Chapter 460: Chapter 239 Still about Real Estate_1
Lian Shouxin shook his head when Lady Zhang asked him again about the chicken coop.
At the time of the family division, it was agreed that the western half of the courtyard would be given to Lian Shouxin’s family, meaning all the area from the window outside the West Room of the Upper Room to the main entrance. The Lian Family’s chicken coop was set up in the alleyway between the West Room of the Upper Room and the West Wing Room.
When the family was divided, Lian Shouxin’s family received no chickens; therefore, Lady Zhou continued to use the chicken coop without moving it. Later, Lady Zhang’s mother, Lady Li, sent some chickens twice. Since they were meant to be slaughtered for Lady Zhang to eat and could not be raised for long, they were temporarily kept free-range outside, and Lady Zhang did not bring up the matter of the chicken coop with the Upper Room.
But now, as Lady Zhang planned to raise her own chickens, a chicken coop was essential.
The alleyway between the Upper Room East Room and the East Wing Room was currently being used to store miscellaneous items. With some cleaning up, it could become a chicken coop. Therefore, Lady Zhang asked Lian Shouxin to speak with Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou to vacate the chicken coop. In this way, both families would have a place to raise chickens.
"I saw his grandpa and grandma are already upset about Erlang’s wife, so I didn’t bring it up," Lian Shouxin discussed with Lady Zhang, "How about we wait a couple more days until his grandpa and grandma are in a calmer state of mind, and then we’ll talk about it."
’In a calmer state of mind’ is a local dialect from Thirty Mile Camp, which roughly means feeling peaceful and free of worries, the antonym of annoyed or upset.
"With you saying that, what else can I say? We can only do that, then," Lady Zhang replied somewhat helplessly, "His grandma already has a place to raise chickens. The chicken coop was long divided and given to us. If it were me, I would have vacated the chicken coop by now... Don’t drag this out too long. I see that other families have already started raising chicks. We can’t always buy eggs. The sooner we start raising them, the children can eat eggs every day during the summer, and we can have chicken meat for the New Year."
"Alright, I get it. I’ll find a chance to talk to his grandpa and grandma," Lian Shouxin nodded and promised.
However, Lian Shouxin’s "finding a chance" meant that he did not find an opportunity for several days, as Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou remained in a bad mood.
Zhao Xiue requested to split the family, and the Lian family did not agree. Lian Shouyi went into town several times. There had been arguments and fights, but all the while, Zhao Xiue refused to back down. Zhao Xiue was carrying a child of the Lian family in her womb. The Lian family, known for its generous family tradition, did not think it right to forcefully throw Zhao Xiue out.
The Lian family tried to restrict Erlang from going to town, but this time they could not. Because Erlang worked in the mountains and Zhao Xiue was pregnant. Caught in between, it was unclear what Erlang felt inside, whether he felt happiness or not, but on the surface, he had visibly lost a lot of weight.
Thus, the situation became deadlocked.
Lian Shouyi, unhappy at heart and with some money in his hands, once got drunk outside and spoke indiscreetly. He said he fell into the trap of the Zhao family. Zhao family had originally told him they wanted to use Zhao Xiue’s pregnancy as a pretext for creating a fuss so she could move into the townhouse with Erlang, thereby rightfully claiming that property in the name of the second branch. The Zhao Family even promised to contribute money for Zhao Xiue and Erlang to open a shop in town.
These words quickly reached Old Master Lian’s ears, and Lian Shouxin heard them as well.
"So it turns out it was his Second Uncle who wanted to divide the family!" Lady Zhang exclaimed.
"Second Uncle has made a cunning plan," Lian Manman said angrily. With more people coming and going to her house, she had greater access to news and heard a more detailed account of Lian Shouyi’s drunken revelation.
Speaking his truth while drunk, Lian Shouyi revealed his grand plans. He had already arranged where each of his sons would live. The town property was intended for Erlang and Sanlang, and he and Lady He planned to continue living in the East Wing Room. When Si Lang and Liulang married, he intended for them to live in the West Wing Room, which Lian Shouxin and Lian Shouli currently occupied.
"...saying that Third Uncle’s family has no sons, the property will eventually belong to Liulang. He also said that our family bought a large piece of land and wanted us to move out so that our house can be left for his Si Lang when Si Lang gets married," Lian Manman fumed.
They were in the shop, where Lian Yeye and Lady Zhao were also present, and Wu Lang and Xiao Qi had just returned from school.
"Not even considering me as a person,... where would my father and mother live afterward?" Lian Yeye said both angrily and anxiously, his face turning red.
"Second Uncle’s plans are in vain!" Wu Lang said, frowning.
"Husband, you should say something!" Even Lady Zhang, who rarely showed anger, was upset, "He bullies his Third Aunt’s family because they have no sons, and now he wants to seize our room too. He thinks Wu Lang and Xiao Qi are what, insignificant? When we divided the family, we suffered, and I said nothing. But now he keeps on bullying us with no end, as if we’re not even breathing?"
