"Brother Sun."
Lu Yuan opened the door and saw his friend standing outside. He immediately greeted him and made a gesture to invite him in.
"Brother Lu." Sun Siwen returned the greeting, then seemed to take root in his steps and froze in place. He didn't follow him directly and walked in like he did in the past.
Come back.
Seeing that the other party looked a little hesitant and worried, Lu Yuan's heart moved slightly, and he immediately invited with a smile on his face: "Brother Sun came just in time. I just cooked some salty bone porridge and was about to use it. While we were having breakfast, Brother Sun came and we just happened to be enjoying it together, so come in quickly."
After saying that, he took Sun Siwen's hand, led him through the door, and sat down at the stone table in the courtyard.
Lu Yuan could tell that the other party must have something on his mind, so he was not in a hurry to ask.
After inviting people to sit down, they immediately served a cup of hot tea. Then he turned around and entered the kitchen. After a while, he came out carrying a large casserole and two pairs of bowls and chopsticks.
Just like what was said before.
At this time, when Lu Yuan was making breakfast, Scholar Sun arrived just in time.
As for breakfast for one person, wouldn’t it be enough for two people?
Lu Yuan's appetite has greatly increased since he started practicing martial arts, especially when he used the golden finger plug-in to increase the time for practicing internal skills.
He needs to take a large amount of food and medicine to maintain his body's consumption.
So there was a large casserole in front of me, and what was cooked in it was the usual amount for five people. With Sun Shusheng's appetite, treating him to a meal would only mean less for Lu Yuan.
After eating three large bowls of porridge in a row, he felt half-to-six full and put the bowl down happily. At this time, Lu Yuan raised his head and saw that his friend was restless. The bowl of porridge he poured earlier was almost cold. , I didn’t even take two bites, and most of it was left.
Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes and asked aloud: "Brother Sun, you came to see me early today, but what's the matter?"
As he asked this, he was thinking in his heart, could it be Brother Sun's dream again, and some changes had occurred?
But looking at the other person's posture, they don't look alike.
After hearing this, Sun Siwen came back to his senses, a trace of hesitation and confusion flashed across his face, and he hesitated: "It's true, there is indeed something."
Lu Yuan smiled and said: "It's between you and me, why are you so hesitant? Brother Sun has something to say, but it's okay to talk about it. I'm all ears."
Perhaps these words had an effect. Thinking that the other party was his only close friend, Sun Siwen gritted his teeth and said with a hint of blush: "Actually, I came here today because I have something to ask Brother Lu."
"Can I ask you for help?" Lu Yuan's expression moved slightly, and he said solemnly: "Brother Sun, please speak frankly. If I can help, I will never shirk it."
After the words had been spoken, Sun Siwen didn't care much anymore and spoke out what he wanted: "I told Brother Lu before that I plan to take part in this year's autumn scientific examination, and I have been preparing for it now. With.
But the scientific examination is difficult and expensive.
The journey to the county town is eight hundred miles and requires a lot of travel. When entering the city, you need to pay a certain amount for registration, accommodation, gatherings, management, etc.
Sun's family was poor and had no money left. In the past twenty years, there were not many people who knew me well, and my only good friend was Brother Lu.
So this time I felt ashamed and had no choice but to shamelessly ask for help from Brother Lu.
I hope brother can lend me some money to pay for my examination fees. When I get on the list in the future, I will pay back tenfold. "
It turns out I borrowed the money!
After listening to Sun Siwen's story, Lu Yuan suddenly felt enlightened.
However, he was not like those fair-weather friends who suddenly changed their minds when they heard about borrowing money, capsized the boat of friendship, and kicked people out.
In fact, as a rich man with a huge sum of money, Lu Yuan didn't mind borrowing one or two hundred taels of silver to help his friends tide over the difficulties.
After all, who doesn’t have a hard time?
Not to mention, after discovering the specialness of Sun Siwen, he actually became interested in him and wanted to have a deeper understanding of him.
Borrowing money now is a good opportunity.
Anyway, he doesn't have to worry about the other party not returning the favor.
One is to believe in Sun Siwen's character, and the other is to believe in his ability to recover the loan.
So just thinking about it, Lu Yuan immediately smiled and said: "Brother Sun, how much silver will be needed for this exam?"
Sun Siwen immediately said: "It costs five taels for travel expenses, five taels for accommodation, one tael for registration, two taels for management fees, and two taels for the gathering of friends. The total cost is fifteen taels of silver."
Shusheng Sun reported the expenses he had carefully calculated.
In fact, fifteen taels of silver was not enough to go to a county thousands of miles away for scientific research. However, he still has one or two taels of silver on hand, which can support him a little, so he should be able to survive.
The most important thing is that Shusheng Sun is a bit thin-skinned and is embarrassed to talk to his good friend Lion.
After all, although I know that my friend’s earning power has greatly increased due to martial arts training.
But in the final analysis, he is just a hunter. Where can he make money no matter how much money he makes?
Sun Siwen couldn't bear to ask for too much.
Friends can be generous, but you can't push yourself without a bottom line. This is the fundamental of being a human being.
"Brother Sun, the scientific examination is a big deal. How can fifteen taels of silver be enough?"
After hearing Sun Siwen's quotation, Lu Yuan, who had been prepared for a little hemorrhage, suddenly felt relieved. Then I felt that my friend was really an honest person.
He complained in his heart, then took out his purse from his pocket, took out thirty taels of silver, put it on the table, and said with a smile: "There are thirty taels of silver here, which should be enough to pay for the expenses. Brother Sun, please accept it."
"Too much, too much." Sun Siwen's face turned red, and his heart warmed, and he waved his hands quickly.
"Hey." Lu Yuan pressed the opponent's hand and said sincerely: "Brother Sun is my good friend. Since you have something to do, how can I not help? It's just thirty taels of silver, so Brother Sun just accept it. The worst is like you said. Yes, when you pass the imperial examination, you can pay me back more."
Sun Siwen was extremely moved. At this moment, he only felt that no one in the world could be as kind to him as Lu Yuan.
Thinking like this, he gritted his teeth, took out a long emerald green jade piece from his arms, and gave it to Lu Yuan.
"Brother Lu is so sincere to me, Sun really doesn't know how to thank me. This piece of jade fell out of the wall of my old house at the beginning of the year when it was in disrepair. It was kept in a wooden box at the time.
I looked at the contents of the box and found a letter inside. This was left by my great ancestor, saying that if his descendants were in trouble, they could take the contents of the box and pawn them in exchange for money.
There were a few other items in the box, which I had pawned at a pawn shop in the county and exchanged for some money to support my friends’ expenses.
There was only this piece of jade left. I loved it very much and it was the last thing left by the great ancestor, so I stayed here and thought about it.
Brother Lu, hasn't he always been curious about things about immortals and gods?
My great ancestor also likes to seek immortals and visit Taoism, so I will give you this gift today.
In the future, if Brother Lu has other matters and comes to look for this jade piece, as long as Sun or Sun's descendants are still there, he will do his best to help without any hesitation. "
Sun Siwen presented the jade piece with a solemn expression and made a promise.
