Zhao Changqing first discussed with Mrs. Zhao about inviting guests to dinner, Mrs. Zhao was originally from a former down-and-out scholarly family, and she was used to seeing this, only when Zhao Changqing knew more and more children, she came up with this idea. Moreover, it is normal for little girls to come and go, and Mrs. Zhao has no opinion.

Zhao Changqing went to the Ling family and said that the Ling family was sewing small clothes on the kang, and he was stunned when he heard it, "Treat?" Who do you want to invite? ”

"It's my friend." Zhao Changqing folded his hands and said, "Sister Chu, Miss Li, Sister Ling, Sister Xi, Sister Cicada, Sister Feiyun of the patriarch's family, I have met Sister Chu a few times, and I have also seen Sister Feiyun at Sister Ling, we are of the same clan, and it is not good not to invite her." Actually, she already knows these people.

Ling smiled, "Good duan, why did you remember to have a treat?" ”

Zhao Changqing said, "Mr. told me that I can't always go to other people's houses, and I should invite friends to our house." Although our family may not be as wealthy as theirs, if they were genuinely friends with me, they wouldn't mind that. As long as we treat us attentively, I can't always go to other people's houses to eat and play, and don't invite others to our house. ”

Putting down the needle and thread in his hand, Ling smiled and said with relief, "I said why did you suddenly open up, Mr. Su is knowledgeable." She didn't object to her daughter's invitation, but the friends her daughter wanted to invite were all richer than her own family, so she had to think about how to prepare a banquet.

Zhao Changqing said, "Mother, in fact, the things for the banquet are easy to prepare, it is nothing more than eating snacks, and the meals are a little more sumptuous than our usual days." I'm sleeping with my grandmother now, and my house is too small, so how can I entertain my friends? "You can't go to the old lady's house to entertain guests.

Ling Shi pondered for a moment and said, "Seeing that you are also older, there are more and more things, and I have intended to move you out this year, and there are many things about your younger brothers and sisters, so I forgot about it for a while." Our house is a small three-way courtyard, the old lady likes to be quiet, lives in the third courtyard, I live with your father in the middle of the main courtyard, Mr. Su is in the small courtyard on the east side of Yongdao, and the three rooms on the west side of Yongdao are rooms. The row where the old lady lives is six rooms, and the ordinary old lady takes you to live in the east three rooms, and the west three rooms are empty. I thought about it, so you moved to Nishisanken. How about not leaving the old lady and having her own house? ”

can have his own house, Zhao Changqing is too late to be happy, how can he say it badly. She smiled and asked, "Mother, when will we be able to clean up Nishisanma?" ”

"It's very simple, it's just some old furniture in there. Tomorrow I will ask Mrs. Bai to take you to take a look, what furniture you like, just pack it up and use it. The rest can be moved wherever it goes. Ling Shi knew that Zhao Changqing had some picky praise, and said first, "You don't think that the old furniture is good, it is all camphor wood, and it is very good." ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "Mother doesn't want to fool me, obviously it's an old elm, but she fooled me and said that it was camphor." ”

was recognized by Zhao Changqing, Ling Shi "Huh", laughing, "Where did these ghost eyes come from, aren't they all good and bad wood?" ”

Zhao Changqing said proudly, "Every year, the furniture should also be insect proof, and my mother asks Mama Bai to put insect repellent medicine in the house every year, and I have heard Mama Bai talk about it several times." ”

Ling smiled and coaxed her, "Elm wood is also a good elm, there is no little bit of decayed old furniture, you pick it up." When your brothers and sisters are older, ask them to make you pick up the leftovers. ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "Mother just fools people." ”

Ling had no choice but to say, "Not only will I clean up the new house for you, but I will also buy you a companion with a little girl." Otherwise, there is only one willow, will he serve you or the old lady? ”

Zhao Changqing said pretendly, "Alas, alas, I'm not such a picky person, whatever my mother says is what it is." ”

Ling scolded with a smile, "The cheapness is all for you, you don't pick it yet!" ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "It's not our own advantage to take advantage of my daughter." Don't be angry, don't be angry, it's not beautiful to be angry. ”

"Now I've learned to be naughty again." Ling smiled and poked her on the corner of the forehead, and said, "Clean up the house first in the next few days, and you should think about what things to prepare for the guests." When the time comes, you make a list, and I ask the white woman to prepare it, and you invite someone again. ”

Zhao Changqing should all be down.

The Ling family is a neat temper, not to mention that the girl is going to be motivated, and she is even more supportive.

Zhao Changqing followed Mrs. Bai to clean up her new house, saying that it was three rooms for her, but in fact there were only two, because the westernmost room still had to be used to put those furniture that had no land. Therefore, Zhao Changqing occupied two rooms adjacent to the old lady's three rooms, one was cleaned up as a bedroom, and the other was cleaned up as a small hall.

There are no precious things in the Zhao family, but there are definitely a lot of ordinary things. Zhao Changqing also found a small bookshelf and came out, which is said to have been handed down by my ancestors in Ludao.

Zhao Changqing used it to put his limited number of books, and the rest of the time was used to put some worthless gadgets, such as small wood carvings, small lanterns, small baskets, small bamboo tubes, etc. Zhilu said that she moved to a new house, and Mr. Su gave her two pots of flowers and plants.

Zhao Changqing said politely, "Let Mr. break the bank." ”

Mr. Su waved his hand and smiled leisurely, "The flower pot belongs to your family, and the flowers are dug from your home. ”

Zhao Changqing looked at two pots of small green leaf flowers and plants: they were dug from her homeland and brought them to her.

Mr. Su walked around Zhao Changqing's house, adjusted the position of a few furnishings for her, arranged two pots of small flowers and plants, and touched her little head, "Girls have to learn to clean up the house by themselves." Picked up the half-embroidered bandage from Zhao Changqing's small needlework basket and asked with a smile, "What is this going to do?" ”

"I want to make socks." Zhao Changqing said, "My great-grandfather's birthday is in October, and he never has a birthday. However, the last time he saw me, he gave me a very nice piece of jade, and I thought about making a pair of socks for him as a birthday gift. ”

"It's a very good embroidery." Mr. Su took a closer look and said, "Well, it's a needle." Did you study Suzhou embroidery? ”

"Sir, what a good eye." Although Mr. Su also understands female red, Zhao Changqing's needlework is still learning from the old lady, Zhao Changqing smiled, "My grandmother's embroidery is authentic Su embroidery, a must in the border city." ”

"It's only been a few months since I learned it, and I can embroider so well." Mr. Su said to himself, "It seems that I have to teach you how to draw." ”

Zhao Changqing muttered in his heart: Could it be that they were all taught casually before?

After slandering Mr. Su, who was not serious about teaching, Zhao Changqing discussed with Mr. Su how to prepare snacks for guests and lunch meals. Mr. Su, who was obviously an expert on the inside, asked, "Are these ready to go out to buy ready-made, or are they prepared at home?" ”

Zhao Changqing said, "I want to buy ready-made dim sum and prepare the meals at home." If it's all homemade, Sister-in-law Liu won't have time alone. ”

Mr. Su smiled, "You don't have to worry about the dim sum, you can buy six or eight kinds of dim sum, just prepare the plate of dim sum in advance, and prepare a few kinds of fruit." As for the noon meal, the meat is nothing more than chicken, duck, fish, beef, sheep, pigs, rabbits, vegetarian depends on what seasonal vegetables are on the market. The key is, what are the things that Sister-in-law Liu is good at, don't cook meals that Tu Zhou is not good at, for example, the carp cooked by Sister-in-law Liu is really hard to swallow, and the crispy small fish she fried is delicious. You don't ask for new and different things, as long as the cooking is good, the stir-fry is also brilliant. ”

Zhao Changqing said while it was hot, "Then I'll call Sister-in-law Liu over, and let's discuss it together." As she spoke, she went out of the hall and called Liu'er to call people.

In fact, Zhao Yong often invites people to eat wine or something at home, and Sister-in-law Liu is not less prepared in the kitchen, and after several years of refining, it is also a medium level of cooking. According to the number of people he invited, Zhao Changqing first set the number of six cold and eight hot soups.

Sister-in-law Liu was shocked, "Girl, do you want to make so many dishes?" ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "There are many samples, and the portion is less, half of the amount of a dish is usually enough, and it is served on a small plate." Can cold dishes be made in advance, and they can't be broken now. ”

Sister-in-law Liu nodded with palpitations and asked, "Girl, who is this invite?" That is, the cook of the small family dared to inquire about the master's family in this way.

"Just some friends." Zhao Changqing smiled, "Sister-in-law Liu just needs to prepare wholeheartedly." Like sauced beef, white-cut chicken, roast mutton, there is nothing to make on the first day, those cold salads, sister-in-law can make them first after breakfast, and a few small stir-fry can be prepared by looking at the hour. In her previous life, she rarely attended banquets, but she was experienced in preparing banquets, and because of her good skills, she was often sent to the kitchen to cook cows and horses.

Zhao Changqing said, "I'll inform you first, and then I will draw up a list, you just have to buy and prepare according to the things on the list." Let Mama Bai help you then, and you can rest assured. ”

Sister-in-law Liu heard Zhao Changqing say this, her heart also relaxed, and she smiled, "Cheng, I will prepare it for the girl on time." ”

Zhao Changqing prepared a list before going to discuss with the Ling family, the Ling family saw that there were only many types, and the amount was not large, and the total amount was only four or five hundred yuan, and said with a smile, "It can be seen that you can really live." In the future, you have to do things like this, how many things you should buy, how many things you should buy, and you have to know in your heart first. For example, if you fry a plate of cucumbers, you can die with a pound, so there is no need to buy more. Life at home is the same, how many dishes to cook in the kitchen every day, how many dishes are bought, whether there is more or less, when the family has to know in their hearts, life can be fine. Like the Zhu family, I heard that his family costs 50 yuan for an egg, alas, I really don't know if this money is spent on chickens or people. ”

The Ling family took the opportunity to instill some concepts of rationality in Zhao Changqing, so as not to be deceived by his subordinates in the future. Speaking of the Zhu family's affairs, the Ling clan shook his head and said disappringly, "The ancestor treats us well, we have to know in our hearts." However, the housekeeper director of his family is far behind, and your Aunt Yuan is a person who can speak well when she looks at the flowers, isn't this a blind eye? Even the emperor's eggs are not that expensive. ”

Zhao Changqing said, "Maybe this was the case for his family before." ”

Ling lowered his voice and said, "What's the exception?" The sixth room also became prominent from the ancestral house, I don't believe it, could it be that his family also had this case in the first place? Don't you be stupid, although the servants and maids in the house will have some oil and water on their hands, no housewife will be stupid enough to give them a big head? If you know that your subordinates are greedy for the master's money, and the master's family has not reacted, unless it is not your own money, or the master's family is a fool. ”

Ling said, "You can't learn from other families if you are the master of the house in the future, everything needs to be done in your own heart." If you have no heart and no lungs for the slaves to scatter your own money, the gold mountain will not be able to provide it. ”

Zhao Changqing nodded and asked quietly, "Mother, our shop can make a lot of money every year by relying on the Zhu family's leather business. ”

Ling's fingertips tapped her eyebrows, "Don't be stupid, if you get anything good from your ancestor, your Aunt Yuan will be sour." If you really want to have mountains of gold and silver, can you still be so blind? Besides, even if there are mountains of gold and silver, can you spend extravagantly? ”

Zhao Changqing was stunned when the Ling family said, she had always only regarded the Ling family as a snobbish and eccletic person, and she didn't want the Ling family to be so knowledgeable. How did the Ling family know that Zhao Changqing's heart was surging, so he only taught his daughter his experience, and said, "Although I am not one of those people who have studied and can say a lot of truth, but you have to remember one sentence, outside, you can't hide when you should show it, and you can't show it blindly when you should hide it." ”

Zhao Changqing asked, "Mother, tell me more specifically." ”

"Like your father, he is always showing off, and he lent three taels of silver to Lu before, and I don't know when Lu Dao will pay it back? That's a loser! Heartless! Ling shook his majesty, criticized her husband unceremoniously, and said Zhao Changqing, "Like you, walking sideways at home, going out is like a quail, and you don't know how to be in the limelight!" It's called Wo Li Heng! No ability! ”

Zhao Changqing muttered, "It can be seen that I was born to my father." ”

Ling Shi laughed at her, and couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's a set of useless things to say." Now that you finally understand it, you can't live at home all day long, you have to walk around with friends. Pointing to the things on the list, Ling smiled, "I will ask Sister-in-law Liu to prepare these in advance, you go to Mr. Su and discuss writing out the invitation." I see that big families move around, they all send invitations first, although our family is mediocre, in the end it is a scholarly family, don't be reckless. ”

Zhao Changqing wailed, "Mother, our family is a military household, where did we come from?" "You're really bragging a lot of.

Ling's willow eyebrows were raised, and he said with strong words, "The old lady came out of the scholarly family, your father has half of the blood of the scholarly family in his body, and I also came out of the scholarly family, you say, do you count as a scholarly family!" ”

It turned out that the background was calculated like this, and what Zhao Changqing said to her mother was stupid.

Ling glanced at Zhao Changqing's derpy appearance, took a sip of tea, and sent her away, "This unproductive energy has come up again, hurry up and write an invitation." He also called Bai Pozi to bring red paper to Zhao Changqing.

Zhao Changqing took the red paper and went to Mr. Su with a look of a daze, in her last life, she had never received a satisfied look from her mother, and naturally she had never heard such a teaching...... Now her mother likes her like this and teaches her with her heart. If Zhao Rong had grown up like this, then it would really be an extremely happy thing.

Zhao Changqing asked Mr. Su, "A very poor person fell in love with a jewel, but he was too poor to get such a treasure in his life." Later, the poor man finally gave up on the jewel, but suddenly a huge fortune fell from the sky, making him a rich man. The jewel was already within his fingertips, sir, do you think it is worth cherishing? ”

Mr. Su thought about it, and asked first, "Changqing, do you know the desert?" ”

Zhao Changqing nodded, "I heard that when you go out of the border city and pass through the grassland of the Western Barbarians, you can see the desert." ”

"It's hard to find water in the desert, and many people die of thirst in the desert. For example, a man who crossed the desert was very thirsty, and he felt that he was dying of thirst, and then suddenly he came across an oasis. There is an inexhaustible spring there, and you say, after quenching his thirst, will this person still cherish the water in the sweet spring? ”

Zhao Changqing said, "Yes, this person was about to die of thirst at first, of course he knows the preciousness of the water." ”

Mr. Su smiled, "So Changqing, that poor man has been poor, even if a huge fortune suddenly falls from the sky, he has also been poor." As long as you are a normal person who has been poor, you will know the preciousness of the wealth. Could it be that because of the abundance of money, the orb has become a dispensable thing? What was once desired but could not be obtained, if there is ability, no one will refuse to obtain such a treasure. Perhaps this treasure is no longer as attractive to the poor man as it once was, but it is always a treasure, and it is already within reach, so why not? ”

Zhao Changqing is not a stupid person, she was silent for a long time, and then asked, "If one day, you suddenly find that the orb you bought is actually fake, but the outside is coated with a layer of light powder, and the inside is wrapped in stones, and the orb is actually worthless." ”

Mr. Su said, "If a rich person buys a fake orb, this orb will not have much impact on the rich person's life." Or there is a disappointment, but the rich have countless wealth, and there is something better to lose this. ”

"What if it's a poor man? A poor man spent all his savings to buy a jewel, but the jewel turned out to be fake. Zhao Changqing asked.

Mr. Su's voice was gentle and cold, "The poor will be very sad, but sadness has no effect. ”

Zhao Changqing sighed lightly, "Yes, but I feel very pitiful when I think about it." ”

"In this world, there are countless pitiful things happening every day. Changqing, there are some things that we can decide to choose, but, more importantly, we can't do anything. Mr. Su sighed and smiled, "What we can do is not to live up to this life easily, and try to live our own life as well." If you have a hard time choosing something, just make a choice according to your heart. There is no need to be afraid of wolves and tigers, even if a poor person buys a fake orb, in fact, the poor have also gotten happiness from the orb. ”

"Why think too much, you are still young, will you make yourself a 'poor'?" Mr. Su took a sip of tea and earnestly taught, "Confucius climbed the East Mountain and Xiaolu, climbed Mount Tai and made the world small." Changqing, when you stand high enough one day, when you are strong enough one day, even if you buy a fake orb, this will not do you any substantial harm. ”