Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 194: Talk to Zhao Ru Jun (1)

“Owner, why aren’t our noodles finished yet! I’m hungry, so hungry! Very hungry! Hurry up!” Lian Ze suddenly smacked the table and shouted loudly.

Xi Que was started and whispered, ‘ah!’ as she patted her chest lightly, widening her eyes at Lian Ze.

However, Lian Ze met her eyes straight and grinned, showing all his white teeth.

Xi Que was even more disgusted.
Frowning, she took two steps back subconsciously.

Just as she was about to speak, Lian Ze yelled again: “Owner, hurry up! We are really hungry and we’ve got a lot of things to do today!”

Xi Que cursed in her heart ‘no education!’ and hurriedly said, “Miss Lian, Brother Ah Juan, my lady wishes you to go and speak, hurry up and follow me! Don’t make my lady wait!”

Qin Feng and Su Zi Ji couldn’t help but stare at each other and frown.
They thought this was a friend of Master Jian but it turned out to be the maid of a big family! This girl was too unruly! Who was her lady? What big family? Miss Lian and Ah Jian weren’t slaves of her family, how could they use this kind of attitude to talk to people? Miss Lian and Ah Jian were too good-tempered…

“I’m very sorry,” Lian Fang Zhou smiled and said kindly to Xi Que, “please, Miss Xi Que, reply to Young Miss Zhao, we still have many things to do today and if it gets dark quickly, we will have to hurry home.
Besides, we have no relationship with Young Miss Zhao, how could we bother her?”

Xi Que opened her eyes wide in surprise and she shouted at Lian Fang Zhou.
“What did you say? My lady asked you to talk to her, how dare you not go?! Do you know how many people beg to speak to my lady? Dare to ignore her? You’re slapping your own nose on your face!”

Lian Fang Zhou’s face darkened slightly and when she spoke, her voice had a bit of coldness.
She said: “Are you educating me?”

Xi Que snorted softly.

Lian Fang Zhou raised her eyebrows and said, “I am not a subordinate of Zhao family, not a tenant, I don’t owe them money or kindness, but you, a maid of the Zhao family, try to educate me! Haha! I didn’t know the Zhao family would turn out to be such bullies!”

With such a big commotion, how could the other customers at the noodle shop not be paying attention?

After listening to Lian Fang Zhou’s words, the crowd couldn’t help but whisper among themselves, all accusing Xi Que and the Zhao family.

Because of Xi Que’s status as a high level servant, no matter whether in the house or outside, who had not treated her with three points of respect?

Don’t just talk about politeness and courtesy, even people flattering her would not be taken seriously!

As for her lady, what kind of character was she? Who the young lady wanted to see, who was too busy to attend to her? In the past, when she called someone, unless they were also from a wealthy family, when would she give them a good face? Certainly, it wasn’t often!

So, Xi Que had encountered this situation for the first time today.

Hearing the accusations and strange gazes from the crowd, Xi Que became flustered and her face flushed.
She pointed at Lian Fang Zhou in anger and said sharply: “You are so bold! How dare you speak like this!”

After this, there was no need for Lian Fang Zhou to say anything, the entire room shook their heads and sighed loudly.

“The Zhao family is really domineering!”

“No, a maid dares to be aggressive and bully others outside!”

“Is this the way to ask someone to talk? If you worked in her house, how would it be worth it?”

“Haha, its no wonder that Young Miss Zhao hasn’t been able to marry at such a late age…”

“That’s true, who would dare put up with this?”

Now Xi Que was not only blushing but her eyes were full of tears rolling down her cheek.
She screamed, “Shut up! All of you, shut up!”

“What’s wrong? The lady asked you to invite two people, why are you still here after so long?” A middle-aged woman complained faintly.

Everyone looked over to see a woman with a flat bun held in place by a flat silver square and a sapphire ear-picking gourd hairpin.
She was of medium build and wearing a half-new, date-red narrow-sleeved double-breasted belt with a dark red pleated skirt.
With a long face, square forehead, slender eyes, and a serious expression, she looked like an experienced maid from a big family.

“Momo Sun, you came!” Xi Que seemed relieved.
She blinked away the tears in her eyes and hurried ly ran towards the woman, complaining: “This country girl doesn’t know what’s good or bad and not only did she humiliate me, she humiliated our Zhao manor!”

Momo Sun raised her brow and stared straight at Lian Fang Zhou.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled calmly and met Momo Sun’s gaze.

Momo Sun was taken aback and she frowned, saying, “Miss Lian, why is this?”

“What does momo think? Do you think that I, a country girl, would have such courage for no reason?” Lian Fang Zhou said shortly, smiling helplessly.

Ah Jian added loudly, “No matter what we say, I’m afraid you won’t believe it.
Why don’t you ask these people what happened just now!”

Who could resist? This was a rare opportunity to express a sense of justice and more importantly, a chanced to openly accuse the Zhao manor! How happy they were, this was something they dared not think about ever!

Almost as soon as Ah Jian finished speaking, everyone rushed to explain what had really happened.
Naturally, it was necessary to add fuel to the fire and add that Xi Que had been very unbearable.

Xi Que was so anxious, her face was red and white.
She kept yelling ‘nonsense!’ over and over but how could she win against so many people by herself? Anxious tears rolled down her checks and she simply closer her mouth.
The pair of watery eyes opened wide and she stared at Ah Jian in a extremely vengeful manner.

Naturally, Ah Jian quickly noticed the look in Xi Que’s eyes and couldn’t help but feel greasy inside his heart.
He turned his head away in disgust.

Lian Ze felt annoyed when he say this and yelled to the crowd: “Doesn’t anyone from your Zhao family act properly? How can you see a good man and stare at them so intently!”

Xi Que was now ashamed and embarrassed, as well as anxious.
There was a ringing in her ears and her mind was blank, unable to comprehend anything.

Although Lian Ze’s voice was loud, she didn’t hear him and she was still staring unblinkingly at Ah Jian.

After hearing this, everyone immediately turned to look at her and started to laugh.

“You girl! Really don’t know what is good or bad!” Momo Sun turned white with anger and pulled Xi Que, scolding her.
“If the lady asks you to invite someone, you do it correctly.
Who gave you the courage to act like this? I regret that I’m still standing here in a daze! Quickly, apologize to Miss Lian and Young Master Jian!”

How could Momo Sun not be angry? If Ah Jian hadn’t answered so quickly, she would have just taken Xi Que’s word and not bothered with it anymore, just asking Lian Fang Zhou and Ah Jian to leave, so that the matter was settled.
Now that the truth was out, this could be considered as saving the face of Zhao manor.

This was why, when Xi Que accused Lian Fang Zhou, instead of going after Lian Fang Zhou, she scolded Xi Que.