In the afternoon, nearing four o'clock, Lu De Min approached Captain Qian to ask for leave, then left the Military Control Station and went to Xiehe Hospital to pick up Sun De Xiao after his discharge.
“The medical expenses are six yuan, seven mao, and three fen!” The doctor glanced at the medical bill and said.
Robbing money!
So expensive!
Lu De Min felt a pang in his heart.
But he still paid, thinking of it as doing a good deed to the end.
Sun De Xiao saw this and nodded in satisfaction. His disciple not only had exceptional bones and extraordinary talent, a rare prodigy in cultivation, but also had excellent character.
He also noticed that his disciple, despite calling him "Master" sweetly, was probably still not convinced he was a true martial arts master or that inheriting any property was real. He probably called him "Master" just to comfort a poor old man.
Under these circumstances, it showed how kind his heart was that a young man fresh out of college was willing to pay this hefty medical bill.
Sun De Xiao was increasingly pleased with his disciple.
After Lu De Min completed the discharge procedures for Sun De Xiao, the master and apprentice left Xiehe Hospital.
“Master, I'll call a rickshaw for you!”
A rickshaw was a two-wheeled passenger vehicle pulled by human power. It was previously called a "Japanese Car" or "Human-powered Car," and still existed in this era. Lu De Min, worried about his master's health, gritted his teeth and decided to spend a little more.
“Good! You are a good disciple!” Sun De Xiao didn't stand on ceremony, readily accepting Lu De Min's kindness.
“Go to No. 12, Triangle Mouth Alley!” Sun De Xiao, sitting in the rickshaw, gave the address.
Lu De Min also sat in.
“Hold on tight! We're off!” The rickshaw puller was a lean man. He pulled the rickshaw with a whooshing sound, very fast, his legs strong.
After about ten minutes, the rickshaw turned into a wide alley and stopped in front of a house.
“We're here! One mao!”
“Here you go!”
“Thank you, sir!”
This was the first time Lu De Min, since coming to this era, had heard someone call him "sir." It seemed that even though these good people of the old society had entered a new country, their thinking hadn't completely shifted yet.
…
“Good disciple! Come on, let's go in!” Sun De Xiao walked to the door, bent over and fumbled around, quickly found a key, inserted it into the lock, opened it, and entered first.
It was a house with a courtyard!
Lu De Min followed and was quite surprised.
He thought Master Sun lived in a mixed courtyard just like him.
He didn't expect the old man to live in such a nice place.
He estimated it to be about two hundred square meters.
In later generations, it would be worth over one hundred million!
Sssh!
Sun De Xiao saw his good disciple's shocked expression and was very pleased. He grinned and said, “I actually had several other houses. Sadly, your Master is timid, and when the Red Army besieged the capital, I was afraid the houses would be destroyed, so I sold most of them at a low price and exchanged them for money. Only this one, my favorite house, was left.”
Lu De Min was curious and said, “Back then, with fighting everywhere, houses were constantly at risk of being destroyed by artillery fire, and people were still willing to buy houses? They were really bold!”
Sun De Xiao laughed, “It's not called being bold, it's called being obsessed with money. Then, when they started eliminating landlords and distributing land (and houses), the houses were all confiscated! Haha!”
Seeing his Master's happy, childlike laughter, Lu De Min was happy for him as well, “Master is smart after all!”
“Who says not!”
Sun De Xiao closed the door, turned to his disciple and waved, “Good disciple, come with me, Master has something good for you!”
Lu De Min’s eyes lit up, excitedly following his Master towards a room.
In the room, Sun De Xiao reached into a cabinet and fumbled around.
Suddenly.
With a series of "click, click" sounds, the wardrobe suddenly rotated, revealing a basement entrance.
“This!” Lu De Min was shocked.
“Come on, follow your Master down!” Sun De Xiao grinned.
Lu De Min, excited, followed his Master into the basement.
Now, he suddenly started to believe that this old man really was some sort of martial arts master, and he was quite excited.