(Global Village Department Chat Room Notes vi)

abrook water poem

liupu(aged8) Li Qufei English translation

(mingdynasty,1368-1644)

abrookinfrontofmygate, a ditch of water in front of the door,

runstotheeastnightandday. Flowing eastward day and night.

"hey, whereare youheading,mate?" I asked where to go?

"i’mtot’vastoceanfaraway!" Cangming stopped!

89. Buy a house

Huilan: Jianqin works in Nanjing, are you considering buying a house?

Jin Yu: You can consider it, but it is not suitable for large ones. The housing prices there are expensive, and you will suffer if you are too big.

Huilan: It is certain that it is expensive, you can go to a loan. If the down payment is insufficient, you can ask someone to borrow.

Jinyu: Do you borrow it from you?

Jianqin: I don’t agree to borrow.

Huilan: Your cousin and joy are very rich, so it shouldn’t be a big deal to borrow 80,000 yuan.

Jianqin: I firmly disagree with borrowing money to buy a house.

Huilan: The down payment is so expensive, can it be paid in one lump sum?

Jinyu: There is no need to think about buying too much flour for as big as possible. "The world is the opposite of all things", it is good to have a place to live.

Huilan: It’s more comfortable to live in a big house, so it’s so difficult for you to borrow money?

Jinyu: We don’t want to be house slaves, we don’t want to owe favors, and we don’t want to cause trouble.

Jianqin: If you want to live more freely, you cannot be suppressed by human feelings. What's more, the wider activity space is outdoors, and the house is just a temporary living room, and life should have higher pursuits.

Huilan: What can you pursue?

Jin Yu: It is better for the sages to say that it is a treasure to make merits and virtues.

Huilan: She always likes to talk big, and is not afraid of jokes.

Jin Yu: I have read too many famous biography, so it is difficult to talk nonsense.

Jianqin: Big ones don’t bother with big ones, and small ones don’t have small ones. If you really do things well, you will be very content.

Huilan: You father and daughter are so angry with me together.

Jinyu: What's the point of being angry with you? You are our leader. You are still counting on you to arrange your business when buying a house. I don't know anything about human relationships.

Jianqin: Tutu is right. It’s great if you have a place to stay. Why bother with the size of the house?

Jin Yu: Mao Zedong gave advice on the country in a simple cave, and Zhu Shenghao wrote books in a simple house. World-renowned schools have created many Nobel Prize winners in a simple school building.

Jianqin: It is not easy to cultivate virtue by frugality.

Huilan: We are ordinary people, how dare we compete with them!

Jinyu: If someone makes merit, I will establish virtue, and if someone makes merit, I will establish something. You must not be confused for a lifetime. You said yes, right?

Jianqin: That's it. Why bother paying attention to the size of the house? Learning from the good is the main one. People are often a bit strange. Sometimes the difficult environment urges people to move forward, and a comfortable environment can easily breed slackness.

Huilan: Change is the norm, so how can there be a constant reason? If you are serious, do you borrow it or not?

Jinyu: I want to lend you or not, and I don’t want to be tired of favors.

Jianqin: Just do what you can, it’s no big deal. It’s easy to get it back after ten or eight years.

Huilan: What you said is right, if you don’t borrow, you won’t borrow. If you are a little younger, it’s nothing great.

Jin Yu: Only by living like this can you feel comfortable, what should you do? Why be suppressed by the big shot? You can't fly any longer.
Chapter completed!