Yohei, who is Tokubei's son-in-law, uses this to his advantage and grows increasingly dissipated, taking money from the shop and spending it on prostitutes at Aramachi-town.
それをいいことに、義理ある息子与兵衛はますます増長し放蕩し、店の有り金を持出しては新町の遊女に入れあげている。