Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1280 - 653: Interference (Part 2)

"... How come we haven’t heard anything about how Yingzi is doing?" Lian Zhizhi asked.

"I know about this." Wu Jiayu replied, "Didn’t her parents send her to her grandma’s place? They found a family for her there. Everything before was kept secret..."

In other words, Yingzi was married off as a virtuous maiden. She was sent to the deep mountains, probably to prevent her in-laws from finding out about her past.

"... Yingzi’s parents received a sum of money..." Wu Jiayu added.

Yingzi, who had just gained freedom from the Lian Family, was once again sold out by her parents.

"... It’s said that family seems to have money." Wu Jiayu added another remark.

"... They say there’s some wealth, but Yingzi’s mother-in-law doesn’t seem to be a decent person..." Zhang Caiyun spoke while her eyes conveyed the message she couldn’t articulate.

What kind of background would resort to such twisted methods to torment someone?

"Yingzi is suffering there, and her parents haven’t received any word at all?" Lian Manman asked.

"... They probably know something," Zhang Caiyun said, "Everyone on our side knows, so Yingzi’s grandma’s family must know too. Wouldn’t they send some news to Yingzi’s parents?"

"And even if they did, so what? The money they received was quite a lot." Wu Jiayu sighed.

"Though her character isn’t the best, her fate is really hard to bear." Zhang Caiyun noted, "Having parents like that..."

Lian Yaya was washing cucumbers when suddenly a crisp snap sounded, breaking one in half.

Lian Yaya seemed a bit flustered, lifting her eyes, as if wanting to say something.

Lian Manman quickly signaled to Zhang Caiyun to stop talking about having bad parents, while smiling to soothe Lian Yaya.

"It’s alright, it’s not anything rare, we have plenty in our garden. Besides, it’ll be sliced later, it doesn’t matter."

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Cart after cart of wheat was brought back, spread out to dry on the threshing floor. By noon, Lian Shouxin returned with the men.

The courtyard suddenly became bustling.

The people who had been working for half a day were soaked with sweat multiple times. Now that they were back, they needed to wash. Lady Zhang led Lian Shouxin to the back yard and watched him wash up and change into dry clothes.

Lian Manman came over with a bowl of mung bean soup.

"Dad, have a bowl of mung bean soup first." Lian Manman handed the bowl to Lian Shouxin, "Just this bowl, don’t drink too much, or you won’t be able to eat later." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Alright." Lian Shouxin replied, tilting his head back to drink the entire bowl of mung bean soup.

"Did you send some to your grandpa and your uncles?" Lian Shouxin asked.

"Yes, we did. On the dinner table, there’ll be cucumber slices and egg drop soup, and there’s mung bean soup too." Lian Manman said.

"That’s good." Lian Shouxin nodded.

"Dad, is everything okay in the fields?" Lian Manman asked Lian Shouxin. When he came in, he didn’t look too good, which made her worried enough to bring him the mung bean soup and ask.

"Nothing much." Lian Shouxin replied.

If he says that, then there is something wrong.

"Dad, tell us what’s going on, if you don’t say, my mom and I will be more worried." Lian Manman sat on the edge of the kang and pressed on.

With Wu Lang not at home, all outside matters fell onto Lian Shouxin, so Lian Manman had to pay more attention than before.

"It’s Si Lang, that kid really doesn’t let people have peace of mind..." Lian Shouxin said.

"What trouble has he caused now?" Lady Zhang asked.

The reason she used "again" was because Si Lang had a record. When he helped build a house for Lian Shouli’s Family, all sorts of bad habits surfaced.

"... When we first got to the fields, it’s unclear why, but it wasn’t anything major. He bickered with a casual laborer, and later, when that person went to drink water, he put dirt clods in their bowl." Lian Shouxin briefly explained the incident.

"Bicker" is a rural slang from Thirty Mile Camp, roughly meaning to quarrel.

"Dad, you didn’t let him work, did you?" Lian Manman asked.

"No, he and Liulang, I didn’t even give them a sickle. I just let them stay at the field’s edge to help look after things while loading cars and such... He’s been ’looking after’ but is actually bossing people around and playing tricks on them." Lian Shouxin frowned, "The others are older than him, but out of respect for me, they didn’t argue with him. This kid, why are his bad habits growing with age."

"He takes after that Second Master." Lady Zhang whispered to Lian Shouxin, "Earlier, a woman told me, she saw Si Lang coming back with the wheat cart, and when no one was looking, he even urinated on the wheat. When the woman shouted, he quickly pulled up his pants, and even threatened her, saying he’s your nephew and would drive her away..."

"This little scoundrel..." Lian Shouxin cursed.

"He’s so devious that even his third uncle doesn’t dare to offend him." Lady Zhang sighed.

When Lian Shouli’s Family built a house, Si Lang ate from the first to the last day, and neither Lian Shouli nor Lady Zhao dared to drive him away.

"My third uncle doesn’t need to be afraid of him, and neither do we." Lian Manman said, "I’ll get rid of him."

"There’s no need for you to do it, I’ll go. Your third uncle only resents Lian Yeye because she confronted him a few times." Lian Shouxin quickly said, "I’ll have a word with him, let him have lunch here, but in the afternoon, he won’t be needed. I’ll send him home."

"Dad, letting him stay for lunch like this, the sooner he’s sent away, the better. With Si Lang behaving like that, he should be beaten up to see if that makes him behave." Lian Manman said.

"No," Lian Shouxin stopped Lian Manman, "he’s no longer a child; don’t hurt his dignity."

Lian Shouxin was being kind-hearted, saving face for Si Lang. At the same time, he adhered to the philosophy of offending gentlemen rather than petty people. Although petty people often do shady and shameless things, they often "value face" in front of others, as the saying goes, having a thin face, or a "dog’s thin face."

"Dad, Mom, we can’t let his temper linger." Lian Manman thought for a moment and decided.

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