Warm medicine emits fragrance

Fan Liuer was chosen in a daze, along with another woman.

She looked to be about the same age as her, and her name was Feng Yan. She was the prettiest of the three.

Fan Liuer now understood why she had been chosen.

Not to brag, but she was indeed quite good-looking. Although her family wasn't particularly wealthy, she had lived in the city since childhood, never done farm work, and was pampered by her parents, which gave her delicate and fair skin.

After she came of age, suitors flocked to her home to propose marriage.

At that time, her parents were still alive, and they wanted to find her a husband from a wealthy and good-natured family. However, while it was easy to find a wealthy family, it was really difficult to find one that was both wealthy and good-natured.

This back-and-forth caused a delay.

Last year, her family suffered a tragedy when both her parents passed away, leaving her to live with her older brother and sister-in-law.

Her mother was remarried, and her brother was born to her father's first wife, so he was never very affectionate towards her.

The sister-in-law was a stingy person who resented her parents-in-law for spoiling her when they were alive, so she wanted to marry her off as soon as possible.

Her brother had no sibling affection for her and was a weak and incompetent man. He relied on his parents to live while they were alive, and after their death, he relied on his wife to live. He couldn't make decisions or have a say at home, and could only do whatever his wife said.

As a result, Fan Liuer was betrothed by her sister-in-law, who harbored a desire for revenge, to a distant relative of her family in Xingzhou City.

Fan Liuer, to put it nicely, is a person with a calm and easygoing nature, and has an inherent carefree and easygoing attitude of "whatever happens, happens".

To put it bluntly, he's just lazy.

She was too lazy to compete, fight, scheme, or plot. She didn't have any grand ambitions in life; she just wanted to have food to eat and a place to sleep.

Therefore, she had no complaints about her sister-in-law's behavior. After all, she had heard that her future husband's family was small, consisting of only him, so there wouldn't be any conflicts between mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, or sisters-in-law after she married into the family.

She was afraid of her sister-in-law and wanted to marry into a quiet family.

As for whether she's poor or not, even if she's poor, how could she not have enough to eat?

She has arms and legs; she doesn't need to starve herself to death.

She's a person who doesn't overthink things and is easygoing, so she happily boarded the wedding carriage.

According to the rules of the Great Yan Dynasty, husbands and wives could not see each other during the first few days of their marriage. They could only meet after the veil was lifted during the wedding ceremony.

Although her husband came to fetch her in person, Fan Liuer wore a veil the whole way and never saw his face.

She wasn't curious, thinking she was bound to see him eventually anyway.

Unexpectedly, her husband died young. When their boat was about to reach Xingzhou City, it encountered a storm, capsized, and everyone fell into the water.

Fan Liuer was saved by sheer luck, but her husband, whom she had never met, was nowhere to be found; his remains had vanished without a trace.

With the help of kind people, Fan Liuer successfully entered Xingzhou City, but she didn't even know where her short-lived husband lived.

She didn't even know the other person's full name; she had only heard her sister-in-law mention it briefly, but hadn't taken it to heart.

With no money and nowhere to go, Fan Liuer could only think of finding a job to survive before making any further plans.

After searching the market for several days and going hungry for several days, I finally found a place to stay before I starved to death.

Because she was chosen, Fan Liuer and another wet nurse had different meals than the others. The two of them ate upstairs at the same table as Madam Wang.

Fan Liuer was starving; she ate so fast and hurriedly that Lady Wang frowned as she watched.

"Eat slowly, no one's going to take it from you."

Although Fan Liuer ate quickly, she was not rude. After swallowing the food in her mouth, she replied, "I'm sorry, Madam Wang, I'm so hungry. I haven't eaten for three days."

"Haven't eaten for three days?" Both Madam Wang and Feng Yan were shocked.

Fan Liuer didn't intend to hide anything and simply explained her experience.

After hearing this, Lady Wang was even more satisfied with her.

In this world, the lives of the helpless are as insignificant as ants, the easiest to control. If they are not, even if they disappear from this world, no one will know.

Her smile widened as she personally ladled a bowl of soup for Fan Liuer, saying, "You've really suffered, have some soup."

After the meal, Madam Wang took Fan Liuer and Feng Yan back to the Li residence.

Even though she had heard about the wealth and status of the Li family, Fan Liuer didn't have a concrete idea of ​​it.

She only knew that he was very rich, but she didn't know exactly how rich.

She's never met any rich people.

It wasn't until she entered the Li residence that she realized people could be this wealthy.

With glazed tiles overhead and mottled stones underfoot, the carved beams and painted rafters, layer upon layer of terraces, dazzled Fan Liu'er.

It's so beautiful; every scene and object is captivating.

In comparison, she felt that the places she used to live in were like pigsties.

No, perhaps even the pigsty in the Li family mansion is more spacious than her own home.

Lady Wang led the two men for a long time, at least fifteen minutes, winding left and right, until they finally stopped in front of a courtyard.

Before entering the courtyard, Madam Wang instructed the two, "This is the Second Master's courtyard. He prefers quiet, so you two are not allowed to wander around the courtyard unless necessary. If you disturb him, I cannot protect you."

Fan Liuer and Feng Yan immediately nodded in agreement.

After giving her instructions, Madam Wang led the two of them into the courtyard.

"This is the north courtyard. We're using the back gate. Remember, we are servants. Whether entering or leaving the Li residence or this courtyard, we can only use the back gate."

"Also, the North Courtyard is divided into a side courtyard and a main courtyard. The main courtyard is where the Second Master lives, and you are not allowed to go there unless summoned. The side courtyard contains the servants' quarters and the kitchen, and you two are free to move around there."

After saying that, the three of them entered the side courtyard. Although it was called a side courtyard, it was still very large. There were more than a dozen servants' rooms alone, not to mention the storeroom, kitchen, woodshed, and so on.

"This is your room. Please wait here. The bedding and clothes are already on the bed. Please tidy up first. If no one comes to call you, you can rest on your own."

As soon as Madam Wang finished speaking, a maidservant hurried over.

Upon seeing Madam Wang, she breathed a huge sigh of relief. "Madam Wang, the medicine..." She started to speak, but then met the gazes of Fan Liuer and Feng Yan, and immediately changed her words. "Are these two the new wet nurses?"

Madam Wang frowned. "Why are you in such a hurry? Is it because of Second Master again?"

She only said half of what she wanted to say before the maidservant who had come immediately nodded.

Lady Wang looked at Fan Liuer and Feng Yan, her gaze sweeping over the two of them before finally settling on Fan Liuer.

"Come with me."

Before Fan Liuer could figure out what was going on, she was taken away by Lady Wang in a daze.

On the way there, Madam Wang explained to her, "The mistress in the courtyard needs milk, and someone will teach you how to do it later."

Fan Liuer immediately became nervous.

She... never breastfed.