Zhou Zhou Ming showed a helpless look, then looked at his father and mother with two eyes, and said slowly: "Daddy and mother, I won't tell you about this matter, but I am actually thinking about you, because if you know the truth of the matter, it will not be good for you." ”

Zhou Ruhai had already guessed what Zhou Ming was going to say, so he didn't speak at this time, only Mrs. Zhou still broke the casserole and asked to the end, as if she hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Son, what you said is not right, if you really encounter any difficulties, even if you know the truth of this matter, it is not good for your father and me, you should also tell us, after all, a person's strength is small, no matter how difficult it is, the three of us will discuss it together, there will always be a way." Mrs. Zhou tried her best to maintain a patient tone and gave Zhou Ming a big reason.

Seeing that everything was said and done, Zhou Zhou Ming knew that the opportunity for him to make a bad mistake had come, he smiled slightly, and pretended to be suddenly enlightened: "Oh, old lady, don't say it, what you said really makes sense, why didn't I think of it at that time?"

If I hadn't sent my dad out at that time, maybe the butler had asked me to do it, and I would have been able to solve it. ”

After seeing Zhou Ming's expression, Zhou Ruhai's heart sank to the bottom suddenly, because he became more and more sure that the idea he had just now was correct, the subordinate in Han Pingzhi's family was definitely looking for Zhou Ming, and he definitely came to borrow money, and the reason why Zhou Ming sent himself out before was that he was afraid that he would be involved, after all, he was the head of the family, if he was present, even if his son wanted to pretend to be poor and not lend money to others, it would be very difficult.

After thinking of this, Zhou Ruhai regretted it very much in his heart, because he knew in his heart that he was angry with his son before, and he completely misunderstood his son's kindness, but now it's good, after calling him to count him down, if he tells the truth of the matter in front of his wife, where should his face go?

After thinking of the trickiness of this matter, Zhou Ruhai immediately began to think of a way, because he understood that if he wanted to save his face, he had to send his son away before he could tell the truth.

He pretended to be in poor spirits and looked in a trance, and then wanted to say that he was sleepy, and asked Zhou Zhou Ming to go back to sleep first, and talk about it tomorrow.

As a result, before he could speak, Zhou Zhou Ming took the first step and said: "Daddy and Mom, in fact, let's be honest with you, that housekeeper came to me, it's actually not a big deal, but Han Pingzhi felt that after making this merit, there was a chance to climb up, and he wanted to seize this opportunity, so he wanted to spend some money to make a point, in this way, to calm the jealousy of those officials in the court, so that his promotion path would go more smoothly."

And to do these things, it takes a lot of money, and the money in his hand now is simply not enough, so he sent this housekeeper to borrow from me. ”

After hearing these words, Zhou Ruhai suddenly had a feeling of shock, and thought to himself, things are actually the same as I thought, that housekeeper is really here to borrow money, I knew this was the case, why do you say I asked about this? If you pretend not to know, isn't he fragrant? In that case, the responsibility for lending money to others is on Zhou Ming, even if he doesn't have enough money in his hand to lend to others, he won't be cheeky enough to ask for it, and when it is really a last resort, with his son's character, even if he goes out to borrow from others, he will not open his mouth to himself.

But now it's good, after he knows the truth, the burden on his son falls on him at once, his son is so smart, he will definitely take this opportunity to open his mouth to borrow money from him.

Thinking of these, Zhou Ruhai had a hard time, and his bowels were blue with regret, he carefully calculated in his heart how many silver taels were left in the family, and the final calculation result startled him, the Zhou family had such a big family business before, and now the money that can be taken out in his hand is no more than two thousand taels.

These two thousand taels of silver, for a dignitary like Han Pingzhi, it is simply scattered silver, even if Zhou Zhou Ming opens his mouth to ask for money to lend to others, and takes out such a little money, it is not enough for people to stuff their teeth, and when the time comes, they can't save their face, not to mention, after people get this money, they will immediately look down on the Zhou family, in case because of this incident, if Han Pingzhi and his son have a conflict, then the loss will be great.

After all, this case of the Northern State traitor was completed by the two of them working together, if the two of them fell out before they got the reward from the imperial court, it would not only make other officials in the court see the joke, but also affect the progress of the investigation of this Northern traitor case.

After thinking of these terrible possibilities, Zhou Ruhai was so frightened that his back was cold, and he didn't know what to do for a while, he sat back in his chair in a daze, looking at the ground with his two eyes stunned, he knew very well in his heart that the matter had come to this, so he could only go forward step by step.

Because he had a lot of thoughts in his heart, he didn't make any response to what Zhou Zhou Ming said.

On the contrary, Mrs. Zhou, after listening to Zhou Ming's words, immediately asked with concern: "Then how much money does he want to borrow?" ”

As soon as this question was asked, it immediately attracted Zhou Ruhai's attention, and he secretly calculated in his heart that if the amount of money borrowed by the housekeeper was not too large, he would mortgage some land by himself, and then sell all the antiques left in the family's treasury.

Although after this large amount of money is lent out, the life of the family will be more tense, but compared to his son's future, these are secondary, because as long as Zhou Zhouming's career goes well, these efforts are worth it.

Although Zhou Ruhai has a small belly and chicken intestines, and has the stubborn stinky problem of readers, he still understands this truth.

After hearing his mother's question, Zhou Zhou Ming first smiled and said nothing, he hoped that in this way, the burden on his father's heart would be increased, so that he could get some lessons from this matter, and don't trouble himself when similar things happen again in the future.

Things were the same as Zhou Ming expected.

Seeing that Zhou Zhou Ming faced this question, just smiled and didn't say anything, and didn't give an answer at the first time, Zhou Ruhai had an ominous premonition in his heart, because he knew in his heart that the reason why Zhou Zhou Ming showed this attitude was only one possibility, that is, the amount of money borrowed by the housekeeper was too large, and he was afraid that after saying it, he would scare himself and his wife, so he pretended to be relaxed and showed this look.

Zhou Ruhai thought to himself, if the housekeeper only borrowed a few thousand taels of silver, he could still make up the money by working hard, if it was more than 10,000 taels, even if he sold this small courtyard, he would not be able to make up the money.

He frowned and looked at Zhou Mingming, his eyes full of worry and uneasiness.

"Son, what are you laughing at? How much money did that person borrow, you say? Mrs. Zhou obviously did not realize the seriousness of the problem, so she continued to ask.

Zhou Zhou Ming coughed lightly, and did not give a direct answer, but raised his hand and stretched out five fingers.

After seeing this gesture, Zhou Ruhai's hanging heart finally let go of some of it, because he thought that although five thousand taels of silver was a lot, it should not be a problem for him to sell the antiques and borrow some from relatives and friends to make up enough money.

"Five hundred taels of silver?" Mrs. Zhou asked with some emotion, "It's not much, since you have a good relationship with the master of the housekeeper and have a friendship, you can lend it to others, if you don't have any money in your hand, your mother will support you." ”

Zhou Ruhai sneered in his heart, thinking that his wife was a woman after all, and it was so simple to think about the problem, could a big man like Han Pingzhi borrow it from his son for a mere five hundred taels of silver? If that were the case, he would not only lose his price, but also disrespect his son very much.

After hearing his wife's words, Zhou Zhou Ming couldn't help laughing: "Mother, don't be so funny, okay?" People worked so hard to come to our house in the middle of the night just to borrow five hundred taels of silver from me? He didn't just look down on me, he looked down on himself.

Let me tell you, even the minions in Han Ping's mansion are estimated to be able to take out this money in their hands. ”

Zhou Ruhai, who was sitting on the side, seemed to have regained his confidence at this time, and echoed Zhou Ming's words: "Although your mother is also a scholar, she has never wandered outside after all, so she naturally doesn't know much about these things. ”

Mrs. Zhou was said to have a big red face, originally she was just out of good intentions, afraid that the father and son would quarrel because of this matter and make a fuss, so she has been trying her best to persuade in the middle.

But it wasn't until this moment that she suddenly understood that she had worked so hard just now, and she didn't get any better, but was ridiculed and ridiculed by the father and son together.

Mrs. Zhou deliberately put on a straight face, and said a little angrily: "You father and son are really dogs biting Lu Dongbin, and you don't know the hearts of good people.

I knew you would laugh at me, I shouldn't have taken care of your bad things and let you father and son have a good time. ”

Zhou Ruhai and Zhou Ming glanced at each other, and felt in their hearts that it was really too much for the two of them to do that just now.

Both of them spoke at the same time, apologizing while coaxing Mrs. Zhou to be happy.

Mrs. Zhou was originally a reasonable person, and when she saw that their father and son apologized to herself at the same time, she knew in her heart that her goal of persuading them had finally been achieved, so she quickly became angry.

"Son, tell us how much money the butler borrowed from you?" After Mrs. Zhou regained her composure, she immediately asked the question she was most concerned about.

Zhou Ruhai sat on the side and remained silent, because he always felt that his conjecture must be accurate, so he planned to say his thoughts before Zhou Zhou Ming opened his mouth to answer, so as to steal the limelight in this way.