Soon, the couple borrowed the money from Yunyi.

When Mrs. Su brought the two into the main room, Yunyi was eating grapes and reading a professional book for the next semester.

Seeing the two people come in, Yunyi smiled and pointed to the sofa next to her: “Sit down.”

Then he asked knowingly, “What are you doing here?”

She can’t just say you came here to borrow money?

Captain Dong rubbed his hands and said a little embarrassedly: “Sister-in-law, I believe you have heard about what happened in the courtyard. We came here today just to borrow some money. I wonder if it is convenient?”

It was also their bad luck to have a naughty child at home who could cause trouble: “I did hear about it, so how much do you want to borrow?”

Captain Dong glanced at his wife and said uncertainly, “Sister-in-law, to be honest, we are still short of a large sum of money. How much can you lend us?”

He said this for a simple reason. With so much money to pay out, he didn’t know when he could pay it back once it was loaned out. Many people found excuses to decline the offer. Even if someone would lend him money, it would be at most twenty-three yuan, and most of the time it would be only ten or eight yuan. As a result, they still owe more than three hundred yuan, not even including the expenses for the minor injuries.

Yunyi glanced at Bai Yuxiang, who looked pale, and knew that she had just found out she was pregnant. She couldn’t help but feel a little sympathetic: “How much further do you have to go?”

Captain Dong stood up immediately and said, “Sister-in-law, we are still short of 300 yuan. If you have enough money, please lend me more. If it is inconvenient, it’s okay. But there is one thing I must explain. I have borrowed money from others before. I am afraid that I may not be able to pay it back before the New Year.”

When Yun heard this, her impression of Captain Dong improved a lot.

The reason why he brought his wife home to borrow money instead of borrowing from his comrades privately was that he didn’t want his comrades to secretly lend them the money for the sake of face, which would cause unrest at home afterwards. However, it was not realistic not to lend money, after all, the problem had to be resolved as soon as possible.

Yunyi also stood up at this time: “Wait a moment.”

Huo Jingrui had discussed this with her before. Although she didn’t discipline the child well, it was an unprovoked disaster after all. As a comrade-in-arms, he had to lend a helping hand. If he calculated carefully, it would cost at least 2,000 yuan to settle this matter. When Yunyi saved someone before, she agreed that the clinic would pay her for the medical fee and the pill, just in case something like this happened.

Faced with a debt-ridden family like Captain Dong, you could either accept it or not. It was impossible to give it away for free, so not only did he ask someone to act as a guarantor, he also made an agreement with the health center that they would pay him the money, which would save a lot of trouble.

When she came back, Yun held a wad of money in one hand: “These are what my Jingrui prepared for you.”

Before handing over the money, he said, “But I like to be a villain first and a gentleman later. You can borrow the money. You can pay me back when you have something. But you have to write me an IOU. After all, this is not a small amount of money.”

Captain Dong nodded and said, “It’s time to write an IOU.”

She saw the books and pens on the coffee table: “Sister-in-law, can I borrow your pen and notebook?”

Yunyi bent down and pushed it to him, and at the same time handed the money to Bai Yuxiang who had been silent the whole time: “Three hundred yuan in total, just count it.”

Bai Yuxiang glanced at her man and saw him nod, then she took it and quickly ordered: “Yes, three hundred, that’s right.”

Captain Dong handed the written IOU to Yunyi with both hands: “Sister-in-law, thank you.”

After a few pleasantries, I watched them leave.

Mrs. Su came in to clean up: “Madam, I heard that other families only lent them 20 or 30 yuan. The most they lent was Captain Zhang of the Second Regiment, who only lent them 50 yuan. Some only lent them 5 or 8 yuan. You lent him 300 yuan at once. Isn’t that too much?”

Yunyi picked up the book she had been reading slowly and said, “He and Jingrui were in the same batch of soldiers. When they were in the recruit company, they lived in the same dormitory. Later, he was transferred to a lower company. I didn’t expect that after Jingrui was transferred back to the Beijing Military Region, they would be able to work together again, but not in the same regiment.”

After hearing this, Mrs. Su finally understood and said with a smile, “So there is such a connection.” (End of this chapter)