Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 285: Fang Qing’s stepmother arrives

Lian Fang Zhou asked this purely out of curiosity.
It wasn’t that she wished Cui Shao Xi would marry Su Xin’er, after all Su Xin’er was spoiled, domineering, and terribly possessive.
It was definitely not a good match for Cui Shao Xi!

Fang Qing understood her unspoken question and sighed: “Who knows what my parents think? In fact, they tried to settle this matter for Xin’er before but when she cried and made trouble, her mother felt too distressed! I can’t intervene in this matter, so I can only watch from the side.”

Who in the Su family didn’t understand in their heart how the Cui family felt.
Was their daughter so amazing? Although the family was the correct social class, there were a lot of pros and cons to be weighed.
The Su couple would never agree to their daughter suffering grievances after marriage and thus never wanted to match with the Cui family.
But when Su Xin’er decided on Cui Shao Xi, they made an effort.
They tried a few times but each ended in failure.
Now Xin’er could only make trouble.

They thought, as long as Cui Shao Xi married and gave birth to a son, their daughter would naturally give up! When that happened, they could find a suitable family and let her live happily for the rest of her life.
She wouldn’t have to suffer any hardships.

However, Cui Shao Xi was the youngest son with only a grandmother and a mother at home.
He was able to make his own decisions and even if Master Su and Madam Su were upset, they couldn’t urge their nephew to marry!

This was the current situation.

Fang Qing hesitated to tell Lian Fang Zhou everything about these internal matters.
However, Lian Fang Zhou got the main point, which was that the Su family did not intent to marry their daughter into the Cui family!

Realizing this, Lian Fang Zhou’s heart relaxed.

In this way, if in the future Su Xin’er discovers that Cui Shao Xi did something nice for her, at least she will not anger Master Su and Madam Su and it will not make things difficult for her cousin.

Of course, if she never found out, that would be best!

“Don’t worry about this! By the way, Min Zhi came back and told us about your idea and we all are interested! It must have taken a lot of effort to come up with this! Shuangliu county is a prosperous and wealthy county with many rich families and a large number of travelers going north and south.
There are countless merchants! If there was such a garden for recreation and entertainment, I don’t know how popular it would be! Guess what your cousin-in-law and Min Zhi have been doing? Hehe, they couldn’t wait so they already went outside the city to take a look!” Fang Qing smiled, covering her mouth.

“Really!” Lian Fang Zhou’s eyes lit up with excitement.
“I just thought of it casually, I don’t know if it can succeed.
My cousin and cousin-in-law should think carefully about it!”

“Of course, this is natural.” Fang Qing laughed: “We thought that this place must not be too far from the city or else it will be inconvenient.
I have asked someone to look for them, we can discuss it over the next two days and get started as quickly as possible.”

The Su family had a lot of silver.
As long as their family was interested, they would definitely be able to do it.
The cost was no problem at all!

Fang Qing said: “We decided that this business will roughly be divided into three parts.
Our Su family will account for 40% and you and Min Zhi will account for 30% each.
As for the capital, the idea is yours so you only need to pay for yourself.
The half of the share that should be entered can be deducted from the profits afterwards and there is no need to talk about interest! What do you think?”

This was very fair and reasonable and beyond Lian Fang Zhou’s expectations.
She had originally thought that she could at most get 20%, she hadn’t expected that she could get another 10%!

This was something that would be done in Shuangliu county so it was natural for the Su family to take the majority.

Lian Fang Zhou smiled: “It is embarrassing that I do not have the money to fill my share so how could I have any complaints?”

“You came up with the idea, of course you should have a share!” Fang Qing said, smiling into her palm: “Then it’s settled, let’s discuss it later and come up with a contract.”

Lian Fang Zhou agreed, saying apologetically: “I can only stay for three days at most, its time to transplant the cotton seedlings and I can’t be away from the fields.”

Her cousin nodded: “This is a major event, don’t worry, I won’t delay your matters!” Then she sighed.

Lian Fang Zhou was surprised to hear her sigh and hurriedly asked what was wrong?

Fang Qing glanced at her faintly and sighed again: “I really regret it! If I knew, I would have invested a sum of capital to grow cotton with you!”

Under Lian Fang Zhou’s wide eyes, Fang Qing continued: “Look, your casual idea has great potential for big profits.
It can be seen that growing cotton will also make a lot of money! I really regret it, really regret it to death!”

Lian Fang Zhou was happy to hear this.
She laughed and said: “It’s thanks to my cousin! If we can really make a lot of money, let’s make it together in the coming year!”

“That’s very true, we will make lots of money together at that time!” Fang Qing clapped her hands as they both laughed together.

The two cousins started talking about the construction of the garden, their conversation very lively.
After having a quick lunch, they immediately went back to talking again.

Lian Fang Zhou put forward her own opinions and paid attention to Fang Qing’s thoughts.
After all, she was not a person of this era and she did not understand the aesthetics and consumption habits of this society as well as Fang Qing did.

And precisely because she was not from this era, she could never reach Fang Qing’s vision and thoughts when it came to finding problems and thinking of new ideas.
She often would suggest something clever and unique, making Lian Fang Zhou admire her.

The two got deeper and deeper into their discussion.

Suddenly, Shuang Ling called out “Young Madam, Young Madam!” from outside the curtain.

Fang Qing and Lian Fang Zhou cut off speaking abruptly, unhappy at the interruption.
However, they knew no one would interrupt them without a good reason and could only be a little unhappy in their hearts.
Fang Qing said: “What’s the matter?”

Shuang Ling could hear her displeasure.
Pausing, she whispered: “Young Lady, uh, Young Lady’s mother and sister are here…”

Mother and sister?

Lian Fang Zhou was struck, these two must by Fang Qing’s stepmother and half-sister, right?

Fang Qing’s mouth dropped into a mocking smiling and said lightly: “Since this is the case, please bring them in and have Li Ma entertain them! Just say that I am taking a nap and will talk with them when I wake up!”

Shuang Ling let out a ‘yes’ and exited with her head down.

“Cousin…” This was the Fang family’s matter and Lian Fang Zhou couldn’t say anything.
However, she couldn’t help but glance at Fang Qing hesitantly.

Although her stepmother, Madam Ruan, was not a good person, she still had the face to show up.
Lian Fang Zhou wasn’t sure if this would harm Fang Qing’s reputation.

“It’s fine,” Fang Qing smiled lightly, seeming to understand her thoughts, “my stepmother and half-sister have been coming to my house for more than half a year! How diligent they are! Which month do they not come twice?”

TN: I’m sure you guys have heard the saying in CN novels: ‘If you have a stepmother, you also have a stepfather’? I’m curious to find out how FQ’s dad treats her, if her stepmom and sister are as shameless as I suspect!