The Art of Whine was inspired by conscious Qiáo Shunyuan.
Qiáo grew up in China as a farmer. His family was very poor and grew Eggplants, cucumbers, and cabbage. Qiao's mother dreamed of a big home where she could give birth to their next child. Qiáo's father, Hou, wanted more kids and planned to get his wife pregnant 18 times. But Dānfù, refused, she believed she was too frail to carry all his children, But Hou insisted, he gave her reasons, "We'll have more help and you won't have to do anything."
Though the thought was considerate, Dānfù couldn't accept it. To make sure she never got pregnant, she put an eggplant in her vagina. She refused sex with Hou and blamed it on her menstruation.
They went without sex for six years until Hou couldn't take it and slept with a woman who was homeless named Jiǎchóng. Jiǎchóng was happy to lay with him and only asked for a place to sleep. Since his wife and he did not have sex for six years, he kicked her out the house and kept jiǎchóng.
Qiao and his mother were homeless and wander their village. They took from the farm and ate what they could out of it. Until the day came, Dānfù fainted in the dirt and would not get up. A shopkeeper saw the trouble and offered help.
He took Dānfù into shop and took at her. She had a fever and was barely conscious. In the shop, the man owned a rare statue of Biàn xuě. He asked the shopkeeper what the statute meant. He told him the story of the Dragon Village.
The people there are haunted by a Jiangshi that makes people crazy. Unlike most Jiangshi, this one in the village learned from people. The villagers told that the Jiangshi would be fine to get inside a house.
He gave him a scroll, 'The Art of Whine'.
The Art of Whine is a strange Jiangshi behavior. They don't drink blood but will speak to the door. The Jiangshi loves to pass lies and threats. It will reveal secrets and try to mix with the family. If the window is opening around this Jiangshi, the vampire will hop through the window and take the sleeping person. They will then lay in the bed and pretend to be sleep until somebody comes in to check the former. The village named the vampire, Hàiqúnma.
As for the dragon, it was summoned to protect the village from the vampire. Bian Xue was said to have the souls of the victims and their will gave him the means to fight off the vampire.
The shopkeeper told Qiao to find the place and ask the dragon for help. He left on a horse and traveled 700 miles away to the village. When he got there, the dragon was a giant ask pile and the vampire stood on two legs with a dragon's tail. The Jiangshi approached Qiao and grabbed his arm. "You will serve me." he told Qiao he could have what he wanted after he had built him a house. He didn't like the other houses for dead people slept in them.
With Bian Zue gone, the vampire had all the souls and passed a soul to Qiao that was knowledgeable about building. Qiao started building the house at the age of 9. The vampire told him, make it bigger. He made it bigger and at the age of 27, the house stood 49 feet tall. Again, the vampire told him he wanted it bigger. At the Age of 45, the house was 56 feet tall.
The Jiangshi told him he did a poor job and whipped him. He told him one more time, "I will keep you a live until I can reach the heavens." the Jiangshi haunted him. "Your mother is dead, your mother is whore, your mother is gone because of you. Your father never loved you," and he told Qiao to kill himself. He threw a knife at him and using magic he make Qiao try to stab his eye out.
At the age of 88, the house was great standing 215 feet. But still the house wasn't tall enough. Qiao was old and knew his mother was dead. The vampire demanded that he go into a village and drag people back so they could work.
Qiao no longer cared for the will of others if it meant he got to stop working. He found a village 60 miles away. He went into a pub and told people in the pub a story, "My mother was a builder. She build homes her whole life. She built a home a homeless child. She asked the Gods for a hammer to help her building stand strong and the Lord grant her this hammer so she could build." he told people that the hammer had broken because of thievery. He asked builders, husbands, and wives to help him finish his mother's architect.
He took the people back to the village and the vampire made them work. And like Qiao, he haunted them, calling them names and ruining their spirits. He told Qiao to go into another and find him a wife. If he did he would let five women working go and they would be his wife.
He traveled 35 miles to a village, he met a woman who was a baker. He told her, "You are the most beautiful woman, I wish I could marry a woman has graceful as you." the woman thank his kindness and spoke to her again. Beforehand, he wrote a letter. "My mother just passed, she was builder, her last wish that I would marry. Please marry me at the top of the last building she made." he wept.
But the woman said she was already married. Qiao wrote another letter and another. He gave a letter to every woman in the village and said, 'Your husband is admired by another' he would direct them to the dragon village and all the women got on a wagon to see who this woman was that was sleeping with their husband's.
Unaware, out of 72 women, the vampire told him to take 14. "I need an heir but I'm not big enough. Go find a man that can lift a mountain and I'll give him a woman to fuck."
Qiao went to Mount Everest as he heard from the previous village that a wise monk left the town to go there. By the time he found the monk, Qiao was nearly a 102. He met the monk who had a broken leg. He told him, "You must be lonely by yourself in the mountain, come with me and I'll see you have all that you need"
"But I don't need anything, all my peace is up here."
So, he punched the monk and beat him half to death. This he didn't have to do and dragged the man back to the village. By this time, the House had reached 1235 feet. When he returned the vampire was happy but looked at Qiao disgusted. "You are old... your soul is even nastier." he told Qiao to leave and never return.
Qiao left and he went to India. He worked in a store sweeping. One day a woman comes in with a gold chain and white ring. She was happy and told the shopkeeper she just married a doctor. So Qiao said to her, "My mother just died and never got to see me marry. If you can give me a gold coin, I could make a ring for my wife to be." And the Indian woman believed it was so sweet, she gave him two gold coins.
A swept the floor in the shop and each time a customer came in. He told them a lie, "I am sick and my wife is pregnant. My brother kicked me out my house and my father and mother are dead. If you could, give me two coins so I can rebuild."
Qiao was 109 with 55 coins. He couldn't walk nor work so he was fired and asked his boss, "Can you give me two coins so I buy a piee of bread?"
His former boss gave him two coins. He went to a gypsy and he bought a bottle of poison. He walked into the store and the shopkeeper left a drink on the counter. He poisoned the drink and the man died. Qiao stole a knife from the store and food. He went to a house and the window was open. He jumped through the window and stabbed the person sleeping. He slept in the bed and had a child with the wife.