Chapter 9 Chapter 9: Marrying a wife after spending all his wealth

As soon as Lin Guisheng left, Du Yuesheng also unleashed his energy and began to gamble.He was born addicted to gambling, and he stumbled a lot in his life because of gambling.He entered Huang's mansion as an errand, so he didn't dare to make mistakes, and he couldn't touch a card for several months.Now, with the big cash in hand, and in the big casino again, this is an unprecedented joy in my life.He raised his sleeves and let go of the big bet.After three or four hours, I won 2,400 yuan. In the past, Du Yuesheng would get dizzy as soon as he entered the casino until he lost everything, but this time he was surprisingly calm.He knows that the boss's wife can win but not lose in gambling, and life will be sad after losing face.Now I see that I have won a lot, so hurry up and end it.

Du Yuesheng stood up, clasped his fists with both hands, made a four-way bow, and greeted with a smile: "It's not early, the proprietress is waiting for an answer, brother, let's go first." "This..." The gamblers all stared at him. Du Yuesheng knew the rules of the casino, the winners were not allowed to leave the game by themselves.He hurriedly played Lin Guisheng's signboard. "If something happens to the proprietress, I'm afraid I won't be able to bear it, so I'll have a good time next time!" This trick really worked, and the gamblers had no choice but to think they were unlucky, and watched him triumphantly stepping out of "Gongxingji" dryly.

Du Yuesheng exchanged the chips for cash, excitedly hired a rickshaw and returned to Tongfuli. As soon as he entered the door, Du Yuesheng didn't have time to meet his seniors, so he went straight upstairs to give an account to Lin Guisheng. "Master, I won, all the money is here, order some!" Lin Guisheng was puzzled when he saw a package of things being handed over, he opened it and saw that it was a neat pile of oceans.She was startled, and said: "Yuesheng, I want you to push a few sets of Pai Gow for me. I want you to earn some pocket money. This money belongs to you, and I won't accept any money."

"No, I can't!" Du Yuesheng said sincerely, "I sit in the manor on behalf of my teacher's wife to save face, not to make a lot of money." Why did Du Yuesheng do this?It turned out that although he had slept in the proprietress's bed many times, he was not willing to be her doll and a tool to vent her desires; because he knew that Lin Guisheng was an extremely shrewd and rational woman, even though the two were in bed Partner, but there is a huge difference in status, she will not easily grant him too much money or a high status; therefore, if he wants to make a difference, Du Yuesheng must put a long line to catch big fish.

At this time, Lin Guisheng nodded when he heard Du Yuesheng's words.There was another point of liking in her heart. "Okay, I'll take 400 yuan for your kindness, and you will keep the rest." "No, Yuesheng has forgotten the kindness of teacher's mother's cultivation, how dare he ask for a large bonus?" Lin Guisheng has never tolerated anyone's refusal in his work.She lowered her face and said, "Take it if you tell me to, don't say any more!" "Thank you, lady boss!" Du Yuesheng had no choice but to accept 2,000 yuan. That night, Lin Guisheng and Huang Jinrong had dinner together, with a group of servants waiting beside them.Although the things on the table were good, they didn't arouse Huang Jinrong's appetite much.

At this time, Lin Guisheng spoke slowly: "Jin Rong, I want to tell you something!" "What's up?" "I have recommended Yuesheng to 'Gongxingji'." "I know that. You said it last time." "At that time, I went with him. I asked him to gamble a few times and won more than 2,000 yuan. I only kept the change and gave him 2,000 yuan." Hearing this, Huang Jinrong frowned, and said, "Yuesheng is still a child, why give him so much money?" The proprietress smiled and said, "I want to see how he uses it!" "What's the meaning?"

"Yue Sheng is a talent, if you see it properly, it will come in handy!" It turned out that the shrewd Lin Guisheng wanted to investigate Du Yuesheng! " How did Du Yuesheng deal with the huge sum of 2,000 yuan? After he came out of Lin Guisheng's house, he happily ran back to his residence with 2,000 yuan in his hands.After he returned to his residence, he pulled up Ma Xiangsheng who was sleeping late: "Xiangsheng, do you want money?" Ma Xiangsheng opened his sleepy eyes, glanced at him inadvertently, turned over and fell asleep again, muttering: "Don't make fun, who doesn't know that we are all poor!"

"What do you think this is?" Du Yuesheng opened the newspaper in front of Ma Xiangsheng, and suddenly a lot of oceans appeared. Ma Xiangsheng was taken aback, his eyes were as big as a bell, and he jumped up from the bed.Seeing that Ma Xiangsheng was so rare, Du Yuesheng giggled.He counted out 100 and stuffed it in his hand. "this is for you!" "Where did you get rich?" Du Yuesheng didn't hide anything, and poured it all out. "How do you spend the money? Do you want to open a store or buy a house?" Du Yuesheng was taken aback for a moment, he really didn't expect this level.

"Xiangsheng, please take a leave of absence tomorrow, and go shopping at Shiliupu first." Ma Xiangsheng rolled his mouth: "What's so white about this small place?" Du Yuesheng shook his head: "I want to see senior brother Wang Aguo." Ma Xiangsheng knew his loyal temper.Seeing that Du Yuesheng's pockets were bulging now, he first thought of his seniors, and he admired them from the bottom of his heart. "Okay, I'll go with you!" The next day, the two of them asked Lin Guisheng for leave, saying they were going to visit Shiliupu.Lin Guisheng nodded and let them go without asking any questions.

As soon as Du Yuesheng entered the small east gate, he first went to Wang Aguo, the senior brother of Hongyuansheng Fruit Shop. For senior brother, Du Yuesheng is unforgettable forever. "Brother, are you okay?" When the two brothers met, they were very affectionate.Wang Aguo looked at the well-dressed Du Yuesheng, and asked happily: "Yuesheng, have you made your debut?" Du Yuesheng nodded with a blushing face, and secretly stuffed a red envelope into his brother's pocket. Wang Aguo hurriedly took it out and saw that it was a stack of money, and asked in a daze, "Yuesheng, what does this mean?"

"Small idea, make a cup of tea for senior brother." Wang Aguo is an honest man, and he has about 200 yuan in Diandian Dayang. He was afraid that his junior brother would go astray again, so he couldn't help but worry: "Yuesheng, this money..." Du Yuesheng understood his thoughts, interrupted him quickly, and said: "Brother, don't worry, the source of the money is clear. You come to Zhengxing Juju at night, and I will leave first." He was afraid that his brother would get to the bottom of it, so he hurriedly dragged Ma Xiangsheng away. When they walked out of the fruit shop, they found their master Chen Shichang and their uncle Huang Zhenyi, and gave them filial money as a thank you for their kindness.Then, he visited friends who had been in the pier together one by one, and all friends who borrowed debts paid back double the money.After finishing these things, Du Yuesheng felt relaxed.Du Yuesheng spent more than 900 yuan on this day's effort. Finally, he and Ma Xiangsheng went to the fireworks room at the Xiaodongmen, and gave 200 yuan to the elder sister, thanking her for securing bail for him from the police station, and then went to find Xiao'e, and the elder sister told him that Xiao'e was in the middle of the night. He waited for a while to pick up the customers, but Xiao'e hadn't come out yet. It was already dark at this time. Du Yuesheng guessed that Xiao'e might have met a client who was very interested. In such a situation, he knew that clients usually want to play all night, so I left another 300 yuan and entrusted the elder sister to hand it over to Xiao'e, and then left. Ma Xiangsheng couldn't help sticking out his tongue when he saw him spending money like water.He couldn't help asking: "Yuesheng, why are you doing this?" Du Yuesheng shrugged his shoulders, and said indifferently: "I rely on my parents at home, and friends when I go out. I, Yuesheng, have no friends. How can I be here today?" Ma Xiangsheng nodded. In less than two weeks, Du Yuesheng's pocket was completely empty. One day, Lin Guisheng called him upstairs.Du Yuesheng didn't know what to order, thought that his wife was going to do that thing with him again, so he sorted out his emotions a bit, took a bath, and then went upstairs.Unexpectedly, after the meeting, Lin Guisheng didn't seem to have that kind of meaning, he just asked: "Yue Sheng, have you spent almost all your money these days?" When Du Yuesheng heard this, he felt guilty for a while.But he didn't dare to lie in front of Lin Guisheng, so he just nodded. "It's quite rich!" In fact, Lin Guisheng has already grasped Du Yuesheng's spending of money clearly.She is very satisfied with Du Yuesheng's flower method.She felt that if Du Yuesheng used the 2,000 yuan to go whoring and gambling and squandering to his heart's content, then even if he had the guts and insight, at best he would be nothing more than material for a young man.If Du Yuesheng puts the money in the bank to buy a house or open a store, then he is not worthy of being a wanderer.He spends a lot of money to settle old debts and make friends, which is to establish faith and signboards, which is equivalent to saying that he will not only be a man of the world, but also a master of the world. From this point, Lin Guisheng concluded that he was the most needed right-hand man in Huang's mansion. Du Yuesheng originally thought that the proprietress was going to show off, but unexpectedly she asked with a smile: "Have you got a girlfriend? Where are you from, and how is your family?" Hearing the tone of her question, Du Yuesheng understood that she had known her whereabouts these past few days. However, seeing that Lin Guisheng didn't pursue the matter of his spending money, but changed the subject, Du Yuesheng was relieved, because he didn't know the matter. The teacher's wife agrees with him spending money like this.He truthfully reported: "In the past few days, my old friend introduced me to a Suzhou girl named Shen Yueying, who lives in Nanshi with her mother, and we have already met once." "do you like her?" "En!" Du Yuesheng nodded. "Then get it back." Lin Guisheng is worthy of being someone who came over from Fengyuechang. At this time, not only was he not jealous, but he was able to care and support Du Yuesheng's life path as a big sister.This is where she excels. "How can I afford it? In fact, my 2,000 yuan has already been..." Du Yuesheng was at a loss for words. "I see. You don't have to worry about it, I will take care of everything." Lin Guisheng looked at him with admiration and patted his chest. That night, Lin Guisheng talked endlessly about Du Yuesheng beside Huang Jinrong's pillow. "I've tried him. The 2,000 yuan is well spent." "What are you doing?" "Pay off debts and make friends. I think this man is ambitious, ambitious, and has a long-term vision. I'm sure he can be the right-hand man of the Yellow Gate." "Good!" Huang Jinrong also praised secretly, he was very aware of his wife's courage and vision, and he didn't care too much about the family affairs, so he said smoothly at this time: "Then listen to you!" "Yue Sheng is going to get married, you have to be serious as the boss!" "How can I help him?" Huang Jinrong thought about Du Yuesheng's current predicament, and replied, "If you need money, let him go to the cashier to get it! If you want to save face, I, Huang Jinrong, will back him up." Lin Guisheng smiled and shook his head slightly, "Not enough, not enough." "I, Huang Jinrong, will protect the media for him, is that enough?!" "Not enough, we have to add two more!" "What are the two?" "In the first case, you allocate one of the three gaming tables in the French Concession to Yuesheng, so that he can have a source of income. The second case is to give up a house in Tongfuli, and let him set up his own house. In this way, you are His real number one benefactor." These two facts are very important.First of all, it is not easy to pack a gaming table.The three major gambling tables in the French Concession are actually large-scale, ecstasy venues that are compatible with smoking, prostitution, and gambling.The casino is a fortune-tapping wharf, and the Ministry of Industry, Bureau, and Police Department all want to get involved and share some money.Asking Du Yuesheng to be in charge of a casino is by no means like starting to grab the stage in "Gongxingji", but to manage a large number of bodyguards to deal with emergencies.What the casino protector faces is the underworld in the world.From foreign yamen to robbers and bastards, from three religions and nine streams, and from all directions, everything must be well-matched and leveled, so that the casino can be safe and make a fortune. In this foreign market in Shanghai, if one is not careful, he will lose money and lose face at the slightest, and the hail of bullets at the worst, and his life is at stake.Can Du Yuesheng, who is young and has just debuted, be stable?Besides, let him set up another family, wouldn't he sit and sit with me, Huang Jinrong? Huang Jinrong was silent, but the calculation in his heart was ringing. Lin Guisheng was much smarter than him.She persuaded him: "When you are the chief detective, you can't do everything. There are times when people are old. If you don't make a debut with a caring person now, it will be too late to be promoted in the future. Besides, Du Yuesheng is extremely smart and treats me very loyally. Forgive me." He won't cross rivers and tear down bridges!" Unable to stand his wife's nagging, Huang Jinrong finally said: "Do as you wish." "You are really my master!" Lin Guisheng hugged Huang Jinrong and kissed him for a while, Huang Jinrong suddenly felt unbearable, now, Lin Guisheng hugged Huang Jinrong even more crazily, and said in his ear: "Little Tiger, hurry up, what are you waiting for?" After Lin Guisheng's decision this time, Du Yuesheng's life journey has changed. In 1916, under the arrangement of Lin Guisheng, Du Yuesheng was going to get married. Before getting married, he remembered that although there were many friends who came to join him as guests, there were always a few relatives at home, so he sent someone to Gaoqiao to bring his aunt, Mrs. Wan. Du Yuesheng was born in Du's house in Nanshili, Gaoqiao Town. Du Yuesheng's father was Du Wenqing, but after Du Yuesheng was born, Du's family was in decline. Du Wenqing, in his 20s, had to go out to make a living. A "Yongchang" millet shop, chatting to support the family.After Du Yuesheng was born, before the full moon, Du Wenqing was forced to abandon his wife and children and return to the rice store for livelihood. At this time, it was the time when the Qing Dynasty was in decline, and Du Yuesheng was born in the second year, that is, he was in a bad year.Du Yuesheng's mother Zhu had no choice but to leave home to her husband with her son who had just turned one year old in her arms.However, due to the famine, Du Wenqing's rice store was also unable to operate and could not support his family. Zhu had no choice but to leave Yuesheng, who was waiting to be fed, and went to Yangshupu Spinning Mill to work as a locomotive worker while pregnant.Working 12 hours a day as a train operator was no different than a coolie. Zhu, who was physically weak, passed away due to extreme fatigue in less than half a year.Du Wenqing had no money for the burial, so he had to buy a thin-skinned coffin and put his dead wife on the barren hill next to the Du family's ancestral house. The young Du Yuesheng lost his mother ever since.Du Wenqing lived through the years with a pair of sons and daughters, but because he couldn't bear the burden, he finally gave his daughter to a Ningbo businessman surnamed Huang, and Du Yuesheng's brother and sister died forever. Soon, Du Wenqing continued to marry a Zhang family.Mrs. Zhang treats Yuesheng like her own son.At this time, Du Yuesheng also had a little understanding of human affairs, and was smart and quick-witted, very able to please Mrs. Zhang.But the good times didn't last long. In 1892, Du Wenqing's rice shop declared bankruptcy.At the end of the year, Du Wenqing died suddenly due to overwork. After Du Wenqing's death, Mrs. Zhang sold the store, took Yuesheng's coffin back to her hometown, and buried her husband with his original wife Mrs. Zhu.Young and widowed, Mrs. Zhang brought Du Yuesheng back to Yangshupu, rented a hut, sold some rice and noodles, and helped people wash and mend, living a hard life like years.A year later, when Du Yuesheng was 6 years old, Zhang cut down on food and clothing and sent him to a nearby private school. Two years later, Mrs. Zhang went out to look for work, but unfortunately was abducted by the gangster "Ant Mou Gang".Since then, Du Yuesheng has become an orphan who lost his parents.Therefore, he has no close relatives in his family, and now the closest relative in his married family is only his aunt. After picking up his aunt, Du Yuesheng opened a room in a hotel in the French Concession. He was very filial to his aunt, bought clothes for her, hired a tailor, and asked her to dress neatly and decently before coming to the wedding. One day, Du Yuesheng brought another pair of yellow gold bracelets to the inn and gave it to his aunt. Mrs. Wan thought that her nephew was rich, so she suggested: "Yuesheng, your marriage is a big event. In Gaoqiao Township, I am not the only one of your elders and relatives. Since you want to invite them, why don't you invite them all?" Du Yuesheng pondered for a while, then he asked: "Who should we invite?" Mrs. Wan finally said: "Your old uncle, aunt, and an aunt who married into the Huang family..." She made a long list in one breath, and Du Yuesheng looked back on the past in his heart. When he became an orphan, no one paid attention to him, and he was allowed to be beaten on the street, he was very emotional. "Alright." He replied helplessly, "I'll send someone to invite you right away." "I don't want this pair of gold bracelets." Mrs. Wan said with a smile, "You'd better give it to your aunt." Du Yuesheng understood what his aunt meant, and said: "You still accept the bracelet, Auntie and Auntie, I will prepare another one myself." Mrs. Wan let out a long breath, she was very comforted, because she thought that Du Yuesheng had finally achieved something, no matter what, relatives were always relatives in his mind, as the saying goes, "the emperor still has straw sandal relatives." "Woolen cloth. In Tongfu, Huang Jinrong set aside a house for Du Yuesheng, bought furniture and made clothes for him. Automatically run to help.All the arrangements made by Lin Guisheng for Du Yuesheng were fulfilled. Huang Jinrong personally acted as the mediator and went to Shen's house to propose marriage. Mrs. Shen was very happy, thinking that Du Yuesheng was a fast-moving son-in-law, with enough reputation and wealth, and everything was negotiable. However, she suddenly made a request to the matchmaker Huang: "I want to come here with my daughter and live in my son-in-law's house, and my son-in-law will take care of me until the end of my life." When Huang Jinrong heard this, he thought Du Yuesheng lived in my house!But he still readily agreed on behalf of Du Yuesheng.Later, Mrs. Shen revised her conditions for marrying her daughter twice. Shen Yueying has two relatives, the older one is Jiao Wenbin, and a little boy Hua Qiaosheng.Du Yuesheng also agreed to this point.Because at the beginning of his family, there was a need for people in the family, so he assigned Jiao Wenbin to manage the accounts for him, and Hua Qiaosheng was a servant. After everything was negotiated, Mrs. Shen, as if afraid of Du Yuesheng's repentance, repeatedly urged her daughter to have a date with Du Yuesheng that night. The wedding took place within a few days. Although the wedding of Du Yuesheng and Shen Yueying was small, it was very lively.Among the procession of welcoming relatives, the most eye-catching one is a Ningbo dragon and phoenix sedan chair, which was rented at a high price. The sedan chair was carried into Tongfu, and there were cheers and firecrackers. The wedding banquet is held in Tongfu, and the feast is a flowing water banquet, that is to say, the guests gather at a table and then leave, and the guests leave after eating, and it goes on and on again and again, and the flow is endless.Du Yuesheng spent a lot of money on this wedding, relatives from Pudong lived in the room, ate the banquet for 10 days, and after 10 days, they all happily bid farewell to their hometowns. With Lin Guisheng's support, Du Yuesheng's family paid 20 yuan for travel expenses, so no matter the married uncle, aunt or aunt, everyone felt satisfied. Shen Yueying is a native of Nanqiao, Suzhou. She is a natural beauty, with cloud-like hair and long eyebrows.After getting married, the young couple is very affectionate. Outside of housework, Jiao Wenbin is the accountant, and Mrs. Shen is in charge of it, so she doesn't have to worry about it.So people say: "Du Yuesheng really answered Mrs. Huang's words: 'Get married and start a business.'" After getting married, Du Yuesheng's career developed day by day, and his income increased day by day. One day, Shen Yueying told Du Yuesheng: "You are going to be a father." Upon hearing this, Du Yuesheng jumped up for joy, and hurriedly reported the good news to his friends the next day.The news reached Huang Jinrong and Lin Guisheng, and the boss and his wife were also very happy. Lin Guisheng specially called Du Yuesheng, and she said with a smile: "Yuesheng, congratulations, you are going to hold your son!" Du Yuesheng smirked, not knowing how to answer. "The boss said it." Lin Guisheng said again, "He is the matchmaker for you to get married. You can adopt this child to us, okay?" Du Yuesheng smiled and nodded. He thought it was a great honor for Boss Huang and Lin Guisheng to marry their relatives. But when he excitedly ran back to tell his wife, Shen Yueying was a little unhappy: "We just gave birth to the first one." Why give them the children? They are afraid that we will have no children!" She was not happy at all, but Du Yuesheng didn't dare not listen to Boss Huang's words. Du Yuesheng's eldest son, Du Weifan, was a boy with a handsome head and a loud voice. He was born with great fortune, and soon Jinrong accepted him as his godson.Because of this relationship, the two in-laws are called brothers. Du Yuesheng changed his name to call the boss "Brother Jin Rong" and the wife "Sister Guisheng". Waiting for others, still saying "Uncle" and "Niang Niang" over and over again. Unfortunately, what Shen Yueying said was true. Two years later, she gave birth to Du Yuesheng's eldest daughter. Unfortunately, the child died of Sha when she was less than two years old. Huang and Du became in-laws, and the relationship became closer day by day. Shen Yueying often went to see his foster mother with Du Weifan in her arms. The two mothers were as warm as siblings, and they often talked about everything. The house in Tongfuli was too old, Boss Huang and Lin Guisheng decided to renovate it, and the family moved to the new house in Junfuli, which was bigger than Tongfuli.On the day of moving into the house, Huang Jinrong held a banquet in the new house to entertain relatives and friends. Beforehand, he made an old sheepskin robe with shredded radish for each of his friends, and each cost 30 yuan.