Chapter 389: Buying land again

“It’s because I was negligent!” Lian Fang Zhou said, thinking for a while. She smiled: “One hundred and twenty to one hundred and forty or fifty is fine. Even more is nothing.”

Anyways, buying more will always come in handy in the future.

“Alright!” Liu Jia was very happy. Smiling widely, he said: “The land in Shitouping can be measured tomorrow. I think if there are no issues with the residential land, I can look around for it tomorrow and the day after.”

Lian Fang Zhou thanked him and left with Ah Jian.

The two went to Ren Ya Zi, asking to buy another ten clever, loyal, young men. If they had a history of manual labor, this would be even better! It did not matter where they came from. The price was no issue but they must be found quickly.

Naturally, Ren Ya Zi was happy to hear this.

For the matter of hiring people, they wen to Zhao Liu and explained their requirements.

Women were more dexterous in picking cotton and Lian Fang Zhou wanted to hire as many women as possible. If possible, it would be best if they were in their thirties or forties.

Zhao Liu laughed as soon as he heard this. After hearing about the cotton picking, he smiled and said: “Miss Lian can be relieved! As soon as the autumn harvest gets busy, the women will be idle at home with nothing important to do. If there are enough people, you can pick whoever you want. Those big guys will be happy if they earn a little more income for the family. I will definitely pick the honest ones for you at that time.”

“Then I will thank Brother Zhao Liu in advance!” Lian Fang Zhou smiled. “If the thirty people of Li Qing and Wu Xiao Mo are willing to go, let them go too. The wives and concubines should be honest, I am willing to use them too. But I ask Brother Zhao to check them carefully. If there are dirty hands and feet, or sneaky, slippery work, I will be embarrassed.”

“Don’t worry about this!” Zhao Liu nodded, “Miss Lian has a good heart and the first one to take care of her workers. If they let their family members do such a thing, they will have no face.”

Lian Fang Zhou laughed.

Of course, she also understood this. Li Qing and the others were very kind but who knew what their families were like?

However, it was good to say it upfront.

When they left Zhao Liu’s place, the day was already half over.

The early autumn sun was still dazzling but it did not have the same burning feeling. At this time, walking in the shadows of the tall buildings, they could feel the slightest coolness.

Seeing that the time was not early, the two went to the carpenter shops separately to order the parts for making various tools. By the time they met up again, the sun was sinking in the west.

Autumn suns always sank too fast. It was hanging above their heads just a moment ago and now it was almost about to disappear over the western horizon in the blink of an eye.

“I don’t know if we will be able to hire a cart.” Lian Fang Zhou said to Ah Jian.

Nowadays, their family had two more donkey carts but they were used for transporting cotton. After Zhang Xiao Jun had brought them into the city, Lian Fang Zhou had asked him to go back.

Ah Jian smiled: “I doesn’t matter if you can’t hire one, I will walk slowly with you.”

Feeling at ease, Lian Fang Zhou smiled knowingly.

With him accompanying her, there was no need to worry about safety at all and Lian Fang Zhou could relax.

As if hearing her thoughts, Ah Jian leaned closed to her again and chuckled softly: “If you are tired, I can carry you on my back.”

As he said the words, he suddenly yearned for it. Yes! He definitely could carry her back!

Thinking his, he kindly suggested: “There will definitely not be any carts available, let’s hurry back.”

This guy, when did he become so brazen? He was not like this before!

Well, he wasn’t like this in front of others. Could it be that there was something about her that activated his shamelessness?

It was probably because she looked more pleasing to him than before!

Lian Fang Zhou decided to just ignore this person’s words and sped up her pace to the hired carts with only a sideways glance.

Ah Jian laughed, calling: “Fang Zhou, wait for me!” before quickly following.

Fortunately, there still was a donkey cart available. Lian Fang Zhou was very happy but Ah Jian was a little disappointed.

However, who would have guessed that they hadn’t gone far out of the city before the cart had a problem and couldn’t travel anymore.

The driver was very embarrassed and apologized to both of them, laughing sheepishly: “I really can’t help you! This, who knew… Ah! Fortunately, it’s easy to travel with two people. This is the main road and our county has always been peaceful, nothing will happy. Just treat it as a free ride this far for both of you!”

“It’s alright, it’s not your fault either.” Ah Jian immediately said, very considerately. The driver gave him a grateful look and smiled.

Lian Fang Zhou resisted the urge to roll her eyes and got out of the cart with Ah Jian. Taking out a dozen copper coins, she handed them to the driver and laughed: “In any case, you can’t have made this trip in vain! The money has been paid, please accept it!”

The driver was flattered and flustered, staring at her at a loss. He finally reacted and quickly declined: “I can’t accept it! How can this be? Besides, it wouldn’t be so much!”

Their stop could be regarded as just out of town, at most, four or five copper coins would be enough.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled and said again: “We bothered you to run out so late this time. This little money is not a lot, just keep it!”

The driver struggled for a moment, then said thank you and accepted the coins happily.

Finished, Lian Fang Zhou and Ah Jian began to rush home.

She couldn’t help but glance at Ah Jian: This guy really had a crow’s mouth…

Why hadn’t he discovered his potential before!

However, the weather was pretty good right now and it was nice to walk at night without worrying about their safety.

Ah Jian smiled innocently when he saw her looking at him and said: “It’s not my fault!” Although he did get his wish…

Lian Fang Zhou laughed gloomily: “Am I such an unreasonable person? Let’s go faster before it gets dark!”

“Alright.” Ah Jian sighed regretfully. It wasn’t dark yet, really inconvenient!

No matter how quickly they walked, they were still only on two legs. Eventually, the sky darkened, and night fell, and it was almost so dark they couldn’t see.

A new moon hung high in the night sky and the stars slowly flickered in, one at a time.

By now, Lian Fang Zhou and Ah Jian still had six or seven miles to go before they reached the village.

“Are you tired?” Ah Jian asked, looking at Lian Fang Zhou and asking the question that had been brewing in his stomach for a long time. “Do you want me to carry you for a while?”

Afraid that she would refuse, he quickly added: “Don’t worry, if someone gets close, they won’t escape my ears, they will never see anything!”