Chinese Traditional Story: A Kind Act Saved Two lives

This story happened in the year of Guangxu, during the Qing dynasty. Mr. Jia worked in a foreign firm in Shanghai. He was very loyal and his boss greatly trusted him. Before the Dragon Boat Festival in May, his boss sent him to the southern cities to collect the debts owed to the firm. He soon left carrying a bag with him. The process of debt collecting went very smoothly, and when it was nearly noon, he had collected more than 1800 pieces of silver. Because he talked continuously as he went to the various debtors, his mouth became dry and he was tired. Just then, he passed a Tea House. ...