CHAPTER 1348: CHAPTER 688: HARMONY

Extra Chapter, asking for support.

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Lian Manman chatted with Old Master Lian for a while about the western pasture, and she saw Lian Lanlan’s agitated demeanor. Old Master Lian ignored Lian Lanlan, but it’s not true that he doesn’t care about her at all.

Old Master Lian is like this, so naturally, Lian Manman wouldn’t wait for him to inquire.

"My brother just sent word back," Lian Manman said. "My brother personally wrote a letter to Lord Magistrate and also entrusted a friend he knows in the Prefecture City. At this hour, my brother’s letter and that gentleman’s note should have already been delivered to the Yamen."

Lian Lanlan’s eyes suddenly lit up.

Lian Lanlan ran a grocery store in the county town and has gained some understanding of these worldly matters over the years. She said something quite correct. For some matters, some people might exhaust their efforts and spend all their silver coins without getting anywhere, while others can easily resolve things with just a few words.

Take this matter as an example. Wu Lang’s connections are surely not ordinary people. If Wu Lang is writing to the magistrate and requesting favors, what matter could remain unsolved?

Lian Lanlan’s eyes glistened with tears of joy, and she clasped her hands in prayer. At this point, she intuitively felt that Lian Manman was not just speaking idle words. Lian Lanlan wasn’t a fool; she had begun to understand Lian Manman’s temperament through this matter.

Lian Manman can toughen her heart and delay things with such eloquence that nobody can find fault, but she can also resolve matters effortlessly, with just a flick of the finger.

An individual like Lian Manman is someone she cannot afford to provoke.

"Indeed, even if Old Fourth returns, there might not be any good solution, it still has to be Wu Lang," Old Master Lian breathed a sigh of relief, "... asking for favors as well? It’s really a challenge for this child, a good child indeed..."

Old Master Lian was also very excited, and Lian Lanlan showered compliments without restraint.

"How is my grandmother’s illness? I’ve been so busy with this matter today, I haven’t had a chance to visit her. Has the medicine been taken?" Lian Manman calmly allowed the two of them to continue for a while and then changed the topic.

Lady Zhou stirred things up over the past couple of days, cursed Lian Manman’s side extensively, but now the facts proved that once she received the news, she began to help. Now, the matter is mostly resolved.

The contrast between the two sides, the difference in character becomes evident.

"What’s her illness? She is just pretending," Old Master Lian at this moment no longer concealed things for Lady Zhou, "In the future, no one should indulge her, even throwing the silver coins into the water will at least produce some sound. Hiring a doctor and getting medicine for her is no different than being swept away by the wind... your grandmother is not unwell, it’s just her nature; everyone knows that."

"If there’s someone around to advise and guide her positively, it would likely improve greatly," Lian Manman smiled and said, "Fortunately, now my grandmother is around understanding people, there’s nothing much to worry about."

Lian Lanlan quickly lowered her head, her face pale and embarrassed.

"Manman, don’t worry, I’m watching over them," Old Master Lian hurriedly said, "In the future, regardless of who it is, if they dare to speak nonsense again in front of your grandmother or stir things up, they won’t be allowed to enter our Lian Family’s door."

Due to Lian Lanlan’s instigation, Lady Zhou caused quite a ruckus for Lian Manman’s group, yet now when Lian Lanlan was in trouble, Lian Manman’s family helped her without holding grudges. Both emotionally and logically, Old Master Lian had to say something in acknowledgment. And his words were directed at Lian Lanlan.

Having said what needed to be said, Lian Manman started to prepare meals, inviting Old Master Lian to stay for dinner.

"No need to prepare, we are so close, you often send meals and dishes. You all are busy, I’ll be going," Old Master Lian stood up, taking Lian Jizu and Lian Lanlan with him.

Lian Lanlan returned to the old house and didn’t linger for a moment. She packed up and left with Yin Suo, heading straight back to Jinyang County Town. When she arrived in town, Jin Suo and his son were just released from the prison.

Lian Manman didn’t know what the scene of their family reunion was like or their thoughts, nor did she inquire. But after that, Lian Lanlan truly calmed down and never spoke nonsense in front of Lady Zhou again.

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By the time Lian Shouxin returned from the west, everything at home had already settled.

This time, Lian Shouxin was accompanied by Shopkeeper Chen and a group for various errands, visited several places, broadened his horizons, and also suffered a bit. The west was still quite desolate, and even though everything was meticulously arranged, the objective conditions were limiting; sometimes accommodation and meals were inevitably basic.