ebookland Chapter 361 Letting People Out
Chapter 361 Letting People Out
Su Zhiru didn't expect Song Xiangzhi to fall to that point, but he couldn't feel the slightest sympathy for her. She brought it all upon herself.
If she had been well behaved in the Marquis' Mansion, I would have definitely protected her. So let's do this now.
"Don't tell me about her anymore." Su Zhiru walked back to the chair and sat down. As soon as he picked up the tea bowl, he couldn't help coughing loudly.
This scared Chen Mu, and he hurried forward to help him calm down. After a while, Su Zhiru finally calmed down, but his whole face was red from coughing, and even the whites of his eyes were stained with red blood.
"Third Master, are you feeling better?" Chen Mu asked nervously.
Su Zhiru nodded slightly but said nothing.
Seeing this, Chen Mu said, "Your cough is worse than before. Coughing like this all the time is not a good idea. I'll go get a doctor to come and see you."
Chen Mu had wanted to ask a doctor before, but was stopped by Su Zhiru.
He knew that the Third Master did this to make the Third Madam feel sorry for him, but so much time had passed and the Third Madam hadn't even asked a question, let alone called a doctor for the Third Master. It was obvious that she didn't care about the Third Master!
"Go!" Su Zhiru waved his hand. The cough just now was too uncomfortable, and he didn't want to try it again.
As for Jiang's side, let's think of other ways. After all, they are husband and wife, and they will definitely be able to reconcile.
In Fuguang Courtyard, Su Qingwan leaned on the couch, listening quietly to the news heard by Mrs. Zhao.
"Fourth Miss, Liu cried very sadly after returning home, and she also had a quarrel with the eldest master. The two of them almost fought again."
"The second young lady was also very angry. I heard that after going to see her dowry, she cried all the way back."
Su Qingwan smiled lightly, "This is normal. The eldest wife lost so much blood today, so the eldest aunt is naturally very distressed."
"What about my second aunt? How is the situation?"
"The Second Madam didn't cry, but the Second Master cursed in the room, saying that all the things he had collected before were gone. They were all from famous artists and rare books. Anyway, he made a big fuss and was scolded by the old Marquis. Later, the Second Master was so angry that he ran off to listen to an opera."
When Mrs. Zhao said this, she suddenly started to make faces and said with a look of gossip:
"Fourth Miss, I noticed that the Second Master often went to the opera troupe these days. Logically speaking, since his son had just passed away, the Second Master should not be interested in listening to the opera. But when I went in that day, I found that they were performing opera inside with the door closed. He didn't look sad at all because of his son's death."
Su Zhiwen went to the opera troupe to play the role of an indulgent god. How could he have thought that his son had just died?
"Alas! Maybe Second Uncle finds it hard to accept the fact that he has lost his son, so he escapes by singing operas and listening to music." Su Qingwan added casually.
Then she let Mrs. Zhao go back, as she was tired and it was a good time for her to take a rest.
The next day, Su Qingwan and Jiang went to Rong'an Hall of the old Kang family together.
Rong'an Hall no longer has the prosperity of the past. Many things were moved away yesterday, even the Qiangongbabu bed that old Kang used to sleep on was carried away by the people in the palace.
This bed was originally my grandmother's dowry, but old Kang has been sleeping on it for so many years. Yesterday, my grandfather said that after the bed was brought back, it would be chopped up and used as firewood to avoid bad luck.
Su Qingwan naturally thought it was a good idea. After all, things that had been used by Old Kang would not be suitable for anyone else to use. It would be more convenient to just burn them.
After the bed was moved away, Mrs. Kang temporarily changed to another bed, but as soon as she lay down, she felt something was wrong, so she didn't sleep well last night.
Today, when I saw the mother and daughter from the third room coming to my place again, I suddenly felt furious.
"What are you doing here? Are you here to see if there is anything else that can be moved away?" Old Mrs. Kang said unhappily.
Jiang pretended not to hear the displeasure in her words and smiled faintly, "Madam, I came here to discuss something with you and my two sisters-in-law."
As soon as she finished speaking, Liu came in with a crutch.
She didn't want to come here today, but thinking about the current situation of the eldest wife, she couldn't just ignore it, so she came to discuss it with Mrs. Kang.
"Third brother's wife, you are the one in charge of household expenses now. Why do you need to discuss things with us? Can't you just make the final decision yourself?" Liu snorted in dissatisfaction.
She gets angry whenever she sees people from the third house. After yesterday's incident, the third house was the only one that didn't lose a penny, as if they were not members of the Marquis' Mansion.
"Sister-in-law, I don't have that much power. What I'm going to talk about today is related to both the first and second wives. You have to make the decision yourself."
Jiang said with a smile, not caring at all about what Liu had just said.
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Liu snorted coldly. She wanted to hear what Jiang had to say.
"It's like this. Most of the money in the Marquis's public account was withdrawn yesterday. Now there are only 500 taels of silver left. However, there are too many maids and servants in our Marquis's mansion. This money can't support them for long, so I want to let some of them leave the mansion."
"As for who to release, it's up to the two sisters-in-law to decide, and the same goes for the old lady. Of course, if each family is willing to pay their monthly allowance, they don't have to let anyone leave the house."
Jiang spoke slowly and calmly. She would also release some of the people in the outer courtyard of the Marquis' Mansion, so that the pressure on the Marquis' Mansion would be less.
As soon as she finished speaking, Old Kang, Liu and Little Kang were all stunned!
Especially Liu, because most of the people in the big house courtyard were supported by public funds. Now they had to be released, and the number of people released from the big house would definitely be the largest. Moreover, she had no money to pay their monthly wages.
Old Kang glared at Jiang fiercely, "Jiang, don't you want people to serve me?"
"What are you talking about, old lady? You are the old lady of the Marquis's Mansion. No matter what, you will have Madam Xu to serve you. As for those maids who sweep the floor outside, they can be dismissed if they want to. If old lady is reluctant to let them go, they can stay. I will tell you the amount of their monthly salary later, and you can just pay them the monthly salary."
Jiang didn't want to bear this infamy, so he made things clear right away.
Su Qingwan also nodded and said with a smile: "Grandma Kang, my mother is right! There are too many people in the Marquis' Mansion now, and we really don't need so many. If we release some, there will be less pressure."
Old Mrs. Kang closed her eyes. If it were in the past, she would definitely not agree to Jiang's proposal, but now when she was asked to take out the money, she simply didn't have any.
"Are all the families in the Marquis's Mansion receiving reductions?" asked old Mrs. Kang.
"The old marquis is the head of the family, so naturally he can't reduce it. Most of the servants we use in the third house are paid by the palace, and the rest are paid by ourselves, so there is no need to reduce it."