Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 563 - 289 Pulling the Logs from Under the Cauldron_2

Lian Manman’s heart stirred, filial piety had already seeped into Lian Shouxin’s marrow, and even if right and wrong, black and white were clear, asking him to confront Lady Zhou directly was almost an impossible task. Yet, Lady Zhou took it a step further and resorted to reverse psychology.

"If you want me to apologize, fine, this matter is negotiable." Lian Manman came out from behind Lady Zhang, "It was my aunt who splashed water on my sister first. Let her apologize to my sister, and then I’ll apologize to her."

"Who splashed her? It was her own fault for being in the wrong place." Lian Xiuxiu argued unreasonably, "She got in the way of me throwing out water."

"Then if you got splashed, it was also because you were in the wrong place, getting in the way of me throwing out water." Lian Manman quickly retorted.

"You..." Lian Xiuxiu puffed her cheeks in anger. With Lady Zhou and Lian Shouxin present, Lian Manman still dared to talk back to her, which infuriated her. "Fourth Brother, aren’t you going to do something about Manman?"

"Don’t just keep picking on my dad, an honest man." Lian Manman exclaimed angrily, "This is such a simple matter. My aunt bullied my sister and splashed her. My mom asked her, and she didn’t apologize but talked back. So I splashed her too. No matter where this goes, we are in the right."

"Mom, you gave birth to my dad, but you didn’t give birth to righteousness, did you? Wherever we go, we still need to talk about what’s right. Who decided that just because you gave birth to my dad, the righteousness also belongs to your son, to be twisted and shaped by you?"

Zhao Xiue let out a snort of laughter at the side, immediately earning several eye-rolls.

"If it’s about the incident just now, then let’s not stay in this yard. Let’s go outside. I’ll borrow a loudspeaker, and we’ll call all the villagers over to judge this matter for us."

"If you’re targeting my dad, it’s because you can’t stand the sight of him. I warn you, don’t let my dad strangle you. You always assumed he wouldn’t dare. She doesn’t dare, but do you? Even if you don’t have the heart to, you might still do it. Just strangle my dad now, and be done with it. You’d have your revenge, and my dad would be returning his life to you, not owing you anything. That would also save him from being driven insane by you and enduring those petty torments."

"Before you return a life that’s owed, don’t forget, you still owe us a life too." Having said that, Lian Manman started to pull Lady Zhang away, "Mom, let’s go back to the room and cook. Let’s close the door, lest my grandma strangle my dad and we can’t bear to watch."

What gave Lady Zhou the confidence to dominate at home? Wasn’t it because she had given birth to several sons? Wasn’t she always saying her sons owed her and wanted her dead? Well, let her take her sons’ lives to repay her debts and see what drama she could put on then.

This was called pulling the rug out from under her feet.

"Oh dear, my heavens, I can’t live with this, being criticized by a brat, it’s too shameful, oh my heavens..." Lady Zhou was baffled at first by Lian Manman’s words, and then she became enraged, clapping her hands and pretending to be seeking death.

"Grandma, don’t be like this. What Manman said isn’t true. You’re really the one with the right on your side, why stoop to the level of that unreasonable girl?" Zhao Xiue tried to console Lady Zhou at the side, but her comforting words sounded anything but sincere.

"What’s going on here?" Amidst the noisy quarrel in the courtyard, Old Master Lian came back from the fields, carrying an iron hoe. "What time is it, and no one is cooking? What’s all this in the courtyard, conducting a séance?"

Old Master Lian, having worked hard all day, clearly wasn’t in the best of moods upon returning to this scene.

"Manman splashed water on me and criticized her grandma." Lian Xiuxiu, seeing Old Master Lian return, quickly played the role of the accuser.

Lian Xiuxiu was drenched, Lady Zhou’s hair disheveled, and her eyes red-rimmed. To someone unaware of the full story, it would be easy to sympathize with them.

Lian Manman, who was busy helping Lian Zhizhi change clothes inside, heard the conversation outside and immediately came out, holding the clothes Lian Zhizhi had just taken off.

"Father, look, these are the clothes my sister just put on. My sister was just sitting at the doorway picking leeks, and my aunt purposefully tossed the water on her. Look at the watermark, Father, my aunt deliberately splashed the water on my sister," Lian Manman finished speaking, twisted her body, and went back into the house.

The trail of the water on the ground made it clear how Lian Xiuxiu had splashed the water, and Lian Zhizhi’s clothes were the evident proof. Old Master Lian took one look and understood what had happened.

"Stop making a fool of yourselves out here, everyone go back inside and cook," Old Master Lian, angry, threw the iron hoe aside and headed straight for the house. "You can’t even live a day in peace; what kind of way is this to manage a household?"

The last sentence was a reprimand for Lady Zhou.

All the people who had been working in the fields had returned, but dinner still hadn’t been made. Old Master Lian was truly angry, and Lady Zhou was afraid.

"No one listens to me; you can only blame me," Lady Zhou muttered under her breath, but still pulled Lian Xiuxiu along, calling Lady He and Zhao Xiue inside to cook.

...

In the Upper Room East Room, Lady Zhou was cooking while continuously mumbling under her breath.

"The heart of a little wench is as savage as a wolf; she truly can be ruthless..."

In the Upper Room, Old Master Lian found out the whole story from Lian Xiuxiu.

"Isn’t Zhizhi your niece? How could you splash the water used for washing leeks on her?"

"I didn’t do it on purpose. Manman splashed me too," Lian Xiuxiu replied quietly.

"You still dare to say that wasn’t on purpose? Then what is? If someone splashes you, it’s because you started it. Your mother really spoiled you rotten! If you cause any more trouble, you’ll join me in the fields every day as well," Old Master Lian scolded her.

Lian Xiuxiu shrank her neck out of fear.

After Old Master Lian had scolded Lian Xiuxiu, he sent her out to help Lady Zhou with cooking.

"If a family can’t coexist peaceably, life will always be chaotic, never a moment of peace," Old Master Lian was now left alone in the room and began puffing on his dry pipe again, his gaze shifting towards the West Wing Room as he sighed deeply, "Not one of them is sensible, they just won’t let a person be..."

In the West Wing Room, Lian Manman had already prepared the meat filling, and Lian Zhizhi had set up the rolling board.

"Dad, come roll out the dough," Lian Manman called out to Lian Shouxin, who was standing at the door.

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