Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 196: Fang Zhou acting stupid

“Oh, is this really the case?” Zhao Ru Jun smiled lightly after listening.
She felt that Lian Fang Zhou’s words were not quite right but she couldn’t figure out what was wrong.

“Yes, that’s it!” Lian Fang Zhou nodded with a smile.

Xi Que couldn’t help but laugh and glance at Lian Fang Zhou, humming silently.
In front of the lady, what could you say? So it turned out to be nothing more than a fancy!”

Zhao Ru Jun was unwilling to think about it.
She smiled and asked, “Ah, so why is Su Madam interested in this? Did she hear about this from somewhere?”

This Miss Zhao was truly an individual! After an answer like this, she still wanted to ask questions and they were very one point! She might have gone up against other people, but this one wasn’t someone you could easily fight!

“Huh?” Lian Fang Zhou slightly widened her eyes in surprise, seeming confused by the question.
After thinking about it, she smiled, embarrassed: “Well, this… I don’t know! My cousin didn’t tell me where she heard about it.”

Zhao Ru Jun sighed silently and immediately lost interest in asking anything more.
She smiled: “It turns out that it is like this! Ah, I was just curious so I wanted to ask, Miss Lian won’t blame me for being abrupt?”

“How could I, this is not abrupt at all!” Lian Fang Zhou hurriedly said.

Zhao Ru Jun smiled mildly and said a little apologetically, “But my curiosity has delayed Miss Lian and Young Master Jian’s lunch, why don’t you eat here?”

“No need!” Ah Jian said, already standing up.
“We have some errands to do today and need to hurry back.
It is more convenient to go to a noodle shop and have a bowl of noodles.” The tone was faintly impatient.

If Lian Fang Zhou declined, maybe Zhao Ru Jun would continue to offer.
As a man, it was fine if he said he was leaving but it would not be so easy to say if she wanted to stay.

Lian Fang Zhou also stood up and smiled apologetically at Zhao Ru Jun.

“In that case, I won’t keep you!” Zhao Ru Jun smiled politely and ordered Xi Que to send them out.

Ah Jian waved his hand and said, ‘no need’, his face turning back subconsciously as he left with Lian Fang Zhou.

Zhao Ru Jun then remembered that she shouldn’t have asked Xi Que to see them out and couldn’t help but let out a puff of air with a chuckle.

She seemed to forget that Ah Jian had saved her.*

“Miss…” Hearing Zhao Ru Jun’s laugh and how the lady was looking at her with a smile in her eyes, full of jokes, Xi Que suddenly felt aggrieved and uncomfortable.

“Stupid girl,” Zhao Ru Jun paused and said with a smile: “There is a good saying ‘women chase men’s interlayer yarn’.
Since you like this young man, just go after it! As long as you are sincere, he will eventually become impressed! But don’t push him so eagerly, forcing others to come off the stage, even if you want to have face, you will be embarrassed!”

The implication was that instead of preventing Xi Que from pursuing Ah Jian, she was encouraging her to go Dafang Village if she had nothing to do.

“Yes, Miss! Thank you, Miss!” Xi Que said with joy, her eyes lighting up.

Zhao Ru Jun smiled and casually said that she wanted to eat the dim sum from a certain snack shop and sent Xi Que out.

After Xi Que left, Zhao Ru Jun’s face sank and she said to Momo Sun: “Momo, do you think what Lian Fang Zhou said was true or false?”

She had never been a person to trust too easily so she didn’t ask, is it true or false, but ‘do you think it’s true or false’?

Momo Sun thought for a while and said with a smile, “It’s true that this old slave can’t make a judgement, its too hard to tell!”

Zhao Ru Jun nodded slightly and said: “If what she said is true, its fine.
If it’s false, it’s not easy to tell which part is the lie…”

Momo Sun’s heart shuddered, and she couldn’t help but raise her eyes.

Zhao Ru Jun waved her hand, sneering softly.
“I don’t know why, but I don’t like that girl, really don’t like her.”

Momo sun secretly gave herself a smack and smiled: “That kind of country girl, who understands the rules but is a bit dull, not smart and boring.
No wonder the young lady doesn’t like her! If you don’t like her, just don’t see her in the future!”

Zhao Ru Jun smiled and shook her head without explaining.

After a moment, Zhao Run Jun smiled and asked again: “Momo, do you think we should also plant cotton?”

“Miss, this is—” Momo Sun was startled and smiled hesitantly.
“As this old slave sees, it’s not necessary.
Our family has already allocated hundreds of catties of cotton seeds, this is more than enough! It’s a waste to plant something so unknown.
What do you think?”

“That is what I think as well.” Zhao Ru Jun said, smiling.
“Let’s just wait and see what next year will be like.
If it’s good… it won’t be too plant to plant next time!”

Zhao Ru Jun’s expression finally became much happier and she smiled at Momo Sun.
“If Xi Que goes to Dafang Village, let her go, don’t stop her.”

Momo Sun responded ‘yes’ and smiled knowingly: “This old slave will tell her to inquire and listen more, especially about the cotton!”

“Very good.” Zhao Ru Jun nodded, smiling.

Lian Fang Zhou and Ah Jian walked out of the restaurant and looked at each other at the same time, seeing the smile in the other’s eyes.

Gradually, the smile in Ah Jian’s eyes grew bigger and bigger until it was actually a puff of laughter.

Lian Fang Zhou didn’t notice, staring in a daze as she suddenly remembered how stupid she had just acted.
Her face was hot and her heart felt bad, she had actually showed him such a silly expression!

“I’m hungry, let’s hurry up and eat noodles!” Lian Fang Zhou said solemnly, unwilling to be embarrassed.

“Good!” Ah Jian’s voice was smiling.

Lian Fang Zhou wanted to stare at him a little more but stopped abruptly with a twist of her neck.
Speaking more seriously, she said ‘let’s go!’ and stepped forward with a hint of escape.

“Wait for me!” Ah Jian said with a smile but Lian Fang Zhou’s footsteps went faster.

When had this person become so mean!

“Sister! Brother Ah Jian! You’re back!” The other three had all already finished eating their noodles.
Lian Ze was in a hurry, sitting and standing many times to look outside, before finally heaving a sigh of relief when he saw them coming.

Lian Fang Zhou let out a sigh of relief and smiled: “Have you eaten well?”

“Are you alright?” Lian Ze asked at the same time.

“Everything is okay,” Ah Jian followed them in and smiled.
“What can you do, just say a few words! You sit and wait; we’ll go after we eat our noodles.”

Lian Ze agreed and smiled again.
“Yes, nothing will go wrong with Brother Ah Jian here!”

The owner was clever.
When Lian Fang Zhou and Ah Jian had left, he didn’t serve the noodles.
Now that they were back, even before they ordered, he was handing them two bowls of fresh noodles.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled and thanked him.
The smell of the food was making her even hungrier, so she bowed her head and ate with Ah Jian.

After the two of them were full, the five went to Xicheng to find a slave shop.

TN: I actually like Xi Que’s character a bit more now.
Yes, she still annoying but I think its more understandable now that we can see that she’s actually being encouraged by her master.
Imagine how bad CSX would be if there was someone egging him on and he was a bit younger! Actually, now I’m really mad at ZRJ! She’s tricking Xi Que into spying for her and 1.
Playing with her feelings and 2.
Possibly putting her at risk.
What if Ah Jian was not a good person? What if she runs into trouble while outside the manor? I mean, yeah, ZRJ could probably punish whoever assaulted her, but it’d be too late by then, wouldn’t it?

*I have no idea what this is referring to? Save who and when, I can’t remember this?