Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 436: There are no tools

“What you said makes sense!” Lian Fang Zhou smiled and said lightly: “But that doesn’t mean that I would dare.
It’s best to leave that kind of success and fame for another lifetime, otherwise the fruit you swallow would be very bitter.
Alright, let’s leave it here.”

Liu Xia stopped talking and lowered her head.
After a moment, she said softly: “Whether you take the silver or not, I am leaving.
Miss Lian, Sister Su, take care!”

“You can go by yourself.” Su Jin sighed.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled generously and picked up the bank note, counting it.
Smiling, she said: “Boss Wang is really a cheerful person! There are no less than 8,000 taels.
By the way,” She looked at Liu Xia meaningfully, “do you know that I asked Tian Si for 2,000 taels for his redemption? And Boss Wang happily paid it!”

Under Su Jin and Liu Xia’s wide-eyed, incredulous expressions, Lian Fang Zhou smiled even wider.
“Steward Su’s trip to Jiangnan was around a thousand taels and Tian Si gave me twice this amount, it is quite profitable! I am not greedy, I kept one thousand and let him divide the rest out as a reward and to buy some more food for the workers.
Everyone is so tired these days, after all! Ah, I hope Tian Si is smart and has learned all the techniques he learned.
Otherwise, Boss Wang will die of anger!”

Liu Xia’s face changed slightly, feeling uneasy in her heart.
A strange emotion flashed through her.

Lian Fang Zhou took out a silver note of ten taels and shoved it into Liu Xia’s hands.
Smiling, she said: “You were still employed when Tian Si left, so you should also have a share of the reward.
Take it, you deserve it!”

“Miss Lian!” Liu Xia didn’t expect Lian Fang Zhou to do this.
She was both embarrassed and annoyed, wanting to withdraw her hand as if it had been burned.

“Take it!” Lian Fang Zhou did not let her refuse, still smiling.
“The reason you left me to go to Boss Wang was to earn money? You dare to say you don’t love money? With those thoughts? Since this is the case, it’s not a bad thing to have a few more taels, right? It’s what you deserve, so why not? That’s too stupid.”

“…” Seeing Lian Fang Zhou’s cold eyes, Liu Xia knew that her words were not sarcastic or a joke.
Instead, she was serious and was taking it for granted that Liu Xia wanted it, making her feel even more embarrassed.
It was as if all of her thoughts had been exposed and were thoroughly seen by her!

She wanted to refuse but she couldn’t say a word.

Su Jin’s face was also a little hot.
It was one thing to say it tacitly but it was another to say it openly to a person’s face.
Miss Lian’s words pierced Liu Xia’s heart like a sharp knife, no wonder she was embarrassed.

But Su Jin was not surprised.

Liu Xia had broken with her sisters and seeing that the embarrassment on her face was growing, Su Jin sighed secretly and reluctantly smiled.
“This was given to you by Miss Lian, so you can accept it.”

Liu Xia breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Su Jin gratefully.
Bowing her knees slightly, she thanked Lian Fang Zhou and accepted the hot taels.

“I wish you success, may your wishes come true.
You can go.” Lian Fang Zhou said with a smile.

The other woman didn’t dare to say another word.
She nodded and turned to leave.

“Miss Lian, I…” Su Jin opened her mouth to speak but could only sigh.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled at her.
“Sister Su, don’t think too much.
Don’t worry! Everyone is different.
I can tell the difference, you don’t have to be concerned.
Besides, we still have a contract, right?”

Su Jin couldn’t help but laugh.
“Miss Lian is really a cheerful person! Oh, Liu Xia, she is really confused.”

Lian Fang Zhou smiled but didn’t answer this.
“I’m not so petty, its just breaking the contract.
The money has been paid and from now on, I will pull up the bridge.
I don’t want them to take revenge behind my back! As long as they don’t provoke me, I naturally won’t provoke them.”

She still had a lot of things to do.
Did she have the time to be angry with Liu Xia and Tian Si? Even Boss Wang, she didn’t take to heart.

“I didn’t think so,” Su Jin said hurriedly, “I trust Miss Lian!”

Though Lian Fang Zhou was calm while sending Tian Si and Liu Xia away, she was still a little disappointed and lost.

They were ones she had brought in and trusted.

If she couldn’t keep them, it was also her failure.
To say she didn’t mind it at all, it was impossible!

Walking outside to the red locust tree, which was growing better and better, she leaned against the tree and watched the sunset gradually set in the sky.

…

Tian Si and Liu Xia went to Boss Wang one after another.
Boss Wang and Boss Xiao were both very happy and even held a banquet for them, with Madam Wang to accompany Liu Xia.

Tian Si and Liu Xia had never received this kind of treatment and felt very grateful to Boss Wang, secretly vowing to make career.
Not only for their own future but also to repay them with the gift of knowledge.

However, when it was time to get down to business, the four people realized that things were actually not that simple.

They had neither the tools to spin the cotton nor the tools to make the quilts!

In fact, as long as the cotton was turned into a thread, an ordinary spinning wheel could still be used.
The problem was that there was no way to even make cotton thread.

Boss Wang and Boss Xiao looked at each other helplessly, most of their previous ambitions disappearing all at once.

If you wanted to do great things, you must first sharpen your tools.
But they didn’t even have tools, so what could they do?”

“I, I thought you already had tools here…” Tian Si said stupidly, his heart cold.

Liu Xia frowned unconsciously and glanced at him dissatisfied.

Only he would say such a stupid thing!

“We were negligent.” Liu Xia sighed.
“I didn’t expect this.
Cotton is different from linen and silk, so of course it would need different tools.”

Liu Xia’s tone and humbleness made Boss Wang and Boss Xiao’s expressions ease a little bit but though their faces were softer, they were still unhappy in their hearts.

In fact, Tian Si and Liu Xia couldn’t be blamed either.
How could their superiors tell them what was arranged by the master?

When Tian Si and the others were working, all of their tools were ready made.
He had taken it for granted that such tools could be found anywhere.
How could he imagine they had been made by special order?

As for Liu Xia, she was normally quite reserved and typically her nose was up in the air.
Not to mention, Lian Fang Zhou would not have allowed them to be too interested in things outside their own affairs.
All she knew was her own work.

“Since this matter has reached this stage, we can only discuss a way out.” Boss Xiao sighed softly and smiled: “I wonder if either of you have any good ideas?”