As soon as the two of them finished speaking, they hurriedly rushed to the middle of the courtyard, opened the boxes of open gifts, and took them out one by one.

Each time they took out a piece, their hearts were greatly impacted.

Millennial ginseng.

Overseas rare elixir.

Treasures of antique calligraphy and paintings.

Gold Ruyi.

The tonic elixir among these gifts was the life-saving medicine that Zhou Ruhai had bought for Zhou Ming when he had exhausted his family resources before, and each of them was worth more than a thousand taels.

And those precious calligraphy and painting antiques are all genuine and valuable.

As for the gold Ruyi, it is even more valuable, and when it was the most difficult time in the family, Zhou Ruhai was not willing to sell it.

Lin Youda and Ye Liping looked at the whole big box of treasures, saliva flowed out, and they regretted it in their hearts, why didn't they want twenty just now?

Zhou Zhou Ming stood up at this time, walked to the door of the hall, looked at the funny appearance of the two people, and mended the knife again.

"Alas, eldest brother and sister-in-law, before coming, Gillian and I have already discussed, and we plan to let you pick a few at will."

Lin Youda and Ye Liping hurriedly nodded, smiling from ear to ear: "Okay." ”

Although the Lin family is rich, who would be afraid of too many treasures?

"It's good," Zhou Ming raised his eyebrows, and gradually made a bad move, "But listening to what the two of you just said, it seems that such a thin gift can't be seen in the eyes."

Instead of letting you take it back and be sad, forget it, and give your share to your father-in-law. ”

Lin Youda and Ye Liping's moods fluctuated in a moment, and the smiles of the two of them instantly froze on their faces, and they couldn't say a word for a long time.

After it was easy to return to normal, I wanted to lose my temper at Zhou Ming, but I felt that there was no reason, after all, what people said just now was reasonable, and it was I who looked down on people first, said big things, and blocked the road, no wonder others.

The two of them were angry and anxious, looking at the box of gifts, and reluctantly walked to the back hall, complaining to each other along the way.

"It's all your fault, you eat the good things in your mouth, fly, right?"

"You don't have a cheap mouth, you ask him for it!"

This harmonious scene of husband and wife made Master Lin feel embarrassed.

Zhou Ming was very comfortable to watch.

In just a few words, he turned his son and daughter-in-law around, and it seems that this kid is not useless.

Master Lin thought secretly.

Looking at the treasures in the yard, Old Man Lin knew that Zhou Ruhai was old, and he couldn't do such a big deal.

Looking back at the uncle in front of him, in addition to the disappearance of the martial soul and the weakness of his body, he can also be regarded as a talent, handsome and extraordinary.

Since his daughter has married him, he is also his own family, and he still has to help when he should help.

Master Lin thought for a moment, stroked his beard, and said slowly: "Woo'er, now that you and Gillian have been married, married and started a family, and half of it is done."

What are your plans for the future? ”

As soon as he heard Old Man Lin ask, Zhou Zhou Ming knew that there was an article in the words.

"The father's meaning is to let the son-in-law continue to study hard, and wait until he is in good health, and then make plans.

As for myself, I think it's useless to study hard, if I can find an errand to do first, I can not only get a piece of silver, subsidize the family, but also a kind of exercise for myself. ”

"Okay, good idea." Master Lin was quite pleased, Zhou Ming's words at least proved that he was not a gentleman who did not seek progress.

"Now that your body has not healed, I am afraid that you will not be able to do it, and you will be tired and tired.

In this way, I have always had a relationship with Master Cao, who inspected the yamen in the south of the city, and it should not be difficult to ask him to find you a transcription errand in the yamen.

I don't know if you want to? ”

Transcription?

As soon as I heard that this was a clerical job, was my job just copying? That's not suffocating.

Zhou Ming's first reaction was to refuse, but his old father-in-law was obviously kind, and he believed that this errand must be an idle job, the kind that can get money while lying down, so he immediately spoke:

"Then there is Lao's father-in-law, and the son-in-law must do a good job."

Master Lin nodded with satisfaction.

Ordinary gentlemen, flying eagles and lackeys, are used to eating, drinking and having fun, most of them are high-eyed, and small errands like this kind of transcription are not taken into account at all.

Before he opened his mouth just now, he expected that Zhou Ming would definitely decline politely, but he didn't expect him to readily agree, and he also expressed his determination to work hard, which made Master Lin's favorability towards him increase a lot.

"Don't be in a hurry to agree first, go back and discuss it with your father, if his old man agrees, it's not too late for you to agree."

"Yes, my son-in-law will follow the teachings."

In the blink of an eye, it was noon, and the Lin family set up a banquet to entertain Zhou Ming and Lin Ajiao.

During the banquet, everyone talked and laughed, Lin Youda and his wife, who had the most harsh attitude towards Zhou Ming in the past, have also restrained their attitudes a lot after being repaired, and the etiquette on the surface is quite in place.

The couple's attitude changed, Lin Ajiao didn't know what was going on, but Zhou Zhou Ming was like a mirror in his heart, but there was one thing that made him quite puzzled.

That is, from before eating, he discovered a strange phenomenon, from Mrs. Lin to the women doing rough work in the Lin family's mansion, everyone looked at themselves with greed.

Boys really have to protect themselves outside.

Thinking of this, he tightened his shirt.

At the dinner table, only Lin Li showed the most sincerity.

Since the last time he was made to cry in front of Zhou Ming, he has regarded Zhou Ming as his lifelong enemy.

During the whole meal, he always glared angrily at Zhou Ming, and several times the soup was fed out of his mouth, and he didn't know it.

It's a pity that you can't buy exercises now, otherwise my uncle will definitely give you a few hundred sets.

Zhou Ming shook his head regretfully.

After the banquet ended, Zhou Zhou Ming and his wife chatted politely with the Lin family again, and then got into the carriage and went home.

As soon as he got home, Zhou Zhou Ming told Zhou Ruhai about Master Lin's errand for himself, and said that he was willing to do this errand.

Zhou Ruhai didn't stop it too much, he knew in his heart that after a hundred years, Zhou Zhou Ming would always have to pick up the burden of this family by himself, if he blindly let him die at home to study and not go out to practice, good people would become wasters.

However, Mrs. Lin is resolutely opposed, she is over forty years old, and she only has a son named Zhou Ming under her knees, and her health is very bad, if she is allowed to go out on an errand and has an accident, what hope does the Zhou family have? Who does he rely on for the rest of his life?

Fortunately, Zhou Ming persuaded Mrs. Lin with a good mouth.

Lin Ajiao was gentle and sensible, knowing that Zhou Zhou Ming was going out on an errand, not only did not stop it, but gave it all her might.

Zhou Ming immediately told his father-in-law the good news.

Master Lin has worked hard in the officialdom for many years, and his position is much higher than Zhou Ruhai.

Two days later, Master Lin sent someone to send a message to Zhou Ming, and the errand was done, so that he could get ready and go on a business trip the next day.

Zhou Ming is going to go to the inspection yamen on an errand, there are four in Huijing, one in the east, west, south and north cities, in charge of local security, arresting thieves and thieves, and patrolling the city to keep the people safe.

On the first night before the errand, Mrs. Zhou and Lin Ajiao worked hard for most of the night, cutting the clothes of the errand for Zhou Ming, and preparing all kinds of things for him when he was on the errand, even the tea leaves were ready.

Looking at this situation, Zhou Zhou Ming was also speechless with a wry smile.

"Mother, Gillian, you don't need to do this, I'm going to be an errand, not to be a big master, these things you prepared, if I really take them to the yamen, my colleagues will see them, and they won't be laughed to death."

Mrs. Zhou was completely unmoved: "Woo'er, whoever of them likes to laugh and laughs, let's not care about him."

You have been frail and sickly since you were a child, can you compare with their reckless men? Your father, I and Gillian don't expect you to be out on an errand and have a lot of fun, I just hope that you will be safe and sound, and learn from people and the world in the yamen, just do it. ”

Lin Ajiao also nodded desperately: "Mother is right, the things in the yamen are not clean, and it is not worth it if you use it and make a disaster." ”

Seeing that it was useless to persuade him, Zhou Ming gave up.

The next morning, Zhou Zhou Ming got up early, freshened up, had a simple breakfast, and then got on the carriage of Futao and went on a business trip leisurely.

The inspection yamen occupies a small area, and the architectural style is very solemn, and the treacherous villain may tremble when he passes by the door.

When he arrived at the Yamen, Zhou Zhou Ming went to see Master Cao first.

Master Cao is Master Lin's protégé, and his ability to achieve the position of Master Lin also depends on Master Lin's promotion, and he knows how to repay this kindness.

On the first day of the trip, under the guidance and care of Master Cao, Zhou Ming did not feel any strangeness and restraint, but felt like a fish in water, and at the same time, he also had a general understanding of the inspection yamen in the south of the city.

Among the four major inspection yamen, the inspection yamen in the south of the city is the worst, both in terms of geographical location and manpower allocation.

First of all, this place in the south of the city, the farthest away from the imperial city, the land is not valuable, the business is not developed, and the people who live here are either down-and-out nobles or poor people, and there is not much oil and water.

In addition, the public security environment here is extremely poor, thieves and people are lost, and murders occur from time to time, so that under pressure, the poor people of this government are often transferred through connections, or take the initiative to retire, and those who remain are some sneaky and slippery people.

After learning about these and getting to know his colleagues one by one, Zhou Zhou Ming began a day of errands.

He has only one job, drinking tea and reading the newspaper, so uncomfortable.

It's cool to have connections, and it's more comfortable in the official office than at home.

He drank tea, looked at his colleague who was busy copying next to him, and sighed helplessly.

Cheerful and talkative, it only took him one morning to get acquainted with everyone in the yamen, and he was even more like a brother to the third class of officials, so he almost burned yellow paper and became brothers.

Originally, Laifu was going to take him home for lunch at noon, but he was sent home, and he himself went to the most expensive restaurant in the local area with the third class of officials.

Of course, the money for this meal must have been paid by him, although he has the support of Master Cao behind him, but he is a newcomer after all, and it is very important to have a good interpersonal relationship.

This money cannot be saved.

During the banquet, the glass was pushed and changed, and a few officials who had drunk too much even began to talk about the secrets in the yamen.

"Hey, you know what? Are we going to have trouble with Deng Inspection? ”

Deng Inspector's name is Deng Tong, and he is the leader of the entire Chengnan Patrol Yamen.