Chapter 191: Close watch

Lian Fang Zhou glanced at it and saw that she owed a balance of sixty-two coins. She returned the paper to Gu Shi and said with a smile: “Uncle Gu, you keep this. I will pay the amount now, I’ll have to bother you to give me a receipt.”

“Hehe, I have it ready!” Gu Shi and the others had been nervous. After the completion of a project, many owners with overdue balances would need to be pushed three or four times, so when they heard Lian Fang Zhou say this, they were overjoyed.

Lian Fang Zhou paid the money and took the receipt. Ah Jian called the children over and everyone left together.

“Miss Lian, if you have any more work in the future, you must find us! Even if I am busy, I will definitely send someone to come to you! Moreover, I am a careful worker and won’t need you to explain things to me again.” Gu Zhi vowed.

This was what Lian Fang Zhou wanted. For an owner like her, she also felt that after cooperating once, it would be good to cooperate again.

“Alright!” Lian Fang Zhou said, half-serious, half-joking. “I am very pleased with your work, after all, and we are all acquainted.”  

“That’s right, that’s right! It’s good to work with Miss!” Gu Shi laughed and left with his assistants.

Ah Jian turned around and locked the big iron door. He stretched out his hand and spread his fingers in front of Lian Fang Zhou. Smiling, he said: “This key is yours!”

“Yeah.” Lian Fang Zhou smiled and took the big copper key from his hand. It was heavy and cool, reflecting with a soft metallic light. She shook her hand, her heart filled with joy.

She couldn’t help up look up. Though she couldn’t see anything except the high iron gates and the brick walls, the joyful feeling from the bottom of her heart was overwhelming.

This was all hers!

“Sister, this is our family’s!” Lian Fang Qing said, smiling.

“Yes, it’s all our family’s!” Lian Fang Zhou smiled back, thinking that they were indeed a family: The sisters’ minds and thoughts were the same.

“And Xiaohuaguo mountain!” Lian Che added.

“Yes, yes! Sister also said we will build a house on the mountain!” Lian Fang Qing agreed.

The two asked again: “When will we build a house on the mountain top?”

Lian Fang Zhou couldn’t help but smile: “Of course, it’s already the new year. We will live there in the summer; it will be much cooler!”

“Yes! Yes! It will be much more interesting than living at home!” Lian Fang Qing and Lian Che laughed with anticipation, talking and laughing as they walked.

Lian Fang Zhou looked at their bright smiles and sighed softly. “They really are just children. The events this morning did not affect them at all!”

“Is this bad?” Ah Jian asked, smiling.

Lian Fang Zhou also laughed and said, “No, it’s good, very good!” They smiled at each other.

“I think the warehouse compound should have a few people living in it, otherwise it’s a bit too deserted. It’s better to buy a few more people and give them over to Qin Feng and Su Zi Ji for training. They will be a big help. At that time, I will take a few to the land and have them get familiar with it. It will be busier in the future!” Ah Jian said as they walked slowly into the village.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled. “I hadn’t thought about this, but Qin Feng and Su Zi Ji… do you think they are reliable?”

“I think so.” Ah Jian thought for a while and then answered.

“Well, then I can rest assured! In fact, I also think they are good.” Lian Fang Zhou said. “I’m not afraid to tell you that I when I planned to plant cotton next year, I didn’t plan to have any overseers. People are often fickle, so its good to do it yourself! The cotton fields will have to be patrolled to prevent sabotaging and I didn’t feel comfortable leaving this to others.”

“That is true.” Ah Jian nodded and said without hesitation: “It’s find for others, they will not be so courageous, but your uncle and aunt are hard to predict! Moreover, no matter what they do, you won’t be able to deal with them if you can’t catch them first.”

“…” This was exactly what Lian Fang Zhou had been worrying about. After listening to Ah Jian’s words, her chest felt heavy and her expression was depressed: Do you have to speak so bluntly?

“Otherwise,” Ah Jian glanced at her, tentatively suggesting: “Just let them be involved and watch them closely, they won’t try anything. To put it bluntly, they just want a share of the rewards. As for the real work, they won’t be interested in participating! This way, you can at least ensure they won’t make trouble.”

“No!” Lian Fang Zhou resolutely shook her head, saying: “I finally got rid of them! I don’t want to get entangled with them again, it’s easy to ask god for difficulties!”

She knew that once everyone saw how profitable the cotton was by next winter, with the greedy nature of Lian Li and Madam Qiao, how would they be willing to let go after the first year of sweetness? They would become a dog skin plaster and she’d never be able to throw them away!”

“We should buy a few more people.” Lian Fang Zhou sighed softly.

“What are you sighing for? Anyways, this would happen sooner or later!” Ah Jian smiled at her.

Thinking about it, Lian Fang Zhou laughed unhappily and said with a smile: “I’m just afraid that the people we buy would not be good people.”

In fact, she was a little repulsed by the idea of ‘buying and selling’ people.

“What the matter with this?” Ah Jian glanced at her strangely and blurted out, “Is it not easy to just resell them?”

Lian Fang Zhou was stunned and couldn’t help but laugh. “Look at what you’ve said! Ah Jian’s family must be a rich family!”

Ah Jian was startled. He sighed slightly and looked up at the distant sky, murmuring with a wry smile. “Well, I can’t remember them at all…”

Lian Fang Zhou regretted her words and hurriedly said, “You will remember it one day! Anyways, you’re right. There will be a lot of people brought in next spring, so you will have to train yourself in advance to save time and avoid mistakes…”

The next day, the mud from the pond that had been air-drying for several days, was ready to be used. The cut grass was also piled up to be burned.

After breakfast, Lian Fang Zhou, Lian Ze, Ah Jian, and the two servants went to the land in Sanchakou, planning on spreading the mud and plant ash over the tree nursery.

When they arrived, Li Qing and Qu Xiao Mao led the workers over. Seeing Qin Feng and Su Zi Ji, they couldn’t help but laugh.

Lian Fang Zhou had originally planned to introduce them, but before she could speak, the workers had already asked. So she called in a loud voice: “This is Qin Feng and that is Su Zi Ji, both of them have been sent from the Su family. The land work will be managed by the two of them so listen closely!”

Lian Fang Zhou spoke vaguely and anyways, they had originally come from the Su family As for whether they would go back in the future, no one asked so she didn’t have to say.

Her family suddenly having servants was too eye-catching, it was better to foster a little misunderstanding in people.