Chapter 30 (1/2)

Surprise! This is a special update in celebration of Fourth of July I hope y'all had a fun day Now kick back and relax with another chapter of TBL This one is longer than usual =-=

Also, I typed up lists for the characters and notable locations in this story You can find thee under the Translations tab of theLandlord title on the side bar (in the Updating Schedule box) to get to the info page If you're ever uncertain of a name, you can always refer to those lists

– Muse

Chapter 30 - Abnormal

By the ti noon

An Zi Ran called Qiu Lan over to inquire after An Yu Zhi's health

”Young Master, the lady had an excellent appetite this ee,” this was how Qiu Lan replied Ever since returning fro ood Her appetite was sht she only had one bowl of congee for dinner

An Zi Ran was si, but received such an unexpected answer His steps into the courtyard faltered With an unclear expression he asked, ”This?”

Qiu Lan thought for a bit ”She looked well There was a bit of red in her cheeks She wasn't pasty like she o days ago So this servant had the kitchenAnd unlike two days ago, she did not resist and ate tls of congee”

An Zi Ran nodded ”That is all You are dismissed”

Qiu Lan turned and left

After lunch, An Zi Ran returned to the study Steward Su was quietly waiting for hi Master, the ink is alift list today?”

[T/N: Back then, ink was prepared by grinding an ink stone with a bit of water]

The date of the e was not set in stone yet, because they needed to find a knowledgeable person to choose a good day Taking advantage of this tiet the list of dowry ready An Yu Zhi was the daughter of the first wife, and she was about to marry into a prince's palace, so the dowryface was a trifle, but if she was looked down upon after e, it would implicate the An family too

[T/N: 嫡女 di nv: ”daughter of first wife” I saw the word ”prostitute” in MTL and I thought I was tripping, but no they really translated it as prostitute ]

Yesterday, before the ledgers were sent over, An Zi Ran had already finished half of the list

The An fa landlord What they had a lot of was land There were also quite a few shops under their name Most of them were rice shops Only a small fraction was jewelry and fabrics and such The scope involved was not particularly wide Based on the An family's situation, their status was indeed too low to be rubbing elboith the Fu family, this point could not be refuted

What An Zi Ran could take out for the doas not a lot Ever since he made those two decisions, the An family's assets have shrunk The total number ofFu when he was alive An Chang Fu's three concubines already gave him (MC) a piece of their minds early on, especially the second and third concubine, because they had unet married, they will be dependant on the dowry from the An family Since the An families assets have shrunk, then those dowries were bound to shrink

[T/N: I believe he's referring to the two decisions hethe situation with the farmers]

But they did not know that when An Chang Fu was alive he had already prepared a dowry for his eldest daughter and second daughter Both of the was pregnant with An Zi Ming, so their matters were delayed An Zi Ran also heard about this later on from Steward Su Both the second and third concubine did not know about this

There was red paper on the desk, and the brush was prepared by Steward Su

An Zi Ran sat down and took up the brush He dipped the fine hairs of the brush nib into the ink and started to write out the list

After severalto look better Although it was not to the level of a scholar, his words were already very angular, vigorous and slender, just like his person

Every ti master, his face would reveal a happy expression He was the one who had the greatest understanding of the youngfroer be expressed ords Noas finally written with a good hand If the late lord and lady saw this from the heavens above, they would be very happy