First watch, asking for pink.

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Old Master Lian lowered his eyelids and fell silent for a while. Seeing that Lian Shouxin and Zhang Qingshan both remained silent, he sighed loudly once more.

"This matter, if we chase them away now, it might not be good," Old Master Lian said slowly.

Lady Zhou had been fuming all along, and hearing Old Master Lian say this, her patience ran out.

"You don’t want to chase them away, you intend to drive me out. You old bastard, you think I don’t know what you’re scheming," Lady Zhou pointed at Old Master Lian and started cursing.

Normally, in front of guests, even if there are grievances, people would endure for a while to maintain dignity. Especially since Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou were advanced in age, and the guest was the father-in-law. However, Lady Zhou couldn’t be understood by common logic. The more you care about dignity, the more she wants to embarrass you; this was one of her unique methods.

Sure enough, hearing Lady Zhou’s aggressive tone, Old Master Lian’s face first turned red, and he quickly began to cough, intercepting Lady Zhou’s words.

"We definitely can’t let them stay too long," Old Master Lian hurriedly said before Lady Zhou could speak again, "Ai, this thing is my fault, I was soft-hearted. He Laoliu was not a good person, but people pass away like extinguished lamps. An orphan and a widow, truly what their character is, we didn’t know beforehand."

"Still don’t know now," Lady Zhou immediately retorted furiously, "Are we waiting for them to slit my throat before kicking them out! Thankfully, it wasn’t directed at you. Who doesn’t know you’re the great kind-hearted one, while my heart doesn’t work properly. Chase them, chase them now, say it’s on my word, my decision. If anyone wants to gossip, let them come to me."

Lady Zhou’s temper was often extremely bold and decisive.

"... Acting all high and mighty, like it’s the time when you were a great tycoon. Just want to support a few more mouths! Look at yourself, so poor that you can’t even afford a decent meal, those four eat more than anyone. And whose grain are they eating... Besides, are they good people? They’re all ingrates. You think others praise you behind your back for this? Dream on, your backbone is all crumbled to pieces!"

Lady Zhou vented all her fury on Old Master Lian.

Lian Manman stood silently on the side. For the first time, she felt Lady Zhou’s words were harsh, but they made sense.

And so, Old Master Lian, in front of his in-law Zhang Qingshan, was scolded by Lady Zhou until he lost face.

To spare Old Master Lian further embarrassment, Zhang Qingshan just hung his head, pretending he hadn’t heard anything.

Old Master Lian was very angry at Lady Zhou’s scolding; ordinarily, he would immediately retaliate, which undoubtedly would lead to a family fight. But today Zhang Qingshan was present, and Old Master Lian, after all, cared about face, so he had to swallow his anger reluctantly.

Although the embarrassment had already been seen, he could still minimize the impact to some extent.

"Chase them, I never said not to chase them," Old Master Lian said, feeling challenged.

Indeed, now Old Master Lian deeply regretted. At first, the Wife of He Laoliu brought a few children and came looking like beggars. At that time, he was rekindling his ambition to restore the Lian Family’s reputation. To regain a good name, daily hard work and little efforts were necessary, and helping the needy could quickly achieve that.

Moreover, back then, more and more people from the village came to watch the commotion, and the Wife of He Laoliu even began speaking of past matters from Taicang.

Everyone in Thirty Mile Camp knew Lian Shouren and Lian Shouyi had committed crimes, but what exactly they did in Taicang, the villagers weren’t aware. When in Taicang, Lian Shouren and Lian Shouyi were close with He Laoliu, and the Wife of He Laoliu likely knew things he didn’t even know.

Anything involving He Laoliu was unlikely to be respectable.

He couldn’t allow the Wife of He Laoliu to spread rumors outside, which was why he quickly decided to take in the He Family.

Old Master Lian regretted acting so hastily, as their rice supply was limited and couldn’t sustain the additional four people. He assumed that Lian Shouxin, who should have helped, was indifferent to the matter. Furthermore, Old Master Lian didn’t anticipate the orphaned family of He would be so lazy.