"...Your sister-in-law’s eyelids are thin, and the little ones don’t know any better. Big Sister, Jizu’s wife, have you found anything missing or short?" Lian Shouyi once again placed the bundle before Lady Gu, said with a smile, "Big Sister, it’s not that I’m trying to take credit for myself, but actually, you should thank more for this."
Lady Gu opened the bundle and saw her and Lady Chiang’s jewelry and clothes, though several items were missing. She was about to speak when she heard Lian Shouyi’s following remark and couldn’t help but twitch the corner of her mouth.
"Erlang, you’ve robbed us good, bullied us not lightly. According to you, I should even thank you? Erlang, how can you say such a thing?"
"Big Sister, don’t act like you don’t know. Our mother has been eyeing these chests for more than a day or two. If it weren’t for us stealing a march, by the ti our mother personally took action, not to ntion not having anything left, Big Sister, the scolding would not be so easy to endure," Lian Shouyi said with another grin.
His words were neither soft nor hard, leaving Lady Gu montarily at a loss for words. Lian Shouyi was shaless and difficult to deal with; the thought of not being able to shake off this sticky plaster in the future gave Lady Gu a headache.
"Big Brother, our cloudy day has cleared up. In the future, we, as real brothers, should continue just as before, and I’ll be there for you like always, ready to serve you," Lian Shouyi laughed and said to Lian Shouren.
"You don’t want to split the family with , do you? You want silver, I’ll give you silver, and we’ll divide the family. From now on, you go your way, and I’ll go mine," Lian Shouren said angrily.
"Big Brother, are you still mad at ? What family split? I never really thought about splitting from Big Brother; it was all just a joke. Big Brother, hit a few more tis to let out your anger," Lian Shouyi said, hugging Lian Shouren’s arm and bringing it to his own face.
"You scoundrel, shaless." Lian Shouren was at once helpless and furious, his happiness diluted.
...
Lian Shouyi ca out from the west room and went straight into the east room.
Seeing him enter, Lady Zhou imdiately covered several trunks.
"Dad, Mom." Lian Shouyi purposefully stretched his neck so that Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou could see the red marks on his face, "Just now my big brother beat , but as blood brothers, we hold no overnight grudges, and in the future, we’ll still live together, respecting you two elders."
"Your big brother hit you, good!" Lady Zhou said with hateful voice.
"Erlang, what’s that you’re saying about living together?" Old Master Lian carefully put away two docunts and asked Lian Shouyi.
"Dad, Big Brother and I have discussed it, we’re not going to split the family, we’ll live as we did before," Lian Shouyi said.
"You were the one causing a ruckus about splitting the family, and now you’re the one saying not to split. You beast, tell , is it because you see your big brother has prospects again and you want to latch onto his success that you’ve changed your mind?" Old Master Lian pointed at Lian Shouyi and questioned.
Kneeling at the foot of the bed before Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou, Lian Shouyi wiped his eyes and began to cry.
"Dad, Mom, there’s no other way. Over the years..." Lian Shouyi rambled on about the hardships of supporting Lian Shouren’s studies, "with only those few acres of land and two rooms, our family is large, only Erlang has taken a wife, Sanlang is also of marrying age, and there’s still Si Lang and Liulang, you two wouldn’t bear to see them too poor to marry and the family line discontinued. Now that Big Brother has a future, it’s sothing our whole family has been hoping for all these years, Dad, Mom, this is the virtue accumulated by our ancestors. Every descendant of the Lian Family has hope now..."
"Not for my big brother, our family would still be in a leading position in the village, Erlang and Sanlang would both have taken wives already, and you would be chasing after your grandsons. Dad, I don’t wish to split the family. It’s just that there is no money in the family and my nephews fear they won’t be able to marry. Dad, please have pity on your grandsons, think of the life they’ve had these years..."
Old Master Lian was annoyed at Lian Shouyi, but Lian Shouyi’s words made him unable to remain unmoved.
"Do you think this is playing house, you’re a grown man? You make a fuss about splitting or not splitting whenever you like. Do you still regard as your dad?" Old Master Lian scolded in a low voice.
"Dad, I know I was wrong. From now on, whatever you say goes; I won’t have a second word to say," Lian Shouyi sobbed and kowtowed to Old Master Lian.
"Get up, you’re going to be a grandfather yourself, you’re not ashad to be throwing yourself around," Old Master Lian said.
"Dad, so..." Lian Shouyi raised his head to look at Old Master Lian.
"Whether to split the family, I still have to ask your big brother," Old Master Lian said, dropping his eyelids.
"Dad, isn’t it just a word from you? If you say we’re not splitting, my big brother won’t dare to split. If he dares to say ’no’ to Dad, I won’t let him off," Lian Shouyi said.
Old Master Lian lifted his eyelids and glanced at Lian Shouyi.
"Get away from ," Old Master Lian waved off Lian Shouyi and then ordered Lian Xiu, "Go, call your big brother over."
Lian Shouyi left the east room, and Lian Shouren followed Lian Xiu into the east room shortly afterward.
"Big Brother, sit down and talk." Old Master Lian called Lian Shouren over to sit beside him.
"Dad, I was thinking..." Lian Shouren sat on the edge of the bed and began to speak.
"Erlang just ca by and told he doesn’t want to split the family. Big Brother, what do you think? Do you want to split, or do you not want to split?" Old Master Lian interrupted Lian Shouren’s words and asked.
"Dad, haven’t we already agreed to split the family? You decided this, Dad," Lian Shouren said, surprised. Old Master Lian’s question remained the sa, but this ti Lian Shouren gave a different answer, not expressing his unwillingness to split as he did the first ti.
Old Master Lian’s glance flickered, and he sighed inwardly.
"You would obey whatever I decide?"
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