Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 201: Cousin is here (2)

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Lian Hai said ‘you’ instead of ‘we’ when he said ‘I know you are not short of money now’*.
How could he know what had happened between the two family branches these last few days? Obviously, he had heard them clearly from Lian Li and Madam Qiao when he had come back.

After inquiring clearly and smiling so naturally and kindly, it was obvious that this cousin was truly the son of their uncle!

Lian Fang Zhou suddenly was filled with anticipation, hoping to know what he wanted from their family sooner.

Naturally, she accepted the gift.

Seeing Lian Fang Zhou accept, Lian Hai’s heart relaxed.

With a polite remark, Lian Hai sighed slightly.
Looking at Lian Fang Zhou, he said: “Cousin Fang Zhou, what happened earlier, I’m very sorry! I was not here for my cousin, please forgive this cousin.”

Lian Hai stood up as he spoke and solemnly bowed his hands to Lian Fang Zhou.

The kids were still young and weren’t concerned.
However, Lian Ze and Third Aunt were startled, three or four points of disbelief on their faces.

Neither of them spoke, looking subconsciously at Lian Fang Zhou.

Lian Fang Zhou’s face changed slightly, asking herself what kind of calculation was her cousin up to? He was a man, with the title of older brother, and had great expectations for the imperial examination.
How could he pull his own face for her…

Lian Fang Zhou didn’t want to be confused by his gift, so she got up quickly to avoid him.
She sneered and blinked her eyes.
Smiling slyly, she said: “Speaking of which, I usually don’t see my cousin several times throughout the year.
If I could remember when my cousin offended us, of course I would be forgiving.
However, I dare not accept this!”

Obviously, both of them knew very well but Lian Fang Zhou refused to bring it up and only spoke vaguely.
Lian Hai immediately felt embarrassed.

But thinking about it again, if this cousin was not so powerful, how could his parents repeatedly suffer under her? She had been polite when uncle and aunt were here, but now…

It was better to speak clearly to smart people!

Besides, there were no outsiders here.
This big man knew what had happened and had come to talk about it, so why not?

“Don’t speak like this, cousin Fang Zhou! This is deliberately pushing my face down!” Lian Hai smiled bitterly, looking at her sincerely.
“As the saying goes, sons cannot instruct their fathers, no matter how much my parents have done.
Despite this, I am their child so I must apologize! Cousin, we are all one family.
If you don’t accept my apology, then cousin must be very upset!”

He paused and added, “I sincerely apologize to my cousin.
Please instruct me, how can you forgive me? I will do it!”

Lian Hai’s tone was heartfelt and sincere, and his face was full of honesty.

Lian Ze couldn’t help but look at Lian Fang Zhou.
“Sister…”

Lian Fang Zhou hurriedly smiled and said, “Cousin, sit down and talk! Why bother about the things in the past? Since cousin insists on saying this, I will be rude this once, forgive me!”

She wanted to hear how Lian Hai would respond.

“That’s good, very good!” Lian Hai was obviously relieved and sat down with a smile, saying: “Fang Zhou, you have always been soft-hearted.”

Lian Fang Zhou smiled naturally, looking humble.

“It’s not early, I won’t bother you! I know that you are very busy these days.” After sitting for a while, Lian Hai stood up and said goodbye, solemnly promising Lian Fang Zhou before leaving: “Cousin Fang Zhou, don’t worry about my father and mother… they won’t do anything like that again, I won’t allow them to!”

Lian Hai’s tone was very determined and resolute.
Lian Fang Zhou was a bit stunned for a moment, thinking that she had heard him wrong.

She blinked and looked at his expression closely, realizing that what he said was true and not a joke.

“My cousin is serious…” Lian Fang Zhou smiled at him.

Lian Hai’s tone was full of honesty and no one would doubt his honor after hearing his words.

However, he was their son after all.
Since ancient times, only the father could take charge of his son.
Where would the son take care of his father? What’s more, in ancient times, would this happen when filial piety was extremely important?

Even if Lian Hai was in charge, if Lian Li and Madam Qiao did not listen, what could he do?

In the future, Lian Li and Madam Qiao might not make a fuss, but it would not be because of his guarantee.

However, it wasn’t completely useless.

If he tried to dissuade them, they would at least listen.

This was actually not bad.

Lian Hai knew that his father and mother had done too much before and that even if his words were sincere, they might not completely be believed.
He looked at Lian Fang Zhou, hesitating to speak.
Finally, he sighed slightly and smiled.
“I will go back first!”

“Cousin, walk carefully.” Lian Fang Zhou nodded with a smile and sent him away with Lian Ze.

“Sister, this is great! Uncle and Aunt won’t come to our house to make trouble again, right?” After seeing Lian Hai off, Lian Ze looked relaxed and happy, bursting to talk to Lian Fang Zhou with a smile.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled faintly and said, “Maybe! As long as cousin can persuade uncle and aunt.”

“Cousin will be very promising in the future, uncle and aunt will definitely listen to him!” Lian Ze said.

“Yes, I think so.” Lian Fang Zhou smiled.
Deep down in her heart, she was willing to trust Lian Hai a little bit more.

The next day, Lian Fang Zhou also went down to the ground and walked around, watching everyone work and occasionally checking to see if it was done correctly.

Although Qin Feng, Su Zi Ji, and Ah Jian did not tell her, she could see things clearly in her heart when she looked around.

Many of the workers were not familiar with farming at all.
When preparing the land, they did not pay attention and various problems were beginning to arise, such as the land not being level enough, different depths, and having uneven mixtures of pond mud and plant ash.
They constantly needed to be reminded and corrected.

Yesterday, the three men must have been exhausted.

Lian Fang Zhou couldn’t help but feel a little frustrated.
If she had thought to expect this, she would have come over yesterday so she could have shared the burden so that the three would not be so tired.

Well, actually, it was Qin Feng and Zu Zi Ji who were tired, Ah Jian did not know how to farm.

Ah Jian, this person, had a great advantage.
He would never intervene in things he did not understand.
Like now, he was standing on the side where the mud was piled and helping put it into baskets, instead of coming over to dictate.

“Wang San, you are not right.
This piece of land is not mixed evenly, don’t keep going, stop and correct it first.” Lian Fang Zhou suddenly called to a person.

All the workers who had been bought were renamed to either Wang or Li, and then ranked by number.

“Yes, Miss!” Wang San smiled and said, “Miss, this slave was not intentional, it really is a mistake.
Asking Miss to give pointers?”

Wang San’s tone was serious but slightly frivolous and inattention, and his words were not serious or respectful, but instead rather vague.

This kind of tone was deliberate and, of course, it sounded awkward.

TN: *I believe this means that Lian Hai is speaking like an outsider rather than part of the family, indicating that he knows their branch has split off.