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"Why not try to borrow?" Tao Wen asked.
"None of my friends are doing very well financially, either," Cheng Quan replied with a wry smile. "They all have to nurture their own flying swords as well, and I can't bring myself to ask for money from them."
Tao Wen slurped down a large mouthful of yangchun noodles, then began chewing on some pickled vegetables and said, "I recall that I once told you that I can help you once with something, regardless of what it is. Why not ask for my help now?"
"I was thinking that I would save it so that when I'm able to leave the city walls to fight on the southern battlefields, I can ask you to save my life once," Cheng Quan replied with a grin. "Right now, the problem that I'm facing is just a matter of money, and my life is surely more important."
"I'm glad to hear that you have your priorities correct," Tao Wen remarked with a nod of approval.
"Besides, you didn't have any money before, either, Uncle Tao," Cheng Quan said with a wide grin.
Tao Wen chuckled. "That's true."
He then began communicating with Cheng Quan through his mind's lake, telling him, "I can recommend a job for you and issue you a grain rain coin in advance. What do you say? I'm not the one making this arrangement; it's the second shopkeeper. He says that you look like an honest and simple guy, so you'd be well-suited for the role."
Cheng Quan was rather perplexed upon hearing this, and he asked, "What's the role? Is he hiring an employee for the wine shop? It doesn't look like they need any extra staff here. The shop isn't very big, and Die Zhang and Zhang Jiazhen are already doing a good job. Besides, even if I'm willing to help him, heaven knows how long it'll take for me to earn enough money."
"The second shopkeeper was certainly...
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