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Chen Hui, a supermarket owner in Pingxiang, Jiangxi province, quietly paid nearly 10,000 yuan in advance over the past five years by pretending to scan the code to preserve the dignity of a vulnerable woman. After the heart-touching story came to light, it sparked heated discussions and goodwill.
Chen Hui, a supermarket owner in Pingxiang, Jiangxi province, has “pretended to scan a code” more than 500 times over the past five years to care for a woman who suffered from a mental disorder after an accident and lived alone. He quietly gave a subsidy of about 10,000 yuan without taking any money. This quiet act of kindness was recently exposed on the internet and sparked widespread reactions. This not only affected countless people, but also attracted many netizens to take the initiative to send supplies and ask their bosses to deliver them on their behalf, thereby continuing this gentle kindness to the society.
In 2021, the woman’s mental condition was poor due to frequent changes in the family, and she could only survive on subsistence allowance. Whenever she went to the supermarket to buy simple food like bread and drinks, she would always shyly ask if she could pay off the loan first. However, because of her strong self-esteem, she always insisted on paying for herself and was unwilling to take other people’s things for free. After learning about her situation, Chen Hui was very distressed, but she was unwilling to hurt the other person’s self-esteem with a direct gesture of donation, so she came up with a special method: every time she checked out, she would pick up the QR code scanner and complete the whole process as usual, causing the machine to produce a “beep” sound. In fact, the system did not record the account or actually debit the money, and completed the transaction like a normal customer.
After this heartwarming five-year-old story spread, many netizens left messages praising Chen Hui’s thoughtfulness and kindness. Some people even took direct action and took the initiative to send clothes and various daily necessities to the supermarket, and asked Chen Hui to help them deliver them to the woman. Facing praise from the outside world, Chen Hui said frankly that giving things for free is actually very simple, but it will destroy the other person’s self-confidence. “I don’t want to help the other person out of altruism. This way of pretending to scan a QR code is to maintain his dignity as a human being.”
The woman usually bought more than ten yuan worth of food daily. She pretended to scan the code more than 500 times in more than five years, allowing Chen Hui to quietly spend nearly 10,000 yuan. Although the woman herself received a subsistence allowance and the local community was taking care of her life, Chen Hui’s unobtrusive care became the most gentle supplement to the system’s security.
Chen Hui insisted on not revealing too much personal information about the woman, for fear that someone would come to see. In Chen Hui’s eyes, the relationship between the two is like that of friends. The “click” sound of scanning the code is not a monetary transaction, but a tacit understanding between each other. It not only brings warmth to each other but also makes one’s own life more meaningful.
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Because the woman suffered from mental disorder after a family accident. Although she lived on subsistence allowances, she still insisted on paying for herself and was unwilling to take other people’s things for free. Chen Hui was worried that giving alms directly would hurt her self-esteem, so she chose to pretend to scan the QR code to ask for help.
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According to the description in the text, Chen Hui pretended to scan the code more than 500 times over more than five years. The woman bought more food such as bread and drinks for more than ten yuan, and silently subsidized the total, about 10,000 yuan, but never took any money.
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After the story spread on the Internet, many netizens left messages praising Chen Hui’s thoughtfulness and kindness. Some people also took the initiative to send clothes and daily necessities to the supermarket, and asked them to give them to the woman, so that this kindness could continue to spread to the society.
