Seeing his son and his daughter-in-law talking and laughing, Zhou Ruhai felt extremely happy. In fact, to be honest, the angry attitude shown by Yi Ming just now made him a little worried, fearing that this would happen. The young couple will eventually part ways due to misunderstandings.
Losing Lin Ajiao, a good daughter-in-law, was not only a huge loss for the Zhou family, but also abandoned his first wife immediately after committing a crime. Once word of this spread, it would also have a huge impact on his son's future.
Zhou Ruhai thought of countless ways in his mind at that time to make Zhou Ming and his wife reconcile as before, but he just tried his best and failed to come up with a good solution in the end.
He stroked his beard and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, Zhou Yiming, this bad boy, really has too many evil thoughts. The angry look he showed just now turned out to be all fake, just to make Lin Ajiao in an extremely frightened situation. Next, thoroughly understand your mistakes and fundamentally change them.
This clever method simply played with the emotions of everyone present and applauded, even myself, a veteran who had been in the officialdom for many years, was not immune.
Although Zhou Ruhai understood that he was a little uncomfortable after being fooled by Yi Ming just now, he was more happy. After all, his son was so thoughtful and had such a strong ability to see into people's hearts. Even if he didn't rely on himself, With strong strength, relying on the above two points alone, he will be able to dominate the officialdom in the future and make a name for himself.
Zhou Ruhai, who was in a good mood, wanted to praise Yi Ming immediately, but when he was about to speak, he suddenly realized that although Lin Ajiao was forgiven by Yi Ming at the last moment without paying a heavy price, he could not He was not so lucky. After all, after Laifu framed Zhou Ming, he was the one who misunderstood him the most, and even almost hurt him. Moreover, after the misunderstanding was resolved, Zhou Ming never seemed to forgive himself.
After realizing this, Zhou Ruhai, who was originally extremely happy, suddenly became wilted, because firstly he didn't know how to ask for forgiveness from Zhou Ming, and secondly he was afraid that Zhou Ming would not save face for him in the public eye, and he would not be able to save face for himself. Once this brat treated him the same way he treated Lin Ajiao, he might as well just die.
Mrs. Zhou on the side saw her master turning around and looking in the direction of her son, so she boldly turned around and looked in the direction of Yi Ming and the others.
What made her very gratified was that the young couple still knew how to behave when they were happy and did not continue to do anything outrageous.
Mrs. Zhou was so happy that she touched her master with her elbow and said with a smile: "Master, look, our son and daughter-in-law have recovered as before. This is really a great thing.
Don't be idle, hurry up and ask people to reheat the food, let our son have a good meal, and let him rest early.
Don't forget, our son hasn't even had a good night's sleep since last night. "
Mrs. Zhou felt very sorry for her son, so she was very considerate.
Zhou Ruhai frowned and said impatiently: "You know nothing! Is it time to eat now? Don't think that everything will be fine just because your daughter-in-law is forgiven now. Let me tell you, it's not that simple.
Your son has changed now. He is more thoughtful than you can imagine.
Your daughter-in-law is now out of trouble, but your son has never said that he would let me, the father, go.
Don't forget, compared with my daughter-in-law, I was the culprit who made things difficult for my son just now. This kid has not reacted now. When the relationship between him and his daughter-in-law is over, he will definitely be the first to settle the score with me. "
The more Zhou Ruhai talked about it, the more unsure he became. When he thought that Zhou Ming would definitely deal with him severely later, he even felt that the world had lost its color. At the same time, he blamed himself very much. He felt that at his age, he had no determination at all. , if a servant is obviously full of loopholes, how can I believe it so much?
If only I had been more thoughtful at that time and investigated the whole matter before getting angry at Yi Ming.
Even if he didn't launch an investigation, even if he sent someone to inspect the Yamen in the south of the city to inquire, everything would be revealed. However, he was extremely stupid and recklessly tried to deal with Zhou Ming without doing any verification work.
Could it be that I am really old and confused?
Zhou Ruhai looked depressed and began to doubt his own intelligence.
Mrs. Zhou was originally very dissatisfied with her old man's impulsive behavior just now. Now that she saw him worrying about this matter, she couldn't help but start to gloat: "I tell you, you deserve it. I tried to persuade you so, but you ended up It's like eating a weight, and you are bent on driving our son to death. This is good, there is no way to end it, right?"
"What time of year is it now, do you still have the mood to say such sarcastic words?" Zhou Ruhai felt ashamed and angry, and even felt ashamed to face Mrs. Zhou, so when he spoke, he could only turn his face to the side, "Our son is making trouble with me. You are happy if you are incompatible with fire and water, right? Let me tell you, you are too stupid to think so.
My son is now a respectable person, and he is also at the critical moment of climbing up the ladder. If the conflict between him and me is spread among the family, he may be considered unfilial by outsiders. You must know that this dynasty governs with filial piety. In the world, if the court considers him an unfilial son, no matter how capable he is, he will not be reused. "
After hearing these words, Mrs. Zhou realized that the conflict between her son and me was not a simple matter, and the damage and impact caused were likely to be huge.
She originally didn't want to save her master. After all, the old guy had gone too far just now, and it was right for him to suffer a little.
But at this moment, Mrs. Zhou changed her mind, because if this matter cannot be resolved satisfactorily, her son's future may be affected.
After thinking again and again, Mrs. Zhou slowly said: "I tell you, don't worry about it here. Just admit your mistake to our son and everything will be fine."
After all, our son is not that stingy, otherwise he would not forgive our daughter-in-law so quickly. "
"Can this compare?" Zhou Ruhai turned red with anxiety. He felt that what Mrs. Zhou said was not to enlighten him, but to make him angry. "No matter how powerful our daughter-in-law is, she is still a woman." , she is in our house, even if she admits her mistake to her husband in front of so many people, it is not a big deal.
But I am different. As an old man, if I admit my mistakes to my own son in front of the servants, where do you want me to put my old face?
If the matter were spread, how could I still have the face to see others?
And don’t forget, the reason why our daughter-in-law was able to win forgiveness was because she almost had to kneel down and beg for mercy.
If your son gets into trouble later and forces me, the father, to kneel down and kowtow to him, what do you want me to do? Do you think I will live or die by then? "
At the beginning, Mrs. Zhou was overwhelmed by the momentum of Zhou Ruhai's words, but when she heard the end, she couldn't help laughing and said at the same time: "Master, your biggest problem is that you want to save face and suffer!
Look what you just said about our son. Don't forget that he is your own son, not your blood enemy.
Our son is so promising now and has a good brain. If you really give him enough face and admit your mistake, will he force you to your death?
Impossible. If he were really that stupid, he wouldn't be able to achieve so much credit.
And when the time comes, I will try to persuade him on the side and guarantee that he will forgive you immediately.
As for whether it's a shame or not, you don't have to take it to heart.
Let’s not talk about whether our servants will spread the news about your admission of mistake. Even if there is such a lax person and spread the matter, so what?
I think that when the time comes, not only will outsiders not laugh at you, but they will also turn this incident into a good story. People who understand will praise you for being open-minded and admitting your mistakes. You are a real man.
As for what those ignorant people think, we don’t care at all. "
After listening to Mrs. Zhou's words, Zhou Ruhai suddenly felt enlightened. All the doubts in his heart suddenly disappeared. He even began to sincerely admire his wife, because he did not expect that she could have such profound knowledge at a critical moment.
"Madam, it seems that I am going to look at you with admiration!" Zhou Ruhai said with a somewhat ashamed look, "What you just said really inspired me a lot. I used to regard face as my life, because of this Problem, not only was I depressed in officialdom, I also made many mistakes at home, which caused you to suffer a lot of grievances.
Now I finally understand that face, like money, is something external to the body. It would be really not worth it to cause a quarrel between father and son because of it. "
Mrs. Zhou pretended to be angry and said: "Humph, you have always underestimated me, don't forget, I also grew up reading poetry and books, and my knowledge and knowledge are not inferior to you at all.
Now that you have figured it all out, express your stance quickly and admit your mistake to your son. After getting the matter settled, we can have a family reunion and have dinner together. "
Zhou Ruhai suddenly looked troubled. Although he had figured it out in his mind, he still had certain obstacles in his heart when he really wanted to take action on admitting his mistake.
"Well, this matter shouldn't be rushed. You have to give me some time to prepare. Otherwise, if you act in a hurry, problems will easily arise."
Mrs. Zhou glared at him angrily, knowing in her heart that he didn't have the courage to take the first step, so she planned to stay in place and work on her emotions.
"Don't blame me for not reminding you. While our son is in a good mood now, if you have anything on your mind, just say it quickly.
Otherwise, if you miss this opportunity, you will have a hard time getting our son's forgiveness again. "
After leaving these words, Mrs. Zhou planned to turn around and leave to explore Zhou Ming's tone.
