Mr. Jin gave a thumbs up and said I know a lot, and my brother-in-law asked why, and I said: "After the disappearance of the Qing Dynasty, many Manchus changed their Han surnames, while most of the people who loved Xin Jueluo changed their surnames to Jin, and most of the royal family relatives were on the three banners." ”

Mr. Jin smiled and said, "Boss Tian even knows this? What a knowledge. "I laughed and said that I have a friend who is just like you, a Manchu with the surname Jin, maybe you are still relatives.

While eating and chatting, Mr. Jin told me that he works in a company in Panjin, and his son is in junior high school, and he is studying very well. I asked how you could count it as good if you said you were unlucky. Mr. Jin sighed and said that his life was not rich, barely above the food and clothing line, and although he did good deeds everywhere, his life and work were always unsatisfactory, and his popularity was mediocre, so he hoped that there would be some turnaround.

"My classmate is in business on his own, and I bought a Thai Buddhist card in your hand nearly two years ago, and I was moved when I said that the effect was good. But then your store was not opened, a while ago I heard that it was open again, and it happened that my classmate came to Shenyang to talk about things, so I followed him to the store to find you twice, but you were not there. Mr. Jin said, "Although your brother-in-law is here to look at the store, after all, he can't compare with you, so I still hope to have an interview with you, so that you can help me staff and staff what kind of amulet to buy." ”

The brother-in-law sitting next to me smiled and shook his head, just drinking wine and eating meat, I thought to myself, don't you just want to transfer, as for the need to come all the way to meet me. But then I thought, for me, I don't feel like I'm selling Buddha cards every day. For customers, a Buddha card from thousands to thousands, and it is related to their luck and fortune, of course, it is very important.

So I nodded: "No problem, it just so happens that I went back to Shenyang from Thailand this time to do business, because a relative has died, I can probably stay for a few days, and it is enough to help you consult the Buddha card." ”

Mr. Jin was very happy, saying that his happiness and future were in my hands, and I hurriedly said don't say that, the Buddha card can only play an auxiliary role, and it must rely on its own efforts.

"Huh? But your brother-in-law said that many Buddhist cards have a very good effect, and you can make a fortune when you buy them. Mr. Kim looked at my brother-in-law suspiciously.

My brother-in-law hurriedly explained that it was a yin card and an evil card, and I only had a genuine card in this store. I thought to myself that you are really redundant, since you know that the store does not sell evil brands, and what do you introduce to customers, isn't that tempting. Mr. Jin asked me what the difference was, and I had to give him a brief explanation of the difference between evil, yin and genuine.

Mr. Jin thought for a moment: "Then what kind of card should I ask for?" "I don't want him to move the mind of the yin card or even the evil card, after all, it is a classmate of the old customer, and I set a dead rule for myself, all customers related to the Buddha card shop, all sell only genuine cards. I told him that you are not about to achieve something, so you can honestly ask for a genuine card, and the effect will be better.

After eating, Mr. Jin had to go to the checkout, because he had already given me two bags of rice, which had been shipped all the way back, and I wanted to rush to pay for it. But I didn't expect Mr. Jin to do it, and said: "Don't fight with me, although the old Jin family is down-and-out now, it was also a royal family more than a hundred years ago, when did you take advantage of others?" Let me. ”

This made me a little stunned, and my brother-in-law sitting next to me also smiled and said, "Dude, you are so funny, the rules of the former Qing Dynasty still count?" Mr. Jin said seriously, of course, although the times are changing, the rules of the ancestors cannot be changed.

Since he understood it this way, then I had to let Mr. Jin settle the bill. Mr. Jin didn't have enough cash in his hand, so he had to swipe his credit card, so he had to go to the cashier to settle the bill. While the boss was making an order, there were two groups of diners waiting to settle the bill. Mr. Kim waved his hand at them, motioning for them to tie the knot first. The two groups didn't understand it, and after they understood what Mr. Jin meant, they thought he was waiting for someone, so they walked to the cashier and swiped their cards.

"It's your turn, right?" I said to Mr. Kim. He smiled and said that he was not in a hurry anyway, so let the others come first. My brother-in-law and I looked at each other and thought that Mr. Jin was really good.

Unexpectedly, after the two groups of diners finished settling the bill, someone lined up behind them, and instead squeezed Mr. Jin to the side. This barbecue restaurant is relatively large, and there are more people at noon, and there are six or seven people at the checkout later. I couldn't help but tell Mr. Kim to let him tie the knot first, and when would it take to go. Before Mr. Jin could speak, one of the people in line to check out was dissatisfied, and said, "What, do you want to add a stopper?" How nice it is to go to the back of the line! So many people are queuing. ”

I told her that we were already at the front, but I just let the people behind settle the bill first. But everyone didn't seem to buy this explanation, they all said that they didn't see it, they only recognized the people in front of me, and they cast contemptuous glances at us, as if we were making excuses to deliberately not line up.

This me off with my brother-in-law, who asked us back to our seats, and he pulled out a few hundred dollars in cash and asked the waiter to come and collect the money. Mr. Jin didn't want to, but I looked at the long queue at the cash register and said don't wait, it's not the same who pleases, next time it's your turn. Mr. Jin looked a little embarrassed, so he had to watch my brother-in-law settle the meal money.

Back at the Buddhist card shop, my brother-in-law said to Mr. Jin: "You are too humble, look, no one appreciates it now, and it is easy to misunderstand." ”

Mr. Jin smiled and said, "It's okay, it's just a misunderstanding, but we still have to do good deeds." "I have to admit that the realm between me and Mr. Jin is too different. In the store, I took out the beautifully printed Thai Buddhist card, pointed out a few genuine cards, and asked him what price he could afford. Mr. Jin said that his family was mediocre, but for the sake of transshipment, it was acceptable to be more expensive, but it was better not to exceed 5,000, otherwise the money would be too tight.

"You may not be married, it's not easy to raise children now, and I have to make up for classes, my father* was disabled when he was left, and he couldn't go to work for many years, and the family depends on my salary." Mr. Kim said.

The brother-in-law asked, "Is your old man being criticized?" Mr. Kim nodded and began to tell us about him.

This Mr. Jin is not very good because his family is related to the Manchu imperial family. Before the liberation, the family had several properties in Beijing and Shenyang, but after the liberation, all of them were returned to the public, leaving only one of the smallest bungalows for them to live in. After changing his Han surname, his grandfather still had calligraphy, paintings and antique jade hidden by his ancestors, and planned to buy real estate in Beijing when the rumors passed.

Unexpectedly, not only did the wind not pass, but it became more and more powerful, at first it was just dividing the fields and land, and then it broke the four olds. His grandfather's little collection was reported, and all of them were snatched away as four olds, and burned down in the school playground along with many confiscated antique calligraphy, paintings, books, and swords.

Now the Jin family has become completely poor, but it's not over, * it's even worse, it was originally surnamed Aixin Jueluo, a relative of the Manchu Emperor, that's okay, the whole family was criticized enough, even the last bungalow was confiscated, and the whole family lived in the cowshed. Mr. Jin's grandmother was not in good health and was directly beaten to death, and Jin's father was stubborn, saying that the ancestors of the family were also royal, even if there was no preferential treatment, they couldn't fight. Naturally, these remarks were extremely reactionary, and as a result, his waist and legs were broken, and he had to walk hard, let alone work.

finally survived the reform and opening up, and Mr. Jin's father fought hard to get the bungalow back, which can be regarded as having a home. But because of too much persecution, Jin's father had a bad temper, and he often quarreled with others, offending many people. At the end of the 80s, when Mr. Jin went to college, he divided the building due to the demolition of the bungalow, but Jin's father scolded the leader in charge of the house, and did not even give a two-bedroom house, and finally only got a single room, Mr. Jin's conditions were poor, and he did not find a good wife, and the object of marriage was a woman from the countryside of Panjin, who had no money to buy a new house, and the family of four had to live in a one-bedroom apartment, and his parents built a bed in the living room outside, barely living. Jin Mu washes dishes in a restaurant and does odd jobs, and her life is very tight. Mr. Kim works hard and always wants to make a career.

Although Jin's father has a bad temper, he educates his children unambiguously, the royal family believes in Buddhism, and the Jin family is the same, and many rules have not changed from their ancestors. As long as Jin's father can remember, he knows that there is a bronze Buddha at home, and on the first and fifteenth day of the new year of each month, the whole family must worship the Buddha and burn incense, and they can only eat vegetarian food for those two days.