Bai Xiaofeng was also suffocated. He said to Mrs. Liu: “Niang, are we just going to live in this courtyard for a lifetime? I still want to take the test and become famous. You have to find a way to get me to school!”

Bai Dabao also said: “Niang, I heard that all the girls in the capital are beautiful. I’m not young anymore. You have to find a way for me to get married!”

Mrs. Liu turned her head and gave them a bad look: “Do you think I have a way? I have no money. I’m not familiar with this place. How can I do all those things?”

Bai Xiaofeng said: “You can’t do it, but can’t Zhenzhu also do it? She is now the eldest daughter of Changyuan Houfu. So what are you still doing? Why aren’t you looking for her?”

“Okay, I’ll go find Zhenzhu.” Mrs. Liu’s eyes suddenly lit up, stood up, and patted the dirt on her body: “I will go now.”

“Niang, I’ll go with you.” Bai Dabao looked very excited. He has grown this big but hasn’t seen what a marquis’s mansion looks like. It must be very grand.

Bai Xiaofeng has no interest: “I won’t go. What’s so interesting about it? Isn’t it just the house is bigger than ours?”

Bai Dazhu wanted to come too, but he was a little timid. After all, it was a marquis’s mansion, not Huangtuo Village.

In the end, only Mrs. Liu and Bai Dabao went to Changyuan Houfu.

When the little guard at the gate of the mansion saw the dress they were wearing, they looked at them with contempt: “Who are you looking for?”

Mrs. Liu didn’t want to let this little hairy boy look down upon her, so she cleared her throat, propped her neck, and said: “I am looking for your eldest miss.”

The little guard asked: “Who are you? Why are you looking for her?”

Mrs. Liu said: “I am her mother. Why am I looking for her? What does it have to do with you?”

The people in the marquis’s mansion was turned upside down, so who doesn’t know that their miss was found outside. It was only natural for her to have adoptive parents when she grew up this big. It’s not unusual for her to have an adoptive mother outside.

The little guard immediately put a smile on his face, but the contempt in his eyes remained undiminished: “It turns out to be that your the eldest miss’s adoptive mother. Just wait a moment, I will pass a message.”

“Pass a message? I still can’t enter?” Mrs. Liu asked urgently.

The little guard said: “If there is no master’s consent, I dare not let you in. Just wait, I will go now to report.”

The door was closed again. Looking at the door tightly closed, Mrs. Liu muttered: “Why is it so troublesome to meet people? Does that mean I have to wait in front of this door every time I visit?”

The cold wind was blowing outside. She was still wearing the clothes she wore when she came out of Huangtou Village. She was only wearing a think cotton-padded clothes.  She couldn’t help but shiver because there were a few holes in it.

After half an hour, the door was opened again. The little guard walked out and said: “You two, please.”

When they entered, they were immediately shocked by the style of Houfu. What was a luxurious and stylish mansion? They only heard these two words before, but never thought that they could see it in this life.

And not only saw but also came in.

The little guard showed them the way. The path was very long. After walking through the hall, they walked towards the long corridors and turned up to 9 turns. There were many exits on the corridors, which lead to different places. Without the little guard to lead the way, it will take them a lot of time to find the way. No wonder they waited outside for almost half an hour. This mansion was very big.

After getting into the entrance of the Lan Courtyard, the little guard stopped, and a maidservant greeted: “The lady, please come in.”

Bai Dabao was taken aback: “You’re not going to invite me in?”

The maidservant shook her head: “The eldest miss said, there is a difference between men and women. Please wait outside.”

 

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