Happiness Consist in Contentment

By the way, there is also a fourth brother in Aunt Chen's family. Although her parents are very old, they are still alive and their bodies are still strong.

After disembarking from the town, Fourth Brother Chen brought his nephews to pick them up, drove eight large mule carts, and picked up all the group and their luggage before heading to Qingshan Village.

When I settled down in the village, it was a lively scene when my relatives met. I won't go into details.

It is only said that the Liu family lived in the village for a few days, and Liu's father decided that the family would really settle here.

As a result, the Chen family was already a big family in the village. The four brothers got married and had children and separated their families. After their children got married, they separated again, forming a big family.

Because of the rich life, each family has their own new house, not to mention the blue brick and tile house, and the area is also very large, otherwise it will not be able to accommodate the Liu family.

They settled here, and with the Chen family as their support, they didn't have to worry too much.

Second, the folk customs in the village are simple and simple, and they are basically daily trivial matters. The days are lively and lively, and there are not so many intrigues.

In this way, the Liu family is also willing to settle here.

Now that you have decided to settle down, you have to buy land and build a house or something. You can't live in Chen's house all the time.

As a result, Liu Fan and his brothers started to get busy, and Grandma Liu and others also began to inquire with the villagers about the customs here, so as not to make a joke when they built a house and bought land, it would be bad.

The life of the peasant family is busy, and it is really busy.

During the slack season, the Liu family built a house, and everyone from the village came to join in the fun. There are also enough staff, so in just half a month, the Liu family's house was built, and the wine was relocated.

This time, Father Liu did not build a big yard. The family continued to live together. Instead, he took the opportunity to split up the family, bought a large piece of land, and built seven yards. It was also very spectacular to walk there in a row. .

But the yard is actually not that big. In the countryside, there are not so many rules here.

It's just that the Liu family still built two large yards each. After all, they are used to it, and they can't stand it if they open the courtyard door like the people here all of a sudden. So I built two entrances, anyway, there is room for relaxation.

But the actual area is really not big, just normal.

in addition

It was Liu Fang who now lived with her sixth brother Liu Mo with Aunt Chen, not at Liu Fan's house.

It's not that Mrs. Liu is unwilling to live with Aunt Chen, nor that Liu Fan and his wife are unwilling to let them live here, but that Aunt Chen herself is unwilling.

Chen Auntie was not happy, Liu Fang felt that everyone lived very close, so she lived with Auntie Chen.

Father Liu and Madam Liu naturally wanted to live with their eldest son, Liu Fan, so they separated.

With a new home, really settled down. The next thing is how to live.

Liu's father thought about it, and their family did not know how to farm. Even if they bought the land in the future, they could only rent it to others.

Although, they have hidden a lot of money in private, and they can buy a lot of farmland. At that time, the farm rent alone will be enough for them to live.

But you can't let the children have nothing to do, can they?

Therefore, Father Liu decided to open a private school. Anyway, the eight father and son have all taken serious scientific examinations, and each has a reputation. Even if they are not officials, they are still cultural people. It is more than enough to enlighten the children in the village.

In this regard, Liu Fan and others also agree, that's right, the seventh master Liu Xian wants to go to the town to open a shop and do business.

Father Liu saw that he was really unwilling to be a master, so he agreed: now their family can't pay attention to what it is not good to be a businessman.

As long as everyone can be busy, the days in the future will naturally get better and better.

Because the Liu family came at an unfortunate time, they want to buy fields or something now, which is really not available. Just wait and talk later.

When Liu Xian went to the town to open a shop, he could do it right away, but if he wanted to open a private school at home, he would have to build a new house again.

Fortunately, their family bought a hill and basically built the house here, and there is nothing wrong with building a yard in front.

At the beginning, Liu Fang thought it would be better for them to live here than in the village.

Therefore, at the end of the village, they bought a barren mountain with a large area but not a high height.

Now this mountain is still in the process of asking people to open up wasteland. If you can't buy fields in the future, these wastelands can be opened up and you can grow some food.

By the way, Liu Fang has planned the place well. Some of them are planted with fruit trees, some of them are planted with wood, and some of them are made of terraced fields. It will be good to keep them for a few years.

With such a large area, their home can definitely support them.

The private school doesn't need to be built too big. After all, Father Liu and the others are just to enlighten the children for the time being.

If it's not enough, then say it again.

With the construction of houses, land reclamation, etc., plus daily life, the Liu family has less and less money.

Seeing this, Liu Fang took out a pair of flowers that she had embroidered earlier to Liu Fan, and asked him to take it to Fucheng and sell it for some silver money.

Liu Fan looked at the embroidery in his hand and really didn't know what to say.

"Siniang, you don't have to do this, the family still has money."

Liu Fang smiled. Although their family was far away from the capital, they had caused a lot of trouble along the way. Now it's really not suitable to show off too much money. Even if they have a lot of money in their hands, they don't really dare to spend it.

For example, the dowry that Mrs. Liu had hidden long ago and the remaining property of the entire Liu family—

They were all replaced with silver notes, hidden in those unremarkable coarse cotton shoes. It's still locked in the box and can't move.

The money for the Liu family to buy land and build a house recently came basically from the money given by those who saw them off at the beginning, as well as some of the gifts given by the caravan before.

It was Liu Fang who took it out, and Liu's father was willing to borrow it temporarily.

Now they see Liu Fang taking out such a pair of embroidery again, and they are really ashamed.

Father Liu stroked his beard and sighed: "Forget it, we will compensate Siniang when she gets married in the future. For now, that's it for now."

After hearing this, Liu Fan collected the embroidery and sold it the next day.

Because of Liu Fang's good martial arts, this task is actually very easy to do embroidery, and the speed is also fast, and the skills have also improved a lot. Furthermore, after the previous mission, her knowledge and vision have also improved a lot, and the embroidered products are really rare treasures in this world.

Therefore, her embroidery was sold for a high price: a full 10,000 taels!

Liu Fang raised her eyebrows, and after returning to her room, she asked Qiuyun who followed him, "Is this what you told your master?"

She suspected that it was the embroidery that the owner of the caravan bought. In other words, Qiuyun had been exchanging news with the other party.

After all, her embroidery is precious, so that's it, it's not that it can be sold for an outrageous price of 10,000 taels.

Qiuyun immediately knelt down and said, "No slaves. Girl, the slaves are now your master!"

Liu Fang was surprised, "Who would buy it?"

Qiu Yu said in a puzzled tone, "Girl, the Hundred Flowers you embroidered are so vivid, you don't have to worry about selling them, even if they are more expensive, it's normal."

She didn't understand why Liu Fang was struggling with this. Isn't it good to sell it expensively?

Liu Fang glanced at her, shook her head, frowned and thought deeply

, "I still believe about 1,000 taels, 10,000 taels? Oh, do you really think the money comes from the wind?"

When Qiu Yu heard it, she felt right, 10,000 taels was indeed outrageous.

Qiuyun was still kneeling, she thought for a while and said, "Girl, it was probably bought by Nei Tingsi."

Liu Fang raised her eyebrows, "Oh? How do you say that?"

Qiu Yun said: "September is the Queen Mother's Christmas."

Liu Fang was stunned, so it was! No wonder then!

Well, the inner courtier, with the emperor's money, naturally doesn't care.

She shrugged and said to Qiuyun, "Get up, don't kneel down in the future, I don't have so many rules here. Besides, our family can't talk about these rules in the future, after all, we live in the village now."

Qiuyun got up obediently, and bowed with Qiu Yu: "Here."

Liu Fang: …

Forget it, let them go. They can't change it for a while, but it will be fine in the future.

When the private school opened, the life of the Liu family gradually stabilized. Although the food was rough, the life was very peaceful, and slowly, it gradually became integrated here.

The days have stabilized, and it is time for Liu Fang to hold the wedding ceremony and find her husband.

As a result, Mrs. Liu and Aunt Chen, together with several grandmothers of the Liu family, also started to get busy.

As for Liu Fang, she still teaches the children of the private school together with her family members, Qiao Zheng, the apprentice of martial arts. She spends most of the time at home doing embroidery, or she goes to take care of her own mountain.

In fact, as soon as the Liu family arrived in Qingshan Village, they attracted the attention of the villagers.

One, they are relatives of the rich Chen family in the village.

Second, their family's demeanor, appearance and temperament are different from theirs.

Third, the Liu family has a lot of money to build a house and buy land. They have money when they see it.

In the end, their daughter is really good-looking - that's Liu Fang.

It's not that people in the village have never thought of Liu Fang's idea, but after looking at her relatives, most of them don't dare.

But there are still two families who dare.

The family is the only scholar family in the village, and the family is also very wealthy, and there is only one single seedling, and he was admitted to the scholar at a young age. He looks good, and has always been a romantic figure admired by women in the town and nearby villages.

This person is Yan Xiucai from the Yan family.

Seventeen years old, fresh and elegant young man.

The first time he saw Liu Fang entering the village, he was amazed by her appearance, and he wanted to marry her as his wife.

The second is the son of an ordinary farmer named Han Dong.

Han family

It turned out to be a poor family, and Han Dong's parents passed away early, and only his grandfather worked hard to raise him. But this Han Dong is very industrious, and he is tall and tall. He is a good hand in the farm work!

Therefore, the Han family has gradually become rich over the years. They have built a new house, have dozens of acres of land, and have a cow. Life is still quite good.

However, compared to the Yan family, it is really a big deficiency, and it is completely incomparable, let alone compared with the Liu family.

This Han Dong also saw Liu Fang on the day the Liu family entered the village, and was moved by her beauty, but he was very self-aware and had no intention of marrying Liu Fang.

It's just that, young Mu Ai, he couldn't help but go to Liu's house to help, and the brothers of the Liu family could see it.

In this regard, Liu Fang spread her hands: she doesn't care, no matter who she marries, she can. Just look at what Mrs. Liu thinks.

Madam Liu, what do they think? That's a no-brainer.

Although their family is now down and settled in the village, but what kind of background they are, this will never change.

Not to mention that Liu Fang worked hard to defend them along the way, but only to say that they have such a sister by their side now, how can they make her suffer in the future?

The author has something to say: catch a cold! It's so frustrating, that's why today's update is posted. As for the bad writing, please Haihan, I really don't have the energy to conceive or revise it.

I'm sorry >people

☆, 44 other types of contentment and happiness to wear

Therefore, Mrs. Liu and the others completely disliked the people in the village, and they thought that it was impossible, then Liu Fang would not marry, and it was not that she could not afford to be raised by several brothers.

In this regard, Liu Fang can only be helpless.

But she won't make trouble with her family for outsiders—in fact, it doesn't matter if she gets married or not.

Anyway, she lived a good life and lived her life comfortably, and her task was completed. There's no need to get too hung up on these.

On this day, Liu Fang put on a bright yellow coarse cloth dress, with a cloth tied in a bun, and took Qiuyun up the mountain.

Qiu Yu's girl recently had a good time with the little girls in the village. She went out for a walk early in the morning, and Liu Fang came to find her.

Qiuyun has followed Liu Fang in recent days, and his martial arts have been improving. As for that stupid apprentice of Qiao Zheng, these days, he has gradually learned to deal with others in the village, and he has also learned to open up wasteland and cultivate land, which is not bad.

Qiu Yun is used to following Liu Fang, Qiao Zheng, and Qiu Yu, these two are really scattered in the village and go crazy!

But Liu Fang didn't care either.

She also told Qiuyun that she didn't have to follow her all day long, but Qiuyun didn't listen and it was still the same, so she didn't care.

"Speaking of which, why did you think of coming to serve me in the first place? Wouldn't it be good to follow your master?"

Liu Fang was indeed a little curious about Qiuyun's choice. I was too lazy to ask before, but now I am idle, so I asked along the way.

It's very casual, and doesn't mean to get to the bottom of it.

Qiuyun replied very plainly, "It was just the right time at the time, so the slave took a gamble, thinking about getting rid of such an involuntary life. Fortunately, the slave made the right bet and was able to serve the girl. It's great! "

Liu Fang smiled, looked at her and said, "How do you know who will do what you want? What if you bet wrong?"

Qiuyun smiled and said: "Girl, I still have a certain understanding of that one: arrogant and extraordinary, but she also prefers others to confess. It's not that she couldn't see what the slave girl was thinking at the time, but she admired the slave girl. The confession, so the slaves got what they wanted.

If the slave bet is really wrong, in fact, it is only a death. It is better to live like a walking corpse than to die like this. "

Liu Fang stopped, looked at her calm face, and said, "Actually, I think it makes sense for her to name you Lengshuang."

A poker face that is always stiff, not frosty, what is that? He really lives up to his name!

Qiuyun smiled, like ice and snow

Melt, said: "The slave is now called Qiuyun, girl."

It's nice to live a life of leisurely clouds and wild cranes like white clouds!

As for what Liu Fang asked, it doesn't matter whether that person is good or not.

Liu Fang shook his head and laughed, turned and continued to walk forward, "Then don't always be slaves, slaves, our family, soon, there will be no slaves."

Recently, Mrs. Liu has been talking about returning the few remaining servants in the family. After all, they have followed all the way and are still loyal. Mrs. Liu was really moved. They thought of eliminating their slave status, allowing them to restore their status as commoners, and the family would no longer live without dignity.

Mrs. Liu's temperament is now more peaceful and friendly.

Also, the Liu family is not a family of officials now, and probably won't become a big family in the future.

Someone can serve, no one will serve, and they won't really starve to death.

Now the Liu family, everyone has such a mentality.

Liu Fang thinks this is very good, not being pampered or insulted, and being poor and happy, it is also a kind of life practice!

...

In fact, Qiu Yu just went to the mountains to pick some mushrooms with the girls in the village. It was purely for fun and fun, not like other people, thinking about making money and adding vegetables.

This made some girls in the village feel uncomfortable.

Someone asked Amity, "You are your girl's maid? Then she doesn't need to do anything at home?"

Amity naturally said, "Of course. How can my girl work? If she does, why should I do it!"

Qiu Yu's temperament is simple, but she's not stupid. It's not right to listen to this person, so she naturally responds very cautiously.

The man was a little jealous and said, "Seeing as your family is not a big family, you don't even have a carriage. Shouldn't it be a swollen face and a fat man?"

Qiu Yu was not happy when she heard this, "What do you mean?"

"Oh, what do you mean? Which girl in the village doesn't work? I don't believe it anymore. Your girl really doesn't do any work. I heard that she was not born by your wife, but by a concubine. .

The Chen family is also funny, a younger sister who became a concubine and brought it back with gongs and drums is really not too embarrassing! "

Qiu Yu suddenly blushed with anger, "You are talking nonsense!"

"Why am I talking nonsense? Am I wrong? Aunt Chen is not your concubine? Isn't she your aunt? Didn't she give birth to your daughter?

What do you mean, Miss, it's so funny! "

"You! You..." Qiu Yu was so anxious that she didn't know how to refute, her eyes were red, and she almost cried.

When the other girls saw it, many frowned. A girl in a gray dress full of patches said, "Guo Siniang, they didn't eat your rice, how about you? Or, you are jealous that Liu Siniang doesn't have to go to the ground. ?"

Farmer girl, even if you hurt the child again, you still have to work, and those who should go to the ground still have to go to the ground.

There is only one girl in this Guo Siniang's family, and she is also very good-looking. She is famous for her beauty in Shili Ba Village. Moreover, her family was relatively wealthy, her parents also doted on her, and her brothers and sisters also accommodated her.

Originally, she always felt that she was the best girl in the village, the best. Unexpectedly, a Liu family came, and a Liu Fang came.

Liu Fang is completely different from her.

It looked like the whole family was down and down, but there were servants to serve her in their family, especially her Liu Fang, who was obviously a concubine, and there were two maids beside her to serve her alone.

Even Mrs. Liu was surrounded by only Mrs. Liang who served by herself, not by Father Liu's side, nor was there any Aunt Chen.

The remaining Liu Uncle is the housekeeper, and now he looks after Liu Fan and his family, and the other is the servant of the seventh master Liu Xian, A Ping, who is still serving him and running errands. Others have no servants by their side.

This made Guo Siniang very jealous of Liu Fang. Of course, she was actually envious, but unfortunately, it was impossible for their family to spoil her without any bottom line, and they bought a servant to serve her on purpose.

It is precisely because she knows the gap between herself and Liu Fang that she is particularly jealous of her.

That's why he was targeting Qiu Yu like this today. In the end, it was nothing but anger.

As soon as Guo Siniang heard what the girl in gray said, she immediately exploded, "Why can't I say anything? Isn't this something everyone knows? Let me tell you what's wrong?"

"You are talking about other people's right and wrong behind your back, the whole thing is a long-tongued woman, does it make sense?"

"Why am I ignoring it? I didn't make up my mind, what I said was the truth, okay?"

"Oh? I don't know, when will the people of the Liu family get your surnamed Guo to discipline me when it comes to my Liu family!"

"Why can't I control it? My father is Li Zheng!"

"Really? So, are you relying on your father's prestige?"

"So what? How can you stand me?"

"Heh. Qiu Yu, go back."

"Oh, oh, okay, girl, the servant is here."

Only then did Guo Siniang realize that it was not the girl in gray in front of her who had been talking to her, but from behind!

She hurriedly turned around, only to see Liu Fang glance at her with a half-smile but not a smile, and said, "I've learned Miss Guo's majesty today. Farewell!"

After all, she turned to leave.

Qiu Yu was still confused. She didn't know when the girl came. Seeing that Liu Fang was gone, she quickly followed with a basket.

Qiuyun glanced meaningfully at Guo Siniang before turning around and following Liu Fang.

The others looked at each other and were silent, silently walking away from Guo Siniang.

Guo Siniang's face was blushing and blushing. She was embarrassed that she was caught speaking ill of people behind her back, and she was also a little uneasy, even afraid.

In fact, she had heard her father say that the Liu family used to be officials, so even if they were down and out, they were still different from others, and they could use the money to buy land and build a house.

Moreover, Father Guo also said that his family should not offend them. Because they used to be officials in the capital, and they had a lot of connections, so even if they were down and out, they could easily kill the common people.

Therefore, Father Guo had long ago ordered his family, including the villagers, not to talk too much about the Liu family, so as not to cause disaster.

But today, she was caught by Liu Siniang on the spot, and she was talking about the right and wrong of the Liu family behind her back, which was simply offending the Liu family!

Done! Done! She is really done this time!

However, no one took pity on her.

Liu Fang didn't actually plan to do anything to Guo Siniang, she just went to Liu Fan's house to explain to Uncle Liu, and asked him to go to Lizheng's house and tell Guo's father about it.

However, she didn't plan to do anything, but others weren't sure.

Because, when she just returned to her home, she saw the group of plainclothes guards standing solemnly in front of the door, and the county magistrate of Linshan County who followed suit in normal clothes.

When their family passed through Linshan County, they even came to visit them—after all, if they wanted to settle here, they had to meet their parents and officials here.

Zhang Zhuo was standing in front of the gate, and when he saw Liu Fang approaching, he quickly stepped forward to salute, "Girl, your subordinates are polite. We haven't seen you for a long time, is the girl still okay?"

Liu Fang raised her eyebrows and said coldly, "I'm sorry, this adult, this little girl doesn't know you, I'm afraid you've recognized the wrong person."

Zhang Zhuo: …

"Girl..." He looked at Liu Fang pitifully and said, "How can you do this? My subordinates are thinking about you..."

Liu Fang raised his hand to stop, "

stop! Okay, what's going on? How did you come? What about your master? Didn't they say they didn't know each other from now on? How did you even find it here? "

Zhang Zhuo touched his nose and said, "Cough, my master is going to work in the southwest, so I came here."

Liu Fang squinted, "So, you have been sending people to stare at me? Staring at my family?"

Zhang Zhuo hurriedly said: "Girl, my subordinates also want to protect the girl and her relatives. There is no malicious intent. Please punish the girl!"

After all, he knelt down with a "bang".

Liu Fang: …

She was too lazy to pay attention to this stubborn guy, looked up at the back of the courtyard door, and said lightly: "Okay, sneaky, haven't heard enough, seen enough? Hurry up, get out!"

The seventh master touched his nose, shook out from behind the door, and gave Liu Fang a flattering smile.

"Miss Liu, long time no see, are you okay?"

Liu Fang kicked Zhang Zhuo to get him up, then walked over slowly and stood in front of the seventh master who was facing the wind in Yushu.

"Thanks to you, it's not bad. What? Is the seventh master planning to break the contract?"

The seventh master quickly shook his head and said very well aware of current affairs: "No, no."