Chapter 170: Cui Shao Xi’s gift (2)

“I will accept the slave contract for these two people and pay you the correct amount of silver.” Lian Fang Zhou said giving up on finding something to say.

“I don’t want it!” Cui Shao Xi said, annoyed.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled slightly and glanced at him calmly: “That’s no good, you don’t need to worry about me! Anyways, won’t I just borrow money from you when I run out?”

“Fang Zhou, you are really—” Cui Shao Xi started and then laughed, sighing. “Okay, its up to you!” He knew that despite what she said, she would definitely not borrow money from him!

As for how much the two men cost, how would he know? He looked at Cui Yi.

Cui Yi hurriedly laughed and said, “The two are twenty taels!”

Lian Fang Zhou nodded and said, “I will go get the banknote.”

Then she got up and left the room.

While she give the silver banknote to Cui Yi, Qin Feng and Su Zi Ji carried in their luggage and stood to the side, waiting for her instructions.

Both of them held a rolled up bedding under their arms and a large sack over their shoulders, which should be their clothes, socks, and shoes.

There was no need to ask, Lian Fang Zhou was sure that Cui Shao Xi had asked someone to help them purchase these things to save her the trouble.

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A slave fresh from the government, apart from the clothes on their backs, where would they have luggage?

How to arrange them, however, really was a headache. The room shared by Lian Ze, Lian Che, and Ah Jian originally only had one bed but after Ah Jian had come, they had stuffed in a second one. How would they fit in not one, but two more?

They couldn’t leave them on the floor or they would suffer all winter.

It seemed it was time to rebuild the house! Lian Fang Zhou thought to herself in her heart.

In fact, this was not the first time she had thought about this, but she hadn’t had time and it seemed a little ostentatious.

Moreover, she did not want to spend the borrowed money on building a residential house, she wanted to wait until she had made enough to pay back the loan before spending it like this.

“Sister,” Lian Ze said suddenly, “let them stay in the warehouse yard in a few days! The house there is almost finished and it is livable if we clean it!”

Lian Fang Zhou’s heart moved and she said with a smile: “I’m glad you reminded me, I almost forgot! This is perfect, there will also be someone there at night and the stored goods will be safer!”

She spoke casually, “It will take a few days to clean up, so until then you two can stay on the floor of the attic for now.”

Since Qin Feng and Su Zi Ji had decided to stay and had seen the condition of the Lian family house, they were already prepared for this. Hearing her speak, they were not bothered and agreed, saying ‘yes’ respectfully.

“I will take them upstairs!” Lian Ze said, getting up.

The two retreated and followed Lian Ze.

“Young Master Cui, its very late! Are you…” Lian Fang Zhou glanced at the increasingly faint sunlight outside and said to Cui Shao Xi.

How could Cui Shao Xi be willing to go?

He snorted softly, sounding aggrieved, and said: “Fang Zhou, you are too uninteresting! Won’t you give me a meal for helping you?”

“I—” Lian Fang Zhou said, “its time for dinner soon. If you stay for dinner, how will you get home? Our country roads are not easy to travel and traveling at night is even more inconvenient! How about, next time, I will definitely invite you?”

“Next time is next time, I will remember! This is this time, you can’t mix them up!” Cui Shao Xi didn’t feel embarrassed to say this.

Regarding the issue of traveling at night, this was not a problem!

He took it for granted: “I won’t go if the road is not good at night, you can host me for one night!”

Lian Fang Zhou instinctively looked at Cui Yi and they both saw a shared moment of speechlessness reflected in each other’s eyes.

Lian Fang Zhou had to explain patiently: “It’s not that I don’t want to keep you, but you’ve seen it. Where will you sleep?”

This time Lian Fang Zhou had learned her lesson and didn’t say anything like, ‘you can stay next time’.

“I’m not picky!” Cui Shao Xi said with a smile, “As long as there is a place to sleep or even just to sit and nap, its fine. Don’t worry about me!”

“That is not good!”

“I really don’t mind!”

Lian Fang Zhou was bitter and dry but Young Master Cui just wouldn’t take the hint.

In the end, Lian Fang Zhou had no choice but to give in. She said, “Okay, in this case, you can stay! But I will tell you now, if you want to say, you will have to listen to my arrangements! And, tomorrow, you will go back!”

Of course he had no objection to her arrangements but to go back tomorrow….

“What do you guys do on weekends? Don’t worry about me!” Cui Shao Xi laughed and said, “I want to see the land you bought! Ah, why do you have so few people? It’s not a good idea to only hire people! Why don’t I buy you more people while I’m here? I can help lighten the load in your hands! Well, not me, I’m not very good, but Qin Feng and Su Zi Ji will have the ability!”

Lian Fang Zhou was horrified to hear this. Since Qin Feng and Su Zi Ji were capable, it was fine to take them in. But they have to wait until the warehouse is clean before they can move in and he already wants to buy more people?

She was afraid there wouldn’t be enough space to even see the floor!

With so many cotton seeds in the attic, the space they had was already very small.

“Tomorrow, I will take you to see the land we bought, and you will go home after seeing it, okay?” Lian Fang Zhou said.

In fact, what she wanted to say was: what’s so interesting about going to see a barren field? Why not wait until next spring? Fortunately, her mind was quicker than her mouth and she did not say this.

She did not want to provoke him, she knew he was just curious and naïve.

However, she did not want anyone to have any misunderstandings, thank you!

One Yang Huai Shan was enough for her!

“Otherwise, you can go now!” Lian Fang Zhou finished, her pretty face dark and unhappy.

“Okay, I will leave tomorrow!” Cui Shao Xi said, reluctantly nodding his head.

“Well,” Lian Fang Zhou said slowly, “I said this for your own good! You are not used to living in the country! The wind is cold and fierce, how will you stand it? If you get sick, how will I explain this to my cousin and her husband?”

Cui Shao Xi felt that this was pleasant to hear, so he smiled and said: “I see that Fang Zhou cares about me! Well, when you get rich and build a big house, I will come stay a few more days!”

How rude!

Lian Fang Zhou endured and didn’t laugh, refusing to give in to his stubbornness.

Just as she started to respond, Third Aunt, Lian Fang Qing, and Lian Che returned from the garden and Ah Jian came back in from the backyard.

TN: CSX is so tenacious, I feel like he and Xi Que have a lot in common, though thankfully CSX is a tiny bit more helpful and self-aware! He is older, though, so maybe that has something to do with it. (A peacock and a magpie, lol!) They’re both spoiled brats though, haha!