Knowing that Mrs. Ning Guo was not here to cause trouble this time, the shopkeeper, who had a psychological shadow as big as the capital, finally relaxed a little, but his hospitality became more attentive and proper.
Mo Qingwei laughed at her: "Mrs. Ning Guo's reputation is far and wide, and we have also benefited from it."
Ye Zhenzhen was a little embarrassed: "There is no need to mention old things again."
In order to support my younger brother, I ruined other people's lives. I didn't think much of it at the time, but now when my friends talk about it in a joking tone, I always feel a little embarrassed.
It is precisely because of the old "show-smashing friendship" that the shopkeeper follows them closely, and no matter what performance they want to watch, they are the first to arrange it.
This made the children so happy that they were impatient to watch operas, story-telling or piano dances, and kept asking to see juggling, such as somersaults, crushing rocks on the chest, walking on wires, breathing fire...etc.
Various street performances were performed at this well-known Goulan restaurant in Beijing, making it lively and joyful.
Other spectators: "..." with question marks all over their heads.
A regular customer came to the shopkeeper and complained dissatisfiedly: "Lao Xu, what's the matter with you? When did your home Goulan become a place for entertainers to perform? Are you coaxing children? Let Mrs. Zhao come out and sing a song.
Son."
The corner of the shopkeeper's mouth twitched. Wasn't he coaxing the children? There were a bunch of little dolls upstairs - she was indeed Mrs. Ning Guo, so she took the children to go shopping in Goulan.
He did not dare to criticize the noble man, so he could only apologize and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang, please forgive me. Madam Zhao has a bad throat today and cannot perform on the stage. However, we have arranged other shows. The juggling now is just to warm up the scene. Please drink.
Let’s drink tea and chat, the exciting program will come soon.”
This is what he thinks. Mrs. Ning Guo and her group of children must be here for a short time, and they must first take care of the big Buddha.
Only then would the regular customers be willing to relent.
In order to facilitate watching the performance, there is no difference between the lobby on the first floor and the private room on the second floor. It is called a private room, but it is slightly blocked by a screen. Sitting in the private room, you can have a panoramic view of the scene downstairs, so just now
Ye Zhenzhen and the others also saw what happened downstairs.
They felt a little embarrassed, but seeing that the children were enjoying themselves, they couldn't bear to ask the shopkeeper to change the music.
Chu Ningyan said: "I'll just give you some more reward money later."
Everyone agreed.
No wonder customers say that these juggling tricks are just to entertain children. There are almost no changes in these juggling tricks. The first time you watch them, you will find them exciting and lively. But after watching them a few more times, they will become boring.
Except for the children who watched with great interest, the adults were not interested and started chatting with this as a background. Ye Zhenzhen was also chatting with her friends. Suddenly, a certain topic downstairs caught her attention——
"Have you heard? Li Xiucai from Yiningfang met a liar and was deceived into losing his entire fortune."
"Has anyone been deceived again? Are the recent scammers too arrogant?"
"Isn't it true? Even Li Xiucai, a scholar, can be deceived, let alone ordinary people?"
"I think Li Xiucai is stupid because of reading. He is a nerd. I won't be fooled."
"That means you have no chance of being cheated."
…
An unsuspecting customer was very curious and came over to ask: "What are you being deceived about? Are there a lot of scammers recently? Please tell me something so that I can take precautions in the future."
The person being questioned happened to be the regular customer who had just complained that the program was boring. He looked him up and down and asked, "You are a scholar, right?"
The man was a little surprised and asked: "How did you know?"
The regular customer is an old man who has been in the market. I don’t know how vicious this pair of tricks is. I just saw that the young man in front of me was wearing a new and not old scholar’s gown. The skin on his hands was delicate and there were thick calluses between his fingers. At first glance,
You know he is a scholar who is accustomed to reading and writing.
Of course, in the end, it was determined that he was a scholar and not anything else, but because he had a sign hanging on his waist that read "Baishantang", which was the proof of being sponsored by Baishantang.
Baishan Hall was a charity organization that Ye Zhenzhen originally planned to establish. Later, after it was submitted to the imperial government, the name was directly used by the emperor and became a charity organization dedicated to supporting scholars. Yongshan Hall was a name she chose later.
The Baishan Hall was under the jurisdiction of the deposed Prince Su, King Su.
While Ye Zhenzhen was thinking for a few times, the conversation below was also going on: "...it can be seen from the good sign on Lang Jun's waist. Although it looks the same as other signs, but after seeing it more, it is still very strange.
It’s easy to identify. I would like to advise you that scammers have recently deceived you, scholarship recipients, so you’d better keep a low profile and don’t reveal your identity to avoid being targeted by scammers.”
The scholar's expression became more serious, he cupped his hands and said, "I would like to hear the details."
The regular customer took a sip of the newly added hot tea from the waiter before continuing: "Scammers have been rampant recently and thefts have occurred frequently. The emperor was kind and allowed King Su to take charge of Baishan Hall and help talented but poor scholars to study.
Scholars who have passed the examination and meet the funding requirements can apply to Li Zheng, and they will be eligible for funding only after being investigated and confirmed by the local government.
Subsidized scholars not only receive a fixed amount of money each month, but if they have other study expenses that lead to insufficient money, such as purchasing pens, inks, paper, inkstones, books, etc., they can go to the shantang to withdraw a sum of money based on the bills issued by the shop.
.Of course, these money will need to be paid back in the future.
The treasury's money is limited, and in order to maximize funding for scholars, all aspects of the review are very strict. Even so, there are still unscrupulous people who have taken advantage of loopholes. As far as I know, there have been many victims."
The regular customer first explained the funding rules to other customers who were unclear about the funding rules, and then continued: "As everyone knows, studying costs a lot of money. Pens, inks, paper, inkstones, and books all cost money. The prices are quite high. The monthly funding is fixed.
For most scholars, it is far from enough. Many people have to withdraw money once a month with a note.
There are many procedures required to get money, and the method is very cumbersome, and it may take several days at least. Therefore, some unscrupulous people have caught the mentality of some people, and on the pretext of helping to apply for money, they first deceive the other party into writing a note to buy pens, inks, paper and inkstones, but refuse to give them.
For the goods, I went to the Shantang to get the money based on the purchase note. In the end, the money that was taken out could not reach the right owner at all, and the scammer ran away with the money... Just like that, the owner of the Shantang not only owed money to the government, but also owed money to the government.
I still have to pay back the note, and I heard that someone has already made a fuss and is about to commit suicide."
Hiss, everyone took a breath. The liar is so cunning and vicious. Scholars who are eligible for financial aid are already poor. If they encounter this kind of thing again, no wonder they can't bear it and want to commit suicide.
[The author has something to say]
I received a scam call a while ago, and there have been a lot of scam news recently, so I came up with this plot... I hope everyone can be more vigilant, don't trust unknown calls, and don't transfer money to others. It's best to download an "anti-fraud app" for call identification.
.I never answered unknown calls before. Later, due to work reasons, I often received unknown calls, and I always received one or two missed calls. Since I installed the "anti-fraud app", the world has finally become peaceful.
