On the day of Chu Yue's birthday, Zhao Changqing had dinner early, and Laifu drove her to Zhu's house in a rented car.

Zhao Changqing was wearing a big red jacket and skirt, with a beaded flower newly bought for her by her mother Ling on her head, a gold collar around her neck, and two gold bracelets on her wrists, which were the best things in her home. However, compared with the Zhu sisters, it is still a little shabby, there is no way, the family background is too bad. For example, the collars of the three Zhu Ling sisters are all red gold and emerald, and the beaded flowers on their heads are more dazzling than hers, especially Zhu Ling, who is eight years old, with thick and soft hair, combing a small hanging hair in a small bun, with tassels and shaking, with the fine and gorgeous skirts on her body, swaying and shaking, there is already a little girlish sweetness, not to mention how good-looking.

Zhao Changqing came early, so he asked Mrs. Zhu to say goodbye first.

Mrs. Zhu called her to her and asked with a smile, "Have you eaten in the morning?" ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "I've eaten it." I went to bed early at night and woke up with my grandmother in the morning. ”

Old Mrs. Zhu saw that Liu Er was holding a brocade box in her hand, and couldn't help but smile and ask, "What is this bringing?" ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "I've been thinking about it at home for a long time, but I don't know what to send to Sister Chu?" There were no valuables at home, so I made two purses, and I thought about bringing them over to Sister Chu as a birthday gift. ”

Mrs. Zhu smiled, "Your little sisters, it's good that your heart is there, and you don't have to pay too much attention to whether it is expensive or not." ”

Zhao Changqing said, "Grandmother said the same thing. ”

Old Lady Zhu looked at Zhao Changqing for a moment and said, "Ziluan, bring that gold-inlaid jade collar." ”

Zhao Changqing hurriedly said, "Old Ancestor, this is too precious. "Why do you suddenly want to give her something, isn't it who in the sixth uncle's family has made the old ancestor unhappy? Is the ancestor going to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger or her villain's heart?

Old Mrs. Zhu smiled, "I haven't given it to you yet, so you know that the Tao is valuable?" ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "The things here from the ancestor are good." I just have this collar belt, and if I can go with Sister Ling and them today, it will be stained, where can I deviate from the things of my ancestors? The ancestors have a good name, just keep it for Sister Ling to wear. ”

Ziluan quickly picked it up, and Mrs. Zhu smiled and said, "You kid, Ling'er, they are my great-granddaughters, are you an outsider?" You are my great-granddaughter, the palms and backs of your hands are full of meat, and I feel the same pain. As he spoke, he opened it, and inside was not only a golden collar inlaid with beautiful jade, but also two small bracelets with red gold inlaid with jade.

Mrs. Zhu took off her ordinary gold collar for Zhao Changqing, replaced it with this red gold inlaid jade, looked at it carefully for a moment, and asked with a smile, "Ling'er, do you think my sister is dressed like this?" ”

Zhu Ling smiled, "It's better than before." Sister Qing was born well, she is very white and tender, and she can be lined with any color. Saying that, Zhu Ling changed Zhao Changqing's two bracelets for her, and said with a smile, "This will be more beautiful." ”

Ziluan put the collar and bracelet that Zhao Changqing had replaced in the original box, and Mrs. Zhu smiled, "Just wear it like that." ”

Zhao Changqing hurriedly thanked the ancestor for his reward.

Zhu Xi smiled, "Sister Qing is chubby, she is dressed like this, she really looks like a doll on a New Year's painting." ”

Mrs. Zhu smiled, "Changqing is still young, and he will lose weight in a few years." When this child was a child, he was still so round and mellow and good-looking. ”

Zhao Changqing touched the bracelet on his wrist, he was very happy, and said with a smile, "The main thing is that he is in good health." I can eat a bowl of rice at a time, and I never get sick all year round. I feel that Sister Xi is too thin. ”

Zhu Xi exclaimed, "I can't eat a bowl of rice in a day." "It's strange that it's so round.

"Aren't you hungry?" Zhao Changqing asked.

Zhu Xi shook his head, "I'm not hungry, I feel sick to my stomach after eating too much." ”

Zhu Xi's biological mother is Zhu Qingtang's concubine, it is said that she is a native of Jiangnan, born with a curling Nana, who looks like she falls when the wind blows. Zhu Xi is young and already has the demeanor of a mother. Moreover, although Zhu Xi's clothes and hair accessories are not as gorgeous as Zhu Ling, the eyebrows are more delicate and beautiful than Zhu Ling. Zhao Changqing said, "It's no wonder. ”

The children were talking, and the golden wall dressed by Grandma Zhu's Yuan family arrived, and after greeting Mrs. Zhu, she smiled and said, "Changqing is here." ”

Zhao Changqing went over to greet him, and Yuan smiled, "I look so good today." Well, this circle is not a new reward from the ancestors. ”

Zhao Changqing stretched out his two wrists and said, "There is also a bracelet." ”

Yuan smiled, "This kid is just likable, you look so small, this thing is worthy of you, it's not a waste." ”

"Auntie has won the prize." Zhao Changqing smiled, "It's because I came by chance and got the good things of my ancestors." ”

After a while, Yuan's mother-in-law, Chen, also arrived with the maids. Everyone greeted each other again, and Chen smiled, "Mo Duoli." He respectfully said to Mrs. Zhu, "Mother, it's not too early, and my daughter-in-law will take the children over." ”

Old Madam Zhu nodded, "Go ahead." There are many children this time, Ling girl, you are a sister, you have to take care of your sisters. Girl, you have been to the General's Mansion, and you have to mention your sisters. ”

Both of them responded softly.

In fact, the banquet in the General's Mansion is no different from the banquet of ordinary people, it is nothing more than the first big banquet of General Chu to the border city, and everyone is very formal.

It is also a house where the ladies have a room where the ladies talk, and where the girls have a place where the girls joke. Chu Yue was entertaining guests in the hall, dressed in a big red dress. Zhao Changqing felt that Chu Yue was the most suitable person to wear red she had ever seen, Chu Yue was heroic and compelling, lacking some of the softness of a girl, but Chu Yue had a special flavor on her, and the red color spread out on her body, adding more gorgeous. In addition, Chu Yue is today's birthday star, and he is wearing sparkling jewelry that Zhao Changqing can't name, and he has an indescribable brilliance.

Chu Yue is not as lively as when they met last time, on the contrary, she is elegant and polite, and generous.

"Sister Ling, Sister Xi, Sister Cicada, you are here." Chu Yue held Zhu Ling's hand affectionately, glanced at Zhao Changqing again, and said with a smile, "Changqing is also here." Sisters, come in and sit. ”

Zhu Ling is naturally very familiar with the ladies in the border city, and greets everyone kindly. Zhao Changqing held the small box in his hand, and said in a hurry, "Sister Chu, this is my birthday gift to you." ”

Chu Yue took it with both hands and touched Zhao Changqing's head, "I'm troublesome Sister Qing." He whispered to her, "You play by yourself, I don't care much about you today." Take whatever you want to eat. ”

Zhao Changqing nodded, Chu Yue handed over the birthday gift given by Zhao Changqing to Yahuan Zhu'er, and greeted the other ladies.

In fact, the birthdays of the brothers and sisters of the Chu family are not as lively as Mrs. Zhu's birthdays, but the ladies in the house also have backgrounds, and the most unfortunate ones are the daughters of thousands of households.

Do you know the gap between the general banner of the road and the thousand households?

Let's put it this way, there are ten hundred households under one thousand households, and two general flags under one hundred households...... Therefore, when a lady came to greet Zhao Changqing and asked her door, everyone's curious look was undoubtedly the same: How did the girl of the Zongqi family get in!

Zhao Feiyun, who is still the daughter of Zhao Qianhu's family, took Zhao Changqing's hand and smiled at the ladies together, "This is my little cousin of my family." Only then did it slightly dispel Zhao Changqing's embarrassment.

As for the sisters of the Zhu family, Zhu Ling was talking to a friend who knew each other with the five-year-old Zhu Chan, and Zhu Xi also had his own friends, Zhao Changqing didn't keep up for a while, so he was left alone.

Zhao Changqing immediately reacted, yes, everyone has a background, and their family is not alone in the border city. It's just that the Zhao family is really not a prominent family, and the patriarch is no more than a hereditary position of a thousand households.

The reason why Zhao Changqing didn't know Zhao Feiyun was because his family was too inconspicuous. Although the Zhao family is not prominent, because they live in the border city, the total number of clansmen is thousands. Zhao Yong's family is an ordinary military household, ordinary as a drop of water in the sea. Therefore, although they are of the same clan, Zhao Changqing and Zhao Feiyun, the granddaughter of the patriarch, do not know each other.

Zhao Changqing himself didn't know how Zhao Feiyun knew her, but since Zhao Feiyun recognized her as his sister, Zhao Changqing immediately shouted smartly, "Sister." ”

Zhao Feiyun smiled and asked, "How did you come here?" "With the door of Zhao Yong's family, the general may not know which green onion he is, so it is naturally impossible to invite Zhao Yong.

Zhao Changqing said, "I came with Cousin Ling." ”

"I guess so." Zhao Feiyun is not very old, he looks like he is eight or nine years old, but he speaks and acts very steadily, and he also gives Zhao Changqing a longan to eat. Zhao Changqing listened to them quietly, obedient and well-behaved, at least not annoying.

At noon, after a banquet, after the Yuan family sent Yahuan to call them home, Zhao Changqing said a word to Zhao Feiyun, and then said goodbye to Chu Yue with Zhu Ling, Zhu Xi and Zhu Chan, and Chu Yue sent them to the door very politely.

As for what Yuan said, the General's Mansion didn't invite a troupe at all, think about it, on a cold day, who wants to freeze half dead and go to the garden to listen to a few plays.

Zhao Changqing followed the Zhu family's car and naturally went to the Zhu family first.

As usual, everyone went to Mrs. Zhu's courtyard first, and Mrs. Zhu smiled and said, "The banquet of the general's wine is lively?" ”

Yuan smiled, "General Chu just came, and most of them were invited to the palace of the eunuchs in the city, and it was still lively." ”

Mrs. Zhu smiled, "That's good." He said to Chen's Yuan's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, "You are also tired, go and rest." After sending three great-granddaughters to change their clothes and come over, Zhao Changqing sat obediently on the side, and Mrs. Zhu asked with a smile, "Miss Qing, is the food on the table good?" Do you want to make up some more snacks? ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "Ancestor, I've already eaten well." The food on the table was very delicious, there was a sour bamboo shoot soup, which was appetizing and delicious. There is also stewed mutton, which has a sweet taste and is also delicious. ”

"Are there a lot of girls going?"

"That's a lot."

"Oh, whose family is it?" Mrs. Zhu asked patiently.

"I don't even recognize it." Zhao Changqing said, "But the cousin of our patriarch's family also went, I didn't recognize her very much, but my cousin recognized me first." I listened to them, and many of them didn't understand. ”

Mrs. Zhu smiled, "Don't you feel bored?" ”

"It's not stuffy. My cousin took good care of me and gave me longan to eat. Zhao Changqing said, "If I don't go, I won't be able to know my cousin." ”

Mrs. Zhu touched Zhao Changqing's head, "You are very good, and it will be the same if you go to someone else's house for a banquet in the future." Take your time, you are young, there are many people who don't recognize, and when you are two years older, you will gradually get to know many friends. When you have new friends, you have to socialize well. ”

Zhao Changqing nodded, "I remember the words of my ancestor." ”

Zhao Changqing played with Mrs. Zhu for a while, and Mrs. Zhu instructed Yahuan to go out to pass the word, prepare a carriage to send Zhao Changqing home, and asked Yahuan to load a box of snacks for her to carry, as well as the small collar and bracelet that Zhao Changqing took off earlier. Zhao Changqing smiled, "Ancestor Xie rewarded me with a collar and bracelet, I like it very much." ”

Mrs. Zhu saw that she didn't squirm at all, and smiled, "It's good if you like it." ”

Zhao Changqing went home with a shotgun.

The Ling family was in Mrs. Zhao's house, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law discussed things.

Ling smiled when he saw Zhao Changqing, "How did this circle change?" "It's really not Ling's sharp eyes, although Zhao Changqing also wore a gold collar first, but the gold collar is also different from the gold collar.

Zhao Changqing smiled, "It was given to me by my ancestors." He stretched out his hand to show his grandmother and Ling, "It's a pair." ”

Ling was amazed, "This is really too valuable. Why did the ancestors give it to you? ”

"I don't know what to say, I didn't say a few words when I went, but the ancestor looked at me and asked Yahuan to find this for me." Zhao Changqing said, "Maybe it's because Cousin Ling and they all look good." ”

Ling looked at his daughter and sighed, "You are no worse than them, even our family, not your cousin's family." ”

Old Lady Zhao smiled at Ling and said, "Don't listen to Changqing say this, I used to take her there in the past, why didn't your grandmother reward her at other times, but gave it to her today?" Maybe Changqing was lucky enough to cast your grandmother's eye. ”

Zhao Changqing said, "The ancestor also gave me a box of snacks and asked me to bring them back to eat." ”

Ling smiled, "You have fortune today. It's a good thing, put it away properly and wear it when you go out. ”

Zhao Changqing responded and said, "This is very valuable, but it is weird and heavy, not as light as the one that my father called me." ”

"Fool, the amount of gold used is sufficient, and it will sink naturally." Ling summoned Zhao Changqing to take a closer look at the new collar and new bracelet, and praised it in her heart, even she didn't have such a good thing herself. Ling looked at Zhao Changqing a little cute, touched her head and asked with a smile, "Is it going well today?" ”

"It's good, and the banquet is delicious." Without waiting for the Ling family to ask, Zhao Changqing took the initiative to say, "The generals invited by the generals are all eunuchs, and I don't recognize most of them. I met the cousin of the patriarch's family and sat with my cousin. ”

The Ling clan frowned and said, "Patriarch's family, our family doesn't often interact with the patriarch's family, how do you recognize her?" ”

"I don't know her, it's because she doesn't know how Lu Dao recognizes me, and when she talks to me, I know that Lu Dao is a clansman."

Ling asked, "Is she still kind to you?" ”

"It's good, you've been taking care of me."

Ling said, "It doesn't hurt to recognize one more. ”

It's not just that there is no harm, looking at Ling's little eyes, it's almost fun, isn't it?

Zhao Changqing felt that as long as she maintained her current situation, the Ling clan would not hate her, and the Ling clan would most likely treat her as a living baby!

Many things that I couldn't ask for in my previous life, it seems that I can easily get them in this life.