Chapter 19: Eating
19. Eat
"Why is it that if you eat too much, you will be looked down upon?"
"People will think that you haven't eaten good things and haven't seen the world."
"If you haven't eaten good things and haven't seen the world, will you be looked down upon?"
"He who has compassion will not, but he who does not have compassion will."
Xiaobao: "What is compassion?"
"It's a good person, that is, a good person."
"Grandpa Zhao and Brother Chunhua are both good people, they don't look down on people, will the rest of their family look down on people?"
"They won't, the Zhao family is a good person, but after all, we are guests, we must be polite, although our family is from the countryside, but we must appear to have a family education. A person who has a family education and cultivation respects himself. Such a person, others dare not underestimate. ”
Erniu listened to Zhang Yu's words and was thoughtful.
Xiaobao understands whether he understands or not, but he still nodded seriously, "Okay, I remember, when I get to Grandpa Zhao's house, I must not embarrass the eldest sister." ”
Zhang Yu corrected: "Don't embarrass the Zhang family."
Yingzi said: "Big girl, I won't go, I'll just eat steamed buns at home, you can go!"
"Yingzi, Brother Chunhua will not agree to leave you alone, people sincerely invite, let's go generously."
"Big girl, listening to what you just said, I'm a little scared, I don't know what rules these city people have, I'm afraid that I accidentally broke the rules and disgraced you."
"It's okay, don't be nervous, it's not that serious, just remember what I just said."
Zhang Yu said, dragged Yingzi, called his younger brothers and sisters out, and Zhao Chunhua was already sitting in the car waiting for them.
"Brother Chunhua, is your home far away from here?"
"Not far away, just across the street, I'll drop you off at my house and go get the car back."
Indeed, the Zhao family lives across the road from their rented house.
It was a two-story house with a yard. The area is larger, better and more magnificent than the house they rented, the furniture in the home is low-key and luxurious, the curtains are white dark grain forged surface, the beige fabric sofa is warm and elegant, and the rectangular mahogany dining table and coffee table are simple and noble.
In such an era, such furniture and decoration are not available to most people.
I heard that Grandpa Zhao's ancestors were capitalists and had a solid family, and during the Anti-Japanese War, Grandpa Zhao's father took out all the assets of the family to support the country, and sent his only son to the battlefield.
Compared to Zhang Daniu's grandfather, Grandpa Zhao was a literate person, and after the war, he was assigned to work in the city.
Naturally, his sons and grandsons also received a good cultural education.
At this time, Grandpa Zhao's son Zhao Wenjie was not only a backbone doctor in the Department of Internal Medicine of the First People's Hospital, but also the vice president of the hospital.
He looks quite similar to his son Zhao Chunhua, with three-dimensional facial features, a tall and thin figure, wearing glasses, elegant and easy-going.
Zhao Chunhua, who was only twenty-three years old, was admitted to medical school at the age of sixteen, during the university, he completed all the university courses in two years, and the remaining two years, he went to the hospital for internship, he was particularly good at orthopedics, and soon after the internship, he showed extraordinary comprehension, so after graduation, he quickly made great achievements in this area, and three years later, he became the deputy director of the Department of Orthopedics with his excellent medical skills.
His reputation spread far and wide, and many patients came to this hospital directly for his medical skills to treat bone injuries.
Li Jiahui, the hostess of the Zhao family, is a middle school math teacher, she is dignified and beautiful, she is in her forties, and she looks like she is in her thirties.
Seeing Zhang Yu and them coming, she smiled warmly and warmly beckoned them to sit down and give them melons and fruits to eat.
She said to her daughter: "Chunxiang, come and see the big girl sister."
Zhao Chunxiang, Zhao Chunhua's younger sister, is the same age as Zhang Daniu, but in terms of months, she is two months older than Zhang Daniu, so in the book, the eldest girl calls her sister, but Zhao Chunxiang is not happy that she calls her so.
At this moment, Zhao Chunxiang has been looking at Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu is wearing a red and broken flower jacket and combing pigtails, although the whole person looks very delicate, but from the dress, it looks like he is from the countryside.
And Zhao Chunxiang, who looks like her mother Li Jiahui, is delicate and generous, with short ear-length hair, a light green dress, and her skin is as delicate as jade, with disdain in her eyes, she is a proud little princess in the city.
Zhang Yu hurriedly said: "Auntie, I am the same age as Chunxiang, so let's call each other names!" She calls me a big girl, and I call her Chunxiang, so it seems close. ”
Grandpa Zhao: "That's fine, otherwise I'll be called Sister Sister of the Big Girl now, and after the Big Girl and Chunhua get married, I will be called Sister-in-law instead, and I won't be able to adapt to it all of a sudden."
Zhao Chunxiang disagreed: "Grandpa, now I advocate freedom of marriage, don't make arranged marriages, you have to keep pace with the times."
Grandpa Zhao had a serious face: "Don't think it's fashionable to be in free love, honesty is the foundation of being a man."
Zhang Yu: "Grandpa Zhao, you promised my grandfather to take care of our three sisters and brothers, you have done it, my grandfather is now aware and satisfied, as for the doll kiss, just like Chunxiang said, it is outdated."
Zhao Chunxiang said excitedly: "Look, even the big girl said this, aren't you still at ease?"
Grandpa Zhao scolded his granddaughter: "Adults talk, don't intervene in children."
Zhang Yu stood up and said, "I'll help in the kitchen!"
Li Jiahui: "No, Aunt Qin is there!" Only the last soup left. ”
Aunt Qin is a distant cousin of Li Jiahui, her husband died early, she handed over the two children to her parents-in-law to bring, she went to Zhao's house to help cook and do housework, not only helped the Zhao family, but also earned some money to mail back to raise children.
In the book, after Zhang Daniu moved into the Zhao family with her younger brothers and sisters, all the housework of the Zhao family was taken care of by the diligent Zhang Daniu. Aunt Qin saw that the Zhao family didn't need her anymore, so she went to the hospital to find a temporary job, that is, to help in the hospital canteen, and later the wife of the hospital canteen chef died, and Aunt Qin married him.
Later, Aunt Qin's parents-in-law died one after another, and she took her two children to live in the city.
After a while, Aunt Qin made the last soup, and everyone began to prepare for dinner.
Yingzi and Zhang Yu helped serve the rice and set the bowls.
After sitting down, Zhao Wenjie warmly greeted everyone for dinner.
Yingzi, Erniu, and Xiaobao all looked at Zhang Yu and didn't dare to move their chopsticks.
Zhang Yu smiled and said, "You all eat!"
As she spoke, she picked up the bowl, took the vegetables in front of her, put them in the bowl, and took a bite of the rice.
Yingzi and his younger siblings also followed him, and brought up the bowl, but they didn't pick up the vegetables, and they just ate a bite of rice.
Grandpa Zhao said: "Don't be so restrained, eat vegetables!"
Li Jiahui sandwiched a piece of chicken into the Xiaobao bowl.