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

Kong Yun swallowed the pancake that was stuck in his throat with all his strength, and quickly took another sip of tea. He asked in great surprise: "How could you and my mother become enemies? Sister-in-law, don't scare me!"

"I'm asking, what if there comes a day like that?"

Kong Yun smiled. There would never be such a day. Moreover, Su Bai, her sister-in-law, was brought back to the Kong Mansion by her mother from Qingdao. It was reasonable that her mother and her sister-in-law should be the closest people in the Kong Mansion.

"Between your mother and me...you won't understand even if I tell you, but this day will definitely come." Su Bai said again.

Kong Yun looked at Su Bai in a daze. Seeing that Su Bai was very serious, she asked, "Really? Why?"

Su Bai nodded: "It's true, don't ask why, your mother didn't tell you for your own good, and so do I."

Su Bai said this deliberately for Kong Yun to hear, so as not to tell her the truth behind it, but also to allow her to convey these words verbatim to the Second Wife.

She wanted the second wife to know that she was ready for the day when she would turn against her.

"If your mother and I become enemies one day, I'm afraid neither of us will have a good ending." Su Bai once again asked Kong Yun to convey a message to the second wife that she would not obey her orders as before, and the worst that could happen would be a fight to the death.

"Sister-in-law, what are you talking about?" Kong Yun was a little unhappy.

"It seems that you will definitely stand on your mother's side in the future. I understand and I don't blame you." Su Bai planned to stop here and not say more to Kong Yun.

"My mother will always be my mother, and you will always be my sister-in-law. It's ok for me to mediate the dispute, right?"

"You are so cute." Su Bai reached out and touched Kong Yun's face.

What if I'm not your sister-in-law?

You can’t ask this question.

"What will your elder sister's attitude be?" Su Bai thought of Kong Man and asked again.

"My eldest sister...she will definitely stand on your side."

This surprised Su Bai a little. Kong Yun explained that Kong Man and the second wife had always had a lukewarm relationship. She and the eldest young master were born of the same mother and had a very good relationship, so she would naturally stand on Su Bai's side.

"Then why has she been so lukewarm towards me these days?"

Another thing that Su Bai didn't expect was that Kong Yun actually said that in addition to those rumors, Kong Man felt that Su Bai was too insidious and cruel.

Oh my God, Su Bai never dreamed that one day he would be associated with the words insidious and cruel.

If you think about it, it’s not completely wrong. After all, a lot of people died because of me, even though they all deserved to die.

Su Bai had mixed feelings about the upcoming conversation with the Second Wife, a mixture of anxiety and anticipation.

I am worried about what means she will use, but one thing is certain, any means will be disadvantageous to me.

What I am looking forward to is that instead of waiting like this, it would be better to have a showdown sooner rather than later, so that we can know for sure whether we live or die.

At this time, the person Su Bai wanted to communicate with most was Zhou Beiwang. Only with him could he pour out all his sorrows and worries without any scruples.

But after he refused Kong Chen's summons in Linhua Military Hospital, it was unclear when Kong Chen would come to settle the score with him. How could he walk into his trap again?

Su Bai had to slow down the production of medicines, and he only dared to enter the ancestral hall at night, otherwise he would easily be seen by the Second Wife who was only separated by a door.

Niu Fuping and Niu Yanzi also temporarily stopped them from coming to the backyard.

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It has been two days since the second wife came back, but she still hasn't come to see Su Bai. Instead, Kong Yun has eliminated the rift between her and Su Bai, and comes almost every day. She eats up all the sesame cakes and steamed buns that she brought back from Linhua.

The news obtained from Kong Yun was that the Second Wife had just survived a life-and-death experience and was extremely weak, and needed to rest for a few days.

This should be true. It would take a hundred days for a broken bone to heal. Moreover, she was shot several times and rolled down the mountain to the bottom of the ditch. She had a close call with death.

"Let your mother have a good rest. I will ask the kitchen to cook a separate meal for her and try to make something nutritious for her. Then I will ask Butler Guo to invite a doctor to prescribe some tonic medicine for her."

"I thanked my sister-in-law on behalf of my mother!"

Although the second wife did not come to see Su Bai, those concubines were hanging around her all day long.

They knew clearly that they were brought back by the Second Wife, yet they still asked her to verify their identities. Was this stupid, or did they have other intentions?

Kong Dai's trip to Qingdao was very smooth. He returned in four days with the fur and skins in his possession.

He was very careful. He entered Longxing City during the day and stayed in the inn for half a day. He returned to the Confucius Mansion after dark. He and Guo Deyi and the servants moved the things into the wing room of the third courtyard.

There were a lot of things, so after returning to Linhua, we hired a horse carriage to bring them back, which was half full.

All the labels have been printed and cut out. The medicine box is made of cardboard cut into shape, so you have to take it home and fold it and then glue it into a box yourself.

He also brought back a dozen bottles of what he considered to be a new thing: glue.

I heard from the owner of the printing house that using glue is much more convenient than using paste.

"Thank you for your hard work, Uncle Kong. The second wife is back."

"I heard about it." Kong Dai nodded: "I'll go see her later."

He then said to Su Bai: "Don't worry, Madam. I won't tell her anything."

"I want to install a door between the east backyard and the backyard. Is it difficult?"

As long as a door is installed on this moon gate that allows viewing through, the second wife will not be able to see Su Bai as soon as she leaves the house.

This would inevitably arouse the Second Wife's suspicion and even anger, but Su Bai felt that it was necessary. After the next few batches of medicine were produced, he would have peace of mind and would no longer be afraid of a fight to the death with the Second Wife.

Kong Dai was not at all vague. He said it was a simple matter. He would find a carpenter to make the door tomorrow and it would be installed the day after tomorrow at the latest.

"Should I inform the wives of each room if they want to install doors?" Su Bai asked Kong Dai.

"Young Madam has the final say, I will do as she says."

Su Bai told Kong Dai about her rejection of Kong Chen in Linhua. She knew that Kong Dai was extremely dissatisfied with her going to the hospital to see Zhou Beiwang, but she couldn't hide this from him, so she simply told him clearly.

In any case, Captain Zhou helped us a lot in Longxing, and it would be rude not to visit him.

Sure enough, Kong Dai showed an unhappy expression, but he didn't say anything.

In the matter of Kong Chen, he firmly stood on Su Bai's side. He should not have taken the income from the Kong family's land. Now the second wife is back. After the death of the master's original wife, although the second wife is a concubine, she is considered half a principal wife in the eyes of other rooms. Over the years, the second wife has been in charge of various affairs in the Kong Mansion, and she will stand on Su Bai's side.

The next morning, Su Bai asked Zi Yan to notify each room to meet in the front yard lobby.

The Second Wife still refused to see Su Bai, so this was Su Bai's initiative.

The topic of today's discussion is to install doors between the courtyards. It is entirely voluntary to install them, so as to avoid them causing trouble after we install the doors.

Su Bai believed that after discussing this matter, the second wife would definitely stay, and the contest between the two would officially begin.