Chapter 311: Winning over the parents

“…” Even if he was their biological son, even if he had always known his mother often did not pay attention to these matters, at this moment, Lian Hai could not help but be annoyed at his mother’s powerful logic!

Both angry and anxious, he said: “Mother, what are you saying? Dad, don’t you care about Mother? If these words spread out, we would really have no face left! Hmph, you still expect me to be a man someday? When a jinshi becomes an official, if there is the slightest mistake in the past, the ancestral tomb will be smoked out!”

Bah…! What nonsense are you saying?” Madam Qiao blurted out, taken aback. Quickly, she said a few a few chants so that the gods, Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas would not listen to her son’s words.

“There are no outsiders here, don’t you know me well? I’m not talking nonsense!” Lian Hai sneered.

“Ah Hai is right, just stop it!” Lian Li was also anxious. Glaring at Madam Qiao, he said: “You are not allowed to mention the sixty taels of silver, do you understand? Are you a stepmother? Really short-sighted! If this effects Lian Hai in the future, let’s just see how you cry!”

Madam Qiao snorted twice but her chest ached at the thought so she didn’t dare to argue, only muttering in a low voice: “If you don’t want me to mention it, then I won’t mention it, what’s so important…”

Lian Hai calmed down but he was unable to explain to them the difference between short-term and long-term vision.

Suddenly, he realized he would likely never get them to understand these principles. They had never studied and therefore they could never have the same understanding as himself when looking at these problems. They could only see immediate benefits and the future? It might as well be imaginary!

Since it was imaginary, how could they plan for it?

They would never understand how much benefit could be gained if they could hang on to the Cui family and the Su family through his cousins!

Look at his mother, there was only those sixty taels of silver in her eyes.

His father was a little smarter, but it was only just a tiny bit more cleverness, he still couldn’t be on the big stage!

Looking calm, Lian Hai glanced between his parents and said solemnly: “Father, Mother, I was originally going to mention this but since we are talking today, I will say it now! You hear me clearly! Although I have passed the provincial exam, act as how our family has always acted, don’t show off too much in front of others in the village! Li Zheng and the village elders, the respected elderly neighbors: whoever should be respected, must be respected! A bad reputation is not good!”

“Yes! Yes! Ah Hai is correct!” Lian Li nodded repeatedly, giving Madam Qiao a fierce look before yelling: “Do you understand clearly?! Take care of your big mouth in the future! Don’t talk nonsense everywhere you go! We have to support Ah Hai, I don’t know how many people are jealous of us and waiting to catch our mistakes!”

Madam Qiao was still a little unconvinced. She felt that since her son was promising, why couldn’t she brag about him outside? This was the proudest moment of her life, how could she not talk about it in front of them?!”

But when she heard those last few sentences, she immediately nodded and agreed.

Her son finally felt a little relieved. “Also, you are not allowed to talk bad about Fang Zhou and the others outside. More importantly, you are not allowed to ask them for benefits in the future! If you still have these ideas, tell me about it as soon as possible so I can think about it.”

Seeing that both his parents were giving him disapproving looks, Lian Hai’s heart immediately felt suffocated. Angry, he said: “If you know that you are my parents, then if you do those things, I will go and apologize to them in front of everyone and ask them for forgiveness!”

“What?!”

“No!”

Lian Li and Madam Qiao had never expected their son to say something like this and both of their faces changed color at the same time!

Though Lian Li was too stunned to speak, Madam Qiao was instantly furious at the idea of her son lowering himself in front of Lian Fang Zhou to apologize!

“This is not possible, absolutely not possible!” Madam Qiao exclaimed, trembling with anger: “What is your status?! What is your status and what is the status of that girl!? You apologize to her, can she afford this!?”

Lian Hai was relieved to see them acting like this and said coldly: “If you don’t provoke them, then naturally I won’t need to go! I’m serious, this is not a joke!”

Lian Li and Madam Qiao’s chests were stagnant, and they both felt an unspeakable pain and sorrow at the thought of this.

Nothing that Lian Fang Zhou could ever do would be as cruel as their son’s words, this was tantamount to poking their hearts with a knife!

They were so proud of him but he was saying that he would apologize to that dead girl in front of so many people, wasn’t this just slapping them in the face! Wasn’t this deliberately making their hearts ache to death?

Seeing them so distraught, Lian Hai felt a little sad. Sighing softly, he said: “Father, Mother, I will always understand in my heart that the three of us are the true family. As a son, I would not want to harm you deliberately or embarrass you. In short, you just listen to me! I will have thoughts on the best way to handle matters. As long as you listen to me, our days of happiness will be long in the future.”

After hearing these words, Lian Li and Madam Qiao’s faces eased and their hearts were not so aggrieved and panicked.

Although the couple still did not understand why their son was being so firm about this, they understood that he must have a reason for doing so.

Thinking about it, their son was a scholar and much smarter than his own parents. It was normal for them not to understand his thoughts!

Seeing that their complexions had loosened, Lian Hai finally relaxed.

This combination of hard and soft tactics would ensure that Lian Li and Madam Qiao would firmly remember his words in the future and not dare to be dissatisfied or disobedient.

Knowing what good things Madam Qiao had already done, however, where would Lian Hai have the time to sit still? After a few more words, he hurried out to Lian Fang Zhou’s house.

As Lian Fang Zhou expected, Lian Hai did not want money but to apologize. He also hinted to her that, in the future, his parents would never do such foolish things again. Lian Fang Zhou was happy to speak generously, saying that she didn’t mind, and the two sides had a harmonious conversation.

After dinner, Sun Zhang Xing and his son went to Lian Li’s house to discuss the banquets.

Lian Li and Madam Qiao had just been verbally tortured by their son, so their spirits were greatly reduced, and they were extremely polite to the father and son.

Sun Zhang Xing was flattered while Sun Ming, who had seen the couple’s attitude earlier that day, only glanced at them thoughtfully from the side.

Although Lian Li and Madam Qiao were happy about their son being a shengyuan, it would be a big mistake to say that they were willing to spend money on a banquet for everyone else to eat and drink.

Thinking about it, as long as they could get the main benefit, it didn’t need to be any better than that.

In addition, in order to highlight that their family was more generous, they felt that the Sun family’s banquet should be a bit simpler than their own, saying: “Your family is not better than ours, the foundation is shallow and there are more places that need money, this is also for your sake!”

Sun Zhang Xing’s face was complicated when he heard this.

The Lian couple had always been difficult characters and the Lian family was from the village In any case, they also had a relationship with Lian Fang Zhou. Regarding their requirements, he really didn’t know what to say.