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 switch from luxury to frugality, Mr. Zhou’s gambling capital could not be lowered either. At the card table, he was criticized in a few words. If you say, "Your family is rich, you still play such a small game", you will be embarrassed to lower your chips and continue to play the big game.
So on the surface, although Mr. Wednesday did not 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 Mr. Zhou on the surface, he says 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 possibly give Mr. Zhou a free gift? Ten thousand taels of silver, and this opening was made, maybe Mr. Zhou thought he was easy to talk to, and would continue to rely on him in the future. He was crazy to "lend" him money, and to borrow so much!
It feels like Mr. Zhou just treats him as a fat sheep, and he actually has 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 room was not able to borrow the money, so they were naturally very angry. However, they could at most curse the first room in private, but they dared not say it to the outside world. It was not because they were afraid that the news would reach the ears of the first room, which would be harmful to them. The disadvantage - they are rogues anyway, no matter what the big family does to them - is that they are the uncle's family and plan to rely on their nephews to support them. If word spreads, others will laugh at them and not stand on their side.
Since there is no benefit to them from telling it, they will naturally not say it.
They couldn't borrow money from the big house. They had no money to drink the northwest wind, so they started to harass other relatives. Even the second house was borrowed by them. Of course, Mr. Tuesday is not like the Marquis of Chengen. He was so polite that he sent someone to beat Mr. Wednesday out.
At that time, Mrs. Zhou robbed all the fields and houses, and the property she distributed to herself was much less. If Dafang hadn’t been willing to let their family live in the Duke’s Mansion, their life would definitely be difficult now. .
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 three-fang family quickly declined, because none of their relatives and friends had as good a condition as Dafang. Even if they were willing to help them, they could only give one person. A little money, and it's impossible to give it all the time, at most once, 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 the 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 the masters. The wife is used to asking them to sell all their servants and do the laundry and cooking by themselves, which is definitely not possible, so no matter how poor the family is, there are still a few people who do 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. The capital is such a big place, it is not convenient to walk there, and it is not convenient 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 later, so as not to sell it now. , if you have money, it will be spent by Mr. Wednesday. This is why everyone does not let Mr. Wednesday sell the house.
Otherwise, according to Mr. Wednesday’s idea, this house would have been sold long ago, and the money after the sale... Will Mr. Wednesday 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, hoping that he will die soon. As a result, this person is very hard-hearted, and he will never die. Waste of money.
Without death, everyone has nowhere to vent their grievances, so they can only find trouble with Mr. Wednesday in other ways. Therefore, Mr. Wednesday now has the lowest status in the family, even higher than Wednesday, who is in prison. Madam, your status is still low, no one will listen to what you say, and it won't work.
He has been spoiled by Mrs. Zhou since he was a child, and has developed a selfish character. He wants to set up his family's pedigree, no matter what, he just wants to sell the house.
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 by his sons in this way. Knowing that they would actually do it, he was afraid and did not dare to mention it.
He also threatened them, saying that they were unfilial and he would sue them.
In the end, the sons were not afraid at all and said they could sue if they wanted to. Seeing everyone saying that he broke his leg himself, and there was no evidence in the Yamen, he could sue no one.
Because he is disliked by the whole family, no one will stand on his side, so something happens to him at home. Everyone in the family says that he fell by himself, but he really can’t provide any evidence. , it turned out that some of his sons were unfilial and they beat him.
Master Zhou was frightened by such a threat and acted honestly. After all, he did not 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 to someone with money, so I can make some money.
It is said to be a marriage, but in fact it is a sale.
What he said was clear and logical.
"I will send you to the palace as concubines, and all the children you have will be enfeoffed. It is no different from being the main wife. With the conditions of our family, you cannot marry into a good family, so you might as well marry those people. Concubine, the future is not 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 the following Wednesday. Whichever house pays 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 up. 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 need it again. Drink the northwest wind, after all, selling girls and selling girls is not a long-term solution. Where will the money come from if they are sold out? Of course, you must cherish the money you get and cannot spend it all immediately.