Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 313: Inquiries

Zhao Zhuang Tou, who was in charge of this matter, was anxious.
He smiled and said: “This kind of land is like this.
As long as it is planted, it will blossom and bear fruit eventually! Miss, rest assured, this slave will take care of them carefully!”

Zhao Ru Jun said: “In the end, this is the first time we have planted cotton.
Let’s forget it for now and be sure to make it look more decent next year.
It’s so messy, its uncomfortable for a layman to look at!”

“Yes, yes, don’t worry, Miss! It will be done next time!” Zhao Zhuang Tou secretly breathed a sigh of relief and nodded hurriedly.
This time, he was just too anxious! Only thinking about finishing as soon as possible as to be praised by the young lady, who know that there would be too many people and things would become so messy!

“Also,” Zhao Ru Jun pondered for a moment, “It would be best to send a clever person to Dafang village and inquire about how Lian Fang Zhou is handling their fields.
I will have Xi Que go, maybe someone over there has some suggestions.
Ha, we should be humble and learn from others!”

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Only Zhao Ru Jun could speak so modestly about stealing a servant.

“That is best! That is best!” Zhao Zhuang Tou hurried to agree.

So Xi Que came again.

Xi Que’s eyes were shining and her whole person was extremely excited.
Immediately after getting down from the carriage, she saw Ah Jian and rushed over to happily ask: “Brother Ah Jian, Brother Ah Jian! I heard that you killed a dozen wolves during the first month, is this true? People say that a wolf has a copper head, iron legs, and a tofu waist but you shot through a wolf’s head with just one arrow! Brother Ah Jian, you are so impressive! Hurry up and tell me more about it!”

At this moment, Lian Fang Zhou happened to be stepping outside.
Hearing this, the corners of her mouth twitched and she gave Xi Que a long look.
How behind her gossip was!

In fact, Lian Fang Zhou was wronging Xi Que.
Xi Que lived deep in the inner courtyard of a big house.
Even on the days she went out with Zhao Ru Jun, they had somewhere to go and they returned immediately after they were finished.
At most, this would just be going out to buy some snacks and small trinkets.
Although Ah Jian’s wolf hunting had spread widely, it was only now that Xi Que had heard of it! The same went for Zhao Ru Jun.

Glancing at Ah Jian’s aggrieved expression, Lian Fang Zhou couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Seeing him looking so depressed and frantically signaling her, Lian Fang Zhou pursed her lips, smiled, and turned around to go back inside.

She had no time to bother with magpies! This girl had thick skin and such a high tolerance for a cold reception, you would think she enjoyed it!

Anyways, Ah Jian was enough to deal with her.

Seeing Lian Fang Zhou calmly go back inside, Ah Jian’s face turned dark.
Turning to look at Xi Que’s fawning expression, he felt even more disgusted.
Turning his head away, he said indifferently: “Why are you here?”

Xi Que was immediately stagnated.
Hurriedly, she smiled and said: “Brother Ah Jian, did you really shoot so many wolves during the Spring Festival? You weren’t afraid at all, how amazing!”

Ah Jian hummed noncommittally, too lazy to talk to her.

Just speaking to herself for so long, Xi Que’s voice gradually went lower and lower until she was just smiling.
One-man plays were always extremely difficult to sing.

“By the way, the cotton seedlings have been transplanted now, right? Then there is nothing left to worry about! Brother Ah Jian is free and our family’s young lady would like to invite Brother Ah Jian to teach these skills to our family’s people.
I don’t know if there is anything Brother Ah Jian needs to do in the courtyard?” Xi Que laughed, turning the topic to business.

This is what Zhao Ru Jun had instructed her to say.

After learning about the story of Ah Jian shooting the pack of wolves, Zhao Ru Jun had sighed in regret.

Knowing this, she definitely wanted to find a way to keep him!

Before, she had invited him but he had refused.
She had always been an arrogant person and although she had thought that this person had no small skills, his temperament was not at all pleasing.
Was it possible for the dignified Young Lady Zhao to beg him?

He really thought too highly of himself!

But now she knew that she had really miscalculated.

Looking at things now, it was even more impossible to bring up those words from before, otherwise she would have no face.
So now she had to find a new excuse to get this person into the manor.
When he arrived, she would have the means and methods to subdue him!

Zhao Ru Jun was very confident, it would only take less than a month to make Ah Jian obey her.

With such a brave person under her hand, what else did she need to worry about? In Shuangliu county’s freight business, she had long wanted to be a leader but it was a pity that the big bosses who occupied the docks and shipyards had more or less ‘shady’ backgrounds.

To make those people willing to give her Zhao family a piece of the pie, it was not just money you needed to open the way, you needed the strength to conquer!

As soon as Ah Jian heard her proudly mention ‘their Zhao manor’, he felt so greasy that he said unceremoniously: “No thanks!”

Xi Que was aggrieved: “Brother Ah Jian, why do you always treat me like this? I, I haven’t offended you! I’m just asking you to help temporarily, isn’t that okay?”

“Oh?” Ah Jian raised an eyebrow and said sarcastically: “So if you ask me for help, I have to do it? Who do you think you are?”

Ah Jian rarely spoke with people in such a mocking tone, Xi Que’s pitiful act had really made him angry.

I’m not willing even if you ask me for help, are you still wronged? It’s as if I owe you!

Xi Que choked and said weakly: “I, I didn’t mean that… forget it, since Brother Ah Jian doesn’t want to, just take it as if I didn’t say anything!”

As Ah Jian expected, Xi Que gave in quickly but still did not leave.
Instead, she immediately raised her face and smiled enthusiastically: “Brother Ah Jian, can I go to your cotton fields and take a look? I haven’t seen something like that before and just want to see a rare sight!”

Ah Jian’s eyes flashed and he immediately became vigilant.
However, he kept his expression light: “It’s not different than peanuts and soybeans, what’s so rare? Doesn’t your Zhao manor also farm?”

Xi Que was stagnated again.
Smiling, she said: “I just wanted to stop by and take a look, Brother Ah Jian, is this okay?”

Ah Jian got goosebumps all over by this ‘Brother Ah Jian’ over and over.
Impatient, he turned to head back to the house and said: “I can’t make that decision! Go ask the master!”

“Okay, I will ask!” Finally getting something from Ah Jian, Xi Que immediately rejoiced and asked Lian Fang Zhou briskly.

After listening to her, Lian Fang Zhou gave her a weird look and smiled disapprovingly: “What’s so difficult? It’s just a plant in the ground, does it grow gold? You want to see it, just go and look!”

Xi Que was a little surprised.
She had thought Lian Fang Zhou would refuse or at the very least, ask a few more questions, right?

Unexpectedly, she agreed as soon as she asked.