Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1163 - 593: Punishment
The first watch, asking for pink.
****
Old Master Lian cried, Lian Manman was silent.
"...Ah ah wanted to say something, but couldn’t say it. In the end, he just stared wide-eyed at our grandma and blinked repeatedly, sigh." Wu Lang said this and also sighed. Old Master Lian, in his life, loved dignity immensely. For him to get to this point, it leaves people speechless and sighing. "It was still our grandma who spoke, saying that this matter had to wait until our grandpa could speak before making a decision. Only then did our grandpa nod, no longer crying."
The one who understood Old Master Lian’s intentions the most, of course, was Lady Zhou, who had lived with him for decades.
The prominent figures in the village all came, and Old Master Lian behaved like this because he was worried and didn’t want Lian Shouren’s and Lian Shouyi’s fates to be decided by them. Because he knew very well that their outcomes would certainly not be good.
With so many people here, forbidding anyone to intervene, what difference would it make even when Old Master Lian could speak?!
"So, did it just end like that?" Lian Manman asked.
"How could it end like that, people were invited after all." Wu Lang replied. If it ended like that, wouldn’t it mean we did it all in vain? "Everyone still discussed it."
"What did they talk about?"
"Everyone said, no matter which clan or family it is, if such a rebellious and unfilial act, losing human ethics, occurs, even if the person is spared their life, they should be expelled from the clan and the family, stripped of everything and chased out. Even in the village, such a person cannot be kept, as it affects the village’s reputation. They should be driven to the far north, left to fend for themselves."
The so-called far north is the northernmost reaches of the Liaodong Prefecture, bordering the barbarians, a place filled with deserts and extremely harsh living conditions. Any slight disturbance between the two countries would affect that area first. It was originally uninhabited, but later, some people with nowhere to go, like fugitives, settled there, making it somewhat populated. However, going there still means a nine out of ten chance of death.
"So in the end, was it decided like that?" Xiao Qi and Lian Zhizhi leaned over and asked.
Wu Lang shook his head.
"Our grandpa couldn’t speak, couldn’t move his hands and feet, just yelled anxiously, sweating profusely, and kept looking at me and our dad..."
"Then..."
"I said a few words." Wu Lang stated.
"Brother, what did you say?" Lian Manman asked.
"I told our grandpa, I said don’t worry, I know you feel for our eldest and second uncles. If it were anyone else who sold Manman, no matter who it was, we would never let them go. Even if we lost everything and risked our lives, we would have to avenge this... Even without Zhao Xiue saying it, we had already guessed it long ago. But for such a long time, we never did anything against these two families."
"Not only did we do nothing, we also acted as if nothing happened, respecting them as we would any elder, helping them whenever we could. Whenever something happened in the old house, we never failed to come? Without mentioning distant matters, just the incident with Zhao Xiue, grandpa, and everyone saw how we handled it."
"This includes the incident where my mother Xiao Yue almost died, we handled it the same. We dare say, we have done right by the Old Lian Family with utmost righteousness and benevolence, without any wrongdoing against anyone. It’s others who wronged us, not us who wronged them. The only one we failed is my sister."
"These pains, we’ve endured ourselves, and I won’t say more. Just regarding them selling Manman, we won’t pursue it. Not because of them, but because of grandpa and grandma, the two elders. Not pursuing this doesn’t mean we don’t see their true character, going forward, we won’t regard them as decent people anymore."
Without saying what specifically their treatment would be, just saying they wouldn’t be regarded as good people, thus, in the future, they could act freely. Wu Lang saying this was very good, thought Lian Manman.
"These wrongs, after all, differ in kind. Haven’t they wronged multiple times, first with the niece, then with my own sister, and finally even their real father isn’t spared. If we keep letting it go, once they’ve harmed all our people, who will be next?" Wu Lang mimicked himself speaking at the time, "I just told our grandpa, we can’t just think of ourselves, we must consider others, especially the villagers."
"That’s well said." Lian Zhizhi, Lian Manman, and Xiao Qi all agreed.
"When our grandpa heard me say this, he became even more anxious, blinking, and making ah ah noises." Wu Lang continued, "I told him, grandpa, I understand your meaning, the matter of expulsion will be decided when you’re better, but for now, we can’t do nothing. The impact is bad, if people see it, they will say that after committing such evil deeds, even harming one’s parents, there is no punishment or retribution, what if everyone learns from it, then what?"
