Chapter 378 - 377: Power Vision
Lan Hua, who was watering plants in the courtyard, overheard their conversation and set down her watering can. She walked into the room and scolded Lan Cao: "You really should hold your tongue -- who are you to challenge Chen Alu?"
After admonishing Lan Cao, Lan Hua then said to Alu, "If nephew would like to give these writing utensils as gifts, then please do so; there’s absolutely no problem with that, as they were originally prepared for your cousin by the first Madam. However, we also should have accepted the gifts prepared for us by the Foreign Affairs Room. If we didn’t, those gossipers would still be the ones getting pleasure from it."
Although Alu was shy and refined, he was quite stubborn, and shook his head. As far as he was concerned, the gifts from the Foreign Affairs Room were simply bags of sweets, worth hardly a dime. If he accepted them, it would be said that he visited his uncle’s house only to take the gifts preparing by his brother-in-law. The value of these items was simply not worth the talk.
Soon after, Sanquan arrived.
Lan Hua scolded him again, "Why are you so late? Young Master has been waiting for you."
Sanquan laughed cheekily and said, "Dear sisters, you both have times you can rest, but I’ve been busy all day. Today Uncle is off, so wouldn’t it make sense for me to have a bit of a lie-in?"
He then respectfully said to Alu, "Uncle, shall we go?"
Lan Hua turned to Alu and warned: "Uncle, don’t feel obligated to ’reward’ those people who are doing nothing useful. You are the first Madam’s actual little brother; there is really no need to throw silver around just to keep them friendly." She then yelled at Sanquan, "Did you hear that? Keep a good hold on Uncle’s wallet."