Chapter 45 Borrowing money
"Brother Sun."
Lu Yuan opened the door and saw his friend standing outside, so he immediately greeted him and made a gesture to invite in.
"Brother Lu." Sun Siwen returned the salute, and then seemed to take root in his footsteps and froze in place. didn't just follow it as in the past.
Back to it.
Seeing that the other party's expression was a little hesitant and hesitant, and he looked preoccupied, Lu Yuan's heart moved slightly, and he immediately invited with a smile on his face: "Brother Sun came just in time." I had just cooked some salty bone porridge and was about to have breakfast, when Brother Sun came, and the two of them happened to enjoy it together, so come in quickly. ”
After that, he took Sun Siwen's hand, pulled the other party and entered the door, and sat down at the stone table in the courtyard.
Lu Yuan could see that the other party should have something on his mind, so he was not in a hurry to ask.
After inviting someone to sit down, a cup of hot tea was immediately served. Then he turned around and went into the kitchen, and after a while, he came out with a large casserole and two pairs of dishes and chopsticks.
As I said before.
At this time, when Lu Yuan was making breakfast, Sun Shusheng came just in time.
As for breakfast for one person, will it not be enough for two people?
Ever since he started practicing martial arts, especially using the plug-in of the golden finger, which can increase the time for practicing internal skills, Lu Yuan's appetite has increased greatly.
He needs to take a large amount of food and medicine to maintain his body's consumption.
Therefore, there is a large casserole in front of me, and what is boiling in it is an ordinary amount of five people. With Sun Shusheng's appetite, inviting him to eat is just a matter of taking two mouthfuls of food for Lu Yuan.
After making three bowls of porridge in a row, he felt that his stomach was full for five or six minutes, and he happily put the bowl down, Lu Yuan raised his head at this time, but saw that his friend was restless, the bowl of porridge he poured before was almost cold, and he didn't eat two bites, and there was still most of it left.
Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes and asked out loud, "Brother Sun, you came to look for me early this morning, but what's the matter?" ”
Asking this, he was thinking in his heart, could it be that it was Brother Sun's dream again, what changes had occurred?
But looking at each other's posture, they don't look very similar.
When Sun Siwen heard this, he came back to his senses, a trace of hesitation flashed on his face, and he said, "Indeed, there is indeed something." ”
Lu Yuan smiled: "You and I have a relationship, why are you so hesitant?" Brother Sun has something to do, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it, and my brother listens to it. ”
Maybe it was because these words worked, thinking that the other party was his only close friend, Sun Siwen gritted his teeth, and said with a hint of shame: "Actually, I came here today to ask Brother Lu for something." ”
"Something?" Lu Yuan's expression moved slightly, and he said solemnly: "Please Brother Sun speak up, if I can help, I will never shirk it." ”
The words had already been spoken, and Sun Siwen couldn't care much about it, so he said what he wanted: "I told Brother Lu before that I plan to participate in this year's autumn examination, and now I have been preparing for this.
However, the scientific examination is difficult and costly.
This is an eight-hundred-mile road to the county town, and it takes a lot of entanglement. When you arrive in the city, you need to pay a few fees for registration, accommodation, party, and dotting.
Sun's family is poor and has no money to spare. In the past, there were more than 20 years of wandering, and few people knew each other, and only Brother Lu had one friend.
So I was ashamed this time, so I could only ask Brother Lu for help.
I hope my brother can lend me a little bit of entanglement, fund my exam fee, and when I am on the list in the future, I will pay it back tenfold. ”
It turned out to be borrowed money!
After Lu Yuan listened to Sun Siwen's narration, his heart suddenly became abrupt.
But he wasn't like those friends who drank and meat, and when he heard about borrowing money, his color changed instantly, and the friendship boat overturned and drove people out.
In fact, as a wealthy man with a huge sum of money of 1,200 taels, Lu Yuan still didn't mind borrowing 1,200 taels of silver to go out and tide over the difficulties for his friends.
After all, who doesn't have a hard time?
Not to mention, after discovering Sun Siwen's specialness, he was actually interested in the other party and wanted to have a deeper understanding and contact.
It's a good opportunity to borrow money now.
Anyway, he didn't worry about the other party not paying it back.
One is to believe in Sun Siwen's character, and the other is to believe that he has the ability to recover the loan.
Therefore, just thinking about it in his heart, Lu Yuan immediately smiled and said, "Brother Sun, how many silver taels do you need for this exam?" ”
Sun Siwen immediately said: "The travel fee is five taels, the accommodation fee is five taels, the registration fee is one tael, the dotting fee is two taels, and the dating party is two taels, a total of fifteen taels of silver." ”
Sun Shusheng quoted his carefully calculated expenses.
In fact, fifteen taels of silver, going to a county town thousands of miles away for scientific research is not enough. However, he still has one or two taels of silver in his hand, which can support a little, and he should barely survive.
The most important thing is that Sun Shusheng is a little thin-skinned, and he is embarrassed to talk to his friend Lion.
After all, although I know that my friends have greatly increased their ability to make money because of their martial arts training.
But in the end, it's just a hunter, and where can you make money?
Sun Siwen couldn't bear to ask for too much.
Friends can be generous, but they can't force the numbers without a bottom line, which is the foundation of being a person.
"Brother Sun's scientific expedition is a big event, how can fifteen taels of silver be enough?"
Hearing Sun Siwen's offer, Lu Yuan, who had already prepared for a small bleeding, was suddenly relieved. Then I felt that my friend was really an honest person.
complained in his heart, then took out the money bag from his arms, took out thirty taels of silver, put it on the table, and said with a smile: "There are thirty taels of silver here, it should be enough to entangle, Brother Sun, please accept it." ”
"Too much, too much." Sun Siwen's face turned a little red, his heart was warm, and he hurriedly waved his hand.
"Huh." Lu Yuan squeezed the other party's hand and said sincerely: "Brother Sun is my friend, since you have something, how can I not help?" But it's only thirty taels of silver, so Brother Sun will accept it. It's a big deal, like you said, when you pass the imperial examination, just pay me back. ”
Sun Siwen was extremely moved, and at this time, he only felt that there was no one in the world who could be as good to himself as Lu Yuan.
Thinking so, he gritted his teeth, took out a long emerald green jade piece from his arms, and sent it to Lu Yuan.
"Brother Lu is so sincere to me, Sun really doesn't know how to thank him. This jade piece was kept in a wooden box at the beginning of the year, when my old house fell into disrepair and fell out of the wall.
I checked the contents of the box, and left a letter in it, which was left by my ancestor, saying that if the descendants were down, they could take the contents of the box and pawn them and exchange them for silver money.
There were a few other items in the box, which I had taken to the pawnshop in the county to pawn and exchange for some money to cover the expenses of making friends.
Only this jade piece was left, and I loved it very much in my heart, and it was the last thing left by Gaozu, so I left it to see things and think about people.
Hasn't Brother Lu always been curious about the things of the immortals?
My ancestor also likes to seek immortals and visit the Tao, and today I will give this thing away.
In the future, Brother Lu has other things, take this jade piece to find it, as long as Sun or Sun is still there, he will do everything to help, and there will be no excuse. ”
Sun Siwen sent the jade piece with a solemn expression and made a promise.