Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 631 - 324: Bluffed_2

"What about the lecture?" Lian Manman asked again.

"Mr. Loo said he has never heard of such a thing," Wu Lang replied.

"Is it a scam to take money and dupe people?" Lian Manman immediately became alert. In her previous life, there were also scams that preyed on exam students under the guise of ’courses taught by outstanding teachers’ and ’exam-prep classes’ to defraud them of their money and time.

"Mr. Loo said he hasn’t been to our part, and in the places he knows, there is nothing like that," Wu Lang continued, "Anyway, Mr. Loo said that the most important thing is to thoroughly understand the books you need to read and to have good writing skills. He told me not to get distracted by other things."

"Mmm, mmm." Lian Manman nodded repeatedly, actually agreeing with Mr. Loo’s words.

However, Lian Jizu is now buying exam papers and going to lectures, so they found it inappropriate to comment. After all, whose responsibility would it be if he failed to pass the exam next year?

Lian Manman was muttering to herself when Lady Zhang spotted her.

"What are you muttering about there?" Lady Zhang asked.

"Mother," Lian Manman walked over to Lady Zhang and whispered something to her, "Mother, has Dad mentioned this to you?"

"What? Your father didn’t mention it when he returned?" Lady Zhang said in surprise.

Seizing a break in the conversation, Lady Zhang called Lian Shouxin into the inner room and asked in a low voice.

"About that..." Lian Shouxin glanced outside the room.

Lady Zhang then closed the door.

"...Everyone is busy outside; we can talk quietly and they won’t hear us," Lady Zhang told Lian Shouxin.

Lian Shouxin then sat down on the edge of the bed.

"Father mentioned it to me and I also agreed. I haven’t told you because... I have some doubts," Lian Shouxin said, frowning slightly, "When Father spoke about it, eldest brother and Erlang were also present. I always felt that Erlang and the others seemed somewhat reluctant..."

"Jizu’s schooling is already a huge expense on a regular basis. The exam is still nearly ten months away, and to start spending so much now... Most families probably couldn’t afford it. The Upper Room is already..." Lady Zhang took a long sigh.

"If our eldest brother’s commission was settled, we could have used it to advance some Silver Coin and put the money together," Lian Shouxin said.

So now they could only advance the wages of Lian Shouyi and the others, Lian Manman thought to herself as she listened.

"Dad, tomorrow you..."

"Since the Old Master has spoken, I’ll still talk to Old Huang tomorrow," Lian Shouxin said.

...

That day, Lian Manman’s family was busy until late before they finished all their chores. Lian Shouxin had to watch over the shop, and Wu Lang and Xiao Qi stayed on this side, while Lady Zhang and Lady Zhao, along with Lian Zhizhi, Lian Manman, and Sister Yeye, returned to the ancestral home.

The Lian family had already gone to bed; the rooms were pitch dark. They entered the courtyard, and just as they reached the middle of the yard, they heard Lady He’s cry coming from the East Wing Room, followed quickly by a light turning on in that room.

"Erlang’s wife, Erlang’s wife, what’s the matter with you!" Lady He’s loud voice, in the silent night, seemed especially piercing, "Your husband’s child, Erlang, something’s wrong with Erlang’s wife, hurry up, go get the doctor for Erlang’s wife now!"

Was it Zhao Xiue who had trouble?

Lian Manman and her party involuntarily stopped in their tracks.

The door of the East Wing Room creaked open, and Sanlang, clad in his clothes, hurriedly walked out, barely managing to pull on his shoes.

"Sanlang, what’s happened?" Lady Zhang asked anxiously.

"Second Sister-in-law has a stomachache. I’m going to find Doctor Li," Sanlang said as he headed towards the main gate.

"Hurry up, run there," said Lian Shouyi, who was also wearing his clothes, as he came out of the East Wing Room, waving at Sanlang’s retreating figure, "This is a matter of life and death, two lives at stake."

With all the commotion, the lamps in the east and west rooms of the Upper Room were successively lit.

"What’s going on, waking us up in the dead of night?" Lady Zhou didn’t come out, but sat up on the kang and asked loudly towards the outside.

"Mother, Father, did we wake you up?" Lian Shouyi went to the window at the bottom of the Upper Room East Room and said through it, "It’s Second Brother’s wife. When we came back, wasn’t she already feeling unwell? She didn’t eat dinner tonight, and her stomach pain flared up again in the middle of the night; she’s fainted twice already. It looks terrifying."

Just as Lian Shouyi finished speaking, Lady He’s voice came from the East Wing Room.

"Second Brother’s wife, what’s wrong with you, are you okay, can you give me a sign? Don’t scare me. I finally got a daughter-in-law, and now I’m about to hold my grandson. Second Brother’s wife, you must not let anything happen to you... It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have left this afternoon, leaving you alone at home, allowing you to be frightened. If there’s one corpse and two deaths, it’ll be the end of me, such a sin..."

Startled, one corpse and two deaths; hearing Lady He’s words, Lian Manman couldn’t help but feel moved, and her eyes drifted towards the West Room of the Upper Room.

The West Room was bustling with figures; it was clear that Lian Shouren’s family was also awake.

Old Master Lian, clad in his clothes, walked out from the Upper Room, followed by Lady Zhou and Lian Xiuxiu, both mother and daughter had grim expressions, obviously displeased by being disturbed in the middle of the night.

"Go and see," urged Old Master Lian to Lady Zhou.

Lady Zhou, accompanied by Lian Xiuxiu, went to the East Wing Room. Soon after, Lian Shouren, Lian Jizu, Lady Gu, and Lady Chiang also came out of their rooms and went into the East Wing Room.

Zhao Xiue, who had been silent until now, let out a piercing scream, followed quickly by silence.

"Sister-in-law Jizu, please, step outside for a moment. Second Brother’s wife, she got scared because of you. Look at our faces..." Lady He sobbed loudly.

Lady Chiang, with her face flushed, left the East Wing Room, lowering her head as she quickly returned to the Upper Room.

Lady Zhang and Lady Zhao also entered the East Wing Room. Soon after, Doctor Li was brought in by Sanlang. The West Wing Room was small and crowded; Lian Manman didn’t squeeze in.

It wasn’t really that she couldn’t squeeze in; it was the superstitions of the farmsteads, young ladies were expected to stay away from certain scenarios.

Zhao Xiue’s troubles continued, persisting until daylight.

Lian Shouyi, Erlang, and Sanlang, none of them went to work...

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