Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 867 - 442 Finally Home
The second update, asking for pink hearts.
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Lian Xiuxiu’s wedding was upon them, and the Song Family had prepared gifts, but instead of coming in person, they sent Lian Lanlan to deliver the presents. Now, at this particular time, the Song Family had sent over a horse-drawn carriage, apparently for some other matter.
The Lian Family members saw the two maids alight first, perplexed about who was coming and for what matter. When they saw the person these maids helped out of the carriage, they were all as astonished as Lian Manman.
"Isn’t that Yingzi?" Lady He recognized the person coming down first, "Why is she here? And how come she’s riding in the Song Family’s carriage?"
The visitor was indeed Yingzi, looking rather smartly dressed, yet between her expression, there seemed to be some dissatisfaction and gloominess. The two maids assisted Yingzi down, also taking a rather sizable bundle off the carriage.
"Miss Yingzi," one maid, smiling as she supported Yingzi’s arm, spoke in a voice neither loud nor low, "What more could you want? Look at this bundle of gifts our old madam and our young madam have given you, it’s really more than enough. Our young madam is kind-hearted, even arranging for you to come to her maternal home to relax. This place is the County Magistrate’s Yamen, where ordinary people wouldn’t even be allowed through the gate. Miss Yingzi, one should appreciate their blessings. Your days ahead, if lived well, will outshine those in our household."
Yingzi had fled to Lian Huahua, and now the old madam of the Song Family and Lian Huahua had sent her to the Lian Family of Taicang. Listening to the maid’s words, their intention seemed to be to ditch Yingzi with Lian Shouren and Lady Gu!
What was going on?
Yingzi’s father couldn’t tell when to advance or retreat, offending Song Hailong. The Song Family could simply have driven Yingzi away, so why bother sending her all the way to Taicang? What was their aim?
Lian Manman’s thoughts rapidly turned over.
Yingzi had an affair with Wang Youhuai, the eldest son of Scholar Wang’s Family. The newly entered Eldest Lady Huai discovered it, found an excuse to lock Yingzi up, but ultimately Yingzi escaped. With the power of Wang Family, they could have killed Yingzi without anyone noticing, afterwards giving the Yingzi’s family some money, intimidating them, and the matter would be settled. But neither Wang Family nor Eldest Lady Huai did that, and Lian Manman believed it was because of the Wang Family’s usual behavior in the countryside; they did not want to harm any lives.
In this era, it was not a society ruled by law; many incidents occurred where lives were taken lightly. However, at the same time, people of this era were deeply influenced by Confucian thought, many were superstitious about ghosts and spirits, believing that killing others would inflict harm on one’s soul.
And precisely because it was not a legal society, ordinary families entangled in lawsuits would often be ruined, even leading to family destruction and death. The Wang Family was not a tyrant, they must also dread such matters.
Besides, a minor figure like Yingzi and an affair were not sufficient to force the Wang Family to take drastic actions.
So, would the Song Family be the same.
Lian Manman thought it should be somewhat similar, but for the Song Family to go to the trouble of sending Yingzi to the Lian Family of Taicang, this was rather intriguing.
While Lian Manman was pondering, Yingzi had arrived, "supported" by the two maids.
"Lian Manman." Yingzi stopped when she saw Lian Manman.
The two maids were perceptive, promptly greeting Lady Zhang and calling her Fourth Madam, and without letting Yingzi speak with Lian Manman, they "escorted" her to Lady He, exchanged a few words, and then went inside the courtyard.
At this point, Lu Bingwu arrived with the horse-drawn carriage.
Lady Zhang and her children once again said their goodbyes to Old Master Lian and the others, then boarded the carriage.
On the first day, Lian Jizu and Lady Chiang went to the gate to welcome them. At that time, their carriage couldn’t enter the County Yamen’s gate. But now, the carriage Lu Bingwu used to pick them up could go directly to the gate of the County Magistrate’s Yamen.
As a guest, she only saw the tip of the iceberg, which also led her to imagine how immense the benefits Lian Shouren and others must have reaped from this situation.
As the carriage moved along the path, suddenly there was a sound of someone cursing.
"...are you blind, where did this country bumpkin come from, bumping right into his lordship."
The carriage had collided with someone, and Lian Manman was startled, hurriedly lifting the carriage curtain to look outside.
"Xiao Woo is so steady with the carriage, we weren’t going fast, how could it hit someone?" muttered Lady Zhang, also looking out of the carriage curtain.
In front of the carriage stood two men, one of whom was a middle-aged man. Lian Manman had a good memory, and immediately recognized this man as the idler who had talked at the tea stall the day they went out on the street. And the other, dressed in brand-new silk, was actually He Laoliu.
