Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 838 - 427: Counterattack_2

Lian Manman and the others exchanged glances, but no one spoke up.

If we’re talking about ruthlessness, who could surpass Lady Zhou?

"Too much..." Old Master Lian spoke up to stop Lady Zhou.

Lady Zhou saw Old Master Lian’s face change, and Lian Lanlan kept winking at her from the side. Although she was still angry, she stopped talking.

"Your grandma is just like that, she speaks without thinking. Don’t take it to heart, just listen and let it pass." Old Master Lian hurriedly reassured Lady Zhang, Lian Manman, Wu Lang, and Xiao Qi.

Lian Manman understood that Old Master Lian was telling them not to gossip about Lady Zhou to Lian Shouli and Lady Zhao when they went back. What could they say? They could only vaguely agree.

After some idle chatter, mostly between Wu Lang, Lian Manman, Xiao Qi, and Old Master Lian, Lady Zhang sat there, seldom interjecting. This was something the mother and daughters had agreed upon along the way. When they arrived here, in front of Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou, they let Wu Lang do most of the talking, and the conversation was directed mainly at Old Master Lian. Lady Zhang just needed to sit there with a stern face.

After talking for a while, Lian Manman opened a bundle and took out a tightly wrapped package.

"Grandpa, this is some dry tobacco that dad and mom bought for you at the market," Lian Manman said as she unwrapped the package and handed it to Old Master Lian.

"The dry tobacco from our own garden, dad and Old Three harvested and dried it, we originally planned to have someone bring it sometime. My cousin Jizu sold that tobacco, he said he’d take the money and buy the same here. Dry tobacco is the same wherever it’s from, this is from home, whenever you miss home, you can smoke this tobacco from home," Wu Lang explained.

"Grandpa, this tobacco, dad said he dried it for you, my brother, sister, and I all helped twist it and dry it," Xiao Qi added.

"Good, good," Old Master Lian took the tobacco and repeatedly praised it.

They had been sitting in the house for a while, and Lian Manman naturally noticed that Old Master Lian hadn’t smoked at all, and his ever-present tobacco pipe was nowhere to be seen.

Lian Manman then took out two cloth packages from the bundle.

"...This is what Old Three and his wife gave for Sister-in-law’s dowry, this is what we gave for Sister-in-law’s dowry."

"It’s from Old Three and Old Four for Xiuxiu’s dowry. Mom, Xiuxiu, come take a look," Lian Lanlan took over the two cloth packages, placing them in front of Lady Zhou, and pulled Lady Zhou and Lian Xiuxiu to look.

Lady Zhou sat cross-legged, slowly unwrapping the bundles. She opened Lian Shouli and Lady Zhao’s gift first.

A pair of silk pillowcases, two quilt covers, all in festive bright red. Lady Zhou flipped through them with her hand and then tossed them aside, clearly upset.

Then, she opened the one from Lian Manman’s family, another pair of silk pillowcases, two pieces of fabric, both of fine quality. This softened Lady Zhou’s expression a bit, but when she realized that there was nothing else besides these, her expression darkened again.

"Old Three’s family has no shame, crying poor. For such a major event in Xiuxiu’s life, this is all you brought?" Lady Zhou straightened up and began scolding Lady Zhang, "Your family runs a shop, money pouring in every day, you’ve built a big house, just reaping the minimal polite gifts, are you too stingy to part with even one or two items?"

"Don’t pretend nothing is wrong." Seeing Lady Zhang silent, Lady Zhou pointed at her and scolded, "Now that you’re in charge, this is how a sister-in-law acts? Greedy, heartless, you hold grudges..."

"...We are just tenant farmers, and this gift, however you see it, is very generous. Old Three and his wife left home empty-handed, this gift cost them several months of wages. We also left home empty-handed, this is all we can afford. You always look down on us tenant farmers, even the gifts given out of obligation by you are much worse than these," Lady Zhang interrupted Lady Zhou.

"What grudge do you keep saying I hold? If you hadn’t mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten that you always say I hold a grudge because Xiuxiu pushed me..." Lady Zhang raised her voice slightly.

"Old Fourth’s wife, stop talking now, please," Lian Lanlan’s face suddenly changed, and she hurriedly tried to appease with a smile, "Mom is just getting older, she just misses Old Three and Old Four, hasn’t seen them, has some irritation inside. She speaks without thinking, Old Fourth’s wife, you are known to be virtuous, why are you taking her words seriously? Don’t we also look at the monk to see the Buddha? You’ve come all this way with the kids, it’s for their good too..."

Lady Zhou hadn’t caught on initially, but after hearing Lian Lanlan’s words, she realized the implication.

"You, you didn’t come here to add to Xiuxiu’s dowry, you came for revenge." Lady Zhou’s eyes turned red, trembling as she pointed at Lady Zhang, "I knew it, why else would you willingly come this far? And you say you hold no grudges, that you have a kind heart, that’s all false, your heart is venomous..."

Lady Zhou spoke like this, but her voice grew weaker. Lian Xiuxiu sat silently beside, clutching the hem of her dress, her face ashen.

"You always blame others, it’s not because of your foul mouth recklessly speaking, picking bones in an egg, why else would anyone argue with you? How has everyone been advising you these past days, and you just wouldn’t listen, passing from one ear to the other? You just like to cause trouble, a good situation, you have to make a mess of it," Old Master Lian angrily coughed.

"Old Fourth’s wife, don’t argue with your mother, she... is just a troublemaker."

Lady Zhang sat there, her face devoid of any smile, remaining silent.

Remembering that since Lady Zhang entered the room, she had barely spoken and kept a stern face, now with everyone saying this, Lady Zhou immediately believed that Lady Zhang really had bad intentions, aiming to ruin Lian Xiuxiu’s marriage.

"I am the troublemaker..." Lady Zhou knelt on the kang, her voice trembling.

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