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 leaving, he looked at Mr. Ning and advised him: "Master Ning, you are really unlucky. You should not gamble again in the future."
After working in a gambling house for so many years, this was the first time he saw Mr. Ning being so capable of losing.
Mr. Ning's face turned the color of pig liver, and he couldn't curse even though his words were stuck in his throat. He stared at Zhao Ba with a pair of turbid eyes.
It was obviously their gambling house that made money from him, but in the end they still ridiculed him, which really pissed 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 luck."
Ning Erye 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 speak out against 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.
Let him run the shop well in the future. The family has no spare money. If they want to support the Ning family's huge expenses, they must 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.
The father-in-law had no money, and Mrs. Ning had no money to put into it, 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. Each person's monthly allowance will also be reduced from ten taels to five taels.
The one in the family who is not diligent and lazy, can sell it if he can, and spend less.
She arranged it this way, and neither the second bedroom nor the second bedroom had any objections, so the matter was settled.
Ning Erye 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 does these things quietly, but there is no airtight wall in this world.
Within a few days, all the wealthy families in Jiangzhou City knew that the Ning family was already living by selling off their ancestral property.
He also found out that Mr. Ning had lost 50,000 taels of silver when he bought jade and had a gambling debt of 20,000 taels. 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 backed away.
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 arriving a little late, so he couldn't squeeze in even if he wanted to see the list.
However, he didn't know that someone was singing the list when the list was released this time. After the list was sung, the red list would be posted on the wall for people to look at.
This time when the rankings were released, Yun Luochuan still didn't come, and only Jing Xing was sent to look at the rankings.
Jingxing had a lot of opinions 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 boy 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."
"Um."
Ning Huan nodded, feeling that he was very nervous this time.
When he took the exam, he felt that he was doing well in answering the questions. However, after comparing the answers with several classmates, he found that his strategy was wrong.
Although he is still young and is indeed testing the waters this time, he still really wants to pass the exam to become a scholar.
Whoever sees a twelve-year-old scholar would not praise him for his genius. Not only does he have a bright face, but he can also bring glory to the Ning family. He wants to bring glory to the Ning family.