Chapter 3 The Question of Five Hundred Taels of Silver
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Lian Man'er slowly sat back to Zhang's side, turned her head and saw Lian Xiu'er holding Lian Hua'er and glaring at her and Zhang's fiercely.
"Fourth brother, fourth sister-in-law, why are you so selfish and just thinking about yourself?" Lian Xiu'er said with her eyes wide open.
Lian Man'er touched her ears. She couldn't have any hearing problems, right? How could there be such a person who was so inverted by black and white? Moreover, this person was Lian Man'er's aunt. What's even more strange is that Lian Shouxin and Zhang, who were named, did not say a word.
"Mom, help Lian Hua'er." Lian Xiu'er whispered in Zhou's ear.
Zhou looked at Mr. Lian hesitantly.
"Dad, this matter is related to my son... no, it is the future of our Lian family..." Lian Shouren cried and begged Mr. Lian.
Even the old man was just smoking a dry tobacco, and his face was behind the smoke, making people unable to see what his expression was.
"Boss, you didn't discuss the matter with me, so you just did it yourself. If it weren't for Man'er's case, I'd probably not have told me." Mr. Lian said.
"Dad, didn't you want to worry about you at that time?" Lian Shouren said.
"Now I don't have to worry about it?"
"Dad..." Lian Shouren was so stuck that he couldn't say anything else after being said by Mr. Lian.
"Boss, you were wrong in this matter at the beginning." Mr. Lian put down his cigarette pier and sighed, "The jade pendant is a family heirloom of the Song family. If the flower is broken, it should be told. The mistake is the flower, or the compensation, or what happened. We didn't say anything. You went to get another piece of jade to fool them. This is not what our family should do."
It turned out that Mr. Lian didn't know about this at that time, but the boss of the Lian family took action first and then reported.
"Dad, I, I can't do anything about it."
Lian Xiu'er gently pushed the old lady Zhou again.
"Dad, why is this called fooling around? Didn't we buy a piece of jade to pay for it?" Zhou finally spoke, "Huaer finally settled such a good marriage, how could it be ruined because of this matter? According to you, we have to pay for the money, and the marriage cannot be done. Isn't this a mess? You have been a shopkeeper for so many years, why can't you even settle the account?"
"What do you know about your wife? When I was a shopkeeper, I was completely unrestrained and I had never done such a deceptive thing." Old Master Lian said angrily.
"What, you said I'm lying?" Even the old lady was angry, "I've spent my whole life with you, giving birth to children for you, and I'm exhausted. When I get old, you still dislike me and call me a liar."
"You are so unreasonable, I won't talk to you." Even the old man's beard trembled.
The atmosphere froze for a moment.
"I'm not for myself, I'm for my father, and our Lian family." Lian Huaer smeared her eyes with a veil and said chokingly.
"Yes, Huaer is not the child who cares about himself." Gu said, "My father and mother have been working hard all their lives, and they are counting on the old man to be able to be the first to be a winner and honor his ancestors. Not only did the old man dare not forget his father's instructions, but even Huaer always remembered it. The old man has the ability, but he has not been lucky in recent years and has failed to win the imperial examination several times."
Gu also wiped his eyes as he spoke.
"The son-in-law of the Song family told Huaer that he could help find a way, spend some money to collect prison sentences for the old man, and he would hand the name directly to the emperor, and there would be an official immediately."
"Yes, Dad, there are many vacancies in the court now, and the supervisor can directly select officials. However, in just one or two years, if you miss it, there will be no such good opportunity again." Lian Shouren said.
"As long as the old man can be in prison, a magistrate will be stable at that time. If this happens for three or two years, it will be the magistrate and Guangyao Lian's family. It will also earn each of his parents a gift. At that time, Xiu'er will be the lady of the official family. If you don't have enough time to enjoy a good life, you will look at Lian Shouxin and Zhang again. "The uncle's brothers, nephews, and niece will be the masters, young masters, and young ladies of the official family."
Every time Gu said something, Zhou nodded.
"That's the reason." Zhou said.
"Dad, this is not Hua'er's business, it is a major event that concerns our Lian family's glory to our ancestors." Lian Shouren said.
Lian Man'er was a little stunned. The couple could really change their ideas. It was his daughter who broke the Dingli and was afraid that others would refuse to ask her for it, so she caused so many things. But after their statements, Lian Huaer was simply glorious and great.
The old man Lian was silent for a while, "No matter what you plan, the matter of the jade pendant should not be hidden from the Song family. Otherwise, even if you get married, there will be chaos in the future."
Lian Huaer raised her head, "Master, Young Master Song already knows this."
Everyone looked at Lianhuaer.
Lian Huaer's eyes rolled, "I sent a message to Mr. Song. Mr. Song said he didn't blame me. Mr. Song also nodded. However, this matter cannot be mentioned in public, and the rest of the Song family cannot be known for the time being."
"When did you tell Mr. Song, why am I..." Lian Xiu'er said.
"It's the message I sent when my parents went to the city." Lian Huaer said hurriedly, while glanced at Gu's corner.
"Yes, it's the one who I and I met Mr. Song that day." Gu said hurriedly, "We have a tacit understanding of this with the Song family. The Song family is a large population and is afraid of rumors. Therefore, we have to take a jade pendant first to fill it up and make up the faces of both families."
"That's the case?" Mr. Lian asked Lian Shouren.
"Yes, dad, that's it." Lian Shouren said.
"Even if you don't feel sorry for your granddaughter, your eldest son will finally have a day to make a comeback after studying hard for so many years. Do you have the heart to stop him?" Zhou said.
"If I were quit because of this, I wouldn't be able to live."
Lian Huaer was about to die when she cried, but of course she was stopped by Lian Xiu'er. Gu, Lian Huaer, Lian Xiu'er and Lian Duo'er hugged each other and started crying loudly.
"Mom, you're saying something." Lian Xiu'er cried and said to Zhou.
"Old man, this is already like this. These are still your own son, your granddaughter, your heart is not born with flesh. You can't bear it, I can't bear it. If the flower has a good life, my old woman will not live anymore." Zhou pointed at Mr. Lian and said.
"Why are you crying if you don't eat yet?" The curtain was raised, Lian Shouyi, the second son of Lian family, shook in from outside. The short and fat woman following in behind was Lian Shouyi's wife He. The little girl she was leading was Lian Yaer, the youngest daughter of the two. She was just nine years old this year. Both mother and daughter were wearing new cotton silk jackets and skirts.
"Why did Hua'er cry too? She's going to get married. What should I do if my eyes are swollen?" As soon as He entered the house, he saw Lian Hua'er crying, and then he screamed in a stinging voice. "Didn't Man'er come alive? Let the Sun family take it away tomorrow, and everything will be over!"
This loud voice was exactly the woman she heard when she woke up, and she wanted to bury her. Lian Man'er's face turned black.
"Second sister-in-law, our father said just now, and we won't let Man'er go." Zhang hugged Lian Man'er tightly and said.
"What, didn't you both agree? Why did you regret it now?" Lian Shouyi pointed at Lian Shouxin and rebuked.
"Man'er has died once, this matter cannot be done." Lian Shouxin blushed and said in a muffled voice.
Lian Man'er looked at the people in the house. The Lian family is now divided into two camps. One camp is to sell Lian Man'er to complete Lian Hua'er, and then complete the eldest son of the Lian family. In this camp, there are old lady Lian'er, Lian Xiu'er, Lian'er, and Lian'er's second house. In the other camp, there are only Lian Shouxin and He. This is what Lian Man'er fought for death.
The decision-maker is Mr. Lian, Mr. Lian Shouxin and Zhang are Lian Man'er's biological parents. She also needs to add a handful of firewood.
Lian’s eldest house put in effort to do this, and it can be seen from the clothes of a few people in the room.
"Aunt Xiu'er's clothes are so beautiful, you're new!" Lian Man'er put on a daze and looked at Lian Xiu'er's makeup.
Lian Xiu'er touched her clothes carelessly and snorted, too lazy to pay attention to Lian Man'er.
Of course Lian Man'er wouldn't take it seriously, so she turned to look at He again, "The new clothes of Er uncle and Sister Ya'er are also beautiful. Second uncle wears this way, she looks like a fairy."
"Really? Don't say, you little girl still have some vision." He laughed proudly, "I have only obtained these two items this year for so many years." The meaning of the words seemed to be a little insufficient.
"These two pieces, combined, are not as valuable as Aunt Xiu'er's one." Lian Man'er's heart moved and said again.
He, Gu and even Huaer have changed their faces
"Dad, mom, have you bought new clothes for you?" Lian Man'er turned her head and smiled at Lian Shouxin and Zhang. The couple seemed a little stupid, and she had to say it more clearly.
Zhang cried out loudly, then knelt on the ground with a thud, and even Shouxin knelt down.
"Dad, mom, Man'er is also your biological granddaughter!"
"You beast!" Old Master Lian shouted and greeted Lian Shouren with a dry tobacco pipe.
"Old man, you're crazy, why are you hitting your eldest son!" Zhou rushed forward to stop him.
"Why should I hit him? Ask him, what are you doing? Is he worthy of the fourth brother?" Old Master Lian pushed Zhou away and continued to beat Lian Shouren.
With a click, the pipe pole was broken into two pieces. Even the old man had to beat him again, and Zhou had already pounced on Lian Shouren and protected his son.
"If you want to hit him, just beat me to death first!"
After all, the old man couldn't beat his wife, so he had to throw away half of the cigarette pipe in his hand and sighed.
"Dad, my son knows that he is wrong. You are pitiful to me. I have been sitting on the bench for twenty years... It's already like this..." Lian Shouren suddenly knelt in front of Mr. Lian, hugged Mr. Lian's thighs and started crying.
Gu and Lian Huaer also knelt in front of Lian's old man, lowered their heads and began to wipe their tears.
"Go and call the third brothers." Mr. Lian lowered his head for a while, ordered Lian Shouyidao, and then looked at the under the kang, "The fourth brothers, let's get up, I won't change my words just now."
Lian Shouxin and Zhang slowly stood up.
"Dad..." Lian Shouren hugged Mr. Lian and shouted again.
"Don't cry, I know everything." Old Master Lian closed his eyes and patted Lian Shouren's shoulder twice.
Lian Shouren stopped crying immediately. Gu and Lian Huaer lowered their heads, exchanged glances with each other, and secretly rejoiced.
After a while, Lian Shouli, the third elder of the Lian family, and his wife Zhao, followed Lian Shouyi and walked in from outside.
Chapter completed!