Zheng Miaoying is a very trustworthy person, and she sent someone to send a post to Zhao Changqing that morning.

After having dinner with Mrs. Zhao at noon, Ling told Zhao Changqing about the matter and asked, "She said that she was the eldest girl of the Zheng Imperial Historian's family, but the Zheng girl who made the best poems at the Lantern Festival?" As he spoke, he ordered Liu'er to show the post to Zhao Changqing.

Zhao Changqing took it and said with a smile, "Yes, it's a coincidence, when I went to eat breakfast today, I happened to meet Sister Zheng and Yahuan to buy breakfast, so I said a few words." In the past, I met and talked elsewhere, but I couldn't have deep friendships. After reading Zheng Miaoying's post at a glance, Zhao Changqing smiled, "Sister Zheng said that I will be asked to talk to Ah Rong tomorrow." ”

As long as her daughter is in a relationship with the daughter of an official family or a lady from a scholarly family, Ling has no reluctance, not to mention that Zheng Miaoying is a learned person, Ling smiled, "Then go, wear a newly made dress, and dress smartly." If it's cheap, ask someone for advice, and there is a secret to making poetry. ”

Zhao Rong took a sip of ginger honey and said, "Mother, have you forgotten, tomorrow is the third cousin's birthday, and she said in advance that she wanted me and my sister to go over to play." ”

This is not a difficult choice for Zhao Changqing, she smiled, "I have long been at odds with my third cousin, and since Sister Zheng invites me, I will not go to celebrate her birthday." If Ah Rong wants to go, you can talk to my third cousin on my behalf. ”

Zhao Rong said, "It is precisely because my sister had some friction with her third cousin before that she should move around more, after all, she is a family relative." ”

"When there are more relatives in the family, it is not surprising that there are always some people who are incompatible with their temperaments." Zhao Changqing disagreed, and asked with a smile, "Ah Rong, are you going to your second uncle's house, or are you going to Sister Zheng with me?" ”

Zhao Rong had a hard time making a choice, and said in the end, "The third cousin invited us to a game, it's not good to go to any of them." If my sister has a birthday gift for my third cousin, I will help my sister bring it over. ”

Zhao Changqing said, "I was so busy that I forgot about it for a while." We still have a lot of apples at home, I'll pack a basket in a while, Ah Rong, you can help me bring it. ”

Zhao Rong nodded and didn't say much. Anyway, the worse the relationship between Zhao Changqing and Third Sister Ling, the more beneficial it will be to her. But Mrs. Zhao said, "Wouldn't it be too simple?" ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "Grandmother, is it important to be courteous and affectionate?" Besides, my third cousin didn't give me any valuables on my birthday in the past. "Zhao Changqing is not a stingy person, but he is not a fool who blindly highs. She is not like Zhao Rong, what do she think of Ling Teng, and she has to envelop Ling Sanjie for later use. She was unwilling to have a deep friendship with Third Sister Ling from beginning to end.

Zhao Changqing said, "It's just that there is one more thing, Ah Rong and I are both going out, is Liu Er with me or with Ah Rong?" ”

Ling Shi smiled, "I said I would buy you a ring earlier, but it was really difficult to delay it until this time." In this way, let the white woman go out together. ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "If it was the past, there would be no obstacles." Now that my mother's body is as stupid as a day, where can I leave Mama Bai? ”

Ling smiled, "But for most of the day, what can happen?" I'll just call Sister-in-law Liu over. ”

"Sister-in-law Liu has to be busy with the kitchen, she is alone, and she cooks the cooking alone, and she is already very busy. Besides, Sister-in-law Liu has never served in front of her mother in the past, so how can she know whether her mother wants tea or water? Mother's habits, she also did not know. Zhao Changqing smiled, "I heard that the Zheng Yushi family is extremely honest, and in the past, when I saw Sister Zheng's dress, it was also ordinary, although the Zheng family is an official family, it is not a rich and noble family." I'll just go by myself, I don't need to ask Mama Bai to go out with me, let Liu'er follow Ah Rong. ”

Ling said, "How can this be done?" The first time I went to someone else's house, how could I not even bring a ring, and I didn't pay attention to it, but it was something to look down on. ”

Without waiting for the Ling family to speak, Zhao Rong said, "Mother, the second uncle's house is not outside, I can just go by myself." My sister went to Zheng Yushi's house, and it was very inappropriate to not have a maid to serve, so it was better to ask Liu Er to follow my sister. ”

Ling smiled with relief, "It's good that you are so sensible." Then let's do it, Liu Er followed Changqing out of the house, and after a while, I will go to the Ya Xing to ask if there is a little girl ring of the right age, and ask the Ya Po to bring it to you in two days. ”

Zhao Changqing smiled. In this life, she will never let Zhao Rong do anything again, except for Ling Teng.

The next day, Zhao Changqing picked out an emerald green dress, Zhao Rong was a light pink dress, the two sisters were outstanding, the more Ling looked at it, the more she loved it, and said with a smile, "That's good." Asked Zhao Changqing, "Did you make a snack in the morning?" ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "I soaked mung beans and dates last night, and the mung bean cake and jujube mud cake are very easy to make." I made more by the way, sending a plate to my grandmother, a plate to my mother, and a plate to Mr. Su. also packed a box for Sister Zheng to bring. ”

Except when she was a child, this daughter never told her to half a snack. Ling smiled, "Do you taste the trick and walk around, or the same sentence, when you go to someone else's house, you must be polite and have eyesight." ”

Zhao Changqing responded with a smile, and the Ling family said to the youngest daughter again, "Your third cousin invited you to come over to play, just have fun for a day, if she is rude, don't be bullied by her, do you know the way?" "In the past, the Ling family liked the sweet third sister Ling, but since Zhao Changqing's fainting incident, the relationship between the two families has faded.

Zhao Rong smiled, "Don't worry, my third cousin didn't bully me." ”

"That's good. Your sister was bullied by her several times when she was a child. When Ling said this, he didn't feel sorry at all, and said to Zhao Rong, "Your sister can't go if she has something, you can say a thing or two for your sister." What do you say? ”

Zhao Rong said, "Let's just say that Sister Zheng was invited, and after I discussed with my sister, in order not to be rude, my sister went to Sister Zheng's house, and I went to celebrate my third cousin's birthday." ”

This is also the truth, Ling said, "Let's just say it." ”

For a while, Laifu rented a carriage, and the Ling family sent the two sisters out.

The location of the Zheng family is very close to Xiao Lihua'er's breakfast stall, and the two sisters took the same car, and the carriage sent Zhao Changqing to the Zheng family first.

The Zheng family is a three-entry house, the pattern is similar to the Zhao family, and the main courtyard is the blue brick shadow wall after entering the door. The corridor is facing the main house, and there are three east and west wings on the left and right. After the main house, there should be a row of houses that are the third entrance. The most distinctive feature is that the vegetable garden is hedged on the open space of the road, and now there are small green seedlings breaking through the soil, and some of them are tender and tender green vegetables.

Zheng Miaoying smelled the letter, went out to greet her under a budding white apricot tree in the atrium, took Zhao Changqing's hand and smiled, "I'm looking forward to my sister in the morning." He said, "My grandmother and mother are at home, so let's see my sister with me." "Lead Zhao Changqing to the main room.

The Zheng family is indeed not a wealthy family, Zhao Changqing saw that the furnishings in the house were simple, that is, the furniture was just made of old elm, which was similar to the Zhao family. Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Zheng are just ordinary silk clothes, Zhao Changqing greets according to the courtesy, and Mrs. Zheng's voice is loud, with the unique kindness of the elders, "Sit down." Sister Ying has been talking to you a few times a long time ago, just think of it as your own home. ”

Zhao Changqing responded with a smile, took the box from Liu Er's hand, and said with a smile, "This is the dim sum I made, and I specially brought it for the old lady, Mrs. and Sister Zheng to taste." ”

Old Mrs. Zheng smiled, "That's really polite." Ling Yahuan took it.

"In the past two years, my mother has asked me to learn how to cook, and I don't know how to use complicated things that require knives. I often make these snacks at home. ”

For a while, a girl brought tea, Zhao Changqing took a sip, and put his hand on the low table on the side. Seeing that Zhao Changqing behaves moderately, knows the rules and understands etiquette, speaks generously, and does not twist at all, she knows that she has an excellent upbringing, and she is really not like a girl from a military family, but like a lady from a scholarly family. Mrs. Zheng liked it a little in her heart, and felt that her granddaughter had some eye for making friends. Mrs. Zheng smiled and asked, "What are you doing at home now?" ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "During the day, I usually learn needlework for half an hour in the morning, and then I follow my husband to study, and now I am reading history books, or occasionally reading some medical books." ”

Mrs. Zheng smiled, "You are so young, you have studied history books, can you understand medical books?" ”

"My husband is a little familiar with the art of Qi Huang, because I thought that learning some medical science is very beneficial to others and myself, so Mr. Yang taught me some simple medical science. In fact, I have only just started to learn, and I haven't learned a little bit. ”

Mrs. Zheng smiled and asked, "You must have also studied the Four Books and the Five Classics?" ”

"I just read it roughly, but I didn't study it carefully."

Mrs. Zheng said a few words to Zhao Changqing, and then asked Zheng Miaoying to take Zhao Changqing to her room to talk.

Zheng Miaoying lives in three West Wing rooms.

One bedroom, one small living room, one study.

When I arrived at Zheng Miaoying's study, I knew what a real scholarly door was, and there were Lei Lei's books stacked on the shelves against the wall, Zhao Changqing sighed, "Sister Zheng has so many books." ”

Zheng Miaoying smiled, "I've only seen half of it, and there are many things I haven't seen." ”

"Half of these books are amazing." Zhao Changqing paced over to visit, and saw that most of them were travelogues and history books, and there were even some recipes. Zhao Changqing asked, "Sister Zheng, can I take a look?" ”

Zheng Miaoying smiled, "Books are just for people to read, just read them casually." ”

Just this sentence is immediately revealed. Zhao Changqing thought of the full house of books that Mrs. Ling regarded as a treasure and did not show it easily, and felt that the style of the Zheng family was indeed much higher than that of Mrs. Ling. In Zhao Changqing's view, books are also for people to read. Like Mrs. Ling, he locked up a room full of books, and there were very few people who could read them, which was a pity that there were books in that room.

Zhao Changqing took a cookbook and opened it, Zheng Miaoying saw Yahuan bring refreshments, and asked Yahuan to put it in the small hall outside. Zhao Changqing flipped through two pages of the recipe, and saw that it was handwritten, and the handwriting did not look like Zheng Miaoying's words, so he couldn't help asking, "Sister Zheng, who wrote this recipe?" ”

Zheng Miaoying glanced over and smiled, "My brother sorted it out." ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, slightly surprised, "Could it be that Brother Zheng actually knows that he can't cook?" ”

"What's not to do? Brother Zheng is not a gentleman, so he doesn't have to cook far away. The one who came in with the curtain was a young and handsome young man, and his description was so handsome that Zhao Changqing had only seen in his two lives. To be fair, Zheng Miaoying, who is beautiful and beautiful, is slightly inferior to the teenager in appearance. Such as Chu Yu, Ling Teng and others, there are also many shortcomings. Fortunately, Zhao Changqing is not an ordinary girl, she is just slightly amazed, and she quickly calmed down and said with a smile, "Brother Zheng is good." ”

The young man also said, "Sister Zhao is good, I am Miaoxiajia, Zheng Miaojia." ”

Zhao Changqing raised his eyebrows and smiled, "My name is Zhao Changqing." ”

The three of them went out to eat snacks and drink tea together, Zheng Miaoying asked her brother, "You sneaked out again, and your father came back to ask you about your homework in the evening." ”

Zheng Miaojia smiled, "It's okay, it's okay, I've read it all." I stole half a day of leisure, I heard that my sister had a guest coming, and I came to say hello, so I didn't lose my manners, so you won't be verbose. ”

Zheng Miaoying smiled, "It's not that I'm verbose, don't always intercede with me in the future." ”

"You've always been an afterthought, and it's useless to intercede with you." Zheng Miaojia picked up a piece of mung bean cake and asked, "Is this the dim sum brought by Sister Qing?" After biting into his mouth and tasting it, Zheng Miaojia nodded, "It's not bad, I put some milk, honey, and lard." Hey, there's red bean paste in it. ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "The mung bean cake I made put little honey on the outside, and it was not too sweet on the outside, so I put red bean paste in it as a filling." ”

Zheng Miaojia said, "In fact, it is better to put honey than to put starch sugar powder, because honey has different floral aromas, which will wash the bean fragrance of mung bean cake." Many of the mung bean cakes we used to eat in Huaiyang were made with sugar osmanthus, and I thought it was better not to put them in it. You can also try to put some glutinous rice flour, but the glutinous rice flour should be fried before putting it, and you don't have to put too much, for example, put one pound of mung bean flour, and glutinous rice flour with one or two halves is almost the same. ”

It seems that Zheng Miaojia is indeed proficient in cooking, Zhao Changqing nodded slightly, "I'll go back and try it." ”

Zheng Miaoying smiled, "Brother, try the jujube paste cake made by Sister Qing, this is also delicious." ”

Zheng Miaojia drank a sip of warm water to rinse the taste of the mung bean cake in her mouth, then took the jujube paste cake to taste, and glanced at Zhao Changqing with a smile, "This cake is indeed well-made, and the jujube nectar is used to enhance the fragrance of jujube." ”

The three of them are not twisted people, and they are happy to exchange their experience of making pastries, Zheng Miaojia suddenly asked, "Didn't Ah Ying invite your sisters?" I heard Ah Ying say that your sister can write poetry at the age of five, and I want to see what kind of genius little girl she is? ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "Today is the birthday of my second uncle's third cousin, and my sister is going to attend the third cousin's birthday." ”

Zheng Miaoying said, "It's a misfortune under my post." ”

Zhao Changqing smiled generously, "What does it have to do with my sister, my sister asked me yesterday, and I said that I was free every day." I've long had a temper with my third cousin, otherwise I wouldn't have gone to her birthday. ”

Zheng Miaojia smiled, "You little girls, you are quite temperamental." ”

"This is really strange, it is not that only men are allowed to have tempers, and we are not allowed to have tempers." Zhao Changqing smiled, "Wait until next time I bring my sister over, how about Brother Zheng and her to learn from her?" ”

Zheng Miaojia smiled, "If you win, you won't be martial, and if you lose, you will be even more embarrassed." I can't do it. ”

Zhao Changqing laughed.

At noon, Zhao Changqing had lunch with the Zheng family.

The Zheng family's lunch is not sumptuous, the same vegetarian fried vegetables, the same mixed radish, the same steamed pork ribs, the same stir-fried mutton, the same white-cut chicken, and the same green vegetable soup.

Mrs. Zheng smiled, "It's a little simple, don't dislike it." ”

Zhao Changqing smiled, "Where is it simple?" I don't eat this well at home. Besides, even people like me, who rarely go out on weekdays, have also heard of Zheng Yushi's clear name, Qing officials are all people who have the world in mind, and when they see the suffering of the people, how can they be rich and noble? If the old lady and his wife really brought out 'the beasts in the mountains, the geese in the clouds, the cattle and sheep on the land, and the fresh food on the sea' to entertain me, I would not dare to eat it. ”

Mrs. Zheng smiled, "Come, try my craft." Saying that, he actually gave Zhao Changqing a chopstick dish, Zhao Changqing hurriedly took the bowl and smiled, "When I come back, the old lady will not be polite to me, and ask me to show my hand." "said that the Zhao family's family background is ordinary, and I don't want the Zheng family to have less Yahuan than the Zhao family, and the cooking or something turned out to be made by Mrs. Zheng and Mrs. Zheng's mother-in-law. Zhao Changqing was quite flattered.

The Zheng family is a scholarly family, so there is a rule of not saying anything about food.

Although a few dishes are ordinary, they taste better than those in other places, especially a dish of white-cut chicken, which is really suitable for eating with seasonings. Zhao Changqing raised his eyebrows slightly, and after lunch, he was busy asking Mrs. Zheng about the method. Mrs. Zhao smiled, "This is also simple, cook the chicken cleanly, boil it in cold water, then turn off the heat and don't cook it again, don't lift the lid, just simmer it in the pot, simmer it for half an hour and it will be fully cooked, and when it is naturally cold, take it out, apply a layer of sesame oil and cut it into pieces and put it on a plate." When cooking, just put two slices of ginger, a few shallots, and a little rice wine. The seasoning is soy sauce mixed with starch starch and sesame oil, cut with finely chopped green onions, and mix together. Taste salty and add some salt. Don't waste the rest of the chicken soup, so I cooked a green vegetable soup. ”

Zhao Changqing asked with a smile, "I think it's the three yellow chickens used." ”

"Yes, it's best to use a more tender three-yellow chicken."

Zhao Changqing smiled, "When I go back, I'll try it myself." ”

In the Zheng family, the most rewarding thing is cooking.

After lunch, he talked for a while, and when Uncle Fu drove to pick him up, Zhao Changqing got up and said goodbye.

The Zheng brothers and sisters sent her to the door and watched her get in the car and leave.

Zheng Miaojia smiled, "The girls in the border city are extraordinarily down-and-out and generous, when they were in Huaiyang, the girls who had read some books slightly, they hated to get a yarn hat to wear when they went out, and they seemed to be unsightly, and they didn't twist." ”

Mrs. Zheng smiled, "Miss Zhao is indeed a generous person, and she is also clever and likable." ”

Mrs. Zheng, who has always been silent, also smiled, "The ladies in different places have different customs, and the girls in the north are also tall, and they look like they are eleven or twelve years old." The Zhao family also has insight and teaches their daughter so well. Miss Zhao is already so down-and-out and generous, not that Ying'er said that her sister is even more talented, but it's a pity that she didn't see it this time. ”

Zheng Miaoying smiled, "Wait for Sister Qing to bring her sister next time, and let her grandmother meet her mother, and she will make a good poem when she is a little older." In the past, I didn't believe in geniuses, but I didn't believe in them during the Lantern Festival. ”

The Zheng family talked about Zhao Changqing for a while, and they were very satisfied that Zheng Miaoying had made new friends.

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