Chapter 22: The Thief

As soon as the patriarch left, the people who watched the excitement also dispersed.

Before Tian Shuilan could say anything, she was dragged away by Zeng Chengchun and walked out of the gate of the academy, Zeng Rong also heard her complain to Zeng Chengchun that Zeng Rong had deceived everyone, saying that big families needed to embroider scriptures, but it was embroidered with silk or satin, how could there be white cotton cloth?

These words also reached Zeng Guixiang's ears, and seeing that there would be no outsiders, he rushed to Zeng Rong's side, "It turns out that you are really a liar, I'll just say, you dare to embroider scriptures with those few strokes?" Let me tell you, I did you a lot of help this time, say, how can you thank me? ”

"Second brother, how can I thank you now, you still have to wait patiently until the end of the year, if I pay this year, I can still earn it myself next year, do you still have to worry about your tuition?" Zeng Rong drew a flatbread for him.

Zeng Guixiang pondered for a while, and felt that this was the truth, so he stopped thinking about robbery, but there was one thing he had to ask to understand, when did this girl of his own hook up with Ouyang Si.

rescued people, sent medicine, supported her to move to the academy, taught her to identify medicinal materials, taught her to read and write, and went to the pharmacy to find someone to take care of her.

He didn't know anything else, but he knew that there were many people in the village who wanted to marry Ouyang Si, and it was said that even the patriarch had this meaning, but the flowers were intentional, and the water was ruthless.

"Second brother, what nonsense are you talking about? It's a shame that you're still a reader, and you've been thinking about something in your head all day long, and if you have this time, you won't go to a good student to read the books you should read a few more times, and you're not too young anymore, so you can't stay in Class B all the time, right? Zeng Rong glanced at him.

"Good sister, I won't ask, if you need to squeak where the second brother is, the second brother won't have much to do, next time there will be that wild egg or something, just leave me two." Zeng Guixiang left after saying it.

Anyway, he doesn't have to worry, there is someone for him to study, and there is a talented brother-in-law who can guide him in his studies, what else is he worried about?

Since this day, Zeng Guixiang's attitude towards Zeng Rong has been much better, every morning when he comes to the academy, he will come to Zeng Rong to take a turn, if Zeng Rong takes Zeng Hua up the mountain, he will come again in the afternoon after school, but at that time, Zeng Rong was mostly busy choosing vegetables and washing vegetables in the stove room, so Zeng Guixiang did not stay long, just say hello and leave.

If it is a rainy day, just in time for Zeng Rong to embroider silk handkerchiefs or draw patterns, he will also come over to take a look, embroidered silk handkerchiefs are fine, because Zeng Rong did learn from Granny Liu for a few days, and Zeng Guixiang A little boy can't see the good or bad embroidery skills, but the patterns are a little difficult to explain, because the previous eldest sister must not know anything about this.

Therefore, she was a little worried that Zeng Guixiang would get to the bottom of it, but what made her strange was that Zeng Guixiang only asked who she learned from, and did not ask her anything else.

However, after seeing her embroidered handkerchief, Granny Liu sighed with emotion, saying that her talent was extremely high, not like she had just learned to hold a needle, Zeng Rong explained, saying that she had not mended her clothes, and the fineness and smoothness of the stitches had already been practiced.

After passing the customs from Granny Liu, Zeng Rong didn't want to hide anything, it only took four days to embroider the ten silk handkerchiefs, during which he also made his two dirty pants, and because of her skill, the saved fabric was also spelled out for Zeng Hua, Zeng Hua took this dirty pants and cried and laughed, which made Zeng Rong's heart sour, and he was more determined to take her to the capital with him.

Four days later, Zeng Rong went to the town with Granny Liu again, this time she went to sell silk handkerchiefs, there were five silk handkerchiefs she embroidered according to the appearance given by Granny Liu, the other party only gave 15 wen, and the other five silk handkerchiefs were embroidered by Zeng Rong according to the patterns of his previous life in the capital, and the other party gave 17 wen.

Zeng Rong did not ask for the other party's cash, but exchanged ten handkerchiefs for sixteen blank plain handkerchiefs from the other party, in fact, she wanted to make a purse according to her own meaning, but Granny Liu had not taught her yet, saying that she was asked to practice the basic skills again, and she was not good at being strong.

This time in the town, Zeng Rong did not meet Wang Yapo again, and after going back, Tian Shuilan did not come to find fault again, so far, Zeng Rong really settled down, earning money and saving money wholeheartedly, and waited for the day when he met Xu Jing wholeheartedly.

In a blink of an eye, it was Qingming, the academy had a two-day holiday, Granny Liu said that she wanted to go back to the village to worship her husband, but it was a rainy day, Zeng Rong did not plan to go out, so she simply asked Granny Liu to lock the door from the outside, and she embroidered silk handkerchiefs in the room by herself.

After touching it for about an hour, Zeng Rong felt that her neck was a little stiff, so she walked out and moved her neck, and by the way, she was also breathable, and when she was turning her neck, she suddenly heard the movement of a heavy object falling to the ground at the gate of the academy.

Just as she was about to raise her feet to take a look, she heard the voice of a strange man, and in a hurry, Zeng Rong couldn't think much about it, and hurriedly entered the house and tied the door from the inside, and by the way, she also found a wooden stick to hold the door up, and then she hid behind the door herself.

It's false to say that she is not afraid, after all, she is a girl, not to mention that she is not much weaker, how dare she confront the bandits?

Soon, she heard footsteps coming towards the gatehouse, Zeng Rong listened carefully, it should be two people who came, these two people obviously didn't know much about the academy, first went to the stove room and the dining room to go around, and then stood in front of Zeng Rong's door, pushed it, saw that it was not pushed open, and saw that the door was not locked, so he guessed that someone had tied the door from the inside.

"Is anyone there? We were students who came back early and wanted to get something to eat. One of them said.

Zeng Rong judged from his voice that this person should be in his twenties, and he knew that these two people were not from the academy without asking.

But she can't keep talking, in case the other party comes to the side, Zeng Rong is worried that this door may not be able to withstand a few kicks from the other party.

"What village are you from, and you're back so soon? Granny Liu has gone to the village, this time it is time to come, you should go back to the hall to take a rest. ”

"Don't be so troublesome, we're in town, and ask the sister of the Zeng family to come out and help us prepare meals, let's be honest, we're both hungry." This time it sounded a little younger, a year or two.

"Don't embarrass the two eldest brothers, I just borrowed it, and this meal must wait for Granny Liu to come before it can be arranged. I also asked the two eldest brothers to rest for a while, and we will cook immediately when Granny Liu comes. ”

"What's so long-winded?" The younger voice kicked the door with its foot.

Zeng Rong saw that the door was a layer of wood, obviously not able to support it for long, at this time she regretted a little, she knew that this kind of thing would happen, she should have followed Zeng Hua home in the morning.

Because Zeng Chengchun asked Zeng Hua to send her a message, saying that she was going to make wormwood green fruits at home, Tian Shuilan couldn't bend over, so she asked her to go back to help, but she didn't agree.