Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 921 - 471: Seeing the Letter as if Meeting in Person

Second update, asking for pink votes.

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Wu Lang was speaking and placed the letter on the kang.

Lian Manman glanced at it, noticing that the letter was quite thick. Judging by the days, it should have been sent after Lady Zhou returned to Taicang, and someone had brought it over. Wu Lang had written two letters before, but there was no response from Taicang. She wondered what might be written in this letter.

"Wu Lang, Xiao Qi, go wash your hands." Lian Shouxin was not in a hurry to read the letter; he was more concerned about whether his two sons were hungry. "Wash your hands and hurry to eat. We’ll read the letter after dinner."

"Got it." Wu Lang and Xiao Qi both agreed and went to wash their hands.

After setting the table with dishes, the family sat down to eat. Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang only inquired briefly about Wu Lang and Xiao Qi’s studies in the private school, without mentioning Old Master Lian’s letter at all.

After the meal, with everything tidied up, Wu Lang was the first to pick up the letter again.

"Dad, do you want to try reading it yourself?" Wu Lang handed the letter to Lian Shouxin.

Lian Shouxin had learned some characters from Xiao Qi, but reading a letter was still challenging for him.

Even so, hearing Wu Lang say this, Lian Shouxin still took the letter, tore open the envelope, took out the letter paper, and after frowning and looking at it for a while, handed the letter back to Wu Lang. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"I can just make out that your grandma has reached Taicang. Wu Lang, you’d better read it aloud, and your mother and I will just listen." Lian Shouxin said.

Wu Lang took the letter and began to read.

At the beginning of the letter, Old Master Lian first informed Lian Shouxin and Lian Shouli that Lady Zhou had returned safely to Taicang on a certain day, assuring them that everything was fine, so both families could be at ease.

Every time Old Master Lian sent a letter, the recipient on the envelope was always Lian Shouxin, but inside the letter, the salutation was "My sons Shouli, Shouxin."

So every time he received a letter from Old Master Lian, Lian Shouxin would inform Lian Shouli’s family. Now that Lian Shouli wasn’t around, with Lady Zhao and Lian Yeye present, they would convey the letter’s content to Lian Shouli later.

Following that, Old Master Lian mentioned in the letter that since the end of last year, he hadn’t been in good health. To avoid worrying his two sons at Thirty Mile Camp, he hadn’t written to tell them.

Hearing this, Lian Manman thought to herself that this was probably Old Master Lian’s way of subtly explaining why he hadn’t replied to the previous two letters promptly. If the elderly fell ill, everything else naturally had to take a back seat. Not writing to them was also for their sake, to prevent them from worrying. Thus, they had no reason to blame the elder but should instead appreciate his concern for his children and grandchildren.

Old Master Lian always had this knack, and Lian Manman was prepared for it. She was more interested in how Old Master Lian would explain the incidents involving Yingzi and Aunt Ping. Perhaps he would avoid discussing them?

As it turned out, Old Master Lian did not avoid these two topics and provided explanations in the following part of the letter.

First was the issue with Yingzi. Old Master Lian admitted that Lian Shouren had indeed taken Yingzi as a concubine and stated that this was a significant mistake. There were many objective reasons for this mistake.

Firstly, Lian Huahua and the Song Family inexplicably sent Yingzi to Taicang. Yingzi’s status in Taicang was awkward, neither guest nor servant. Because this was a matter concerning the women, Old Master Lian had discreetly asked Lady Zhou and Lady Gu to handle it. The result was that Yingzi deceived Lady Zhou and ended up in Lian Shouren’s bed.

After Lady Zhou found out, Yingzi pleaded earnestly to be with Lian Shouren, and Lian Shouren also acquiesced, so Lady Zhou took charge and gave Yingzi a status.

Of course, the words Old Master Lian used in the letter were much more tactful, but that was the general meaning.

Old Master Lian didn’t mention that Lian Huahua even left a message wanting to have Yingzi married to Sanlang. Perhaps Lady He was just speaking nonsense? Lian Manman was skeptical.

Then, Old Master Lian wrote in the letter that Lian Shouren was naturally at fault, and that Lady Zhou’s "womanly compassion" and petty nature contributed to the matter with Yingzi.

Old Master Lian said that because of the women’s "pettiness," Lady Zhou allowed Yingzi to become Lian Shouren’s concubine. So, does this mean that Old Master Lian was well aware of the conflicts and strife between Lady Zhou and Lady Gu as mother-in-law and daughter-in-law?

In fact, back when they were at Thirty Mile Camp, how Lady Zhou treated her daughters-in-law was all seen by Old Master Lian. However, his usual attitude was to let things be unless the situation became irreparable at which point he would step in and say a few words.