After Xu Jing took people away, Zeng Hua also put away the kite, Zeng Rong saw that she wanted to speak and stopped, took out a silk handkerchief and wiped the sweat on her face, "Have fun?" ”

Zeng Hua nodded, felt that something was wrong and shook his head, and when he was about to speak, Zeng Rong said first: "Just be happy, let's go, I'll take you to watch the dragon boat race, just have a good time outside today, and the next time the eldest sister will be on vacation." ”

"Okay." Zeng Hua replied to Zeng Rong with a smile.

Since the eldest sister doesn't want her to ask, why should she embarrass the eldest sister, it's better to be happy, don't be blind to the eldest sister's thoughts.

Chaohua Temple is at the foot of a hill two or three miles outside the Dongyang Gate, which enshrines the sitting statue of the thousand-handed Goddess of Mercy, the incense has always been very prosperous, plus today it is Duanyang, there is a dragon boat race in the lotus pond at the door, so the people who go to visit are endless, among them, there are still the majority of people on foot, and there are several carriages passing by during the period.

Following the flow of people, Zeng Rong led Zeng Hua through a large wheat field, at this time when the wheat was ripe, there were many farmers working in the fields, looking at their sweaty figures, Zeng Hua thought of his father and brother in his hometown.

"Eldest sister, you said that if we leave, will that woman treat her father and eldest brother and second brother well?" Zeng Hua asked in a low voice.

In fact, what she wants to say is that when they settle down, can they take their father and brother to the capital, because she already knows that the eldest sister can roughly have two taels of silver a month, although she is not very clear about the purchasing power of two taels of silver, but she knows that so many people in the family have been busy for a year and there are not a few big money left, and they can't even touch the edge of the silver, so two taels of silver is definitely a lot of money for her, and she can afford to support this big family.

In addition, bring all the people in the family, the eldest brother can still go to work part-time jobs, and she can also earn some expenses, as well as herself, she has now learned a few basic stitches, and it will not be long before she can embroider some silk handkerchiefs with the eldest sister to sell them for money.

Don't blame her for having this thought, the main reason is that the life in her hometown is too hard, she can't even eat a full meal for a tiring year after going out early and returning late every day, and she has dry food to eat every day when she comes to the capital, and she also has meat to eat every day, this kind of day is something she never dreamed of before, but now it is really in front of her, which makes her feel a little guilty from time to time, and feels that she can't blame them for leaving her father and brother to live a good life.

But she couldn't say this directly, after all, it was the eldest sister who was making money now, and the eldest sister also left forty taels of silver for the family to settle them, she couldn't be too greedy.

Zeng Rong saw Zeng Hua mention Tian Shuilan's woman, and guessed that she was homesick, but she really hated that woman, so she took Zeng Hua's hand, "No, that woman only has herself and the two sons she gave birth to in her heart." Just look at the things she did, and if I don't bring you out, maybe one day when the money runs out, she'll sell you again. ”

After speaking, Zeng Rong added: "Ah Hua, remember the words of the eldest sister, it is right to be kind, but kindness must also have its own bottom line, Confucius once had a saying, 'Repay grievances with virtue, how to repay virtue.'" Repay grievances with honesty and repay virtue with virtue', which means that if you repay others with good deeds if they do bad deeds, then what will you repay with good deeds when others do good deeds? Therefore, the evil deeds should be rewarded with an appropriate price, and the good deeds should be reciprocated with the good deeds. Listen to the eldest sister, don't worry about your father and that woman in the future, if you have the ability, you can help the eldest brother appropriately. ”

"Why isn't there a second brother?" Zeng Hua asked.

"The second brother's heart is different from the eldest brother, he won't let himself suffer, but you, you must learn to stick to your bottom line, you can't blindly...

Zeng Rong didn't finish his words, and suddenly someone rushed up from behind and patted her on the shoulder, "Sure enough, it's you, I feel that this back is familiar from afar." ”

Zeng Rong turned his head and saw that it was Ah Tao.

"Who are you coming with?" After Zeng Rong finished asking, he glanced at the people behind Ah Tao, a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl and a teenage boy, judging from their faces, they should be her family, but they are both thinner than Ah Tao.

"I took my younger siblings out to play, and this is also your sister, right?" Ah Tao opened his silk handkerchief as he spoke, pinched a piece of five-poison cake and handed it to Zeng Hua.

Zeng Hua shook his head, and Zeng Rong reached out to take it when he spoke.

Zeng Rongyou wanted to inquire about the embroidery workshop from Ah Tao, but on weekdays, there were many people in the embroidery workshop who were not easy to ask, and this would be a rare opportunity, so she invited Ah Tao to accompany her and asked Zeng Hua to talk to Ah Tao's younger brothers and sisters.

"By the way, your family is also from the capital, could it be that you are also the son of the Bai family?" Zeng Rong opened the topic.

Ah Tao nodded, as if she was afraid of being misunderstood, and explained: "But I am different from Ah Mei, Ah Mei is the niece of the shopkeeper, and like you, she entered the embroidery workshop at the age of thirteen, no, you are twelve, that is one year older than you, Ah Ying and I both came in at the age of fifteen, Ah Ying is better than me, her mother is a steward of the Bai family, and my mother is just a rough job in the Bai family. ”

Zeng Rong heard a little injustice in her tone, and then asked: "Then Amei entered the embroidery workshop at the age of thirteen and has been embroidering silk handkerchiefs?" And the two of you, how long have you been embroidering silk handkerchiefs? ”

From Ah Tao's mouth, Zeng Rong learned that the practice of the splendid workshop is that most of the small jobs of embroidering silk handkerchiefs to make purse sachets and fan covers are selected by the shopkeeper from the Bai family's daughters or acquaintances and friends.

In other words, if Zeng Rong wants to get ahead, the difficulty is not ordinary, first, he is young, and second, he has no name and no name.

"Then do you know who painted the patterns for Amei's silk handkerchiefs with verses, and who they were going to sell to?"

Ah Tao shook her head, and suddenly twisted a big round face and asked, "Didn't you draw her first?" ”

"Ah, I, I'm just curious how she could ask for me, could it be that she did this before she saw me?"

"Oh, I know this, after Father-in-law Liu left that day, I seemed to hear the shopkeeper Yu say to Amei, let her learn from you, pay more attention to the patterns you draw, and seem to let her read some books or something, Ah Rong, have you ever studied? Whether you have also learned to draw, it is not easy to get the approval of the shopkeeper. ”

After the last sentence was finished, Ah Tao grabbed Ah Rong's arm again, asked Ah Rong what he was good at embroidering in addition to embroidering orchids, and also asked her how she impressed the shopkeeper Yu who was above the top.