Chapter 014: Du Fu is very poor
Lu Hu understood, turned around and took out two gold collars from his bag, and put his hands in front of Du Fu, with a smile on his face, but Li Zaixing clearly felt that the corners of his eyes were twitching.
As soon as he saw Lu Hu's expression, Li Zaixing immediately realized: Give too much.
Li Zaixing originally had no money, and his current money was all stolen from Wei Yingwu and others. There are about fourteen or fifteen gold collars, and there is also a handful of loose copper coins. He didn't know how much a piece of gold was worth, so it shouldn't be too little. Along the way, he followed Li Mi to eat and drink, when a meal was bad, it was ten yuan, and when it was good, it was only one hundred and ten yuan, and he could have wine and meat, and these two collars of gold should be able to make Du Fu's family eat for a while. When we met for the first time, it wasn't good to give a handful of copper coins, not to mention that in the name of Li Bai, it was too little and not like it, so I just gave two pieces of gold.
But seeing Lu Hu's toothache, he knew that these two collars of gold were not only a lot, but also a lot, so much that even Lu Hu felt a little painful.
However, Li Zaixing is not painful, the money was robbed anyway, and if it is given to Du Fuhua, it can be regarded as accumulating a good fate.
Lu Hu's expression was rich, and Du Fu's expression was even richer. He held the gold collar in his hand, and he almost burst into tears.
"Brother Taibai is really chivalrous, hot-blooded, thousands of miles away, and he still thinks of me." Du Fu sniffed and bowed to the southeast: "Thank you Brother Taibai, thank you Brother Taibai." He turned around and saluted Li Zaixing: "Thank you...... By the way, dare to ask the name of the next step? ”
Li Zaixing couldn't help laughing, and said in his heart that this poet saint was really poor and depressed, and only now did he remember to ask my name.
"In Xia Li Zaixing, the friendship with the immortal is irreversible, and it is a friend who forgets the year. If Brother Du doesn't give up, just call me a little brother. ”
"Since Brother Taibai and you are old friends, then I will also attach Ji Wei." Du Fu said gratefully: "I don't know how many years the virtuous brother has traveled in his family? ”
Li Zaixing shrugged: "I was raised by my master, I don't know my parents and brothers, and I don't know how many I do, but now I am a single person." One is full, and the whole family is not hungry. ”
Du Fu couldn't help laughing, and then felt a little rude, looked at Li Zaixing embarrassedly, and said embarrassedly: "Brother Xian wait, wait for me to tell my inner people to cook some tea, make some food, and catch the wind for Brother Xian." ”
Li Zaixing nodded: "Okay, I'll also clean up and wash my face first, and then come to see my sister-in-law and talk to Brother Du." ”
Du Fu agreed repeatedly, and Li Zaixing retreated and entered his room. As soon as they met, Lu Hu put away his smile and stood aside with his hands tied. Li Zaixing knew it: "Give too much? ”
"Lord, do you know how much a collar of gold is worth?"
"How much is it worth?"
"One collar of gold is ten taels, which is worth sixty taels, and two collars are one hundred and twenty."
Li Zaixing gasped: "So much? ”
"What do you think?" As soon as Lu Hu spoke, he immediately knew that he had lost his words, raised his hand and slapped himself, and lowered his head: "Lord, the little slave lost his words, please punish the lord." ”
Li Zaixing waved his hand and didn't bother with him. A collar of gold was worth sixty copper coins, which surprised him a little. One penny in these years is about the same as one dollar in later generations, it has always been one thousand yuan, sixty yuan is sixty thousand, and two collars of gold are 120,000. As soon as he made a move, it was 120,000, and this gift was indeed a bit big, no wonder Lu Hu was reluctant.
However, he immediately thought of another question, he snatched fourteen or fifteen collar gold from Wei Yingwu's group of boys, wouldn't that be nearly a million? Damn, the pocket money is nearly one million, these boys are really local tyrants. It seems that the next time I meet them, I will have to rob them again.
"How much is one hundred and twenty?" Li Zaixing asked.
"If the two of us don't live in the temple, but rent a house outside, we will have to rent 500 to 1,000 wen a month, two liters of rations per person per day, 12 buckets of grain a month, according to the current price of grain, it will cost 180 wen, plus some other expenses, save a little money, it is enough to have two yuan a month, and the amount of food is large, which is about equivalent to ten people, and it has to be fed with concentrate, but it only needs to be fed, no other costs, I add two more is enough. In this way, living in Chang'an, it is enough to have four yuan of money every month. Their family, two or three dingkou, one child, no horses, only a thin donkey, the cost is not too much, three times the money is enough, one hundred and twenty times enough for them to live for more than three years. ”
After listening to Lu Hu's calculation, Li Zaixing knew how much the two collars of gold was, and why Du Fu was so excited that he wanted to thank Li Bai in the air. Looking at Lu Hu's aggrieved face, he comforted: "Okay, there are still a lot of them, just give it, what does it matter." ”
"This time it's a windfall, the lord hasn't found a livelihood yet, how can he do it if he doesn't save some money."
Li Zaixing blinked: "You don't have to worry about this, I will get the money." ”
Lu Hu pursed his lips, and said in his heart, if you get money, go and rob it again.
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After staying for about half an hour, a little slave Ah Duan, who was about the same as Lu Hu, was ordered to come over and invite Li Zaixing over for dinner. Li Zaixing was surprised again, Du Fu was so poor that he was almost a pants, and there were slaves? Seeing Li Zaixing making such a fuss, Lu Hu was quite unimpressed, explaining that although Du Fu was poor, the Du family was a big family, and Du Fu wanted to join the government, so how could he not even have an entourage when he traveled. This is Chang'an City, naturally there are rules of Chang'an City, anyone who wants to get ahead in Chang'an City must follow this rule, there should be pomp and circumstance.
Only then did Li Zaixing understand that it turned out that Li Mi asked Lu Hu to follow him was not just as simple as being a guide and leading a horse, but a person with status, no matter how poor he was, he had to have a slave to do chores, and he couldn't do it himself. Doing everything yourself, that's what people with no future do.
Li Zaixing once again sighed at the evil feudal society, and followed this little slave Ah Duan over. Du Fu had already prepared a meal, there was no big fish and meat, just a few bowls of vegetables and a pot of chestnut rice, but his son Du Zongwen was already hungry and was about to drool, and looked at Li Zaixing who walked in the door, hoping that he would sit down and eat quickly.
Du Fu looked apologetic: "Brother Xian, time is in a hurry, there is no time to sell wine and cut meat, so I can only eat a little light meal." ”
Li Zaixing laughed, waved his hand and said: "This is a temple, a place for monks to practice, it is better for us not to drink alcohol and eat meat, otherwise it is not good for the Buddha to be angry." He sniffed and said with a slight exaggeration: "Is this the cooking cooked by Mrs. Sister-in-law, although it is simple, it is fragrant and fragrant, and it makes people have an appetite at a glance." ”
Du Fu smiled a little proudly: "Don't hide it from the virtuous brother, my wife is from the Yang family of the Hong family, and she is the daughter of Sinong Shaoqing. Marrying me, I really wronged her. He called inside: "Madam, Brother Li Xian is the favored person of Brother Taibai, not an ordinary person, he was relieved of the siege today, and he will be a neighbor in the future, you can also come out to see him." ”
The inner room was silent for a moment, and a young woman with a big belly walked out and bowed to Li Zaixing at the door: "Concubine Yang, dare to ask Li Jun how he is okay." ”
Li Zaixing didn't dare to delay, and hurriedly got up to return the salute, he still understood this rule.
"Thank you, Mrs. Sister-in-law, for your inquiry. Mrs. Chengmeng's sister-in-law was grateful. ”
"The craftsmanship is clumsy, please forgive Li Jun." Yang smiled and nodded, and retreated.
Li Zaixing sat down and raised his thumb at Du Fu: "Brother Du, my sister-in-law is virtuous, it is your blessing." However, being able to marry Brother Du is also a blessing for Mrs. Du. ”
"Alas, the virtuous brother has won the prize. I have nothing now, I can only borrow a Buddhist temple, my wife and children have no food and clothing, I really wronged her, where can I talk about any blessings. ”
"Not really." Li Zaixing shook his head solemnly: "Brother Du is a late bloomer, and he writes good poems, so it is expected that he will go down in history in the future." My sister-in-law is suffering some hardships now, and she will naturally have good rewards in the future. ”
Du Fu glanced at Li Zaixing and smiled bitterly: "Thank you for your encouragement, but I'm a little disheartened." ”
"Why?"
Du Fu picked up the rice bowl and gave in politely: "Brother Xian, although the scale of this Bodhi Temple is not large, it is quite impressive. ”
Li Zaixing didn't know why, so he didn't want to ask again, so he had to pick up his rice bowl and eat. As soon as he saw them move his chopsticks, Du Zongwen immediately picked up the rice, almost covered his face in the bowl, shook off his cheeks and ate it violently, and after a while, he ate the bowl of rice cleanly, and even licked the bowl.
Du Fu was embarrassed, lowered his face, and shouted: "Zongwen, what did Grandpa tell you?" ”
Du Zongwen raised his face and looked at Du Fu pitifully: "Grandpa, I'm hungry." ”
Du Fu wanted to speak and stopped, and sighed. Li Zaixing said: "Brother Du, it's okay, children are by nature, why pay too much attention to them." My master also said that cultivating Buddhism is to cultivate this innocence, to eat when you are hungry, and to sleep when you are sleepy, which is the true temperament. Zongwen, have you eaten enough? If you are not full, continue to eat, just don't eat too quickly, too much is not good for your health. ”
"Thank you, Uncle." Du Zongwen stood up, held the bowl, and ran towards the stove with a smoke. Li Zaixing couldn't help but feel a little sad in his eyes. Du Fu can be said to be famous in history in later generations, who knows that he is actually poor like this, but a gentleman like Wei Yingwu can be dressed in fresh clothes, wandering around with tens of millions of money, and fighting and killing at every turn.
History can't bear to look at it in detail
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