Chapter 68: Elegance (2nd Update)
That night, after sending Xu Jing away, when she returned to the room, Zeng Hua took the initiative to explain that she had picked up Xu Jing, but Xu Jing didn't leave, so she had to stay and have some food with her, saying that she was also hungry, saying that the sauce meat tasted so fragrant, Zeng Hua couldn't refuse, but in order to avoid suspicion, she called Chun Xing.
After the meal, Chun Xing pestered Xu Jing to tell a few stories in the "Three Character Classic", and also read a few sentences with him, and when he was reading, Chun Tao came back.
Chun Tao heard the movement in Zeng Rong's room, and pushed the door in directly, Xu Jing saw her come back, guessed that Zhao's mother should also be on duty, and hurriedly proposed to say goodbye, Chun Tao had to pull everyone to swing, saying that she had taken Zeng Hua to play once before, and Zeng Hua was happy.
Zeng Hua vigorously denied this, but Xu Jing believed it, he remembered the situation of flying a kite with Zeng Hua that time, so no matter how Zeng Hua refused, he took the initiative to pull her out.
This will leave Zhao's mother behind.
Besides, he really doesn't come often, the last time was the Dragon Boat Festival, this time it was the end of the month, after nearly a month, I can't blame my savior.
"Eldest sister, shouldn't Gongzi Xu come here?" Although Zeng Hua has never lived in a big family, he has lived a new life, and he still has this eyesight.
"Yes, his status is noble, and the old lady and the eldest lady don't want him to have too much contact with us. Remember later, if he comes again, try to let him leave as soon as possible, and don't let the sisters take advantage of the loophole. Zeng Rong sighed slightly.
Old Madam Xu had just taught her that people's hearts were unpredictable, but she didn't know that it would come true so soon.
The biggest headache is that they can't argue for themselves in this matter, after all, Xu Jing did come to visit them, and the Yang family will only believe in Zhao's mother.
"Got it." Zeng Hua nodded depressedly.
Who are these people?
Early the next morning, Zeng Rong just arrived at the embroidery workshop, only to see that Amei and Aying came earlier than her, the two had received the materials, and cut it, and were lying on the desk to draw patterns, Zeng Rong leaned over to see, the pattern paper used by the two of them was not used by herself, it should be painted by Bai Zhi or Zixia, and the pattern embroidered by Zeng Rong is slightly different, at first glance it is not very obvious, and the style of the purse is completely copied from Zeng Rong, only the difference in size and color.
"What are you going to embroider today?" Seeing Zeng Rong coming over, Ah Mei put down the work in her hand.
"I haven't made up my mind yet, but I'll see that you do." After Zeng Rong finished speaking, he didn't wait for the two to ask, got up and went to the back to find someone to pick up the materials.
Coming out of the warehouse, Zeng Rong suddenly thought of one thing, the shopkeeper Yu discussed with her after dinner yesterday to add two people to embroider the purse, and it was only one night, the new pattern was drawn, and Ah Mei and Ah Ying were cut in a row, which was really fast.
At this point, Zeng Rong didn't want to worry about anything anymore, so she planned to give up this kind of women's purse for the time being and change it to a man's purse.
This is also requested by the shopkeeper.
When he came back, Zeng Rong first chose a piece of cyan satin, the reason why he chose this color was because Xu Jing liked it, his summer clothes were either cyan or blue, and even Zeng Rong himself liked it, so he was in the warehouse and fell in love with this piece of satin at a glance.
Because it is for men, this time Zeng Rong chose a decent square purse, she plans to make a series, ten, all embroidered with cicadas, all kinds of cicadas, can lie on willow leaves, can also fall on bamboo leaves, and even a cicada flying alone.
And the reason why she chose the cicada is because Xu Jing said that the cicada is known for its noble character, so many men will wear jade cicadas, golden cicadas and other things to express their love for cicadas.
In addition, there is another important reason that the literati and writers left a lot of poems about cicadas, and it just so happens that she can embroider one or two simple sentences.
Zeng Rongmo calculated that this set of cicada series is enough for her to do for a month or two, and she can do ten of various colors, and she should be able to do it during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Seeing that Zeng Rong's purse was larger than that used by ordinary women, and that this color was more suitable for men, the two glanced at each other, and Amei asked, "This is for men?" ”
"Yes, it was requested by the shopkeeper, I haven't been available before, so I will just free up my hands."
"But why did you cut so much at once?" Ah Ying was a little puzzled.
"Naturally, it is to save time, and I plan to make these purses of the same size, but embroider different flowers." Zeng Rong didn't intend to hide it from them.
"Ah Rong, how come you have so many suits in your head? Why don't you help us draw a few suits? Sakura came over.
"Well, isn't that what you have in your hand?" Zeng Rongnu gestured.
"I mean, draw a few for us too..."
"Okay, the work at hand is not done yet, you should think about other things first, you can't be too greedy." Ah Mei interrupted Ah Ying half jokingly and half seriously.
Coincidentally, Ah Tao also came, and the other people in the room were basically there, and that topic was obviously inappropriate, and soon, everyone lowered their heads and got busy.
Zeng Rong cut the ten purses in one go, picked up the paintbrush, thought for a while, and soon drew a cicada on the satin, which was lying on a tea plant, and there were two sentences next to it, "One Zen and one tea, one thought for a lifetime." ”
After the painting was finished, Zeng Rong was a little unsatisfied and thoughtful, so she painted four paintings in a row, and these four paintings also had poems or inscriptions on them.
Since it is used by men, she thinks it is better to be elegant, after all, it is not ordinary people who can enter the Splendid Workshop, and she just wants to take this opportunity to beat her fame out to see if she can attract the attention of Gonggong Liu.
The five purse patterns were completed, and it was time for breakfast, Zeng Rong packed up his things and put them in the cabinet, and then followed Amei into the back restaurant.
After the meal, Zeng Rong took Ah Tao to look for cicadas under the willow tree, Ah Mei and Ah Ying also followed, both of them had seen Zeng Rong's embroidered purse, those small animals were indeed vivid, it can be seen that she did not spend much time on Su Ri.
Recognizing the gap and knowing where the mistake is, Ah Mei and Ah Ying want to change and start from learning with an open mind.
In addition, Ah Mei knew that Zeng Rong and Ah Tao had a lot of friendship, and she was afraid that Zeng Rong would privately provoke something to give Ah Tao an idea or something, if so, it would be her aunt who was embarrassed.
Zeng Rong didn't mean this, which is more important than her, she can't offend Yu Yunqing at this juncture, she is still waiting for Yu Yunqing to introduce Liu Gonggong for her.
Before going to bed last night, she thought about it carefully, the reason why Yu Yunqing called Amei to see that Liu Gonggong was only afraid that it was related to the plum blossom silk handkerchiefs embroidered by Amei a few days ago, and many of those silk handkerchiefs were embroidered with Yongmei poems.
This is also the reason why Zeng Rong has to embroider poems on her purse now, and she also wants to attract the attention of Gonggong Liu.