"Okay," Shi Zhongkui interrupted the two of them and said, "Half of the second brother's share is for Yingchun, so as not to cause trouble before he gets married.

And although Baochai is the principal wife, Jia and Xue's family are relatives after all, and as the head of the family, I don't like to favor one over the other."

That's what he said, but compare it to the fact that Baochai had 20,000 taels of silver in less than a year.

Although Yingchun owns half of the restaurant's shares, it only accounts for one or two thousand taels a year at most.

If Jia She, his biological father, continues to plot against Yingchun’s restaurant shares, Yingchun will definitely not pay attention to Jia She again after she has children.

Jia Lian was overjoyed. Xue Pan wanted to make a quarrel at first, but when he saw Shi Zhongkui's serious expression, he immediately gave up.

Jia Lian rolled his eyes and took Xue Pan aside to mutter a few words.

Xue Pan not only looked stiff at first, but also showed an expression of regret.

But Jia Lian's next few words made him happy again.

Shi Zhongkui didn't even need to guess, he knew that Jia Lian must be saying, "Who asked you, Xue Dashan, to show off like a fool? You forced your brother-in-law to think about the back house."

Xue Pan then showed an expression of regret.

Then Jia Lian must have said that since he had benefited from the Spring Festival, he was not qualified to ask for anything else, so Baochai must still be in control of the big head.

Shi Zhongkui smiled and shook his head. Speaking of it, the status of the Jia family was more than one level higher than that of the Xue family.

It can even be said that the Xue family is, to a large extent, just businessmen.

Giving face to the Jia family will not only make better use of their family's network, but also stabilize the back house.

Xue Pan walked back with a smile and said, "I will do it according to my brother's wishes. However, since my brother will become an official in the court in the future, will my sister need to help take care of the money matters?"

Jia Lian was stunned. I didn't expect you, Xue Dasha, to have such a scheme?

Shi Zhongkui smiled and shook his head, "Okay, you two go back and discuss this matter with Baochai. I will just pay."

Xue Pan was ecstatic and looked at Jia Lian again.

Jia Lian rolled his eyes at Xue Pan and sighed in his heart.

However, as long as you are smart during the Spring Festival, you will not have other thoughts.

After all, in the Neo-Confucian society, Shi Zhongkui's move is considered to be against common sense.

Yingchun must be more moved in her heart.

Once this woman is moved, she will be devoted to men, let alone women in ancient times.

At the same time, he also recognized that the future housekeeper could only be Baochai.

But if you can hide one or two thousand taels of silver every year, it will be a lot of money after more than ten years.

Yingchun will no longer worry that his children will not have a good life in the future, and this contradiction will be reduced by at least 7 levels.

Jia Lian frowned at first, but he was actually not stupid. After thinking about it for a moment, he realized that this was actually the best ending.

I also benefited from it, but who to ask for the fifteen thousand taels was another problem.

Looking at Shi Zhongkui, he saw that he had his eyes on Xue Pan.

Jia Lian's heart was moved, and he pulled Xue Pan with a smile and said, "Brother is right, every family must first establish rules before the family can be peaceful."

As expected, Fool Xue was very happy to be flattered by this flattery. After receiving a few words from Jia Lian, he generously said that his brother who was short of money would help advance the payment first.

idiot.

Shi Zhongkui shook his head helplessly, but deep down in his heart he was actually more willing to deal with idiots like him.

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Now that it was decided to open a restaurant, when we were discussing the choice of chef, we found an old man who had retired from the Jia family's kitchen.

Jia Lian repeatedly promised that the dishes he cooked would never be worse than any restaurant.

Xue Pan probably knew this person and nodded at the side.

The matter was thus settled.

When the two brothers-in-law left, they each carried two large boxes of egg tarts, pineapple buns and a box of cream ice cream.

Shi Zhongkui didn't care about them, but looked at Jia Lian's back and smiled.

Last time I defrauded Jia She, Jia Zhen had a lot of treasures. How about defrauding them of most of their money this time?

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After Xue Pan and Jia Lian returned to Rongguo Mansion, Jia Lian directly asked the boy to divide the things into five parts.

Of course Jia Mu, Jia She, Jia Zheng are indispensable, and Jia Zhen of Ningguo Mansion is also indispensable. The last one was sent to Yingchun.

As for the steaming egg tarts and pineapple buns, they are indeed loved by people of all ages in the Jia family.

On the contrary, it is ice cream and ice cream cakes. These days, except for young men and adult men, women and children will be told not to eat more, no matter how much they like them.

Stomach troubles and colds are so powerful that no one dares to let children or the elderly take risks when it comes to food.

After coming out from Jia Mu's place, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Xichun and Tanchun, and even Wang Xifeng and Li Wan all pulled Yingchun to her house with a smile on their face.

Apparently it was for food, but it was hard to tell what Wang Xifeng and Li Wan were thinking.

However, Li Wan's idea was very simple. I had heard from servants before that Jia Zheng had mentioned it more than once that he wanted Jia Baoyu and Jia Lan to study with Shi Zhongkui.

But this matter has been delayed by Shi Zhongkui's career, and before, everyone only had relatives through the Xue family, so there was no reason to go directly to ask for help.

But now that the general examinations were over and Yingchun was bound to get married, Li Wan certainly wanted to bring up the matter again.

Of course, you can find Yingchun or Baochai.

But when it comes to the distance between relatives, it is more appropriate to welcome the Spring Festival, but it is very likely that they will not agree.

After all, she is an equal wife in name, but everyone understands that she is just concerned about face.

It is indeed possible that Yingchun does not dare to agree and has no reason to make the decision.

But this does not affect Li Wan's closeness to welcome the Spring Festival.

If the matter of Jia Lan's study really comes to fruition, it won't be a problem for her sister-in-law to please Yingchun.

After someone heated up the dessert on the stove and all the sisters ate it with smiles, Jia Baoyu suddenly fell silent.

"This idiot", Wang Xifeng and Li Wan understood immediately. Jia Baoyu was sad. Why did Jia Lian and Yingchun have both, but Shi Zhongkui didn't let anyone give him a share?

But in front of Yingchun, some things are hard to say.

As for the Xue family, Aunt Xue and Baochai listened to Xue Pan talk about the restaurant, thought about it carefully for a while, and then felt relieved.

Indeed, as Shi Zhongkui thought, the status of the Jia family was much higher than that of the Xue family. Since Baochai had persuaded him to marry Yingchun through Xue Pan from the beginning.

This shows that she has long understood in her heart that even if she is the first wife of the family, she can only treat Yingchun as a sister.

After sending Jia Lian away happily, Aunt Xue and Baochai didn't take it seriously about borrowing Jia Lian's 8,000 taels of silver.

But he was even more concerned about Shi Zhongkui easily taking out 10,000 taels of silver.

"Pan'er, can my uncle really come up with such a large sum of money?"

Xue Pan leaned back on his chair carelessly, "To do business as a partnership, you have to spend real money first, how can this be fake?

Besides, my sister already has nearly 20,000 taels of silver earned from saffron, so my brother-in-law is cheating on me."

Aunt Xue glanced at Baochai and saw her daughter nodding, knowing that Baochai also agreed with Xue Pan.

The smile on his face suddenly became brighter, and he hugged Baochai and said, "My uncle is indeed very capable, but my mother hopes that he can win the first prize again, and at the same time..."

"Mother."

Upon hearing this, Baochai understood that Aunt Xue still had concerns about Yingchun.

But if Aunt Xue doesn't want her uncle's words to be heard and spread out, the consequences will not be as serious as usual.

Moreover, Baochai thought very simply this time. She had to show the magnanimity of the first wife, in order to win Shi Zhongkui's favor even more, and the outside world would evaluate her more highly.

This can actually stabilize his position in the Shi family.

After hugging Aunt Xue and whispering a few words, Aunt Xue actually laughed.

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Speaking of the imperial examination, after the examination, more than a dozen chief and deputy examiners in the Gongyuan paid their respects to the master the next morning and began to nervously correct the papers copied by the special officials and family members.

And no matter what happens outside, it basically has no impact on Gongyuan.

Of course, no matter what the rules and precautions are, loopholes can be found.

Fortunately, Shi Zhongkui's deal with Old Concubine Zhen and the Zhen family, as well as the series of events that followed, will happen seven or eight days later.

And in order to prevent the Zhen family and some nobles from ruining their own affairs.

Ever since he knew that someone was using him as a congratulation to Mrs. Zhen, Shi Zhongkui not only guarded the golden-haired mouse outside the Gongyuan.

Even the God of Day and Night and his soldiers are guarding there.

Anyone who discovers someone sneaking around and tips the scales should immediately notify the Golden Mouse.

Throwing the note, it was directly picked up by the golden squirrel.
To be continued...