Chapter 203: Acting for the Elderly
Looking at Lin Ajiao's prosperous beauty, Zhou Zhou Ming couldn't help but smile meaningfully: "Lady, the double carving thing I did today is not only the current one, you think about it carefully and see if what I said is right." ”
For Zhou Ming's words, Lin Ajiao didn't understand at first, but after she thought about it carefully, her face turned red all of a sudden, because she suddenly understood that when Zhou Zhou Ming forgave herself just now, she seemed to have used the same trick, but when he made a move just now, the means were a little ruthless, and he almost let himself really kneel and beg for mercy.
"Xianggong, you are so bad!" Lin Ajiao frowned slightly for a while, and said shyly.
"Haha, don't blame me, you forced me!" Zhou Zhou Ming laughed twice and said heartily, "Who let you hold me after I come back, because of a little rumor from outsiders, this means that I have a strong psychological quality, otherwise I may have committed suicide long ago in such a wronged situation." ”
Lin Ajiao hurriedly covered his mouth, afraid that if he said too much, he would be angry again: "Okay, I don't allow you to talk nonsense anymore, the matter is over, and it is not a man's work to turn over old accounts one by one." ”
"The puppy is just turning over old accounts, and that's not what you are talking about." When the two got along before, Zhou Zhou Ming's attitude towards Lin Ajiao was 100 obedient, and he almost never argued with her, even if she really made mistakes sometimes, Zhou Zhou Ming would let her.
But after experiencing what happened just now, Zhou Zhou Ming suddenly figured it out, people can't help but get used to it, the more you indulge a person, the more he will get an inch, and in the end he will even hurt you in turn without a bottom line, even your closest people are no exception.
It is precisely because he figured this out that Zhou Zhou Ming decided that in the days to come, he would never tolerate anyone, even Lin Ajiao.
So when talking to Lin Ajiao at this time, he argued with reason and did not give in.
Lin Ajiao also seemed to notice the change in Zhou Ming's attitude, so she could only smile and soften: "Okay, it's all wrong with me?" ”
"Since you've said so, I can only agree with you." Zhou Zhou Ming said with satisfaction while laughing.
Seeing that people's cheers were getting smaller and smaller, Zhou Ruhai, who was thrilled to be forgiven by Zhou Ming, was still in shock, he was afraid that once the scene quieted down, Zhou Zhou Ming remembered the past, and he would find trouble for himself as a father, so he immediately spoke, intending to divert everyone's attention and block Zhou Ming's mouth at the same time.
"Come on, go to the kitchen to cook a few good dishes, and reheat the dishes in the study, today is a big day for our Zhou family, I want to have a few drinks with the young master." Zhou Ruhai walked towards the study, and at the same time instructed his subordinates to hurry up and cook.
Usually encounter this kind of big day, those people in the kitchen will complain, because although the Zhou family has declined, but once the banquet is purchased, the workload is still very large, every winter when worshipping ancestors, the people in the kitchen are busy for a day, and they are so tired that they can't get out of bed the next day, so these people are very disgusted with this kind of big day.
But these people in the kitchen today do not have these negative emotions in their hearts, because at this moment, their mood is as happy as the master, in this case, even if they do more work, they are not giving up, and even feel that this kind of hard work is a kind of honor.
The cook in the kitchen, who was working with the two of them, heard his master commanding him, and immediately agreed: "Come on, master, just look at it, today our brothers will show some real skills to help the master and the young master, which can be regarded as a little filial piety for those of us who are subordinates." ”
The financial situation of the Zhou family's mansion has long been stretched, and Zhou Ruhai is well aware of this dilemma, so he was a little stingy when he rewarded these subordinates just now.
Although these subordinates have never seen much money, and they are very satisfied with the amount of money that the master has rewarded before, Zhou Ruhai is like a mirror in his heart, compared with the hard work of these people who went out to find Zhou Ming, these small money are not worth mentioning at all.
At this time, seeing that the cook at home did not complain, and even happily said that if he wanted to use his true skills, Zhou Ruhai suddenly made a difficulty, because the atmosphere was here, if he was the master, and did not open his mouth to reward them, first, he would seem too stingy, and secondly, it would destroy the happy atmosphere in the current house.
But if you really want to reward these cooks, the amount can't be too small, otherwise it's the same as no reward, but the reward is too much, Zhou Ruhai is distressed, just when he was entangled and hesitated to speak, Zhou Zhou Ming spoke first.
"A hundred taels for each of you." Zhou Zhou Ming had been whispering to Lin Ajiao, but after hearing his cook's expression of true feelings, his attention was suddenly attracted to it.
Zhou Zhou Ming has been frail and sickly since he was a child, and he is not very familiar with the duties of being a master, but at this moment he also understands that these cooks have said this part, and those who are masters must reward them, otherwise it will cold people's hearts.
And he also knew that once he wanted to reward them, the amount given would be very large, because after all, when the Zhou family was in danger yesterday, in order to share the worries of the master, they paid great hardships, even if there was no merit, there were hard work.
And the reward for them at this time is to affirm their behavior, so that they understand in their hearts that as long as they are loyal to the master of the Zhou family, the master will not treat them badly.
Although he understood the importance of rewarding these people in his heart, Zhou Zhou Ming did not speak rashly, because at this time, the nominal head of the Zhou family was still his father.
Based on the above considerations, Zhou Zhou Ming could only wait patiently for his father's statement.
But waiting left and right, he never saw his father speak, and Zhou Ming noticed that his father's face was getting more and more ugly.
Zhou Ming suddenly understood in his heart, his father was reluctant to spend money, so he was in a dilemma.
Zhou Zhou Ming was very disappointed all of a sudden, thinking to himself how his father was always so unproductive at such a critical moment, compared to those little money, the loyalty of the family is priceless.
Seeing that the cooks were looking disappointed, they were about to go to the kitchen, but once they were allowed to enter the kitchen and start cooking, they would be rewarded a little too late.
At such a critical moment, Zhou Zhou Ming couldn't care about his father's face, he immediately opened his mouth and gave these subordinates in the kitchen a reward of one hundred taels each.
You must know that in the days when Zhou Ruhai was in charge in the past, these subordinates worked tirelessly, worked diligently, and received the greatest reward at most, which was one or two silver.
Therefore, after hearing that they were rewarded with a hundred taels of silver, the excitement of these subordinates can be imagined.
The cook, who had just expressed his attitude, was already stupid, and he had no hope for the master's reward, and when he heard the amount of reward from Zhou Ming, he couldn't believe his ears for the first time.
He looked at his companion and confirmed that the amount was true, and the whole person was so excited that he almost cried, because he had planned to get a reward of one or two pieces of silver, and he was already satisfied, but what he never expected was that the young master was so generous, and gave him a hundred taels of silver at once, which was a hundred times the amount he expected, such a huge surprise, how could he not be excited?
With this huge amount of money, he can improve the living conditions of his family, let his children go to private school, and make his old people afford to see sick, and all of this is thanks to the young master.
Several people who got a huge bounty knelt on the ground at once, thanking Zhou Ming for their kindness, and at the same time they secretly swore in their hearts that even if the Zhou family fell in the future, they would never leave, even if they went out to beg, if they wanted a bowl of leftovers, they would give it to the master's family first.
The few people who got the huge bounty were naturally very happy in their hearts, but those who didn't get the money were a little unbalanced in their hearts, after all, they also worked a lot hard to find Zhou Ming last night.
They silently turned their heads and stared at Zhou Mingming, their eyes full of anticipation and longing, as well as pleading.
Zhou Ruhai saw that Zhou Ming was so generous to his subordinates, and he was angry in his heart, saying that this kid was too disrespectful, and the matter of rewarding his subordinates was originally the responsibility of me, the head of the family, but he suddenly snatched it, and without even asking my opinion, he gave these subordinates so much money, which is simply my life.
Although he was very dissatisfied with Zhou Ming in his heart, Zhou Ruhai, who had already suffered a loss just now, did not show his dissatisfaction, after all, he had just won Zhou Ming's forgiveness, and if he provoked him again at this moment, he might really not be able to eat and go around.
Zhou Ruhai tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart, thinking that anyway, the matter had come to this, so let Zhou Ming go and mess around, fortunately, there were not many people in the kitchen, and after the matter was over, he would send someone to be a calligraphy and painting, and these rewards should be able to be raised.
Just when Zhou Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly found that all the subordinates in the courtyard had cast expectant glances at Zhou Ming.
At this moment, he was really panicked, he knew his son's temper best, and under the expectant gaze of so many people, he was likely to do something stupid.
If this kid makes a mistake and rewards each subordinate with one hundred taels, Zhou Ruhai, the head of the family, will have to sell his house and land at that time.
He took two steps forward, trying to divert Zhou Ming's attention before he did anything stupid, but it turned out to be one step too late.
Zhou Zhou Ming gradually lost himself under the expectant gaze of everyone, and he smiled at everyone and said, "Don't look at me so blindly, I know very well what you are thinking."
Don't you just want to be rewarded too? What's the matter, today I am in charge, each of you will be rewarded with one hundred taels of silver, and tomorrow I will go to the young grandmother to receive it. ”