The reataurant owner was very angry at this and he asked the man for money in exchange for the steam from the soup the poor man had no money so the restaurant owner took him to Naseddin who was a judge at that time Nasreddin thought about the case for a little while Then he took some money from his pocket He held the coins next to the restaurant owner is ear and shook them so that they made a jingling noise "What was that?' asked the resaurant owner "That was payment for you" answered Nasreddin "What do you mean? that was just the sound of coins!"protested the restaurant owner "the sound of the coins is ppayment for the smell of the soup"answered Nasreddin "now go back to your restaurant