Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 316: Zhao Ru Jun comes to ask questions

At this moment, she couldn’t relax at all, only cursing the Lian family over and over inside the carriage.

Zhao San unconsciously slowed down the speed of the horses while listening carefully to Xi Que’s shouting and occasionally giving her a comforting word from time to time.
Of course, his words were not only comforting but also provocative, stirring up her emotions.

Xi Que cursed for a while, letting herself be excited by Zhao San’s incendiary words.
Finally, she sneered: “That bitch of the Lian family is too much! What’s so great about a country girl who just happened to have a chance to hug the thigh of the Su family, huh? I’m not too embarrassed to say that she’s just a dog raised by the Su family! Since this Auntie can’t cure her, someone else will have to go clean her up!”

Hearing this, Zhao San was overjoyed in his heart but he kept a hypocritically ‘kind’ expression on his face, persuading her a few times with ‘don’t be impulsive’ and ‘although she’s a country girl, she’s still a landowner with many slaves’.
This caused Xi Que to almost jump with fury.

As soon as they arrived at the Zhao Mansion, Xi Que immediately returned to Zhao Ru Jun.

“This slave could not invite Master Jian.
Master Jian seems to be very loyal to Miss Lian, even though Miss Lian did not express an opinion, he rejected this slave.
This slave is incompetent and couldn’t persuade him, asking Miss to punish me!” Xi Que said honestly, kneeling down.

Zhao Ru Jun raised her eyebrows and waved a hand, saying faintly: “Alright, I can’t blame you too much, just get up.”

 When Xi Que stood up, she asked her a few questions about Ah Jian’s reaction before becoming silent.

Xi Que quietly raised her eyes to look at her.
Smiling, she said: “Miss, this slave also stopped by to take a look at the Lian cotton fields in Shitouping!”

Zhao Ru Jun was more interested in this.
She immediately looked up and motioned her to continue.

Spirits lifting, Xi Que described what had happened, not forgetting to add oil and jealousy.
All in all, according to her description, the cotton fields of the Zhao family might as well be underground compared to the Lian family.

As she expected, her very competitive young lady, who had never been able to tolerate other women being more capable than her, instantly had a dark face.

“Zhao San is very familiar with two of the guards at the cotton field but unfortunately, they could not be persuaded.
I don’t know what kind of benefits Miss Lian has offered them, Zhao San could not learn anything!” Xi Que added.

Zhao Ru Jun sneered, saying lightly: “It’s no good! Of course I can’t pry others’ mouths away.”

However, what she truly meant was: as long as you promised benefits, she didn’t believe there was nothing that could not be gained!

“Go get ready, we will go to Dafang village together tomorrow!” Zhao Ru Jun instructed, adjusting the fine hairs at her temples as she smiled: “I want to see what Miss Lian’s house is like!”

Xi Que was stimulated, immediately replying and retiring from the room.

Actually, Zhao Ru Jun had not expected Xi Que to successfully invite Ah Jian.

This time, she will go out personally!

She must bring Ah Jian back, otherwise where would she find someone to help her break into the dock industry in Shuangliu county?

She had always been a clever person, knowing what could and could not be done.

Although there were many local snakes and hidden talents in Yuhe county who had good fists and strong legs, these people did not have a good reputation and most of them were greedy and unscrupulous by nature.
She was just a woman with no brothers to support her family business, she did not dare to take risks with people like that.
In any case, it was easy to ask god to give a benefit but difficult to get rid of it.
Even if the Zhao family was the richest family in the local area, she couldn’t help but avoid this situation.

As for Ah Jian, she was not worried about the possibility at all!

There was no reason for this but she fully believed her instincts could not be wrong.

Early the next morning, Zhao Ru Jun hurriedly took Xi Que and two old mamas in a carriage driven by Zhao San with two family guards on horseback.
Together, they headed to Dafang village.

Before going to Lian Fang Zhou’s house, she brought a gift to Lian Li, politely expressing her intention to invite Ah Jian back to the Zhao manor to teach her people and to request Lian Hai’s assistance when speaking to Lian Fang Zhou.

The young lady in charge of the Zhao family, the richest family in the county, had taken the initiative to come to their house with an olive branch, was there any way Lian Hai would be unwilling? He was immediately flattered and agreed without hesitation, accompanying Zhao Ru Jun to Lian Fang Zhou’s house.

In his opinion, this was just a simple request, why not agree?

Young Lady Zhao had come personally to request his assistance, how much face and sincerity was this showing? As for asking Ah Jian to educate her servants, wasn’t this a sign of respect? This was a huge benefit for Fang Zhou’s family!

Lian Hai took it for granted that Lian Fang Zhou would definitely agree.

Seeing Lian Hai accompanying Zhao Ru Jun to their house, Lian Fang Zhou, Ah Jian, and Lian Ze were all stunned and a bit at a loss.

Zhao Ru Jun smiled at Lian Fang Zhou and Ah Jian, saying politely: “Miss Lian, Master Jian, we meet again!”

“Young Lady Zhao has come?” Lian Fang Zhou smiled: “A matter that requires Young Lady to come in person, I dare not speculate!”

“This miss is polite!” Zhao Ru Jun pursed her lips: “I’ve come today to ask for Miss Lian’s help!” She beckoned one of the old mamas forward to deliver the gift she had brought: “Just a small gift, really not much, inviting Miss Lian to laugh!”

The old mama stepped forward, holding two gift boxes tied together with red string in both hands, and handed them to Lian Fang Zhou.

This attitude was very respectful but it was also very inappropriate.

She was just a servant from the Zhao family but she wanted Lian Fang Zhou to personally reach out and pick up the gift from her hands.
This was clearly regarding Lian Fang Zhou as her equal.

Normally, a servant would never dare to hand something like this to someone of higher status in front of their master.

Lian Fang Zhou sneered silently in her heart.
Her expression was unchanged but her eyes had become cold.

This Zhao Ru Jun was very interesting.
While smiling and talking to her politely, she openly let her servants calmly disrespect her.

What did she want to do? It was really interesting!

“Young Lady Zhao is very interesting!” Lian Fang Zhou smiled and her tone had two more points of visible alienation and indifferent politeness.
She waved at the table next to her and said to the old mama: “Leave it there.”

The servant was startled, she hadn’t expected Lian Fang Zhou to give her an order.
She had thought that the younger woman would reach out and take the gifts and was offput for a moment.

This mistake was nothing much but she forgot to drop her head to conceal the surprise in her eyes, looking straight at Lian Fang Zhou: This country girl received a gift, shouldn’t she be so happy she couldn’t wait to take it? How could she put it aside without the slightest sign of emotion?

Lian Fang Zhou neither changed her expression nor scolded the old mama, but the smile on her face had a faint trace of ridicule.

The old mama suddenly realized she had paused too long and hurriedly lowered her head, instinctively answering ‘yes’ as she put the gift on the table in a proper manner.

After answering, she couldn’t help but be annoyed with herself: What was she doing? How could she talk to a country girl with the same attitude as when she answered a young lady? Is this girl worthy?

The old mama was frustrated, wishing she could turn back time.

She swore that if she could do it again, she definitely would not speak to her so respectfully!

TN: Ok, Lian Hai, do or die time, let’s see what you’re made of!