Sure enough, the three of them turned to the back garden, and out of the back garden, there was a carriage waiting.

In just a quarter of an hour, the carriage stopped in front of the gate of the fairfair.

For fear of being recognized today, Zeng Rong specially avoided Jinxiufang when he took Zeng Hua shopping yesterday.

In fact, even if she didn't avoid it, just by what they wore yesterday, she could only stand by the gate of the Splendid Workshop and peek in, and she couldn't get inside at all, and the maid at the door would definitely stop them.

Customers who can enter the Splendid Workshop must be both rich and expensive, not to mention her in this life, even in the previous life, she still can't step into this door.

Therefore, Zeng Rong also followed Jiang's mother into this time to know why this splendid workshop can become one of the four major embroidery workshops in the capital, after entering is a hall, there are a lot of display cabinets in the hall, each display cabinet is hung with ornaments, clothing, murals, ornaments and other things, among which the ornaments are divided into clothing accessories, such as belts, forehead wipes, neckline lace, etc., as well as various purses, sachets, fan sets, palace tapestry, etc.

The types of ornaments are also divided into two kinds, one is a small one placed on the kang head or display cabinet, and the other is the screen, the screen is also divided into several kinds, there are floored, there are non-floored, there are double-open, four-open or even six-open, and there is also a whole fan.

Not to mention the delicacy and complexity of these embroideries, the material of these display cabinets and screens alone is not something that ordinary people can afford, either red sandalwood or nanmu, and some of them are pear.

When Zeng Rong and the three entered, there was only one customer in the hall, I don't know which lady took two maids to wander in front of those ornaments, and two maids were close to accompany them, so they didn't open their mouths easily, and only answered a few words when the other party asked.

Zeng Rong and the three did not stay in the hall, Jiang's mother led her directly to the backyard, the backyard is with a copyist verandah, connecting the upper room and the east and west side rooms in one place, Zeng Rong was secretly speculating about how big this courtyard was, a round-faced woman in her thirties wearing a silver-gray shirt and a lake-blue long skirt walked out, saw Jiang's mother, bowed slightly, and then glanced at Zhao's mother and Zeng Rong, did not speak, and waited for Jiang's mother to speak first.

"Yu shopkeeper, this Zeng girl was brought by Mrs. Xu from the countryside, and she is the life-saving benefactor of our Xu family's eldest son, I want to find a job in the embroidery workshop, Yu shopkeeper looked at the arrangement, and Mrs. Zeng said, don't be wronged Miss Zeng."

Shopkeeper Yu did not reply immediately when he heard this, but turned to Zeng Rong with many doubts in his eyes.

Zeng Rong saw that the other party didn't seem to be a good match, so after a little consideration, he stepped forward and bowed first, "Zeng Rong has seen the shopkeeper, Zeng Rong is from Mrs. Xu's hometown, but this life-saving grace is a bit too much, please don't take it to heart to the shopkeeper, just think that Zeng Rong is an embroidery girl who recommended herself to find a job." ”

Shopkeeper Yu raised her eyebrows slightly, to be honest, she really didn't expect Zeng Rong to come to look for a job at first, and thought it was a maid newly bought by the Xu family.

Even after listening to Jiang's mother's words, she still has a lot of questions, because most of the embroidery girls in Jinxiufang are familiar hands hired from Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the youngest is sixteen or seventeen years old, and she plans to earn some silver here for a few years to get married, or she has become a biological child and wants to come out to earn a few years of silver to support her family.

Because everyone knows that this work is too eye-consuming, and the splendid workshop is longer than the general embroidery workshop, and the eyes are a little unbearable if they are generally done for five consecutive years, and it is time to replace them.

Of course, under normal circumstances, the wages they got in the past five years are enough for them to go back to buy a few acres of land to live, so there will indeed be many embroidery girls who recommend themselves to apply for jobs, but that is also a successful hand, and they also need to pass their assessment.

And like Zeng Rong, who was directly recommended by the Bai family, was the first, and she was still an underage country girl, so Yu was a little embarrassed and a little unhappy.

She is worried that such a person is not easy to manage, how can she explain to other embroiderers?

No, she hasn't agreed to stay yet, Mother Jiang said something that must not be wronged her, and what kind of life-saving benefactor is brought out by Mrs. Xu, such a person can do things with peace of mind?

But after listening to Zeng Rong's words, and then looking at her carefully, who knows that it's okay not to look at it, the more I look at it, the more surprised I am, first of all, this child is generous and articulate, not like he just came from the countryside, secondly, it doesn't look like a twelve-year-old age, and third, although the clothes are relatively shabby, but faintly it seems to have a bit of nobility and arrogance.

"How old are you this year, and have you ever studied?" Yu asked the shopkeeper.

"Back to the shopkeeper, twelve years old, never formally entered school, a few words that I recognize." Zeng Rong still said this.

"Our Ah Rong is not so simple as recognizing a few words, this child went to the street yesterday and brought back a bunch of books and pen, ink, paper and inkstone, our old lady said, her bearing and charm are stronger than the average young lady who has gone to school." Zhao's mother interjected.

Shopkeeper Yu just had a good impression of Zeng Rong, and when he heard Zhao's mother's words, his brows knotted slightly.

Seeing this, Jiang's mother smiled and said: "Yu shopkeeper, if there is nothing to do, we will go back first, my wife is still waiting for me to go back to life, Miss Zeng, there is a lot of work for the shopkeeper." ”

After speaking, she gently stabbed Zhao's mother.

Just kidding, this is a person who doesn't dare to offend even his wife easily, and she doesn't dare to trust her as a subordinate.

Others don't know, she knows very well, this is the shopkeeper is his wife from her mother's family to bring a dowry, from her grandmother's generation began to take care of the Bai family Jinxiufang, not to mention its management experience and means, this relationship is not comparable to the ordinary shopkeeper.

Fortunately, the Bai family has never treated them badly over the years, and they have always kept their duty, so they have been safe and sound for so many years.

Although Zhao's mother didn't know the reason, she still had the ability to observe words and feelings, and when she received Jiang's mother's signal, she also smiled and said goodbye.

The shopkeeper didn't say anything, sent the two to the door, turned back, and saw that Zeng Rong was still standing honestly in the courtyard, with a slightly gloomy expression, and motioned Zeng Rong to follow her into the south room of the east wing.

This room is a reception room at first glance, with a Luohan Collapse placed by the window on the west side, a desk table in the middle, a set of tea sets on the desk, two straw cushions on each side, four circle chairs placed at the base of the wall on the south side, and a high table in the middle of the two circle chairs.

The shopkeeper took the lead and sat down on the Luohan collapse, and soon a maid came and brought a pot of tea to the two, and the shopkeeper waved his hand, and the maid went down.

"Sit down." Seeing that Zeng Rong was still standing in a proper manner, she motioned for Zeng Rong to sit opposite her.

Zeng Rong took two steps forward when she heard this, sat down sideways, she knew that the other party would definitely ask questions next.