Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1203 - 613: Regretful Too Late (Part 3)
When the sun’s shadow covered half the kang bed, Lian Shouxin returned with Wu Lang and Xiao Qi.
"Come on up to the kang bed," Lady Zhang busily beckoned the three of them to sit on the kang. "Don’t be fooled by today’s sunshine; it’s even colder than yesterday. The wind on the mountain is strong and harsh. You didn’t get frostbite, did you?"
"Xiao Xi, bring some hot tea," Lian Manman also busily instructed Xiao Xi to bring hot tea, so that Lian Shouxin, Wu Lang, and Xiao Qi could warm themselves up.
After visiting the ancestral graves, there was nothing else to do today, so the family sat around on the kang, chatting warmly.
"... Come back, wasn’t Old Master doing well?" Lady Zhang asked about the visit to the graves.
"All doing well, everyone came back together," Lian Shouxin replied.
"Grandpa even invited us to eat with him, saying he bought meat and vegetables, but we didn’t go," Xiao Qi said.
"But he can’t just call you guys, did his Third Uncle go?" Lady Zhang asked again.
"He went," Lian Shouxin replied curtly.
"My Third Uncle especially told my dad that if we don’t go, he won’t go either, so it doesn’t look good," Wu Lang added.
The relationship between Lian Shouli and Lian Shouxin’s families and the Old House’s Upper Room is somewhat different. For instance, when their family built a house or shop, no one from the Old House came to help. But when Lian Shouli was building a house this time, almost all the men from the Old House came to help.
Lian Shouxin’s family isn’t authoritarian and doesn’t demand that Lian Shouli follow them in everything.
"No wonder, earlier this morning I saw Yeye and the others take a whole day’s worth of meals with them," Lian Manman said, realization dawning on her.
"His Third Uncle and Third Aunt are good at everything but they’re excessively frugal," Lady Zhang sighed.
The whole family nodded in agreement.
"They won’t say they’re not eating or drinking, but even won’t put more oil when frying dishes. Now it’s sorghum rice every day mixed with seeds. Honestly, their situation hasn’t gotten to that level yet. If you talk to his Third Aunt a little, she’d say she’s satisfied because they can get full now. As long as they’re full, it’s fine...," Lady Zhang sighed again.
When they say "won’t say," it’s a rural phrase used by the tenant farmers of Thirty Mile Camp that roughly means being unwilling to part with.
"It’s not about being wasteful, but being overly frugal isn’t good either," Lian Manman said. "Fortunately, they work in our shop, so they can at least supplement a bit."
The good thing about Lian Yeye’s family of three is that they don’t like to take advantage of others. For instance, if Lian Manman invites them over for a meal, Lian Shouli and Lady Zhao rarely come, although Lian Yeye does more often because she’s still young and gets along well with Lian Manman.
"They are good people and respectable. Even if they’re frugal themselves, they were quite generous with the food offered during house construction," Lian Manman pointed out.
"That’s right."
Knowing that Lian Shouli had gone to eat at the Old House, it was certain that Lian Yeye and Lady Zhao wouldn’t go. With just the two of them eating at home, they would undoubtedly be more thrifty. When it was time for dinner, Lian Manman had Xiao Xi bring a bowl of food to Lady Zhao and Lian Yeye.
After dinner, when Lian Yeye came to return the bowl, she thanked Lady Zhang in the Upper Room before sitting on the kang to chat with Lian Manman.
"... When we came back from the graves, Si Lang went to my house, inviting my mom and me to eat, saying Grandpa and Grandma invited us. But my mom and I didn’t go," Lian Yeye told Lian Manman.
Ever since Lian Shouli’s family moved out, Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou really tried to win them over. But since Lian Yeye and Lady Zhao moved out, they hadn’t gone back, and Lian Shouli’s visits were very limited.
"How could they just send Si Lang as a messenger; they should have had Jizu’s wife come invite you," Lady Zhang commented while listening.
"She probably can’t go anywhere now," Lian Manman added.
"Oh," Lady Zhang thought for a moment and understood why.
Currently, Lady Chiang couldn’t step outside the old house’s gate because she was tasked with keeping an eye on Lian Duo. They said they wanted to find a family far away for Lian Duo to marry into, but it wasn’t easy to find such a family. For the time being, Lian Duo had to stay at the old house.
During this period, Lady Chiang was responsible for ensuring nothing happened with Lian Duo.
Lian Duo’s temperament, combined with past issues of running away, made Lady Chiang really wary and unable to let her guard down. Lady Chiang was a sensible person; she knew what could be done and what couldn’t. She knew what might be glossed over by Lian Manman’s family and what wouldn’t be forgiven. She dared to manage Lady Gu’s matters because she knew Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang had soft hearts and wouldn’t make a big deal out of it.
Lady Chiang understood that if she couldn’t keep Lian Duo in line and let her create another issue, she wouldn’t be able to continue staying with the Lian Family.
After Lian Yeye left, Lian Manman immediately asked Wu Lang.
"Brother, how’s the information you heard about those two places?"
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Because I wrote until late last night, I’m really sleepy today, can’t hold up, need to go to sleep. This chubby Chapter doesn’t count as an extra, we’ll have the 1220 extra tomorrow.
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