Chapter 560: Cousin

All credit to original author: Yi Yi Lan Xi

After looking around at the shops, Lian Ze stayed behind and Lian Fang Zhou went home.

Bai Shi Ling had already moved over from Nanchang city and the renovations of the cotton workshop were coming to an end. All the equipment and tools needed for spinning, weaver, printing, and dyeing were already in place and the talented workers were being hired one by one. Cotton was also being transported over, along with several types of dyes.

Although everyone was busy, they were full of vigor and prosperity.

When Lian Fang Zhou and Ah Jian returned home, they discussed their wedding for a while and then decided to marry on the sixth day of the fifth month. Lian Fang Zhou went to tell Third Aunt and their grandmother.

After Lian Che had won first place in the Tongsheng examination and was accepted as Master Ding’s apprentice, the whole family was overjoyed. Lian Fang Zhou specially brought their grandmother, Old Madam Cai to come over for a few days and have fun. They would send her back after their wedding.

As for that uncle and aunt pair eagerly waiting to come, Lian Fang Zhou completely ignored them.

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Her cousin, Liu Shun, had also come with Old Madam Cai, saying that he wanted to accompany his grandmother. Lian Fang Zhou was too lazy to care about a child, so she let him. However, she instructed Chun Xing, Bi Tao, Madam Li, and the others to pay close attention to him and not let him get into trouble.

Who knew who instructed him, but after getting familiar with the house, Liu Shun kept running over to Lian Fang Qing and trying to please her in every way possible. Lian Fang Qing didn’t like him and would often play tricks and have Xiao Hui frighten him secretly. Soon Liu Shun would hide as soon as he saw her, making Lian Fang Zhou laugh secretly.

Qing’er, who just wanted to mess with him, really knew nothing!

What Lian Fang Zhou didn’t expect was that this ignorant boy was truly ignorant!

After dinner one day, Madam Hu awkwardly dragged her ten-year-old son to find Lian Fang Zhou.

Because the cotton workshop needed a lot of people, Lian Fang Zhou would take care of the villagers by hiring them first.

Girls in their teens and young daughter-in-laws could go and learn spinning and weaving, while the older ones who had no technical skills could help with cooking, cleaning, transporting, and other jobs.

However, Lian Fang Zhou refused child labor.

This Madam Hu was in her thirties and was very good at needlework, so she had been hired to spin and weave after passing an examination.

Seeing her bring her son, Lian Fang Zhou couldn’t help but complain, thinking that she had brought her son to ask for work.

By now, Lian Fang Zhou had refused several offers for child laborers.

But when Madam Hu opened her mouth, it wasn’t to ask for work.

She was there to apologize!

Now Lian Fang Zhou was even more confused! Madam Hu was an honest and responsible person, Lian Fang Zhou had no idea what would cause her to come over and apologize.

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After some careful questioning, Lian Fang Zhou’s expression became very ugly.

It turned out that during the banquet yesterday, several children had finished eating and were playing together. Madam Hu son, Liu’er, had gotten into a fight with Liu Shun. They had quarreled and even pushed each other a few times.

But this was just an argument between children, it was nothing important.

Until Liu Shen, who was extremely angry, started shouting at Liu’er and threatening to ask Lian Fang Zhou to decide for him and make Liu’er and his family look good!

Liu’er was so scared that he ran away.

After going back, he told his mother everything with tears in his eyes. Madam Hu was very uneasy. She didn’t have time to talk to them last night, so after Lian Fang Zhou and the others returned, she hurried over with Liu’er.

“It’s because this kid is ignorant, he doesn’t know how to think and loves to bully others! Fang Zhou, this sister-in-law will definitely discipline him from now on and never allow him to cause trouble! You, hehe, don’t be angry!”

As she spoke, she pushed Liu’er forward and said: “Why are you standing around in a daze, apologize quickly!”

To Madam Hu, Liu Shun was Lian Fang Zhou’s direct maternal cousin and her son had come into conflict with him, so she couldn’t say he was wronged. Lian Fang Zhou would naturally protect her own family.

But Lian Fang Zhou hurriedly stopped Liu’er and looked to her grandmother, Old Madam Cai.

Old Madam Cai looked at Lian Fang Zhou and sighed. “No need to be so serious, this is just a matter between children! This is just a misunderstanding, don’t take it so seriously!”

Madam Hu was overjoyed and looked at Lian Fang Zhou eagerly.

Lian Fang Zhou couldn’t say what she really wanted to say. She wouldn’t be understood and no matter how she explained it, Madam Hu was a country woman who was used to be timid. She wouldn’t understand the pros and cons.

“As my grandmother says!” Lian Fang Zhou smiled at Madam Hu and said: “Sister-in-law, isn’t this slapping me on the face? When has our family been so domineering and unreasonable? It’s not worth my sister-in-law coming in person! The children were just playing, which one doesn’t say things in anger? Who is more guilty than the other? Little brother Liu’er is a good child, don’t wrong him!”

“Fang Zhou…” Madam Hu looked very grateful and finally let go of this matter in her heart.

She pulled her son lovingy to he side and sighed with a smile. “I feel at ease with your words! You are such a good person! Your brothers and sisters are all good people!”

“Sister-in-law, don’t be so polite!” Lian Fang Zhou laughed. “I will say it clearly, our Lian family would never do such a shameless and bullying thing! If that day comes, our unworthy descendants will definitely be punished! No tolerance! If someone does something in the name of our family, no need to be polite to them. Just tell me and I will take care of it.”

Old Madam Cai suddenly looked very embarrassed.

Seeing this, Madam Hu quickly smiled. “Of course, I trust you! You have always kept your word. If there is nothing else, I will leave!”

After she left, Lian Fang Zhou turned to Old Madam Cai and said: “Grandmother, I’m afraid that my uncle and aunt must be missing my cousin. I will ask someone to send him back tomorrow, what do you think?”

Old Madam Cai sighed. Nodding, she said: “That’s fine! Send him away! Ah, I shouldn’t have brought him here.”

Lian Fang Zhou felt warm when she heard this. “Grandmother, don’t blame me for not showing respect. Now that our family has risen, we have no elders and we have to pay close attention to our reputation. I don’t mind for myself but Che’er still needs to take the imperial examination, so there is no room for mistakes. Ah Ze and Qing’er’s future marriage also can’t be affected.”

She shook her head: “This time it was just children fighting, but my cousin already knows how to use my family to look good. How old is he? If he grows up in the future, what will I do if he kills someone with a knife? I’m not afraid to be honest with grandmother. If Ah Ze or Qing’er had said this, believe it or not, I would have taken a stick and given them a couple good blows. I’d have them kneel in front of the ancestors for one night before making amends.”