Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 876 - 447: Giving Gifts_2

The perfect gossip chain linking the County Magistrate’s Courtyard of the Lian Family of Taicang, Jinyang County and Qingyang Town had now formed.

Lady Wu Wang and Lady Zhang sat on the kang bed, whispering to each other for a long while, before Lady Wu Wang took her leave. Lian Manman accompanied her out, not forgetting to remind her to hurry and finalize the purchase of beef and mutton.

"Don’t worry, as soon as I get home, I’ll talk to the two men, and in the afternoon, I’ll have your Brother Jiaxing bring you a letter," Lady Wu Wang said.

"Ah." Lian Manman grinned in agreement, "Auntie San, if there’s nothing urgent at home, have Jiayu come over to our place to play."

"On the day we slaughter the pig, if nothing else comes up, you all should come." Lady Zhang then told Lady Wu Wang the planned day for the pig slaughter.

"Of course, we’ll come over early that day," Lady Wu Wang agreed as she left.

Once back inside, Lady Zhang picked up the letter and looked at it. Lian Shouxin had gone out earlier and had not yet returned.

"Manman, let’s open the letter and see what it says," Lady Zhang suggested,

The suggestion was exactly what Lian Manman hoped for. She agreed and opened the letter, reading it aloud to Lady Zhang.

As Lady Wu Wang had predicted, in his letter, Old Master Lian reported on Sanlang’s matter, mentioning only that it was by marriage alliance, and the date of the celebration. The detailed circumstances involving one hundred taels of silver were not mentioned.

"He didn’t mention your uncle taking Yingzi as a concubine?" Lady Zhang queried after hearing the letter.

"No," Lian Manman replied.

Old Master Lian’s letter did not mention a single word about Lian Shouren taking a concubine.

"It seems your grandfather isn’t too pleased about this either." Lady Zhang remarked, "Your grandfather is still a respectable man."

Whether he was pleased or not, Lian Manman was unsure, but she was certain that Old Master Lian did not view this event as something honorable. It was likely something he was ashamed to mention, so he didn’t breathe a word about it.

"What is your grandmother thinking, Yingzi, that girl, being talked about by everyone, people would disdain even to speak..." Lady Zhang continued.

"Perhaps my grandmother doesn’t know about Yingzi’s affairs," Lian Manman speculated.

Lady Zhou, while at Thirty Mile Camp, hardly ever went outside the second gate, spending all day figuring out how to manage her sons and daughters-in-law, later worrying over Lian Xiuxiu’s marriage. The matter between Yingzi and Wang Youhuai was talked about only in private, and it likely never reached Lady Zhou’s ears.

Regarding Yingzi going to Lian Huahua’s place, which resulted in her father grasping onto Song Hailong’s "son-in-law" coattails, all these occurances took place after Lady Zhou left for Taicang. Whatever went on between Yingzi and Song Hailong, no one would specifically mention it to Lady Zhou.

"This Huahua is really the worst," Lady Zhang added, "Others may not know what Yingzi is like, but how could she not? Desperately sending Yingzi to Taicang, even wanting Yingzi to marry Sanlang. What did she take Sanlang for? What is Sanlang lacking that he must marry Yingzi? Isn’t Sanlang her legitimate cousin?"

"Mother, she’s the worst, but it’s not our first day knowing that. Who does she have in her heart, in her eyes? Just herself. To her, we are nothing, merely tools for her use. I reckon, if it actually came down to it, her father, her mother, and her sister Duoduo in her eyes are just to be used or sold as needed," Lian Manman said.

After some discussion, Lian Shouxin and Lian Shouli walked in, one after the other. It turned out Lian Shouxin had just outside, ran into Lian Shouli as he was finishing work, and told him about the letter from Old Master Lian, so Lian Shouli came over with Lian Shouxin.

"Has your aunt left?" Lian Shouxin asked upon seeing the open letter on the table, "Have you read the letter? What does his grandfather mention in it?"

"It mentions Brother Sanlang’s marriage," Lian Manman replied, "Brother, why don’t you read the letter to our father and also to the third uncle and his wife."

"Right, let’s read it," Lian Shouxin nodded.

Wu Lang picked up the letter and read it aloud.

"We need to send a wedding gift for Sanlang; are we also sending people this time?" Lian Shouli asked Lian Shouxin. Old Master Lian’s letter mentioned that they should go.

"Brother San, are you going?" Lian Shouxin asked in return.

"If you guys go, we won’t. We’ll just send the gifts over," Lian Shouli said. It had only been a few months and already two gifts were due; Lian Shouli felt it was quite a burden.

Lian Shouxin glanced at Lady Zhang, who had said she would no longer go to Taicang.

"This time we won’t send people either. With the new year approaching, there’s too much to handle at home," Lian Shouxin said.

After all, it was Sanlang entering into a marriage and, as someone with traditional beliefs, Lian Shouxin was somewhat displeased.

"With the New Year drawing close, should we also send New Year’s gifts to our father and mother?" Lian Shouli discussed with Lian Shouxin again.

"Brother San, what do you plan to send?" Lian Shouxin inquired.

"Father mentioned in the letter that we should send big sister mooncakes, sauerkraut, and frozen tofu, and we must send them over quickly," Lian Shouli said, "So, should we also send the same to our father and mother?"

Old Master Lian, in his letter to Lian Shouxin and Lian Shouli, did not ask for mooncakes or sauerkraut, nor anything else. He just casually mentioned in the letter that having just arrived in Taicang, he hadn’t made mooncakes or pickled sauerkraut, and he himself had none to eat, let alone to send the usual goods to the city’s Lian Lanlan like in past years, instructing Lian Shouxin and Lian Shouli not to neglect Lian Lanlan.

Lian Shouli wasn’t naive, he meant that besides sending these items to Lian Lanlan, they should also send some to Taicang.

"Uncle San, this matter, you should first go back and discuss it with third aunt and Yeye," Lian Manman suggested.

After seeing off Lian Shouli, the Lian Manman family gathered together.

How should these gifts be sent, or rather, should they even be sent?

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