A car accident, our family of three crossed

Chapter 654: The Tragic Zhou Tong

The group exchanged silver for money at the gambling house, and everyone from the owner to his subordinates made a lot of money.

When they happily returned to Jubao Pavilion, it was afternoon and there were not many customers. However, they saw Zhou Tong sitting dejectedly at the counter.

"Hey! What's going on?" asked the brothers.

The manager who was also at the counter couldn't help laughing and shook his head, saying, "He has been like this since the government posted the imperial examination list yesterday. It's been a day."

After asking in detail, the brothers found out that when they went to the gambling house to place bets, Zhou Tong happened to go to the provincial capital with the eldest lady and was not present.

This kid missed the time when everyone was betting. He went to the gambling house to place his bets by himself after they came back from the capital, but the bet he placed was different from everyone else's.

Perhaps because he had too much confidence in Hang Shuheng, he bet on the item that Hang Shuheng would win the first place in the imperial examination, and he invested a lot of money.

After finding out the reason, there was a burst of laughter in Jubao Pavilion, all of which were filled with sympathy and pity from the brothers towards Zhou Tong.

At this moment, Zhou Tong had a look of despair on his face. Faced with his brothers' ruthless gloating, he felt like crying.

He was already unlucky enough, wasn't he? How could these people be so inhumane and actually laugh at him? Isn't this just rubbing salt into his wounds?

The shopkeeper Zhou Huan was also among this group of people gloating over other people's misfortune. He encountered such an interesting incident right after returning, and the fatigue from the long journey was immediately relieved a lot.

When Zhou Tong saw this, he complained weakly, "Boss, why are you laughing at me with them?"

He really wanted to cry. This time he bet all his savings that he had worked so hard to save, but ended up losing everything he had, not even his underwear left.

"Tell me! How much did you lose?"

"Eighty, eighty taels..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the brothers burst into laughter again and teased him.

"Brother, I'm afraid you've even lost your wife's money, right?"

"This time, even your underwear is gone, right?"

"Hmph, just laugh as much as you want!" Zhou Tong felt heartbroken. He snorted and turned his face away, not wanting to look at the gloating faces of these guys.

Zhou Huan was the shopkeeper after all, so his smile was much more reserved than the others. He cleared his throat and took out the stack of banknotes he had just exchanged from his pocket, "Ahem! I made a lot of money today, so this is a reward for you."

As he spoke, he took out a silver note with a face value of one hundred taels and threw it to Zhou Tong.

"You have some too." In order not to favor one over the other, Zhou Huan also gave a silver note to each of the brothers who followed him out.

Zhou Tong grabbed the banknote and instantly recovered. He climbed out from the counter and kept flattering him, "Thank you, shopkeeper. You are really my second parent. I kneel down to you."

He said to kneel, but he didn't kneel seriously. He just pretended to stand up and kissed the silver note again and again.

Zhou Huan waved his hand and sent them aside, then went upstairs by himself.

Downstairs, the brothers were still chatting. Zhou Yin put his hand on Zhou Tong's shoulder and said, "We brothers made a small profit today. I'll treat you to a drink tonight."

"keep your word?"

"Of course, I've never lied to you before." Zhou Yin raised his chin and said jokingly, "Chunfeng Tower or Cuihong Tower? You tell me!"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Tong shrank back and moved away from him. The shopkeeper did not allow them to visit the brothel, and he did not want to be the first to do so.