Chapter 541: Sister and brother affection

He sniffed sadly. “You and Brother Ah Jian are our closest relatives. Everything in our family was created by you! Even if I am the family head in the future— this can’t be changed. You are the masters of the family! Who dares to say that this is inappropriate? If there is separation between us siblings because of this issue, I, I, I would rather not get married in this life! Such a person, I don’t want them! Only those who are good to my sister and Brother Ah Jian are acceptable…”

Lian Fang Zhou and Ah Jian looked at each other with baffled dismay. It was both funny and irritating at the same time.

Ah Jian smiled. “Ah Ze, whether the family becomes famous in the future will depend on you and Che’er. You are the eldest son, how can you act so capriciously? Your sister and you are family and will always be close, this will never change. But the rules of the family are important. Aren’t you embarrassing your sister by acting like this? Your wife will be the serious mistress of the Lian family. Planting a thorn like this, there will be trouble in the future. How can this make your sister feel relieved? What about when there are nephews and nieces who will follow suit? I know you have a good relationship but you can’t force things not to change. If you have concerns, let’s talk about them.”

Lian Ze did not say anything and Ah Jian smiled without smiling. “After your sister marries me, she will no longer be a member of your family. We will leave sooner or later.”

As soon as his words dropped, everyone’s expressions changed with disbelief and sadness all over their faces. It was as if Lian Fang Zhou and he were going to leave immediately.

Lian Fang Qing quickly shouted: “Where are sister and Brother Ah Jian going? I want to go too!”

Lian Fang Zhou gently rubbed Lian Fang Qing’s hair and looked at Ah Jian. Why did he have to tell them this now! “We aren’t leaving now, we’re just letting you know early. Originally we didn’t plan on leaving until Ah Ze has been married for a few years.”

After Lian Fang Zhou finished speaking, Lian Ze didn’t have anything to say.

It wasn’t because she had successfully coaxed him but because he suddenly remember that if there were not so many disturbances, his sister would have married Yang Huai Shan long ago. Wouldn’t she have still left home?

He didn’t know why he was being so stubborn about her not leaving home or why he had thought that she had Ah Jian would always live with them.

Thinking about it, he felt a little lost and his heart had a faint sense of loss.

“Sister, Brother Ah Jian, we will always be a family, no matter what. We will listen to what my sister and Brother Ah Jian say.” He curled his lip, feeling wronged.

“This is natural! Your sister will always be your sister*!” Lian Fang Zhou laughed.

Third Aunt quickly smiled. “Let’s settle the matter like this! I will clean up the side room tomorrow and see what needs to be bought. It’s a big event to get married and there is still a lot of things to prepare.”

Lian Fang Zhou’s face was slightly hot as she looked at Ah Jian with embarrassment. There was no need for the three younger ones to participate in the next discussion, so Lian Fang Zhou sent them all out.

As he left, Lian Ze decided that he needed to talk to Third Aunt later about the new room that would be tidied up. Even though it was a side room, it should be decorated like a main room and everything for his sister should be the best…

–

The next day, Lian Fang Zhou, Ah Jian, and Lian Ze went to visit the compound. They stopped to speak with Steward Qin and the others at the workshop and ask them how things were going, letting them know about the good news between the couple.

Actually, as soon as they had returned yesterday, Steward Qin and Manager Su had sent someone to the village to invite Lian Fang Zhou but she had already gone over to Aunt Zhang’s house.

Knowing that she and the others would definitely visit today, Steward Qin and Manager Su had instructed Wang Da and the others to get ready.

There was a lot of cotton in storage and Manager Su was still producing quilts. As a hot new item, cotton quilts were still in short supply. On the side, he was experimenting with Su Jin on making cotton clothing. So far, they seemed strong, warm, and well designed and things on his side were relatively simple.

The upcoming cotton planting was the most important thing and Manager Qin was in charge of this himself. Wang Da and Li Da were in charge of Shitouping and Sanchakou respectively.

Since it was still early spring, everyone was busy with soil preparation, fertilization, and preparing the seeds.

On the other side of Luosi mountain, things were also in fully swing. Li Er and Li San were in charge over there.

In order to train Wang Da and the others, Steward Qin had instructed them early, saying that when Eldest Miss and Second Young Master asked about matters, it would be up to them to make the report and show that everything was prepared correctly.

Steward Qin’s words made the three of them sleepless all night, excited and nervous at the same time.

When it came time to stand up and talk, their expressions were frozen and they didn’t know where to put their hands. Lian Fang Zhou understood Steward Qin’s intentions, so she smiled and said a few words of praise to ease the atmosphere. Relieved, Wang Da and the others spoke one by one. After talking for a long time, they gradually let go and were no longer so restrained.

After they were finished reporting, Lian Fang Zhou asked a few brief questions and let them go down first.

Unsurprisingly, she and Ah Jian would take a walk out in the fields over the next two days while Lian Ze went back to the city this afternoon to supervise the work.

As they walked, Steward Qin told them about some of the trivial household changes.

A lot of people had been added to the compound. The young men who had been specially selected to be trained as accountants had learned well from the accountant hired to be their tutor. Now the scale of Lianjia was not small. After they followed behind a senior for a while, they would be able to take their position immediately. As for experience, they would have to learn as they went.

Lian Fang Zhou wanted to add more servants to the family. She planned to have Zhang Xiao Jun and his wife come over along with a couple more maids. Chun Xing and Bi Tao would come to her side to be trained as her personal maids. They naturally would not be able to do ordinary rough work in the future. She also needed to pick one or two for Lian Fang Qing and Che’er, a maid or a book boy.

The cleaning staff at the compound would need to be replaced by suitable people. Zhang Xiu’er would replaced Madam Shi as the head chef. It was cheaper to assign a servant to handle the rough work.

Steward Qin agreed to her instructions one by one and smiled, saying he would pick people carefully. Especially the ones that would be sent to the Third Young Master and Fourth Miss.

Lian Fang Zhou laughed. “There’s no rush! I will make arrangements after Che’er finishes the county exam. Since it is about to start, I don’t want to make too many changes at this time, as not to affect him.”

“Miss has really considered everything thoroughly!” Steward Qin agreed with a smile.

When he heard that of her and Ah Jian’s marriage, Steward Qing was both surprised and happy. Joyfully, he said that this should have happened a long time ago! Miss and Master Jian were a natural couple! The rest of the group laughed.

Then Lian Fang Zhou went to visit Su Jin.

Su Jin and the others liked their life here very much. They were experts and had discovered the wonders of this cotton cloth.

Together, Su Jin had lead them in trying different weaving patterns, creating thick and thin cotton cloth. Their results were very good.

“It’s a pity that there is no dedicated dyeing workshop. The colors are a bit monotonous.” Su Jin said with some regret.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled and said: “The cotton factory will be completed in a month at most and it will take another month to decorate and arrange it. I think it will be officially opened at the beginning of summer. You just need to make preparations and everything will be ready.”