Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 619 - 318 Turnaround_2
"Mother, you truly were majestic today," Lian Manman said to Lady Zhang with a smile.
Lian Shouxin’s gaze fell on the knife in Lady Zhang’s hand and stayed there motionless.
"Ah?!" Lady Zhang lifted her hand and also showed a surprised expression, "I was just chopping vegetables when I heard Yeye come back and talk, and then I heard that voice from the Upper Room that was not a good sound, and in my panic, I hurried over there, forgetting to put down the kitchen knife."
"Mother, you should learn from my fourth aunt," Lian Yeye said to Lady Zhao with a hint of envy.
"I... I can’t keep up with your fourth aunt," Lady Zhao said with a bitter smile on her face.
"My dear, what vegetables do you need to chop? Let me do it, you take a break." Lian Shouxin walked over and gently took the kitchen knife from Lady Zhang’s hand, finally letting out a sigh of relief. Lady Zhang’s temperament had always been gentle, but today she took a kitchen knife to the Upper Room. He was afraid Lady Zhang, pushed too far, might do something rash. Now that he saw Lady Zhang hand over the kitchen knife to him, he felt at ease.
"Cut the meat, shred it. We’ll make shredded pork with sauce for the children’s dinner tonight," Lady Zhang directed, pointing at the two pieces of meat on the chopping board.
One of these two pieces of meat was meant to be sent to the Upper Room, and the other was a benefit received by Lady Zhao.
"The Old Master refused it, didn’t he? So we shouldn’t force it on them. We’ll cut one piece, and the other piece is for your third uncle’s wife and Yeye. Yeye, I will save this piece for you. When you come to the store tomorrow, your aunt will fry it for you," Lady Zhang said.
"Where the hell have all of you gone? Get cooking!" Lady Zhou screamed outside, her voice hoarse.
Lian Manman leaned out slightly and saw Lady Zhou standing at the Upper Room door, her hair disheveled, leaning on the door frame, her gaze coldly sweeping over to her.
Lian Manman quickly pulled her head back in.
"Into which rat hole did all of you die? Someone come out and cook, the Great Grandfather wants to eat!" Lady Zhou shouted again from outside.
Lian Manman almost burst out laughing and quickly covered her mouth.
Lady Zhao went out in a hurry, as today Lady Zhou had ordered her to cook.
When Lady Zhou saw Lady Zhao, she immediately began berating her fiercely. Lady Zhao hung her head, not daring to utter a word, and even when Lian Yeye tried to speak, Lady Zhao firmly stopped her.
Lady Zhou finally vented enough to quiet down.
"Why do I listen to whatever the Old Master says? See? That’s just her temper. If you don’t let her finish her rant, it will never end. It looks like we’re out of trouble now; she has taken out her anger on your third uncle’s wife and Yeye," Lian Shouxin said while chopping the meat.
"But what if third uncle’s wife and Yeye can’t bear it any longer?" Lian Manman asked.
Lian Shouxin paused for a moment, not answering immediately.
"And if all of us stopped bearing it, she couldn’t possibly go on shouting day and night without end," Lian Manman said. "Dad, this isn’t a good habit. If everyone hadn’t indulged her temper from the start, today’s incident wouldn’t have happened."
"Back then we were all young, and it became a habit. You think your grandmother has the same good temper as me, where you say anything and I’ll listen," Lian Shouxin pondered and said with a resigned smile.
"Dad, we’re just saying. Isn’t it still you who’s in charge of our family?" Lian Manman giggled.
"Yes, I am in charge," Lian Shouxin said, indeed having a good temper, and not competing with his own daughter.
"Mother, thanks to you today, otherwise, my father and I would have been scolded by Grandma, who knows how badly?" Lian Manman said to Lady Zhang, who was stirring the soybean paste.
"Zhizhi is now engaged, and Manman is also eleven. In a couple more years, it will be time for her to get engaged. When Manman reasons with Grandma, those who don’t know the situation might say Manman is talking back to Grandma. Manman is doing this for the sake of our whole family. When Zhizhi got engaged, Grandma just did it her way, what about when it comes to Manman?" Lady Zhang didn’t answer Lian Manman’s remark but instead addressed Lian Shouxin.
"Just now, as I was chopping vegetables, the thought suddenly struck me, sending a cold shiver down my spine... It’s all because I, as a mother, am useless," said Lady Zhang, lifting a hand to wipe the corner of her eye, "If I had only been clearer-headed before, the children wouldn’t have to endure hardship and suffering because of me."
Lady Zhang’s words immediately turned the somewhat joyful atmosphere to one of sadness.
Lian Shouxin put down the kitchen knife.
"Her temper, over these many years..." Lian Shouxin began but stopped, seemingly contemplating how to continue.
"Father, don’t you dare say we should ’just bear with it’ anymore. Over these years, haven’t we borne enough, and what has come of it? The more we endure, the more Grandma bullies us," Lian Manman interjected, "Grandma is stubborn, but she also sizes people up. How did she treat my eldest uncle, my aunt, as well as Lian Huahua and Lian Duoduo? She acted nothing like this, only scolding when things didn’t go her way and still complaining about not getting enough. Did she also shame Lian Huahua when she got married?"
"Your eldest uncle is a scholar, and Lian Huahua’s in-laws are the Song Family," Lian Shouxin said with some difficulty.
Lian Manman scoffed.
"Just because of that, they’re no longer the same sons and granddaughters? So Grandma actually makes distinctions among her children and grandchildren based on who they are. Well, I don’t think we’re any worse than others. If Grandma looks down on us, we can’t look down on ourselves," Manman said firmly, pursing her lips.
Lian Shouxin remained silent.
"Mother, aren’t you worried about my reputation? Let’s start now, no more talk of enduring. Let’s do what needs to be done, and in two or three years, our reputation will certainly be better than it is now," Manman said further.
From this moment on, they needed to take a hard stance. If Lady Zhou couldn’t get the better of them, she would naturally begin to give up gradually. Today, Lian Manman had openly defied Lady Zhou; when she retrieved that piece of meat, Old Master Lian was not pleased either. In the past, Manman might not have taken such actions, but now, whether it was their family’s awakening consciousness or external conditions, they had ample confidence.
With sufficient confidence and the right opportunity, Manman would certainly seize it. And the outcome was even better than she had anticipated.
"This is a day worth remembering," Manman whispered to herself. From today on, they could truly consider themselves to have turned over a new leaf.
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