After all, for a billionaire to spend tens of millions a year on gambling, it is definitely not called excessive gambling; but for a person whose family only has a few million, spending tens of millions a year on gambling is definitely not called excessive gambling. , you will soon gamble away all your family property, which is excessive gambling.
However, just like when Sanfang first separated, his living standard could not be lowered because it was difficult to transition from luxury to frugality, Mr. Zhou's gambling capital could not be lowered either. At the card table, he was provoked by someone saying, "Your family If you have money, you still play such a small game," I would be embarrassed to lower my chips and continue playing the big game.
So on the surface, although Mr. Wednesday didn't gamble more and more, he just maintained the previous level, which made him lose all his family's money.
It’s no wonder that the Marquis of Chengen doesn’t want to borrow money, because if he lends it to Master Zhou, he will say it’s a loan, but he won’t pay it back, so it’s just a gift for nothing. How could the Marquis of Chengen give Master Zhou tens of thousands of taels of silver for nothing? After opening this hole, Master Zhou may think that he is easy to talk to and will continue to rely on him in the future. He is crazy to "lend" him money and borrow so much!
It felt like Mr. Zhou was treating him as a fat sheep, yet he had the nerve to ask for a loan of ten thousand taels! How dare he open his mouth! And how could he borrow it!
Not to mention ten thousand taels, even if he didn't borrow it, he would not borrow the five thousand or one thousand taels that Master Zhou "reluctantly" reduced.
The third house didn't get the loan, so they were naturally very angry. However, they could only curse the first house in private, but they didn't dare to say it to the public. It wasn't because they were afraid that the news would reach the ears of the first house and it would be detrimental to them - they were rogues anyway. , no matter how the eldest family treats them - but they are their uncle's family and plan to rely on their nephew to support them. If word spreads, others will laugh at them and not stand on their side.
Since telling them would do them no good, they naturally wouldn't say anything.
They couldn't borrow money from the big house, and they had no money to drink from the northwest wind, so they started to harass other relatives, and even the second house was borrowed by them. Of course, Mr. Tuesday was not as polite as Marquis Chengen, he directly sent The man beat Mr. Wednesday out.
Mrs. Zhou had robbed all the fields and houses, and the property she had allocated to herself was much less. If Dafang hadn't been willing to let their family live in the Duke's Mansion, their current life would have been difficult.
He harmed his family like that back then, and now he has the nerve to borrow money from him. It would be strange if the master didn't beat him on Tuesday.
And because Dafang did not lend money, the life of the third-fang family quickly declined, because none of their relatives and friends had as good conditions as Dafang. Even if they were willing to help them, they could only give a little money, and no Maybe I'll give it all the time, but I'll give it once at most, I mean.
In this way, if you go to each relative's house once to have a three-bedroom apartment, your life will naturally fall into trouble.
There is really no other way but to take action from their third room itself.
But there is actually nothing to do with the third house itself. When I had no money before, I had already sold all the servants in the family that could be sold, leaving only a few that were necessary - they were used to being masters and wives, so let them It would be impossible to sell all the servants and do the laundry and cooking by oneself, so no matter how poor the family was, there were still a few who did the laundry and cooking.
After the servants were unable to make money by selling it, Master Zhou also thought about selling the house. After all, the house was in a good location and could be sold for a lot of money, but the rest of the family objected.
Others in Sanfang feel that after moving to a bad place, it will be more difficult for them to associate with the upper class people here, and they will be even more depressed.
Besides, if I live here, it will be convenient to find other relatives to help me. I have moved to a remote place. It is inconvenient to walk to such a big place in the capital, and it is also inconvenient to catch the autumn wind.
Of course, the most important thing is that everyone feels that this house is the last property of the family. They don't want to sell it. They want to wait until Master Zhou dies and share it with everyone in the future, so as not to sell it now and have money. Master Zhou will spend it, which is why everyone doesn't let Master Zhou sell the house.
Otherwise, according to Master Zhou's idea, this house would have been sold long ago, and the money after the sale... Will Master Zhou change his prodigal character and save it? No way is it possible, he has already spent it all in his excessive drinking and debauchery.
So the other people in Sanfang were right, they just couldn't sell it and let Mr. Zhou lose everything.
——Because Mr. Wednesday lost all his family business through gambling, everyone in the family now hates him very much and hopes that he will die soon. As a result, this person is very hard-hearted. If he doesn't die, he will keep wasting money.
Without death, everyone had nowhere to vent their grievances, so they had no choice but to cause trouble for Mr. Wednesday in other ways. Therefore, Mr. Wednesday now has the lowest status in the family, even lower than Mrs. Wednesday, who is in prison. Whatever you say, no one will listen and it will not work.
He was spoiled by Mrs. Zhou since he was a child, and developed a selfish character. He wanted to set up his family tree, and he just wanted to sell the house regardless of it.
As a result, several adult sons collectively threatened him. If he dared to sell, they would break his legs and make him lie at home.
Mr. Zhou was threatened like this by his sons on Wednesday. Knowing that they would actually do it, he was afraid and did not dare to mention it.
He also threatened them, saying that he would sue them for being unfilial.
As a result, the sons were not afraid at all and said they could sue if they wanted to. Seeing everyone saying that he broke his leg on his own and the yamen had no evidence, he could sue no one.
Because he was hated by the whole family, no one would stand on his side, so something happened to him at home. Everyone in the family said that he was the one who caused the fall. He really couldn't produce any evidence to prove that it was his sons. If he is unfilial, he will be beaten.
Master Zhou was frightened by such a threat and became honest. After all, he didn't want his leg to be broken.
Seeing that the house could not be sold, all the servants and even the concubines who had not given birth to sons were sold out, and there was no place for money. As a last resort to make money, Mr. Zhou decided to find a few daughters and planned to marry them off to some wealthy family. I am a concubine for someone with money, so I can make some money.
It's said to be a marriage, but actually it's a sale.
What he said was clear and logical.
"I will send you to the prince's palace as concubines, and all the children you bear will be entrusted. It is no different from being the main wife. With the conditions of our family, you will not be able to marry into a good family, so you might as well marry those people as concubines. Your future will not be bad. .”
The girls in the third room did not object to Master Zhou's words, because they also felt that Master Zhou was right, so they agreed.
Seeing that the girls are willing, the master will search the palace for several girls on Wednesday. Whoever bids the highest price will marry (sell) the girl to the other party.
As soon as the money from the sale was obtained, several sons rushed to divide it. They only gave him a small part, saying that they could not give it all to him, so as not to spend it all again and the family would have to drink from the northwest again. After all, Selling girls for sale is not a long-term solution. If they sell out, where will the money come from? Of course, you must cherish the money you get and don't spend it all immediately.
