The road to immortality for a hundred generations

"Is this notice related to my grand prize?"

After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Liu Renyi frowned and looked at the boy in the shop. He carefully glued the thick white rice paper with obvious writing on the wall.

"Why is the ink on this character so even?"

Before seeing the specific content of the notice, Liu Renyi noticed the unusual handwriting at a glance.

Whether you are writing with a hard pen such as red willow wood, bone pen, reed tube pen, etc., or using an ordinary brush, you need to dip it in ink to write.

Since ink is used, there will naturally be heavy ink and light ink.

No matter how you look at the handwriting on the notice in front of you, the ink is very even.

If you really want to say it, this word is more like a carving, engraved on the thick white rice paper.

But this is simply impossible!This was obviously written with a pen!

There must be something fishy about this ink!
In just a short moment, several thoughts flashed through Liu Renyi's mind.

"Forget it, don't worry about it, let's see what my grand prize is all about first."

After all, these 100 taels of silver are equivalent to a quarter's profit of his two rice shops. Naturally, he attaches great importance to it, and everything else has to be pushed to the back.

"In order to actively respond to Xiantian City's tax collection, from now on, all awards will be subject to [-]% tax."

"In order to give back to new and old customers, our store will pay the tax for customers up to the third prize for free. If you win the third prize, the second prize, the first prize, and the grand prize, the winner will need to pay [-]% of the tax. In order to prevent tax evasion and other situations, our store will collect [-]% of the tax on behalf of Xiantian City, please be informed."

"Huh? Collect taxes?"

After reading the entire notice, Liu Renyi didn't know how to describe his feelings.

As a businessman, he naturally knows that doing business must pay taxes.

So he has no objection to paying taxes.

But the problem is that he doesn't pay the tax early or late, but pays it when he wins everyone else's, which is a bit annoying.

Moreover, when it comes to tax payment, aren’t the shops generally paying the tax themselves?I have never heard of guests having to pay tax.

Why is it that in this lottery lottery store, the customers are asked to pay the tax on the winning amount, and the store collects it on their behalf?
"Forget it, I've already won the jackpot anyway, these 20 taels are just wasted."

Although he was very unhappy, Liu Renyi was helpless.

After all, they collect taxes directly and only exchange 80% of the grand prize. He gets [-] taels himself.

"Brother Liu, have you finished reading?"

Zhang Shan asked with a smile.

It would naturally be a bit difficult for him to personally speak about collecting everyone's taxes.

But after the other party had finished reading, all that was left in his heart was pleasure.

After all, the store had to pay taxes, and the other party paid 20% of the grand prize, [-] taels, which was almost equivalent to the store's tax for nearly a year.

Could he be unhappy?

"finish watching,"

Liu Renyi sighed, "Shopkeeper, please redeem your prize."

When it comes to paying taxes, he, who was originally very happy about winning the jackpot, now only has seven and a half cents left.

Xiantian City's taxes are based on different types of business, and the tax rates charged are also different.

For basic businesses such as rice shops, cloth shops, and medical clinics, according to monthly accounting, the maximum tax collected is only [-]%.

For businesses like gambling houses and brothels, the tax can reach up to [-]%.

Logically speaking, the lottery shop should be like a gambling house, which can receive a tax rate of up to [-]%, but the other party only charged him [-]%, and even the top [-]% tax rate for businesses such as rice shops and cloth shops was not reached. , this is already considered a conscientious shop.

After thinking about it, Liu Renyi felt better again.

"Here, Brother Liu, your grand prize."

Zhang Shan took two out of the roll of banknotes, then handed over the remaining eight, and joked with a smile, "How about it? Brother Liu, do you want to treat me to dinner at noon?"

"Please, please."

After solemnly placing the 80 taels, Liu Renyi said firmly.

At this time, he was no longer as uncomfortable as before. Anyway, it was only 20 taels. If he had not won the jackpot, he would not be able to pay the tax.

He accepted it, but the passers-by who couldn't read or read the notices couldn't accept it.

From their perspective, this seemed to be an affair between Liu Renyi and the shopkeeper, who deliberately let Liu Renyi win the grand prize, and then divided the reward into [-] points, with Liu Renyi taking eight and the shopkeeper getting two.

Although they had no idea why they dared to share the accounts in front of them, at this time they could no longer think so much and started to criticize.

"Oh?! What are you two doing?! Why did 100 taels of silver only get exchanged for 80 taels?!"

"Isn't it possible that you are having an affair with someone inside and outside? You deliberately let Liu Renyi win the big prize, and then split the account between [-] and [-]?!"

"You are too brave! Even though there are only three of us, you can't help but take us seriously, right?!"

"Everyone who meets you has a share! You must give some to the three of us, otherwise we will go to other lottery stores to report you for having an affair inside and outside!"

Their fierce voices even reached outside the store, attracting several passers-by to gather around as if watching the fun.

Looking at the excited crowd, Zhang Shan quickly raised his voice and said loudly: "Everyone, don't be anxious, let me explain to you."

"Okay! I want to see how you explain it!"

Originally, the passerby was worried about whether the other party would close the door and let the dog out, but when he saw some people gathered around the outer door, he felt relieved.

"Our lottery shop is a good business that abides by the laws of Xiantian City, and we pay every word of tax."

"But it's also because our lottery shop is just a small business and we don't make much money. After paying the tax, we won't make any profit, and we may even lose money."

"In the first month, in order to create a good reputation among everyone, we decided to pay taxes for everyone for free. However, naturally we cannot continue a business that is losing money. After the big shopkeeper looked at the account book last night, he had no choice but to cancel it. A benefit to help everyone pay their taxes for free.”

"That is to say, starting from today, all winning customers will have to pay [-]% of the tax themselves. This part will be collected by our store and will be handed over to the Xiantian City Taxation Department every month."

Speaking of this, Zhang Shan suddenly raised his voice again, "Of course! You don't have to worry, our store will still pay the taxes for the small prizes and lucky prizes for free. In other words, you only have to pay for the big prize and the first prize. , second prize, taxes for the third prize, everything else remains as usual!”

"I said something felt wrong. It turned out that I had forgotten about taxes."

Liu Renyi, who was listening on the side, suddenly realized.

From the first day, he basically smoked bucket after bucket, and the results were small profits, enough capital, small losses, and occasionally big profits.

But even if he makes a small loss and the lottery shop makes a small profit, if taxes are included, the lottery shop will still lose money.

And this is what he always felt was inconsistent.

Now, stores with big prizes, including the third prize, will collect taxes twice on behalf of the winners, so that the lottery stores will not lose money.Although Liu Renyi still feels that this business is not very profitable. Although there is a lot of traffic every day, it may not be as profitable as his cheap rice shop, but this does not prevent him from coming here every day to draw prizes.

In short, after listening to the shopkeeper's words, Liu Renyi, who had already calmed down, became even more indifferent.

Isn’t it just a mere 20 taels of tax?Think of it as a reward for him.

With this thought in mind, Liu Renyi continued to look at the remaining buckets of lottery tickets.

He just won the big prize with the first one, so he hasn't had time to see the rest yet.

If the remaining ones win a few more third prizes, second prizes, etc., or even a first prize, maybe the total winning amount can reach 100 taels.

After choosing a lottery draw that was more pleasing to the eye, Liu Renyi took a casual look.

"what?"

Liu Renyi shook his head suddenly, looked at it carefully again, and found that he seemed to have read it correctly just now.

"I!"

Liu Renyi's lips trembled and he asked softly in an unbelieving tone, "Did I get hit again?"

"Shopkeeper! I've been hit again! I've been hit again!"

After a breath, Liu Renyi seemed to have changed his mind and shouted loudly.

"Isn't this person stupid? He just won a grand prize of 100 taels. Even if he wins a first prize of [-] taels now, he won't be so excited, right?"

"Look at how excited he is. If I win a big prize of 100 taels, I won't care even if I win ten third prizes or even ten second prizes."

"Looking at how excited he is, it doesn't look like he's asking for help, right?"

"He won't win another big prize, right?"

"Won another big prize? How dare you say that? Do you really think that this lucky draw store will lose money for your business?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! If this person wins another big prize, I will eat the plaque hanging at the door on the spot!"

His startled voice immediately caused other people around him to look over and talk openly.

"Brother Liu, stay calm."

Zhang Shan persuaded with earnest words, "You have won a big prize. Are you so excited?"

"look look look."

At this time, Liu Renyi was so excited that he was speechless. He could only hand the lottery ticket in his hand to Zhang Shan tremblingly.

"Okay, okay, I'll take a look."

Zhang Shan shook his head, took the lottery ticket from the other party, mentally prepared himself that the other party might win the first prize, and glanced over.

"what?!!"

After seeing clearly the handwriting at the bottom of the award sign, Zhang Shan's exaggerated expression was no less impressive than Liu Renyi's.

Then, Zhang Shan stood up with a "huh" sound, first rubbed his eyes vigorously with his free right hand, and then looked at the lottery ticket on his left hand again.

"what?!!!"

After confirming that he had read it correctly, Zhang Shan screamed again, then quickly straightened the lottery ticket and looked carefully at the anti-counterfeiting scratches on the lower left side of the lottery ticket.

That's right!
"Brother Liu, you, please wait for me to check."

Zhang Shan took a few quick breaths, sat down on the chair, then took out the lottery ticket that was also the grand prize, and compared it carefully.

Wood, writing marks, anti-counterfeiting scratches, tassels, how to tie the tassels, anti-counterfeiting scratches under the tassels.

There were a total of six anti-counterfeiting marks. Zhang Shan did not dare to be negligent and compared them all. But even if he compared them all, he found that although they had small differences, they were basically the same.

In other words, the possibility of fraud can be ruled out.

But if they are all true, why are there two big prizes?
Didn’t the master say that this grand prize will appear once a month? ? ?

Standing aside, Shi Shi, who was far away, couldn't see the handwriting under the lottery ticket. He didn't know that Liu Renyi had won two big prizes in succession. But seeing Brother Zhang's expression as if he was facing an enemy, he immediately suspected the possibility of fraud.

So he leaned over and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong, Brother Zhang? Is it possible that someone faked it?"

"No, stone,"

Zhang Shan shook his head and turned the two lottery numbers towards the stone, "Look, there are two big prizes here, both of which were drawn by Liu Renyi just now. But I just checked them thoroughly and found that they are both Really, it shouldn’t be fake.”

First of all, all the anti-counterfeiting signs are consistent, and secondly, Liu Renyi was always on the counter during the lottery and did not leave his sight.

Secondly, none of their twenty lucky draw stores had any grand prizes.

Even if the other party is making a fake, but they haven’t seen the grand prize’s anti-counterfeiting mark, how can they imitate it exactly the same?

Looking at Brother Zhang with a puzzled look on his face, Shitou scratched his head irritably. He had an idea, but he felt that the idea was too simple for Brother Zhang to figure it out.

But if he didn't talk about this idea, he would feel too uncomfortable.

"No, Brother Zhang, don't we have a quota for the grand prize every month?"

Looking at Brother Zhang who was still thinking hard about various possibilities, Shitou scratched his lower back and said.

"There was one, but now there are two."

Zhang Shan looked at Shi Shi without knowing why.

"Yesterday, last night, did you forget?"

Shitou reminded.

"What yesterday? What does this have to do with yesterday?"

Zhang Shan, whose mind was a little confused for a moment, still couldn't figure it out.

"Oops! Brother Zhang! The master specially added a grand prize to our store, plus the existing grand prize, aren't these two grand prizes?!"

Shitou said all his thoughts in one breath, and then he began to wonder if he had thought wrong.

Is it possible that Brother Zhang is considering the possibility of spies and illicit affairs, and this idea of ​​his has been ruled out by Brother Zhang a long time ago?
"Oh, oh, oh~"

Zhang Shan slapped his thigh and breathed a sigh of relief, "Blame me! Blame me for not turning around for a moment."

"No, Brother Zhang, your reaction shocked me."

At this time, Shitou also let out a sigh of relief, and looked at Brother Zhang with a dumbfounded expression, "I really thought there was some serious matter of internal and external liaisons and fake lottery tickets, but it turns out you just forgot about this. "

The relationship really went awry. (End of chapter)