Lu Jinping and Mrs. Gao chatted while drinking and eating, and after a while, they got to the point.

The old lady Gao said: "The old man saved the little girl's life before, and he didn't charge a penny, although the old man recommended you for an official position, but the lord's medical skills are enough to be worthy of this position, it stands to reason that I found that an excellent talent like you should also be recommended to the imperial court, so, speaking of which, you didn't get any benefits from me, so I have always felt uneasy in my heart." These days I have been pondering, how to repay you for a good life, but I don't have much savings, after buying a farm house, there is not much money left, and I can't come up with a decent honorarium, but at this time, there is a good opportunity to show the master's brilliant medical skills, and I can get a large amount of reward. Therefore, without the consent of the lord, I took the liberty of taking it for you. ”

When Lu Jinping heard this, he couldn't help frowning: "I told you, I became a doctor of medicine, and I don't see people, and I don't teach." ”

Old lady Gao waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, after you listen to me, you don't need to treat people in this matter, you just need you, the doctor from the state capital yamen, to show your face, and the money is yours." ”

"You can make money by showing your face? Is there such a good thing? ”

Lu Jinping had heard that some officials in modern society could get a generous remuneration when they attended business activities or other activities, but he did not expect that there was such a thing in ancient society.

Old lady Gao smiled and said: "Here's the thing, there is a market town called Zhoujiazhuang thirty miles outside the city of Tongzhou, and there is a large family surnamed Zhou, known as Zhou Yuanwai, with thousands of family wealth and rich people. But their family has been a businessman for generations, and none of them have been officials. By chance, he was a fellow villager with a good friend of mine, so he had met him a few times at his old friend's house. This person is full of copper smell, vulgar and unbearable, but also very vassal and elegant, and likes to associate with literati, especially officials. I didn't want to associate with someone like him, but he told me repeatedly through my friends that he wanted to invite me to his house and attend his family dinner, and he was willing to pay me a lot of money. In fact, just to let me, a person who is still a high-ranking official, show his face in front of their relatives, he has face. In the past, I refused, but this time, I thought that I had never repaid you for saving my daughter's life, and it was very coincidental that he discussed with me through my friend a few days ago, saying that his daughter was about to give birth and wanted to invite a doctor from the state government to deliver his daughter. Willing to give 40,000 yuan to thank you. I immediately thought of you, you are a doctor of Yamen, and at the same time a dignified baron of the founding county. It just so happens that you lack a sum of money to pay off your debts, I don't know if you are willing to go to his house to show this face and earn the 40,000 yuan? ”

Speaking of this, Mrs. Gao felt that her words sounded very awkward, as if she was saying that Lu Jinping was going to pay for money to socialize with an unsightly businessman, and hurriedly explained: "Actually, I thought of letting you go, and it wasn't all for money. There is another important reason, that is, her daughter is about to give birth, and it just so happens that her husband suddenly died at this time. They have a deep love for husband and wife, this woman cries day and night, does not think about tea and dinner, so that her body is extremely weak, Wen Po said, she has this physical strength, she is only afraid that she will have a difficult birth, it is best to invite Lang Zhong in advance, just in case. I thought that you were a skilled doctor, and if it was true that his daughter had a difficult birth, maybe you would be able to save him. That's why I recommended you, but it's not all for you to show your face and earn his 40,000 yuan. ”

Lu Jinping not only smiled bitterly secretly, no wonder this old lady Gao became a high-ranking official, but he didn't have much savings, it turned out that he was indeed too upright and wouldn't beat around the bush when he spoke. Fortunately, he listened to his words before, and if he changed someone, he was afraid that he would turn his face on the spot.

I am from modern society, and I have no prejudice against businessmen, and I even feel that businessmen have the ability to do business and make a lot of money, and I will look up to them. It is just contrary to the Tang Dynasty's concept of despising merchants, so I don't think there is anything cheap about going to a merchant's house to show up and help his daughter give birth. If you can earn 40,000 wen in this way, and you can pay off all your debts in one fell swoop and still have some leftover, what's wrong with such a thing, it's better to have it every day.

So Lu Jinping smiled and said, "I agreed to this matter." ”

Old lady Gao was feeling annoyed that he had spoken out about this matter before, for fear that Lu Jinping would not be willing to agree to this matter because of his words, which would backfire. originally only thought of using this incident to repay Lu Jinping, but it swept him face, but it was self-defeating. He was annoyed, but he didn't expect Lu Jinping to agree without hesitation, and the stone in his heart was put down. smiled and said: "Great, in fact, this Zhou member is not very annoying, he speaks funny, has a wide range of friends, and has a good relationship with him." ”

"What do I need to do? Are there specific requirements? ”

Old lady Gao hurriedly said: "There is no specific request, it is nothing more than to let you show your face in front of their relatives to give him a long face, although her daughter may have a difficult birth, but he has invited the best stable women in the same state to be responsible for delivering the baby, there is no problem." Therefore, his daughter does not need your help at all. That's why I said earlier that you don't need to see a doctor on this errand. Of course, his son-in-law died unexpectedly, and the family is holding a funeral, so there may be some crying and crying, and it will also affect the mood a little. However, when his daughter is born safely and has eaten the wedding wine, you can go home, and you don't have to worry about it. ”

Lu Jinping was a little strange: "How can his son-in-law hold a funeral at his house when he dies?" Could it be that he is a door-to-door son-in-law? ”

Old lady Gao nodded: "Yes, this Zhou Yuanwai is about the same as me, and there is only one daughter under his knees, so I found a son-in-law to inherit the incense, but this son-in-law is not very competitive, good wine and greedy cup, drunk like life, seeing wine is closer than seeing his own father, holding up the wine jar is not enough, often drunk like mud." As a result, something happened, and after a wild drink two days ago, he was drunk to death, which really made people cry and laugh. Although the son-in-law was very unbearable, his daughter had a deep affection for her husband, and she cried sadly for this, and she didn't think about tea and dinner for a few days, which was really pitiful. ”

Lu Jinping was stunned, drinking alcohol can get drunk to death, which is easy to understand in modern society, after all, modern society is basically a high degree of alcohol, and in ancient times, it was possible to get people drunk to death with a low degree, which shows how greedy this person is.

When this matter was decided, Mrs. Gao was very happy, raised her glass frequently, and drank very happily.

In the middle of the night, the banquet was over.

Old lady Gao staggered to his feet: "I'll send someone to tell Zhou Yuanwai tomorrow that you have agreed to this matter." He will send someone to pick you up at the house right away. I will take care of the debts you owe, and the usury will only pay half of them, and the 40,000 yuan given by Zhou Yuanwai will be enough to pay off all your debts and some of the leftovers. I'll help you get all your IOUs back, and I'll do it, don't worry. ”

Lu Jinping is very grateful to this old lady Gao, although he had an unpleasant relationship with him before, now he actually thinks about himself everywhere and helps him introduce such a good opportunity to make money, so that he can pay off all the debts he owes in one fell swoop, and end a piece of his heart disease, so that he will no longer worry about these things. Lu Jinping sincerely arched his hand and said, "Thank you, old lady!" ”

Old lady Gao laughed, bowed his hand and said, "Lord Lu, you will be your own person in the future, you don't have to see the outside like this!" ”

In the afternoon of the next day, Mrs. Gao repaid Lu Jinping's debts, collected all the IOUs, and sent them to Lu Jinping's house. Lu Jinping burned all the IOUs in a fire, watching the IOUs turn into ashes, his heart was very comfortable, he was really debt-free and light, and he felt very good.

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