Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 149: Uninvited Guests

Lian Fang Zhou laughed: “I’m not a laborer*, you two! It’s only for a while, I won’t be busy forever!”

Ah Jian shook his head slightly, and said nothing.

The reason why Lian Fang Zhou insisted on serving lunch herself was because she worried the workers would be reluctant to eat good food every day, affecting their energy to work.
It would definitely affect the progress of the project.

Serving meals herself, although a little tiring, would ensure that the workers ate well.

There was not much flour left at the house, so Lian Fang Zhou, Ah Jian, and Lian Ze went to buy another 100 catties of flour, five or six large bones, two hundred eggs, and a jar of pickles.

Third Aunt complained that cooking was too troublesome, and the workers were troublesome to feed.

So instead, they would boil the bones into soup with some steamed buns and change the pancakes with side dishes into fried egg and green onion pancakes with some ready-made pickles.
This was more convenient than stir-frying.

The three of them finished shopping and were about to leave when they heard the voice of a coquettish girl behind them, calling “Brother Ah Jian!”

The three of them subconsciously turned their heads and looked at.
A girl in a beige dress with a sapphire neckline embroidered with chrysanthemums and a beige skirt was looking towards them with a smile.
Wasn’t this the magpie that hadn’t been seen for a while?**

Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze glanced at each other, and the two looked at Ah Jian.

Ah Jian moved his lips very innocently and frowned, “Why is it her again!”

“Brother Ah Jian!” Seeing that Ah Jian didn’t respond, Xi Que yelled again, making the passersby look at her.

Not only looked at her, but also followed her gaze to look at Ah Jian and Lian Fang Zhou.

“Let’s go over and take a look, I don’t know what she wants with you again! We’re finished shopping so then we can go home!” Lian Fang Zhou sighed softly.

Although Ah Jian didn’t want to go over, he also understood what Lian Fang Zhou was saying.
They were on the street, with lots of people walking around, and it was not good to make a scene!”

Xi Que made it clear that she would not give up unless he responded.

Ah Jian nodded with a light ‘um’, glancing over at her.
Reluctantly, he walked over while complaining about the maid’s behavior in his heart.

“At home, Qing’er always calls ‘Brother Ah Jian’ and it doesn’t seem strange to hear but after listening to the maid calling him, why do I have goosebumps all over my arms?” Lian Ze whispered to Lian Fang Zhou.

Lian Fang Zhou forced a smile and gave her brother a blank look, saying: “She’s just a girl with her life in the hands of her master, how could she compare to Qing’er? She’s just arrogant!”

How could it be the same? Lian Fang Qing’s calling “Brother Ah Jian” was a normal child’s instinct to call a man older than herself “brother”.
As for the magpie… hehe!

“That’s true! How can she compare with our Qing’er?” Lian Ze nodded and stopped talking about Xi Que.

Lian Fang Zhou didn’t even have any interest in watching Ah Jian and Xi Que talk.
She lowered her head, thinking about other things, and Lian Ze also stood idle, watching the crowds coming and going unconsciously.

“Why are you here again? What else are you up to?” Lian Ze suddenly heard a voice full of anger shout.
Lian Ze and Lian Fang Zhou were startled and looked over.

After a moment of stunned silence, anger raged in both their hearts, almost to the sky.
Lian Fang Zhou immediately took a step back to show her disgust and said coldly, “What are you doing?”

To cause Lian Ze and Lian Fang Zhou to have this sort of attitude and expression, only the old Yang family, especially Yang Huai Shan, could manage it.

Who would be happy seeing him?

Lian Ze even stood in front of Lian Fang Zhou and stretched out his arms, and shouted at Yang Huai Shan fiercely: “You stay away from my sister! Otherwise, do you want someone to see it and report back to your mother and wife so they can come and wrong us again!”

The reaction of Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze after seeing him has made him very sad.
Hearing Lian Ze’s words at this moment, Yang Huai Shan felt even more uncomfortable.

Heart-stuck.

He did not go forward or leave, standing there and saying: “Fang Zhou–“

“I am not so familiar with you!”

“Respect! Is my sister’s name yours?”

Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze interrupted him without any mercy.

Don’t mention any merciless words, Lian Fang Zhou really wanted to take Yang Huai Shan’s head off! How could there be such a disgusting person in this world! It was really enlightening!

“Miss Lian,” Yang Huai Shan said with an injured expression and a long sigh, “I also heard about the things the previous two days… I apologize for my mother… Don’t worry, since that land has been sold to you, our family will not ask for it back!”

Lian Fang Zhou couldn’t help but snort.
So, if you did wanted it back, you think you could take it?

“You hurry up! Don’t bother me anymore!” Lian Fang Zhou said impatiently.

If he had stopped his mother before she learned who bought the land and went to make trouble, or had even come to warn her, than Lian Fang Zhou would have accepted his apology.

But no.
After everything that should and shouldn’t have happened was finished, he just rushed over to say something like this.
Isn’t it awkward?

Not only did he owe her a beating, Lian Fang Zhou wanted to beat him until he vomited blood!

Especially after seeing the hurt and tangled pain on his face.

Yang Huai Shan sighed slightly, and said, “You, how are you?”

Lian Fang Zhou was almost shaking with rage!

“Fuck!” She gritted her teeth and squeezed a word from between her teeth, her face dark.
She gave Yang Huai Shan a furious glare.

“Fang Zhou, I—”

“My sister told you to go! Didn’t you hear her!” Lian Ze was also very annoyed.

“What happened?” Ah Jian asked as he came back.

“Nothing! It’s just an irrelevant person, let’s go!” Lian Fang Zhou said to Ah Jian, not looking at Yang Huai Shan again.
She got into the donkey cart with Lian Ze.

Ah Jian glanced at Yang Huai Shan, nodded with a ‘oh’, and sat in the driver’s seat in front.
He waved his whip and drove the cart forward.

This unconcealed disgust and defensive indifference made Yang Huai Shan feel very injured.
He stood there, staring at the donkey cart as it left, without moving for a while.

He cared about her, really cared about her! Why wouldn’t she give him kind look?

He knew that she hated him and blamed him, but he really didn’t want it to be like this.
He has his own difficulties, why can’t she just forgive him?

Every time she was like this, it hurt his heart but somehow it made him care more for her.
The more guilt he felt, the more concerned he was.

Maybe one day she will forgive him, right? Fang Zhou had always been a reasonable, gentle and nice woman, he knew…

“What did that magpie want? Did she ask you to go work for the Zhao family again?” The donkey cart had traveled a long distance before the stuffy feeling in Lian Fang Zhou’s chest eased up and she could talk again.
 

TN: *The original word here translated to ‘coolie’, which appears to be an offensive word for native laborers.

**It seems that Xi Cue’s name means magpie.