Happiness Consist in Contentment

After Liu Fang followed An He back to the house, Mrs. Liu Guogong already knew that An He almost lost her sister, so even if Liu Fang pleaded for An He, Mrs. Liu Guogong still punished An He to kneel at the ancestral hall to reflect.

An He went to be punished willingly, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief: The first mother still punished her so lightly because she was about to get married, otherwise, she would inevitably be beaten.

The other brothers were not much better, including the eldest son, all of them were beaten by Mrs. Liu Guogong herself, because the reason was: she did not take good care of her younger sister.

As for several daughters-in-law, Mrs. Liu Guogong also gave some reprimands. The servants who accompanied him today were all beaten, not many, but it was also a wake-up call.

No one was dissatisfied with Mrs. Liu Guogong's aggressive actions.

Today's matter, they do have their own responsibilities, and no one can shirk. The treatment of Mrs. Liu Guogong was also very reasonable, and everyone accepted their punishment willingly.

Only Liu Fang, because he was the most innocent victim, was apologized by everyone and received a lot of gifts as compensation.

Liu Fang knew that her mother's teaching was strict, but she didn't expect such a big disturbance today.

After all, everyone has grown up now, and they have become a lot more stable. The first mother has not punished them as severely as today for many years.

From Liu Fang's point of view, tonight's incident was actually a temporary accident, and it didn't really cause any bad consequences. In fact, the mother-in-law could just let it go. Unexpectedly, she would be so angry today.

Afterwards, the eldest brother said to Liu Fang, "You are the youngest sister. Today, several brothers took your sister-in-law to lead you out, but in the end something happened that made you almost lost, which is really inappropriate.

It is because we are all grown up and you are about to get married. If there is an emergency, it will ruin your life.

Mother was naturally angry.

Besides, so many of us didn't take good care of you, it's really a breach of responsibility.

Mother is right. "

Liu Fang was stunned, and felt even more moved in her heart: Women like the eldest mother were rare in ancient times, right? To a concubine can be loved from the heart.

In fact, Mrs. Liu Guogong did not treat all the children of concubines as her own from the beginning.

When she was young, when she got married, she knew that her husband would take concubines in the future, and maybe not less. Well, this is Liu Guogong's uprightness.

At that time, Liu Guogong's mansion and Cheng

The prince's mansion discussed the relationship, and the elders on both sides were very satisfied. At that time, the young Liu Guogong, because his father had only one son, often lamented that the family members were weak, and he was always brooding in his heart.

So, at the beginning of the marriage proposal, he met with Mrs. Liu Guogong. Tell her that after the two get married in the future, he is going to take a concubine. If she can't accept it, then he will explain to his parents that the marriage between the two families ends here and will never affect her reputation.

The two families have always been friends, and Mrs. Liu Guogong felt at the time that Liu Guogong was still a person of merit, and at the beginning of the marriage proposal, he told him that he would definitely take a concubine in the future.

Moreover, at that time, the two families were both powerful and in the same position of cooking oil, and Prince Cheng’s mansion was the only mansion with different surnames in the founding of the Jin Dynasty.

Under all kinds of realities, a princess with a different surname like her might seem noble and comparable to a princess, but in fact, she is a hot potato that no mansion dares to marry.

And Liu Guogong's mansion is different.

Although Liu Guogong's father had great prestige in the army, his son was no good. His only hobby was doing business and making money.

In the eyes of the royal family, the merchants and the like are really not on the stage in the honorable circle. For this reason, Liu Guogong has always been regarded as "a scoundrel who is not doing his job properly".

She, a princess with a different surname, Wangfu, who is comparable to a royal princess, married him. On the surface, she suffered a loss, but in fact, it was the best way to save her.

Moreover, at that time, Liu Guogong's mansion only had one son, Liu Guogong, and he had no relatives to rely on. Liu Guogong's father was deeply trusted by the emperor, and his family was upright. There were only two of them in such a big country's government. She was a prince and concubine as soon as she married, and she had no mother-in-law.

It can be said that as soon as she gets married, she can directly be the master of the house.

Moreover, she and Liu Guogong have known each other since childhood. Although they have no love for each other, they also understand each other's temperaments and have a solid foundation of trust.

In contrast, the fact that Liu Guogong wanted to take a concubine after his marriage was really trivial.

After all, in the Great Jin Dynasty, which high-stakes man did not accept a concubine?

In fact, if possible, Mrs. Liu Guogong also wants to go out and make a world by herself.

Unfortunately, she is a young girl. There are three older brothers on it, and all of them are outstanding, and they are more than blue.

If a daughter like her is more prosperous than her elder brothers and even her father, it will really cost their family's lives.

Under the imperial power, even if she was helpless, she had to make sacrifices, whether it was for her relatives or herself, she couldn't really ignore it.

Therefore, Mrs. Liu Guogong got married.

After marriage, although Liu Guogong wanted to take a concubine, he always prioritized her as a wife.

He never got involved with her dowry maid, and never chose a concubine among the servants in the mansion, but only after she gave birth to the eldest son did he discuss with her to choose a good family girl with a simple character and an ordinary identity as a concubine.

After the concubine entered the mansion, he also trusted her to take care of her, no matter whether the other party was beautiful or not.

She has never particularly favored any concubine to block her.

In short, although Liu Guogong is not such a good husband, he is definitely responsible. Responsible for both wives and concubines.

It is precisely because of his clear lineage that he has always maintained his true heart towards Mrs. Liu Guogong and has an upright character. It took Mrs. Liu Guogong's so many years to take care of the Guogong's mansion for him sincerely and raise his children.

A few concubines, no matter why they entered the mansion in the first place, or whether they had ambitions in the first place, but after a long time, they will always see what Liu Guogong looks like and what to do to live in this mansion. better.

The concubines are no longer tossing about it. No matter how many children are born, it is actually the same, and there is nothing to worry about.

And they were all raised from childhood, so Mrs. Liu Guogong has sincerity and affection.

Fortunately, none of them lived up to her efforts.

Although he was naughty in his childhood, it made people angry. But when everyone grows up, they truly respect her mother, understand her painstaking care for them, accept her teaching, and be sensible and obedient.

Naturally, they got along with each other sincerely, and their feelings were as deep as their own.

If there was any concubine child who was not taught by her at the beginning, Mrs. Liu Guogong would definitely not look at it at a glance, and would send it away at will.

No matter what, she has her own arrogance. Even if she is forced to marry someone due to the situation, she will not really wrong herself and be generous to others.

It can be said that Mrs. Liu Guogong now treats her children as her own. It is not just that she has paid for many years alone, but everyone understands and sees her contribution, and is grateful for her contribution. There is such a situation.

If Liu Guogong turned a blind eye to her contribution and took it for granted, and then took it for granted without restraint, or reached the point of favoring his concubine and destroying his wife, Mrs. Liu Guogong would have destroyed him long ago and become a widow herself.

If the concubines make their own

Smart and constantly tossing and fighting with her, I am afraid that she would have destroyed all the concubines long ago, leaving Liu Guogong's residence with only the direct descendant, and no concubine.

Furthermore, if she sincerely taught her concubines to give birth to her children, but they never appreciated it, and instead hated her as her first-mother, then Mrs. Liu Guogong would have let them go back to work and reincarnated each other.

No relationship can be long-lasting only if one party pays. It is necessary to understand each other, give to each other, and be grateful to each other, so that the relationship can last for a long time.

Liu Fang believes that the harmony of Liu Guogong's mansion was created by Liu Guogong's wife alone, but the fact is not so simple.

It should be said that Mrs. Liu Guogong has paid a lot, but it is the family's joint efforts to manage it, day after day, year after year, to create such a unique good atmosphere and good environment.

Take her case for example.

In another country's government, perhaps the mother-in-law didn't care about the life and death of a concubine at all, and it was even less likely that a concubine would beat her son, admonish her daughter-in-law, and go to war like this.

Therefore, the extraordinary feeling that Liu Fang is feeling now is something that her family has made her own through the joint efforts of her family.

It didn't happen overnight, and it wasn't that Mrs. Liu Guogong's nature was really so generous and loving.

Of course, Mrs. Liu Guogong herself is a person with clear love and hate, and her mind is indeed different from ordinary people.

But if she didn't have the sincere love of her husband, the peace of her concubines who never surpassed her, and the sincere respect of her children, she might have looked different.

...

The nineteenth year of Jinwen passed completely in such a Lantern Festival.

In the new year, An He is about to get married, and Liu Fang is also waiting for her first-class mother to choose a future husband-in-law for her.

In the spring of March, the Spring Festival in Beijing begins, and everyone who has plans to catch a son-in-law below the list is gearing up to prepare, wanting to "catch" a good son-in-law and go home as soon as possible.

Mrs. Liu Guogong is not the kind of person who cradles Buddha's feet temporarily. At this moment, she is not in a hurry, but instead shows Liu Fang the roster.

"These are some of the poor students that I have selected that meet the conditions, none of them are particularly talented, they are all ordinary people of the mean.

As for you, you have the same temperament as your mother. You like simplicity and ease.

So, I picked these for you. "

Mrs. Liu Guogong leaned on the soft couch, pointed to the roster and said to Liu Fang: "The people are all good in character, and the population in the family is simple, but each has its own shortcomings, not perfect.

you see

, If I like it, I will find someone to ask him to come to propose marriage. "

His expression was relaxed, as if he was talking about what to eat for lunch today, and he never thought that others might refuse.

However, Liu Fang can understand the mother-in-law.

In her opinion, no matter how the concubine of Liu Guogong's mansion can marry into the right family, she will not marry into a poor family.

If it wasn't for Liu Fang's own willingness, Mrs. Liu Guogong would never have chosen such a family for her. I don't know, I thought she was treating prostitutes harshly.

And those poor students, as long as they don't have a hole in their brains, will never refuse such a good marriage that is similar to a pie from heaven.

"However, you have to think about it." Mrs. Liu Guogong looked at Liu Fang lightly and said, "Marrying a poor family is not necessarily less of a problem. If one is not good, you will really become a poverty alleviator.

If that's the case, even if you cry to death, I will let your brothers go and tie you home.

understand? "

She is not afraid of prostitutes getting married, she is afraid that prostitutes have no brains. If after getting married, she really takes her husband as her **** and is at the mercy of others, then she will really be sick to death.

She spent so much hard work to raise a daughter with great dignity, but she was foolishly manipulated after her marriage. Just imagining that scene made Mrs. Liu Guogong want to kill, let alone when it actually happened.

Of course, Liu Fang understood the concerns of her first-born mother, but she was not really a naive girl. She nodded with a smile, "My daughter understands, mother."

Mrs. Liu Guogong pouted, "Don't worry. I have already sent people to their hometowns to inquire thoroughly. There will never be such a thing that has been married and had children, but is unknown to others."