After collecting the money, Mr. Ning and Mr. Ning went to the main hall and handed the banknotes and several silver ingots to Zhao Ba.

Zhao Ba counted correctly and returned the IOU to Mr. Ning. When he left, he looked at Mr. Ning and advised him: "Master Ning, you are really unlucky. You should not gamble again in the future."

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After working in a gambling house for so many years, this was the first time he saw Mr. Ning being so capable of losing.

Ning Erye's face turned the color of pig liver, and the words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't curse. His pair of cloudy eyes stared at Zhao Ba. It was their gambling house that made money from him, but in the end they still had to pay for it.

To mock him would really piss him off.

Zhao Ba and others took the money and left. Master Ning turned to look at his second brother and sneered: "Did you hear that? The people in the gambling house told you not to gamble."

"It's not your daughter who messed up my fortune." Mr. Ning answered the words in his heart, but did not say it out loud. He is now a sinner of the Ning family and has no right to shout at others.

When this matter was over, Mrs. Ning called the people from the second and second bedrooms together again, and gave Mr. Ning a severe scolding in front of everyone. She asked him to run the shop well in the future, and the family has already

Without the extra money, if they want to support the Ning family's huge expenses, they have to rely on these shops to make money.

He can no longer take money from the shop. The shopkeeper in the shop comes directly to his home at the end of every month to pay the bills to Ying Niang, Mrs. Ning.

There was no money in the palace, and Mrs. Ning had no money to put into it herself, so she said she would sell the one hundred acres of fertile land. From now on, the government must be economical and not be as extravagant and wasteful as before. Everyone's monthly salary will also be changed from

The ten taels were reduced to five taels. The one in the family who was not diligent and lazy would sell it if he could, and he would spend less.

She made such an arrangement, and neither the big house nor the second house had objections, so the matter was settled. Mr. Ning went to find a buyer, and sold one hundred acres of fertile land for one thousand taels of silver, all of which was transferred to the public house.

The Ning family did these things quietly, but there is no airtight wall in this world. Within a few days, the wealthy families in Jiangzhou City knew that the Ning family was already living by selling off their ancestral property.

They also found out that Mr. Ning had lost 50,000 taels of silver to buy jade and owed 20,000 taels of gambling debt. Everyone said that the Ning family was in ruins.

Today is the day when the results of the scholar examination are released. Before dawn, many people are waiting at the gate of Gongyuaner.

At five o'clock in the morning, the door of Gongyuan'er opened.

Candidates and their families who were waiting anxiously flocked to the venue.

The yamen servant quickly maintained order, "Back off, back off, squeeze in whatever way you can, and if you squeeze in front, the first one to say your name can't be you."

Although the anxious candidates and their parents were dissatisfied with the yamen officer's words, they all retreated.

Jing Xing looked at the crowd of people in front of him and patted his face with his hand, blaming himself for being too sleepy and coming a little late, even if he wanted to see the list, he couldn't squeeze in.

However, he did not know that when the list was released this time, someone was singing the list. After the list was sung, the red list would be posted on the wall for people to look at.

This time, Yun Luochuan still didn't come when the rankings were announced. He only sent Jingxing to look at the rankings. Jingxing had a strong opinion on this matter and felt that his young master didn't take it seriously at all.

Ning Ruyu also accompanied her younger brother to look at the list, but they still sat in the carriage and sent a servant to look at it instead of going out.

Ning Huan was a little nervous, clenched his hands into fists, and kept licking his lips.

Ning Ruyu patted her younger brother's hand and said, "Don't be nervous. It doesn't matter even if you fail the exam this time. We are just testing the waters."

"Yeah." Ning Huan nodded, feeling that he was in doubt this time. When he took the exam, he felt that he answered the questions fairly well, but after comparing the answers with several classmates, he found that his strategy was wrong. Although

He is still young, and this time he is indeed testing the waters, but he still really wants to pass the exam. Who can see a twelve-year-old scholar and say "genius"? Not only will his own face be shining, it will also shine on the Ning family
Chapter completed!