Mrs. Zhou knew in her heart that the matter had come to this point, and it would be useless to say anything more, so she could only accept it calmly.

She wiped her eyes, stopped crying, and said with some grievances: "Master, since you have said everything to this point, I don't want to complain about anything, anyway, I have lived so old, and I will earn one more day in the future."

But our daughter-in-law can't suffer with us no matter what, the family's real estate and land can be sold, and after the sale, we must not let our daughter-in-law live with us.

The Lin family has a big business, and the relationship between our two families is usually so good, they should not object to their young couple going to live for a while. ”

Zhou Zhou Ming was so moved that he almost cried when he saw his old mother thinking about himself like this, but he really didn't understand, how could the old lady come up with such a bad idea and let herself go to live at her mother-in-law's house, so did she still have a face?

Let's not talk about whether the Lin family will be able to tolerate themselves at that time, even if they can tolerate themselves, they are men who stand up to the sky, even if they live in a grass house at home, they will not go to their mother-in-law's house to eat and drink for nothing.

As soon as he thought that such a situation was going to happen, the Lin family looked at him, and Zhou Ming felt a shudder, and he was very glad in his heart that what he just said was false.

Just when he was about to reveal the mystery to his parents and clear up the misunderstanding between the two old men, Zhou Ruhai did not give him this opportunity.

After listening to Mrs. Zhou's thoughts, Zhou Ruhai was silent for a moment, then nodded reluctantly, and said helplessly: "The method you said is not impossible, but when the time comes, we can only let the daughter-in-law go back by herself, and our son can accompany her back to stay for a day or two, but he must not live permanently."

After all, our son is a manly husband, he always lives in his father-in-law's house, and he eats and drinks for nothing for a long time, what does it look like, even if he can break through in the officialdom in the future, this kind of thing spreads, and his face is gloomy. ”

After listening to his father's words, Zhou Zhou Ming nodded secretly, thinking that he was worthy of being his father, he was actually the same as I thought.

Seeing that the two old men were still struggling with their own affairs, Zhou Zhou Ming finally couldn't help it, he took a step forward and stared at the two old men with puzzled eyes: "Daddy and Mother, what are you two doing?" Why can't I understand a word of what you're saying? ”

Zhou Ruhai and Mrs. Zhou raised their heads at the same time and looked at Zhou Ming, both of them wondered in their hearts, is this kid stupid? What we said just now was all about him, but he didn't understand it, isn't this the sun coming out in the west?

"Aren't your mother and I trying to find a way to raise money for you? You don't even understand this? Zhou Ruhai felt that his son was pretending to be garlic, so he said in a somewhat angry tone, "Your kid has a problem for me a day, and now you still want to trick me, right?" ”

Mrs. Zhou saw Zhou Ming's blank look and thought that something was wrong with his brain, so she said very worriedly: "Son, are you okay?" Don't scare me, people are just borrowing a little money from you, you don't need to put so much pressure on yourself, your father and I will definitely find a way to raise money for you. ”

"Haha," Zhou Zhou Ming suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed, then his expression returned to naturalness, looked at the two old men, and said in a calm tone, "Who said I was going to lend money to others?" You two are thinking too much, aren't you? ”

This time it was Zhou Ruhai and Mrs. Zhou's turn to be confused, the two of them looked at each other, thinking in their hearts, it seems that their son really has a mental problem, otherwise why would he talk nonsense?

Zhou Ruhai stood up, circled around Zhou Ming, and then said with some concern: "Son, what's wrong with you?" If there is something unhappy in your heart, tell your father, Dad will definitely find a way to solve it for you, don't think about it. ”

"Yes, didn't you just praise your father? said that your father's method of raising money is very good, and if you want to do it according to this plan, the person surnamed Han will definitely be satisfied. Mrs. Zhou also hurriedly comforted Zhou Ming, for fear that he would be in a hurry and become insane.

"Alas!" Zhou Ming let out a long sigh and began to tell the lie to the end, "Daddy and Mother, I really don't know what to say about you!" I just praised my father's method of raising money, but I didn't say that I would lend money to others?

Yes, Lao Han sent someone to borrow money from me, and the amount of money borrowed was quite large, but I refused at the time, saying that I didn't have a penny and wanted to borrow some money from him.

At that time, the housekeeper didn't believe it, and then I began to cry poor, saying that I had not made clothes for several years, and my daughter-in-law was also short of jewelry, and in the end, the little housekeeper almost took out a sum of money from his bosom and gave it to me. ”

After hearing these words, Zhou Ruhai and Mrs. Zhou looked at Zhou Ming with wide eyes, the two of them were in an extremely complicated mood, on the one hand, they were ashamed that they had not listened to Zhou Ming's words just now, and they began to think crankily, and on the other hand, they were happy to solve a difficult problem.

After being silent for a long time, the two of them suddenly laughed, and at the same time kept complaining about Zhou Ming.

"You stinky boy, if you didn't say this earlier, you almost scared me to death, you know?" Zhou Ruhai laughed as he walked up to Zhou Ming and punched him twice.

Zhou Zhou Ming was blaming himself in his heart because he lied to his parents, and after receiving these two punches, he felt much better all of a sudden, and at the same time, his guilt was reduced a lot.

Zhou Ruhai is a man after all, and he thinks much more thoughtfully than Mrs. Zhou, after a short period of happiness, he looked back at Zhou Ming and said very seriously: "Ming'er, you're not lying to your mother and me, are you?" No matter what happens, you must be honest with us, your father has no other skills, and at this age, he still has some ability to share your worries and solve problems. ”

Zhou Ruhai's words reminded Mrs. Zhou, and she immediately walked to Zhou Ming's side and said very nervously: "Son, your father is right, you must not tell lies to the two of us because you are afraid that I and your father will worry." ”

After Zhou Zhou Ming saw the expressions of the two old men, he knew that no matter how he explained, it would be impossible to dispel the doubts in the hearts of the two of them, so he turned his heart sideways and decided to take a risky move: "Daddy and mother, do you two think I will see the outside like that?" I'm not that stupid, if it weren't for my thin skin, I wouldn't even want to go out on an errand, wouldn't it be nice to gnaw at home?

Of course, I said this, you two definitely don't believe it, it's better to be like this, I know that the housekeeper of the Han family is still at the gate, and he hasn't left, I'll call him back now, and let him tell you the situation in person, it's all right? ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Ming turned around and walked outside the house.

Zhou Ruhai was startled, he hurriedly chased after him and dragged Zhou Ming back.

Zhou Ruhai did not make a name for himself in the officialdom, partly because of Zhou Ming's illness, and partly because he was too thin-skinned.

Because of this character, he repeatedly lost the opportunity to be promoted.

What's even worse is that because of his thin skin, he always suffers a big loss when he interacts with friends in the officialdom, and when he is short of money, he is reluctant to borrow money from other friends even if he is frugal, does not eat or drink.

But when other friends borrowed money from him, he didn't know how to refuse, so those fox friends and dog friends, after knowing his weakness, always looked for all kinds of excuses to borrow money from him, and in the end there was really no way, he could only break off with those fox friends and dog friends, and use this stupid method to keep the little money left in his pocket.

It is precisely because he knows that he has this weakness, so Zhou Ruhai is very afraid that Zhou Zhou Ming will call the housekeeper back, because what if he meets the housekeeper and the other party makes it clear, what if he borrows money from him, the master?

He wasn't as eloquent as his own son.

"Daddy, why are you dragging me? You tell me to call that housekeeper back, or you and my mother won't believe me." Zhou Zhou Ming had already guessed his father's thoughts, so he stiffened his neck and wanted to go out.

"Alright, don't mess around." Zhou Ruhai said with a serious expression, "Your mother and I, don't you believe you are still good?" ”

"Wouldn't it have been enough to say that earlier?" Zhou Ming smiled slightly, and then slowly walked back.

Mrs. Zhou walked over slowly at this time, looked at Zhou Ming, and said with some worry: "Son, if you refuse someone's request to borrow money like this, will you offend others, people now have a higher official position than you, you deal with this case, and you need help from others, in case you offend others, things will not be easy to handle." ”

Zhou Ruhai also realized the seriousness of the problem at this time, and felt that Zhou Zhou Ming's refusal of other people's requests was really a bit unkind, in case people put on small shoes for you in the future, you would have no way at all.

"Son, your mother is reasonable, this matter, you have not considered it, even if you can't give 500,000 taels of silver to others, you can't let people go back empty-handed." Zhou Ruhai said with some worry.

Zhou Zhou Ming sat down on the chair with a golden knife, looked at his father and mother, and said with some pride: "Daddy, you two are too worried."

Let me tell you, although Han Pingzhi is now in a higher official position than me, if he still wants to climb up, he has to count on me.

If he makes me unhappy, so that the trial of the case of the Northern State spy does not go smoothly, this old boy will not only not be promoted, but may also be punished by the court for a serious crime.

You two think about it, in this case, if I don't borrow money from him, he should burn high incense, lend him a guts, and he won't dare to be angry with me! ”

After hearing these words, Zhou Ruhai and Mrs. Zhou glanced at each other, and neither of them knew in their hearts whether Zhou Ming was bragging.