"Mom, don't worry, my husband has gone to bed again." Lin Ajiao answered respectfully.
Mrs. Zhou nodded with satisfaction, then turned around and ordered the servants at home: "When you work during the day today, be gentle with your hands and feet. The young master was busy all day and all night yesterday and is exhausted. He needs a good rest during the day today." , you must not wake him up."
"Yes." The servants agreed one after another, and then began to do their work carefully.
At this time, Zhou Ruhai was sitting at the desk where he usually studied, holding a cup of tea in his hand, slowly sipping it. After hearing the conversation between his wife and his daughter-in-law, he felt a little more at ease, because even though he had just expressed his disapproval of Zhou Yi Ming was a little angry, but he also knew that it was unreasonable to wake his son up so early. After all, his son experienced life and death yesterday and was so tired. It was understandable even if he slept a little longer.
"Ahem..." He coughed lightly, and then I put the tea cup in my hand on the table, looked back at Lin Ajiao and said, "Daughter-in-law, you and your mother-in-law should go to our room for a while. "
Both Mrs. Zhou and Lin Ajiao felt surprised. They looked at each other, and they were both wondering what happened to their master today, why he suddenly said such nonsense.
After all, Lin Ajiao was young, so she first thought of her father-in-law's intention. She felt that the reason why he said this must be because he was afraid that when he returned to the backyard, it would affect Zhou Ming's rest, and he was embarrassed to directly express his feelings for Zhou Ming, so in the end he just You can choose this indirect way to express your concern for your son.
Mrs. Zhou obviously understood her master's intention, so she said with a smile: "Your father is right, you are not allowed to go anywhere today, you must talk to your mother well, you don't know, yesterday you asked Ming'er to take me I’m so scared that Hun’er doesn’t even know where he’s gone!”
Just at this time, a servant came outside the study door. He stood outside the door and said to Zhou Ruhai in the study: "Master Qi, I have something to say back to you."
Everyone who was busy in the study was stunned for a moment, because everyone knew in their hearts that the servant standing at the door usually guarded the door. Without a sudden visitor, he would not have come to the study to find the master.
Now that the genius has just dawned, there are not many customers who can come to see the master so early, and judging from the face of the gatekeeper, it seems that he has been greatly frightened.
When everyone saw this scene, they couldn't help but not think about the good things.
Lin Ajiao wanted to go over first and ask what was going on, but she was stopped by Mrs. Zhou. She secretly said to Lin Ajiao: "Daughter-in-law, please don't act rashly yet. Our master is here, and everything must be done in the same way." He is following the lead, you and I are both women, try to stay back when something happens, and don't steal the limelight from the men."
As if she was enlightened, Lin Ajiao suddenly understood Mrs. Zhou's good intentions. She stood where she was and said, "Mom, I understand."
Mrs. Zhou nodded with satisfaction, and then turned her eyes to the gatekeeper.
After Zhou Ruhai heard what the janitor said, he felt a little uneasy, but he did not show his inner emotions. He just stood up pretending to be calm, walked to the door of the study, stared at the janitor, and said with a serious face: " What's up?"
This gatekeeper usually works outside the gate and rarely has the opportunity to talk to his master face to face, so when he suddenly saw his master's majestic look, he felt a little lack of confidence, so he quickly lowered his head and said solemnly: "Master, I just had dinner, opened the door, and prepared to sweep the street in front of our house. But as soon as I took out the broom, two police officers came to the door. They couldn't help but want to break into our house.
I was frightened at the time. I knew the rules in our house, so I quickly stopped them and asked them which yamen they were from and what they were doing in our house. "
Hearing this, everyone in the study broke out in a cold sweat, and the servants who were working were stunned on the spot, forgetting all about the work in their hands.
Everyone knew in their hearts that two such arrogant officials came so early in the morning. Needless to say, there must be something bad going on here. Maybe their young master offended someone when he performed meritorious service outside last night, so that today They are looking for revenge.
Mrs. Zhou was most afraid. She even wondered if her son didn't tell the truth after he came back yesterday.
While feeling worried, Mrs. Zhou turned her head and looked at her master, hoping that he could figure out the ins and outs of this matter as soon as possible so that she could let go of her worries as soon as possible.
Lin Ajiao was also a little panicked. After all, there was a sudden official visit at home, which was not a good thing for anyone.
But she didn't feel scared, because the backbone of the Zhou family slept in the backyard. No matter what happened, as long as he was at home, she felt very at ease.
Zhou Ruhai pondered for a moment, then continued to speak to the gatekeeper: "Then what? What did they say?"
"The two officials never said which yamen they were from. They just said that they came to see the young master and had something important to discuss with him. But when the young master asked them what the matter was, they didn't say anything." The gatekeeper said. He said with an embarrassed face, "In the end, I have no choice but to convince them to wait outside for a while, and then I will come back to you as soon as possible."
Mrs. Zhou walked quietly behind Zhou Ruhai and whispered: "Master, do you want to wake Ming'er up?"
Mrs. Zhou said this originally because she was thinking about her husband, fearing that he would not be able to cope with those unruly officials, but these words sounded very harsh to Zhou Ruhai.
He felt that his wife, saying such things to him at such a critical moment, was completely looking down on him, and felt that his ability was not as good as his son's, so that he could not even handle such small things.
Zhou Ruhai's heart heaved violently twice. In anger, he reached out and made a gesture to the lady behind him, meaning to shut up.
Mrs. Zhou knew that her master was angry again, so she didn't dare to talk nonsense for a while. She could only silently step aside and stand with Lin Ajiao.
"It's a blessing, not a curse. It's a curse that cannot be avoided." Zhou Ruhai suddenly said impassionedly, "Go and bring those two policemen in. I would like to ask them myself what they want to do in our house."
"Yes." The gatekeeper hurriedly agreed, then hurriedly stood up and ran towards the gate.
Zhou Ruhai walked back to the study from the door, and then sat on the master's seat with great pride. He saw that the faces of the servants in the room were a little ugly, and everyone looked at a loss, as if they had forgotten their Responsibilities lie.
"What are you doing standing still? The sky hasn't fallen yet, why don't you get to work!"
With Zhou Ruhai's reminder, the servants woke up from their fear, and everyone hurriedly went about their work, for fear that the angry master would vent his anger on them.
"Please come here, please. Our master has been waiting in the study for a long time." After a while, the janitor who had just left carefully led the two guards to the door of the study.
Originally, once a strange guest came to the house, Lin Ajiao, as the new daughter-in-law, would definitely avoid it immediately. However, Lin Ajiao did not do so this time because she felt that the guest this time was unkind. If she If you don't protect the safety of your parents-in-law in the study, how should you tell your parents-in-law if something happens?
Zhou Ruhai and Mrs. Zhou had the same idea in their hearts, and for the sake of safety, they did not send Lin Ajiao away.
The two officers acted arrogant before entering the study. But as soon as they entered the study, they immediately discovered that the people in the study were anything but ordinary, no matter in terms of temperament or dress. generation.
These two officials are both veteran. They have been in the yamen for a long time, so they have no other skills. They have the best ability to observe people's behavior and read people's orders.
They were all arrogant in front of the janitor just now, but after arriving in the study, they immediately lowered their heads and did not dare to show the slightest disrespect.
The gatekeeper immediately introduced the people in the study to the two officers: "Two officers, this is my master, this is my old lady, and this is my young lady."
After each person was introduced, the two officials felt as if their knees had been broken. Both of them behaved in a servile manner. They were smiling with smiles on their faces and tried their best to flatter themselves, but they almost knelt down. The people on the ground were kowtowing to Zhou Ruhai and others.
Seeing the kindness of the two officials, Zhou Ruhai and Mrs. Zhou were relieved, because they knew in their hearts that if they really came to the house to cause trouble, they would definitely not be so polite.
Lin Ajiao also relaxed her guard immediately, because she could tell from the way the two officials walked that they had no martial arts training at all, they were just two ordinary people. To the Zhou family, these two people were nothing at all. There is no threat.
"Which yamen do you two adults belong to? Why did you come to our house?" Zhou Ruhai said very politely.
Hearing Zhou Ruhai call himself sir, the two officials were frightened. They bent down and bowed, and hurriedly explained: "Mr. Zhou, you are too polite. Please don't call us sir. We two I really can't afford it.
The two of us are just ordinary yamen servants in the inspection yamen in the south of the city. We came to the house today on the orders of our lords to ask the young master to go back to the yamen to discuss important matters. "
After knowing the purpose of these two official missions, Zhou Ruhai's expression relaxed a little, but he still felt uncomfortable in his heart, thinking why are these people looking for my son again? Can't you come to me just once?
