Zhou Ruhai sat on the chair, crossed Erlang's legs, leisurely picked up the teacup on the table, flicked the tea leaves in the cup with the lid, and after taking a sip of tea, he said proudly: "My madam, do you still need to ask this question?" Our son has already stretched out five fingers just now, and this hint is already very clear, the butler only borrowed five thousand taels of silver, and there was no fuss.

You don't have to worry, even if my son can't take out this money for the time being, I, who is an old man, will definitely try my best to help my son make up this money, because although the amount of this money is not large, it has a very big impact on our son's future. ”

Seeing that her master said this way, Mrs. Zhou admired and moved in her heart, so while wiping her tears, she said: "The so-called fighting tiger brothers, going into battle father and son soldiers, this is really true.

When you really encounter difficulties, you will find out who is worth relying on.

Son, don't compete with your father again because of these little things in the future, you can also see how important you are in your father's heart. ”

Looking at his father's smug look, Zhou Zhou Ming almost laughed, but at the last moment he still held back, because he still had important things to do, that is, to announce the mystery of the matter, if he laughed out loud before the announcement, the effect of the slap in the face would be greatly reduced.

"Alas," Zhou Ming sighed first, and then put on a sad face, "If things are really as simple as you two elders say, it would be fine, and I wouldn't have to worry."

But the fact is that as soon as the butler came just now, he asked for 500,000 taels of silver when he opened his mouth. ”

With a snap, the teacup in Zhou Ruhai's hand fell to the ground and shattered, and he looked at Zhou Ming in amazement, completely unable to believe that what he said was true.

Five thousand taels of silver, for Zhou Ruhai, who has been a petty official all his life, is already a huge amount of money, he just did a long time in his heart before he decided to make up this money for his son, but what he never expected was that Han Pingzhi's guy was so insatiable that he asked for 500,000 taels of silver when he opened his mouth, how could he borrow money, it was clear that this was taking the opportunity to blackmail his son.

Mrs. Zhou was obviously frightened as well, and she said to Zhou Ming with a trembling voice: "Son, how can it be 500,000 taels of silver?" If it's 5,000 taels of silver, your father and I can still scrape it together for you, but 500,000 taels of silver, even if our family smashes the pot and sells iron, and sells all the servants in the family, we can't get so much money?

The guy surnamed Han borrowed so much money from you, what kind of heart did he have? Doesn't he know that you haven't been on an errand for a long time, and you don't have any money at all? ”

After Zhou Ruhai woke up from the shock, there was a hot feeling on his face, because when he thought of the smug look when he said the amount of five thousand taels just now, he was so ashamed that he couldn't bear to find a place to get in.

He asked himself, if it weren't for his son finally telling the real amount, even if he killed him, he would not have thought of such an exaggerated amount.

After thinking about it for a while, after Mrs. Zhou's words were finished, Zhou Ruhai slowly raised his head, wiped the cold sweat on his face, and said to Zhou Ming with a nervous face: "Son, I have been thinking about it for a long time, and this matter is a little unreasonable. Even if that Han Pingzhi has a good relationship with you and a deep friendship, it is impossible to borrow so much money from you for no reason.

Tell me honestly, in the process of handling this case, did you have any tricks in the hands of this person, so he used this as a threat to blackmail you? ”

Originally, seeing his father's embarrassed appearance, Zhou Zhou Ming didn't mention how happy he was, but after listening to his father's words, he had to admit in his heart that Jiang was still old and spicy, and after listening to his own nonsense, his father actually thought that this matter was strange and unreasonable.

"Daddy and mother, don't think so much about the two of you, between me and Lao Han, we have a good relationship, we are good brothers who share life and death, and there are not so many bad things." In order to prevent his father and mother from being frightened, Zhou Zhou Ming hurriedly explained, "The reason why he opened his mouth to borrow so much money from me is entirely because he can afford me, after all, even if other people are rich, if the friendship is not to that extent, he will not open that mouth to others." ”

After listening to her master's worries, Mrs. Zhou was worried about her son's safety, until this moment, after listening to her son's explanation, she finally put her heart in her stomach, so after reciting the Buddha a few times, she hurriedly said: "I'm scared to death, after your father just said that, I really thought that you would have any contradiction with the surnamed Han."

Although you have made great contributions now, your official position and status are still very low, and if you really have a conflict with those big people, you will only suffer a loss. ”

After confirming that there was no contradiction between his son and Han Pingzhi, Zhou Ruhai's mood finally relaxed a little, but this good mood did not last long, because he quickly realized that there was a bigger problem in front of him.

Because he knew in his heart that since Han Pingzhi looked up to his son so much, he couldn't let others open his mouth in vain, even if he couldn't get all the 500,000 taels of silver, at least he had to do his best to make up as much money as possible, so that his son would not be too embarrassed to give the money to others.

After thinking about it, Zhou Ruhai never thought of a good way to raise money, and finally he decided to mortgage all the family's real estate and fields to Qianzhuang, and as for the servants in the family, they were temporarily dismissed to control the family's expenses.

He roughly calculated, if this method is successfully implemented, at least 20,000 taels of silver can be raised, although this amount is quite different from the amount that Han Pingzhi wants to borrow, but he has done his best, I believe that if his son hands over 20,000 taels of silver to Han Pingzhi, even if he can't satisfy the other party, he will definitely not offend the other party, which is already to minimize the impact.

After Mrs. Zhou recovered from the shock, she suddenly realized that such a big man borrowed so much money from his son, and his son would definitely not be able to refuse, but if he wanted to lend it to others, where should he raise the money?

Mrs. Zhou thought about it left and right, but she couldn't think of a way, and finally she could only pace back and forth in the house in a hurry, and kept muttering: "What can I do about this?" Where do you get all this money? ”

Seeing his mother's worried look, Zhou Zhou Ming was very moved, and he also understood that although his father always sat there without saying a word, he must be thinking of a way for himself.

With such a father and mother, no matter how hard they work outside, there will be no pressure, after all, they are their most solid backing.

After a while, Zhou Ruhai suddenly stood up from the chair, as if he had made a lot of determination, looked at Zhou Ming, and said emotionally: "Son, you don't have to be embarrassed, you don't have to be afraid, I have already thought about it, let's mortgage the house we live in now to Qian Zhuang, and those fields in the countryside should be disposed of quickly, and all the antiques at home will be sold, so that you can probably make up enough 20,000 taels of silver, you take this money and go to the person surnamed Han, and then talk about the actual situation, I think you should be able to get through this difficulty."

Even if you can't satisfy the person surnamed Han, at least he will treat you with sincerity when he sees you, and it won't affect the friendship between the two of you. ”

Zhou Zhou Ming was stunned for a moment, he guessed how his father would behave when his father was silent just now, and he thought of all kinds of possibilities, but he didn't expect that his father would have this kind of heroism at a critical moment.

He looked at his father's face and couldn't help but feel a sense of awe.

It's just that he didn't show this psychological change, but pretended to be calm, pretended to be very worried, and asked: "Dad, if we sell all these family properties, where are we going to live?" What should be done with those subordinates in the family? ”

Mrs. Zhou also stared at her master with a surprised face, she really didn't expect that in a moment of crisis, her master would have such courage.

It's just that as a woman, after listening to the master's plan, it is inevitable that she will not know the bottom of her heart, after all, if after doing this, her son will not develop in the court in the future, then the Zhou family will be in complete decline, and it is almost impossible to have a chance to turn over in the future.

Seeing his son say such unambitious words, Zhou Ruhai said loudly: "Ming'er, you are a manly husband, how can you encounter such a mother-in-law and mother-in-law?" After selling the house, we can temporarily buy a house to live in, as for these subordinates, leave one or two, just serve your mother and your daughter-in-law, as for the others, just send them away temporarily, the matter is urgent, we can't take care of so much. ”

After listening to her master's words, although Mrs. Zhou understood that her master was forced to do this, but when she thought that the days would be more and more difficult in the future, she was inevitably a little sad in her heart, so that she couldn't say a word for a long time.

Zhou Zhou Ming originally wanted to take this opportunity to teach his father a lesson, let him remember it for a long time, and don't worry about his own affairs in the future, but what he didn't expect was that his goal was not achieved, but let his father teach him a lesson.

Finding that the atmosphere in the room was a little solemn for a while, Zhou Ming regretted it a little, thinking that no matter how dissatisfied he was with his father just now, he shouldn't use this method to tease them, this is good, if the two old people are suddenly sick because of this incident, then he will really become a sinner for the ages.

"Dad, I have to admit that your method is really good." Zhou Ming said seriously.