"I didn’t see why they were angry." Lady Da Zhou said, she was the type to make peace, in situations like this, she would play dumb and try to smooth things over.

"They both advised me to ask Old Fourth for more things." Lady Zhou said.

"Ah..." Lady Da Zhou didn’t know what to say for a moment. After a pause, she cautiously asked Lady Zhou, "How much did they want you to ask for?"

"I wanted those ten acres of land myself, it’s just a small amount, they also told me to ask for money, saying Old Fourth’s family doesn’t lack that." Lady Zhou said.

Ten acres is just a small amount, meaning they wanted hundreds of acres? And besides land, they wanted silver coins too. Lady Da Zhou didn’t say anything, but in her heart, she agreed with Lady Zhou for once, not listening to Younger Lady Zhou and Shang Huaide’s suggestion to make Lian Shouxin pay excessively.

"Auntie, what were you thinking, why didn’t you ask for so much?" Lady Da Zhou asked Lady Zhou.

"What do I need that much for?" Lady Zhou sneered, "Am I planning to leave it for someone? Ten acres, plus the original, are enough for me to eat and drink. I don’t need silver coins either, I hardly ever leave home throughout the year, haven’t spent any money from my hand in this life. What would money do for me."

"To be honest, if I lack anything, I ask Old Fourth, he won’t refuse me."

Saying this, Lady Zhou glanced outside, then tilted her head to listen carefully for a moment.

"Jizu’s wife seems to have gone to Chunzhu’s wife’s house earlier, probably hasn’t come back yet." Lady Da Zhou said. And Er Ya sat for a while before going to play with Lian Yaya.

Lady Zhou also listened and heard silence outside, not like someone was eavesdropping. Then she turned back to continue speaking with Lady Da Zhou.

"What do I need silver coins for, silver coins in my hands are a curse!" Lady Zhou’s tone was somewhat painful, "For heaven’s sake, what do I need money for, just to feed these little bastards? There’s nothing now, look at them fighting. If there really was something, their brains would be bashing each other."

"Just those few coins, and that wolf cub stole them. I was lucky I wasn’t home then, if I had been inside, who knows if he would’ve harmed me. If I had a pile of silver coins, anyone might sneak in at night and harm me without my knowing!"

Clearly, Si Lang’s act and his theft left a deep shadow on Lady Zhou, influencing her decision.

"I also won’t ask for much land, just that enough to eat and drink, and have some surplus. Anyone I find pleasing, I’ll give them some... More is useless, lest they start plotting against me, scheming all day. For heaven’s sake, can one person like me calculate against so many of them?"

"Moreover, those ten acres of land, Old Fourth agreed to give it to me without a word. If I really asked for a hundred and eighty acres, could you see them being like this? None are easy to deal with, if irritated, the past things are still there. Yeye’s brat still wants to evaluate me, change... Wouldn’t it end my life."

"None of them have feelings for me, I know."

"With these things in my hand, they all have to respect me." Lady Zhou finally said, "When I’m gone, let them do whatever they want. I am not like the Old Master, hesitating to let things go, in a lifetime gaining nothing good."

Lady Zhou murmured to Lady Da Zhou for quite a while, it seemed these words were pent up in her heart looking for someone to say to. Originally, these words she would rather say to someone she felt closer to, like Younger Lady Zhou, but unfortunately, in this matter, Younger Lady Zhou’s opinions diverged, hence she couldn’t say them, and could only tell them to Lady Da Zhou.

Lady Da Zhou listened to Lady Zhou’s words and finally understood the reasons behind Lady Zhou’s strange actions. Lady Zhou was always a wise person who planned for herself. Previously, with Old Master Lian around, the Lian Family’s situation was quite different than now, Lady Zhou had to consider Old Master Lian’s perspective in many matters, being more confident with a backing. But now, without Old Master Lian, the old residence fell apart, Lady Zhou could only restrain and focus on planning for herself alone.

After talking for a while, Lady Chiang returned from outside. Lady Zhou saw it was getting late and asked Lady Chiang to prepare a meal.

"Heat up the leftover food, and let’s eat." Lady Zhou told Lady Chiang. This morning’s funeral feast, Lady Zhou and Lady Chiang managed to keep a lot, enough for the family to eat today. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

Lady Da Zhou then got up to leave, Lady Zhou asked her to stay for dinner, Lady Da Zhou refused.

"There’s something going on at home tonight, I need to go back and help watch over it." Lady Da Zhou said to Lady Zhou.

After seeing Lady Da Zhou off, Lady Chiang started to make the fire and warm up the food. Once everything was placed on the table, everyone sat down, Lady Chiang was stunned.

...

The conversation between Lady Zhou and Lady Da Zhou soon almost word for word reached the ears of Lian Manman family.

Lian Yeye was there, knowing what Lady Zhou said about their family, she immediately jumped in anger.

"How can she be so heartless. How can she look down on me and my mom so much, just wishing we were dead, then she’d be happy. She’s not my grandma! From now on I won’t call her grandma anymore, she doesn’t deserve it!"

Lian Manman noticed the displeasure on Lian Shouxin’s face next to her and quickly pulled Lian Yeye to calm her down.

"That’s really over the line." Lady Zhang said, "Not even leaving a bit of consideration for anyone."

"... Plans better than anyone!" Lian Manman said, deliberately glancing at Lian Shouxin.

Lian Shouxin’s inferred intention was that he suspected Lady Zhou asked for ten acres for them, to save them. But Lady Zhou’s underlying thoughts once again ruthlessly trampled on Lian Shouxin’s little bubble of imagination, crushed without a trace.

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