Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 544: Ah Jian’s Thoughts

“Fang Zhou!” Ah Jian squeezed her hand and gently shook her soft little hand in his broad palm.
Smiling, he said: “Why do you and I have to be so clear? Still keeping an account book? Don’t coax me! What you said is reasonable but I still want to go.
Don’t worry, with my skills, I will definitely come back safe and sound.”

He always listened to her and rarely made any requests, even if he was interested in something.
His attitude was usually very trusting and as long as she said something, he would follow.

However, when he persisted on something, he was like an irresistible force that made her feel powerless.

Suddenly aggrieved, Lian Fang Zhou blinked her tears and bit her lip.
“I won’t allow it! You’ll be gone for so long, you must not be doing something as simple as walking the border.
How deep do you want to go? Are you going into the deep hinterlands of the mountains? Do you want to die, don’t you know what kind of place that is?”

For some reason, tears started dripping down as she spoke and she had to lower her head and turn away to prevent him from seeing them.

Even Third Aunt could see clearly that without him, Lian Fang Zhou would not have build everything the Lian family relied on now.
She would not be able to live so openly and carefree.
If she knew it, didn’t everyone know?

All of the Lian family business, if he asked of half of it, he was completely qualified.
But he still wanted to go to that terrible place?

In her final analysis, wasn’t it just his male pride that was causing trouble?

He must feel that he has nothing.
The Lian family wasn’t as poor as it used to be and if he married her, others will say that he relies on a woman!

Didn’t he say he didn’t care? And she was ridiculous to believe him!

If he really cared so much, than this matter was impossible.
She would rather not marry him than have him risk going to the deep Xianteng mountain.

It was true that his martial arts were strong but human strength was limited.
No matter how skilled he was, his martial arts were not worth mentioning compared to the strength of nature!

And no one knew that kind of dangers were lurking in Xianteng mountain because no one had dared to go in!

That’s why she was so worried.

“Fang Zhou, don’t cry.” Ah Jian’s voice was gentle and awkward but unfortunately, his eyes were still stubborn.
This little bit of strength wasn’t enough to move him.

He put his arm around her shoulder and gently caressed her cheek with his other hand.
His slightly rough fingertips touched the tears on her face in a daze and then firmly wiped them away.

“I want the world to know that you didn’t make a mistake choosing me!” Ah Jian said.
His tone was firm and non-negotiable.
“Don’t worry, I will come back to marry you!”

“You, you, you…” Lian Fang Zhou’s chest was sore and she was so touched, so moved, that she couldn’t say anything but ‘you’ for a long time.
Weeping, she leaned against him.

Wu, wu, this person was so evil! Saying something like this, it was really touching to death!

She was even a little ashamed of her lack of faith.
He was trying to prove himself to her!

No one knew better than her about his lack of concern for fame.
But for her, he would stubbornly fight an entire unknown, deep forest.

“Don’t cry anymore,” Ah Jian patted her back lightly.
Leaning close to her ear, he whispered: “Uncle Zhang will think I’m bullying you!”

Lian Fang Zhou let out a ‘chi’ of laughter and smiled.
Sitting up straight, she gave him a light thump, laughing and cursing.
“I’m usually so serious but the one time I’m not, I’m the one who’s wrong!”

She sighed: “Forget it!” She knew that since he had made up his mind, she wouldn’t be able to stop him no matter what.
It was better to calm her heart and let him go at ease.
If he was distracted worrying about her, things might go wrong.

No! Nothing would go wrong! Dammit, what was she thinking about?

When she had thought the word ‘wrong’ just now, her heart had jumped.

Forcing her heart to calm down, Lian Fang Zhou forced a smile and said softly: “I’ll wait for you to come back.
You must come home safely! Remember that I am waiting for you, I will only marry you!”

She was unwilling to say anything unlucky, these words were the equivalent of everything she wanted to say.

Whether you come back or not, I will only marry you in this life! If you don’t come back, I will never marry.

Ah Jian didn’t think about it, he raised his eyebrows and firmly said: “Okay!” Then he smiled and added: “You should focus on preparing to be a bride, we will get married soon!”

Lian Fang Zhou’s face became bright red.
She gave him an angry look but her heart felt more at ease.

He was so confident, he would come back safely.

When they got home, Third Aunt took Lian Fang Zhou aside to ask questions about what kind of bed she wanted, the type of furniture she liked, whether it was enough to buy eight sets of clothing for each season, and whether she wanted to make a few new sets of jewelry.
There was also the matter of her make up… and she couldn’t forget to make shoes for Ah Jian!

Lian Fang Zhou’s head was dizzy but fortunately Su Jin, Hong Hua, and the others were willing to extend a helping hand to make her wedding dress.
At that time, she would only need to make a few symbolic stitches on it.
Otherwise, she would be nagged to death by Third Aunt!

“Let’s go to the city in a few days.
I’ll look at everything myself and you can help me choose.” Lian Fang Zhou laughed.

“Okay, that’s fine!” Third Aunt also laughed.
“Aunt Zhang said that she would invite our family to have dinner tomorrow night, so let’s go the day after.”

Maybe it was because of all the new servants at home but Third Aunt was suddenly very free.
Unable to adapt, Third Aunt had grabbed onto Lian Fang Zhou’s marriage with incomparable enthusiasm.

“Alright.” Lian Fang Zhou nodded.

“Then it’s settled!” Third Aunt walked away, very satisfied.

–

The next day, not long after lunch, Aunt Zhang and her daughter-in-law were busy preparing dinner while Li Juan helped.

Aunt Zhang and Uncle Li had long wanted to treat Lian Fang Zhou and her family to a proper meal, so naturally they spent a lot of money preparing.

They killed two chickens.
One was stewed with mushrooms, lotus seeds, wolfberries, and chestnuts while the other was fried in a large pot with heavy oil and spices.
A piece of good pork belly was made with dried plums and vegetables.
There were steamed pork ribs as well as stewed beef with potaotes, stuffed tofu, pork with mushrooms and leeks, braised carp in a brown sauce, steamed winter melon, and many other delicious dishes.

The three women were as busy as a spinning top all afternoon.
Until the sun was almost set, except for a few fried dishes, they were basically ready.

Aunt Zhang tasted everyone over and over, checking to make sure nothing was missing.
Taking off her apron, she washed her hands and let Li Juan look after the food while she and Madam Zhao went to the back room to talk.