Long Zhuang looked at Lu Xiaoxian's departing figure, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, it's really terrifying, maybe I'm old, why can't I see through him?" ”

Cui Xiang also sighed: "It's still that Lu Gongzi has the demeanor of a general, and this calmness alone makes me sigh to myself!" ”

Leng Qing didn't speak, as if she was thinking about something.

"By the way, Senior Brother Leng, what did Xiao Xian tell you just now? So mysterious? Cui Xiang asked curiously.

"Want to know? Let's go, let's go to my house, let's talk while we drink! ”

When she said this, Leng Qing felt an urge to laugh in her heart, and Lu Xiaoxian's words seemed to ring in her ears again: "No matter what, you have to find a way to leave Brother Cui until the evening and let him leave later." ”

……

Most of Lu Xiaoxian's assets are in Fanyang, and he doesn't have much silver on hand. If you want to go to Fanyang, this time is definitely not enough, so you can only find another way.

Lu Xiaoxian hurriedly came to Yonghe Building, and he invited Chen Song and Yu into the backyard house.

"Father-in-law, stepmother, Xiaoxian has one thing to ask you!"

Looking at Lu Xiaoxian's solemn expression, Chen Song asked with concern, "Xiaoxian, what's wrong?" ”

"I want to borrow some silver from the second elder!"

"Borrow money?" Chen Song was stunned: "How much do you want?" ”

"The more the better, if there is an emergency, I will send an IOU to the second elder, and I will definitely return it in the future!"

After glancing at Yu, Chen Song's expression became serious: "Xiaoxian, tell us the truth, do you owe others gambling debts?" ”

Hearing Chen Song's question, Lu Xiaoxian knew that they wanted to be crooked, and he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Father-in-law, where do you want to go?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian told Chen Song and Yu in detail about the difficulties encountered by Long Zhuang.

"So that's what happened!" Chen Song breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and he asked the Yu family, "How much silver do we have in our family?" ”

"It's about seven thousand taels!" After Yu Shi said that, he cautiously reminded Chen Song: "This is all the savings over the years!" ”

"What a woman's opinion!" Chen Song said dissatisfiedly: "The master of the Dragon Bureau is kind to us, and now that people are in trouble, if we stand by and watch, won't we become ungrateful villains?" Money is something outside the body, we have hands and feet, and we can earn it again in the future! ”

Seeing Chen Song's angry face, Yu Shi was silent!

Looking at Yu's aggrieved appearance, Chen Song realized that his words were a little heavy, and said in a slow tone: "Xiao Xian called us a righteous father and mother, that is our child, he opened his mouth to us, we can't refuse anything, helping the Dragon Bureau Master is equivalent to helping Xiao Xian, you don't understand this reason, right?" ”

Yu Shi nodded and said, "You don't need to say it, I know in my heart, this silver was originally reserved for Xiao Xian's wife, if he wants to use it, then use it first!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian lowered his head and didn't speak, but he secretly vowed in his heart: If he has a day to get ahead in the future, he must let their second elder live a good life.

Chen Song pondered for a moment and said to Lu Xiaoxian: "The restaurant still has more than 4,000 taels of silver for turnover, I will make up 10,000 taels for you, and you can take it to the Dragon Bureau Master!" ”

"Father-in-law......" Lu Xiaoxian didn't know how to express his mood at the moment.

"It's all my own family, so I won't say polite words." Chen Song waved his hand and said, "Catch Ming'er, I'll go to the money village to exchange for a silver ticket of 10,000 taels, and it's convenient for you to hold it." ”

"Father-in-law, let me write you an IOU!" Lu Xiaoxian hurriedly said.

Chen Song's eyes glared: "If you are so long-winded, I will be angry!" ”

Yu Shi also said on the side: "Don't talk about this, Xiaoxian, you haven't eaten yet, have you?" I'll get you some food! ”

"I still have something to do, I have to do it in a hurry, I don't have to be busy! Father, mother, I'll go first! ”

Lu Xiaoxian greeted the two and left in a hurry.

……

The spring breeze blows at night, which makes people feel very cool.

In front of Shangguan Wan'er's mansion in Qunxian Fang, Lu Xiaoxian had been wandering for more than half an hour, and he couldn't make up his mind whether he should go to see Shangguan Wan'er.

In the morning, at Long Zhuang's place, Lu Xiaoxian saw that Cui Xiang only made up 10,000 taels of silver, and knew that Cui Xiang definitely did not mention this matter to Shangguan Wan'er.

Thinking about it, a big man asks his woman for money, and Cui Xiang can't open his mouth no matter what.

Cui Xiang couldn't open his mouth, but Lu Xiaoxian had to open his mouth, the dart game was so embarrassing, and he didn't care about losing face.

Lu Xiaoxian made up his mind, so he came to Shangguan Wan'er, the reason why he quietly asked Leng Qing to try to keep Cui Xiang was to avoid Cui Xiang from embarrassing him.

Originally, Lu Xiaoxian had made up his mind, but when he arrived at Shangguan Wan'er's mansion, he still suffered from gains and losses, he only had a one-sided relationship with Shangguan Wan'er, was Shangguan Wan'er willing to borrow his own silver?

If you don't borrow it, what should you do?

Seeing that the time was not early, Lu Xiaoxian gritted his teeth and decided to meet Shangguan Wan'er first.

After reporting to the housekeeper, after a while, someone came out, still called Hong'er.

Hong'er led Lu Xiaoxian into the house, this time she didn't take Lu Xiaoxian to the place where she came last time, but went straight to a small room in the backyard.

The room is elegantly furnished, with various poems and paintings hanging on the walls, and various musical instruments on the desk. There was a table and two chairs in the middle of the room, and Shangguan Wan'er was sitting on one of the chairs.

Although it was spring, the night was still a little cold, and Shangguan Wan'er was probably afraid of the cold, so she put a charcoal brazier under her feet.

Hong'er added some charcoal to the brazier, and then stood behind Shangguan Wan'er.

"I've seen Zhaorong Niangniang!" Lu Xiaoxian saluted Shangguan Wan'er.

"Excuse me!" Shangguan Wan'er's eyes flashed with wisdom: "If I guessed correctly, you must have encountered some great difficulties, so you came to ask me, right?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian asked in astonishment, "How can you see it?" ”

Shangguan Wan'er smiled: "With your character, if you don't encounter trouble, you will never come to me, and it must be a lot of trouble, otherwise you will not come!" ”

Shangguan Wan'er saw it too accurately, Lu Xiaoxian not only thought so, but also did it, if it wasn't for the way, he really didn't want to face Shangguan Wan'er, talking to such a smart woman, Lu Xiaoxian always felt a sense of powerlessness.

Lu Xiaoxian nodded honestly and said: "Zhaorong Niangniang is right, I was in trouble, so I came to ask Niangniang!" ”

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Lu Xiaoxian said what he intended again.

"No wonder, I said why Cui Lang went to the Long Clan's Dart Bureau early in the morning, and he didn't come back until this meeting, it turned out that Long Zhuang was in trouble!" Shangguan Wan'er rolled her eyes and looked at Lu Xiaoxian with a smile, "Did you use any method to keep Cui Lang?" Supposedly, he should have returned home at this hour! ”

Lu Xiaoxian only nodded: "Please ask Zhaorong Niangniang to forgive your sins, this is also a last resort!" ”

Shangguan Wan'er smiled generously: "You are right to do this, it is not your turn to come forward in this matter, but I know that Cui Lang will not open his mouth to me!" ”

After a pause, Shangguan Wan'er asked, "How much silver do you need to borrow?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian wanted to say 50,000 taels, but when the words came to his lips, they changed: "20,000 taels, 20,000 taels is enough." ”

Shangguan Wan'er didn't answer Lu Xiaoxian, turned her head and whispered something to Hong'er behind her. Hong'er nodded and left the house.

Shangguan Wan'er asked with a smile, "I heard that you drink a lot of alcohol and have never been drunk?" ”

Lu Xiaoxian didn't know how Shangguan Wan'er talked about going from Go to drinking again, so he nodded blankly.

"You often drink with Cui Lang and the other three senior brothers?"

Lu Xiaoxian nodded again.

"You always drink them down?"

Lu Xiaoxian had already felt it, Shangguan Wan'er asked these words with deep meaning, and he saluted Shangguan Wan'er and said, "Zhaorong Niangniang, please speak up if you have anything to say!" ”

"If one person wins drinking, will everyone else have fun?"

Lu Xiaoxian suddenly realized and couldn't help nodding.

"Cui Lang is uninhibited, has no other hobbies, just loves the things in this cup, and he has not had any particularly good friends over the years. There is a huge difference in age between you and Cui Lang, but he is like-minded with you, you drink a lot, and you have the same hobbies as him, so he treats you as a friend and often mentions you in front of me. ”

Shangguan Wan'er saw that Lu Xiaoxian seemed to be pondering, and said a little apologetically: "Cui Lang is happy because he has friends, and I am also happy." It stands to reason that I shouldn't intervene when you drink, but I hope you will be friends for a long time. That's why I remind you in this way that you are a smart person and will surely understand my hard work. ”

Shangguan Wan'er is really not ordinarily good to Cui Xiang, and even pays so much attention to the details of drinking, Lu Xiaoxian was quite moved in his heart, and said to Shangguan Wan'er with sincerity: "Zhaorong Niangniang's good words, I keep it in mind." ”

"Actually, when friends get along, they also have to use some strategies to manage." Speaking of this, Shangguan Wan'er smiled at Lu Xiaoxian and said, "All things in the world can be solved with strategy, and the power of wisdom is infinite!" ”

While speaking, Hong'er had already entered the house, and Shangguan Wan'er instructed Hong'er: "Give it to him!" ”

Hong'er handed over a silver ticket: "This is 20,000 taels, you take it!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian took the silver ticket and said with a smile: "I'll give Shangguan Niangniang an IOU!" ”

Shangguan Wan'er smiled and said: "Forget it, I haven't looked at this bit of silver yet, when you have it, when will you pay me back!" ”

"That's not good, this receipt must be typed, otherwise I can't accept your silver ticket!" Lu Xiaoxian is very resolute.

Shangguan Wan'er looked at Lu Xiaoxian for a long time, and burst out laughing: "No wonder Cui Lang will become good friends with you, you two even have the same temper, stinky and hard." ”

After that, Shangguan Wan'er instructed Hong'er: "Write an IOU and let him draw a pledge!" ”

Lu Xiaoxian drew the charge, collected the silver ticket, and then said goodbye to Shangguan Wan'er and left happily.

After Lu Xiaoxian left, Shangguan Wan'er threw the IOU in her hand into the brazier, and the flames rushed up, turning into ashes in a blink of an eye.