Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 653 - 336 Reversal_1

At the third watch, call for rouge.

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"Not going to divide the family’s assets?" Lady He asked in some astonishment.

"Of course we’re not separating, do I even need to say it." Lian Shouyi knew Lady He was heartbroken, reluctant to give back what had come into her hands. "Now that our eldest brother has donated for the Jiansheng title, look at what the Song Family has just sent over, bags of silver, eh? Why didn’t they give us silver before... It won’t be long before big brother definitely takes an official position. Then we’ll really be envied, with silver flowing in. If we split now, what will we get? If we don’t split, his income is our income. All these years, we’ve scrimped and saved for his sake, and now, when he’s made his mark, he wants to split with us? Do they think us fools?"

"We’ve been arguing for two days now, to say we won’t split, can we really stop it?" Lady He was still hesitant.

"Our father, our mother, they’re the first not wanting to separate, and if we’re against it too, even if they want to split, they won’t be able to. Hurry up, get the things, I’ll return them to big brother and his family, let’s just keep things as they were." while speaking, Lian Shouyi urged, "Erlang’s wife, even your share needs to be returned. We need to look at the bigger picture; this bit of stuff is nothing. Wait until later when you follow your uncle to his official post, what won’t you have?"

The second branch of the family all went to Lian Shouren’s house yesterday to inspect things, and smuggled quite a bit back. Zhao Xiue was stopped by Lady Chiang, couldn’t go, and after returning she demanded a division.

Lian Shouyi and Lady He originally didn’t want to divide, but right then was the critical moment for the division of the household, and it would be bad if their own people started to stir up trouble. Moreover, Zhao Xiue had contributed to the planning, and Erlang had exerted a lot of effort. Aware of how troublesome Zhao Xiue could be, and with the vulnerable spot of losing her dowry, they truly did divide some of their holdings to give to her.

"Their faces are already torn, returning things now, isn’t it the same as being slapped in the face?" Zhao Xiue huffed coldly.

"Let them slap, when they’re done slapping, what needs to be done, will still be done." Said Lian Shouyi, "We’ll have to live together after all of this, this won’t smooth over unless we do it this way. Look, you shouldn’t think that we are begging your uncle and his family, groveling at their feet. I’m just giving him face. I say we don’t split up, and he’d better not think of leaving us behind. Whatever they have, we should have a part in it."

Lian Shouyi spoke these words with his chest thrust out and stomach in, full of confidence.

"Just return a few items and that should do it. As for what’s in their trunk, those things were never meant to see the light of day. If we brought them before my grandfather and grandmother, they wouldn’t be able to explain either." Zhao Xiue commented, "Tsk tsk, who would have known without looking, they really have hidden quite a lot of valuables."

Zhao Xiue too was unwilling to spit back out what she had swallowed, but she was much smarter than Lady He. She truly went and opened the trunk, kept a few items that she had gotten the day before, and handed the rest over to Lian Shouyi.

Lady He had no choice but to do the same.

"This is nothing, we haven’t even dug out the big chunks of silver yet." Lian Shouyi gathered everything in one place. The silver coin they found yesterday, they kept half for themselves, and then there were the gold and silver jewelry, some fabrics, clothes. "Everything else is negotiable, but the jewelry of the eldest sister-in-law and Jizu’s wife, that has to be returned."

After all the hustle, Lian Shouyi put together a bundle, sneaking into the West Room of the Upper Room like a thief.

In the West Room of the Upper Room, the Lian Shouren’s family was discussing matters. Seeing Lian Shouyi come in, grinning from ear to ear, they all stopped talking and stared at him without a word.

If it were anyone else, they would have been unable to recover from the embarrassment, but Lian Shouyi was no ordinary man.

"Big brother, sister-in-law." Lian Shouyi put on a full-faced smile, "I’ve come to congratulate big brother and sister-in-law."

"You still recognize me as your big brother?" Lian Shouren’s face darkened as he pointed to Lian Shouyi’s nose and scolded.

"Big brother, you’ve always been my big brother. As the younger brother, I got confused for a moment; you certainly can’t stoop to my level. Big brother, if you’re angry, you can beat me up, come on, hit me in the face. As long as you leave me alive, that’s enough. I still want to share in your happiness."

Lian Shouren, infuriated by Lian Shouyi’s shamelessness, raised his hand and slapped Lian Shouyi fiercely across the face.

Lian Shouyi’s face, already stinging from the slap, then turned the other cheek to Lian Shouren.

"Big brother, one slap won’t vent all your anger, this side too, let’s celebrate with double happiness," Lian Shouyi said, grinning.

Lian Shouren instinctively turned to look at Lady Gu. The spouses exchanged a glance, their fears coming true. Lian Shouyi had glued himself to them like a persistent plaster, and it seemed no matter what, they wouldn’t be able to shake him off.