Siheyuan: Returning from studying abroad, with extraordinary understanding

"Glad to have received it." Lin Changqing said no more. After washing his face, he was thinking about going back.

He had absolutely no intention of talking to Xu Damao. With Xu Damao so close to him and the smell, he really didn't want to comment.

In order to prevent himself from smelling Xu Damao's strange scent, Lin Changqing held his breath, picked up his things and left.

Xu Damao, who was about to say a few more words, stopped talking when he saw Lin Changqing leaving.

Could it be that I didn't come out yesterday and lost Lin Changqing's face, so he doesn't want to talk to me?

Don't be so stingy, right?

If you don’t want to talk to me, I won’t curry favor with you either!

Xu Damao complained in his heart that from the conversation just now, he felt that Lin Changqing was not easy to get along with.

But with his father's guidance and the good relationship with his neighbors, Xu Damao didn't say much.

Without looking at Lin Changqing anymore, Xu Damao started brushing his teeth.

Just as he got a glass of water, he heard He Yuzhu's voice.

"Hey, Xu Damao, I don't want to talk to you at all. You put your cold face on someone's hot butt, isn't that a joke?"

He Yuzhu just came out and saw Xu Damao approaching Lin Changqing. The two of them didn't say much and Lin Changqing left.

So, as his sworn enemy, he would definitely step forward and make a few remarks of ridicule.

"Silly Zhu, what I do is none of your business. At least I can talk to Brother Lin, but you don't even have a chance!"

Xu Damao got angry when he saw He Yuzhu. He had to be polite when talking to Lin Changqing just now, but there was no need to do so with He Yuzhu.

"Humph!"

"Talk to him. Is he some big shot? I want to talk to him. I've met many big shots in Fengze Garden!"

He Yuzhu said disdainfully that Lin Changqing did not give everyone face yesterday, which made him very unhappy.

Everyone abides by the rules of the Siheyuan, but you, Lin Changqing, just came back and offended everyone and the old lady.

How could such a person be qualified to be convinced?

More importantly, now that it was daytime, he could finally see Lin Changqing's appearance clearly.

Lin Changqing was taller and more handsome than him, had good manners, and had the aura of a big shot, which made him feel a little inferior and jealous.

"So what? Brother Lin is an overseas student. He has seen more than you and must have met many important people. You are just an apprentice at Fengze Garden. You usually just help in the kitchen. What important people have you met?"

Xu Damao began to defend Lin Changqing. He didn't think that He Yuzhu, a cook, had any knowledge.

He Yuzhu was very unconvinced and started arguing with Xu Damao.

Lin Changqing returned to the house and had no idea that the two were arguing over him, and even if he knew, he wouldn't have thought much of it.

After hanging up the towel and putting away the water cup, toothbrush and toothpaste, Lin Changqing took out a mirror and tidied his hair.

After tidying up his clothes, Lin Changqing went to the kitchen.

"Breakfast isn't ready yet, Qingzi, go out and wait."

As soon as Lin Changqing arrived at the door, Wang Caixia saw him.

"Okay, but I'll wait at the door."

Lin Changqing didn't go out either, and started chatting with his parents about family matters.

More than ten minutes later, breakfast was ready and my sister Lin Wanting also got up.

Six-year-old Lin Wanting has learned to brush her teeth and wash her face by herself. Lin Changqing watches her throughout the process and corrects her brushing steps.

The little girl was very happy to see that her big brother was taking care of her and she kept smiling.

After the little girl finished washing up, the family started to have breakfast.

Breakfast was a bit simple, with corn buns, pickles and radishes, that’s all.

"Mom and Dad, do you usually eat these for breakfast?"

Lin Changqing didn't dislike these things because they were not tasty, but he thought they were too simple and not nutritious.

However, when I think about my childhood, I mostly ate steamed corn bread, pickles, cabbage, and coarse grains. The situation was better when I ate corn paste and two-grain flour, and I rarely ate white flour buns.

He lived in the school dormitory and the food he ate was pretty much the same, so he didn't feel uncomfortable.

He asked this because he wanted to know whether things at home had gotten better after liberation.

"No." Wang Caixia did not hide it from her son, "Usually we eat steamed corn bread, and the better ones eat two-grain flour. This corn bun is usually given to Wanting. She needs nutrition."

Hearing this, Lin Changqing knew that life at home had not changed much from before he left, and the food had not changed much either.

Thinking about the hundred kilograms of rice, flour, cornmeal and other food in the storage space of his own small world, he had to find a chance to take them out.

"The food is not much different from before. Dad and Mom, I will let you live a better life in the future. I will give you white flour buns, rice, and meat every day."

Lin Changqing first painted a big pie for his parents. In this day and age, if you want to eat delicious food, you still have to do it quietly.

It seems that I need to buy a new house and move away from here.

If you were here, even if you had delicious food, you couldn't take it out. If those conjunctivitis patients knew about it, they would come to bother you every day.

With an independent courtyard, you can take out fine food yourself and no one will know.

Hearing Lin Changqing's words, Wang Caixia was happy, but more worried. Under the current circumstances, if she ate like this every day, the more than 2,000 yuan her son brought back would soon be squandered.

"Qingzi, if you eat like this, won't you become a rich landlord? This won't do. You can't do bad things. If the government finds out, none of us will have a good ending."

"Yes! Qingzi, you just came back and don't know that since liberation, many evil landlords have been fired. We are not landlords. How can we get the money to eat like this every day?"

Father Lin also tried to persuade him, "The money you brought back is not enough to last us for a long time. We still need to be frugal in our daily life."

"Qingzi, you're right to listen to your father. If we eat like this, won't the people in the yard come to our house every day to ask for money? We can't let them get away with it."

"Our country is different from foreign countries. You can't bring back those bad habits from foreign countries. If you do that, your father and I won't be able to support you."

Wang Caixia has also heard from others how free, advanced and beautiful life is abroad. She would not agree to her son living that kind of life when he returns from studying abroad.

Without such conditions, the domestic situation is different, and she doesn't want her son to learn bad things.

"Mom and Dad, I know. I mean in the future, after I start working, I will definitely be able to live a good life. I lived this way before I went abroad. I won't forget my life in China just because I've been abroad for two years."

"No matter what the living conditions are, I can adapt to them. I just said I want you to eat meat every day because I saw that you didn't eat well."

Lin Changqing listened carefully to his parents' teachings without showing any disgust or interrupting them.

He knew that his parents were concerned about him, and he said this in order to prepare food for the future.