Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 435: Discouraged

“Miss Lian!” Hearing Lian Fang Zhou’s words, Su Jin felt a little better but her smile was still bitter.
“Although you are generous, my heart is still— ah! We are sisters, after all.
How could she do this? This kind of thing should have never happened!”

Lian Fang Zhou laughed: “Sister Su, don’t be too quick to draw conclusions.
Whether it is the case or not, you have to ask first.
Maybe I have guessed wrong.”

Su Jin laughed bitterly and shook her head, sighing.
She was a smart person, she knew Lian Fang Zhou’s guess was correct in her heart.

Taking Su Jin back to the courtyard, Lian Fang Zhou asked Zhan Xiu’er to call Liu Xia to the reception hall.

Although Liu Xia had already made up her mind, she couldn’t help but feel nervous when she saw Lian Fang Zhou.

After the two exchanged greetings, Liu Xia stood there with her head down and her mouth silent.
Her hands were clasped loosely in front of her and she was wearing a plain skirt with a pea-green water pattern and a low bun held by a plain silver hairpin.
She was very slender with a small waist, making her seem even more pitiful.

However, Lian Fang Zhou didn’t have the heart to admire her outfit and pitiful demeanor.
She smiled and asked directly: “Sister Liu Xia is leaving? Are you going to Boss Wang’s place? Sister Xia Liu, that person can only do this kind of poaching and it can be seen that his character is not very good.
Sister Liu Xia is a smart woman.
Just because Tian Si believed him doesn’t mean that you have to believe him.”

“I’m not as stupid as Tian Si!” Liu Xia snapped, furious that Lian Fang Zhou compared her to a slave.

As soon as the words came out, she was started to see Su Jin give her a look of disappointment and Lian Fang Zhou smile with understanding.

It was so easy for Miss Lian to pull the truth from her mouth!

Glancing at Lian Fang Zhou’s eyes, which seems to burn like fire, Liu Xia suddenly felt a chill on her back.

Now that the words had been spoken, she could only admit to it.

Liu Xia sighed softly: “Miss Lian, I’m sorry…”

The conditions Boss Wang offered were just too tempting, she couldn’t help but be moved.

Lian Fang Zhou heard the guilt in her voice and wanted to give her one last chance: “Sister Liu Xia, that Boss Wang is not a good thing, don’t be fooled by him.
A businessman should be honest but he is not! He is treacherous and cunning.
No matter how smart you are, how careful you are, he is a local snake and you are alone in a foreign land.”

Su Jin frowned: “Liu Xia, what Miss Lian said makes sense.
I think you should—”

“Sister Su! Miss Lian.” How could Liu Xia, who wanted to gain benefits, listen to other’s persuasion?

She didn’t care about their kindness.

She was not a fool.
Just because someone wanted to deceive her, they could? Miss Lian kept calling her smart but it seemed this was just giving her face.

She was confident that she was indeed smart!

Liu Xia said softly: “People in this world have to be reasonable.
If they are unreasonable, the government can avenge your grievances.”

Seeing her so stubbon, Su Jin sighed.
“Sister Liu Xia, this is not the same as Jiangnan.”

Lian Fang Zhou pursed her lips.
Liu Xia was really fascinating! Presumably in the Jiangnan region, where the culture was more developed, the status of women must be quite high.
Since ancient times, it was a fact that the economic base determined the social structure.

Women in socially developed areas could make money more easily than other places.
With more money in hand, they would be more confident.
With confidence, they would naturally take more risks.
Confident people could dare to do things that others didn’t dare to try!

Thinking of it, the government over there must value these women quite a bit.

But Su Jin’s words could be said in one sentence: This was not Jiangnan!

Such a simple truth but Liu Xia did not understand.

“Since you have made up your mind, let’s separate! I hope that you will achieve what you want.” Lian Fang Zhou smiled, her heart calm.

She had already said everything she should and had done her best.
Liu Xia was determined to walk a dead end, why did she have to stop her?

It was better not to be hated for blocking people’s future.

Lian Fang Zhou would not do such a thankless task.

Liu Xia was no longer a child, she was responsible for her own choices and at the same time, she had the right to take her own risks and consequences!

“However,” Lian Fang Zhou continued, “I will remind you that you must follow the original contract.”

According to the contact, if the person had no choice but the withdraw within a year, they would have to pay two thousand taels of liquidated damages and they could not engage in cotton weaving within three years or they would have to pay another five thousand taels.

For the weavers, no matter how rich they were, it was impossible to just had over such a high sum of taels.
Lian Fang Zhou had set the high liquidation damages like this for a reason.

In the beginning, Su Jin and Cui Ni and felt that these terms were reasonable and the two fees would not be a risk, so they happily agreed.
Unexpectedly, in less than half a year, it was used on Liu Xia.

Liu Xia couldn’t help but glance at Lian Fang Zhou and force a smile, saying: “Since Miss Lian said so, let’s do it!”

Originally, she wanted to say a few good words to ask Lian Fang Zhou and Su Jin and beg for leniency, but seeing Lian Fang Zhou’s posture, she wisely shut her mouth.

Now that they knew that the one behind her was Boss Wang, she didn’t have to worry so much.

Liu Xia took out a stack of silver banknotes from inside her clothes and placed it gently in front of Lian Fang Zhou.
“This is 8,000 taels of silver banknotes.
Please keep it, Miss Lian!”

“Liu Xia! You!” Su Jin already knew what was happening but when Liu Xia took out 8,000 taels, she couldn’t help but change her face in embarrassment!

The one year contract fee was 2,000 taels and the three year contract fee was 5,000 taels.
Liu Xia was basically admitting that she was not leaving, she was staying to help Boss Wang.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled bitterly: “Good, that’s great! Liu Xia, you are really shameless!”

‘Such an act of magnanimity!’ Lian Fang Zhou thought sarcastically.
But since she wanted to throw in a little extra benefit, Lian Fang Zhou wouldn’t stop her.

Su Jin’s exclamation, full of sadness and disappointment, made Liu Xia feel uncomfortable, like there was a needle poking her back.
She didn’t dare to look at Su Jin but looked at Lian Fang Zhou and said softly: “Everyone has their own aspirations, Miss Lian, don’t blame me.”

Lian Fang Zhou laughed.
Smiling, she looked at Liu Xia directly and said: “It’s good that everyone has their own aspirations.
Sister Liu Xia, I would like to offer you one more piece of advice.
In the end, everyone has their own aspirations but they have to be a human being.
Crossing that bottom line, even if you achieve your goal one day, you are destined not to be respected by others!”

Liu Xia’s body trembled.
Smiling faintingly, she hooked her lips and said: “Thank you, Miss Lian, for your kindness! I can’t believe that Miss Lian is so young but so experienced! It’s really rare! Champions don’t bother about how they get there, they wait until the day they are famous.
When everyone admires and looks up to them, who would remember the past? Even if they do remember, who would dare to mention it?”