Happiness Consist in Contentment

In Luoyuan, the backyard of the Ningyang Palace, five-year-old Liu Fang is sitting in a small study practicing calligraphy.

After so many tasks in the world, she is also used to studying, but she is young now, even if she wants to write well, it is not possible, and it is good to write well.

Luo Shi sat on the side and embroidered the handkerchief. Liu Fang took a breath after practicing the calligraphy, and the maid Qiujing packed up the ink and brought water over to clean her hands.

After washing her hands, Liu Fang dried her hands and was applying balm when Roche raised her head and said to her, "Come here for a break and have some refreshments."

Liu Fang nodded, got up and walked to her side and sat down. Qiu Jing took out the water, brought in another food box, and brought out two trays of cakes.

"Girl, chestnut cakes and cakes have been sent to the kitchen."

Liu Fang raised her eyebrows, "Cake?"

Qiu Jing pursed his lips and said with a smile, "Well, it is said that the second girl remembered the recipe, and it was made in the big kitchen and given to each room."

In the palace, the king and concubine of Ningyang are still in charge. The King of Ningyang did not have a concubine, and the concubine had only one concubine, the eldest son.

Well, we have to count Big Brother Sesun and the others.

The eldest son, the eldest son, is the eldest brother, who is 16 this year, and the second son, the fourth brother, who is 13 years old this year. Finally, there is Liu Xin, the eldest daughter of the eldest daughter, who is 10 years old this year.

The concubine Wang's family was born in a family of royal merchants. He also has two sons and a daughter. The second brother is 15 years old this year, the fifth brother is 12 years old this year, and the second girl Liu Rui is 8 years old this year.

Finally, Luo Shi, Liu Fang's biological mother, has three sons and one daughter, the eldest son is the third brother, who is 14 this year, the second son is the sixth brother, who is 11 years old, and the third son is the seventh brother, who is 8 years old. Finally, Liu Fang, the third girl, is five years old this year.

In addition, there is another Qing servant, Mrs. Liao, who was finally admitted to the house. He also has a son under his knees, the eighth brother of his concubine, who is 4 years old this year.

Liu Fang thought about the family in her mind, took a bite of the cake, and it seems that this second sister has a history.

Luo Che also cleaned her hands, picked up the chopsticks and ate the cakes. After tasting the cakes, she couldn't help but nodded, "It's really good. The second girl likes to toss with these things."

Liu Fang lowered her eyes, and Qiu Jing nodded, "What my aunt said, I heard that the second girl is planning to open a pastry shop."

Liu Fang paused and sighed inwardly. In fact, the palace was rich and noble, so why would she need a prostitute to open a shop? She just wanted to show off.

Just show yourself.

The mother-in-law Wen was not a harsh concubine either. The royal residence was distributed on time every month. For a concubine like Liu Fang alone, she would have five taels of silver in the moon, plus four sets of clothes and jewelry. , do not worry about food and clothing at all.

In Liu Fang's view, there is actually no need to toss so much.

However, everyone has their own aspirations, the second sister is happy, and she just looks at it, so she doesn't bother to care so much.

After tea, Liu Fang continued to practice calligraphy, then learned to draw, and then learned embroidery with Luo Shi.

Before dinner, I went to the main courtyard to greet Mrs Wen, then came back for dinner, and the day was over.

The next day, Liu Fang got up early, washed and had breakfast, and went to the Jinxiu Pavilion to take a class.

Although there were only three girls in the house, Mrs. Wen was very attentive to their upbringing, and specially found a very good female teacher, and the etiquette nanny came to teach them, and they had classes every day.

In January, there are only two days off, one day in the middle of the month and one day at the end of the month.

There are also regular assessments every month. Liu Fang is young and doesn't care much about names such as talented women. She studies well, and her exam results are also quite satisfactory.

And the second girl Liu Rui is not the case. What she likes most is to stay away from the eldest girl Liu Xin, and she will be happy only if she does better than her.

But the eldest girl Liu Xin didn't care about that.

Liu Fang brought Qiujing to class, and sat down in her seat, Qiujing sat behind her.

After a while, the second girl also came, Liu Fang, Qiujing stood up to salute her, she nodded slightly, forget it, and sat next to Liu Fang.

Qiu Jing frowned, Liu Fang didn't care much, sat down again, and took out the book to read.

Finally, the eldest girl came over, Liu Rui glanced at her, pouted her lips secretly, took out a book and looked at her, ignoring her.

However, Liu Fang and Qiu Jing stood up together and bowed to Liu Xin before sitting down again.

Liu Xin brought her maid Moxiang back to Liu Fang, and sat in her own seat. She didn't pay much attention to Liu Rui's failure to salute her.

Soon, the female master came, and the three of them went to class.

Liu Fang's course is the easiest, because she just started enlightenment not long ago, and the Wangfu started enlightenment at the age of five, so Liu Fang, Liu Xin, and Liu Rui have different content.

But it didn't matter. The woman gave Liu Fang a new class for a quarter of an hour, checked her homework, and then taught Liu Xin and Liu Rui.

Because Liu Rui learns fast, now she has followed Liu Xin's course, and they both learn the same.

Liu Fang was listening, practicing calligraphy, waiting for them

After the new class was over, she began to silently recite the new text.

The female master looked at the seriousness of the three of them, was satisfied, nodded slightly, got up and walked slowly in the classroom, looking at their homework and giving some pointers.

Before long, it was time to end get out of class.

He saluted the female master, and after she left, Liu Rui got up and walked out, leaving behind her maid, Hongdou, to clean up the pen and ink.

Seeing her like that, Liu Fang sighed in her heart, put away the pen and ink books on the table, and left with Qiu Jing.

Liu Xin happened to be walking with her, and the two watched Hongdou hurriedly carrying a basket and ran out to chase after Liu Rui.

Liu Xin shook his head, said nothing, and left with Mo Xiang.

Liu Fang slowed down and followed behind her. The two of them didn't speak along the way. When they reached the fork in the road, Liu Fang and Liu Xin saluted and separated.

At this time, Qiu Jing said in a low voice, "Third girl, why do these two girls always look like everyone else owes her money? The girl didn't offend her, she didn't even return the gift, really..."

Liu Fang waved his hands and said, "Forget it, what can I say about this, don't mention it in the future. It's not a day or two, don't you understand?"

Qiu Jing frowned, "Could it be that the second girl is so defiant?"

Liu Fang smiled and didn't answer. She had a lot of tasks to do, and now she was much more immune to strange flowers.

It doesn't matter, as long as this second sister doesn't implicate her, she really doesn't care much about other things.

Back at the Luoyuan, Liu Fang didn't talk about this to Luo Shi. He changed his clothes and had lunch. After that, he took a lunch break and did his homework after getting up.

Wen Shi didn't need them to come over every day to greet him, but once every five days, it was enough to go there before dinner, instead of having to go early in the morning.

During this time, Mrs. Wen was choosing a wife for her eldest brother, and she often went to banquets. She was really busy. As long as the prostitutes in the backyard were safe and honest, she would not overdo it.

It's just that, on the third day, Liu Rui started to make trouble.

The reason is very simple. Mrs. Wen planned to take Liu Xin to the eldest princess' mansion for a banquet the next day. She is so.

When Liu Fang heard this, her eyes widened, thinking she had heard it wrong.

Qiu Jing also said with an incredible expression, "You don't know, girl, the second girl also said that Mrs. Shizi deducted her share, saying that the eldest girl has five or six sets of jewelry every month, but when it is her turn, she only has the ones from the public school. Hairpins or something, in short, it's making a fuss

There is no peace in the courtyard…”

Liu Fang: …

In the case of Gongzhong, how could the Wen family be deducted. Each concubine girl has five or two copies, four sets of clothes and jewelry, but because it is a public, the quality must be very average.

But this "general" is also for the palace, and taking it out is much better than the direct descendants of other families.

Have you ever seen someone with a gold inlaid jade head face every month? Still different every month, every set is different. The quality of jade is also considered high-quality, red, white, green, and even jade, red treasures are also available.

It's just that they are a little smaller. After all, they are still young, but this is only a wealthy family who can afford it.

As for Liu Xin's jewelry, it must be different! The Wen family was born in a famous family and had a generous dowry. She was willing to subsidize it, and the grade was different.

The girl who came out of the concubine said that it was her child, but didn't everyone know the truth about it?

Moreover, although the Wang family was a concubine, she was also born into a family of royal merchants and had money in her hands. Otherwise, where would Liu Rui get the money to open a pastry shop?

Now, just for the banquet of an eldest princess, she started tossing and accusing her first-born mother of injustice. To be honest, Liu Fang felt that Liu Rui was really stupid.

This task is an ordinary overhead ancient society. Liu Fang understood it as soon as she was born. Like a test task, she can live and grow up honestly.

As long as the mother Wen is a little more reliable, her life will not be difficult.

As for Roche, although she was very angry about being cheated into marriage, after all these years, she could accept the reality and live a quiet life.

Isn't that what life is all about? There are unsatisfactory things, but you must also allow yourself to live comfortably and live comfortably.

That's how Luo Shi is now - he and Shi Zi's father are completely in trouble, and he doesn't pay attention to him. Except to say goodbye to Wen Shi, he basically doesn't go out much every day.

Do you say suffocated? That must be a bit.

But can't you live without being suffocated? Tossing hard?

What's the point?

Is it possible to change the fate of being suppressed by the powerful? Or set yourself free?

impossible.

In ancient society, the powerful were indeed able to be lawless to a certain extent.

Luo Shi can't ignore her parents, Luo's family, or her own children. She just wants to be happy and can do whatever she wants?

Since there are many concerns, you have to make yourself less suffocating within a limited range.

For example, she chose not to serve the father of the prince, so that she can finally stop disgusting herself every day.

no?

Besides, she has sons and daughters, and she lives well. There will be a day when she will be able to live happily.

Although, for the time being, she still has to hold back.

But this suffocation, compared with the pain of the people outside who are struggling at the bottom every day, is actually nothing.

Besides, how many children does she have? As a mother, she has to think about them too, right?

In a word, Roche's life attitude is the daily life of most people in this ancient society - within a limited range, let yourself live more comfortably, don't think too much, you can live comfortably.

If all thought of money and leisure, and a happy life, most people in the world would have to die.

Liu Fang also thinks so, although it is only a mission world, she does have a lot of trump cards.

To put it badly, it was easy for her to leave with Roche.

But after leaving? Will Roche be happy?

She must be able to live better than in the palace?

Not necessarily.

Happiness is often compared.

The reason why Liu Rui is tossing is because she naturally feels unhappy when she compares with Liu Xin.

Let her compare with the prostitutes of other mansions? She would definitely consider herself lucky.

At least Mr. Wen is not a person who likes to mess around.

Otherwise, the prince's father would take a concubine, and every concubine would still have children, both men and women, and they were all living well now.

They can also read books without discrimination and receive the same education. In fact, this is already the best contribution of Wen's as a first-mother.

To be honest, Liu Fang felt that there was really nothing to worry about in this mission world. If you were honest and lived your life as you should, you could have a pretty good life.

Food and clothing are worry-free, clothes come to stretch out your hand, food comes to open your mouth, what else do you want to drop?