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She recollects, somewhat dimly, an almost forgotten, but nevertheless, very unassailable proverb, which declares that more contentment of mind can assuredly be obtained from the unexpected discovery of a tael among the folds of a discarded garment than could, in the most favourable circumstances, ensue from the well-thought-out construction of a new and hitherto unknown device.
The term means "thousandth-part money," that is, the thousandth part of a tael or Chinese ounce of silver, say one cash; and it was originally applied to a tax of one cash per tael on all sales, said to have been voluntarily imposed on themselves by the people, as a temporary measure, with a view to make up the deficiency in the land-tax caused by the rebellion.
Then feeling assured that she had put a curse upon Shuntoku, that wicked woman went home. And she said humbly, "I have returned;" and she pretended to be faithful and true. These numbers simply indicate a great multitude in the language of the people; they have no exact significance. Kago, a kind of palanquin. The ancient ryo or tael had a value approximating that of the dollar of 100 sen.
In addition, there accompanied me a man who carried my camera, and whose primary business it was to guard my interests and my money my general factotum and confidential agent and by an inverse operation enrich himself as he could, and thereby maintain relations of warm mutual esteem. They received thirty-two tael cents per man per diem, and for the stopping days on the road one hundred cash.
She hastily banged down the chopsticks, and was going herself to pick it up, when a servant, who stood below, got hold of it and took it out of the room. Old goody Liu heaved a sigh. "A tael!" she soliloquised, "and here it goes without a sound!" Every one had long ago abandoned all idea of eating, and, gazing at her, they enjoyed the fun.
Yuean Yang assured her that her desires would be duly attended to and walked away. But she had not been absent for any length of time, when she appeared on the scene along with P'ing Erh, Hsi Jen, Ts'ai Hsia and other girls, and a number of waiting-maids as well. Of these, some subscribed two taels; others contributed one tael.
"What you say is, properly speaking, perfectly correct," smiled lady Feng; "but it's an old established custom. There are still a couple to be found in other people's rooms and won't you, Madame, conform with the rule? Besides, the saving of a tael is a small matter." After this argument, Madame Wang indulged in further thought.
I must have three tael to-morrow, for this may cost me my job, and you know, 'No penny, no paternoster'." Lihoa promised what Totu asked, and the two separated. The Chinese New Year. The New Year came and found Hongkong in festal array.
We passed a restaurant where I was shown the bill of fare in Chinese of which this is a translation: One tael of black dog's flesh eight cash. One tael weight of black dog's fat three kandareems of silver. One large basin of black cat's flesh one hundred cash. One small basin of black cat's flesh fifty cash. One large bottle of common wine thirty-two cash.
He assured me so on his honour, or its Chinese equivalent; but I sent out and bought some in the street round the corner. Silver in Tengyueh is the purest Szechuen or Yunnanese silver. Rupees are also current, and at this time were equivalent to 400 cash the tael at the same time being worth 1260 cash. Every 10 taels, costing me 30s. in Shanghai, I could exchange in Tengyueh for 31 rupees.
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