The head of the Mu family

Chapter 50 A little gambling is harmless and applies to all times.

After a pleasant meal, the waiter knocked on the door and came in shortly after, asking if we wanted the table cleared.

Cards and dice can also be provided.

Li Rongchuan asked excitedly:

Soldiers!

"Would you like to practice horseback riding a little more this afternoon?"

Xiao Jingtang and Mu Huaisheng shook their heads like rattles.

Li Rongchuan shook his head in disappointment and asked the waiter to bring a set of cards and a set of dice.

The waiter immediately had the tea master serve tea and gave each of them a teapot to help themselves, telling them to call the people at the door if they needed more water.

Li Rongchuan's three new recruits knew nothing, so the three of them each taught one of them.

Xiao Qianyan understood it immediately, but Xiao Jingtang was still confused even after being taught several times.

Xiangzhu taught Mu Huaisheng several times, and Mu Huaisheng roughly understood the meaning, but he was still confused.

Playing leaf cards is more fun with more people. After Xiao Qianyan learned how, the three of them started playing without any regard for anything else.

Mu Huaisheng took Xiao Jingtang to watch a card game and said that she would learn it in a little while.

After a few rounds of actual combat, Mu Huaisheng still wasn't quite sure how to do it, while Xiao Qianyan had already begun to outwit and outmaneuver them.

After playing a few more rounds, Mu Huaisheng was abandoned by the four of them. Xiao Jingtang was held in Li Rongchuan's arms and beaten, so Mu Huaisheng went to look around.

Aji plays conservatively.

Xiangzhu is bold yet meticulous.

Xiao Qianyan doesn't understand how to play.

Li Rongchuan was ruthless, experienced, and audacious.

When the opera started playing on the first floor, many people came to order food delivery. This place can also deliver food to people within a one-kilometer radius.

Even wealthy families living far away can book the entire venue in advance if they have an event.

Or you could invite everyone from the teahouse to your home to serve you.

Seeing that it was almost dusk, Mu Huaisheng reminded the group of people who were fighting fiercely.

Li Rongchuan decisively ended his game and called the waiter to settle the bill.

Immediately, the two waitresses came in and handed out clothes to the group.

The bill came to six taels of silver, and I gave each of the four people who served me a tip of one hundred coins.

Before the Lunar New Year, Mu Huaisheng took his four daughters out for New Year's Eve dinner.

I also bought so many things over the past few days, including meat, vegetables, and other items, and it cost me a total of three ounces.

The four girls couldn't accept it anymore; they had never seen that kind of money before, except when their family was too poor.

Other poor farmers' total annual income was enough to buy just one meal!

Later, the four girls also let it go, and Da Mao can now earn two taels almost every month.

Previously, it referred to one's family's total annual income.

Mu Huaisheng then thought of his income in the capital, and climbed over a Taoist temple with Prince Qi, casually giving him one hundred taels of silver.

Haha~ When has the Renminbi ever belonged to the people?

It is said that on this blue planet...

One percent of people control ninety-nine percent of the wealth.

Ninety-nine percent of people are working hard to compete for that one percent of wealth.

It's terrifying to think about, but that seems to be the way things are in this world.

The amount of money that ordinary people have seen is only what those in the golden palaces want you to see.

If an ordinary person knew...

The people in the Golden Palace can eat the equivalent of a house you've worked hard for your whole life to buy in a single meal.

Many people's beliefs will collapse.

Especially in modern times, everyone has read books and has a strong sense of self.

How many people would still serve as slaves to the people in the Golden Palace?

Is it worth spending your whole life under pressure just to earn enough for one meal?

However, living itself is not about living for anything other than living.

People convince themselves and gradually accept the life of ants.

And strive to become a better ant, content with a little wealth, so that everyone can be incredibly happy.

Those inside the Golden Palace gradually stopped letting outsiders easily know about this difference.

The blue planet continues to rotate as usual.

After returning to the Marquis's residence and having dinner, the noblewoman instructed that only one person should remain on duty at each post, while the others could go off and have fun.

So, at Li Rongchuan's suggestion, who was still not satisfied, they started playing leaf cards again.

This time, the Marquis, the Noblewoman, Shiqin, and Uncle Liu were added.

Aji said he was done playing and planned to wander around with Mu Huaisheng.

Xiao Qianyan didn't play either, but unexpectedly, she gained Li Rongchuan's favor in the afternoon and strongly recommended him to the Marquis and his wife.

The noblewoman thoughtfully gave each person twenty taels of silver. Those who won kept all of it for themselves, while those who lost twenty taels left the game.

Upon hearing this, Aji immediately applied to join the battle.

Mu Huaisheng and Xiao Jingtang

Aji was the first to leave the field and join the wandering group.

Shi Shu and Xiang Lan appeared out of nowhere, and the noblewoman gave them stakes and they joined in.

The second thing the noblewoman did was to wander around with Mu Huaisheng.

Shiqin also lost the battle, and then watched Shishu play with Xianglan and Xiangzhu.

Li Rongchuan and Xiang Lanxiangzhu were defeated and left the field one after the other.

All that's left is the Marquis, the battlefield commander, Uncle Liu, the cunning strategist, Shi Shu, the resourceful strategist, and Xiao Qianyan, who struggles desperately.

The four brilliant minds thrilled the spectators.

Even Shiqin, Xianglan, and Xiangzhu, who had just finished their ceremony, disregarded the young girl's taboos and wandered around, watching with great interest.

After another hour of fierce fighting, Xiao Qianyan finally gave in and was defeated.

He only managed to save thirty taels in front of the Marquis, while Uncle Liu and the servant were evenly matched.

The Marquis distributed the thirty taels among the defeated generals, excluding the noblewoman and Li Rongchuan.

Uncle Liu also gave each person two taels of silver for tea, and they each went home with their hearts still full of joy.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Mu Huaisheng took Xiao Qianyan to the Qian family to pay New Year's respects and present them with gifts. The Qian family members also gave them red envelopes.

When spring arrives and flowers bloom, Qian Erlang will become a father again.

Qian Shao was already showing signs of girlish charm, and Qian Yao had also grown taller.

However, there was no sense of unfamiliarity, and we returned to the Marquis's residence after lunch.

On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Mu Huaisheng took Xiao Qianyan to visit the four maids, but this time he didn't give them red envelopes.

In the past, during the New Year, we would use our savings to give each of them five coins as a token of goodwill, symbolizing the arrival of five blessings.

This time I brought them some snacks from the Marquis's residence.

The four maids saw Mu Huaisheng and Xiao Qianyan, who were dressed in the high-class attire of the Marquis's mansion.

Having gained some knowledge at the silk shop, my eyes were practically glued to those two outfits.

It was Da Mao who came to her senses first and told her that Zhou Li had invited her family to lunch at a teahouse on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. He had originally intended to ask Uncle Liu to tell Mu Huaisheng.

Mu Huaisheng said he understood, but Xiao Qianyan had to be brought along.

The four maids spent most of the day riding in the carriage with the "young master".

However, he didn't recognize Xiao Qianyan at all after she removed her disguise.

They were all wondering where the child came from.

They were already a little afraid of Liang Wuya before, and now, although Mu Huaisheng is still quite nice to them, they feel even more distant.

That matter also stood between them; they dared not ask, let alone inquire.

Before lunch on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Mu Huaisheng brought Xiao Qianyan.

She was wearing an ordinary cotton-padded jacket, while Da Mao wore that brocade dress. Mu Huaisheng put flowers in her hair and drew her eyebrows.

Huaisheng examined his masterpiece:

Yes, you haven't lost your makeup skills!

Zhou Li arrived dressed in fine clothes and drove a Mercedes-Benz.

His gaze never left Da Mao, and Da Mao returned a few glances shyly.

To Huaisheng's surprise, Zhou Li actually took the sisters to the teahouse that Li Rongchuan had taken them to in the first year of junior high school.

Mu Huaisheng was secretly delighted:

From what I've seen so far, he seems like a good young man.

A man who is willing to spend money on a woman is not necessarily a good man.

But someone who's unwilling to spend money is definitely not a good person.