Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 1573 - 801: Dispute

"Mom, what’s the matter?" Lian Manman asked anxiously. She couldn’t think of anything that Lady Zhang would know which she didn’t.

"I’m just guessing." Lady Zhang hesitated for a moment, then said, "A few days ago, when your third aunt came to visit, she told me. It seems that Second Master’s couple wants Yin Suo to marry Si Lang, saying it’s kinship by marriage."

"Really?" Lian Manman and Lian Zhizhi were both shocked, "Such a thing actually exists!"

"Did Yaya’s mother tell my third aunt when she was at Lian Yeye’s?" Lian Manman asked Lady Zhang, "Why didn’t Yeye tell me?" 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

"Yeye doesn’t know about this either," Lady Zhang replied.

That day, Lady He went to Lian Yeye’s house, just as Lian Yeye had gone out and wasn’t home. Lady He chatted with Lady Zhao about Si Lang’s marriage. She thought Si Lang and Yin Suo were a good match in age, and it would make them in-laws. Lady Zhao then told Lady Zhang about it, and the reason she didn’t tell Lian Yeye was because she felt Yeye was too young for such topics, and there was no need to tell her.

"Your third aunt told me about it, but I didn’t take it to heart," Lady Zhang continued, "Yin Suo’s mother is very ambitious. Over the past two years, there have been plenty of proposals for Yin Suo, but she hasn’t agreed to any. Those were from the county, and they all had some wealth. What’s at the Old Lian Family now? What do Second Master’s couple have? What does Si Lang have? Talking about kinship by marriage, they couldn’t possibly be interested in Second Master’s couple and Si Lang."

"Second Master’s couple just likes to take advantage and avoid losses. They think it’s good for Si Lang to marry Yin Suo, but it’s fundamentally impossible. I figure they only dare to think about it themselves, but wouldn’t dare say it out loud. But with things like today, I really can’t think of any other reason, so I guess it must be this matter."

Lian Manman felt this matter was somewhat unexpected. In this era, marriage customs dictate marrying upwards, but it’s not absolute.

And between Old Lian Family and Lian Lanlan Family, regardless of what outsiders think, in the eyes of Old Lian Family’s Lady Zhou and Lian Lanlan herself, Lian Lanlan Family’s status and threshold were considered higher than that of Old Lian Family. Lian Lanlan’s personality absolutely wouldn’t allow a daughter to marry down. Over the years, her deliberate or indeliberate attitudes have proven this, and she has high expectations for Yin Suo’s marriage.

The people of Old Lian Family, under Lady Zhou’s control, have also gotten used to being beneath Lian Lanlan.

And now, the Old Lian Family has further declined, under such circumstances, Lian Manman never thought Lian Shouyi and Lady He would have the idea of having Si Lang marry Yin Suo.

However, apart from this, there didn’t seem to be anything else that could cause Lian Lanlan to break ties with Old Lian Family.

"Let’s wait and see what Xiao Qing says when she returns," Lian Manman said.

The three of them chatted a bit more, then Xiao Qing returned from the Old Lian Family.

"How’s it going? Did you find out anything?" Lian Manman called Xiao Qing in and asked.

"...When I got there, they were arguing..." Xiao Qing reported hastily.

Xiao Qing followed Lian Manman’s instructions, packed two dishes in a food container, and went to the Old Lian Family. As she walked through the main gate, she heard the sounds of arguing coming from the Upper Room.

"...Why can’t she see Si Lang? Isn’t Si Lang her biological nephew? This kinship by marriage, what’s wrong with it? Why doesn’t she agree? She even stormed off, what’s she thinking, does she want to cut ties with our Old Lian Family?" The first voice Xiao Qing heard was Lian Shouyi’s booming voice arguing.

"...All these years, I’ve been reluctant to talk about her. She hasn’t missed any opportunity to benefit from the Old Lian Family. Back when my elder brother was doing well, she was as close as possible with him, and you wouldn’t believe the advantages she got. Just with Huahua’s dowry issue alone, she pocketed no less than twenty or thirty taels of silver a time!"

"When she’s benefiting from us, it’s all smiles, and when she’s not, she turns away. She hasn’t benefited less from Taicang either. Not to mention the silver, even the fabric or jewelry, she hasn’t gotten any less. After my elder brother returned from Taicang, did she ever look him in the eye? When he’s no longer useful, would she? She doesn’t acknowledge my elder brother; when she saw Old Fourth doing well, she immediately cozied up to him."

"Old Fourth hasn’t given her a good face. Today when we proposed the kinship by marriage between Si Lang and Yin Suo, she wasn’t happy, saying it’s not about that. Wasn’t it her who wanted to match Yin Suo with Wu Lang, trying for kinship by marriage with him? Back then she even sent word to my dad, wanting him to take charge on this. She didn’t stop whispering in front of my mom either.