The second argument is that in the late Qing Dynasty, small businesses in the market were all for copper coins. After the shopkeeper took the coins, he put them in a money container made of bamboo and poured them out at night when he checked out. This is called "food money", also called "inventory". There was a shop in Shanghai at that time, and the owner was very dishonest. When a strange customer comes in, he often wants to raise the price at will, which is "eating foreign food", so every time the waiter receives these strange customers, the shopkeeper will rip them off, which means raising the price.
The third explanation for the origin of "rip-off" is that in the mountainous areas of Sichuan, when rich people go into the mountains to burn incense, they sit on a sliding rod made of bamboo and are carried by people. On the way, people who lift the slider will knock on the slider and ask for more money, otherwise, people who sit on the slider will have to pay more.
The fourth explanation for the origin of "rip-off" is this. There is also a story: during the late Qing Dynasty, opium smuggling was very serious, and smugglers tried their best to hide opium in order to avoid inspection at checkpoints. Water smugglers hide opium in bamboo poles, follow ships and sell it everywhere by water. One day, a ship ran to the dock in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. The anti-smuggling officer brought people to check the ship and searched every corner of the cabin, but no opium was found. At this time, a bag man took a long chimney to smoke, accidentally ran to the stern, knocked on the ash on the bamboo pole of the punting, and knocked on the bamboo pole with a bang. No one else responded, but the owner was scared to death. Knowing that Bao Bao knew the secret in the bamboo pole, he hurriedly invited Bao Bao to the back cabin and took it away. Favourite received the money, said nothing more, and got off the boat with the anti-smuggling personnel. Since then, "rip-off" has become synonymous with extortion of property, which has been used ever since.
The fifth explanation for the origin of "rip-off" is that copper coins with square holes in the middle were commonly used in ancient times. For the convenience of use, everyone strung copper coins into a string. If we talk about doing big business, we should use a lot of gold and silver currency. Bandits were fierce at that time. He robbed money casually on waterways or mountain roads, and everyone was not at ease in doing business. Then some clever businessmen thought of a good way to deal with bandits. It was he who managed to get through the middle of the rip-off and hide all the gold, silver and jewels in this rip-off, but this was still known by some cunning bandits. Therefore, whenever a bandit meets a businessman, he immediately knocks on his belt. Whoever knocks at the door is left behind, and businessmen are most afraid of being ripped off by bandits.