The bet

"My lord, I did not know how to thank you." said the stall owner as he bowed his head with all his staff. 

That was the first time that a customer was relieving so much respect from the owner. All the spectators were stunned looking at the scene while both siblings were dumbfounded. Shouldn't the man be furious that he was paid less!!

"What are you doing? Did you even hear me? The bag only has 3000 gold coins. Didn't you say that the bill is 5000 gold coins or were you lying all this time?" she asked with a frown as she jerked the old man off.

But then realising what she had done, her face turned contorted and she wiped her hands as if it became dirty just by touching the man.

"Ewwww" she mumbled as it took her a few seconds to finally wipe her hands clean.