Summary of the previous chapter: Ma Xiaoquan helped his sister-in-law Li Qinghan knead his ankles, received another ten taels of silver, and at the same time... also patted Li Qinghan's buttocks...
Outside Li Qinghan's boudoir, Ma Xiaoquan shook his head gently and said to himself: "Sister-in-law, please forgive me, I have no choice but to do it. After all, I am not your real brother-in-law, so please don't have any thoughts about me.
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Ma Xiaoquan said, lowered his head and left slowly.
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With the money borrowed by his sister-in-law Li Qinghan, Ma Xiaoquan instantly regained his fighting strength. Although his freedom in life was restricted, grandma said that as long as he didn't cause trouble, it was okay to go out for fun. Of course, in order to prevent Ma Xiaoquan from going out to borrow money, grandma
I have ordered my butler and uncle to tell many venues in Beijing that if anyone dares to give credit to Ma Xiaoquan, the fourth young master of the Ma family, the debt they owe will not be clear.
"Hey, I have some money on hand, so I have to get some more no matter what. In this world, it's hard to do things without money." Ma Xiaoquan muttered to himself and walked out of Ma's house.
At the door of Ma's house, a group of dudes were laughing and joking. Seeing Ma Xiaoquan walking out with a cheerful face, everyone gathered around.
Zhou Chao squeezed his little eyes and saw the ten taels of silver in Ma Xiaoquan's hand, and asked curiously: "Quanzi, doesn't your grandson have no money? Where did it come from? Did he steal it from home? Oops,
You have to tell Grandma Ma about this."
"Go away." Ma Xiaoquan pushed Zhou Chao, "I borrowed this money from my sister-in-law. If you don't believe me, go and ask."
"Ah? Your sister-in-law? Isn't it right? Quanzi, you girl, are you teasing us? Will your sister-in-law lend you money?"
Ma Xiaoquan looked disdainful: "What's the matter, you don't believe it?"
Zhou Chao chuckled: "It's not that I don't believe it, it's just that I think that if your grandson asks your sister-in-law to borrow money, I'm afraid he will get three points of profit anyway, right?"
"Three points?" Ma Xiaoquan grinned, "Damn fat man, you are so fucking underestimating your master Ma. To tell you the truth, I will use these ten taels of silver to win back one hundred taels."
"One hundred taels?" Zhou Chao was stunned for a moment, looked at each other with Zhao Qiao and other dandies beside him, and then burst into laughter.
"Quanzi, I admit that you did a good job in Pai Gow today, but this is just luck, you know? Luck, you are just a bastard, a money-splitting boy..."
"Fuck you, fat guy, do you dare to play a peripheral game with Mr. Ma?"
"Peripheral?" Zhou Chao's little eyes rolled, "What kind of peripheral method?"
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled: "Master Ma, if I can win one hundred taels with ten taels of silver today, your grandson will give Master Ma another one hundred taels."
Zhou Chao sneered: "Then what if you lose? Or you didn't win enough?"
Ma Xiaoquan also sneered back: "I will kneel down and kowtow to you, and call you grandpa for one month."
When Zhou Chao heard this, his little eyes suddenly widened several times: "Are you serious about what you said?"
Ma Xiaoquan shrugged his shoulders: "Aren't all the brothers here with us? When did I, Ma Xiaoquan, ever do anything wrong?"
As soon as Ma Xiaoquan finished speaking, everyone booed.
Ma Xiaoquan felt secretly in his heart, so he had to say again: "If that doesn't work, let's create a document, write it in black and white on a piece of paper, put your fingerprints on it, uh, I'll make a guarantee with each of you, and put it all in, how about that?"
When they heard that a written document was about to be established, all the dandies whispered among themselves, and then they all nodded in agreement.
Several people came to a shop selling stationery supplies and asked the boss for a piece of paper and a pen. Zhao Qiao wrote down the bet between Ma Xiaoquan and Zhou Chao.
When pressing the fingerprint, Zhou Chao was very proud and pressed it without thinking. When it was Ma Xiaoquan's turn, Zhou Chao suddenly said: "Grandson, grandpa, I won't bully you anymore. If you give up now, just call me."
Grandpa Three Days, how are you doing?"
Ma Xiaoquan laughed and said disdainfully: "You fat man? Don't be too proud. When you, Mr. Ma, and I win a hundred taels, let's see where you put your face."
Zhou Chao's father worked in the Ministry of Rites and was a third-rank official. There were 5 men in Zhou Chao's generation in the Zhou family. Zhou Chao was the fourth. Since he was born to the first wife, Zhou Chao's status was other than that of his elder brother who was also the second wife.
Apart from Zhou Long, he is much nobler than his other two elder brothers and his younger brother Zhou Biao.
In ancient times, family affairs were generally controlled by the head wife. As the youngest son of the head wife, Zhou Chao naturally had a lot more pocket money than other brothers.
However... since Emperor Taichang has just taken office, all officials in the imperial court have temporarily stopped the practice of "reciprocity" and adopted a wait-and-see attitude. Therefore... in the past month, Zhou Chao's pocket money
The money has been reduced from 300 taels per month to 120 taels per month.
Earlier at Fenglai Tower, Zhou Chao and Ma Xiaoquan lost more than 40 taels when they pushed Pai Gow. Adding in the 5 taels spent at Fenglai Tower, Zhou Chao actually only had about 70 taels now.
Zhou Chaoyi pulled his younger brother Zhou Biao to his side and asked: "Lao Wu, how much money do you have?"
Zhou Biao thought for a moment and said: "Twelve"
"Ten taels? Where's your kid's money?"
Zhou Biao said with a sad face: "Brother, you lost when pushing Pai Gow. In the end, I gave you the money you lost, and you didn't even give me what you lost to me...
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"Give you a mallet." Zhou Chao slapped his brother on the head, "Give me your ten taels too."
"Brother, this is all I have."
"Oh, why are you stingy? I am your brother, your real brother, I can lose. When the situation stabilizes, your brother and I will have more pocket money, and I will repay you double when the time comes."
"Really?"
"Nonsense, I am your brother, why did I lie to you?"
"Hey, good," Zhou Biao said, carefully taking out ten taels of silver from his sleeve pocket and handing it to Zhou Chao.
Zhou Chao took the twelve taels of silver from his younger brother and added them with his own money. He found that it was still not enough and couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Zhao Qiao came over and said: "Fat man, how about I lend you some money, and when you win, I can pay you back double the amount?"
"Go away, Lao Zhao, you bitch, I treat you to a drink every time, you should fucking give it to me."
Zhao Qiao had a look of laughter on his face: "Send it to you? What a beautiful idea? My old man has reduced my pocket money to almost nothing, and I am still worried about it."
With Zhao Qiao's words, the other dandies also nodded, indicating that their pocket money was also low.
At this time, Ma Xiaoquan also signed and pressed his fingerprints.
Zhao Qiao put away the bet, looked at the proud Ma Xiaoquan and the glorious Zhou Chao, and announced: "Brothers, let's go."