Shopkeeper Jia didn't understand too profound things, he only knew that his monthly income hadn't risen much, but the silver was worthless. Holding back the annoyance in his heart, he stood up, put his hands behind his back, and slowly paced towards the two customers who had just entered the store.

After these two guests entered the store, they were a little restrained, unconsciously looking around, or picking up a handful of rice and looking at it in their hands, Shopkeeper Jia did not speak, just accompanied him with a smile.

These two people are dressed in tatters but the pulp is clean, and a few patches are also neatly tied, presumably the guy who works in which shop, these rice prices have risen three times, and it is no wonder that every guest comes in with a hesitant expression.

Shopkeeper Jia cleared his throat and was about to speak, when one of them had already spoken: "Shopkeeper, how much is this rice and a stone?" ”

Shopkeeper Jia opened his mouth and thought for a long time before returning: "One, two, five, now the war is in chaos......"

This guy is dressed like he has normal hair that is half short and not long. At first glance, he is a hard worker, but he looks like a scholar, and Wen Xuan's words made Shopkeeper Jia almost choke.

The man waved his hand: "Shopkeeper, I want three stone rice, the price, I'll give you two taels and one stone, but I have to count the money for you later, how about it?" ”

Shopkeeper Jia listened to the first few sentences with a smile, three stone rice is not too big a business, but it is not a small one, and if the general neighbors come to buy three stones, he may give some discounts or something.

It's just that after he heard that the money was counted later, his face slowly pulled down: "This, our store has a small profit, and I don't owe ...... credit."

"That's a natural ......" The man nodded: "Just ask the shopkeeper to pile these three stones of rice on the table at the door, and someone will naturally come to pay for it after a while, and the shopkeeper can just collect the money."

The man saw that Jia Wangcun was a little hesitant and said: "I am supporting rice for my master, and someone will naturally bring money to get it after a while. ”

In recent years, the owner has rarely gone to the rice store to pay for the rice rations distributed to the subordinates, but it is not a big deal. The key is that the profit of five dollars of silver is exciting, and if you have three stone rice, you will have one, two, five! This is a large amount, you must know that Shopkeeper Jia was still complaining about the rise in rice prices just now, and his salary has not risen for several years.

Shopkeeper Jia said hesitantly: "It's okay to move to the door, but I don't know who your owner is?" Also, do you want to send someone to separate the rice? ”

The man was overjoyed when he heard the shopkeeper say this: "Just pile it on the table, my lord is very famous in this ten miles and eight towns, and the shopkeeper must have heard of it." The surname is Zhao, Zhao Gongming, Zhao Lao ......"

When Shopkeeper Jia was still thinking about a certain old man named "Zhao Gongming" in this county, that person had already taken out a stack of yellow table paper from his arms. shouted to the guys in the rice shop to move the rice, and the shopkeeper Jia didn't think much about it, so he hurriedly followed.

The man unceremoniously found a black charcoal and scratched it on the yellow table paper, and the shopkeeper Jia watched coldly from the side, he didn't know what this person was doing.

Mi is moving out but has not received the money, he can't help but feel a little weak in his heart, seeing that the shopkeeper Jia wanted to talk a few times, the man took a stool out and put it on the side, "Don't worry about it, the shopkeeper can only collect money here." ”

The shopkeeper Jia looked at the door inexplicably, and then looked at the work with a happy face, the street outside is the most lively place in the county, vegetable vendors, north and south goods stores, mule and horse shops, restaurants, etc., but the shopkeeper Jia looked around for a long time, and the people outside were busy taking care of themselves, where did anyone come to Fu Ji Rice Store to pay?

"Could this thief be playing tricks on me?" Shopkeeper Jia began to be dissatisfied

The man nodded at his companion and said, "Tie Niu, are you ready?" The other person replied in a humble voice: "I have written down the eldest brother, is this the beginning?" ”

Under the gaze of Shopkeeper Jia, one of the black-faced boys turned his head and suddenly opened his throat and shouted, "Get rich!" Get rich! Let's take a look, it's a lottery...... The color head is a stone of rice...... It only takes a penny to touch it once."

Shopkeeper Jia was suddenly shocked, how is this different from what he said just now He was just about to stand up, but he didn't expect the man to hold him down earlier: "The shopkeeper is a little restless, the person who paid has already come, could it be that the shopkeeper wants to drive them away?" ”

Shopkeeper Jia looked around, and the person's companion just now went down to the door of the store with a voice, and I don't know when a bunch of people had gathered out, and there were many neighbors he knew. The man gently patted Shopkeeper Jia's shoulder and began to greet the guests.

Needless to say, these two guys who borrowed chickens to lay eggs were naturally the two brothers Yang Bo and Tie Niu.

Chinese people like to see the lively surname since ancient times, and there were originally many people on this street, Tie Niu shouted a few times in a row, only to listen to the hula, there were already many people around the table where the rice was placed, and some even lost their stalls and ran to watch. Yang Bo smiled and arched his hand around, his expression looked like a fox stealing a chicken to Shopkeeper Jia

"Dear neighbors, fathers and fellow villagers, today coincides with the auspicious passage of the emperor, and it is appropriate to take a wedding and sacrifice to pray for blessings and open the market...... Na! As the saying goes, it's better to come early than to come smartly, and if you want to get rich, it's time to get rich! Your neighbors must be wondering, how to make a fortune? Is there pie in the sky? I'm sure I tell you guys, yes! Your neighbors must be asking again, so how can you make a fortune? Now I'm going to tell you, it's easy! Where, everyone, look here, a penny of silver is touched three times, and the lottery head is ......"

Tie Niu was stunned for a moment, and quickly opened his throat and shouted, "...... It's just a stone! Good rice only costs one penny of silver, three chances......"

At this time, one stone of rice was about 120 to 150 catties in later generations, and it was packed in a large sack and placed across the table, and I don't know when a piece of yellow table paper was pasted on it, but it also looked a little cautious. Three sacks of rice were piled up like mountains on the table.

Before everyone came back to their senses, Yang Bo continued to shout: "Don't miss it when you pass by, as long as you dare to come, good luck will follow, there are not many opportunities, you want to touch it quickly......"

There was a coaxing explosion at the bottom, and everyone was talking, and with Yang Bo's patient narration, everyone gradually understood the meaning of this lottery.

"Isn't it just a game?" A person seems to understand something

"No, but it's not like a game," another objected

"It's tempting," one woman muttered

The crowd was in groups of threes and twos, and there was a lot of discussion......

They all know very well in their hearts that a stone of rice is about one or two or a half cents now, and now the world does not talk about copper coins, but also says that silver is now depreciating more and more, because of the continuous famines, which make the price of grain fluctuate. An ordinary family can eat a stone of rice with some other multigrain wild vegetables, which can be eaten by a family of four for two months or more. What's more, the shopkeeper Jia of Fu Ji Rice Bank is accustomed to it, and he is not afraid of his debts.

Yang Bo stood on the stage and said a lot, everyone was a little moved but continued to watch, after all, in the face of this new thing, no one dared to make a bird.

Yang Bo was not in a hurry, and motioned to Tie Niu to continue shouting slogans, as long as someone dared to be the first to eat the crab, it would be easy to do, he was not in a hurry.

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