I'm a humble concubine. My acting skills are off the charts. You can check my performance.

"My daughter thinks this is wrong."

Zhao Minshan hummed, leaned back, and let Zhao Fangyu continue.

Zhao Fangyu was determined to be the first to take action, so he would naturally not show his weakness.

"These are just my daughter's random thoughts. Dad, please don't laugh at me."

"A woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent. In the recent past, among all the official families, there has never been a mistress who was illiterate. In the distant past, how many masterpieces have been left by talented women from all over the world throughout history? But no one has ever told them that a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent. Maybe someone has said that, but they would not care."

"Why should women be untalented? It is said that men are responsible for the outside world and women are responsible for the inside world. Men study and take the imperial examinations in order to become officials, while women take care of the daily necessities of life, such as rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, to take care of the family."

"But wealthy families rarely let their daughters stay away from books. Reading can make them wise and knowledgeable, and they can avoid being deceived by superficial tricks. Reading can help them learn medicine, history, and even the ways to be an official. Why can't these girls learn?"

"Sir, you said that the world is vast. I don't know how vast it is, but I know that I have never been out of the capital, and I have never even been to Jinling, my ancestral home. But no one has ever told me that I shouldn't go or can't go."

"If you think about it carefully, a girl's life is just to move from one house to another, and then her life ends just like that."

"Sir, you want women to have their own interests. Everyone says that women should walk through two houses in their lifetime, but Sir, you want us to have an interest that we like and are willing to practice and polish throughout our lives."

"The one who accompanies a woman throughout her life is never her husband or her son, but herself."

As Zhao Fangyu spoke, his blood began to boil, but when he met Zhao Minshan's calm eyes, his blood instantly turned cold again.

Zhao Minshan didn't blame him, but smiled in an uncharacteristic way: "I knew you were feeling unfair."

"You were oppressed by your aunt in the past, and now you are oppressing yourself in the Madam's Courtyard, but you always feel unfair in your heart."

"Don't blame the Madam, don't blame your aunt, and don't blame me. Blame the world."

Zhao Fangyu lowered his eyebrows, the stubbornness on his face was clearly visible.

Zhao Minshan did not blame him, but asked Zhao Shan to get a box of tea.

"I want the sandalwood box on the third floor."

Zhao Shan came up with the box, and as soon as he entered the room, the faint fragrance of sandalwood filled him.

The box contains a portion of Taiping Houkui tea of excellent quality.

The two ends are pointed, the leaves are as thin as paper, without any undulations. The lush green is covered with a layer of white hairs, and the two leaves embrace buds, with a hint of orchid fragrance.

Zhao Minshan was usually not busy, and he rarely had the leisure to sit by the window and bask in the sun, and he also had the leisure to explain the origin of tea to Zhao Fangyu.

"This year's new Taiping Houkui is made from leaves from old trees on Taiping Mountain. They are brought back as fast as they can after they are made. They are protected from moisture and breakage along the way. We picked more than 100 kilograms, and 30 kilograms were delivered. In the end, the top-quality ones that can be drunk are only a little over 1 kilogram."

Zhao Fangyu did not move. His white and tender fingers slowly stroked the sandalwood box containing the Taiping Houkui.

The sandalwood box smells very good and is polished very smoothly. If it were put on the market, sandalwood beads would cost a lot of silver. However, Zhao Minshan did not mind spending the money. He used the best sandalwood and the most complicated craftsmanship to make a box for tea.

Just like her, learning all kinds of skills is just to add layers to herself and make herself look more valuable.

The final outcome was the same as this box. The Zhao family picked a good family to send it to. A good box goes with a good family, and a bad box goes with an average family. Zhao Minshan was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and his daughter would never be unable to get married.

Zhao Fangyu brought the tea back to Qingping Courtyard. He smiled before he even entered the courtyard. He walked happily to the eldest lady to present her treasure.

"In the past, mothers always gave good things to their daughters, but today it is the daughter's turn to honor her mother."

The eldest lady was playing with a rattle in Zhao Fangmo's cage. When she saw Zhao Fangyu coming, she put the rattle down and went to look at the box that Zhao Fangyu had brought.

Zhao Fangyu picked up a snack on the table to tease the anxious Zhao Fangmo, and asked Cui Mama who was watching from the side with a smile: "What does Seventh Sister eat now? How come she looks taller after not seeing her for two or three days?"

Mother Cui liked Zhao Fangmo as much as Zhao Fangjin. She smiled at Zhao Fangyu and said, "Children change every day. You never know when they will leave."

Zhao Fangmo struggled several times but failed to grasp the cake in Zhao Fangyu's hand. He kicked at the lady in a hurry.

Suddenly, Zhao Fangmo jumped in the madam's arms and cried out, "Cold! Ah! Ah!"

Mother Cui was delighted, and the eldest lady looked at Zhao Fangmo, who was acting particularly lively in her arms, in surprise.

Zhao Fangmo could only see the snacks that Zhao Fangyu was holding in her hand but didn't give them to her, and he was so anxious that he wanted to pounce on her and take a bite!

Zhao Fangyu quickly handed the pastries to the eldest lady. The eldest lady looked at Zhao Fangyu's gentle face, then at Zhao Fangmo in her arms, and felt a warm feeling in her heart, a sense of comfort beyond words.

Mother Cui was now completely pleased with Zhao Fangyu. She referred to her as our Fourth Young Lady in every word and every action, and was no longer as distant as before.

The eldest lady and Mother Cui were both anxious for Zhao Fangmo to shout again, but Zhao Fangmo did not open his mouth and kicked his feet in a hurry to reach the cake.

After teasing him for quite a while and seeing that he was about to cry, the doctor cut a smaller piece of the snack and gave it to Zhao Fangmo to taste.

The eldest lady was so happy that she opened the storehouse and gave Zhao Fangyu some gifts. Zhao Fangyu accepted all the gifts with a smile. Then she went back to her own room and gave gifts to the servants one by one.

I was feeling sleepy in the afternoon and wanted to take a nap, but as soon as I lay down, I remembered that my teacher hadn't finished his homework, and my women's class was about to start in less than an hour, so I didn't sleep after all.

He asked Chunshao to make him a cup of strong tea to drive away his sleepiness, and then sat down at the desk to write again.

When you drink strong tea, even the best tea will taste bitter.

Zhao Fangyu rubbed his dry eyes and sighed - it’s just that such days are too tiring, so tiring that it seems like there is no end in sight.

But after all, it is much better than when I first arrived.

Zhao Fangyu suddenly envied Zhao Fanglan. She was loved by her father and mother, and as long as she had a talent to show off, she would not have to worry about marriage in the future.

Unlike her, she has to calculate everything she wants.

Before Zhao Fangyu could go to class, Mother Cui came over again and stopped him in front of the gate of the girls' school.

Mother Cui bowed to the girls first, and then said in a loud voice: "In three days, the eldest lady will take the girls out to attend a party, and she specially called me to remind the girls not to bring disgrace to our Zhao family when they are away from home."

That’s what it means to dress up.

It may not be a matter of looking at each other.

Now, Zhao Fangjin and Zhao Fangwei are old enough to meet each other.

Because it was said in front of the girls' school, everyone except Zhao Fangyu, Zhao Fanglan and Zhao Fangwei heard it.

Zhao Fangyun in the crowd showed a happy expression on his face, pulled Zhao Fangwei's sleeve and said he wanted to borrow some of her gemstones and pearls.

Zhao Fanglan remained silent, except when Zhao Fangyu walked over and said, "Fourth sister should have gotten what she wanted."