Chapter 54: Half a Breath
Zeng Rong and Zeng Hua waited at the door for about half a stick of incense, only to see Xu Jing leading two maids over, seeing Zeng Rong and the two, his eyes lit up, the corners of his mouth bent, his whole face suddenly became vivid, and he was alive, and he ran in front of them in a few steps.
Zeng Rong is too familiar with his expression, especially those eyes, every time he smiles, they are bright, like stars shining, and like flowers blooming, he must be very happy at this time.
He is such a person, others always keep in mind the kindness of him, and always want to reciprocate, let alone save his life.
It's a pity that such a kind and grateful humble gentleman ended up in a different place, and it's a pity that in this life, although she came to him again, she couldn't have this smile anymore.
Zeng Rong, who was immersed in the memories, did not restrain himself, so that when Xu Jing ran in front of them, he found Zeng Rong's abnormality again, "Sister Ah Rong, Sister Ah Hua, you are here, I am telling my grandmother to go and see... ”
Xu Jing didn't finish the next words, that weird feeling came up again, he really couldn't figure it out, why did this young lady named Zeng Rong repeatedly feel sad and sad about him, it was not right to say this, when she first entered Beijing two days ago, she was still crying sadly at the gate of the Xu Mansion, could it be that the Zeng family has something to do with our Xu family?
But what does this have to do with me?
No, I didn't say who I was when she first saw me, and she looked at me and cried, which means that she may have known me before, but I don't remember seeing her before.
Zeng Hua suddenly paused when he saw Xu Jing's words, staring at his eldest sister half in confusion and half distress, and guessed that the eldest sister must be immersed in the memories of the previous life again, so he hurriedly pushed her, "Eldest sister, Xu Gongzi is here to pick us up." ”
"Huh? Oh. Zeng Rong, who came back to his senses, raised his head slightly, took a deep breath, forced back his tears, and then said to Xu Jing: "There is Lao Xu Gongzi." ”
"Sister Ah Rong is polite." Xu Jing made a "please" action, and then said to the porter: "In the future, these two girls don't have to report when they come to the door, they will be released directly, and they are not allowed to embarrass them." ”
Several small servants nodded their heads busily, and hugged their fists at Zeng Rong with a broken face, the conscience of heaven and earth, they really didn't embarrass the two sisters.
Zeng Rong knew the internal reason, because there were many students, protégés, villagers, old friends and others who came to visit Mr. Xu, but Mr. Xu could not be seen by everyone, so some people would secretly stuff some broken silver and ask the concierge to help report it.
Therefore, the gatehouse of the Xu family's gate is relatively poor, and Xu Jing must also know this, so he specially explained to the gatehouse.
But those porters also feel wronged, although they usually accept a little bribe, but that is also a scorer, Zeng Rong just proposed to see Mrs. Xu, and Mrs. Xu has just returned from her hometown, and these two people are brought by her old man from the countryside, how dare they blackmail this kind of person?
Who knew that when Zeng Rong was about to say something for those porters, Zeng Hua spoke first, "Master Xu, they didn't embarrass us. ”
"That's fine, I'll just tell them." Xu Jing walked to Zeng Hua's side.
Next, he asked Zeng Hua what he had done at home that day, whether he was afraid to be at home alone, whether he had met new friends, etc.
Zeng Hua replied simply, and Xu Jing asked Zeng Rong again what he had done at work that day, and whether he could pass the test.
While talking, a few people passed the second gate, turned to the verandah, Xu Jing began to introduce them to the layout of the Xu family's house, saying that it is a typical northern courtyard building, a total of five entrances, in addition to the main house, there are wing rooms, partial rooms, east and west across the courtyard and the back garden, Mrs. Xu lives in the second main house, the house is tall and open, carved beams and painted buildings, not to mention, there are several animal heads sitting on the eaves around the house.
Where has Zeng Hua seen these?
Therefore, when Xu Jing introduced these beast heads, she also raised her head in novelty to distinguish them carefully, and occasionally asked in a low voice what these beast heads represented, what they were, and what the stone carvings under the eaves were.
Zeng Rong knew that Mrs. Xu had a habit of taking a break for two sticks of incense after dinner, and then she would go to the back garden to walk around twice, saying that it was to eliminate food, sometimes she brought two maids by herself, and sometimes she was with Old Man Xu.
Therefore, Zeng Rong was worried that if she continued to grind, maybe it would be time for Mrs. Xu to eat, and she couldn't follow others to the back garden, right?
"Alright, let's go see the old lady first." Zeng Rong pulled Zeng Hua's hand.
Xu Jing also knew his grandmother's habit, so he hurriedly put the topic away and led the two of them into the old lady's upper room.
Sure enough, when Zeng Rong entered the door, Mrs. Xu had just changed into a homely dress for Xu Fushan, and was sitting on the main seat waiting for Zeng Rong.
"Ah Rong has seen Lord Xu and Old Madam Xu." Zeng Rong pulled Zeng Hua forward and saluted.
"You two are here, come, tell me how the embroidery workshop is? Can you stay, is there any difficulty? I'm talking to the old man, I don't know if you two can't get used to living outside, so why don't you move in at home? Old Madam Xu seemed very happy to see Zeng Rong, and asked several questions in one breath.
"Back to the old lady, the embroidery workshop is very good, Yu left me in the shopkeeper, assigned me to the small jewelry group, first assigned me the task of a hundred silk handkerchiefs, the old lady can rest assured, we can take care of ourselves." Zeng Rong replied respectfully.
Through the afterglow, she found that Xu Fushan had been looking at her, and she couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.
You must know that this Xu Fushan is not an ordinary person, he is an important minister in the court, and he has read countless people, Zeng Rong's old bottom can't stand his scrutiny.
Speaking of which, she was also unlucky, why did she bump into him today?
This Lord Xu is usually very busy, and he didn't show up at the dust washing banquet two days ago, so he didn't know that he had time to spare.
"That's good, that's good, in that case, you can do it with peace of mind, remember one thing, doing things outside is not better than at home, you must do more things and talk less, you are still young, grind slowly." Old Mrs. Xu saw that the other party recognized Zeng Rong's embroidery skills, and she was also half relieved, as for that half of the breath, it was difficult to say.
She didn't know anything else, but she still knew who Jinxiufang was dealing with, so she was very worried that Zeng Rong would accidentally bump into someone.
Another point, the embroidery girls in the embroidery workshop are not young, which one is not more shrewd and capable than Zeng Rong, I really want to calculate what Zeng Rong has, I am afraid that if I sell her, she will have to count the money for others.
"Thank you old lady for mentioning it, Zeng Rong will keep it in mind."
After speaking, Zeng Rong took two steps back, and when he was about to leave, Xu Fushan opened his mouth to leave her.