Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1510 - 768: Troubles (2)

"What a coward, just because they’re not letting you attend the banquet, you can’t show yourself in front of people, and you’re upset. You don’t dare to confront them, so you take it out on me! I gave her those things, what can she do to me? I haven’t seen her dare to say anything to me. You’re longing to attend the banquet, but I’m not. I don’t lack that bite to eat. She can do whatever she wants, I’ll live my life."

"What’s the use of taking it out on me? Go find Old Fourth. Kneel and kowtow to him, apologize and beg him to let you attend the banquet!"

Old Master Lian knew how to hit Lady Zhou’s sore spot, and in the same way, Lady Zhou knew where Old Master Lian hurt the most.

Old Master Lian was at a loss for words after being confronted by Lady Zhou and had to keep his anger bottled up inside.

Since finding out that Lian Shouxin wouldn’t let them attend the wedding feast, Old Master Lian had been feeling uneasy, and it grew stronger day by day, reaching its peak today. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Watching Lady Zhou and the family cheerfully eating the banquet sent by the Wu Family, Old Master Lian felt even more depressed. To him, even going to the feast and getting nothing to eat would be better than eating delicacies at home.

But, things had come to this, there was no way to salvage it, and scolding Lady Zhou was pointless, as her mind was not on this matter at all. Lady Zhou’s outlook differed from his; what mattered to him was worthless in her eyes.

The person sent by the Wu Family to retrieve their utensils came in to exchange a few polite words with Old Master Lian, then left with their stuff. Because of Old Master Lian’s authority, Lian Shouyi didn’t dare to mention his wish for wine.

Old Master Lian breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the few people sitting on the kang, and secretly sighed again.

"Old Fourth’s family isn’t what it used to be," Old Master Lian muttered.

As a result of delivering such a dowry, Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang silently accepted it, thinking they had given Lady Zhang and Lian Zhizhi a hard time and established their authority, which made them quite smug, feeling they had outshone others who were helpless against them.

Receiving such a gift, Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang didn’t make a fuss; instead, they invited a doctor over and, using the doctor’s words, justifiably excluded him, Lian Jizu, and Lady Chiang from the wedding feast under the guise of filial piety and taking care of his health. On the day of the wedding, they sent a premium feast over in a grand manner.

Comparing the two, neither Lady Zhou, Lian Shouren, nor Lian Shouyi, nor anyone in this old residence was a match for Lian Shouxin’s group. The more beautifully Lian Shouxin’s group handled things, the more their actions highlighted how unreasonable and devoid of compassion the old residence was.

"Old Fourth and his wife aren’t this capable," Old Master Lian closed his eyes and muttered to himself, "those kids have all grown up, they’re exceptional..."

In this old residence, not only were the conditions not as good as Lian Shouxin’s group, but even the people’s wisdom and methods were worlds apart. As long as he was around, it was fine, but what would the people of the old residence do if he was gone one day!

Old Master Lian fell into a deep worry and anxiety.

The few people sitting on the kang vaguely heard Old Master Lian’s muttering, but no one knew what he was thinking. Everybody assumed that Old Master Lian was still upset about missing the banquet.

Although Old Master Lian was upset, he didn’t seem to plan any actions against the Fourth Household Lian Shouxin’s group, so the people sitting on the kang weren’t interested in Old Master Lian’s distress.

"Old Wu Family’s banquet, really..." Lian Shouyi was still praising the richness of the banquet the Wu Family sent, "Old Wu Family is rich, their family fortune is solid. Over the years, Wu Yugui and his boy have also made a lot of money. They have a small family to support, they’re living a good life..."

"A small family to support," is a local saying in the Thirty Mile Camp, meaning few people and light burdens.

"They ought to have such a banquet. Old Wu Family has prospered this time," Si Lang said. "The dowries my Fourth Uncle gave couldn’t even fit in several large carts. And all the land, mills, workshops, add all our family assets together, and they wouldn’t even match their little finger. Even at the wealthiest time of Grandpa, I guess he didn’t have as much dowry as Sister Zhizhi."

Saying this, Si Lang intentionally glanced at Old Master Lian.

Old Master Lian was lost in his own worries and missed the look that Si Lang shot at him, as well as the words he spoke.

"No," Lian Shouyi recalled and confirmed, "Old Fourth Family’s fortune is... uncanny. For such great wealth, even when making wine back then, he was so selfish. Now he’s still like that, Old Fourth is too selfish. We don’t expect to be like him, even a trickle from his fingers would be enough for us. Yet, he’d rather benefit Old Wu Family! Where’s the brotherly affection!"

"The dowry aside, there was also the additional dowry." Si Lang stopped speaking, thinking about something.

"Speaking of additional dowries, Sanlang also had someone bring something over," Lady He suddenly said. "I heard it was a couple of pieces of fine fabric and a pair of bracelets. Worth several taels of silver."

"What kind of fate do I have... Had so many sons, counting Luo Xiaoyan, married three daughters-in-law, yet I haven’t enjoyed any fortune. Not a single daughter-in-law treats me with respect. And that Wang Qi, is he dumb or what, always favoring outsiders. From so far away, with that amount of silver, why can’t he show us some filial respect!"

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