Xibao lifted her chubby face upon hearing the elder leader mention her name, responding with an "Ah?"
"I'm not talking to you, kiddo!" The elder leader retracted his hand from Lu Zhiyuan's shoulder, gently patted Xibao's head, and said to Lu Zhiyuan, "Indeed, debt can't just be written off. Sparing every needle and thread of the common people is the purpose of our army and also our nation. It is a tenet that everyone must obey."
Lu Zhiyuan smiled and said, "If you really want to repay the debt, I have a suggestion."
"What kind of suggestion?" After the elder leader finished asking, he continued speaking, "Give me some time, Comrade Lu. It will take a while for me to gather such a large sum of money. Let alone commodities, the gold you loaned to the country alone, calculated at the market price of five bucks per gram, would exceed my writing earnings by more than a thousand times over."
"It won't take up much of your time, probably just an hour at most!"