Chapter 489: Commitment

All credit to original author: Yi Yi Lan Xi

Taken aback, Lian Fang Zhou smiled and comforted her: “Third Aunt, don’t be sad, just come home! Stay here with us! Now that you are fully separated, there will be fewer troubles and you can live with us in the future. Our family just happens to be short of an elder!”

Lian Ze and the younger two echoed her, comforting Third Aunt.

She wiped her eyes and smiled at them, saying to Lian Fang Zhou: “Fang Zhou, I have been swept out of the house and have nothing left. In the future, if you dislike me and don’t want me, well then I can only die!”

“Bah, bah! What nonsense are you saying? Who has nothing left?” Lian Fang Zhou hurriedly grabbed Third Aunt’s arm and said softly: “Third Aunt, no matter what happens in the future, I will never abandon you! Even if Ah Ze and Che’er bring back wives, they won’t abandon you.”

Third Aunt hadn’t thought about what would happen when they grew up and started their own families. Lian Fang Zhou’s promise was sweet but it brought her another worry.

She frowned and sighed softly.

Yes, what would happen when they married in the future? They called her Third Aunt and treated her as a relative, but their wives wouldn’t necessarily treat her as one!

As for Fang Zhou and Qing’er, when they married in the future they couldn’t bring her with them!

The more she thought about it, the lower her mood became and she felt that she really had no way out. It was as if there was no light at the end of the tunnel.

Lian Fang Zhou had long ago planned a surprise but it seemed that now was the time to say it. It would happen eventually, so it was fine to reveal it now.

Actually, it was pretty good.

Smiling, Lian Fang Zhou said: “Third Aunt’s concerns are justified so just wait for next year. I will buy 50 acres of first-class fertile land in your name and give the land deeds to you. From now on, I will give you ten taels a month as your own private money. If Ah Ze gets married in the future and his wife can’t tolerate you, you can take your silver and land deed to another home. With money and land in your hand, you will have a guaranteed future!”

Third Aunt was delighted and her grateful smile spread across her face. Before she could express her gratitude, Lian Ze jumped up angrily, red faced, and said dissatisfied: “What are you talking about, Eldest sister! I-I don’t want to marry a wife! Besides, Third Aunt is from our family and no one can drive her away!”

Lian Fang Zhou glanced at him and smiled: “What are you so anxious about? I just said that to reassure Third Aunt. This is a preventive preparation in advance, I didn’t say that Third Aunt will leave.”

Lian Ze was speechless but Third Aunt laughed: “Ah Ze, don’t say that! Silly boy, I don’t know how many people are thinking about you for their daughters! Why don’t you marry a wife? You won’t think like this when you are older? I’m only afraid that your wife will be too outstanding!”

“I won’t! Third Aunt, you are laughing at me!” Lian Ze cried, becoming more and more puffed up. His face turned to the side with an embarrassed flush.

So embarrassed!

Moreover, he firmly believe that he would never be the kind of person who only listen to his wife and ignore his family! That would be too amazing, just thinking about it made him feel that it was impossible, absolutely impossible!

Of course, he was too embarrassed to say this. Marrying a wife, he knew that this was a serious matter. It was impossible for him not to marry.

Anyway, Lian Ze had already made of his mind. In the future, he must marry someone who was gentle and kind and treated his relatives well, otherwise he would never marry them.

He had no idea that the woman he would eventually fall in love with and would eventually marry would be completely different.

Seeing that Lian Ze was very embarrassed, Lian Fang Zhou and Third Aunt smiled and didn’t say anything else. Half-grown teenagers were the most unreasonable.

Going back to her previous topic, Lian Fang Zhou smiled at Third Aunt and said: “I will do this after the New Year. If I forget, you must remind me so you can be at ease. The fifty acres will be recorded under your name and you will receive the same amount of silver each year.”

“Don’t worry, don’t worry! No need!” Third Aunt’s heart jumped and she immediately smiled: “Fang Zhou, of course I am not worried. I trust you to do things… the harvest doesn’t need to be counted for now and I’m not greedy, just give me two taels, ten is too much!

She sighed and added: “Originally I wouldn’t ask you for anything but who told your aunt to be incompetent?”

Eyes red, she choked up again.

Being helpless and homeless at both ends was like being a rootless duckweed floating on the water. A small wave could easily determine her situation. This feeling couldn’t help but make her feel hesitant and panic.

It was as if the soles of her feet could not touch the ground.

Lian Fang Zhou’s words finally made her feel at ease.

However, even though she was incomparably grateful, she was also a little uncomfortable.

And more than a little ashamed.

Lian Fang Zhou hurriedly comforted her, saying: “Don’t say that! If things were still difficult like in the past, I would not be able to do this! But now it is different, so don’t refuse!”

Lian Fang Zhou said this over and over and Lian Ze agreed until finally Third Aunt accepted their kindness with a small, thanking them emotionally.

Then she sighed: “Actually, what’s the use of wanting these things? I just need a bowl for meals and a space for sleeping. I don’t have any descendants to give these things!” Feeling sad, she added: “After I die, I will be a lonely ghost with no one to care for me.”

“No, no!” Lian Ze hurriedly said, “Don’t say such unlucky things! You are our Third Aunt, of course you will go to our ancestral grave after you die, together with our parents. How would you not have anyone to take care of you?”

Third Aunt’s eyes lit up. The expression of surprise and joy on her face was even deeper than when she received the property and silver. She hurriedly exclaimed: “This, is this true? You’re serious? You’re not joking with me?”

Lian Ze looked at Lian Fang Zhou.

Although Lian Fang Zhou would not be a member of the Lian family in the future, she would definitely be the master of Lian Ze, the eldest son. As the head of the Lian family, he would naturally have the final say in everything in the Lian family.

 Lian Fang Zhou was surprised before she remember than people in this era took the afterlife very seriously and it was not surprising that this was actually the biggest worry of Third Aunt.

She hurriedly nodded: “Really! Of course it is true!” She smiled, “You can rest assured!”

Third Aunt smiled, embarrassed. “I won’t worry! I won’t worry at all!”