Although he realized that he was not thinking well, Zhou Yiming did not want to embarrass himself in front of the housekeeper, so he widened his eyes and continued to speak harshly: "Did I say I won't write you a receipt? I meant to let you wait outside first. After I write the receipt, I will send someone to take it out to you. I want to do that, should it be okay?"
Butler Xu stood there with an embarrassed look on his face, thinking that Mr. Zhou was really interesting. He just wanted to send him away, but after being reminded by himself, he reacted, but he didn't apologize at all. I mean, isn't it obvious that this is cheating?
Although he had seen through Zhou Yiming's little trick, how could he not lower his head when he was under the eaves. The housekeeper could only swallow his anger and said: "What Mr. Zhou said is absolutely true. It was my lack of consideration at the moment. I hope you can forgive me."
Although Zhou Yiming lacked confidence in his heart, he still had an arrogant look on his face: "Don't worry, I won't be acquainted with you. Now that we've said it all, please go ahead. As for the receipt, I'll send it right away." Someone will send it to you."
Butler Xu stood there with no intention of leaving. After hesitating for a moment, he hesitated and said, "Master Zhou, I think this is not appropriate."
"Huh? What do you mean by that?" Zhou Yiming was about to ask the servants at home to prepare pens, inks, paper and inkstones. What he never expected was that Butler Xu actually had objections to his actions, which made him very angry. While getting angry, he quickly asked.
Butler Xu had clearly noticed that Yi Ming was angry, but he still had to say something: "Mr. Zhou, the thing is like this, I think that the money my master gave you should be extremely confidential, you know The fewer people the better.
Although I brought many people here, they were all here to protect the safety of this huge sum of money. As for the person who knew the purpose of my trip, I was the only one, and the others did not know at all.
If you ask me to wait outside, and then you write out the receipt in a big way and send it to me, there will be many people talking during the process, and there is no guarantee that no one will leak the news.
Of course, even if the news leaks out, it will have no impact on you, but it will be difficult for us servants on errands. "
Halfway through Butler Xu's words, Zhou Yiming understood what he meant and felt that what he said made sense. He even believed that it would be of no benefit to him if this matter was made public. After all, this huge sum of money would not be beneficial to him. Han Pingzhi and himself teamed up to extort it from Yang Shijun. Although the boy deserved it for spending such a large sum of money, this kind of blackmail method was not on the table after all.
"What you said makes sense. In your opinion, what should we do about this matter?" Zhou Yiming felt that although the housekeeper in front of him was working as an errand at Yang Shijun's house, he was still very capable of doing things, so after listening After his words, Zhou Yiming immediately asked without thinking.
Butler Xu clasped his fists and cupped his hands very humbly, and lowered his voice and suggested: "Mr. Zhou, why don't you think so. I carry paper, ink, pen and inkstone with me. Why don't you write out the receipt while I'm here and hand it over to me personally?" , so that it is convenient for you, and it is convenient for me, and no one else will intervene in the middle, which can ensure to the greatest extent that this matter will not be leaked."
Zhou Yiming nodded, then raised his hand and asked Butler Xu to take out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone and spread it on the desk.
Until this moment, Butler Xu's nervous mood was relieved, because just now he looked at Zhou Ming's appearance and thought that he was going to default on the bill and refused to write the receipt. If things really turned out like this, then the steward himself would be in trouble. , after all, the money was given out, but no receipt was received. Such a result cannot be explained in front of my master no matter what.
Moreover, if Zhou Ming is a rogue, after receiving the money, because he did not write a receipt, he can lie about it and say that he did not receive the money, and then ask his boss for it again. In that case, the consequences will be disastrous. , after all, his master has always been ruthless, and after suffering such a dumb loss, he did not dare to attack Yi Ming, but he still had no scruples in dealing with himself.
In order to prevent Yi Ming from changing his mind, after learning that he was willing to write the receipt, Butler Xu immediately took out paper, ink, pen and inkstone from his pocket, carefully placed it on the desk, and then respectfully asked Yi Ming to write the receipt.
Seeing this housekeeper doing things so neatly, Yi Ming could not help but feel a love for talents. He thought that it was a pity for such a talent to work as an errand in Yang Shijun's house. If there is a chance in the future, he must find ways to use this talent. He brought the talent to his family and asked him to take over Laifu's position. With him at home helping the young mistress to take charge of the overall situation, he could feel free to fight outside without any worries.
Without hesitation, Zhou Yiming picked up the brush, dipped it in some ink, raised his hand and wrote the receipt in a matter of seconds.
Zhou Yiming picked up the receipt, handed it to Butler Xu, and said, "Take it and take a look. If there is anything wrong, I can change it."
Butler Xu took the receipt in his hand, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but admire in his heart, because the receipt written by Zhou Ming had neat handwriting and strict format, and the strokes were even more flamboyant, which can be called art.
After Butler Xu repeatedly confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the receipt, he immediately saluted Yi Ming and said, "Mr. Zhou, there is nothing wrong with your receipt. Since the matter has been completed, I won't disturb you. Mr. Zhou has a good rest, and I will go first." Returned to my hometown and resumed my life."
Zhou Yiming nodded and said loudly: "Here, come, see off my guests."
Before he finished speaking, the door of the study room was opened, and a mature and steady old man walked in with a smile on his face, nodded to Zhou Ming, and then he led the housekeeper outside.
After the two people walked out of the study and the door was closed from the outside, Zhou Ming used his keen senses to confirm again and again that there was no one outside. Then he carefully took out the two hundred thousand taels of silver note from his arms and carefully examined it under the lamp. After checking it out, I couldn't help but keep playing with it.
But the happy mood did not last long, because Zhou Ming suddenly thought that a large part of this huge sum of money belonged to Han Pingzhi. This money might be given to others tomorrow, and after giving away this part of the money, The remaining money is probably not much left after buying the house and giving the wife a glorious birthday.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yiming couldn't help but sigh in his heart. This money is really not worth spending. It seems that he will have to make money in the future.
While he was thinking about where to hide this huge sum of money, someone suddenly knocked on the door outside the study.
"Who?" Zhou Ming hurriedly hid the banknote in his arms, and then asked loudly and vigilantly.
The voice of a servant from the family came from outside the door: "Master, it's me. The master asked me to come over and tell you that if the guest has left, please go to his place. He has something to say to you."
Zhou Yiming frowned and immediately had an ominous premonition in his heart. He thought that it must be bad if his father asked me to go to their room so late. After all, I just drove him out in front of the housekeeper. It was really bad. It was because he didn't save face for him. Maybe the old man was still angry with himself. If that was really the case, that would be terrible.
I am so sleepy now that I have no energy at all. If I want to coax the old man, I may not be able to think of words.
"Okay, I understand, you go tell the master, I will be right away." After Zhou Ming dismissed the servant, he put away the pen, ink, paper and inkstone left by Butler Xu, then arranged his clothes, and put After hiding the banknote, he slowly walked out of the study.
At this moment, Zhou Ruhai was in his room, sulking. No matter how Mrs. Zhou tried to persuade him, he remained indifferent and still looked angry.
It turned out that Zhou Ruhai had been unbalanced since he was sent out of the study by Yi Ming just now. He felt that his son had not left him any face in front of outsiders. What was even more difficult for him to accept was that the housekeeper had something important to ask him. His own son can't even be revealed to himself. This is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.
When he returned to his room, Lin Ajiao was there. He complained angrily to his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and then sat aside, silent.
Seeing her father-in-law like this, Lin Ajiao was very knowledgeable and left after a while.
Seeing that her daughter-in-law had left, Mrs. Zhou made time and asked Zhou Ruhai: "Master, weren't you in the study room just now to receive guests? Why did you come back so angry in such a short time? Who made you angry?" Are the guests who came here rude and offended you?"
Zhou Ruhai sneered: "Hmph, I can't be so angry when others provoke me, and I don't have the right to be angry with others.
The reason why I am so angry that I develop this virtue is entirely thanks to your good son. "
Mrs. Zhou was shocked and asked quickly: "What's going on?"
"Alas," Zhou Ruhai sighed, "Forget it. After dinner, I was studying alone in the study. I had nothing to do. Suddenly, my servants reported that there was a group of uninvited guests outside our front door. , that group of people all looked fierce and terrifying.
I was afraid something would happen, so I went out to take a look.
It turned out that although the group of people didn't look very good, the person who took the lead still knew some etiquette when talking.
It was precisely because of this that I started talking to them, and finally learned that they were here to find our son. As for me asking them what they were looking for with our son, they refused to say anything and said We can only tell our son about this matter. "
Mrs. Zhou already knew what Zhou Ruhai mentioned before. The question she was most concerned about at the moment was why her master was angry with his son.
"Master, you won't be angry with our son just for this reason, right?" Mrs. Zhou asked with a smile.
