Lady Zhang suddenly felt a pang of heartache and could not find the words to continue.
"Dad, there are some things we need to clarify first," Lian Manman said, "It's not a problem for us to separate and live on our own, to honor our grandfather and grandmother, everyone agrees on that. But some things are different..."
While all were Old Master Lian's grandchildren, Lian Shouxin's family, once separated, held different rights and obligations towards Old Master Lian and Lady Zhou than those grandchildren who had not moved out.
To illustrate with a simple example, if in Old Master Lian's large family, anyone bought a piece of meat or a package of snacks home, Lian Yeye, Lian Yaya, Si Lang, and Liulang could partake in it, and before Lian Manman's family separated, they could as well. But after moving out, they couldn't.
Similarly, whatever Lian Shouxin's family bought or owned in terms of property, no one from Old Master's large family had any right to possess.
