Elderly Chinese Grandmother Uses Ritual Paper Money to Buy Grilled Chicken, Vendor Accepts Kindly

A heartwarming viral story emerged on February 22 about an elderly woman over 70 years old using 'ghost money' to buy grilled chicken, bao, and snacks at a night market. The event occurred in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province, China, where a vendor named Liu Ruize shared a video of the grandmother offering ritual paper money for her daily meal. The vendor revealed that she has been coming to his stall every day for 7 years, sometimes using toy cards, ritual paper money, or small coins she finds on the street. The woman has a son working in another city and rarely sees him, but he sends her money occasionally. Despite having a hard-to-understand local dialect, the vendor always accepts her unusual forms of payment. The video went viral with over 600,000 likes, with netizens praising the vendor's kindness and compassion.