Happiness Consist in Contentment

Liu Fang ran to the front of Zhenwei Hou, who was still kneeling and didn't get up, and looked at him fixedly.

Zhenwei Hou saw a pair of worn-out coarse cloth shoes in front of him. The shoes were so small that they looked like they were worn by a child.

He raised his head, saw Liu Fang, and was overjoyed: "Good boy, are you back?"

As he said that, he stretched out his hand to hug Liu Fang.

Liu Fang took a step back, tilted his head and said, "Are you my father?"

Being young also has the advantage of being young, and it is most suitable to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger.

Zhenwei Hou smiled awkwardly, "Of course, of course I am your father."

Liu Fang nodded and said, "Yes, yes. The clothes you wear look very expensive, so you must be very rich. My mother said that my father is very rich."

Zhenwei Hou's face became more and more embarrassed. He said to Liu Fang, "Hehe, dear boy, let's go home first, go home and talk about it, then go home and talk about it."

After all, he gave the housekeeper a wink, then stood up, bypassed Liu Fang, and entered the mansion directly.

Liu Fang didn't care about his sudden face-turning, she just looked at the figure at the corner that had not left, raised her hand and waved with a smile, and then she didn't need the housekeeper to hug her, she turned around and ran in with Zhenwei Hou. Hou House.

Housekeeper of Hou House: …

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Zhenwei Hou walked directly to the main courtyard in the backyard, and Liu Fang followed him all the way.

The servants in the mansion looked at the cold face of Marquis, all of them were silent, bowed respectfully, and went to the side.

Liu Fang snickered at the bottom of her heart, looking forward to the next good show more and more.

Mrs. Hou was dealing with housework in the garden hall of the main courtyard. Just when her head hurt, Zhenwei Hou walked in like a gust of wind, startling her.

Liu Fang didn't go in, so he hid outside the door and watched.

Marquis Zhenwei said with a cold face to the stewards who were also stunned, "Get out, get out!"

Everyone hurriedly saluted and hurriedly backed out.

Mrs. Hou stroked her chest and said to him, "What's wrong with Mr. Hou? Why is there such a big fire all of a sudden?"

Zhenwei Hou slapped the table and said angrily: "How do you manage the house, why do you let the girls in the house run away like this? I don't even know if someone is lost. There are few people in the house, and you don’t know anything, ah!”

Madam Hou was shocked: "Master Hou, who lost it? Has anyone been found?"

"Heh, Qi Niang is lost, don't you know? Yes, how would you know? You wish she would die outside! An ignorant woman!"

"Qiniang? The mansion

Where did the qiniang come from? "Mrs. Hou was at a loss, and she couldn't remember someone like Liu Fang at all.

Zhenwei Hou was so angry that his chest hurt, "Yuanyi Niang just passed away, you forget her daughter, that's my daughter too! You..."

Only then did Mrs. Hou remember who it was. She was relieved immediately, sat down calmly, and said to Zhenwei Hou quietly: "Didn't Lord Hou tell me to leave their mother and daughter alone? Well, Lord Hou is blaming me instead! Ha."

Zhenwei Hou: …

It was only now that he remembered that he was indeed the one who told Mrs. Hou that she didn't need to care about Aunt Yuan and the others.

At that time, what he wanted to do was to make Concubine Yuan feel soft. After all, Mrs. Hou was not willing to make jokes about her reputation, no matter how much she went too far. When dealing with concubines, there must be a bottom line, otherwise, what will outsiders think of her?

But Marquis Zhenwei is different. He only wants to achieve the goal, he doesn't care about the means, and he doesn't care about the process.

Therefore, he would condone, and even imply that the servants under him had deducted from Aunt Yuan's share in order to force her to hand over her family's wealth.

However, he didn't expect that things would get out of hand and he would become more and more uncontrollable.

But how could he admit that it was all his fault?

He said to Mrs. Hou with a cold face, "I don't care. Listen, now that Qiniang is back, and Concubine Yuan has passed away, you must arrange her well, and you can't let her starve for hundreds of years. , let outsiders see what kind of decency it is!"

Madam Hou sneered, "Oh, now Hou Ye thinks that he wants to be a loving father?

Oh, what did Master Hou say when Concubine Yuan gave birth?

You didn't say that, she was just a concubine, she died when she died, but she was a concubine, and she died when she died.

It's alright now, an outsider saw Qiniang's appearance, and in turn blamed me on her.

Lord Hou, ask yourself, does this blame me? I don't care? You didn't let me take care of it.

Heh, now that you want to be a loving father, let me be a wicked mother, right? no way! "

The two were noisy and dark, and Liu Fang hid at the door and watched with relish.

However, no matter what Mrs. Hou is, she has to bow her head. Who makes this era still when men are in charge?

In the end, Mrs. Hou lost Liu Fang to Aunt Fang's yard, so she only told her: "In the future, the seventh girl will be raised by Aunt Fang, and the daily expenses will also be taken care of by Aunt Fang."

It means that in the future, Liu Fangyou will

Aunt Fang is in charge, and Mrs. Hou will give her her share.

As for Liu Fang, how is it?

Oh, she's too lazy to care.

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Standing in the main hall of Fang Yiniang's courtyard, Liu Fang looked up and looked around: the layout is simple, but very elegant, clean and spacious.

It was indeed better than where she used to live.

Aunt Fang was very calm. After listening to the servant who sent Liu Fanglai to convey Mrs. Hou's words, she nodded slightly and asked Xiaocui, the maid beside her, to reward her, and then turned to look at Liu Fang in front of her.

He was dressed in sackcloth and sackcloth, and he was wearing the same worn sackcloth clothes.

You can see what this child has been through before.

Aunt Fang sighed inwardly, thinking of Aunt Yuan who she had met once.

That is a woman with a gully in her heart!

Unfortunately, it didn't come at the right time.

Otherwise, even if she doesn't look very good, she must be a person of amazing talent and talent, which will make everyone in the world fall for her.

It's just that everything has passed, and now she has become a handful of loess.

Aunt Fang didn't think too much, she thought about it for too long, but she was in a trance for a while, then she returned to Liu Fang and said, "You will be my daughter from now on.

Although I am not your biological mother, I also have the responsibility to teach you. If you don't obey discipline in the future, I won't be merciful.

Do you understand? "

Liu Fang looked at Concubine Fang. She had a beautiful face, a gentle temperament, spoke slowly, and her tone was calm. She looked like an ordinary concubine, but what she said made Liu Fang feel that the other party was not that simple.

She nodded obediently and said, "Well, I understand."

Aunt Fang smiled lightly and said to Xiao Cui, "Go, clean up the back room and let the seventh girl live there. In addition, bring Xiaohong to serve the seventh girl and tell her to serve the master carefully."

Xiao Cui respectfully saluted, "Here."

Liu Fang bowed her head and bowed to Aunt Fang, then followed Xiao Cui away.

This auntie is really funny.

The appearance just now was not like an ordinary concubine's room, but a bit like a mistress of the house.

Aunt Fang watched Liu Fang walk out of the main hall, got up and walked to the window, looking at the blue sky outside, her eyes were red.

Princess, I am powerless to do anything for you, but Seventh Girl, I will take good care of her and grow up.

Rest in peace!

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Aunt Fang is really a very special person, and the servants around her are very smart.

No need for her to tell me, no need for her to say anything, I just consciously

She found a lot of new clothes for Liu Fang, prepared hot water, waited for her to bathe and change clothes, put on a new dress, combed her hair in a serious bun, and put on her hairband and headgear.

In an instant, Liu Fang seemed to have changed her personality. It was finally clear that she came from a noble family and was a serious Houfu girl.

Liu Fang stood in front of the mirror and looked at it. Just after taking a bath, her face was finally a little bloody, and she still looked pretty and soft.

Xiaohong is her personal maid. When she was about ten years old, she bowed respectfully to Liu Fang and said, "Girl, it's time to eat."

Liu Fang turned around and said, "Are you going to my aunt's place?"

Xiaohong nodded, "Yes, my aunt stipulated that the girls should go to the flower hall to have dinner together."

Liu Fang nodded, "Well, fine then, let's go."

Xiaohong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, now it seems that the seventh girl is still very good to serve.

The two left the wing where Liu Fang lived and walked along the corridor to the flower hall.

Aunt Fang's yard is actually quite big.

It should be said that now, there is only such a large mansion left in Zhenwei Hou's mansion. There are many courtyards inside, and they are all very spacious, but I am not afraid that there will be too many people to live in.

Including the courtyard where Liu Fang and Concubine Yuan lived, they were actually very large, but they were located in a remote location, and there were no servants to take care of them.

In fact, all the courtyards in this big mansion are very strong. Even though some courtyards have been abandoned for many years, they still stand in the mansion, and there is no sign of collapse.

As for Aunt Fang, although Liu Fang didn't notice that she was particularly favored—because there were not many servants, and most of them were small, just like Xiaohong next to her.

Xiao Cui, who is beside Aunt Fang, is only twelve or three.

Such a maid, to be honest, in a real noble family, it can only be a third-class maid, or a little maid, and cannot be a personal maid at all.

But in Aunt Fang's place, these maids have already been able to take charge of themselves and are very capable.

In this aspect, Concubine Fang's skill is very good. It's not what she has shown. If she is not favored, no one can use it.

On the other hand, it also proves that the Zhenwei Marquis Mansion is indeed in decline, and the family background is very thin and cannot afford too many servants.

Otherwise, she is a concubine of the Hou residence, no matter how she is not favored, there will be more than one personal girl serving her.

When I think about her first assignment, Mrs. Liu Guogong was so frugal. As a concubine, she still has seven or eight people to serve her.

And Concubine Fang's courtyard is so big, it looks like there are only a dozen servants, and this

She was not the only one who lived there, but also four girls.

- Concubine Fang's own third girl Liu Yun, sixth girl Liu Wu, and fourth girl Liu Qian, whose biological mother died early and was sent to her to raise after birth.

The four girls are all served by only one girl, and they all live in a row of rooms behind the courtyard, not far from each other.

In this way, there are four fewer servants in the yard, and there is a little Cui beside Aunt Fang, that is five, plus two yard cleaners, two rough women who guard the gate, and two A woman in a small kitchen in the yard, a total of eleven servants.

Seriously, that's very little.

Liu Fang walked all the way and saw a few servants taking care of the courtyard. After thinking a lot, she soon came to the flower hall.

☆、Other types are content and happy to wear

The flower hall is also quite large, and Anguo still kneels and sits at a table, but Liu Fang is quite used to it.

She gave Auntie Fang a salute, bowed her head and said respectfully, "Daughter greets Auntie."

That's how you call this thing, it won't really change anything just because you call her A-Niang.

Whether they can really become mothers and daughters also depends on how they get along for many years in the future.

Therefore, Liu Fang didn't have a particularly big feeling about calling Aunt Fang an aunt, just being polite and polite.

Aunt Fang naturally understood.

However, she was satisfied with Liu Fang's sensible behavior: she looked good and easy to teach in the future.

"Come, sit down."

Liu Fang was slightly blessed and sat obediently in the vacant seat, sitting upright.

The other girls had already arrived, and it seemed that Aunt Fang had already greeted her.

Aunt Fang said to Liu Fang, "Qiniang, this is your sisters, this is your third sister, Sanniang, this is your fourth sister, this is your sixth sister.

Let's greet you sisters. In the future, you must know how to order the elders and the youngest, be humble, and respect your elder sister, and live in harmony, understand? "

The four of them all stood up and saluted, "Yes, auntie, my daughter understands."

After speaking, the four of them bowed to each other before sitting down.

The seats are arranged according to the age, so Liu Fang sat with Liu Wu, the sixth sister.

Liu Wu is only one year older than Liu Fang. He has always been protected by Concubine Fang, and loved by his older sister and brother, so his personality is very simple and innocent.

She looks a little chubby, with big round eyes, especially smart, fair skin, soft and cute appearance, very cute.

She stared at Liu Fang with wide eyes and asked curiously, "I heard from A Niang, you are my sister, right?"

Liu Fang nodded and answered the question of the real child seriously: "Well, yes, I am your sister, and I am one year younger than you."

Although she used to live in a remote courtyard with Concubine Yuan, she was also aware of the size of the house, the population, and the relationship.

After all, at that time, no one cared that a child like her was wandering around the house, and no one knew her identity.

It should be said that no one remembers that there is another seven girls in the house.

Therefore, at that time, it was quite convenient for Liu Fang to inquire about something.

In the future, it will probably be a little more troublesome, but it doesn't matter. She thinks that she will probably know everything with Fang Auntie.

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She is very confident in the other aunt, and also thinks that she must be unusual.

Later facts also proved this, which is a later story.

It's just that Liu Wu's eyes widened after hearing Liu Fang's answer, and he became more and more curious: "Then why haven't you lived with us? Besides, you haven't been in class with us?"

Liu Fang was stunned for a while, and then said: "Uh, I used to live with my mother, so I didn't live with you. Now that my mother died, my wife asked me to live with you. As for the class ,I do not know either."

Liu Wu looked stunned, "Oh, that's right. I see.

You weren't born to your grandmother, were you? You were born to your grandmother.

It's just that now your grandmother is dead, so Madam let her take care of you, right?

So you never had to go to class before? It's so good..."

Liu Fang: …

The brain circuit of a real child made her a fake child really unbearable.

However, at least the other party has figured out the relationship between her and her.

Aunt Fang sat and watched them and didn't care what they said. As long as they didn't quarrel or fight, she didn't care.

Meals came quickly.

Liu Fang finally got out of Liu Wu's 100,000 whys, she secretly wiped the cold sweat that didn't exist on her forehead: I'm really scared! (￢_￢)

The nobles usually eat without saying a word, so for a while, there is only a slight sound of the chopsticks touching the dishes in the flower hall, and everyone eats quietly.

Liu Fang's appetite has always been good, and Aunt Fang's food tastes pretty good. Even though it's ordinary home-cooked food, she still eats it with relish and a look of satisfaction.

Aunt Fang was relieved when she saw it: Well, it's good, she doesn't have the habit of being picky eaters, she's a good boy.

After the meal, after rinsing her mouth and washing her hands, Aunt Fang held the tea cup, took a slow sip, and said to Liu Fang, "Qiniang, you haven't been in the school before, and from tomorrow onwards, you can go to class with your sister and the others. Madam has already explained, the Master will teach you from the beginning, you don't have to worry.

In addition, I will also prepare the things you need to bring to class. Xiaohong will bring it back in a while. You can take a good look at it. If you are missing anything, let Xiaohong come over and talk about it. "

"Yes, mother, my daughter knows."

"Yeah." Fang Yiniang turned to look at her eldest daughter Liu Yun and said, "Sanniang, you are my elder sister, and Qiniang has just arrived. If there is anything you don't understand, you can tell her well, if there is something wrong in class. , you have to teach well, you can't just follow

I want to lose my temper, understand? "

Liu Yun leaned over to answer, "Yes, A-Niang, my daughter understands, she won't lose her temper with Seventh Sister."

Liu Wu flatly said, "Auntie, don't keep talking about Third Sister, she won't get angry with us."

Aunt Fang turned her head to look at her and said, "Oh? Then your third sister doesn't get angry with you, but you will get angry with Qiniang?"

Liu Wu hurriedly put on his chubby hands and said, "No, no, no, I won't either. I will play with my sister, and I will teach her to write and make embroidered handkerchiefs."

Aunt Fang raised her eyebrows, "Really? You can still teach your sister to write? Aren't you the most afraid of practicing calligraphy? Also, have you learned to embroider handkerchiefs? Why don't I know."

Liu Wu blushed and twisted the corner of his clothes, "Cough, auntie, I learned it very quickly, really, very quickly. Besides, I'm not afraid to practice calligraphy, I can teach my sister."

Aunt Fang smiled, "Really? That's good. Liu Niang also knows how to be a sister."

Liu Wu smiled, puffed out his small chest, and said to Liu Fang, "Qimei, don't worry, I will definitely teach you well."

Liu Fang suppressed a smile and nodded, "Well, okay, Sixth Sister, I'll trouble you from now on."

"No trouble, no trouble."

Fang Auntie looked at her with a smile on her face, and she was completely relieved: Qiniang, she has a good temperament and is a good child. It can be seen that the county bishop is very good!

In this way, Liu Fang said goodbye to the past and officially lived by Fang Auntie's side.

Beside Auntie Fang, life is actually very leisurely: every morning after getting up and saying goodbye, I have breakfast, after dinner I go to class with my sisters, come back after class and say goodbye, then have lunch, take a lunch break, do my homework, and then have dinner After dinner, you can go back to wash and rest.

Zhenwei Hou's mansion still retains a school for girls, and Zhenwei Hou also spent money on connections and specially invited a very good master to teach them.

Except for Liu Fang and a few others, the eldest girl, the second girl, and the fifth girl in the mansion also attended classes in this school until they got to the draft.

There are only seven sisters in the house, and Liu Fang only knew that the eighth sister died last year. Whether it was man-made or accidental, heh, only the parties involved really know.

The content of the class is also very ordinary, not as much as Liu Fang's first mission world.

There are only piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, embroidery, cooking and housekeeping. As for the art of war and martial arts, strategy and medicine, there is no such thing here.

If there is anything, it is also the nanny who teaches etiquette, and by the way, teaches those who teach the back house.

The so-called means of fighting.

The pattern of knowledge is very small, and it seems that it is only for trapping women in the backyard and being a canary for life.

It was the first time for Liu Fang to come to such a strict era. To be honest, she felt a little uncomfortable.

After all, the three mission worlds in front of her were quite free, and now she is confined to a mansion.

But every time she returned to Aunt Fang's place, listening to Aunt Fang's slow words, the sullenness in her heart gradually disappeared.

Liu Fang was particularly surprised: she just said, Aunt Fang doesn't look like an ordinary person!

After Liu Fang took the class, Liu Wu was the first to be hit. She did not expect Qimei to be an unforgettable genius!

On the first day, Liu Fang was still studying enlightenment books, and on the third day, she started to follow her progress.

Then she practiced calligraphy. On the first day, the master of Qimei's calligraphy shook his head, but after two days, she could write neatly and neatly, and the master was impressed!

And embroidery too. Her fingers hurt so much, and she hadn't learned to embroider the simplest handkerchief, but Seventh Sister, she learned it in four days, just four days!

It just hit Liu Wu so much that he doubted his life!

Liu Fang spreads her hands: She can't do anything. She has to learn these things in every mission world, and she has already learned them thoroughly. No matter how she pretends, she can't learn it for a year or two, right? It's too hard for her.

Therefore, the mother-in-law of the women's school, no matter what it is to teach, slowly notice Liu Fang.

It's just that Liu Fang is not a person who blindly pushes the limelight. She learns things quickly, but she does not do well.

For example: Poetry and poetry, she has learned it, but she has no talent for poetry. The poetry she writes is very ordinary, with no connotation at all, and the words are not beautiful enough.

Anyway, she didn't do much.

Liu Fang didn't care about these false names at all. In the first mission world, Mrs. Liu Guogong said: The so-called piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs are just to cultivate temperament and pass the time.

As a woman from a noble family, the most important thing is to learn some practical things, butler cooking, embroidery and business. Even strategic tactics, martial arts, etc., are stronger than those vain things.

As long as they learn to appreciate, it is enough.

On weekdays, these things are just used as topics of communication, who would really care if you are talented?

The world is all about the high and the low, and it is true only if you live well.

Those people are warm and cold, don't care too much, otherwise, you don't have to live every minute.

Of course, as an aristocratic woman, you can't write a ghostly character, it would be too embarrassing.

What should be learned, still needs to be learned, and what should be practiced, still needs time to practice.

You may not learn well enough, or you may not learn well enough, but you have to learn and master it.