Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 132 - 67: Si Lang Reports in Secret_3

Chapter 132: Chapter 67: Si Lang s in Secret_3
Leaving Xiao Qi to accompany Lady Zhang, Lian Manman led a few children towards the Upper Room. Before even entering, Si Lang heard Lian Shouyi and Lady He talking inside and quickly pulled Liulang to turn and run away, leaving Lian Yaya standing there, not knowing what to do.
Lian Manman held her forehead, Si Lang was indeed unreliable.
"Manman, what should we do?" Lian Zhizhi asked Lian Manman.
With Si Lang gone, Lian Yaya surely wouldn’t dare to say anything. Just based on their few words, would Old Master Lian believe them?
"Let’s go inside first." Lian Manman said and walked into the east room with Lian Zhizhi and Wu Lang.
On the kang bed in the east room, sat a matron dressed in very bright clothes—it was the well-known Matchmaker Wang from the town. Old Master Lian, Lady Zhou, Lady He, and Lian Shouyi were also present.
"...Her name is Zhao Xiue, she’s seventeen this year, as beautiful as Chang’e in paintings, and her family runs the largest grocery store in town. They’ve already prepared her dowry, everything is complete, not to mention clothes and jewelry, just the furniture and furnishings above and below the kang bed are worth at least a hundred or two hundred silver... With such a family, such a girl, and such a dowry, the groom’s family’s betrothal gifts must be substantial... They’re not selling their daughter; it’s all for the sake of appearances. Once the daughter is married off, they’ll take it all back as savings silver..." Matchmaker Wang gesticulated, her spit flying as she spoke.
It turned out Matchmaker Wang was there to discuss a marriage proposal for Erlang, Lian Jizong, with a girl from the Fuda Grocery Store named Zhao Xiue. Lian Manman knew that mentioning Lian Huahua’s issue now could potentially sabotage Erlang’s marriage proposal, so she kept quiet.
After Matchmaker Wang had finished, Old Master Lian only mentioned that the family needed to calculate and consider before sending Lady He to see Matchmaker Wang out.
"...The grocery store makes a business of one or two taels of silver every day, and I’ve seen their big courtyard. Her mother is fair-skinned; her daughter can’t be far off in looks." Lady He returned after seeing off Matchmaker Wang and sat next to Lady Zhou. Her face was all smiles, clearly very pleased with the marriage proposal.
"It’s just that the requested betrothal gift is a bit high. I’ve heard, earlier this year, this girl was suggested to a family in Liu Family Village, everything was good except they asked for eighty taels of betrothal gifts. That family couldn’t afford it, so the proposal fell through," Lian Shouyi said.
"Asking for a lot in betrothal gifts means they provide a lot in the dowry. Didn’t they say that the betrothal gifts would eventually be taken back?" Lady He argued.
The two of them conversed, both glancing at Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou who were sitting on the kang.
Old Master Lian was smoking his dry pipe and hadn’t spoken a word; Lady Zhou also remained silent.
"Father, Mother, I think this marriage should go ahead. Erlang is of age." Lady He said.
"First find out what her character is like." Lady Zhou said.
"Haven’t heard anything bad, so that must mean she’s good." Lady He replied.
Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou exchanged a look, didn’t agree immediately, nor did they reject the proposal outright; they simply said they needed to think it over more.
Lady He and Lian Shouyi then walked out of the east room.
"Manman, do you have something to ?" Old Master Lian asked Lian Manman.
"Ah, nothing, I just came to tell Grandfather that we’re making fried cakes, and I’ll bring some over once they’re ready. Don’t eat yet, Grandfather." Lian Manman responded.
"Good, good." Old Master Lian nodded and smiled repeatedly.
Lian Manman then pulled Lian Zhizhi and Wu Lang out of the Upper Room.
"Manman, when Grandfather asked if you had something to say, why didn’t you speak up? Are we not going to settle the account with Lian Huahua?" Lian Zhizhi asked Lian Manman in a whisper.
Wu Lang also looked puzzled at Lian Manman.
"Brother, Sister, tell me, with such a good family, and both the Second Uncle and Second Aunt agreeable, why didn’t Grandfather and Grandmother immediately consent?" Lian Manman asked Lian Zhizhi and Wu Lang.
"They’re asking for a high betrothal gift; where would Grandfather and Grandmother get that much money now?" Wu Lang said.
Lian Manman nodded; not to mention eighty taels of silver, even half of that, forty taels, the Lian Family could not come up with now. That’s why Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou had not immediately agreed to the marriage. However, Erlang was already seventeen this year, and his marriage could not be delayed any longer.
"What does this have to do with what we’re supposed to discuss?" Lian Zhizhi asked.
"The Second Uncle and Second Aunt want to settle this marriage, but Grandfather and Grandmother don’t have the money, but the Eldest Uncle does." Lian Manman whispered with a smile, "I have a better plan; this time Lian Huahua won’t be able to escape."
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