Reborn as a Landlord-Chapter 580 - 299: The Awakening of the Steamed Bun_1

At the second watch, a call for pink.

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The old couple were about to fight, and no one in the family could just stand by. Everyone hurried forward to pull the two apart, trying to console them with words.

"If they don’t come, then so be it. Old Fourth Family’s life isn’t lacking this one meal. Maybe they have something delicious at home," Lian Shouren said.

Lian Shouxin’s eyelids twitched. He found Shouren’s words very unpalatable. But at this moment, if he were to say something in response, it would be like pouring oil on the fire, only making the atmosphere even tenser and the conflict broader.

Lian Shouxin took a deep breath and held back.

"Dad, you and mom have been tired all day. Let’s eat, let’s have our meal," Lian Shouren added.

Lady Zhou found Lian Shouren’s words pleasant to her ear and called for several daughters-in-law to start serving the white flour pancakes and dishes.

Old Master Lian caught his breath for a while before his face became somewhat calmer.

"Get a basin, get a bowl," Old Master Lian ordered the sons and daughters-in-law standing on the ground, "pick a few pancakes and ladle out two bowls of dishes, and take them over to Old Fourth’s wife’s place."

Lady Zhang, along with several children, had been busy doing chores all day, and it was dusk now. They still had to cook their meals themselves. Old Master Lian felt sorry for them.

This time Lady Zhou did not object; she just had a sullen face.

Everyone heard what Old Master Lian said, but no one dared to move.

Old Master Lian also got angry. He quickly got off the kang, laced up his shoes, went out to fetch two basins, and began picking pancakes and scooping out dishes by himself. In no time, he had filled a large basin with pancakes and a basin with dishes, which were topped with bright red slices of meat.

Seeing this, Lady Zhou got both angry and distressed, her hands trembling.

"I can’t go on with this life," Lady Zhou waved her hands, tears in her eyes, "Just take them all to them. You might as well go and eat with them. You look down on us; you might as well live with them instead..."

"Have you no shame!" Old Master Lian, with veins throbbing on his forehead from anger, turned around and glared at Lady Zhou, shouting fiercely.

"Why don’t I, this old wretch, just drop dead and stop being an eyesore... Stab my heart, why don’t you..." Lady Zhou leaned back, clapping and cursing as she burst into tears.

Behind Lady Zhou, Lian Xiuxiu, Lady Chiang and others were holding up her body, which kept her from falling to the ground.

"It’s all because of you," Lian Xiuxiu, with tears in her eyes from distress seeing Lady Zhou like this, turned her head to look at Lian Shouxin. "Fourth Brother, how can you be so heartless, forcing our mother to this point? Are you happy now?"

"Dad, let’s just eat our meal. We don’t need to send them these pancakes," Lian Shouxin was overwhelmed with lawsuits. He knew his mother well after so many years. He knew what would satisfy Lady Zhou and end the dispute.

First of all, this meat and these pancakes could not be sent to Lady Zhang.

"If Old Fourth says not to send them, then we don’t need to send them. Dad, mom, let’s go back inside and eat peacefully. It’s been a long day," Lian Shouren hurriedly said.

"Indeed, it’s almost midnight. Over at Old Fourth’s wife’s place, they have probably eaten by now," Lian Shouyi added.

"I said to send it, so send it," Old Master Lian insisted.

"Let me just die already, don’t hold me back, send it, all of it..." Lady Zhou wailed, breaking free from Lian Xiuxiu and Lady Chiang, rushed forward, and started angrily placing pancakes from the pot into the basin, "All of it for them, all of it..."

"Mom, Mom..." Lian Xiuxiu hurried over again, supporting Lady Zhou. Her mouth quivering, she started crying, "Dad, look at mom, she’s going mad..."

In his anger, Old Master Lian paid attention to Lian Xiuxiu’s remark and began to examine Lady Zhou more carefully.

Lady Zhou’s hair was half undone, and her eyes were stony. Her actions carried a frightening ferocity.

The once black and lush hair had turned sparse and white. Her once pretty face, still fair, was now covered with wrinkles.

Old Master Lian’s heart softened.

"Quick, help mom back to the house, and bring these two basins inside too," Lian Shouren said, after glancing back and forth between the faces of Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou.

The whole family scurried back into the house.

"We don’t need that much. We must send some food over for the children," Old Master Lian said. He was speaking to Lady Zhou, who managed the household’s food. No matter what, the meat and pancakes had to be sent to Lady Zhang and her family. That was Old Master Lian’s bottom line. But the amount to send was up to Lady Zhou to decide.