Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 414: Suggestions

“Miss Lian is really humble! Haha, very humble!” Boss Wang laughed again.

Madam Wang also joined in with a smile: “Really speaking, Miss Lian is amazing! I don’t know how Miss Lian thought of planting so much cotton in the first place.
Ah, when no one else in Yuhe county thought of it, Miss Lian did!”

Though her words were casual and seemed to be honest, they made Lian Fang Zhou heighten her vigilance.
Also smiling casually, she said: “Madam Wang really thinks highly of me.
Isn’t it just because of my cousin and cousin-in-law’s help?”

In any case, they really had helped her a lot so this was not perfunctory or groundless.

“The young master and young madam of the Su family are really amazing!” Madam Wang could only go along with this.
Although she was dissatisfied with Lian Fang Zhou’s answer that was very vague and made it difficult to continue the topic.

She knew that Lian Fang Zhou won’t say more, even if she asked.

Boss Wang laughed again and change the topic to some local gossip.

Feeling more at ease, Lian Fang Zhou put down her heart and replied with a smile.

However, talking to people like this was really exhausting.
She didn’t enjoy it at all!

As they were talking, there was a soft knock at the door.
Immediately, Boss Wang’s eyes lit up and he hurriedly smile, calling “Come on in!” as he went to greet the visitor.

Madam Wang also stood up and smiled at Lian Fang Zhou: “It’s a familiar friend, Miss Lian only needs to treat them as a friend, you don’t have to be restrained.”

When Lian Fang Zhou saw the Wang couple standing, she also stood up.
Smiling at Madam Wang, she felt even more puzzled.
Did she guess wrong? Didn’t the two of them mean to speak to her about something? Why would they get someone else involved?

While she pondered this, Boss Wang had already invited the other person in.
Though the two of them greeted each other with a smile, she noticed that they were not that affectionate.

However, it was obvious at a glance that Boss Wang treated this person with a great deal of respect and politeness.

The man was about thirty-four or thirty-five and was wearing a robe of moon-white bamboo leaves on a dark background with a half-finger’s width snow-green border.
His face was long, with high cheekbones, and his hair as tied high on his head, making his features look even longer.
His eyes were slightly inverted triangles that always seemed to be half-squinted when looking at people.

In short, his person made her feel uncomfortable but she couldn’t tell exactly what about him that bothered her.

“Brother Xiao, this is Miss Lian, the one who invented the cotton quilt.
Hehe, Miss Lian, this is Boss Xiao.
Boss Xiao admired Miss Lian very much when he heard about this!”

Boss Wang laughed as he introduced the two.

“So you are Miss Lian,” Boss Xiao said, his eyes lit up.
“I didn’t expect Miss Lian to be so talented at such a young age.
It’s really admirable, admirable, haha!”

Lian Fang Zhou cupped her hands with a smile.
“I don’t dare! It’s just my luck.” Lian Fang Zhou said cautiously.

If she knew that when Hua Jin Tao and Boss Wang had kidnapped her, it was originally to give her to this man in front of her, Lian Fang Zhou would probably leave in a fury!

Unfortunately, she did not know and so she stayed.

“It’s too tiring to stand, hurry up and sit down!” Madam Wang said warmly, “Sit down and talk slowly! Haha, it’s time to eat, let’s call the waiter to serve the food.”

“Brother and Sister-in-law are still so virtuous and thoughtful!” Boss Xiao laughed.

Boss Wang and Madam Wang also laughed, though they still bowed their heads.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled perfunctorily, frowning in her heart.
Who was this Boss Xiao? What was his origin? Obviously he and Boss Wang were not simple ‘friends’.
Even a blind person could see their flattering attitude towards him.

Since they also invited him, what was their purpose? Could it be that this person was the one who really wanted to speak with her? What did he want?

Lian Fang Zhou suddenly felt a little regretful.
If she had known this, she would not have come!

As soon as she had this though, she laughed at herself for being stupid.
She already knew that this Wang couple was nothing good, but still agreed to come to their banquet.
Who else could she blame?

Forget it! As long as they came at her, she just needed to be cautious.
The shamelessness of the Wang couple was amazing.
Even if she didn’t come today, they would have continued to harass her later.
It was better to get it out of the way now!

And anyways, there was still Ah Jian.

Thinking of Ah Jian’s words, Lian Fang Zhou felt a lot more at ease and her expression relaxed a bit.

Taking their seats again, the three people chatted as Boss Wang went out and ordered the waiter to serve their food.

After a while, the various dishes that had been prepared were served one by one.

Lian Fang Zhou glanced at the dishes: very rich! Boss Wang and his wife were really willing to spend their money to entertain this distinguished guest!

She was not so narcissistic to think that it was for her.

“Come, eat first, eat first! Let’s chat slowly while we eat, haha.” Boss Wang called warmly.
Both Boss Xiao and Lian Fang Zhou replied with a smile.

“You don’t need to be polite, Miss Lian.” Madam Wang said sweetly to Lian Fang Zhou.
“You can eat whatever you want! I don’t know what Miss Lian likes to eat, so if it is not prepared well, please don’t blame me!”

Though her words sounded kind, the tone was not like this at all.

Not only was she not as polite as she pretended, she was actually quite arrogant and superior.
She was acting as if Lian Fang Zhou had never seen or eaten good food before and therefore would be overwhelmed by the table of good dishes, implying she should be grateful to the Wang couple.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled politely but scoffed inwardly.
Not to mention her knowledge of food in the modern era, could these dishes even be compared to the restaurant Xiuyuan?

However, she was still very cautious.
She only picked dishes that she had seen Madam Wang choose and ate only two casually.
As long as a the conversations did not involve her, she would simply smile and not speak.

Soon, Boss Wang raised a glass to toast and Madam Wang followed suit.
Lian Fang Zhou couldn’t avoid it and had to drink two or three glasses.

After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere of the table became much more relaxed and the laughter more cheerful.

Boss Xiao glanced at Lian Fang Zhou and asked with a casual smile: “I heard that Miss Lian has had a bumper cotton harvest of more than 2,000 mu? It’s really gratifying! The Su family is very lucky.”

Finally!

Lian Fang Zhou smiled: “Why isn’t it my good luck?”

“That’s true!” Boss Xiao laughed.
“But compared to the Su family, it is different.
This time, the Su family can at least earn hundreds of thousands of taels, right? But I think there must not be much left in the hands of Miss Lian.”

“I think so too,” Boss Wang continued without pause, smiling: “Although the money invested is from the Su family, it was Miss Lian who worked hard this year! As I said, the Su family should have an equal share with you.
But in the end, it was them that made a lot of money.
They invested ten thousand taels and got a return of hundreds of thousands.
What could they be dissatisfied with? Hey, if I was a part of it, I would want a third, or even a quarter.
Even one-fifth would be good!”