Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 30 Fishing Sorrow
  "Mao Xian, Liu Ning, go to Baoguai Lake and swim!"

Seeing Li An agree, Zeng Chuan shouted happily.

"Brother Li is going too today?" Mao Xian had forgotten that he was beaten by his master last time and ran over with a smile.

Li An is relatively old in Xiashe, and students in Xiashe basically start their elementary education at the age of six or seven.

The oldest one who is still in the lower school has been in elementary school for more than two years and is about the same age as Li An.

However, although Li An's time in school was short, his grades were very good and he was often praised by his master. In addition, because he was kind to others, many people called him Brother Li.

Li An smiled and said, "It happens to be okay, let's go take a look."

"Stop talking nonsense, let's go." Zeng Chuan greeted.

A group of four people left the school and saw Xu Wen and two people walking towards this side.

Zeng Chuan whispered: "Li An, that guy is here again."

Li An frowned slightly and said, "Let's go."

Ever since that day Xu Wen took his father to Lijiacun to collect debts, Xu Wen always looked for opportunities to contact him when he came to the academy again.

Li An naturally did not want to come into contact with people like Xu Wen, and he later learned from his father that the five taels of silver that Li Fu borrowed were not five taels at all but only three taels.

Xu Wen told Li Fu that he always borrowed money from outside, so he could only give him 60% for borrowing one tael of silver.

In the end, that fool Li Fu actually borrowed it.

Although Li An doesn't know much about interest rates in ancient times, the meaning of "Nine Outs and Thirteen Returns" can be understood from the literal meaning.

To put it simply, when you borrow money, you can only get 90% of the actual amount borrowed, but when you repay it, you have to pay 30% more.

Even if you go out nine times and come back thirteen times, the interest on the repayment will not be directly deducted from the principal.

Therefore, Ang Lee does not want to have anything to do with such people.

And he knew that Xu Wen definitely didn't have any good intentions in contacting him. It was no secret that his family made money from business.

Maybe she just wanted to set him up.

"Haha, what a coincidence Li An, I'm looking for you." Xu Wen saw Li An and came up to him with a smile.

"Sorry, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Li An said calmly.

"Boy, I'm so embarrassed of you. Brother Xu wants to make friends with you, but you don't even give me any dignity."

A tall and thin boy behind Xu An stopped Li An who was trying to go around.

Li An frowned slightly and said coldly: "Get out of the way!"

Although the people who came to the house were all fourteen or fifteen years old, Li An was not afraid.

His martial arts training in the past few months was not in vain. Although he was still practicing basic skills, he would go back every time he took a bath and drink a bowl of medicine prepared by Shi Lin to strengthen his strength.

More than two months have passed. Although his body is still relatively thin, his stature and strength have grown a lot.

Dealing with tall and lanky men is not a problem.

"Ha." The tall and thin man sneered and said, "What can you do if I don't let you?"

"Monkey, what are you doing?" Xu Wen glared at the tall and thin boy displeased.

"Brother Xu, this guy doesn't know how to appreciate others. I..."

"What am I, get out of my way, I want to make friends with Li An, and he naturally has the right to refuse." Xu Wen said.

"Oh." The tall and thin boy glared at Li An fiercely when he heard this, and retreated behind Xu Wen.

When Li An saw this scene, he sneered in his heart, it was nothing more than one being a good person and the other a bad person.

Xu Wen said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Monkey has a bad temper and is a bit impulsive. Now the fish in the Guarantee Lake are very fat. I'll treat you as a host and invite you to try it. I'll treat it as an apology to you. I wonder if I can give you a face?"

Li An shook his head and said, "I still have a few friends here, so it's not convenient."

"It doesn't matter, your friends are my friends. If we go together, it will be lively when there are many people." Xu Wen said with a smile.

Li An pondered for a while and said, "Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."

Seeing Li An agree, Xu Wen said happily: "Then let's go."

Li An nodded and asked Zeng Chuan and the others to follow.

"Really go, this guy must have no good intentions." Zeng Chuan approached Li An and whispered.

Li An smiled slightly and whispered: "Why don't you go if you can eat and drink for free? Don't worry about it and just eat more for a while. Someone is paying for it anyway."

The reason why he agreed to go was that he suddenly felt that Xu Wen had always wanted to contact him, which was a little abnormal. Ordinarily Xu Wen wanted to get in touch with him just to set him up and trick him into gambling.

But Xu Wen offered to treat him to dinner, which made him a little confused.

There are so many of them, and it’s not cheap to eat and drink.

If this is bait at high temperature, the cost is too high.

After all, Xu Wen wasn't sure whether he would fall for it.

It was precisely because of this doubt that Li An agreed and wanted to see what Xu Wen had in mind.

……

Baobao Lake is not far from the academy, and everyone walked there in less than half an hour.

At this time, Baobao Lake did not have the reputation of Slender West Lake and had not been greatly developed. In addition, it was summer and the scenery was average.

However, there are many painted boats in the lake. Some of these painted boats are dining places, and some are flower boats.

The women in cool clothes Zeng Chuan refers to are the brothel women on the flower boats.

From a distance, you can see some beautiful women wearing light gauze on some painted boats accompanying the men. They are standing on the deck admiring the scenery and talking and laughing.

Xu Wen led a few people to the pier, said a few words to a boatman at the pier, and then greeted everyone to board the boat.

"That boat is Yuchou, which is very famous in Yangzhou." Xu Wen pointed at a large painted boat.

As the name suggests, a painted boat is a beautifully decorated cruise ship.

Naturally, the cost of a place like this would not be cheap, which made him sure that Xu Wen's purpose was not just to set him up.

Soon the boat they were riding in stopped next to the painting boat. Xu Wen paid the boat fare and greeted Li An and the others to board the painting boat.

The boy waiting on the deck of the painting boat came up to him with a smile.

"How are you gentlemen? I wonder if you have a reservation?"

Xu Wen shook his head and said, "No, but is there a private room?"

"I'm sorry, the private rooms have been reserved. There are still seats on the first floor where you can enjoy the scenery. How many gentlemen are there watching?" the boy said with a smile.

Xu Wen waved his hand and said, "Take us there."

"Young masters, please come here."

The boy led several people into the cabin on the first floor.

The cabin on the first floor is open, with the windows on both sides open, and a dozen round tables placed along the windows.

At this time, most of the seats were filled with people and it was very noisy.

The waiter led them to a table in the corner and sat down. He took out the menu and handed it to Xu Wen.

Xu Wen took it without even looking at it, handed it to Li An, and said with a smile: "Li An, I'm treating you today, please have some."

"As the saying goes, it's up to you to come. Besides, I've never been to this place before, and I don't know what's delicious."

Li An was worried that Xu Wen would cheat him, so he didn't take the menu.

Xu Wen persuaded him a few times, but when Li An refused, he opened the menu and ordered six dishes.

"Let's get these first. If you don't have enough, ask for more." Xu Wen said.

"Do you gentlemen want to drink some wine?" the boy asked.

"Li An, would you like something to drink?" Xu Wen looked at Li An and asked.

"No, we are still young, so we won't drink. If you want to drink, you can drink, don't worry about us." Li An said.

"Then I won't drink it." Xu Wen said to the boy.

"Young masters, please wait a moment." Xiao Si bowed and left.

"By the way, I just got on the boat and saw that the boat had already left. What should we do when we go back?" Li An asked.

"Don't worry, it's not far from the shore. If the guests want to leave, the waiter will wave the flag, and the boat at the pier will come over when they see it." Xu Wen said with a smile.

"That's good."

In this way, Li An won't worry about Xu Wen sneaking away.

(End of this chapter)