Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 644 - 331 Each Has Their Own Method of Division_2

When it came to personal interests, Lady Zhou’s vitality was unmatched.

"Mother, don’t rush to scold me, I haven’t finished speaking yet," Lian Shouyi said with a grin, "How could you leave yourselves with only Xiuxiu? Dad, Mom, of course you should live with my elder brother."

"You bastard, pushing the blame so clean. Are you starting to push us out now? After raising you with tears and sweat, we’ve given you our blood to drink, and now that we’re old and of no use, you want to throw us into the ditch..." 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"Mom, if you and Dad are willing to live with me, I wouldn’t say a word against it, I’d definitely be happy," Lian Shouyi quickly added with a grin, "I’m thinking of your wellbeing. My elder brother is a Scholar, and Jizu will soon be a Scholar too. My sister-in-law and Jizu’s wife, they are both virtuous women, quick at work and speech. Living with them would definitely be best for you; you won’t suffer a bit."

Lady Zhou just glared fiercely at Lian Shouyi, but this time she didn’t argue against his words.

"Moreover, there’s Xiuxiu. If she stays with us, her prospects for marriage, she won’t be able to climb up the social ladder. We’re but humble laborers working the land. With my elder brother, it’ll be different. At the very least, the very least, Xiuxiu should marry a Scholar, to become a Scholar’s wife, right?"

When Lian Shouyi first mentioned dividing the property according to the number of male grandchildren, the expressions on Lian Shouren and Lian Jizu’s faces were quite indifferent. However, when they heard Lian Shouyi bring up this point, the father and son exchanged a look, a flicker of worry passing through their eyes.

"Second, second brother, does that mean I get nothing?" Lian Shouli finally mustered the courage to speak, prompted by Lian Yeye’s incessant urging.

"Huh?" Lian Shouyi appeared surprised, turning his head to look at Lian Shouli as if only just realizing his brother was in the room.

"Third brother, when we brothers talk, I always speak candidly. Don’t be offended by my frankness," Lian Shouyi said, posing sincerely as if he had Lian Shouli’s best interests at heart. "You don’t have a son, so why bother dividing? I’ve thought about it for you. Which of Si Lang or Liulang do you fancy? I’ll adopt one to you. Then you could just live with us, with your brother and sister-in-law arranging everything for you!"

Lian Shouyi, putting on an elder brother’s airs, leaned forward and patted Lian Shouli’s shoulder.

Lian Shouli’s shoulder drooped under the pat.

By "arranging everything" for Lian Shouli, could it mean that henceforth, Lian Shouli, Lady Zhao, and Lian Yeye would be under Lian Shouyi’s command?

"Second brother, why do you assume I’ll never have a son in the future?" Lian Shouli asked. Being written off by someone, even someone as meek as Lian Shouli, couldn’t help but become angry.

"Old Three, we’re family, I can’t deceive you with empty words like strangers do. How many years has it been? Yeye is eleven or twelve now, right? Has there been any sign from your wife’s belly?" Lian Shouyi scoffed.

"You..." Even if it were a dead man being spoken to, one would find it hard not to jump up. Lian Shouli was certainly not dead, and he leapt up, raising a clenched fist high.

Lian Manman’s eyes widened with anticipation, thinking that Lian Shouyi was asking for it and Lian Shouli was right to strike him now.

However, much to Lian Manman’s disappointment, Lian Shouli’s fist didn’t land on Lian Shouyi, but rather slowly and weakly fell to his side.

Lian Manman sighed in frustration and closed her eyes in resignation. Just then, she heard a scream. She quickly opened her eyes again, only to see Lian Yeye holding an empty porcelain jar, while Lian Shouyi was jumping up and down wiping his face with his sleeve, his head and face covered in wet tea leaves and dripping water.

It turns out Lian Yeye had thrown the brick tea meant for Old Master Lian onto Lian Shouyi’s face.

"You little wretch, what are you trying to do, scald me to death?" Lian Shouyi raged.

"Scald you dead for cursing my parents. I want to burn your mouth so you can’t bully us anymore," Lian Yeye pointed at Lian Shouyi and retorted.

Lian Shouyi was about to step forward to hit Lian Yeye.

Lian Shouli blocked Lian Shouyi.

"Old Three, are you challenging me?" Lian Shouyi threatened as he glared at Lian Shouli. With no sons, Lian Shouli was destined to fall under his wing. How dare Lian Shouli offend him?

"Second brother, you can’t hit Yeye," Lian Shouli said.

"I promised last time that no matter when, we have a share of the household’s assets. You dream of seizing our share, forget it," Lian Yeye, emboldened by Lian Shouli standing in front, cried out loud.

"Everyone sit down!" Old Master Lian roared. He had heard and seen other families nearly come to blows over division of property, brothers turned enemies, but he certainly never imagined such a thing happening in his own home.

"Second, if you spout another nonsensical word, you’ll be cast out of the house naked," Old Master Lian warned Lian Shouyi, pointing at him with his dry tobacco pipe, "it’s right that Yeye splashed you, consider it as if I did it myself."

Lian Shouyi, with a disgraced and dirty face, now had nothing more to say and simply grumbled as he sat back down.

"You all know the current situation of the household. The division of the family will be just like when Old Fourth separated from us: the houses and land will be divided into four shares. Your mother, Xiuxiu and I will take one share, and each of you brothers will have one."

The house will belong to whoever is currently living in it. As for the farmland, the Lian Family now has twenty-four acres in total, which makes six acres per share. Besides that, the household items will belong to whoever they are with.

"Dad, what about the money, how much will you give us?" Lian Shouyi eagerly asked.

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