Chapter 1871: Chapter 954: Inheriting the Mantle
Third watch, asking for pink.
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Lady Zhang, Lady Zhao, and Lian Yeye all laughed, and Lady Li, who was nearby, also laughed and shook her head sighing. Although everyone couldn’t witness it with their own eyes, they could imagine the scene. Especially Lady Zhang, Lady Zhao, Lian Manman, and Lian Yeye, merely hearing about it was as if it was unfolding right before them.
The reason was simple: Lian Shouyi was exactly like Lady Zhou, and they’d all seen Lady Zhou make a scene many times. Lian Shouyi truly inherited Lady Zhou’s tricks. One can imagine that if Lady Zhou knew her special skills had been passed down, she would find comfort in it. From now on, she won’t be lonely anymore!
Thinking of this, Lian Manman couldn’t help but chuckle, laughing to herself again. Everyone in the room thought she was still laughing about Lian Shouyi’s antics, so no one paid it any mind. Only Lian Manman knew what she was laughing at at that moment.
If Lady Zhou knew that Lian Shouyi had learned her tricks, she definitely wouldn’t feel comforted. Otherwise, back then, Lady Zhou wouldn’t have swallowed her pride, suffered quietly, and insisted on driving Lian Shouyi out of the village.
Seeing the other is like seeing themselves. All their tricks are clear to each other, so they are ineffective. Such people truly can’t coexist under the same roof; even in the same yard, they can’t tolerate each other.
There is no mutual admiration between Lady Zhou and Lian Shouyi; between them, the saying "colleagues are enemies" applies.
Everyone put aside the topic of how Lian Shouyi quarreled with Luo Xiaoyan and started comparing Lian Shouyi with Lady Zhou.
"He has strengths that the old lady doesn’t. The old lady spent her whole life in that courtyard, guarding her spot on that kang. He roams the streets, goes everywhere, and even attended school for a few years," Lian Manman said.
Precisely because of this, Lian Shouyi is more harmful than Lady Zhou. Lady Zhou’s troubles were limited to her own household. But Lian Shouyi could cause more trouble. For example, the lawsuit over stealing wine in Thirty Mile Camp, and later the life-threatening trouble in Taicang.
Even now, if Lian Shouyi is allowed to fool around outside, gambles away everything, and breaks up the family, that’s still light. Who knows what other disasters he might cause?
"However, he also falls short compared to the old lady," Lian Manman continued as everyone listened intently, "Firstly, he doesn’t have anyone to back him up. Secondly, his ways to manipulate the children are far inferior to the old lady’s. And most importantly, he doesn’t have her ’good luck’."
What is ’good luck’?
Lady Zhou’s sons and daughters-in-law were used to being controlled by her out of foolish filial piety. But Shouyi’s sons and daughters-in-law were not. Especially his daughters-in-law.
Sanlang’s wife need not be mentioned; she entered the family and had nothing to do with Lian Shouyi or Lady He, completely ignoring them. Neither Zhao Xiue, who Er Lang first married, nor Luo Xiaoyan, who he married later, were weak or foolishly filial women.
These two women were not just not weak; they were outstanding within their gender. Even if not in this era, in the relatively more tolerant era of Lian Manman, these two women were not ordinary.
Lian Shouyi, encountering such daughters-in-law, even with a hundred percent of Lady Zhou’s skills, would only find himself humiliated.
"Someone like that really needs to meet their match. Ah, we’re just too honest and too foolish!" Lady Zhang remarked.
Lady Zhao nodded in agreement.
At that moment, the two sisters-in-law, who had been through hardships together, shared the same thoughts and feelings.
"What happened after Second Sister-in-law took the money?" Lian Manman turned the topic back to the earlier matter.
"After that, Second Master caused a scene, sending someone to the county to summon Erlang, claiming he was dying, asking Erlang to come back," Lady Li said.
When Erlang returned, Lian Shouyi exaggerated the events to Erlang, and in the end, asked Erlang to divorce Luo Xiaoyan.
"Brother Erlang surely didn’t agree, did he?" Lian Manman chuckled.
"You guessed it," Lady Li replied with a smile.
Erlang might be honest like his uncles, but he wasn’t foolishly filial to Lian Shouyi and Lady He. Especially regarding his wife, Erlang had a strong mind of his own, and it only became more resolute over time.
