Ran out of his parents' room and came to the yard. Zhou Ming suddenly discovered that although it was already very late, there were still many servants cleaning and cleaning in the yard. They saw him looking a little panicked. , all staring at themselves without knowing why.
"Are you all busy? The food at dinner was so delicious. I accidentally ate too much. I just felt a little overwhelmed." Zhou Ming reacted quickly and immediately found a reason to cover himself up. Embarrassed, "Now that I have taken two steps, my stomach feels much better."
"Master, please pay attention to your health. It's getting late and you've been tired for a long day. Go and rest quickly."
"Master, would you like to make you a pot of good tea to help digestion?"
These servants knew that Yi Ming's status was not what it used to be, so they all gathered around and rushed to show their courtesy to Yi Ming, hoping to win the favor of their young master as soon as possible. In that case, their lives would be easier in the future. too much.
After all, as an emperor and a courtier, the master will most likely step down from the position of the head of the family, and his subordinate Laifu has already been disposed of by the young master. When the young master truly ascends to the position of the head of the family, he will There is definitely a need for people, and as long as they win the favor of the young master, it is very likely that the position of housekeeper of the Zhou family will fall to them.
At this time, Zhou Yiming just wanted to return to the backyard as soon as possible and rest early, so he had no time or energy to speculate on the thoughts of these servants. He just said a few words and then hurried into the backyard.
This made the servants feel very disappointed. Everyone was muttering in their hearts, why is the young master so cold to them? Could it be that their young master had already seen through their flattering tactics just now? So he doesn't give a shit about it?
Or is it that his young master thinks that these people are of low ability and not worthy of helping him, so he doesn't take them seriously at all?
After Zhou Ming's figure completely disappeared, everyone exchanged glances with each other. They all wanted to get some valuable information from each other's eyes.
After a while, one person couldn't bear it any longer. He stood up, sighed for a while, and said with some emotion: "It seems that our young master has too high a vision to look down on us roughnecks. From now on, we don't have to flatter him." Sorry, because this trick is of no use to our young master."
Before he finished speaking, another servant with a quick mind said: "I don't think so.
Our young master is not someone who looks down on others. The reason why he is so cold to everyone may be because he does not want to encourage our unhealthy habits of flattery. After all, when our master was in charge of the family, there was a bastard like Laifu. If the young master If we don't make any changes after taking charge of the family, there may be Laifu No. 2 and Laifu No. 3 appearing in our house in the future.
And there is no guarantee that our young master already has a reliable candidate for the position of housekeeper. If things really turn out like this, even if we risk our lives and lose all our family wealth, our efforts will be in vain. "
Everyone agreed with what this man said. Since then, many people have given up the idea of becoming stewards, because they all know themselves and know that even if the young master hands them the stewardship, they will not That ability qualifies for the position.
After figuring this out, the servants gathered together immediately dispersed and each went about his or her own business.
After walking into the backyard, Zhou Yiming finally relaxed. He really admired himself for being able to tell lies so naturally in front of his parents. Not everyone has such a psychological quality.
To be honest, Zhou Yiming was not reluctant to spend the two hundred thousand taels of silver to honor his parents. After all, his relationship with his parents was too deep. If his parents had not tried their best to treat him when he was young, he might have died early. He died and his soul returned to the west.
The reason why he kept the money was entirely because the source of the money was unknown and was obtained through blackmail. His parents were both scholars and they often talked about benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust. He usually made a joke, They all said that they were not serious. If they knew that they had swindled such a huge sum of money from Yang Shijun, they would definitely be frightened.
If they knew about the whole blackmail process, things would be even worse. After all, he and Yang Shijun were gambling with their lives at that time, and if either side made a mistake, it would not end well.
If the amount of money was smaller, he could still think of a way to tell a few lies to obscure the source of the money, but the amount of money was so large that it was too difficult to rationalize the source of the money. .
In addition, his parents may have never seen so much money in their lives. If so much money is suddenly handed over to them, they will definitely not let it go unless they find out the source of the money.
And more importantly, Yi Ming needs money very much now, because after solving the Northern spy case, he will definitely get the attention of the court, and his promotion is a certainty. Once he goes to work as an official in an important government office, Socializing is indispensable. If you don’t have some money on hand, it will definitely not work.
In addition, celebrating your wife's birthday and buying a big house for your family all require money, and they all cost a lot of money.
If the two hundred thousand taels of silver were handed over to his parents, it would not be that easy for him to spend them.
It was precisely based on the above reasons that Zhou Ming reluctantly put the money in his pocket.
Humming a little tune, he came to the door of his room. Zhou Ming was suddenly stunned because he found that the lights in the room were still on, and there was a graceful figure pacing back and forth in the room.
Zhou Yiming was happy just now, but now he realized that his wife was not asleep yet. She must be worried about her safety, so she had been waiting for him in the room.
Zhou Yiming took a breath of cold air and thought to himself, what's wrong, he managed to fool his parents just now, and now he is faced with the problem of his wife, how good is it, his wife is young and smart, not as good as his father and mother. Liar, if I accidentally reveal my flaw while talking, and my wife exposes the lie, it will be terrible.
Because in that case, not only will her prestige be gone, but once she complains to her parents, the lies she told her parents will be exposed in an instant. When things really come to that point, even if her family doesn't expel her When I go out, I don’t have the shame to stay at home.
Only then did Zhou Yiming realize the pain of lying. As long as you tell a lie, you will jump into an abyss. From now on, you may never be able to climb out.
Zhou Yiming hesitated for a while, then immediately gave up the negative thoughts in his heart. He cheered up, mentally rehearsed the words he had prepared for his wife, then held his head high and pushed open the door.
Originally, with Lin Ajiao's martial arts skills, she should have noticed Zhou Ming's footsteps long ago, but firstly, Yiming Ming's footsteps were very soft, and secondly, Lin Ajiao had been worried about something unexpected happening to her husband, so Her mind was so confused that she couldn't concentrate at all, so she didn't realize that Zhou Ming was back until Zhou Ming opened the door and walked in.
"Mother-in-law, you are finally back. I am almost dying of waiting here." Lin Ajiao hurried to greet her and said anxiously, "Just now I have been waiting for news about you in my mother-in-law's room, but then my father-in-law came back. Okay, I'll go back to our room.
You've been gone for so long, who were you going to see? Did something serious happen? "
Looking at his wife's concerned eyes, Zhou Yiming really couldn't bear to lie to her, but he had no choice. In order to surprise his wife and prevent his lie from being exposed, he could only tell the lie to the end.
"Don't worry, nothing happened. The man who came was Han Pingzhi's housekeeper. He came to borrow money from me. I said I had no money, so I sent him away." Zhou Ming said casually while pouring tea.
After hearing what Zhou Yiming said, Lin Ajiao finally breathed a sigh of relief. She walked to the bed, made the bed, and said to herself: "I asked you to borrow money in the middle of the night. This guy named Han is really Brainless.
You are so young and have only been on the job for a short time. How can you have money in your hands?
By the way, how much does he borrow from you? "
Zhou Yiming sat on a chair nearby, holding a teacup in his hand, and said guiltily: "Not much, five hundred thousand taels of silver."
"Ah?" Lin Ajiao put down what she was doing and straightened up in surprise. She couldn't believe her ears, "Is he crazy because of poverty? He even sold all our family's property and couldn't make up the amount. ah."
"Who says it's not the case." In order to prevent Lin Ajiao from continuing to inquire, Zhou Yiming could only continue what she said, "I was very angry at the time, and before the housekeeper could continue, I started crying.
In the end, guess what, the housekeeper was not only embarrassed to ask for another loan, but he almost took money out of his own pocket to give it to me. Isn't that funny? "
"Well done, you have to deal with such shameless people like this." Lin Ajiao praised and continued to bend down and adjust the bedding.
Zhou Yiming turned around and rolled his eyes, not to mention how proud he was. He thought that this matter had been smoothed over and Lin Ajiao would not ask any more questions about it.
But it turned out that his idea was too naive.
After finishing making the bed, Lin Ajiao lowered her head and thought for a while, feeling that Yi Ming's refusal to borrow money was a bit inappropriate.
She walked slowly to Zhou Yiming, put a hand on his shoulder, then lowered her head and said in a consultative tone: "Mr. sir, are you being a little too ruthless by rejecting people like this? After all, you You and Mr. Han are now sitting on the same boat. If you don't give others face like this, they will definitely make them hate you.
If he gets in the way when reporting this case and wipes out all your achievements, you will have no chance to defend yourself. "
