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

The third concubine got the news from Guo Deyi that after Kong Zhengliang, who used to collect rent for Kong Chen, died, his wife took the children and left Longxing City, and Kong Zhengliang's large house with three courtyards has been empty ever since.

Just two days ago, the fourth concubine invited Master Huijing from Dongtian Temple to Kong Zhengliang's house to perform a ritual and exorcise the evil spirits.

Starting from yesterday, a lot of masons and carpenters came into Kong Zhengliang's yard and started renovating the yard.

"Kong Zhengliang's wife is coming back?" Su Bai asked her deliberately.

"Ah, can't you hear it? The fourth wife is moving in!"

According to Guo Deyi's inference, the fourth wife has now taken over the Kong family business, and the Kong family has no more property except for the more than 800 acres of fertile land.

After the Fourth Madam moved into Kong Zhengliang's courtyard, she completely severed her relationship with the ladies and daughters of the Kong Mansion. She had never wanted to support these people with her family, and now that the property had been obtained legitimately, she was unwilling to stay in the Kong Mansion anymore.

By then, she would live alone in a three-story courtyard house, with a monthly income of more than 2000 yuan from the Kong family business. She would have money and connections, and her life would be as comfortable as ever.

But the ladies and girls of the Kong family suffered a lot.

According to Guo Deyi's judgment, these more than 800 acres of fertile land will be left to the people in the Confucius Mansion.

Everyone knows that the most important annual output of these 800 acres of land is wheat, but it was all taken away by Kong Li. In the future, the people in the Kong Mansion will only have grain to eat, and they won’t even have money for vegetables, let alone meat.

Guo Deyi also had an idea. In addition to wheat, the yield of corn, cabbage and other crops in these more than 800 acres of land was not small. If he wanted to live a better life, he should cancel the rent reduction promised by Su Bai to the farmers and restore Kong Zhengliang's previous rent collection method.

This way you can live a relatively good life.

But Guo Deyi was worried that this would force the farmers to rebel. After all, the Confucius Mansion was full of orphans and widows, and Kong Li was unlikely to stand up for them. Even if the farmers did not rebel, if they collectively resisted rent, the people in the Confucius Mansion would be helpless.

When Su Bai is not around, the guards under Gao Hu will not listen to the ladies in the mansion. They only protect the safety of the Kong Mansion and will not stand up for them to suppress the farmers.

What the Fourth Madam did was indeed too inhumane.

You took the master's property, but you want to starve his wives, concubines and daughters to death?

"So what are you going to do?" Su Bai asked.

"What can we do? Each room still has some jewelry. We'll just live one day at a time." The third concubine said dejectedly.

However, in comparison, she was not that miserable.

At this point, she put her face aside and said directly that although Guo Deyi was a disabled person, he was hardworking and had a good brain. It would not be difficult for him to find a job as a waiter to earn enough money to eat. The second young master was now managing a tobacco shop for Kong Li and also had wages to earn.

Although we are not rich, we can always make ends meet.

As for the second wife, there is no problem either. She and Kong Dai have helped the master to manage the household for so many years, and she has been secretly greedy for money. Not to mention that she has evidence of adultery between the third and fourth wives and has been eating their monthly allowances for more than 20 years. She must have a lot of savings.

However, although the Second Wife had no problem with her life, the Fourth Wife had a grudge against her. If the Fourth Wife refused to let her go, she might not even be able to save her life.

The worst off are the fifth wife and the eldest daughter.

Having no one to rely on, the eldest daughter could have just married anyone, but the fifth concubine had two underage daughters.

"You deserve it!" The Sixth Concubine walked in with a bowl of rice in her hand. "Who made you collude with each other and want to oppose Su Bai and seize her power as the head of the family? Are you okay now?"

As the Sixth Concubine spoke, she knocked the bowl on the table and pointed at the residue in the bowl that had not been cleaned up yet: "See, this little bit of oil at the bottom of the bowl is more oil than what is used in a meal at the Confucius Mansion now!"

"Third Aunt, have you eaten?" Su Bai asked.

"I've eaten. I've eaten." Su Bai saw the third concubine swallow her saliva quietly.

"Zi Yan!" Su Bai shouted to the outside, "Serve the Third Madam some rice and dishes!"

Zi Yan put three dishes, two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, on a plate and served it to the third concubine. The third concubine did not hesitate and picked up the bowl and started to eat voraciously.

It was as if she hadn't eaten for several days, but she still said she had eaten.

The Sixth Aunt told Su Bai that for many days, there was not much oil in the food at the Confucius Mansion, and everyone's stomachs were thin, so their appetites increased a lot and they could eat as much as they wanted.

Su Bai saw that tears welled up in the third concubine's eyes while she was eating.

There must be something hateful about a pitiful person. However, Su Bai changed his mind and realized that the Third Concubine was forced to do what she did to him before by the Fourth Concubine. Since she caught the adulterer, the Third Concubine is still hers.

Besides, she was doing it for her son, so if you think in that way, there is nothing unforgivable.

Besides, she was just verbally mean to me at the time and didn't cause any substantial harm.

What surprised Su Bai was that the third concubine ate a big bowl of rice and left the big plate of food empty!

Alas, my soft-hearted problem comes back again. I can’t bear to see others feel sorry for themselves.

However, it is reasonable to let them suffer a little.

At this moment, Su Bai was thinking more about the eldest lady, the third lady and the fourth lady.

Especially the third and fourth young ladies, no matter how snobbish or fence-sitter their mothers are, these two young ladies truly regard themselves as their sisters-in-law. Every time they see Su Bai, the fourth young lady will stick to Su Bai, while the third young lady will watch shyly from the side.

Although he couldn't give them wealth, Su Bai was able to keep them from starving.

Su Bai thought about it and decided not to say this yet, as the Fourth Concubine hadn't moved out yet. He could talk about it after she moved out and made sure she didn't care about them anymore.

"Drink some water, Third Madam." Su Bai asked Zi Yan to pour the tea. Zi Yan sensibly handed a handkerchief to the Third Madam without saying anything, but everyone knew that she was asked to wipe her tears.

"I'm full!" The third concubine patted her belly, laughing and crying at the same time.

"Don't worry, I won't ignore the ladies and young ladies in the Kong family." Su Bai originally planned to hold on for the time being, but at this time she thought of Kong Dai.

They were living a good life and had no shortage of money. Although Kong Dai didn't take care of the accounts, he had a general idea of ​​the situation.

As a die-hard fan of Master Kong, he was not only loyal to himself, the eldest lady of the Kong family, but he could not bear to see his master's wife and children starve and suffer. Even if he ignored these people, Kong Dai would ask him to help them even if he broke his head.

Instead of having Kong Dai beg me later, it would be better to give them a heads up now.

Unexpectedly, before Kong Dai came to kneel down in front of him, the third concubine knelt down with a plop.