latelenovela Chapter 130 The Butler Was Abandoned
Chapter 130 The Butler Was Abandoned
Su Bai understood that Kong Li could not only say it, but also do it.
No matter how convincing the lies he made up, he could not eliminate his suspicion that he had concealed the clues to the treasure location of the gold.
But I still have to tell him that I really don't know.
It was not until Kong Li was unwilling to listen and returned to the lobby after saying some harsh words that Su Bai also followed him back.
Within just twenty minutes after Su Bai and Kong Li left, the Fourth Concubine launched her new initiative.
In fact, there is only one thing: cutting down on expenses.
Everyone in the Confucius Mansion, regardless of gender or age, was paid a monthly allowance of 10 yuan per person.
For this item alone, the monthly salary for each room was reduced from 190 yuan when Su Bai was the housekeeper to 110 yuan.
In addition, the wages of the servants in the mansion were reduced. Speaking of this, the Fourth Madam started to talk about Su Bai's faults again. In order to win people's hearts, the Young Madam raised the servants' wages twice in the few months she was in charge of the Kong Mansion.
Originally, the wages of a servant ranged from two to two and a half yuan, but Su Bai now raised it to four yuan.
The fourth wife said that the food at the Confucius Mansion was good, the beds were spacious and comfortable, and there was no one who did not want to work at the Confucius Mansion. Those who previously earned two and a half dollars were servants with guns, but now, all of them have been reduced to two dollars.
Guo Deyi continued to serve as the housekeeper, earning five yuan a month.
Kong Dai is old and it’s time for him to go home and retire.
Su Bai was caught off guard by the fourth wife's ruthlessness. She actually fired Kong Dai!
The eldest daughter was the first to object: "Uncle Kong has served our family for so many years, and he hasn't even married a wife. Isn't it too heartless for Fourth Aunt to do this? I don't agree!"
"It's useless if you disagree!" My goodness, the fourth concubine said in the same tone as Kong Li: "Kong Dai is proud of his contributions in the Kong Mansion. After the master left, he became more and more bold and unruly. He often contradicts the sisters. This person cannot be kept for a moment!"
As she spoke, she pointed to the courtyard and said, "Kong Dai's mind is not at all in the Kong Mansion right now. I sent people to look for him in the courtyard just now but couldn't find him!"
"Okay, Fourth Aunt, since you don't want to use Uncle Kong, I will!" Su Bai stood up and said this almost instinctively. Although there were still many things about Kong Dai that Su Bai couldn't understand, he did help a lot when she first took charge of the Kong Mansion.
She couldn't bear to see him working hard for the Confucius family all his life, only to end up helpless and homeless.
"You use it?" The fourth concubine immediately pointed her gun at Su Bai: "I say, Madam, it was you who wanted to give up the position of head of the Kong Mansion. You are not going to regret it, are you?"
Kong Li came out to explain for Su Bai that from now on, the young lady would live separately from the Kong family and it was her own business who she wanted to employ, and she didn't have to take any money from the Kong family.
"Madam, you have been in charge of the household for a few months. How much money have you embezzled?" asked the fourth concubine.
"Stop talking. No matter how much money it is, it belongs to the Young Madam. She can take as much as she wants. No one has the right to ask about the previous accounts!" Only after Kong Li's words did the Fourth Concubine stop.
The fourth concubine immediately turned to Guo Deyi and said, "Go and inform the servants in the mansion that the salary will be reduced to two yuan. Those who want to work can stay, and those who don't want to work can leave immediately."
"Then we have to recruit new talents first, right?" Guo Deyi asked.
"Okay, within three days!" The fourth concubine finally showed a little bit of human nature.
Su Bai already had an idea. He wanted all six people recommended by Niu Shijiu.
This is also simple. Let Zi Yan inform Niu Yanzi. When Guo Deyi announced a salary reduction, everyone thought it was too little and quit the job. They quit the front yard and turned to go to their own backyard.
Su Bai suddenly realized that except for the eldest daughter Kong Man who stood up to argue for the fourth concubine to fire Kong Dai, everyone else suddenly stopped talking.
Even when the fourth concubine announced that her monthly allowance would be reduced, she only showed an expression of slight grievance and helplessness.
Under strong pressure, I had to bow my head.
Thinking back to when he was in charge of the Kong Mansion, it was not because he was not tough enough, but because he did not have a strong backer like Kong Li. Their occasional toughness did not matter at all.
Fortunately, overall, I didn't offend them. Maybe in a few months, they will miss that I didn't treat them unfairly when I was in charge of the Confucius Mansion.
Even when everyone was leaving, no one spoke, and they walked out of the front yard lobby one after another with their heads down.
There was only one exception, and that was the Sixth Concubine.
The Sixth Auntie pulled Su Bai aside and asked in a low voice, "How much money did you get from the Kong Mansion's account before?"
"One hundred thousand dollars, do you believe it?"
"Bullshit!" The Sixth Aunt walked away swaying.
She was not afraid of the fourth concubine's deductions, as she was thinking of becoming Huang Wenchang's sixth concubine.
When Su Bai returned to the backyard, the second wife followed him in.
Su Bai knew that after he separated from the Kong family, the only trouble would be her.
Just give up her thoughts.
"I handed the Kong Mansion over to you. Kong Li wants to rob it. I can't do anything, and neither can you. I will redeem the second young lady for you in a few days. We should have no contact with each other. I'm afraid you will be implicated."
"I'm implicated? What could I be implicated in?"
"Do you know what Kong Li called me to the next room to discuss?"
Su Bai told her very clearly that the master had something unfinished to say before he died, and he only said the word "Dong". The second wife also heard it, and it was related to the wealth left by the master.
Kong Li believed that Su Bai knew where the wealth was hidden, so he went to find Su Bai just for this matter.
"He actually knew that my identity was fake, but in order to get the wealth, he deliberately didn't expose me. Do you know what Gao Hu's guards do? They are here to monitor my every move."
Su Bai told the second wife that it didn't matter whether his identity was real or fake, Kong Li would not kill him until he found the wealth.
This is equivalent to warning the Second Wife not to use the conspiracy between the two of them to impersonate the Eldest Young Lady to threaten herself in the future. After the truth is revealed, the only one who will be unlucky is the Second Wife. Su Bai's life is connected with the mysterious treasure. As long as the treasure is not found, Kong Li will not do anything to Su Bai.
The second wife understood what Su Bai meant, but she refused to give in: "Does it work if you scare me? Do you think I'm afraid?"
"Are you afraid or not? Let me tell you, I had a premonition that Kong Li would seize the Kong family. I gave you the 500 yuan because I felt sorry for you and because I felt sorry for the Second Miss. Don't be ungrateful. You can tell Kong Li about our relationship and see if he will kill you to silence you."
"You..." The second wife was speechless.
"Yang Huasen's army of more than 1000 people was defeated by Kong Li. Can your old lover Xu Laohei and his bandits withstand the attack of Kong Li's troops? Go and tell Kong Li about our relationship now. As long as you can come back alive, I will give you another yuan. I keep my word. Go ahead and sue. I will give you the money when you come back!"
Su Bai's words really frightened the second wife.
It took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he said to Su Bai: "I roughly know where the word Dong left by the master is. It's not Dongyuan."
"Where?" Su Bai asked instinctively.
The second wife smiled triumphantly: "If I help Kong Li find the treasure, he will keep your life... It's useless, right?"