Seeing that Zeng Rong got out of the carriage and didn't move, only looking at the gate in a daze, Ah Ying stepped forward to hold her, raised her eyebrows, and asked in a low voice, "What are you doing?" Really scared? ”

Zeng Rong tugged at the corners of his mouth, "I'm not really afraid, you can come back for me when people ask me for a while, I speak with an accent, I'm afraid that people won't understand." ”

"Don't worry, wrap it up on me." After saying that, Ah Ying wanted to pat her chest, but she found that she was holding a package in her hand and Zeng Rong in her other hand, so she had to lift the package up and hit her chest twice.

This action pleased Zeng Rong, and he simply laughed.

Sure enough, the actions of the two made the two housekeepers look sideways, especially the mother Luo, who pursed her lips disdainfully, and almost scolded her directly.

Zeng Rong didn't have a good impression of her, she didn't forget, last time she pinched her jaw and hurt, so Zeng Rong directly ignored her, and Yue Xing played with Ah Ying twice by his own temperament.

"Miss Zeng, the rules of the Hou Mansion are not to make loud noises." Wei's mother kindly reminded Zeng Rong.

"Oh, isn't that why you can't laugh or run?" Zeng Rong quickly closed his mouth after asking, and reached out and slapped his mouth twice, pretending to be wrong.

"It's a kid after all." Wei's mother smiled.

Luo's mother snorted coldly back.

The scale of the Hou Mansion is indeed larger than that of the Xu Mansion, from the gate to the Yimen at least five or six zhang away, the width is also three or four zhang, there are three rooms in the middle, it is a hall, the visiting guests generally wait for the summons of the host here, and the open space on both sides is the parking place for the visitor's carriage.

Of course, Zeng Rong is not in this column, so she can only get off the car outside the gate and walk in, turn the shadow wall on the right, there is a verandah, and there is a round hole door at the end of the verandah, which is a shortcut to the inner courtyard, which is convenient for the visiting ladies of the Hou Mansion.

Entering the round cave door, it is a long corridor, and there is another door at the end of the long corridor, and entering this door is regarded as entering the inner courtyard of the Hou Mansion.

The layout of the inner courtyard is similar to that of the Xu Mansion, except that the courtyard is slightly more spacious, the house is slightly more elegant, there are slightly more maids coming and going, and there are slightly more rules.

No, although she was the person Mrs. Wang pointed out to be the person she wanted to see, the two mothers did not immediately lead her into the upper room, but ordered her and Ah Ying to wait in the middle of the courtyard, and the two mothers walked to the steps and asked the maid at the door to help pass the word.

But it didn't take long for the maid who went in to pass the word out, nodded to the two mothers, Wei's mother turned her head and beckoned to Zeng Rong and the two, and when Zeng Rong and Ah Ying stepped forward, she reminded in a low voice: "Remember to kowtow to our old lady first after entering." ”

"Don't worry, this mother, we remember." Seeing Zeng Rong pursing her lips, Ah Ying hurriedly replied for her.

I don't know if the other party knows that the two of them are coming, Zeng Rong didn't dare to look up after entering the door, the first thing that caught his eye was the two futons on the ground, and looking forward from the futon, there were a bunch of colorful skirts.

Without waiting for Zeng Rong to see the people and furnishings in the room, Ah Ying dragged her to the futon and pulled her to kneel, "Ah Ying and Zeng Rong, the embroidery girls of the Splendid Workshop, pay a visit to the old lady. ”

"Raise your head and let me see, you are Ah Ying, she is Zeng Rong?" A voice that was not too old but slightly majestic sounded above Zeng Rong's head.

"Old lady Hui, yes, I'm Ah Ying, her name is Ah Rong, and this is the embroidery that the two of us brought." Ah Ying raised her head and handed the package in her hand to Mother Wei along with the package in Zeng Rong's hand.

Mother Wei delivered the package to the old lady, opened one of them, and placed it on the high table.

The old lady did not rush to look at the things on the high table, but looked at the two people in front of her with interest.

At that time, Zeng Rong also raised his head, just in time to meet the old lady's gaze.

Looking at the age, Mrs. Wang should be four or five years older than Mrs. Xu, her hair is half white, but her complexion and complexion are good, ruddy and white, and her dress is more exquisite than that of Mrs. Xu.

When Zeng Rong looked at the other party, the other party also swept her from head to toe, disdainful at a cursory glance, but slightly throbbing when she looked at it again, this child was just plain and did not apply fat powder, the left and right were still young, and the complexion was also fair, but the head and body were bare, and the clothes were also very ordinary, it was a cotton cloth worn by a third-class maid in the family, and it was rare that she could not see any inferiority complex and self-shame from her eyes, only the restraint of seeing the living people in a place of birth for the first time.

"Grandmother, you see, she is like this, she doesn't understand the rules at all, she stares at you in a daze, and she is very arrogant and rude." Wang Chuchu's voice rang out, interrupting Zeng Rong and Old Madam Wang's gaze.

Ah Ying on the side hurriedly pushed Zeng Rong, "Let's talk about meeting the old lady." ”

"Meet the old lady." Zeng Rong deliberately brought a bit of a local accent.

Sure enough, Old Madam Wang frowned when she heard this, "How long have you been in the capital?" ”

"Five months."

Five months? It was a bit difficult to change all the accents in five months, but fortunately it was not a difficult task, and the old lady asked, "I heard that you have read a lot of books, but who are some of them in the family?" ”

This is not right, Zeng Rong was a little confused when he heard it, didn't he ask her to ask about embroidery? How do you inquire about her family's situation?

"I didn't go to school, but I learned to recognize some words from others, and I still have my father and mother, two brothers, two younger brothers and one sister at home." Zeng Rong seemed to realize that something was wrong after speaking, and lowered his head and added, "Oh, go back to the old lady." ”

"Then how did you get to Beijing? Your parents are relieved that you are a little girl who has come all the way to the capital? Mrs. Wang didn't care about Zeng Rong's faux pas, in her opinion, a rural person, who had just entered the city for less than half a year, and had no special person to train him, was not like this.

"I went to Beijing with Mrs. Xu, my family is poor and can't eat, I followed Mrs. Xu into Beijing to find a job to do, I want to earn money to support my family." Zeng Rong still lowered his head and said.

"If you can't get enough to eat, why don't you just find a job in your hometown, why do you have to travel all the way to the capital?" It was Wang Tong who asked the question.

"Of course, the capital earns a lot." Zeng Rong raised his head and replied with a sincere face.

"Why don't you want to come to our Hou Mansion because my family gives less silver?" Wang Chuchu asked angrily.

"Before I came, I signed a five-year contract with the Xu family, I can't break the contract, I have to be trustworthy and conscientious." Zeng Rong replied.

"I didn't let you break the contract, I just wanted to borrow you for a few days, it's just two months before the New Year, and there are a lot of things to be added at home, so I borrowed you to help. Rest assured, wages are negotiable. The old lady took the words, and at the same time glared at Wang Chuchu, she thought that this granddaughter couldn't speak, and at the same time, Zeng Rong didn't give face.

Zeng Rong didn't want to answer this, and looked at Ah Ying.