Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 598 - 308: Grain Buds_1

Old Master Lian’s words immediately set Lady Zhou off. She raised both her arms and lunged at Old Master Lian. Fortunately, Lian Xiuxiu, Lady Gu, Lady He, and others were nearby and barely managed to hold her back.

They could hold back Lady Zhou’s body, but they couldn’t silence her mouth.

"I’ve lived all these years in vain, haven’t you lived in vain too? How have I lost my humanity, how have I lost my humanity, tell me! You have such a clever mouth, all you do is criticize me. If it weren’t for your incompetence, would Xiuxiu and I have ended up in this state?"

"Don’t change the subject to Zhizhi’s matter!" Old Master Lian said sternly.

"What’s wrong with Zhizhi’s matter? I know falling ill was bad timing, I’ve let you all down, I’ll go kneel before them in a moment, will that satisfy you?" Lady Zhang was all over the place, not mentioning a word about how she made Zhizhi’s life difficult, leading to Lady Wang taking over the cooking. "You accuse me of lacking humanity, do you have any humanity? Xiuxiu is my only daughter, she is of marriageable age now. In another household, she might have been highly valued, but in our family, she’s less than a blade of grass," she said.

Lian Xiuxiu stood sobbing beside Lady Zhou, crying inconsolably.

"All these years, our life has been getting worse every day. Xiuxiu has not had a single good day with us. As her father, you don’t even feel pity for her, look at what you’ve done today. In front of the new relatives, you berated Xiuxiu until she was worthless! Lian Fang, you’re truly heartless. You just can’t stand to see us mother and daughter happy, can you? At her age, how valuable her reputation is, do you know? By insulting her like that, how do you expect her to ever hold her head high again? If anyone lacks humanity, it’s you!"

Lady Zhou pointed at Old Master Lian, blaming him and weeping bitterly.

"You know well enough that Xiuxiu’s reputation is valuable, so isn’t Zhizhi’s reputation valuable on the day she gets engaged?" Old Master Lian’s hands trembled with anger. "What good can be said about you, huh? Why do you always make it about yourself? You only think of yourself, don’t you care about anyone else in your heart?"

"She’s engaged, she’s not my granddaughter anymore? Serving me water, giving me a bowl of rice, that’s not proper anymore?... What does that have to do with Xiuxiu? When she speaks up, it’s for everyone’s benefit. You just can’t stand me, so just curse me directly. By ruining Xiuxiu’s reputation, what good will you gain... If you dislike our mother-daughter pair so much, then go live with whoever you favor."

Not only did Old Master Lian find it absurd, but even Lian Manman outside was struck with laughter. Lady Zhou’s irrationality had reached an indescribable peak.

"You’ve already set rules for the new relatives, yet you have the nerve to say this!" Old Master Lian snapped. "Is this how much you care for Xiuxiu? With such a mother, those who had planned to come propose to Xiuxiu were scared off! Why keep babbling about this, if anything happens to Xiuxiu in the future, it will be because you ruined her!"

"Ah," Lady Zhou choked, and then burst into loud crying, "You old fool, wishing ill on Xiuxiu, you have no good intentions."

"I can’t deal with a shrew like you, always speaking nonsense, I must have been blind!" Old Master Lian lamented, and as he spoke, he got down from the kang (bed-stove), pushing away Lian Shouren and Lian Jizu, who were helping him, and tried to walk out.

Having drunk a bit too much at noon, and with the added stress, even though he had taken a nap afterward, this quarrel had sent his blood rushing to his head. Old Master Lian felt light-headed and off-balance, and nearly toppled over.

Lian Manman let out a shriek of fright and hurriedly went to support Old Master Lian.

Lian Shouren and Lian Jizu were right there, too, and held Old Master Lian from both sides, preventing him from falling.

Everyone quickly helped Old Master Lian back to the kang and got him to lie down.

"I’m fine, I’m fine," Old Master Lian kept repeating.

Lady Zhou was terrified, and her wailing stopped abruptly.

Amidst the chaos, Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang arrived upon hearing the news, and Doctor Li was called to examine Old Master Lian’s pulse. Doctor Li said there was nothing to worry about, but advised Old Master Lian to rest more and not get agitated.

"Old Master is quick-tempered, and at his age, he should really try to worry less and not get angry... or argue with anyone. Otherwise, if he can’t get his breath, it will be too late for regrets," Doctor Li cautioned.

Outside the home, Old Master Lian never quarreled with anyone, but at home, the only person who would argue with him was Lady Zhou.