Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 230 - 119 Difficult for Honest Officials to Settle Family Affairs_2

Chapter 230: Chapter 119 Difficult for Honest Officials to Settle Family Affairs_2
Lian Manman yawned, and under the candlelight, Lady He’s face seemed twisted, indicating that she hadn’t come with good intentions.
"Second Sister-in-law, coming over so late, something the matter?" Lady Zhang spoke with her in polite and pleasant terms.
"If nothing was wrong, would I dare to come here, risking being treated like a thief by you all!" Lady He retorted, clearly annoyed.
"Don’t be in such a hurry, Second Sister-in-law, please sit..." Lady Zhang courteously began, gesturing for Lady He to sit down and talk.
Lian Manman hurriedly tugged at Lady Zhang’s sleeve to stop her from engaging with Lady He. Lian Manman thought that this must be because Lian Shouyi had gone back and said something to Lady He. But instead of confronting Lady Zhou, Lady He had come here to make trouble, which was really like picking on the softest target.
"Lian Manman, you’re calling me a thief, aren’t you, saying I stole your pastries. Did you catch me red-handed?" Lady He, seeing that both Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang remained indifferent and didn’t engage in her bickering, turned to lash out at Lian Manman.
"Second Aunt, I never said such a thing." Lian Manman replied bluntly, "If you want to pick a fight, go find my grandmother in the Upper Room."
"Indeed, Second Sister-in-law, our Manman didn’t speak ill of you," Lady Zhang added.
"Oh my heavens, I’m even more wronged than Dou E..." Lady He suddenly raised her pitch and began to wail loudly.
Lian Manman was initially startled, then felt like laughing. But this wasn’t the time for laughter, so she had to forcefully restrain herself.
"...how can you not have a conscience, what pastries, I didn’t even catch a glimpse of them, which dog ate them only that dog knows, framing an innocent person like me, I should be struck by lightning..." Lady He continued to sing out loudly.
As Lady He was cursing this way, she was not facing Lady Zhang but had turned her face toward the direction of the Upper Room.
Lian Manman immediately realized that Lady He knew she was being wronged by Lady Zhou, but didn’t dare to provoke Lady Zhou, so she came over here. Ostensibly, she railed against the people of the Fourth Household, but in fact, every word was meant for Lady Zhou to hear.
"Mother, let’s send Second Aunt home, shall we?" Lian Manman whispered to Lady Zhang.
If Lady He wanted to curse at Lady Zhou, let her do it outside, not in the Fourth Household’s room.
Lady Zhang, Lian Zhizhi, and Lian Manman all put on their shoes and got off the kang, while continuing to placate her with half-hearted words, they firmly pushed Lady He out the door.
Once Lady He was out, she still wouldn’t stop talking, standing in the courtyard she continued to rant and rave. Lian Manman didn’t bother with her anymore, turned around to close the door tightly, securing it with a latch, and went back inside with Lady Zhang and Lian Zhizhi.
Lady He went on cursing outside for a while; with no one responding, her tirade grew even more vigorous.
"It’s true that your Second Aunt has some bad habits, but this time she’s truly wronged," Lady Zhang said. She was an honest person and was still a bit confused, not understanding how the accusation of thievery had fallen on Lady He. "If your Second Aunt were to steal, she’d definitely have taken it away, leaving nothing behind.... She would have bitten into each pastry. That’s just like her, she’s always done things like that."
"With Second Aunt acting like this, my grandmother will surely hold a grudge against her," Lian Manman whispered. If Lady He kept on cursing, and Lady Zhou could not bear it anymore, then there would be quite a commotion.
"What are you howling for, come back and sleep." There was no movement from the Upper Room, but the door of the eastern wing room suddenly opened with a bang, and Lian Shouyi, wearing his clothes, yelled at Lady He.
Lady He’s voice stopped abruptly as she followed Lian Shouyi back into the room, and then there was no more noise.
"Ah, let’s go to sleep, I’m really exhausted today." The courtyard regained its quiet, and Lian Manman snuggled into her bedding. To dissipate the heat, all four windows in the room were open, and cool breezes wafted in periodically. Yet Lian Manman didn’t feel cold at all because the heated kang underneath her was warm, and she was also covered with a thin quilt.
It was as if the air conditioning was on above and she was lying on an electric blanket below, a strange but very comfortable sensation.
Lian Manman had a truly exhausting day, so she soon fell asleep. However, she quickly woke up again.
"Who’s there, disturbing people’s sleep?" Lian Manman complained groggily.
Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang had already draped their clothes over themselves and sat up.
"It’s from the Upper Room, your grandfather and your grandmother," Lady Zhang whispered.
Lian Manman rubbed her eyes and also sat up. Only then did she hear clearly that the sounds were coming from the Upper Room, intermittent, Lady Zhou’s crying, but Old Master Lian’s voice was not heard.
"Are my grandfather and grandmother arguing?" Lian Manman asked.
"Hmm," Lady Zhang nodded.
Old Master Lian did not react at first but decided to settle scores with Lady Zhou when it was deep into the night and all was quiet?!
After listening for a while, Lian Shouxin couldn’t sit still any longer, put on his shoes, and was about to go out.
"Dad, where are you going?" Lian Manman asked.
"Your grandfather and your grandmother had a quarrel, and your grandmother has been crying for quite a while now. I, I’ll go and try to calm things down," Lian Shouxin said.
"Dad, you mustn’t go," Lian Manman said.
"Just getting scolded, as a son, it’s my duty," Lian Shouxin replied sullenly. It seemed he knew that going over at this time would cause Lady Zhou to unleash her anger on him. Lian Shouxin was truly filial to Lady Zhou.
"Dad, it’s not just a matter of getting scolded," Lian Manman sighed, "Dad, Mom, think about it, why would Grandpa wait until midnight to argue with Grandma?"
"Both of the old couple have explosive tempers, they fight whenever they think of it," Lady Zhang said.
"Mom, you’re right," Lian Manman barely held back a laugh, "but today’s different. Grandpa chose this time to argue with Grandma precisely because he didn’t want us to hear. Grandpa is trying to save Grandma’s face, and if we go now, we’ll ruin all his careful considerations."
After thinking it over, Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang felt that Lian Manman made sense, and the idea of heading to the Upper Room to mediate subsided.
The next day, indeed, was a bright, sunny day. Nearing noon, they heard the sound of a horse carriage outside the gate.
"Is it Third Uncle Wu returning?"
Lian Manman hurried out of the house and saw Lian Shouren, contemplating and joyously shouting while running out from the Upper Room, still pulling on his shoes.
"They’ve arrived, they’ve arrived."
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