The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 14
Zhao Jing smiled, took the wintersweet flower from Xu Xian's hand, turned to the old lady and said: "I saw that the plum blossom was just in bloom, so I asked sister Xian to break a branch and give it to your old man in the room." Let me confess, this branch was broken by Sister Xian, the branch is old, and the flower buds are also luxuriant, I didn't expect her to choose such a good branch."

Zhao Jing was just talking casually, but Mrs. Xu didn't think so because she had a knot in her heart.Look at Xu Xian again, although she hasn't fully grown yet, her daughter is more like her father, she and her eldest son do look alike, no wonder they both like plum blossoms so much.

Mrs. Xu nodded awkwardly, with a smile on her face, she said to the servant girl beside her, "Go get a vase and offer it properly. It's true that I haven't smelled the fragrance of flowers in my room for many years. .”

The maid was about to turn around and go to the Duobao Pavilion in the inner room to get it. Sun Yu'e smiled and said: "Old lady, let me go and get it. How do they know that plum blossoms look good in that bottle!"

Zhao Jing had a calm expression on her face, and watched Sun Yu'e enter the room, looked in front of the Babao Pavilion for a long time, and took a Longquan blue and white phoenix-eared vase.

"The plum blossoms are fragrant and quiet, and the wintersweet is elegant in color. Although this blue and white phoenix-eared vase is expensive, it is a bit redundant for holding wintersweet."

As soon as Sun Yu'e walked outside holding the bottle, she heard Zhao Jing say this to the old lady with a smile on her face.Sun Yu'e's face turned red immediately, with a trace of anger on her delicate face, she bit her lips and turned around, put the blue and white phoenix ear vase back in its place, and chose a blue neck vase with a blue sky after the rain.

Zhao Jing saw it in her eyes, she only smiled secretly, and then said: "The mouth of this flacon is too narrow. Although this branch of plum blossom is thin, it is not suitable to insert it in there."

At this time, Sun Yu'e's face had already turned into a pig's liver color, and her fingers trembled with anger. She put down the vase in her hand, and turned around and asked, "Why don't you ask my aunt, which vase are the plum blossoms in?" Woolen cloth?"

Zhao Jing had long expected that Sun Yu'e would ask this question, but she didn't expect her to be so impatient, but she only changed two bottles, so she couldn't help questioning.

Looking at Sun Yu'e's angry look, Zhao Jing was still in a calm mood: "Plum blossoms grow best on branches, just like fish living in water and birds flying in the sky. If people force it down, you can only choose a bottle that is more suitable for you to show its beauty. For example, this branch of wintersweet is not a rare type. Although the two bottles you chose are expensive , but it is not worthy of it, if outsiders see it, they will not be able to discover the beauty of the plum blossom first, but will be attracted by the bottle first, so what are we folding plum blossoms for?"

Sun Yu'e prided herself on being intelligent, and she was able to get along with the old lady like a fish in water. She was stunned for a long time after hearing this, and when she figured it out, she saw that Zhao Jing had already called Xu Xian, and put a green-glazed porcelain vase on the Babao Pavilion He took it off and put the plum blossom in it.

The old lady glanced at the wintersweet flowers in the bottle, and couldn't help sighing: "When your father was around, you also liked to use this bottle to put wintersweet flowers in this bottle. The furnishings in my room have changed a few times. This bottle is the only one left."

Xu Xian had never seen Mrs. Xu talking to her in such a gentle voice. Although she was still a little scared, she was a little curious about her father, so she couldn't help asking: "Old lady, does father also like wintersweet flowers?" ?”

Mrs. Xu was immersed in thinking about her son just now, and she heard this by surprise. When she went to see Xu Xian again, she felt more and more like Xu Sisheng, she just nodded and said: "He just likes to play with these flowers and plants. Yes, dancing with knives and guns is put behind."

When Mrs. Xu mentioned her eldest son, she couldn't help but feel uncomfortable.Zhao Jing also felt uncomfortable. I'm afraid Sun Yu'e understood what she said just now, but the old lady acted as if she didn't hear it.It's no wonder that Mrs. Wu'anhou's illness is getting worse and worse. With such a mother-in-law who talks like a chicken and a duck, how can she not feel bored and panic?

However, there is always a good side to what happened today. For example, Mrs. Xu's attitude towards Xu Xian seems to be better than before.

Not long after, the old lady set up breakfast here, and Qi Jiabao and Qi Huibao were also carried by the nanny.Although the two of them went to the table to eat, they didn't bring their own food. The nanny picked it up and put it in front of them. The two of them sat obediently and waited to be fed.Although Zhao Jing felt that she was spoiled a bit since she was four or five years old and couldn't eat by herself, but thinking that each family had its own rules, she couldn't open her mouth.

Mrs. Xu's breakfast here is naturally richer than outside. A cage of crystal siu mai, a plate of sesame phoenix rolls, a plate of millefeuille steamed cakes, a bowl of Sixi dumplings, and a cage of small steamed buns. Six sets of small tea saucers with plum blossom hairpin hearts, inside are shredded bamboo shoots, shredded radish, pagoda vegetables, milk cucumber, sugar garlic, and peanuts in sauce. There is also green rice porridge on the side, and a cup of crispy cheese for the other person. .

Even with Zhao Jing and Xu Xian, they couldn't finish these things, let alone ordinary ones, but they were just rewards for the servants to eat.

Everything was put on the table, and when the last person got a cup of crispy cheese, Sun Yu'e gave the maid a slight wink, and the maid whispered to the old lady: "I don't know if Aunt Jing is coming back for breakfast today. There is not everything in the kitchen, and one cup of steamed cheese is missing."

(End of this chapter)