Chapter 80, Strange
When Yu Yunqing heard that Zeng Rong was celebrating the festival at her home, her eyes moved slightly, and then she changed the topic and got down to business.
It turned out that she was looking for Zeng Rong because Amei was a little uncomfortable recently and couldn't come to work, but the embroidery workshop took a batch of orders for purses before the festival, so Yu Yunqing found two embroidery girls from outside, hoping to let Zeng Rong bring them.
"I bring?" Zeng Rong was a little surprised, she was still young, and she started embroidering the kang screen before the holiday, these are clear to the shopkeeper, how could she still find her to bring newcomers?
"Just let you give them a little guidance, it won't delay you too much, you know, we have higher requirements for embroidery." After Yu Yunqing finished speaking, she raised her eyes and looked at Zeng Rong.
"Okay." Zeng Rong had to agree.
Yu Yunqing motioned for the two girls to step forward, one of them was called Ali and the other was called Ajuan, and the accent was a native of the capital, and Yu Yunqing did not introduce more information.
Coming out of the east wing, Zeng Rong did not take the two people back to the workshop, but first went to the backyard to pick up the materials, and after receiving the materials, he took the two people back to the workshop and arranged them next to Ah Ying and Ah Tao, and it happened that Zeng Rong's embroidery frame was also here.
Knowing that these two people had embroidered purses before, Zeng Rong asked them to cut them by themselves, she watched from the sidelines, and after the cutting, Zeng Rong asked for an orchid pattern pattern from A Tao, and let the two of them draw it by themselves, she was still staring at it.
Seeing that these two people have solid basic skills, not only do they describe the patterns well, but even the strokes of the two lines of poetry are also very coherent, better than Ah Tao and Ah Ying, and the two sometimes ask Zeng Rong for help.
"Did you two go to school?" Zeng Rong asked.
"I didn't study it formally, I only studied it for two years." Ali replied.
"Me too." Ajuan said.
"Ah, then you'll design your own tricks too?" Tao came over.
The main reason is that she heard Zeng Rong say that she has not officially entered school, and she has also studied with others for a few months, and those who have studied for a few months have this ability, and those who have studied for two years must be even more powerful than Zeng Rong.
"No, we...
"We draw peonies, plum blossoms, orchids, etc., what about you?" Ajuan picked up the conversation.
"In that case, I don't need to watch the rest of the work, right?" After all, Zeng Rong was still afraid that these two people would make mistakes, so he borrowed a sample from A Tao and gave them to them.
There are samples, and Ali and Juan both nodded.
Seeing this, Zeng Rong returned to his embroidery frame, just picked up the needle to embroider, breakfast time came, and before she could pack up her things, Ah Tao dragged her out first.
"What the hell is going on with these two guys?"
"I can't say it either." Zeng Rong himself also felt weird, obviously these two people could do anything, and they were stronger than Ah Tao, why did Shopkeeper Yu want her to bring these two people?
"Where's Ame?" Sakura trotted a few steps to catch up and asked.
"Shopkeeper Yu said that Ah Mei is not feeling well, Ah Ying, have you been to see her?" Zeng Rong asked knowingly.
Sakura has always been close to Amei, and if Amei is uncomfortable, Sakura should know.
Besides, on August 14th, that is, the day before yesterday, everyone was still doing embroidery work with Amei, and they were so sick that they couldn't go to work in just one day?
"Uncomfortable? I didn't see her yesterday, so I went to her house in the evening. When Ah Ying heard that this was the reason, she didn't think much about it, and happily agreed.
"But do you know what's going on with these two?" Tao asked Sakura.
It is not unusual to add new people to the group, but what is strange is why these two people should be handed over to Zeng Rong? Obviously, Zeng Rong doesn't embroider purses now, so if you want to bring it, you will hand it over to Ah Ying, right?
Ah Ying was just about to speak, but she saw Ah Li and Ah Juan coming hand in hand, and said with a smile: "The shopkeeper Yu said that Sister Ah Rong is highly skilled, let us follow Sister Ah Rong to learn more, and I hope that Sister Ah Rong will not hesitate to teach." ”
"Don't dare to teach, let's learn from each other together, they all say that there must be my teacher in the threesome, and taking the strengths of others to make up for their own shortcomings must be faster than a person who blindly groped for benefits." Zeng Rong deliberately changed the more elegant statement, she wanted to try how many books these two people had studied.
Ali didn't seem to understand this, biting her lip, looking at Zeng Rong with wide eyes, Ajuan took the words, "Sister Ah Rong is too modest, I heard that these patterns were designed by you, can you ask, you have studied painting for a few years, what books do you usually read?" ”
"I'm also thinking about it, like you, I haven't officially entered school, I used to live in the academy for a few months, and I learned to recognize a few words from others." Zeng Rong also snorted.
As we spoke, we arrived at the dining room, and because everyone went in together, it was a group, so we sat down at a table.
After the meal, the five of them stood under the willow tree outside and talked, Zeng Rong took a branch and pulled it in front of the flower garden, saying that it was a flower garden, but there were only a few scattered moon seasons inside, but the pumpkin vines that climbed all over the ground also produced a few large and small pumpkins.
Of course, Zeng Rong is not looking for pumpkins, but ladybugs, bees, and small butterflies or something, she wants to teach everyone to know these small animals, and she has seen a lot, and it is somewhat helpful when drawing patterns, especially when matching colors and wiring.
"Sister Ah Rong, how do you know these things?" Ali obviously hasn't done any of this, and it's a bit of a novelty.
"I'm from the country."
"But haven't you read a book? You are so well educated, how can you be from the countryside? Still Ali is asking.
"Who told you I'm good at learning?" Zeng Rong asked casually while holding the branch.
"Who else can there be, naturally it is the shopkeeper."
"Didn't you just say that you lived in the academy? How can you be a rural person again? Ajuan asked.
"There are also academies in the countryside, and besides, I've only lived in academies for a few months, and before that, I've been living at home, and my family is farming, what about the two of you? City? Zeng Rong turned the words to the other party.
"The two of us are from the city, and we used to help make some small embroidery work at home to supplement the family, and then I heard that others said that you have someone to do in this embroidery workshop, so I asked someone to introduce us over." This time, Ajuan answered first.
"Did you know each other before?" Tao asked.
"Yes, we are neighbors." Ali hurriedly said.
"And who did you learn to read?" Zeng Rong asked.
Because she knows that girls from ordinary families generally have no chance to go to school, unless there are brothers at home who can learn to recognize a few words, and there is also a situation where the personal maids of large families can follow the master into the family school, but more often, they are to serve the master, and what they can learn is limited.
It's a pity that before these two people could reply, a maid came to Zeng Rong, saying that Miss Ouyang was here and asked to see her.