Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

Kong Chen entertained the guards he brought back with the attitude of the head of the family, playing rock-paper-scissors and drinking glasses. The second wife was also the host, and the new commander of the garrison battalion, Zhao, was also invited.

Once again, it can be seen that Kong Chen still retained some respect for the Second Wife, and did not invite any of the other concubines.

Su Bai instructed the cook to set up a table in the room next to the kitchen, with the same standard food as Kong Chen and his friends, and invited several concubines and young ladies in the mansion to come, as a way of expressing his gratitude for standing on his side in front of Kong Chen today.

At the same time, three more dishes were given to the servants in the whole mansion, but no extra dishes were given to Gao Hu's guards.

Su Bai told Gao Hu that they couldn't do this when Kong Chen was around, and asked the brothers in the guard to understand and make up for these dishes after Kong Chen left.

"Young Madam has thought it through, and the brothers all know it!"

Su Bai walked into the room only after the food was on the table. The second lady asked Su Bai to sit next to her.

Before Su Bai had the chance to thank everyone for their performance today, the Fifth Auntie started to grumble that it was only right for us to have something good to eat, and that the servants should add more dishes, and they would be grateful if we added one dish, but adding three would be too many, because one of those servants could eat as much as three of us, and although there were only three dishes on the surface, if we counted by quantity, there would be more than ten.

This one sentence ruined Su Bai's mood. Fortunately, the Sixth Aunt said, "What's wrong with the servants? The servants can work well if they are full." Then she pointed to the lobby and said, "Unlike those people, who drink our blood and eat our flesh!"

Although everyone had their own concerns, Sixth Auntie's words expressed what everyone was thinking.

The fifth concubine asked Su Bai again, in the end it was Kong Chen who took the wheat on the land and failed to get all the land back as originally planned, so did the 50 yuan that Su Bai promised still count.

"Of course it counts," Su Bai raised his glass, "As long as our family is united, we can overcome any difficulties!"

"We're all here to help you protect your family property?" the fourth concubine asked with a pout.

"Starting next month, you won't have to take your monthly salary. I'll give you half of the Kong family's income. How about that?"

The fifth concubine couldn't close her mouth: "Really?"

"Of course it's true. I've tried to discuss this with you aunts several times, but every time I see you, you won't give me a chance to speak."

This idea suddenly came to Su Bai.

The concubines, mainly the fourth and fifth concubines, wanted the second wife to be in charge after she came back. Although the second wife did not say that she wanted to take over the Kong Mansion, her nature of secretly controlling Su Bai was the same.

Especially after today's contest with Kong Chen, if it weren't for the Second Wife, Su Bai might not even be able to get back the rent rights on the Kong family's land.

Several concubines cannot even survive tonight, and will collectively attack Su Bai after Kong Chen's banquet and force her to hand over the power of the family. The reason is more sufficient: only the second wife can protect the Kong family.

Anyway, Su Bai was just using the Kong family to get started. As long as things went well, he would have to leave the Kong Mansion. He couldn't take the Kong family's property with him, so he simply gave them half of it first and then left it all to them when he left.

There was another purpose for doing this. The negotiation between him and the second wife broke down, not because he did not want to give some benefits to the second wife, but because she was too harsh and greedy, and she also treated him as a slave she bought.

Don’t you think you got too little?

I divide my property in half to each family, and there won't be much left if you take it all.

I have to say that this practice is a bit unethical, but the fact that good people cannot survive here has been proven more than once.

"How do you divide it?" The fourth concubine no longer had the gloomy look on her face as before.

The current house of the Kong family belongs to whoever lives in it. As the head of the family, Su Bai only needs her current backyard and is also responsible for the ancestral hall in the west backyard.

The rest of the yard is temporarily for public use.

The income from the Kong family business and the income from the land are settled on a monthly basis. After deducting the servants' wages and various expenses, Su Bai takes half and the other half is distributed to each family.

There are five wives and five rooms, and the eldest daughter, who has lost her mother, is also counted as one of the rooms, for a total of six rooms.

"You alone take as much as our six families combined?" the fifth concubine cried.

"Bah!" The Sixth Aunt pushed her and said, "Be content. These originally belonged to the eldest young lady. I give them to you for free and you think they are too little?"

The fifth concubine was not at all ambiguous about money. She asked how much money the Confucius Mansion could charge now.

Su Bai told her that although the right to collect rent from the land was taken back, it was already the end of the year and they could not collect much. The main income of the Kong Mansion still came from the Kong Family Business, which was more than 2000 yuan per month.

Excluding servants and various expenses, the total was less than 2000.

Su Bai made another concession. If the amount was less than 2000, he would divide it into 2000, giving 1000 to the wives and daughters in each room, and Su Bai would take the remaining few hundred.

If the business is good and exceeds 2000, then we will split it in half.

"What if business is bad in the future and there's not even 1000 left?" the fifth concubine asked again.

The Sixth Concubine said “Pah, pah, pah” several times, saying that the Fifth Concubine’s mouth never said anything auspicious.

"If there are not even 1000 left, I'll give them all to you!"

The fifth concubine quickly counted on her fingers and soon figured out that each room could get at least 166 yuan, which was indeed a lot more than the several dozen yuan per month before.

The Sixth Aunt had no objection to having money to spend, she just said that Su Bai was crazy.

What Su Bai didn't expect was that someone objected.

It’s the eldest lady Kong Man.

She stood up and questioned Su Bai: "Are you going to ruin the Kong family?"

Su Bai stared at her for several seconds but couldn't figure out why she could say such a thing.

I had no choice but to say, "Since I have told the aunts, we have to do this, unless they disagree and want to get the monthly allowance according to the previous method."

"I agree!" The fifth concubine raised her hand immediately.

"I don't agree!" The eldest lady looked very angry.

This time, Su Bai didn't need to speak. Several concubines opened fire on the eldest lady. It was useless if you disagreed alone. After all, you were a junior. This matter was settled.

"I..." The second young lady looked at Su Bai and whispered, "I don't agree either."

Su Bai was completely confused again. Both ladies disagreed. This didn't make any sense!

why?

Su Bai asked himself three whys in a row.

The eldest lady took a long time to say something. She disagreed because she felt that Su Bai's actions would break up the Kong family.

Su Bai felt that this was an excuse she made up and she was not telling the truth.

Kong Man was attacked by the concubines again. This was just an adjustment in income distribution. The business belonged to everyone, the land belonged to everyone, and in addition to a courtyard for each person in the mansion, the main courtyard, the second courtyard, the third courtyard, and the three front courtyards all belonged to everyone.

Even the housekeeper and servants belong to everyone. This is not called division of the family. The Kong family is still the Kong family.

The fifth concubine also said that this way, everyone would be more like a family.

At this time, Su Bai could no longer get a word in, and the scene became a battle between the two young ladies and several wives.

In fact, the fourth wife was not very enthusiastic. She might still be thinking about transferring all the property to her son's name in the future, but she was not completely sure, so she did not raise any objection.

Su Bai couldn't understand why the eldest and second young ladies would object. It was too strange.

After a long argument, the concubines were still more senior and had louder voices. Although the second young lady did not agree, she could not argue with them, so she had to shut up.

Next, it depends on how crooked the second wife’s nose will be because of anger.

When the fifth concubine raised her wine glass and suggested that everyone drink three cups, Su Bai heard a sudden noise in the yard.

It turned out that Kong Chen's two tables had already been disbanded and he had to return to Linhua overnight.

Su Bai didn't expect that if he left now, Liu Yiyan's ambush would definitely fail.

Since he had already decided to kill Kong Chen, Su Bai was unwilling to just give up.

The only feasible solution is to let Xu Tianyi get ahead of them and carry out beheading.

Thinking of this, Su Bai's palms were already sweating.