Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 559: A Rouge

All credit to original author: Yi Yi Lan Xi

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Lian Li was furious! Scolding her, he shouted: “So what if your family is separated! Don’t think I can’t control you if you separated! At the beginning, I said we would divine but now I refuse! You’ve gone too far!”

His heart was full of hatred.
Stepping forward, he stood in front of the carriage and tightly grasped the edge with his hands.
His face was like ash.
If Lian Fang Zhou and the others did not bring Lian Hai with them, he would never let them go!

Lian Fang Zhou glanced at Lian Hai, who was standing on the side without speaking.
It seemed that he was waiting for Lian Fang Zhou to compromise and let him go!

Ah Jian shook his head and got down with Lian Ze.
They easily pulled Lian Li off and pushed him aside.
Seeing that Lian Li was furiously trying to move forward, Ah Jian smiled and said: “Uncle Lian, who don’t we take you home?”

Lian Li’s face immediately turned pale and he didn’t dare to move.

Looking at Lian Hai, Lian Fang Zhou said quietly: “Cousin, you really are some scholar!” Before he could respond, she ordered: “Let’s go!” and Zhang Xiao Jun drove the carriage forward with his whip.

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“That brat only succeeded once, it’s nothing!” Lian Li shouted at the receding carriage.
“The fox’s tail has finally been exposed! Have you seen it! This is their true face!”

Lian Hai was still thinking what Lian Fang Zhou said, ridiculing him for not being a scholar.
His face turned red and then white.
In his heart, he couldn’t help but shout: What do you know? Didn’t you just plant some cotton, what else can you do! Character? The most important thing in being an official is having connections! It’s fine if you don’t want to help me, why bother saying such sarcastic remarks?

His father was still standing and shouting.
“So disgusting! Hmph, didn’t that kid pay respects to Master Ding? You’re his cousin, so go and visit him when you have time.
I don’t believe that the Ding family steward would dare to reject you or that the kid would dare to reject you! Ask him to introduce you!”

Although his father was unreliable in many things, what he said made a lot of sense.
Lian Hai’s eyes lit up.
Yes, find a day and go to visit! Why ask them to bring them along!

As long as he could enter Master Ding’s residence, why would he worry about not seeing him?

Lian Hai was very confident.
He truly believed that once Master Ding met him and gave him a chance to express himself, he would see how talented Lian Hai was!

Thinking of this, he finally felt at ease.
Forgetting about visiting his friends, he went home with his father.
Sighing, he said: “We can’t tear apart from them just yet.
Don’t act like this in the future!”

Lian Li frowned.
“I don’t know what happened yesterday but I was very upset.
Hmph, I don’t know what they did for all the good things to run to their house! Isn’t it just some kid? Half his foot is on the threshold of being a scholar, half is still outside! You are a scholar, is he better than you? Master Ding doesn’t know what is going on! How could you accept it? If he wants to accept him, he should also accept you!”

Then his eyes lit up and hurriedly whispered: “Do you think Lian Fang Zhou spent a lot of money…”

“Father!” Lian Hai jumped to cover Lian Li’s mouth.
Looking around, he whispered: “Are you crazy? You can’t talk nonsense like this!”

“There aren’t any people around, I’m just talking to you!”

Lian Hai sighed and stopped arguing.
After all, hadn’t he also had this thought?

Later, Lian Hai really did go to visit on the pretense of wanting to ask Lian Che about something.
The steward brought him in and he met with Lian Che.

However, he only met with Lian Che.

The steward was standing nearby so it was not good for Lian Hai to ask Lian Che too bluntly to introduce him but no matter what he said, Lian Che ignored all of his hints.

Lian Hai was very disappointed.

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Disappointed but not resigned.
A few days later, he went again and the results were the same.

He went so many times that finally, he couldn’t even enter the gates of the manor let alone see Lian Che!

The steward only brought word from Master Ding that Lian Che was studying hard and doing very well.
There was no need to worry about him or visit him so frequently, otherwise it would distract him and affect his studies.

Lian Hai was suffering but there was nothing he could do.
He finally calmed down and never dared to come to the door again.

It was just as Lian Fang Zhou had said, he thought he was very smart and treated everyone else as fools.

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When Lian Fang Zhou and the others entered the city, they got off the carriage on the corner of the street in front of the Ding residence.
Only Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze went with Lian Che to visit Master Ding.

Seeing him, the three rushed to pay their respects.
Master Ding laughed, greeted Lian Che, and said to Lian Fang Zhou with a smile: “Miss Lian, we meet again! I didn’t expect you to bring this old man a gift! What a good apprentice!”

Lian Fang Zhou laughed.
“This is Che’er’s blessing and also the good luck of our Lian family.
In the future, I will ask Master Ding to take care of us!”

“This is natural! Che’er is a very good child, talented and able to endure hardships.
You are all welcome here!” Master Ding nodded cheerfully.

Lian Fang Zhou and the others laughed.

After saying a few more words, Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze said goodbye and left.
Their attitude was neither too humble or too overbearing, and Master Ding had no intention of flattering them.
Lian Che saw them to the door.

Seeing her familiarity with Master Ding, Lian Ze was a little puzzled and asked her about it.
Only then did he learn how Lian Fang Zhou and Master Ding had met.
Smiling, he said: “No wonder Che’er was so obsessed with taking first place in the exam! So that’s how it is! Great, he really is great! He passed the exam!”

She laughed.
“You are no worse than him.
You have been very successful studying to take over the family business.
If our business continues to do well, we will also be successful!”

Lian Ze glanced at Lian Fang Zhou and sighed sadly.
“My sister says this but didn’t she already say that she will go out to play with Brother Ah Jian after getting married?” When he said this, his face had a rare pitiful expression, like a puppy being abandoned by its owner.

Lin Fang Zhou’s heart was flustered, amused, distressed all at once.
He must have heard her talking with Ah Jian at some point.
She quickly laughed and said: “It’s not immediately after we marry.
We will go out for a couple strolls and be back in a few months.
We won’t really leave until you’ve been married for a few years.”

This would be their honeymoon!

“Really?” Lian Ze couldn’t care less about the word ‘marriage’ and was not shy at all.
He smiled and said: “Then I can rest assured!”

But inwardly, he was thinking quickly.
After waiting for two or three years, she would no doubt have a child or two with his brother-in-law and the children would still be young! Coupled with the begging and pestering of her brothers and sisters, he didn’t believe she’d really have the heart to leave…