Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 751 - 384 Incomparable Today_2
"Just now you went to the Upper Room, what did you say to your grandma?" Lady Zhang asked.
Although Lian Manman was young, she was very decisive and also very sensible, so Lady Zhang did not interfere too much with Lian Manman’s actions.
"It’s Manman who still dares to cozy up to my grandma at this time," Lian Zhizhi said.
"I didn’t say much, just trying to persuade my grandma," Lian Manman said, "My grandma let herself be persuaded by me and even said that she would prepare some things for our share."
Lady Zhang and Lian Shouxin were both astonished.
"Oh my, I hope your grandma doesn’t give us any more trouble; we’re already praying to Buddha," Lady Zhang said. Clearly, she didn’t dare to accept anything from Lady Zhou.
"What does your grandma want to give us, Manman, you didn’t agree to take it, did you?" Lian Shouxin also said, obviously, he and Lady Zhang were of the same mind.
"No, of course not," Lian Manman said. Seeing that Lady Zhang and Lian Shouxin were still astonished and unable to understand what was going on, Lian Manman explained briefly.
"My grandma is afraid that she won’t be able to manage the household after she goes with my eldest uncle."
After thinking for a while, Lady Zhang and Lian Shouxin also came to understand.
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The Upper Room had been busy for a few days, and the luggage was almost packed up. A verbal message came from the Song Family in the county town, conveyed by Lian Huahua. Lian Huahua was still in her confinement period and couldn’t go out, so Old Madam Song invited Lian Shouren and the others to stay in the county town for a few days before he took up his new post. The person who came with the message also brought words from Lian Lanlan; the general meaning was the same. Lian Lanlan also couldn’t go out these days because Jin Suo was ill.
With this verbal message from the Song Family, Lian Shouren’s expenses for taking up his new post were not a concern anymore. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou also discussed privately and finally decided how to deal with the things that couldn’t be taken with them.
The house needed someone to look after it.
A house has a particular quality: when someone lives inside, it looks a certain way. But if left vacant and unattended, no matter how good the house is, it will deteriorate. Just like the Lian Family Old Mansion, if no one regularly looks after it, it’s hard to say what state it would be in after a year.
Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou could not bear to rent the house to someone else, and since they had many empty rooms and Lian Shouli had no house to live in, it would not look good to outsiders.
Therefore, Lian Shouli would continue to stay in the West Wing Room, responsible for looking after the Old Mansion until Old Master Lian and the others returned.
The vegetables grown in this year’s garden would all belong to Lian Shouli. The garden had suffered badly at the hands of Lady Zhou, but with proper care, what remained should be enough for Lian Shouli’s family of three.
As for the crops in the fields, this year’s harvest from the six acres belonging to Lian Shouxin’s family would still go to Lian Shouxin. Lian Shouli would be allotted enough grain for a year’s rations for a family of three.
No one was willing to stay behind to harvest the crops. Old Master Lian suggested that Lian Shouli and Lian Shouxin be responsible for it. However, this was tactfully declined by both men, even though Lady Zhou’s attitude towards them had clearly softened quite a lot in recent days.
Old Master Lian, having no choice, simply entrusted the harvesting of their twenty-four acres to two brothers, Woo Ergou and Woo Sangou. These two brothers only needed to take out enough grain for Lian Shouli’s family of three from the harvest, a quarter of the rest as their harvesting fee, with the remaining three-quarters going to the landowner, Old Master Lian.
Starting from next year, all thirty acres of the Lian family’s land would be cultivated by these two brothers. The rent for the land would be the same as that for Scholar Wang’s Family.
Scholar Wang would now take back the thirty acres he rented out and compensate Old Master Lian with one silver coin per acre.
Next, concerning the chickens and pigs, which Lady Zhou valued most.
There were a total of forty chickens, including some that were two or even three years old, as well as about twenty new chickens bought this year. More than a dozen were laying eggs.
Lady Zhou wished she could take all the chickens with them on the journey, and Lian Manman expressed her support, but Lian Shouren firmly objected, saying it would disgrace his face as a new official.
The face of a new official was more important than anything.
Lady Zhou selected the best chickens from the bunch, choosing twenty to take to the county town for the Song Family and Lian Lanlan. Naturally, they were meant to be eaten; had it not been for Lian Lanlan’s family not raising chickens, Lady Zhou would have given all the chickens to Lian Lanlan.
The remaining twenty, Lady Zhou ground her teeth and took the initiative to offer them to Lian Manman’s family.
Old Master Lian was very pleased, feeling that Lady Zhou had come to her senses and still cared for her son. However, he believed that the chickens should go to Lian Shouli, who had a harder time making ends meet. But these thoughts were kept to himself, as he didn’t want to dampen Lady Zhou’s enthusiasm.
Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang both declined.
Lady Zhou, so eager to please, was upset by the refusal. Lian Manman had shown support the other day, but accepting nothing from her left Lady Zhou feeling uneasy.
"If Granny is giving them, then let’s take them," Lian Manman said.
Only then did Lady Zhou’s face begin to look better.
Lian Manman turned and ran to Old Master Lian, whispering a few words in his ear.
"Grandpa, we don’t lack these few chickens. We accept them just to make my Granny happy. Once you leave, we’ll give the chickens to my third uncle’s family," she said.
Old Master Lian’s face instantly bloomed into a smile.
And then there were the three pigs that had already grown to over a hundred pounds each. They weren’t worth much if sold now; it was better to wait until just before the New Year, to fatten them up, and then they would sell for a good price.
Lian Manman’s family paid for the pigs, providing every last silver coin to Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou. These pigs would still be taken care of by Lady Zhao and her family, with Lian Manman’s household providing the feed. By the end of the year, one pig would go to Lady Zhao, and the other two would belong to Lian Manman’s family.
Lady Zhou also brought out several lengths of cloth and a few pieces of old clothing to give to Lian Manman, Lian Zhizhi, and Lian Yeye. Lian Manman did not accept these.
With Lian Shouli’s family, help where needed was given, and where things needed to be made clear, they were clarified.
It was a cause for universal happiness.
The happiest was Old Master Lian, who called Lian Shouxin to his side, but for a long time, he couldn’t find the words to say.
"Good child, you’re stronger than your father. Father understands everything... understands... The one I’m most at ease with is you..."
Lian Manman came out of the east room and was immediately choked by something.
There was smoke in the outer room, with Lady Chiang tending to the fire.
When she saw what Lady Chiang was using to start the fire, Lian Manman stopped in her tracks.
"Sister-in-law, what are you using to make fire there?"
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