Chinese Traditional Story: The Cost of a Coin

During the reign of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, one day, in the bookstore in Beijing, a young scholar stood near a bookshelf reading a book. While the scholar was there, a teenager came to buy a book, and while the he was paying for the book, a copper coin fell on the ground and rolled to the feet of this young scholar. The young scholar squinted his eyes and glanced around, then moved his right foot and stamped the sole of his foot onto the copper coin, covering it up.