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[quote=GUEST97952,477342]Chinese stories for those who are not familiar with Chinese culture

A tale from Yangzhou (揚州故事)

During the early period of the Republic of China (1911AD to ?) there lived
two rice merchants in the city of Yangzhou (揚州) in Jiangsu province (江
蘇省). One was called Chen Keqiang (陳克強) and the other Li Dawenen (李
大文). They had been good friends for many years.

During the great flood of 1931 Li Dawen was in financial trouble and borrowed
$500.00 from Chen Keqiang. In return Li Dawen signed an I.O.U. and gave
it to Chen Keqiang to keep and promised to repay the loan later.After the flood Li Dawen went to establish a business in the city of Hefei
(合肥) in Anhui province (安徽省). Being a well-off business man Chen Keqiang
did not ask for the repayment of the loan.
When Chen Keqiang received the news of Li Dai-Wen's death he remembered
that Li still owed him $500.00. So Chen went to Hefei to attend Li's funeral.
He brought with him the I.O.U. hoping that he could collect the loan from
Li's son.[/quote]

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