He worked for a time as clerk in a store, went into business as a storekeeper with a drunken partner, and contracted debts that he did not fully pay off for fifteen years.

• 他曾经当过店员，然后与一个经常酗酒的合伙人共同经营一家零售店，欠下的债务花了15年时间也没有彻底还清。