The self-disciplined princess wins

Chapter 9

Maybe it was because he wanted Zhang Anchu to see his best painting. Zhang Hongze painted seriously and slowly enough. Zhang Anchu waited for a long time, and felt that the orchid he drew was much better than the one just now.

If there were two points similar before, now there are four points.

"The orchids my brother drew are so beautiful, I can't even draw them." Zhang Anchu said enviously.

She is a daughter's family, only boys in the Hou's mansion have such things as pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and she is not yet literate, and no one can handle these things for her.

Before living with Aunt Bai, she would not let her touch these things, but she told her a lot of little stories. Aunt Bai said that these were all read from books, and she also wanted to learn how to read books by herself.

Thinking that I will be able to read and write soon, I am still very happy.

Zhang Anchu made up his mind in his heart that he must learn from the female teacher.

In Mrs. Hou's room, Jing Dan came in from the outside and said, "Ma'am, this servant has already explained to Mrs."

"That's good. She's just a concubine, and she can learn something casually for her life." Mrs. Hou said as she flipped through the account books.

"Yes." After Jingdan finished speaking, she moved the candlestick closer to Mrs. Hou. She was always safe and never said too much what she shouldn't say. This was also the reason why she stayed by Mrs. Hou's side the longest.

Footsteps were heard outside the door, Madam Hou and Jing Dan both looked at the door, guessing it was so late, Master Hou should have come over.

"Ma'am." Beipinghou opened the door, and the butler behind him hurriedly closed it from the outside to save the heat.

Madam Hou happily put down the account book and went up to meet him, and took off the heavy cloak that Hou Beiping was wearing.

"Master Hou, shouldn't you be with Aunt Bai at this time?"

Mrs. Hou knew about it. She had always been very clear about Master Hou's movements.

"Don't mention that Auntie Bai, she was raised in the Hou Mansion, what do you think she told me today?" When Beiping Hou heard that Auntie Bai was angry, his tone changed.

"What did you say?" Mrs. Hou asked suspiciously.

"Hmph, it's said that An Chu learned dancing and has a bad reputation, and she doesn't even think about her background." Beiping Hou was furious. This was the result of a joint discussion between him and Mrs. Hou. dissatisfied with myself.

Hou Beiping recalled that when he stayed in the brothel for a few nights, it happened that Aunt Bai was pregnant.

The current status, anyway, is Lord Hou, there is no reason to leave his flesh and blood outside, anyway, he didn't have much money to redeem himself, so he ransom her.

It's a good thing now, after entering the Hou's mansion, he is still not obedient, and he is still a fool after giving birth to a son.

Now that the Hou Mansion is in crisis, and it is time to work together, Aunt Bai still has this dissatisfaction and that dissatisfaction, which is really a headache.

"Master Hou, that's all happened in the past, what are you talking about now? If you say it, it will make Aunt Bai look bad." Mrs. Hou said empathetically.

"I just want to mention that if it wasn't for me, she would still be picking up customers in the brothel. I brought her out of that place. She should be grateful to Dade and obey our arrangements." Beiping Hou said angrily.

"Okay, okay, it's getting late, it's time to rest." Madam Hou didn't want to argue with him, since it's none of her business anyway, so why bother talking.

Seeing the ledger on the table, Beiping Hou knew what she was doing just now, and said, "Thank you Madam, I'm still looking at the ledger at such a late hour."

"This is what I should do. As a wife, it must be a bit harder to run the house." Madam Hou smiled slightly, and then said: "Over the years, the number of people in the family has also increased, and the expenses have also increased. With only the salary and Zhuangzi’s shop, I’m afraid it’s hard to make ends meet, and I’m thinking of reducing expenses, I don’t know what your husband wants?”

"What are you afraid of? I have a lot of capital, how can I cut down on expenses?" Beiping Hou frowned when he talked about the business. When he rebelled with the Supreme Emperor, he made a lot of money. This is also tacit. Everyone moved gold, silver and jewelry to their homes, but what they got was relatively small.

"Those are enough for us to squander, but we can't fill the mountain with nothing. There are many heirs in the Hou's mansion, and the children's marriages have to be taken care of. There will be many grandchildren in the future. We must leave some family property for future generations." Mrs. Hou knew that Beiping Hou didn't think so much, so she said.

Bei Pinghou nodded, frowned and said, "Madam is reasonable and thinks long-term, I take it for granted."

Thinking of the eldest son Zhang Hongye, who is now ten years old, he said: "I thought, Hongye is not too young, he should take the exam and see his grades, it's better than studying at home all the time, and he can't learn anything. Come."

Madam Hou agreed with this matter, nodded and said: "Mr. Hongye said that his homework is good, and he told me long ago that he can try to take the exam."

"I told you earlier? Then why didn't you tell me earlier?" Bei Ping Hou grasped the point of her words and asked.

"To be on the safe side, I want Hongye to be more consolidated, so that I can pass the exam and save the Hou family's face." Mrs. Hou explained with a smile, she was not at all nervous about his questioning, and handled it with ease.

"Well, Ma'am is considerate, I'm not as good as you!" Bei Pinghou laughed loudly, putting his arms around Madam Hou's shoulders...

Zhang Anchu held Zhang Hongze's painting and frowned. She really couldn't understand why her father and others said that her younger brother was a fool, but he was clearly a genius!
It is rare to be able to paint at the age of three.

"Brother, let's show Aunt Bai the painting." Zhang Anchu took Zhang Hongze's little hand and led him to Aunt Bai's room.

Aunt Bai has calmed down now, and she also wants to understand that from now on, she will guard the two children to live, and maybe she will be able to leave when the family is separated.

"Aunt Bai, look, this is the orchid painted by my younger brother!" Zhang Anchu excitedly held up the painting for Aunt Bai to see.

Aunt Bai took the 'painting', but just took a look at it, and then she started to have a headache, is this an orchid?

She didn't see that it had anything to do with orchids, but she could tell it was a grass.

She looked down, Zhang Anchu's eyes were full of excitement and anticipation, Zhang Hongze looked down at his shoes.

"The painting is good, keep working hard." Aunt Bai couldn't bear to hurt the two children, so she could only praise against her will.

"Auntie, you also think that my brother's paintings are good, right? I think so too. Heroes see the same thing. My brother is a genius, not a fool!" Zhang Anchu felt that Aunt Bai felt the same way as her, and the two were on the same line. Up.

Aunt Bai didn't know what to say for a while, Zhang Hongze is a fool, this is a fact, only Zhang Anchu thinks he is not.

Zhang Anchu waited for Aunt Bai to talk to her, and gradually, she felt disappointed.

"How about learning to dance today?" Aunt Bai knelt down and asked, thinking that Zhang Anchu was still young, so she changed the subject, and maybe she forgot.

(End of this chapter)