After putting her luggage away in her room, Qiu Lian prepared to go to the kitchen to make lunch.

But before going to the kitchen, she needed to ask Russell for the menu for lunch.

Luo Suyue frowned in annoyance and said softly, "I forgot to buy groceries today. I'll take some money and go out to buy some for you. As long as there's meat and vegetables, that's fine. Nobody in the family has any dietary restrictions."

"Yes," Qiu Lian replied respectfully, bowing low.

Hearing Qiulian's movements in the next room, Liu'er knew that she had already gone to do her work, so she quickly got up and left the room.

She is now considered the young lady's personal maid. She can only survive in this family if she gains the young lady's favor. If she displeases the young lady, she is very likely to be sold off.

Although she had only been in this house for less than half a day, Liu'er had already discovered that all the masters of this house were very easy to get along with, completely different from her previous master's family.

When Liu'er reached the outside of Fan Yao's room, she heard laughter coming from inside.

After hesitating for a moment, she finally stepped forward and knocked on the door: "Miss, this servant is Liu'er."

"Come in."

Only after receiving permission did Liu'er push open the door and enter. As soon as she entered, she saw an adult and a child dressing up, but the rouge and powder were styles she had never seen before.

Xia Qingqing, her face as red as a monkey's bottom, saw Liu'er as if she had seen a savior: "Liu'er, come over here quickly, you play with your young lady for a while, I'll be leaving now."

"Aunt Qing, I haven't finished my makeup yet," Fan Yao said, trying to persuade her to stay.

Xia Qingqing waved her hand without turning her head: "Yaoyao, you play with Liu'er, Aunt Qing needs to pee."

If she had known that the children's cosmetics would eventually end up on her face, she would never have let Fan Yao play with them.

Previously, when she and Fan Yao went shopping, the little girl stared longingly at the rouge and face powder in the rouge shop. Xia Qingqing thought that many cosmetics in ancient times contained lead, not to mention that Fan Yao was still a child, so she should not use these things.

So when she got home, she immediately found a set of children's cosmetic toys in the system warehouse, the kind with relatively safe ingredients that she had asked Zhou Wei to buy before.

Of course, it's impossible to create a really beautiful makeup look; the main point is to have fun.

Then Fan Yao conscripted her, and the little guy insisted on doing her makeup, making her so ugly that she didn't dare to look in the mirror.

Liu'er looked curiously at the strange things on the table: "Miss, is this rouge? I've never seen it before."

"Yes, Aunt Qing gave it to me. She bought it from a very far place. They don't even have it here in Ping'an County," Fan Yao said exaggeratedly.

Liu'er nodded, realizing that the family she had stayed with before was quite wealthy, but she had never seen these things before.

"Liu'er, sit down, I'll help you with your makeup," Fan Yao said eagerly.

......

At noon, the family tasted Qiulian's cooking for the first time. Granny Tian was not exaggerating; Qiulian's cooking skills were indeed excellent.

Luo Suyue nodded and smiled at Qiu Lian, who was waiting to the side: "Not bad, just keep up this standard in the future."

"Thank you for the compliment, Madam," Qiu Lian said with a smile, pleased that her cooking skills had been recognized by her employer.

Luo Suyue waved her hand: "Alright, you can go down and eat too."

"Yes," Qiu Lian said, bowing her head as she retreated.

Those who serve as servants are not allowed to eat with their masters, nor can they eat the same food as their masters.

Xia Qingqing watched as Fan Siyuan ate three bowls of rice in a short time and even planned to ask for a fourth. She couldn't help but exclaim, "Yuan'er has such a big appetite!"

Fan Siyuan paused as she added rice to her bowl, a blush creeping onto her face.

Seeing this, Xia Qingqing quickly explained, "Aunt Qing didn't mean anything by it, she was just praising you for eating a lot... but that doesn't seem quite right either, eating a lot is especially good, you can only grow taller if you eat more."

“Yes, I understand what Aunt Qing means,” Fan Siyuan said, blushing.

Seeing this, Fan Sheng laughed heartily: "Yuan'er, are you embarrassed? What's there for a real man to be embarrassed about? Your father ate more than you did at your age."

Back then, none of the boys his age in the village could eat as much as him. If Grandpa Fan hadn't been a hunter, he probably wouldn't have been able to afford to raise his son.

"Daddy, Yaoyao eats a lot too. Will she grow as tall as her brother in the future?" Fan Yao asked expectantly.

Fan Sheng was startled by his daughter's words: "No way, it's good for your brother to be tall, since he's a man. If you're a little girl and you grow this tall, you might never be able to get married."

Fan Yao pouted, feeling wronged: "Daddy is a bad guy."

Although she was only eight years old, she knew that not being able to get married was not a good thing.

“What’s wrong with your father? This is all for your own good,” Fan Shengyi said righteously.

Xia Qingqing smiled and patted Fan Yao's head: "Your father is talking nonsense. How could our Yao Yao, who is so cute, not be able to get married? Even if she doesn't get married, it's not a big deal. Aunt Qing is willing to raise Yao Yao."

In ancient times, marriage was not considered a happy thing for women, and not all men were as family-oriented as Fan Sheng.

It's fair to say that if someone else had gone through everything Fan Sheng went through, they might already have three wives and four concubines by now.

Given the current situation of the Fan family, Fan Yao will most likely marry into a wealthy family in the future, and it is perfectly normal for men in wealthy families to have several concubines.

Of course, it's not very realistic for women in ancient times to stay at home as spinsters for their entire lives; the gossip around them could drown a person.

Regardless, Xia Qingqing still hopes that her child, whom she considers a junior, will live a happy life in the future. At worst, she will leave something for the little girl so that if she encounters a scumbag in the future, she can just go to her father and leave her child.

"Aunt Qing is the best, I like Aunt Qing the most," Fan Yao said affectionately, nuzzling Xia Qingqing's palm.

Fan Sheng snorted: "I, as your father, am the bad guy, and your Aunt Qing is the good person, right? Don't expect me to buy you candied hawthorns next time."

Fan Yao pouted indifferently: "If I don't want to buy it, I don't want to buy it. Aunt Qing will buy it for me anyway."

Fan Sheng exaggeratedly clutched his chest and looked at Luo Suyue, saying, "Wife, you'd better control our daughter, she's driving me crazy."

"Serves you right for teasing her," Luo Suyue said with a laugh.

——

After the household had servants, the one who was least able to adapt was Luo Suyue.

She used to make breakfast for the family every morning, then go out to buy groceries, come home to do laundry, clean, and prepare lunch and dinner...

But now Qiulian is in charge of cooking and grocery shopping, Granny Zhang is in charge of laundry and chores, and even Liu'er is taking care of her youngest daughter, so she suddenly has a lot of free time.

Bored, Luo Suyue could only seek advice from Xia Qingqing: "Qingqing, what do you do all day long while staying in your room? I haven't seen you come out at all."

"I just read storybooks and such," Xia Qingqing said with a smile.