Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 95 - 52 Sawing_2

"They’re all killed, all cleanly killed."

Because her two sons were holding her back, Lady Zhou’s kitchen knife couldn’t come down at all. Lian Shouxin was earnestly restraining Lady Zhou, but Lian Shouyi wasn’t. He exchanged a glance with Lady He; they had been lacking food for days. If Lady Zhou actually managed to kill or injure a few chickens, they could stew chicken and have a decent meal.

Seeing that only her second and third sons had come to stop her, and Lian Shouxin had run off to the West Wing Room, Lady Zhou’s anger intensified. She cursed loudly while aimlessly chopping at the flock of chickens, causing the terrified birds to jump in all directions.

Lian Shouyi saw Lian Shouli desperately holding onto Lady Zhou, and knew that if this continued, they would end up without any chicken meat. So, he secretly tripped Lian Shouli, who, caught off guard, stumbled and fell aside. Lian Shouyi also let go of Lady Zhou to help Lian Shouli. As Lady Zhou swung with all her might, the resistance behind her suddenly vanished. Unable to stop her motion, the knife truly hit the back of a chicken, drawing blood instantly.

"Ah..." Lady Zhou felt both heartbroken and angry, but stuck in her position, she couldn’t back down. Without establishing her dominance today, how could she control her sons, daughters-in-law, grandsons, and granddaughters in the future? She could only continue to chop down with her knife.

Lian Shouyi pretended to help Lian Shouli up, actually just blocking him from coming forward. Lady Zhao, who was timid, saw Lady Zhou with a kitchen knife and immediately took Lian Yeye to hide at the door of the West Wing Room. Lady He, however, wasn’t afraid; in fact, she was hoping Lady Zhou would kill a couple of chickens, so she just mumbled complaints from the outside. The adolescent boys from the second household felt the same, none coming forward to stop her.

In the end, Lady Zhou managed to injure two more chickens, and no one really came to stop her. Feeling too pitying to continue, as well as angry, sad, and ashamed, she threw the kitchen knife aside and sat down on the ground covered in chicken droppings, wailing loudly.

Only then did Lian Shouyi release Lian Shouli, and the two of them helped Lady Zhou up and brought her back to the Upper Room, while Lady He hurriedly went into the chicken pen to grab the two injured chickens.

"Manman, Manman, open the door." From inside the West Wing Room, Lian Shouxin called out for Lian Manman to open the door. He had just returned to the room, asked Lady Zhang if she was feeling unwell, to which she shook her head. So, he turned back, wanting to stop Lady Zhou, but found the door locked. He realized then that he had been tricked by Lian Manman.

Lian Manman, seeing that Lady Zhou’s momentum had mostly subsided and the dust was almost settled, opened the door to let Lian Shouxin out.

"Manman, why did you..." Lian Shouxin was about to question Lian Manman for deceiving him.

Before Lian Manman could speak, Lian Zhizhi, Wu Lang, and Xiao Qi all came over to stand beside her.

"Dad, if you have to blame someone, blame me."

"Dad, if you have to hit someone, hit me."

The children rushed to say.

Seeing his children so well-behaved and understanding, Lian Shouxin didn’t have the heart to scold or hit them. Listening to Lady Zhou’s cries and curses from the Upper Room, Lian Shouxin sighed deeply and squatted down on the ground.

In the Upper Room, Old Master Lian’s face was ashen as he slowly rolled his tobacco.

"Cry, just cry it out. Look at what you’ve done, aren’t you embarrassed? I’m embarrassed for you. You better settle down soon..."

Old Master Lian scolded Lady Zhou as Lady He came in with the two dead chickens.

"Dad, mom, these two chickens were killed by mom, what should we do?" asked Lady He.

Upon hearing this, Lady Zhou stopped her crying and scolding. She knew she controlled her strength, how could she have truly killed the chickens? She quickly got up to see, and indeed, the chickens were dead. She realized it must have been Lady He who desired chicken meat and had secretly dealt with them. But since she was the one who chopped the chickens and was the one who spoke of killing them, now she was the one speechless with grief and unable to utter a word of complaint.

"They’re already dead, let’s stew them for a meal," said Old Master Lian, his hands slightly trembling as he rolled his tobacco, "We’ll stew one, and send the other to Old Fourth’s wife."

"Father, Old Fourth’s wife just killed one, didn’t she? With so many of us here, two won’t be enough to eat," Lady He reluctantly said.

"Old Fourth’s wife is sitting Xiao Yue, which of you has fallen ill?" Old Master Lian usually didn’t like to concern himself with his daughters-in-law’s affairs, believing himself to be a man of status, and it was inconvenient to speak directly to the daughters-in-law. But he had no choice this time. "If you’re not willing, don’t eat even one; send them all to Old Fourth’s wife."

Upon hearing Old Master Lian say this, Lady He dared not say anything else and sullenly chose a smaller chicken to send to Lady Zhang.

Lady Zhang, seeing it was a small hen that was still laying eggs, immediately felt distressed.

"She really can be ruthless, this hen is still laying eggs..."

"If Old Fourth’s wife doesn’t eat, I’ll just take..."

Lian Manman went over and took the small hen, "Mother, Second Uncle’s wife sent this over for us, we should appreciate Second Uncle’s wife’s kindness and not damage her face."

"You little girl," Lady He looked at her now empty hands and simply sat down on the kang, "Last time we had the white flour cakes, it was all thanks to Manman. This time it’s the same, our whole family is shining thanks to you, that’s why we can have a taste of chicken."

"Second Uncle’s wife, I can’t take credit for that. We all saw it clearly just now, those chickens were only slightly injured, still hopping around alive, they’d have been fine with a bit of care. How come, Second Uncle’s wife, as soon as you take them to the Upper Room, they turn into two dead chickens?"

Lady He, her bluff called by Lian Manman, had nothing more to say and announced she was going to cook before turning and walking away. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

That evening, the Lian Family did have stewed chicken for dinner, but some ate joyfully, others through gritted teeth, and still others with heavy hearts.

In the middle of the night, when Lian Manman was sleeping soundly, Lian Xiuer knocked loudly on the door from outside, saying Lady Zhou was ill and urging everyone to hurry over.

The family scrambled to get dressed. Except for Lady Zhang, who could not leave the kang, everyone was to go.

Lian Shouxin was the first to head out, but Lian Manman quickly stopped him.

"Father, don’t rush, let me have a word with you first, then we’ll go."

"What is it, Manman?"

Everyone turned to look at Lian Manman.

"Father, when we go see my grandmother, just follow my lead, and I guarantee grandmother’s illness will be cured right away."

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Hehe, what idea has our Manman come up with this time?

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