Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 415: Playing Stupid

Boss Xiao smiled at Lian Fang Zhou and said: “Hm, if you think about it, Miss Lian and Young Madam Su are distant cousins.
They are relatives, so it wouldn’t be too much to ask! Don’t talk about anything else, just one season of cotton and wouldn’t the life of Miss Lian’s family be much improved? It is very clear!”

“Very true,” Boss Wang nodded thoughtfully.
“For humans, isn’t the most important thing contentment? Contentment is happiness! If there was no Su family, Miss Lian’s life would not have improved, so the Su family must have a big head.”

The two sang together perfectly.
If she hadn’t already been on guard, if it wasn’t for Lian Fang Zhou’s mature personality, she was afraid that she would have been persuaded by them.

These two, their eloquence was really, really good!

In the face of a sudden and huge amount of wealth, how many people in the world would remain unmoved? Not to mention those living in the poor conditions of the Lian family.

As they said, although the capital belonged to the Su family, it was Lian Fang Zhou who worked hard for a year.
Why should the Su family get all the profits?

And in the end, Young Madam Su, Fang Qing, and Lian Fang Zhou were just distant cousins with no friendship.
They had never promised to take care of her family and now had collected most of the money.
Who would be willing to accept it?

Not only would they not be reconciled, but she was afraid there would definitely be resentment.

While talking, Boss Xiao and Boss Wang studied Lian Fang Zhou’s expression intently.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled and said nothing.

She did not need to explain anything to them.
These people had already established the facts and it wasn’t something she could change in a few words.

The two men secretly exchanged glances, communicating with their eyes: It seemed that the girl was persuaded!

It was not surprising.
After all, in the face of such great wealth, let alone a little country girl, even a well educated and intelligent man would not be immune!

“By the way, Miss Lian,” Boss Xiao said, changing the subject, “the cotton in your field is still being collected, correct? I don’t know how much you have left to harvest?” He had a friendly smile as he pretended to be casual.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled: “There is still a lot to collect!”

What kind of answer was this?

Madam Wang gave her husband a look: See? This was the attitude!

However, Boss Xiao did not lose his friendly smile.
He let out a soft ‘oh’ and said: “Miss Lian is really developed! I didn’t expect your cotton to grow so well.
You’ve been harvesting for so long but there is still so much left, this is really an unexpected joy!”

“Yes, I’m quite pleased!” Lian Fang Zhou laughed.
Internally, she gave him a cold look, thinking: What was this person trying to say?

“Boss Xiao, don’t tease Miss Lian!” Boss Wang chuckled.
Sighing sympathetically, he said: “Miss Lian is just making wedding clothes for others.
In the end, won’t the Su family take it all? How much can she get?”

He suddenly turned to look at Lian Fang Zhou: “But Miss Lian, to be honest, no one knows how much cotton grows in the fields.
No one has planted it before, you can’t even calculate it! You don’t really need to hand over everything to the Su family, right?”

Lian Fang Zhou was stunned and gave Boss Xiao a strange look.
Pretending not to understand, she smiled: “Of course it’s all handed over to the Su family.
After all, this is what we agreed to before.”

The other three smiled slightly.

Even if this girl was a bit clever, in the end there was a limit to her vision and knowledge and she would be stupid when she should be smart!

“Oh, Little Sister Lian! If you say you are honest, you are really honest! Is it not up to you to decide how much you will charge?”

“oh, but what do I know? My cousin and cousin-in-law can take it and sell it for money.” Lian Fang Zhou said in a serious and natural way.
However, to the other three, especially Boss Xiao, she seemed very naïve.

“Why don’t you sell it yourself?” Boss Wang immediately followed up, look at Lian Fang Zhou with a meaningful smile.
“If Miss Lian sells it herself, it will save you trouble and more importantly, you can keep the money, right? All the money will be yours and have nothing to do with the Su family!”

“That’s not good, though?” Lian Fang Zhou frowned, her expression confused and disapproving.

“What wrong with this?” Madam Wang exclaimed, smiling.
“You are all alone in the wind and rain all year long.
Don’t you deserve a share? If you harm yourself for the Su family, then I won’t be able to take you seriously! What kind of relatives are loyal servants to their own family, how can this be reasonable?”

“Miss Lian is a smart person,” Boss Xiao smiled, seeing that the fire was almost over, “I believe that we can understand the truth without saying it.
Miss Lian is quick to talk, we don’t need to hide it.
Let’s be honest, we invited Miss Lian to come and speak about this today.
Miss Lian will have a piece of the wealth, it doesn’t matter how much cotton Miss Lian has on hand, we want all of them! How much money can the Su family offer you? We will give you five taels of silver per cattie!”

The glow of their eyes was fixated on Lian Fang Zhou’s face, not missing the slightest change in her expression.

Boss Wang explained kindly: “One catty of cotton for five taels of silver, Miss Lian should know how to calculate it? Ten catties is fifty taels, one hundred catties is five hundred taels, one thousand catties is five thousand taels, and so on! Thousands or hundreds of thousands of silver taels will be yours in an instant! With this money, your family will be able to live the life of wealthy family, you won’t have to farm again in this life!”

Even Madam Wang hurried to coax her with a smile, “Don’t talk about this life, this kind of mountains of silver and gold can’t be spent in the next life or even the life after that!”

“What does Miss Lian think?” Boss Xiao asked, smiling slightly.
He seemed reserve but his eyes were actually surging.

Well calculated!

Lian Fang Zhou sneered in her heart.

How kind of them to help her settle her accounts, even for her next two lives!

If she hadn’t already lived a lifetime and was just a little miss from the countryside who had never seen the word, and never studied, wouldn’t she be dazed by what they said? Hundreds of thousands of taels was indeed very dazzling.

They didn’t seem to realize that if she did go through with this, how could they bear the thunderous wrath of the Su family?

The money sounded beautiful but if they refused to pay their bill, how could a country girl like this force them?

They were simply arrogant, treating people like fools!

Lian Fang Zhou frowned and lowered her eyes in thought.