Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1665 - 849: Gossip Behind One’s Back (Part 2)

Of course, being capable and virtuous can also score points for a girl waiting to be married. Moreover, people seem to verbally place a higher value on these two qualities. But in actual situations, everyone is well aware of the truth.

It might be unfair, but the fact is that young and beautiful girls waiting to marry have a significant advantage.

Of course, the rules of marrying up, level, or down mentioned above are not absolute; they generally apply, but there are also many exceptions.

Take the Old Lian Family as an example. When Lian Lanlan was young, she was very beautiful and eloquent, and theoretically could marry into a better family. But Old Master Lian didn’t care about those things, so when the Luo Family, whom he had a good professional relationship with, sought marriage, he agreed to it. At that time, the two families were considered equal in status, but comparing Luo Baocai and Lian Lanlan, Lian Lanlan was marrying down.

On the other hand, Lian Xiuxiu’s looks and social skills were much inferior to Lian Lanlan’s. But because Lian Shouren had become a Scholar and later bought the Jiansheng title, Lady Zhou greatly improved Lian Xiuxiu’s prospects for choosing a husband’s family, and indeed a family with someone at the Scholar level came to propose.

No matter what people think, this is the reality of such matters.

As for Shang Baorong, her family is humble, but her personal qualities are quite good, making her have a good chance of "marrying up." Even though people have just met her, there are already wives wanting to matchmake for Shang Baorong, indicating how outstanding she is in their eyes.

"...Such a good girl, but sadly I don’t have a suitable brother, and there isn’t anyone suitable around us." Lady Zhang continued working as she spoke, "You often go outside, so help keep an eye out and see if there’s anyone suitable..."

The last sentence was directed at Lian Shouxin. Lady Zhang was just such a warm-hearted person.

"What?" Lian Shouxin glanced at Lady Zhang, then raised his hand to scratch his head, "...I haven’t really paid much attention."

"Then be more mindful in the future." Lady Zhang replied, "Baorong is indeed a proper girl."

"Ah." Lian Shouxin responded vaguely.

"Mom, do you know what kind of person they are looking for? Not just anyone can play the matchmaker." Lian Manman said to Lady Zhang.

"They’ll look for someone with good qualifications, someone who matches up with the girl’s caliber." Lady Zhang replied, "It’s not that I’m favoring relatives or anything; I just think this girl is remarkable."

"But whoever the girl marries, it has to go through her parents, right?" Lian Manman continued, "Mom, I’m not stopping you from helping people. Just that when dealing with things, you have to think more; Shang Baorong is great, but as for her mom... that’s another story; she’s like my grandma."

Mentioning the similarity in personality between Younger Lady Zhou and Lady Zhou, even a person as open-hearted as Lady Zhang had to take it into consideration.

"We’ll just stay mindful. If there’s a suitable person, we can pass a word but won’t act as matchmakers ourselves." Lady Zhang thought about it and said.

Lian Manman didn’t say anything further; at least Lady Zhang wasn’t reckless, and this approach was reasonably sensible.

The night gradually deepened, but at the Thirty Mile Camp, many homes still had their lights on. This wasn’t usually common, but these days were different. Wives and daughters in every household were busy with work for Lian Manman’s family, making staying up late necessary.

The old house was in complete darkness, with only the Upper Room East Room showing a dim light.

Old Master Lian, Lady Zhou, and Lian Shouren were still not asleep.

Old Master Lian was heavy-hearted, sitting on the bedding and sighing, while Lady Zhou was also somewhat upset, accompanying him by his side. Since the elderly couple didn’t rest, Lian Shouren could only accompany them.

"Old Three should have arrived by now..." Old Master Lian said, looking down.

"He should have." Lady Zhou replied.

After subduing Lian Shouyi’s group, since it was already late and no one could be found to send a letter to town, Old Master Lian thought the matter couldn’t be delayed. Therefore, he instructed Lian Shouli to make a trip to the town to send a message to Lian Lanlan, asking her to come home tomorrow. As for tonight, Lian Shouli was to stay at Lian Lanlan’s home and come back with her the next day.

"Prepare some food for tomorrow." Old Master Lian added.

"...There’s still some meat; we can have Jizu go to town tomorrow to buy some bean sprouts and two pounds of dried tofu." Lady Zhou said, "We also have more than half of the chicken left, perfect for stewing with sauerkraut."

Despite the old house being frugal on usual days, there was always chicken when Lian Lanlan returned home. Even if they didn’t kill their own chicken, they would buy one from town. Lady Zhou was always willing to spend money on this.

"Ah, I never would have thought, not even in my dreams, that such a thing would happen in our family, all from the same womb..." Old Master Lian sighed again.

"I guess I’ve offended Lian Shouren’s branch, who knows how they’re cursing me behind my back." Lady Zhou said as she glanced towards the direction of the East Wing through the window.

The East Wing had long gone dark, indicating that everyone was asleep.

"Did you see how Si Lang looked at me today?" Lady Zhou continued in a lowered voice, "A wolf cub, he must have a knot of hatred for me in his heart!"

Both Old Master Lian and Lian Shouren remained silent.

"...When he left, he even gave me a glance as if he would love to stab me. He could actually do something like that. After all, he dared to hit even you." Lady Zhou’s eyes were somewhat vacant, but upon closer inspection, they revealed a deep-seated fear.

"Our Old Lian Family doesn’t have people with heavy hearts or holding grudges." Old Master Lian said.

"...Like the people from the Old He Family..." Lady Zhou said.

... 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

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