After a bath and washing, Zeng Rong and Zeng Hua changed into a dress newly made by Zeng Rong, although it was cotton, the color Zeng Rong chose was very elegant, a light blue top, a pink and white skirt, and the neckline and cuffs of the blouse were rolled with pink and white lace, and a simple moire pattern was embroidered on it.

This outfit took a lot of time, and it was only two days after it was made; The second is that he is afraid that the clothes will be easy to wrinkle when sitting in the carriage, and the third is that the yellow sand and dust of the journey are large, and the new clothes are afraid of getting dirty, so Zeng Rong simply waited until now to take them out and wear them.

Because he didn't have any jewelry, Zeng Rong helped Zeng Hua wipe her hair half-dry, and then directly divided two symmetrical small double rolls on the top of her head, tied them with ribbons and put them down with her hair, Zeng Rong also combed such a hairstyle.

Dressed like this, the two sisters also look a little elegant, at least not so rustic.

"Come on, let's see if it looks good?" There were no mirrors in the room, so Zeng Rong searched around and pulled Zeng Hua to the washstand, where there was a bucket of spare cold water on the ground.

"My sister is good-looking." Zeng Hua first looked at Zeng Rong with envy, and when she was pulled to the bucket, she was still a little afraid to look at what she looked like, but she couldn't resist her curiosity, so she still lay on the bucket and stuck her head in to find her appearance.

"Sister, is this me?" Zeng Hua looked at the delicate face in the water and asked.

"Of course, if you say that the eldest sister is good-looking, you must also be good-looking, we wear the same clothes, comb the same hairstyle, and also, the two of us look very similar, you are what the eldest sister looks like." Zeng Rong smiled and touched Zeng Hua's face, the little girl's eyes finally brightened, as if there were stars shining.

In any case, this outfit did give Zeng Hua a little confidence, so much so that when Mrs. Xu sent someone to ask their sisters to attend the dust washing banquet in the mansion, Zeng Hua's eyebrows and eyes were still smiling, and he also had the heart to pay attention to the carved beams and paintings of the Xu family and the various flowers and plants that caught his eyes.

The Xu family's dust-washing banquet was placed in the flower hall next to the Jishan Hall where Mrs. Xu lived, and when Zeng Rong and Zeng Hua arrived, most of the masters of the Xu family arrived.

Xu Fushan has a total of five sons and four daughters, of which two sons are married, and two of the three sons are married, and the youngest is studying at Bailu Academy in his hometown.

The four daughters have been out of the cabinet, two of them are out of the court, three are married in the capital, the first is the concubine, married to the son of a military general's family, and followed her husband to the border, and the other three foreign daughters in the capital learned that Mrs. Xu came back, and also returned to Ning with her husband and children.

There are also many third-generation members of the Xu family, and there are more than ten concubines, so there are really a lot of people in the house, and it is lively.

Seeing Zeng Rong and Zeng Hua come in, the old lady sitting in the middle of the main seat beckoned to the two of them, obviously, before Zeng Rong entered the door, she had already introduced the identities of Zeng Rong and Zeng Hua to everyone, so she would say directly: "These are those two little girls, this is the first time they are out of the house, they don't know how to be polite, don't pick others, don't scare the two children." ”

"Look at what my mother said, such a smart and handsome little girl, it's too late for us to like it, how can we scare her?" The eldest daughter Xu Ou said with a smile.

After speaking, Xu Ou signaled to the maid beside him, and the maid took two purses and stepped forward, Zeng Rong was about to excuse himself, Xu Ou said: "The first time we met, it should be like this." ”

Mrs. Xu also echoed beside her, Zeng Rong had to accept this purse, the purse was not empty, there was a protrusion, not big, but Zeng Rong was embarrassed to open it, it was estimated that it was either a silver ingot or a small ornament or something.

Xu Ou took the lead in giving a meeting gift, and the other people also took out things, basically purses, except for the Yang family, she prepared two sets of summer clothes, shoes and socks for one person, two cotton cloths, two pairs of silver bracelets, and said with a smile: "Thank you for saving my family Jinglang, and I didn't prepare anything good in a hurry, but fortunately, the future will be long, and I will live in Xu's house in the future, and tell me what I need." ”

"Thank you, ma'am." Zeng Rong pulled Zeng Hua and saluted.

Mrs. Xu knew that her daughter-in-law probably misunderstood what she meant, and said to the Yang family with a smile: "Old man, I'm old, I'm afraid that some things can't be taken care of, so you need to spend more time, Ah Rong, this girl said that she wants to enter the embroidery workshop in the capital to be an embroidery girl, you have more contacts with those families, see which embroidery workshop is suitable?" Also, the two of them are relatively young, you look at arranging a place for the two of them to live, preferably in the west of our backyard, so as not to be bullied by outsiders. ”

The area to the west of the backyard is where the people of the Xu family live, that is to say, these two little girls did not enter the house to be maids, but they did not come to be guests, Yang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then nodded, and smiled: "Yes, mother, don't worry, daughter-in-law will find someone to arrange." ”

The second daughter-in-law of the Xu family, who was sitting on the side, that is, Xu Jing's second aunt Bai, pursed her lips and smiled when she heard this: "Mother, don't I have an embroidery workshop under my name, why let my sister-in-law go to the near and far?" ”

Zeng Rong knew that this Bai family was born as an imperial merchant and his family was relatively wealthy, so he was a bit of a big man in the Xu family, and he was not very popular with the old lady, but in order to gain a firm foothold in the capital, the Xu family was indispensable for the support of money, so some things could only be endured.

For example, if she really wants to relieve her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, she can wait for everyone to be there to discuss with her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, instead of saying it directly in front of so many people.

Of course, Zeng Rong also understood that the reason why she did this was to deliberately embarrass the Yang family, because the Yang family was born much more noble than her, and her father was the son of the country who supervised the sacrificial wine, and he was also the real family of poetry.

But it is precisely because she pays too much attention to the inheritance of poetry and rituals that she is a little too pedantic and high-minded, and she disdains those yellow and white things in the camp, so her life is inevitably tight, and even the dowry with the Yang family is a little too thin, so that her life in her in-law's house is not very comfortable.

Fortunately, her husband is the eldest son and a Shujishi, and he still has a status, but he can't just rely on these to live, and he has to return to those mundane things, and the Bai family likes to compare with her, so she is not less sad because of these things.

For example, this time, Bai Shi spoke, and no matter how reluctant she was, she had to agree, "Thank you second brother and sister, I just mean that." ”

But Mrs. Xu was a little displeased when she heard this, she actually didn't really want to let Zeng Rong and Zeng Hua enter the Bai family's embroidery workshop, first, it was the private property under the Bai family's name, and Zeng Rong Zeng Hua saved Xu Jing, so it was best to let the Yang family return this favor; Second, the splendid workshop under the name of the Bai family is aimed at the masters of all levels in the palace and the top families in the capital, she is afraid that Zeng Rong will not be competent, and it will not be good to deal with the aftermath if there is any trouble.