate.

Even Jiang Xiaoguang (his second uncle) who lived in another province and his biological parents who lived abroad sent congratulatory messages as soon as possible, which made Jiang Qi almost think that he had not won the first prize at the hot pot restaurant, but had passed the postgraduate entrance examination.

In short, it was very magical. When the group walked out of the mall, Wang Zhuo held Jiang Qi's hand tightly, saying that he wanted to use the good luck of winning the first prize to bless him to publish his paper.

Although he only wrote the beginning of his paper and didn't start writing any actual content.

But Wang Zhuo said he didn't care and would just get some good luck first.

There happens to be a lottery shop in the pedestrian street next to the mall, where you can buy lottery tickets or scratch tickets.

Jiang Wanwan is a first-level scratch-off lottery enthusiast. Although she has only won a 20-yuan jackpot, she still enjoys it and feels that as long as she keeps playing scratch-off lottery tickets, she will win a 100-yuan jackpot one day.

Jiang Qi's escape from Africa and entry into Europe gave Jiang Wanwan confidence. She walked into the lottery shop and spent a huge sum of 5 yuan to buy a scratch ticket, successfully losing 5 yuan.

"Do you want to try it too?" Jiang Qi suggested.

"Okay." Qin Can rushed into the lottery shop and spent a huge sum of 5 yuan, successfully losing 5 yuan.

Several others followed closely behind.

The owner has probably seen a lot of people like this hanging out together, where on a whim, everyone scratches a card to see if they are lucky, and he very calmly gives each of them one.

The results came out very quickly.

Wang Erya won the 10 yuan grand prize, Jiang Qi won the 100 yuan super prize that Jiang Wanwan had always dreamed of, and all the others lost a huge sum of 5 yuan.

The shop owner was a little surprised to see Jiang Qi scratch out a 100 yuan prize, and exclaimed: "Young man, you are lucky. You won the prize with just one ticket."

Wang Zhuo grabbed Jiang Qi's hand again and said affectionately: "Old Jiang, you are like a European emperor today!"

The grip is very tight.

Jiang Qi: “…Let go.”

"No."

Jiang Wanwan also ran over and grabbed Jiang Qi's other hand.

Jiang Qi: ...

What kind of perverted Africans are these!

Jiang Qi's inexplicable good luck lasted all day.

Because his luck was really good today, when everyone was shopping and saw there was a lottery event where they could win prizes by spending a certain amount of money, they would buy that amount and let Jiang Qi participate in the lottery.

Jiang Qi did not disappoint everyone and won something in every lottery.

Although I didn’t win the super prize of a 5,000-yuan stored-value card at the hot pot restaurant, I still got a lot of good things.

A humidifier, a suitcase, a vacuum cleaner, a stereo, a 4-piece bedding set, a silk quilt, no-threshold vouchers and some other small gadgets all add up to a lot.

When everyone went home, Jiang Qi, who hadn't bought anything, had the most things in his hands.

He first took a taxi home to put his things away, and then Jiang Qi made an excuse that he heard the manure water on the ground in the alley had receded, and he wanted to go and see whether the store could be opened tomorrow, and he and Wang Erya sent Lili back to the store.

On the way back, Wang Erya hugged Lili and exclaimed: "Boss, you are really lucky. You can win any lottery."

Jiang Qi was a little confused: "My luck today is a little too good. I usually draw a bottle of laundry detergent or two oranges and paper towels in supermarket draws, but today I actually won the first prize of a silk quilt."

"Banban." Although she was out playing, Lili, who had been unable to speak, suddenly spoke up, her voice sounding a little aggrieved, "Lili is so hungry, so hungry."

Jiang Qi immediately took out his mobile phone and started donating, donating one thousand directly.

"I'm still so hungry." Lili said loudly.

Jiang Qi donated another thousand.

"Hungry, so hungry!"

Jiang Qi donated two thousand directly.

Lili ate in small bites but she was not full and even hungrier. She started to cry loudly: "Wow, Banban, Lili is so hungry. Lili is not full. I am so hungry."

Lili's sudden burst of tears scared Jiang Qi and Wang Erya.

There were few people along the path they were walking on. It was the first time since Jiang Qi hired Lili that he saw Lili crying so aggrievedly and with such true emotion. Even Wang Erya's constant comfort was gone. Lili cried and howled that she was so hungry, really so hungry.

Jiang Qi pressed an extra 0 in a hurry and donated 20,000 yuan in one go.

Lili stopped crying and looked at Jiang Qi with sobs, saying aggrievedly, "I'm still hungry."

Jiang Qi finally reacted.

"Lili, I'm so lucky today that I can win the jackpot in the lottery. Is it because you blessed me?" Jiang Qi asked.

Lili nodded: "Lili saw that Banban wanted to win the prize, so she gave the luck to Banban."

Jiang Qi does expect to win the prize before every draw, but this is human nature. Who doesn't fantasize about winning the jackpot before drawing a lottery?

As long as he thought about it, Jiang Qi realized how powerful the Kumantong was, and also personally experienced the sinister intentions of Granny Gu in Lili's original world.

The feeling of getting something for nothing is indeed hard for ordinary people to resist. Desires are hard to satisfy, and it is difficult for ordinary people to resist this temptation, let alone those who have bad intentions and want to take shortcuts.

"So Lili is so hungry all of a sudden because you gave your luck to me, the boss, today."

Lili nodded.

Jiang Qi thought about the money he had just donated to the charity organization, and then thought about the prize he had won today. He suddenly felt that the saying that all gifts are secretly marked with a price is true.

The cost of the gift is 2w4.

The gift was very good, and Jiang Qi said he couldn’t afford it. He asked her not to give it again next time.

Fortunately, the sales last week were quite good. The sales of "Horror Doll House" and its peripherals alone amounted to more than 20,000. Otherwise, Jiang Qi would have had no money to donate when Lili first came.

Jiang Qi thinks that the orthodox Gumantong is better and very educational. It uses practical actions and bloody facts to tell everyone that getting something for nothing will not end well.

"Lili, you don't have to rely on the boss's luck next time. Although the boss wants to win the prize, he wants to win it based on his own luck." Jiang Qi said with a wry smile.

"But Banban has no luck." Lili said puzzledly.

Jiang Qi: ...

"Banban, I'm still hungry. I'm so hungry that I want to cry." Lili was really hungry this time. Normally, if Jiang Qi donated 24,000 yuan, she would be so full that she would burp. But this time, after donating 24,000 yuan, she only felt better than wanting to cry, but could hold it back.

"Boss, Lili is such a big eater!" Wang Erya was shocked when she saw the amount of Jiang Qi's donation.

"Sister Erya, Lili can't eat it." Lili said aggrievedly.

"But you just ate up a lot of the boss's money in one breath. The boss works hard to make money, just like the people in the movies we watched before. Lili, if you keep eating so much, the boss will have no money to feed you." Wang Erya said worriedly.

"Lili, please help me make money by weaving ropes." Poor Lili, a dignified Kumantong has been reduced to a contract worker for making colorful ropes. In order to earn money, she has to weave the colorful ropes for herself.

Lili took advantage of the fact that there was no one on the path and jumped from Wang Erya's arms onto Jiang Qi's shoulders. She hugged Jiang Qi's neck and acted coquettishly: "Banban, Lili can make money by weaving ropes. Lili wants to eat."

Jiang Qi: ...

Jiang Qi felt that he was really sinful.

It is definitely not possible to donate money directly. Although he can afford it, Lili's appetite today is really a bit big. Jiang Qi chooses to look for the code of wealth on the Internet.

Before, when Jiang Qi was surfing the Internet, he had already locked onto several suspected scammers who were offering wealth codes. Jiang Qi asked Lili to sit on his shoulders obediently and started donating 50, 50 to look for the scammers.

All I can say is that if you really want to be deceived, there are still many channels.

Thirteen of the so-called charities that Jiang Qi had found previously were pure scams. After making phone calls to report all 13 scammers in one go, Jiang Qi only felt that the red scarf on his chest became more colorful.

Then Lili's words made the red scarf on his chest dim again.

"Banban, I'm still hungry."

Jiang Qi:?

13 liars aren't enough for you?

After some questioning, Jiang Qi realized that since the scale of these 13 scammers was not very large, the combined amount of food they provided was only slightly more than that of the very famous scam charity organization that Jiang Qi had reported at the beginning. It was normal for Lili not to have enough to eat.

Jiang Qi began to worry.

This liar is not enough.

Telecom fraud? Internet fraud? Come and cheat him!

How can I call and report it if I don't lie to him?

Jiang Qi had no choice but to donate another 2,000 yuan to a charity organization that Lili had identified as genuine, and only then did Lili stop complaining of hunger.

Not hungry, but not full either.

"Lili, have you ever helped your previous master realize a wish like today's, which was to improve his luck?" Jiang Qi asked.

Lili nodded: "Lili helped the master win the lottery."

"What happened next?" Wang Erya asked curiously, "Did he win 5 million, and then a bunch of relatives and friends came to borrow money, and he started to spend it on wine and women, and all the money was gone, and he was left with a lot of debts."

Jiang Qi:?

What kind of TV series is Huang Fugui watching recently? Why is the plot so strange?

Lili shook her head: "50,000."

"Lili was very hungry, so Dad donated all his money and took Lili to look for food everywhere. He searched for many days. Later, Dad didn't let Lili help him win the lottery."

Jiang Qi silently lit a candle for Lili's former owner. It took him many days to find food. What a painful realization this must have been.

I guess I swept a lot of streets.

As they were talking, Jiang Qi and Wang Erya had already arrived at the entrance of the alley.

The stench of sewage had not yet dissipated, and there were many unidentified objects on the ground that were indescribable and difficult to think about. There was no one in the alley, and passers-by had to take a detour when approaching this area.

Jiang Qi and Wang Erya walked into the alley in an S shape, like ancient tomb robbers hiding from traps.

The noodle shop next door was not open, but the owner, Sister Hu, was cleaning the entrance of the store.

"Boss Jiang, are you here to clean the door?" asked Sister Hu.

"I came to the store to get something." Jiang Qi said, looking at the ground with some concern, "The ground is in this state, it should not be cleaned tonight, right?"

"That's right." Sister Hu sighed, "They said it was fixed this afternoon, but I heard that the pipes were blown up during the explosion, so some places are still leaking. It will probably take until tonight to be completely fixed."

"Someone just used a water gun to spray the ground. Although it was somewhat effective, given the current situation, I think it's unlikely that we can clean it up tonight."

"We will definitely not be able to open as normal tomorrow. Brother Zhao from the barbecue restaurant said that we should all pool some money to hire professionals to come and clean the floor. Everyone is happy to do so, but the cleaning has to wait until tomorrow. Who is willing to come and take on this job in the middle of the night? Who doesn't find this floor disgusting? I just cleaned the stone bricks at the entrance of the store and it was disgusting."

"Yes, it is a great deed for you to be willing to come and take this job so late at night." Jiang Qi said with a smile.

"Yes, whoever is willing to continue working tonight so that everyone can operate normally tomorrow will definitely do a great deed. I am willing to present them with a banner." Sister Hu also joked and went back.

Jiang Qi just stood there in a daze.

Yes, isn't sweeping this more meritorious than just sweeping the streets?

Jiang Qi even waded through sewage this morning, so it’s not impossible for him to stay up late to clean the alley at night.

It doesn't take much, just clear out the path leading in and the area next to the script shop. It will benefit both others and yourself.

The script shop is doing good business right now, and if it closes for one day, it will lose a lot of money. In fact, the scripts for today and tomorrow are fully booked, and if it closes tomorrow, it will be troublesome to postpone the book.

The customer flow is the highest on weekends, and many customers are only available on weekends.

Jiang Qi began to recall how he went to his grandfather's house to pay New Year's greetings on the first day of the Chinese New Year. He, Jiang Bing and several cousins blew up the manure pit in his grandfather's house, and how he cleaned it when his parents punished him to do so.

Thinking about it this way, Jiang Qi felt that it was worth a try.

He has experience.

"Erya." Jiang Qi handed his phone to Wang Erya, "You should be able to pay with your phone, right? Go to the supermarket and buy some things for me, buy... Never mind, I'll write the list down in the memo for you."

After Jiang Qi finished making the list, Wang Erya took the phone. She didn't recognize some of the words, so she had to ask Jiang Qi what they were.

"Boss, why did you buy so many cleaning tools? And two sets at that." Wang Erya was puzzled.

Jiang Qi raised his head proudly: "Serve the people!"

Then Jiang Qi turned around and asked Lili: "Lili, can you control the mop and broom to clean?"

"Yes!" Lili said loudly.

"Great, wait until it's completely dark later, and we can clean together. When you clean, pay attention to see if there's anyone around, and don't clean if there is."

Lili: ???

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