Chapter 36

Zhao Changqing has been preparing for many days, and sent a post out in advance, and early in the morning, the small skirt and jacket are neatly dressed, and there are small beaded flowers on the head, which is very good, in fact, there are only two guests who came-

Miss Li and Chu Yue of the Li Baihu family.

In these years, people are very particular about the rules, because Zhao Changqing sent a post in advance, and those who are not free will send someone over in advance to euphemistically explain that they will not release Zhao Changqing's pigeons for no reason.

It's better to have two than none. Zhao Changqing comforted himself.

Chu Yue came earlier, and bought one and got one Chu Yu free.

These brothers and sisters are all dressed in dazzling silver and red jacquard brocade, the difference is that Chu Yue is wearing a skirt style, and Chu Yu is wearing a noble son's robe, with a jade belt, hanging jade, a golden crown, and cloud boots.

Zhao Changqing went out to greet him, almost blinded Chu Yu, and shouted, "My mother-"

Chu Yu teased her, "Yo, Sister Qing is really polite, she is not called brother and sister, she is called mother instead." ”

Chu Yue smiled, "Sister Qing, don't pay attention to him, Sister Zhilu Dao gave me a post, Chu Yu has a dead face, and he can't beat him away." ”

Zhao Changqing smiled at Chu Yu and said, "Brother Chu is here, and it is unexpected." Holding Chu Yue's hand, "Sister, please." ”

Chu Yue said, "I heard that the old lady and aunt are at home, so I should greet the elders first." "This is the upbringing of a big family, and there is no one who has not met the host first. Even if the Chu family is noble, it is the same.

Zhao Changqing smiled, "My mother took her younger brothers and sisters to talk in my grandmother's house, and they happened to pass together. ”

Chu Yu looked at the courtyard of the Zhao family, and said casually, "Yes, your family is a dragon and phoenix twin brother and sister, just take a look." ”

As soon as he stepped into the threshold of the old lady's house, Zhao Changqing suddenly thought of something, immediately stopped, and said to Liu Er, "Hurry up, you go to the house first, tell your mother, and hide Zhao Rong first." ”

The brothers and sisters of the Chu family are stupid, are they human traffickers?

Zhao Changqing explained, "In the first month, my father and I went to the temple to tell my younger brothers and sisters, and the master in the temple said that my sister could not see a man with a foreign surname within a year. The two glanced at Chu Yu together.

The foreign man Chu Yu touched the bridge of his nose, and Zhao Changqing comforted him, "You can see it after the New Year, my younger brother and sister are on the second birthday of the Lunar New Year, and they are very old." ”

Chu Yu asked, "How old are you?" ”

"I'm in April, when the peach blossoms are blooming." After the inside was cleaned up, Zhao Changqing took the Chu family brothers and sisters in.

Old Lady Zhao and the Ling family also changed into fresh clothes, smiling and waiting to see Zhao Changqing's children.

The brothers and sisters of the Chu family are very polite, and they gave gifts to Mrs. Zhao and the Ling family respectively, Mrs. Zhao smiled, "I heard Changqing talk about you earlier, every day Brother Chu and Sister Chu are short, don't see outside, just treat it as your own family." ”

Ling looked at the Chu family's pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses with a smile, and the more he looked at it, the more happy he became, and followed the old lady's words, "Yes, yes." "What do you want to say, I speak cleverly on weekdays, but I can't remember it for a while.

Zhao Changqing smiled, "Brother Chu and Sister Chu are also dragon and phoenix fetuses, mother, what about Brother Ning?" ”

Ling smiled, "In the compartment, the white woman is watching." ”

"Brother Chu, you sit down for a while, I'll take Sister Chu to see my little brother and little sister." Zhao Changqing proudly showed, "They are very good-looking, very similar to when I was a child." ”

Chu Yue smiled and went with her, Chu Yu stayed outside to talk to Mrs. Zhao Ling, when facing the elders, Chu Yu was very steady, Ling asked him what he was reading, Chu Yu said, "Since I was enlightened at the age of six, now I have read through the four books and five classics a little, occasionally learn some history books on the art of war, and have time to learn some general affairs with my father." "The more noble the family, the more attention is paid to the education of children, such as Chu Yu was born in Jiangmen, and he will definitely inherit his father's business in the future, and now he is only eleven years old and often follows General Chu in the military camp.

Ling smiled, "Our Changqing also likes to study, in the past, she was only a child who wanted to learn to read, but now she really likes it, so I invited her husband." ”

"Yes, girls learn some piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs, and they are very talkative."

Chu Yue watched the baby for a long time before he came out with Zhao Changqing, and Zhao Changqing took Zhao Changning out and showed it to Chu Yu, "This is my little brother, called Changning." Brother Chu, my little brother is very beautiful, right? ”

Chu Yu looked at it for a long time, then looked at Zhao Changqing, a smile on the corner of his lips, and said very pertinently, "It's not as good-looking as you." ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "Of course, my little sister is not as good-looking as me." ”

Ling couldn't help but laugh, "You say that again. ”

"That's true." Zhao Changqing crossed his mouth and made a series of strange sounds, which made Zhao Changning giggle, and Chu Yu laughed, "His saliva is flowing out." ”

Chu Yue took a handkerchief and wiped it off for Zhao Changning, Zhao Changqing kissed Zhao Changqing's fat face twice, and handed the person to Ling Shidao, "Grandmother, mother, I'll take Brother Chu and Sister Chu to my house to have a look." ”

Both laughed, "Go ahead." ”

Zhao Changqing introduced to the two, "I am a newly moved house, and I used to live with my grandmother. ”

Chu Yu asked Chu Yue, "Do Sister Qing's younger brothers and sisters look like each other?" ”

Chu Yue smiled, "It's not like it, but it's very interesting, I won't cry at all, I also hugged Brother Ning, soft and fragrant." Actually, it's still the same as Sister Rong and Sister Qing. ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "Really?" How I can't see it. ”

"You may be used to seeing it, but you don't realize it. The eyebrows between your eyebrows are very similar. Chu Yue asked, "Why are the names of you and Brother Ning taken from long characters, and Sister Rong is a single word." ”

"It's all the master's idea, it's so auspicious."

When they arrived at Zhao Changqing's house, the attention of the Chu family brothers and sisters was quickly diverted.

Zhao Changqing has been to the Chu family, and her house is naturally not as noble and exquisite as the Chu Yue house, but it can barely be regarded as a small jasper. Tables and chairs are complete, there is a small kang table on the small kang near the window, and snacks are placed on the kang table; There are four treasures of the study room on the bookcase against the wall, and there are paintings of large calligraphy and paintings written by Zhao Changqing on weekdays.

For a while, Liu Er brought tea.

Chu Yu ordered her to put it on the kang table and asked Zhao Changqing, "Sister Qing, where is your piano?" ”

"What piano? I haven't started learning yet. ”

"I heard from my aunt that I invited you to sir, haven't you started to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting?"

"I learned the flute first." The piano was too expensive, and I really couldn't afford it for a while.

Chu Yu was interested and said, "Have you learned?" Listen to a piece for my brother. ”

Maybe it was because he was so ruthless in his previous life, Zhao Changqing learned some fur and was a little show-off, and he usually took a small flute and played it in the yard non-stop. However, she still said very reservedly, "I only learned a little bit." ”

"Come on, blow a piece for my brother, and my brother will point you out."

"Will you?" Zhao Changqing was not easy to fool, she thought about it for a while, and said, "You a paragraph first, let me hear what level you are first, and then you can tell me something!" ”

Chu Yu smiled, "You girl is becoming more and more disobedient." ”

Zhao Changqing raised two faint eyebrows and smiled, "You don't want to tease me." ”

The brothers and sisters of the Chu family completely regarded Zhao Changqing's house as their own, and they were very comfortable, and they laughed at her when they saw Zhao Changqing's tiger pillow. Zhao Changqing invited them to eat snacks and asked, "Sister Chu, have you gone hunting again?" ”

Chu Yue was not interested, picked a piece of chestnut cake, and said, "I went out to play with Deputy General Feng's sister in those days, hey, it's boring, just go out to run a horse." Now Chu Yu has to go to the barracks every day, and he has no time to hunt. ”

Chu Yu said, "Ouch, don't talk about hunting, I still pretended to be sick today, and I can't be idle." ”

I really don't know if Chu Yu is really smart or fake smart, who is not honestly recuperating at home if he pretends to be sick, he is good, walking the streets and alleys. Zhao Changqing said, "How can you come out by pretending to be sick?" Brother Chu, you can be careful of pretending too much. ”

Chu Yue smiled, "Last time he snoozes in the morning, Daddy couldn't afford it when he got up, and when he rushed to the camp in a hurry, it was really late, and he was almost dealt with by Daddy's military law." ”

Chu Yu sighed, "That day, I obviously said that you would get up early to answer for me, but it is clear that you have no credit, and now you are still talking." ”

Chu Yue smiled innocently, "I got up too, but for some reason my father saw through me at a glance, and asked me, 'What are you doing with your brother's clothes as a girl?' I didn't dare to say a word in my fright, and immediately went back and told you to get up, because you couldn't afford to live or die. ”

Chu Yu was full of helplessness, "Where can Daddy tell who is who we are?" He's lying to you. You will be fooled when you have a weak heart. In the future, he will say that again, you just have to stand up to your bottom and make sure that you will not show your stuffing. ”

Zhao Changqing asked, "Brother Chu, is there anything interesting in the barracks?" My dad also goes out early and returns late now. ”

"Actually, it's just training every day, or following my dad or something, it's more fun than being bored at home." Chu Yu smiled, "In the past, when General Feng was here, he didn't control the guards very much, and the guards were naturally loose. Daddy governs the army strictly, and the guards train like the garrisons in the border cities, and many people are complaining about it. ”

Zhao Changqing didn't know about these things, and asked, "Is this still bad?" ”

"Naturally, it's different, in fact, there aren't many troops in the border city guards, only about six thousand. The big head was the garrison of the border city, with tens of thousands of people. Because the guard is a local military household, it is loose and loose, and it is only gathered and used when there is an occasional military incident. In fact, it is not harmful to ask me to train a lot, the border city is not as good as other places, and ordinary Western barbarians don't need guards on the side, but there is a case for everything. Suffer some hardships now, and maybe you will be able to pick up a life on the battlefield in the future. Chu Yu said, "Otherwise, there will be no eyes on the battlefield, and how many people will go and never return." ”

Zhao Changqing thought so, and said, "My grandfather was seriously injured when the Western Barbarians invaded the city, and then he didn't take care of himself, and his vitality was greatly lost, and he passed away after a cold." ”

Chu Yu didn't say much about military affairs, and asked Zhao Changqing with a smile, "You are so solemn about the next post, won't you invite Chu Yue?" ”

Zhao Changqing stretched out two round and chubby fingers, "And Sister Li didn't come." ”

Chu Yu's eyes widened, incredulous, "You're just two friends?" ”

"How can there only be two friends?" Zhao Changqing stared at a pair of almond eyes, and emphasized, "I have a lot of friends, that is, haven't you ever come to my house, I used to go to your house to eat, drink and play, and now I have my own new house, so I invite you to come to my house to have a look." In fact, I also invited other people, and they were all unlucky, so Sister Chu and Sister Li responded to my post. ”

Chu Yu took a bite of his snack, "It's better for me, Zhilu said that you are not popular here, and I will take the initiative to help you make up the numbers." ”

"Yes, Brother Chu is the best." Zhao Changqing's eyebrows curled, and he saw Chu Yue holding her small needlework basket, holding Zhao Changqing's embroidery shed incredibly and asking, "Sister Qing, is this what you embroidered?" ”

"Hmm." It was the socks she gave to Mrs. Zhu, just embroidered one, this is the second one, Zhao Changqing said, "I just learned, the embroidery is not very good." ”

The brothers and sisters of the Chu family praised in unison, "It's already good!" ”

Chu Yue took her little white hand and said, "Sister Qing, you really have the ability, you can do needlework at such a young age." What is this done? Purse? How do you make it white? ”

"It's not a purse, it's a sock I made for my great-grandfather, and it's embroidered on the cuff." Zhao Changqing pointed to the embroidery on the embroidery shed, "When the flowers are embroidered, you can fill the cotton wool to make socks." ”

Chu Yu was envious, "When is my sister free, it's good to make me a pair to wear." ”

Zhao Changqing was not annoyed when he heard him talk nonsense, but just smiled and said, "I only embroidered one in a month, besides, you have a lot of rings at home, what do you want, do you have to make it for you?" ”

Chu Yu said, "Can Yahuan's mother-in-law do the same?" My sister has never given me a needle and thread. By the way, last year you gave me a purse as a birthday gift, and it turned out that your mother-in-law made it. ”

"Didn't you say that I should make a new one for you this year, and when I make socks for my great-grandfather, I will make you a purse, anyway, your birthday with Sister Chu is still very early."

Chu Yu was satisfied and smiled, "It's pretty much the same." ”

Zhao Changqing took out a box, which was neatly placed with several small handkerchiefs, and said, "Sister Chu, this is my new one, and I haven't given it away yet, you can pick two and take them." ”

Chu Yu asked, "It's really favoritism, why didn't my sister give me two?" ”

Zhao Changqing said honestly, "These are all colors used by girls, and boys are not very suitable." ”

"Actually, I don't dislike it very much."

Zhao Changqing had no choice but to say, "Then Brother Chu will also pick two." ”

It wasn't until noon when it was time to eat that Miss Li Mingzhu came.

Li Mingzhu sweated slightly on his forehead, and said with a smile after greeting each other with the Chu family brothers and sisters, "It's a coincidence that I came today." I used to hear my father say that there were a pair of dragon and phoenix twins in the general's family, and I thought that Sister Qing's younger brothers and sisters were not born like each other, and I didn't want my brothers and sisters to be so similar, as if they were carved out of a mold. ”

Chu Yue smiled, "My sister is really refreshing, come and sit." ”

Liu Er brought the tea, Li Mingzhu took it and poured it down, and said heroically, "Liu Er, bring me another one." Wiping his forehead with a handkerchief, Li Mingzhu said, "But I'm tired enough." ”

"Yesterday, my mother checked my homework, and thought that I didn't memorize the poems, and nagged me for most of the night, and she didn't ask me to go out today, so I didn't have to memorize poems at home. I came out secretly, I wanted to hire a car, but I was in a hurry, and I didn't pay attention, and I didn't have a single line on my body, so I walked. Li Mingzhu drank the second cup of longan tea and said, "Liu'er, pour another one." ”

Zhao Changqing wiped the sweat on her face with a handkerchief, and said, "Sister Li just won't come, it's okay to send someone to tell me, our two families have a city east and a city west, saying that the border city is not big, and it has been gone for a long time." ”

Li Mingzhu said, "A gentleman, a whip!" I have already answered your business, how can I come to the end and regret it? ”

After Li Mingzhu quenched her thirst, Zhao Changqing sent Liu Er to wash her face again, and asked her to wash her face again, Zhao Changqing instructed Liu Er again, "You go outside and tell Uncle Laifu, ask Uncle Laifu to go to Sister Li's house, and talk to Mrs. Li, and say that Sister Li came to our house, and did not go outside, and will definitely send Sister Li back safely in the afternoon, don't make Mrs. Li anxious." ”

Liu Er was busy.

Li Mingzhu smiled, "Thank you sister." ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "It should be so." Sister Li must be hungry when she eats some snacks. ”

Li Mingzhu was not polite and said, "There is a rumbling in my stomach." Take a bite of the osmanthus cake, "The osmanthus cake in our border city is the best made by Nanxiangyuan." ”

"Last time, I saw that Sister Li liked it, and I asked the girls to buy it on purpose."

Li Mingzhu said to Chu Yue, "Seeing that Sister Qing is young, I really don't know who Lu Dao learned from, and she is very sensible." Otherwise, I don't usually play with such a small baby, but I like her. ”

Chu Yue smiled, "I can also speak adult words." ”

"yes, yes."

Zhao Changqing was not convinced, and said, "What is a milk baby, I am only three years younger than Sister Li!" ”

Li Mingzhu smiled, "Aren't you only five years old now?" ”

Zhao Changqing snapped his fingers and said, "Six years old next year, seven years old next year, eight years old after the next year, and nine years old after the big year......

Chu Yu teased her, "Yes, you alone are a long time old, and we won't stay put." ”

Li Mingzhu and Chu Yue all laughed.

Li Mingzhu and Chu Yue fell in love with each other, both of them loved soldiers and horses, bows and arrows, and in a few words, they had already decided to go hunting together on horseback one day. Li Mingzhu asked, "Sister Qing, are my cousin and Ah Bai here?" ”

"Mr. Su took Ah Bai to go shopping outside the market, and said that he would go to the restaurant outside at noon." Zhao Changqing said, "If Sister Li wants to see Mr. Su, just have more fun in the afternoon." ”

Li Mingzhu simply explained the relationship between her family and Mr. Su to the Chu family brothers and sisters, and Li Mingzhu sighed, "Actually, my mother didn't care much about my homework or anything before?" Since Cousin Su came to the border city, she is a person who has a university question, and she can tell a truth or two about everything. My mother can be stunned, the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and music nagged me to learn, I hate that I am possessed by a talented woman, and immediately spit out the article. ”

She spoke funny, and everyone laughed. Li Mingzhu said, "It's just that people are the same everywhere, my cousin was born in a scholarly family, and the family is all scholars, and her ancestors have this tendon." My ancestors all rode horses to fight, and making knives and guns is a housekeeping skill. ”

Chu Yue felt the same way, and said, "Yes, we people who are born with a love of bow horses, how can we sit still embroidering and chanting poems every day?" People like Sister Qing are naturally elegant. ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "I'm also learning martial arts from my father." ”

Chu Yu encouraged her, "What have you learned?" Come, show my brother a gesture. ”

"I'm wearing a skirt, so it's not very convenient." Zhao Changqing bragged, "Anyway, it's a powerful martial arts, the kind that can kill a bear with one punch." ”

Chu Yu laughed.

When there are many people, it is very lively, and the lunch is also happy.

Especially Li Mingzhu was hungry for a long time, Chu Yu was half the eldest child, and Chu Yue was not the appetite of Miss Qianjin, and she ate a table of dishes. Chu Yu smiled, "Your cook's skills are not bad." ”

Zhao Changqing was glad in his heart, fortunately he had prepared some more dishes, otherwise it would be too embarrassing if he didn't have enough to eat, and smiled, "The first time I invite you, of course I have to show my housekeeping skills." ”

After the meal, Liu Er brought the cut watermelon again, and Li Mingzhu said, "It's August, do you still have melons at home?" But it's rare. ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "It's a late melon that was planted, and it was hidden in the cellar, and it was no problem to put it on August 15." I took it out in the morning and put it for most of the day, and now it's not cool at all. ”

Chu Yue smiled, "The melons and fruits you gave me earlier, my mother said they were delicious." ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "My family has a field, and all the fruits grown are fruits, melons and vegetables, and I don't need to buy the fruits at home all year round." My family has a small population, and we never sell a lot of fruit every year, but give it to relatives and friends. ”

Li Mingzhu took a bite of the watermelon and said, "My family also grows fruits every year, and your family seems to be exceptionally sweet." ”

"Watermelons are the sweetest grown in sandy soil, like yams, which are best grown in white soil. Sometimes it's also related to the year, it's different. Zhao Changqing also ate a small slice.

Everyone talked and laughed, until the next day when the brothers and sisters of the Hei Chu family said goodbye, Zhao Changqing gave them a basket of watermelons, and the two thanked them and left. Li Mingzhu didn't wait for Mr. Su's mother and son, so she had to say to Zhao Changqing, "Sister Qing, wait for my cousin to come back, trouble my sister to tell my cousin, it's August 15, the day of the family reunion, my mother wants to invite my cousin to my house to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

Zhao Changqing was suspicious in his heart, thinking that Li Mingzhu obviously said that she had run away secretly, and Mrs. Li didn't know that she came to Zhao's house, so how could she tell her about this? But he didn't move, didn't ask much, just smiled, "I remember, Sister Li, don't worry, I will tell Mr. Su." ”

Laifu rented a car early, Zhao Changqing also sent watermelons, Li Mingzhu thanked him, and then left.

The author has something to say: There are some things in the first two days, some feelings, and the article that comes out of each yard always feels unsatisfied, and it has been written and changed, and it has been rewritten, and now it is finally smooth~~Resume normal updates~~~~