Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 880 - 449: Reply_2

Lian Shouxin had nothing left but to sigh.

"Our family is our family, and they are them." In the end, Lian Shouxin said, "From now on, we will keep our distance from them. Now that we have split the family, we have nothing left. We certainly cannot let them negatively influence us."

What Lian Shouxin said was not bad, but what mattered more was his future actions, Lian Manman thought.

"Let’s discuss the current issue at hand. The New Year is coming, and if we don’t send anything to the Old Master and Old Lady in Taicang, it might not look good to outsiders," Lian Shouxin paused before continuing.

"Dad, before they went to Taicang, many people witnessed and signed the agreement. It was clearly written that those rooms and the six mu of land were what we provided for the support of my grandfather and grandmother. Let’s not talk about the house for now, but just consider the land. With the yield of six mu of land, my grandparents could have their fill of steamed bread, pickles, and frozen tofu, couldn’t they?" Lian Manman said.

"In my opinion, they don’t lack these things over there. Even if we send them, they can’t eat them. They are not our tenant farmers anymore. Even if they wanted to, there are people rushing to give them favors. My grandparents’ interactions with us are just to send messages, to their eldest niece, to the Old Zhao family, and others, and every time they indeed come with big and small packages," Lady Zhang said.

"Last time when I returned from Taicang, one of my classmates saw our cart and asked if the stuff was given by my grandparents. I held the tea cup to warm my hands and pouted, saying it wasn’t, and that we had bought it with our own money. My classmate then asked what my grandparents and my high-ranked uncle had given me, and after thinking for a long time, I didn’t know what to say. Later I just said, the days we stayed there, my grandparents and my uncle provided us with meals," Xiao Qi said.

"We should speak the truth. When coming back, the Old Master said he would send stuff with us, but I didn’t take it," Lady Zhang said.

"Given how my grandma looks, no one could accept anything from her," Wu Lang said.

"Then are we not preparing New Year gifts?" Lian Shouxin asked.

"We should prepare New Year gifts," Lian Manman thought for a moment and said, "and we need to prepare something that would please my grandfather."

"What should we prepare?" The whole family turned to look at Lian Manman.

"We should write a longer reply to my grandfather," Lian Manman said.

"Just a letter in reply?"

"That alone won’t do," Lian Manman laughed, "From what I see in the letters my grandfather sent us, he always talks about the great philosophies of the sages. The reason why my grandfather always writes to us is to make sure we become good people. Now that my brother and Xiao Qi are studying, just let them copy down a few passages of the good words written by my grandfather... In this way, we show my grandfather that my brother and Xiao Qi are making progress and that all of us are taking his words seriously. Dad, Mom, you two also need to write something. We don’t expect you to match the quality of my brother and Xiao Qi, but at least let my grandfather feel your filial piety," Lian Manman adamantly stated.

"My sister and I will just skip this," Lian Manman said with a giggle.

Since Old Master Lian was so concerned about their moral education, if they always thought of sending material gifts, it would be considered vulgar and unfashionable.

"That’s a good idea," Wu Lang glanced at Lian Manman, the children exchanged winks and all smiled.

No sooner said than done, Wu Lang and Xiao Qi cleared the table and set up writing materials, took out a few of Old Master Lian’s letters, decided on which passages to copy, and began to write.

Lian Manman also set up writing materials in front of the troubled Lady Zhang and Lian Shouxin.

"I don’t write well," Lian Shouxin said.

"I, I can’t write," Lady Zhang said.

"Whether you can write well or not, you must write. We must convey our intentions," Lian Manman insisted without concessions.

Left with no choice, Lady Zhang and Lian Shouxin reluctantly picked up their brushes.

In the end, Lady Zhang, Lian Shouxin, Wu Lang, and Xiao Qi had written a thick pile of paper. More than half of it was from Lady Zhang and Lian Shouxin, not because they wrote more, but because they could only write large characters due to their inexperienced writing, leading to the use of much more paper. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Lian Manman weighed the stack of paper; although the cost of paper was not cheap, taking this opportunity to have Wu Lang and Xiao Qi practice writing, and forcing Lady Zhang and Lian Shouxin to learn to write was worth it.

Then, once again, Wu Lang took up the brush, not in Lian Shouxin’s tone, but directly in Wu Lang’s tone, to reply to Old Master Lian.

The letter naturally mentioned the New Year gift they were sending. Wu Lang told Old Master Lian that their family read his letters every day and dared not forget them even for a day. He and Xiao Qi copied them daily, while Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang, who were just beginning to learn, wrote more slowly but still did so every day.

Wu Lang informed Old Master Lian that their family would definitely take Old Master Lian and Lian Shouren as role models to become kind-hearted and morally flawless individuals.

Towards the end of the letter, the children added a passage after a discussion.

"Recently, in our village, the town, and even the county city, there have been various rumors and slanders circulating about our grandfather, grandmother, eldest uncle, second uncle, and even our eldest aunt. The rumors are indecent and have caused much distress to us grandchildren. Our father and mother have not dared to enter the village or go to the market for many days, and Zhizhi and Manman dare not even step out of the front door. My brother and I, facing our teacher and classmates’ inquiries and jokes, have no words to respond and feel our faces have been lost. We hope our grandfather can write back to clarify in his spare time."

The specific rumors were not detailed, leaving face for the dignified Old Master Lian.

Lian Manman, for the first time, hoped to send the letter quickly and receive Old Master Lian’s reply soon.

But would Old Master Lian reply to such a letter?

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