Mrs. Zhou knew in her heart that the matter had come to this, and no matter what she said, it would be useless, so she could only accept it calmly.
She wiped her eyes, stopped crying, and said a little aggrievedly: "Master, since you have said it to this extent, I can't complain anymore. Anyway, I have lived to such a long time, and there will be more in the future." You can earn money even if you live for a day.
But our daughter-in-law cannot suffer with us under any circumstances. The property and land at home can be sold. After the sale, she must not let her live with us in a private house. If that doesn't work, let our son take his daughter-in-law and return to his daughter-in-law's home. Living with her natal family.
The Lin family has a great business, and the relationship between our two families is usually very good. If the couple goes to stay temporarily for a while, they probably won't object. "
Zhou Yiming was so moved that he almost cried when he saw his old mother thinking about him like this. But he really didn't understand how his mother came up with such a bad idea and asked him to live in his mother-in-law's house. Does he still have the face?
Let's not talk about whether the Lin family will be able to tolerate me when the time comes. Even if they can tolerate me, he is an upright man. Even if he lives in a thatched cottage at home, he will not go to his mother-in-law's house to eat and drink for free.
When he thought about such a situation, the way the Lin family looked at him made Zhou Ming shudder. He was very glad that what he just said was false.
Just when he was about to announce the answer to the mystery to his parents and resolve the misunderstanding between the two old people, Zhou Ruhai did not give him this opportunity.
After Zhou Ruhai listened to Mrs. Zhou's thoughts, he was silent for a moment, then nodded reluctantly, and said helplessly: "The method you mentioned is not impossible, but when the time comes, we can only let the daughter-in-law go back by herself, and our son You can go back with her to stay temporarily for a day or two, but you can never stay there permanently.
After all, our son is a manly man. He always lives in his father-in-law's house and eats and drinks for free for a long time. Even if he can make a career in officialdom in the future, if this kind of thing spreads, his face will be tarnished. "
After listening to his father's words, Zhou Yiming nodded secretly, thinking that he was indeed his father. He actually thought the same as me.
Seeing that the two old people were still having trouble with their own affairs, Zhou Yiming finally couldn't help it anymore. He took a step forward and stared at the two old people with doubtful eyes: "Mom and dad, what are you two doing?" What are you doing? Why can’t I understand a word of your words? "
Zhou Ruhai and Mrs. Zhou raised their heads at the same time and looked at Zhou Ming. They were both thinking, is this guy stupid? The words we just said were all for his consideration, but he couldn't understand it. Isn't this the sun rising in the west?
"Aren't your mother and I trying to find ways to raise money for you? You don't even understand this?" Zhou Ruhai felt that his son was pretending, so he said with a somewhat angry tone, "Your boy gives me problems every day. Are you still trying to trick me now?"
Seeing Yi Ming's confused look, Mrs. Zhou thought there was something wrong with his brain, so she said very worriedly: "Son, are you okay? Don't scare me. I'm just borrowing some money from you." That's all, you don't need to put so much pressure on yourself, your father and I will definitely find a way to raise money for you."
"Haha," Zhou Yiming suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed. Then his expression returned to his natural expression. He looked at the two old people and said calmly, "Who said I want to lend money to others? You two elders are thinking too much, right?"
This time it was Zhou Ruhai and Mrs. Zhou's turn to be confused. They looked at each other and thought, it seems that their son really has a mental problem, otherwise why would he talk nonsense?
Zhou Ruhai stood up, circled around Yi Ming, and then said with some worry: "Son, what's wrong with you? If you feel unhappy, tell your father that he will find a way to solve it for you. Don't let it go to your head. ah."
"Yes, didn't you praise your father just now? You said that your father's method of raising money was very good. If we follow this plan, the man named Han will definitely be satisfied." Mrs. Zhou also hurriedly comforted Zhou Ming, I was afraid that he would be so angry that he would become insane.
"Alas!" Zhou Yiming sighed and began to tell the lie to the end, "Mom and dad, I really don't know what to say to you! I just praised dad's method of raising money, but I didn't say anything. Want to lend money to others?
Yes, Lao Han sent someone to borrow money from me, and the amount of money he borrowed was quite large, but I refused at that time, saying that I didn't have a penny and wanted to borrow some money from him.
The housekeeper didn't believe it at that time, and then I started to cry about my poverty, saying that I had stopped making clothes for several years, and that my wife was also short of jewelry. In the end, the little housekeeper almost took out a sum of money from his pocket and gave it to me. "
After hearing these words, Zhou Ruhai and Mrs. Zhou looked at Zhou Ming with big eyes and small eyes. Their moods were extremely complicated. On the one hand, they felt ashamed that they started to think wildly without listening to Zhou Ming's words. On the other hand, they felt ashamed. , they were very happy to have solved another difficult problem.
After being silent for a long time, the two people suddenly laughed and kept complaining about Zhou Ming.
"You brat, if you didn't say this earlier, you almost scared me to death, you know?" Zhou Ruhai laughed, walked up to Zhou Ming, and punched him twice.
Zhou Yiming was blaming himself for lying to his parents. After receiving these two punches, he felt much better and his guilt was relieved a lot.
After all, Zhou Ruhai is a man and thinks much more thoughtfully than Mrs. Zhou. After experiencing a brief moment of happiness, he turned back to look at Zhou Ming and said very seriously: "Ming'er, are you lying to your mother and me? ? No matter what happens, you must tell us the truth. Your father has no other abilities. At this age, he still has some ability to help you solve problems. "
Zhou Ruhai's words reminded Mrs. Zhou, and she immediately walked to Yi Ming and said very nervously: "Son, your father is right, you must not tell lies to us just because you are afraid that your father and I will worry. "
After Zhou Yiming saw the expressions of the two old men, he knew that no matter how much he explained, he would not be able to dispel their doubts, so he thought twice and decided to take a dangerous approach: "Mom and dad, what do you two think?" Would I be so outspoken? I'm not that stupid. If I wasn't too thin-skinned, I wouldn't even want to go out on an errand. Wouldn't it be nice to feed him at home?
Of course, you two will definitely not believe what I said, so why not do this? I know that the housekeeper of the Han family is still at the gate and has not left. I will call him back now and ask him to tell you what happened at that time in person. Let’s talk about the situation again. Is this okay? "
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Yiming turned around and walked out of the house.
Zhou Ruhai was startled, he hurriedly chased after him and pulled Zhou Ming back.
Zhou Ruhai has not become well-known in the officialdom. Part of the reason is because of Yi Ming's illness, and part of the reason is because he is too thin-skinned. In the past, at the critical moment of promotion, other officials would flatter their superiors. He tried his best to please, but Zhou Ruhai couldn't do anything to please him. He even felt that it was too embarrassing to do such a thing.
Because of this personality, he repeatedly lost opportunities for promotion.
What's more terrible is that because of his thin skin, he always suffers a big loss when interacting with friends in the officialdom. When he is in a pinch, he even scrimps on food and clothing, does not eat or drink, and is unwilling to ask other friends for help. Borrow money.
But when other friends asked him to borrow money, he didn't know how to refuse. So after knowing his weakness, those bad friends always found various excuses to borrow money from him. In the end, there was no other way, so he just I can only break up with those bad friends and use this stupid method to save the little money left in my pocket.
It is precisely because he knows that he has this weakness that Zhou Ruhai is very afraid that Yi Ming will call the housekeeper back, because what if he meets the housekeeper and the other party understands his words and borrows money from him as a master?
He is not as eloquent as his own son.
"Dad, why are you dragging me? You let me call the housekeeper back, otherwise you and your mother won't believe what I say." Zhou Yiming had already guessed what his father was thinking, so he frowned and continued I wanted to go out.
"Okay, stop fooling around." Zhou Ruhai said with a serious expression, "Your mother and I, can't we trust you?"
"Wouldn't it be enough if I said this earlier?" Zhou Ming smiled slightly and then walked back slowly.
Mrs. Zhou walked over slowly at this time, looked at Zhou Ming, and said with some worry: "Son, if you refuse someone else's request to borrow money like this, will you offend someone? They have a higher official position than you now. How can you handle this?" It's a case, and we need help from others. If we offend others, things will be difficult to handle."
Zhou Ruhai also realized the seriousness of the problem at this time and felt that Yi Ming's refusal of other people's requests was really unkind. If someone gave you small shoes in the future, you would have nothing to do.
"Son, what your mother said makes sense. You did this without considering it. Even if you can't give him five hundred thousand taels of silver, you still can't let him go back empty-handed." Zhou Ruhai said with some worry. .
Zhou Yiming calmly sat down on the chair, looked at his father and mother, and said with some pride: "Mom and dad, you two are worrying too much.
Let me tell you, although Han Pingzhi's current official position is higher than mine, if he still wants to climb up, he has to count on me.
If he makes me unhappy and disrupts the progress of the trial of the Northern spy case, not only will this old boy not be promoted, but he may also be punished with a serious crime by the court.
You two think about it, in this case, if I don't borrow money from him, he should burn incense. If I lend him the courage, he won't dare to be angry with me! "
After hearing these words, Zhou Ruhai and Mrs. Zhou looked at each other. Neither of them knew whether Zhou Yiming was bragging.
