Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1379 - 703: Tough Nut to Crack (Part 2)

As for those two plates of peanuts and seeds, Lian Yeye placed them beside Lian Manman.

Lian Manman had just touched her lips to her teacup when, over at Lady He’s side, she didn’t care about the hot water and gulped down a whole cup of tea.

"Yeye, pour another cup for your aunt," said Lady He with a flattering smile to Lian Yeye.

"There’s none left," Lian Yeye said with a sullen face.

"Yeye, stop teasing your aunt. Don’t you still have a pot there? Pour another cup for your aunt," Lady He pleaded with a grin, and seeing Lian Yeye not moving, she threatened to get up. "I’ll pour it myself."

"If there’s more, pour her some," Lady Zhao whispered to Lian Yeye.

Lian Yeye pouted, jumped down, took the teapot, and poured into Lady He’s cup, only half-filling it. Sure enough, there was no water left in the pot. Lian Yeye simply opened the lid to show Lady He.

"Why didn’t you brew more tea when you boiled the water?" Lady He licked her lips in complaint. "Just this little bit, who’s it enough for? Your parents are such honest, kind-hearted people, how can you be so bad at hosting guests?"

Lian Yeye’s face turned even darker.

"In this house, who’s a guest? I don’t see one," Lian Manman said with a smile, trying to defuse the situation for Lian Yeye.

"Who’s a guest that comes every day and won’t leave?" Lian Yeye continued.

"Well, it’s just because I feel close to you guys," Lady He kept grinning and said, "Even if not a guest, how can you brew so little water? It wouldn’t matter to me, but there’s also Manman."

Lady He said this and then gave a flattering smile to Lian Manman.

"This one cup is enough; I’m not thirsty," Lian Manman replied. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Only then did Lady He fall silent and drank that half cup in one gulp, then looked at the two plates of seeds and peanuts beside Lian Manman.

Lian Yeye moved closer to Lian Manman and then shifted the two plates further from Lady He. If Lian Manman hadn’t come, she wouldn’t have bothered to brew tea or serve peanuts and seeds.

Actually, Lian Yeye knew full well that with their close relationship, if she didn’t serve anything, Lian Manman wouldn’t blame her. However, she’d rather let Lady He take advantage than not serve anything to Lian Manman. It’s an act of kindness on her part.

"She comes every day and doesn’t leave. We all end up drinking less tea because she drinks it all. I purposely brewed less tea today. With food and drink, she’ll stay even longer," Lian Yeye whispered to Lian Manman.

When Lian Yeye spoke, she didn’t lower her voice, evidently also meant for Lady He to hear, yet Lady He sat there calmly, indifferent to everyone around her.

"Life gets worse by the day," Lady He stared at the two plates and spoke, "You need several sticks of wood to make a fire, and the old lady covets them. I can’t even get a drink of hot water a day. Peanuts, seeds, there’s never any for me. They eat, and I watch, craving them."

Lian Manman rubbed her forehead, and Lian Yeye’s dark face remained unchanged.

Lian Manman and Lian Yeye were talking, while Lady Zhao and Lian Shouli quietly worked on the ground. No one paid attention to Lady He, but Lady He maintained her calm demeanor, casually engaging in conversation with herself.

Seeing Lady He like this, Lian Manman understood why people said Lady He could enter any house and stay comfortably.

Because even if you try to chase her away, if she doesn’t want to go, she will stay. Show her a bad face, let her hear harsh words, she simply doesn’t care!

This was a skill, a talent, thought Lian Manman, she herself could never achieve this.

"...Old Luo Family is no good anymore, that Luo Xiaoying, with her donkey face, is a jinx to her husband. Treats Erlang like a donkey, such a fool, he fell into the pit this time," Lady He rambled about Erlang.

"Can’t you see, Erlang is earning all that money each month now. If he were still at home, how would things be? Now, it all goes to Old Luo family," she said.

"They deliver the grain to you on time every month," Lady Zhao said.

"They deliver, but the old lady collects it all. I don’t get a single grain. The old lady is still the same as before, I can’t even eat a full meal. Just look at how skinny I am, skin and bones," Lady He said, rolling up her sleeves to show Lady Zhao her arm.

Apparently, Lady He didn’t wash up; dust covered her arms, and seeing it, Lian Manman quickly turned her gaze away.

"At this rate, I won’t live much longer," Lady He suddenly became melancholic. "The Old Lian Family, they’re so harsh on their daughters-in-law. You split up, escaped the fire pit, but poor me..."

Listening to Lady He’s complaints, Lian Manman suddenly realized that at other people’s homes, Lady He probably said the same things. Old Lian Family mistreating daughters-in-law, but who actually does?

The answer was clear.

"Second aunt, do you leave to visit others, does grandma mind?" Lian Manman asked.

"She couldn’t be happy about it; she’s only pleased when we’re circling around her," Lady He immediately replied, "She’d love to have us tied to her apron strings."

"Then why do you come out?" Lian Yeye asked, "Even on a daily basis."

"Yaya takes care of odds and ends for her, so I come out," Lady He said, "She just sits inside, hardly ever leaves the house, can she really keep me there?"

"So when you leave, doesn’t she realize it?" Lian Manman asked.

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