Chapter 310 Were you tricked?
The two sisters slept all the way to Nanjing.
The weather in Jinling was much hotter than in Yunxian. Because of what she had seen at the Yunxian bus station, Yao Shuxin was more vigilant than ever.
As soon as they got off the train, she grabbed Yao Shula's luggage and headed towards the exit.
As for those who came up to her and asked if she needed a ride in a tricycle, Yao Shuxin simply ignored them.
Yao Shuxin only breathed a sigh of relief after leaving the bus station and arriving at the guesthouse that Zhou Ping'an had arranged in advance.
Yao Shula took Yao Shuxin for a stroll around Jinling.
Wutong Avenue, the bronze statue at Xinjiekou, and the first hotel for foreign guests that has just been built.
Yao Shuxin found it all novel.
This was Yao Shuxin's first time leaving Yun County since she was a child. She had only seen those places in big cities in newspapers, on the radio, or on other people's television.
This is what a big city is like! Everyone says that Shanghai is the most prosperous city. If Nanjing is this prosperous, how prosperous must Shanghai be!
For the first time, Yao Shuxin realized that the outside world was much bigger than she had imagined.
I've left Yun County; there are so many opportunities outside!
Yao Shula took Yao Shuxin to eat duck blood wontons, salted duck and xiaolongbao, and also took a stroll around the place known as the literary hub of the world.
"Sister, I'll take you around here slowly when we have time!" Yao Shuxin promised Yao Shula.
Yao Shula nodded, and after having dinner with Yao Shuxin, they returned to the guesthouse to rest.
My train leaves at 9:30 tomorrow morning. My accommodation isn't too far from the train station, so I don't need to get up too early.
...
Yao Shuxin carried a light luggage bag in one hand and held Yao Shula's hand tightly in the other, as if afraid that Yao Shula would be pushed around and disappear.
Yao Shula wanted to laugh, but she still put on a serious and tense expression.
"Sister, the train is delayed. It'll probably be 10 o'clock before we can board. That means we won't have time for lunch."
I read in the newspaper that the food on the train isn't very good. Let's go buy some steamed egg cakes to take with us! Yao Shuxin and Yao Shula discussed.
Yao Shula nodded and followed Yao Shuxin toward the station.
Actually, there were vendors outside the station selling various tea snacks and pastries from tricycles, but Yao Shuxin, who seemed to have grown up all of a sudden after yesterday's events, didn't even glance at the vendors.
She knew there were small shops inside the train station that sold tea and snacks.
In Yao Shuxin's opinion, places with proper shops inside the station are definitely more reliable than small vendors outside.
As Yao Shuxin walked to the entrance of a tea and snack shop, she saw a plump woman in her forties tending the shop.
She glanced at the Yao sisters.
"Um... how much is a pack of sponge cakes?" Yao Shuxin asked.
The woman selling tea snacks pointed to the paper package containing four sponge cakes.
Seven cents!
Yao Shuxin...
That's so expensive! In Yun County, a pack of four only costs four cents.
But considering that this was the provincial capital, Nanjing, the most prosperous place in Jiangsu Province, Yao Shuxin resigned herself to her fate.
"Okay! Take a bag!" Yao Shuxin said, reaching for the money in her pocket.
Yao Shula quickly handed a ten-yuan note to Yao Shuxin, "I'm rich! See if there's anything else you want to buy?"
Yao Shuxin quickly waved her hand.
There's no need to buy anything else. She only bought this sponge cake because she was worried her sister would get hungry on the bus. She also has a water bottle in her bag with water in it!
"This is enough! Here's the money, here's your change!" Yao Shuxin handed ten yuan to the woman selling the goods.
Yao Shula noticed that the woman's eyes lit up when she saw the large unity symbol.
The woman took the large ten-yuan note from Yao Shuxin, looked in the drawer, handed Yao Shuxin a stack of change, and then handed her a bag of steamed egg cakes.
Yao Shuxin didn't just take the things and leave; instead, she counted out the change first.
"I only have eight yuan and thirty cents, you gave me one yuan too little in change!" Yao Shuxin looked at the woman very seriously.
Upon hearing this, the woman immediately glared at Yao Shuxin, then took the wad of money from Yao Shuxin's hand and began counting it in front of her.
Although the woman was moving her hands very quickly, Yao Shula still noticed her subtle actions.
Yao Shula remained silent, watching as she counted the numbers in front of Yao Shuxin.
"Isn't this nine yuan and seventy cents? Where did I shortchange you? Little girl, can't you count?"
"Come on, let me count it again in front of you. Look carefully, isn't this nine yuan and thirty cents?"
The woman selling tea snacks counted out the change twice in front of Yao Shuxin.
Yao Shuxin stared at it for a while; it seemed to be nine yuan and thirty cents...
"Oh, I'm sorry, I misread it..." Yao Shuxin said, reaching out to take the money.
Only then did Yao Shula step forward and take the money, which had already been rolled up, from the woman selling tea and snacks.
"I'll count it again!" Yao Shula placed the stack of money on the table in front of the woman.
Place them one by one...
The woman selling tea and snacks immediately changed her expression.
Yao Shuxin's eyes widened as well...
Yao Shula noticed the woman's subtle movements. When she took the money from Yao Shuxin, she quickly made a small gesture, tucking the two one-yuan bills into her sleeve and then folding the three one-yuan bills...
So when she was counting the money, she counted three one-yuan bills twice...
Yao Shuxin's eyes widened immediately, and she was about to speak.
Yao Shula quickly pulled Yao Shuxin back, then glanced at the police station at the station and said something.
"We're not in a hurry!"
The woman selling tea snacks changed her expression several times. She looked at the girl in front of her who was smiling at her, and suddenly she couldn't figure out what kind of person she was.
Most passengers would have started arguing immediately if they encountered this situation.
All I had to do was argue with them and deny everything. The passengers were in a hurry to get on the train, and most of them ended up just accepting their bad luck.
But this girl... she seems to know exactly what I'm thinking!
"Okay, okay, I miscounted, don't be angry. Here, the money is right now!" The woman quickly took out three more yuan from the drawer to make up the difference.
Yao Shula counted the bills one by one in front of the woman, then put them into her inner pocket before pulling Yao Shuxin away.
Before leaving, he didn't forget to take the bag of sponge cakes with him.
...
Yao Shuxin followed Yao Shula out of the station. It was too stuffy and noisy inside, so the two of them went out for some fresh air.
Yao Shuxin was still in shock. She had almost been tricked!
"Sister, these people are so mean! She deliberately shortchanged me by a dollar. If I hadn't counted it, she would have pocketed the dollar."
"I counted, she could take even more money, so she planned to cheat from the beginning, right?" Yao Shuxin finally realized.
Yao Shula nodded.
"Good! You know how to review the situation! Shuxin, remember, there are many traps outside, so you must be vigilant."
"The people you've encountered right now are just trying to scam you out of your money. But some people might have encountered people who could kill them!" Yao Shula whispered to Yao Shuxin.
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