Chapter 149: Uninvited Guests
Lian Fang Zhou laughed: “I’m not a laborer*, you two! It’s only for a while, I won’t be busy forever!”
Ah Jian shook his head slightly, and said nothing.
The reason why Lian Fang Zhou insisted on serving lunch herself was because she worried the workers would be reluctant to eat good food every day, affecting their energy to work. It would definitely affect the progress of the project.
Serving meals herself, although a little tiring, would ensure that the workers ate well.
There was not much flour left at the house, so Lian Fang Zhou, Ah Jian, and Lian Ze went to buy another 100 catties of flour, five or six large bones, two hundred eggs, and a jar of pickles.
Third Aunt complained that cooking was too troublesome, and the workers were troublesome to feed.
So instead, they would boil the bones into soup with some steamed buns and change the pancakes with side dishes into fried egg and green onion pancakes with some ready-made pickles. This was more convenient than stir-frying.
The three of them finished shopping and were about to leave when they heard the voice of a coquettish girl behind them, calling “Brother Ah Jian!”
The three of them subconsciously turned their heads and looked at. A girl in a beige dress with a sapphire neckline embroidered with chrysanthemums and a beige skirt was looking towards them with a smile. Wasn’t this the magpie that hadn’t been seen for a while?**
Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze glanced at each other, and the two looked at Ah Jian.
Ah Jian moved his lips very innocently and frowned, “Why is it her again!”
“At home, Qing’er always calls ‘Brother Ah Jian’ and it doesn’t seem strange to hear but after listening to the maid calling him, why do I have goosebumps all over my arms?” Lian Ze whispered to Lian Fang Zhou.
Lian Fang Zhou forced a smile and gave her brother a blank look, saying: “She’s just a girl with her life in the hands of her master, how could she compare to Qing’er? She’s just arrogant!”
How could it be the same? Lian Fang Qing’s calling “Brother Ah Jian” was a normal child’s instinct to call a man older than herself “brother”. As for the magpie… hehe!
“That’s true! How can she compare with our Qing’er?” Lian Ze nodded and stopped talking about Xi Que.
Lian Fang Zhou didn’t even have any interest in watching Ah Jian and Xi Que talk. She lowered her head, thinking about other things, and Lian Ze also stood idle, watching the crowds coming and going unconsciously.
“Why are you here again? What else are you up to?” Lian Ze suddenly heard a voice full of anger shout. Lian Ze and Lian Fang Zhou were startled and looked over.
After a moment of stunned silence, anger raged in both their hearts, almost to the sky. Lian Fang Zhou immediately took a step back to show her disgust and said coldly, “What are you doing?”
To cause Lian Ze and Lian Fang Zhou to have this sort of attitude and expression, only the old Yang family, especially Yang Huai Shan, could manage it.
Who would be happy seeing him?
Lian Ze even stood in front of Lian Fang Zhou and stretched out his arms, and shouted at Yang Huai Shan fiercely: “You stay away from my sister! Otherwise, do you want someone to see it and report back to your mother and wife so they can come and wrong us again!”
The reaction of Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze after seeing him has made him very sad. Hearing Lian Ze’s words at this moment, Yang Huai Shan felt even more uncomfortable.
Heart-stuck.
He did not go forward or leave, standing there and saying: “Fang Zhou–“
“I am not so familiar with you!”
“Respect! Is my sister’s name yours?”
Lian Fang Zhou and Lian Ze interrupted him without any mercy.
If he had stopped his mother before she learned who bought the land and went to make trouble, or had even come to warn her, than Lian Fang Zhou would have accepted his apology.
But no. After everything that should and shouldn’t have happened was finished, he just rushed over to say something like this. Isn’t it awkward?
Not only did he owe her a beating, Lian Fang Zhou wanted to beat him until he vomited blood!
Especially after seeing the hurt and tangled pain on his face.
Yang Huai Shan sighed slightly, and said, “You, how are you?”
Lian Fang Zhou was almost shaking with rage!
“Fuck!” She gritted her teeth and squeezed a word from between her teeth, her face dark. She gave Yang Huai Shan a furious glare.
“Fang Zhou, I—”
Maybe one day she will forgive him, right? Fang Zhou had always been a reasonable, gentle and nice woman, he knew…
“What did that magpie want? Did she ask you to go work for the Zhao family again?” The donkey cart had traveled a long distance before the stuffy feeling in Lian Fang Zhou’s chest eased up and she could talk again.
TN: *The original word here translated to ‘coolie’, which appears to be an offensive word for native laborers.
**It seems that Xi Cue’s name means magpie.
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