"Manman, what do you an..." Wu Lang asked.
The whole family looked at Lian Manman.
"For my grandpa’s sake, we cannot let those two take care of him," Lian Manman said. "The Lian Family at Thirty Mile Camp is alone without relatives. Now that my grandpa has fallen, there’s no elder from the clan to take charge, but the old Lian Family still has relatives. There’s also the Lizheng and the village elders in the village."
"Selling my grandaunt was deliberate, not a mistake. They even dug a pit to insult my grandpa, drove my grandma back to the countryside, and today almost angered my grandpa to death. These issues should be discussed by everyone to decide how to handle them." While listing the wrongdoings of Lian Shouren and Lian Shouyi, she deliberately omitted the issue of them selling their niece.
Lian Manman wanted to call a eting to deal with Lian Shouren and Lian Shouyi.
"...we were planning to wait for the Old Master to be able to speak and then listen to him..." Lian Shouxin said after a mont of silence.
"When my grandpa was fine, able to walk and talk, they dared to act like that. Now my grandpa cannot move or speak. In their hands, how can this be good? Even though we’ve kept two people, those two can’t override them, right? Dad, you can’t always be there watching, it’s not feasible either," Lian Manman retorted. "Moreover, leaving things like this isn’t proper either."
"Unlike before, everyone knows about it now. Just the people present today are quite a few. It’s likely spread to every village by now. It’s not guessing like before; it’s hard evidence now. Even if it’s a Lian Family issue, it hasn’t hard others, but it’s not a small matter and is so vile. If we don’t give everyone an explanation, will the people of the Old Lian Family never step out the door again?"
"If my grandpa hadn’t had a stroke, he would probably want to handle it this way now as well," Lian Manman concluded.
Perhaps not, Lian Shouxin and Lady Zhang exchanged a glance, both secretly thinking that even if things have co to this, if anyone wanted to take action against Lian Shouren and Lian Shouyi, the Old Master would still probably protect them. They just saw that the Old Master had a stroke and knew his mindset, which is why they let Lian Shouren and Lian Shouyi off.
"Manman makes sense," Wu Lang said.
"Is this really a good idea?" Lian Shouxin finally asked after a while.
"It’s the only way," Lian Manman replied.
"Hasn’t my grandpa always been bothered by that matter? If we make a bit of a scene, it can help restore his reputation. That’s his biggest heartache. If this burden is lifted, he might recover quicker," Wu Lang said.
The family discussed the situation for a while longer, and then Lian Shouxin nodded in agreent.
"Even though the Old Master still can’t speak, we should go ask him later... "
"Let’s invite everyone over first, and then ask together. It’s better that way," Lian Manman suggested. "The earlier, the better. Let’s do it today. Later, my sister and I will help mom prepare for the night’s al."
Inviting people over to discuss matters naturally requires preparing food.
Lian Shouxin and Wu Lang quickly changed clothes and went out, each going to invite people, heading towards the Lian Family Old Mansion.
Lady Zhang, Lian Zhizhi, Lian Manman, and Xiao Qi stayed at ho.
Lian Manman had just returned from the county town today and hadn’t even had a chance to enter her own house before going to the old mansion. Now that she was back ho, she busied herself tidying up while chatting with Xiao Qi about the new manor for Lady Zhang and Lian Zhizhi.
"...The manor is by the mountain; not as good as this house of ours, but it should be quite cool in the sumr. When we have free ti, we can go and stay there for a few days," Lian Manman said with a smile.
"That sounds great," Lady Zhang and Lian Zhizhi were pleased about buying such a large manor.
"I don’t even need to see it. From what you say, I know it’s a good manor. A good manor ans good money," Lady Zhang added. "Spending over two thousand taels of silver at once, that’s the biggest expense in our family’s history. When your dad ca ho to get the silver, I was worried and couldn’t sleep well for two nights until Jiaxing ca back and told everything was sorted out. Only then did I relax."
Lian Zhizhi, Lian Manman, and Xiao Qi couldn’t help but smile.
Once Lian Manman finished tidying up, she helped Lady Zhang finalize the nu for the evening’s al. Then Lady Zhang went to prepare the food, not letting Lian Zhizhi and Lian Manman go with her this ti.
"Manman just got back, take a good rest. Zhizhi, you stay with Manman. Xiao Qi, don’t run out to play again, stay with your sister."
"Manman, mother is worried about you," Lian Zhizhi said to Lian Manman after Lady Zhang left and it was only the three siblings left in the room. "Both father and mother are in a tough spot, sigh..."
"I know," Lian Manman nodded. "Sister, I’m not holding a grudge. It’s just that sothing like this needs a resolution, which is beneficial for everyone."
"So, Manman, with inviting people today, what result are you hoping for?" Lian Zhizhi asked.
"...The result isn’t important; it’s the process that matters," Lian Manman smiled and said. That’s why she didn’t send anyone to the old mansion to gather news.
Saying the result isn’t important is due to the circumstances. As for the process, if the Old Master hadn’t had a stroke, it would be a wonder if he agreed to invite people to discuss this matter.
Sure enough, before evening, Lian Shouxin and Wu Lang returned, accompanied, of course, by Wu Yugui, Wu Yuchang, the neighbors of the Lian Family Old Mansion, as well as the Lizheng and several village elders.
"...Everyone was invited, and we talked in grandpa’s room. When we asked grandpa his opinion, you should have seen how anxious it made him, and grandpa even cried," Wu Lang said during a lull, coming over to tell Lian Manman.
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