This time, the shopkeeper Yu brought Zeng Rong into the upper room, and there were really three rows of embroidery frames in the hall, there was a person lying on his stomach in front of each embroidery frame, and a wooden basin was placed in front of each embroidery frame, and there was half a basin of water in the wooden basin, Zeng Rong knew that this half basin of water was used to wash the sweat on the hands of the embroidery girl and relieve the fatigue of the hands.

In addition, Zeng Rong also found a feature, this room is much brighter than the ordinary house, a closer look to know that the original north and south walls of this house have windows, the wall near the window is full of embroidery frames, occasionally there are one or two people with embroidered bandages sitting next to it.

After the shopkeeper entered, he clapped his palms first, "Everyone stop first, I'll introduce you to a newcomer." ”

Soon, people came out of the rooms on the east and west sides one after another, Zeng Rong looked through the gauze curtain hanging on the door, and found that the room inside was also full of embroidery frames, that is to say, these three rooms were all embroidery workshops, but the embroidery girls who came out of the next room were relatively two or three years old or four or five years older than the ones in the hall.

What made Zeng Rong more puzzling was that although these embroidery girls were not enthusiastic when they saw her, and even a little cold, they were not hostile, but more indifferent.

The answer to this question was quick.

It turns out that the embroiderers here are calculated according to the number of embroidery jobs they complete each month, so that most of their energy is focused on rushing to work, how can there be any time to intrigue to think about something else?

Of course, this is also due to the fact that Jinxiufang is backed by the big tree of the imperial merchant, so there is endless work.

No, I have seen Zeng Rong's craftsmanship in embroidering silk handkerchiefs, and the shopkeeper assigned Zeng Rong the task of 100 silk handkerchiefs, on the condition that the patterns of these 100 silk handkerchiefs cannot be duplicated, but slight differences are allowed, such as embroidering orchids, you can embroider one or two plants, or the color of each plant is different, in short, there can be no complete similarity.

Another point is that she has to do these tricks by herself.

After speaking, the shopkeeper ordered someone to take seven or eight silk handkerchiefs, which were placed in the front hall display cabinet silk handkerchiefs, embroidered on them are all plum blossoms, but the patterns of plum blossoms are slightly different, some are colors, some are branches, some are flowers, some are falling Ying, etc., it can be seen that the patterns and embroidery skills of these silk handkerchiefs are not bad, which is not weaker than her.

But there is also a point, there are no inscriptions on these silk handkerchiefs.

In fact, Zeng Rong's inscription poem did benefit from last night's "Taibai Poetry Anthology", but by chance I saw that poem, and I happened to remember it, and even more coincidentally, today's embroidery is an orchid, so she dared to embroider it, because this is the ingenuity and uniqueness she wants.

Originally, according to Zeng Rong's meaning, she wanted to take these hundred silk handkerchiefs home to do it, after all, when she first arrived, she was very worried that Zeng Hua would not be able to adapt to it, but when the words came to her mouth, a maid came to pass the word, saying that it was time to eat.

At this time, the embroidery girls in the house put down the work in their hands, and walked to the back cover room in twos and threes, and the shopkeeper ordered Zeng Rong to follow, telling her some rules of the splendid workshop while walking.

First of all, the working time, the summer is Chenzheng, the winter is the beginning of the year, the work time is the beginning of the summer, the winter is the end of the Shenzheng or Shen, and the embroidery workshop has two meals in the morning and evening.

Of course, this is the time stipulated by the embroidery workshop, if someone is willing to rush to work, come early and leave late, the embroidery workshop is not opposed, and the wages are calculated by piece.

The second is the confidentiality code, the embroidery can not be taken out of the splendid workshop, nor can you talk to outsiders about embroidery patterns, stitches, genres, quantities, etc.

When Zeng Rong heard this, he stopped pleading with the shopkeeper, and was glad that he didn't say it, otherwise, I was afraid that the good feeling that was so easy to leave would have to be reduced to zero.

This meal is eaten in the hall of the back cover room, there are two rows of small dwarf tables in the hall, and there are four cushions in front of each low table, that is to say, four people have a table, and there are two dishes on the table, one meat and one vegetable, the meat dish is minced meat and tofu, the vegetarian dish is fried pumpkin slices, and the staple food is rice, which is enough.

This condition is more than a little better than Zeng Rong's hometown in the countryside, therefore, Zeng Rong is very content, the only thing he is worried about is Zeng Hua, and I don't know what she has done at home this day, whether she has eaten or not, whether she is homesick, whether she has cried.

After the meal, I made an appointment to have a stick of incense for free time, according to the shopkeeper, to avoid food accumulation.

After speaking, Shopkeeper Yu took Zeng Rong to the hall and asked her to use this time to observe other people's embroidery methods and see if she could benefit from it.

As for the apprenticeship mentioned by Mrs. Xu and the method of asking others for advice if you don't understand, it is obviously inappropriate, after all, the purpose of everyone coming here is to make money, and the price is calculated according to the number of embroideries, who wants to waste time on others?

Of course, there are exceptions, this special case is the top embroidery, their wages are not calculated by piecework, but according to the valuation of their works, such people are afraid that it is rare to embroider one or two things a year, and the things they embroider are either purchased by the palace at a high price or hung in the store as the treasure of the town store to be sold at a price.

For example, this will be the treasure of the town store hanging in the store is a screen of landscape painting, if you are not close to reach out to feel the concave and convex sense of this embroidery, I really think this is a landscape painting.

In addition to this landscape painting, several other screens are also very elegant, there are snow to find plum pictures, there are chrysanthemums under the moon, there are lotus ponds after rain, there are bamboo forests blown by the wind, etc., it can be seen that the person who painted this pattern must have a good hand, otherwise, this effect will not be achieved.

Of course, the level of embroidery is not generally high, and the combination of strong and strong can complement each other.

Not to mention, after walking down this circle, Zeng Rong finally saw her gap, simple embroidery skills, she must not be able to compare to anyone present, the only thing that can show her hand is probably her hand Danqing.

After the time of a stick of incense, Zeng Rong returned to the backyard, and the shopkeeper arranged a window seat for her.

Next to her is a woman named Honggu from Gusu, it seems that she is unmarried, she is embroidering a picture of a hundred birds and a phoenix, the red satin is the base, with a lot of gold and silver threads, if you guess correctly, it should be a quilt used when getting married.

Seeing that the other party didn't mean to talk to her, Zeng Rong didn't ask much, she found an empty desk, lay on the desk and drew the patterns on the silk handkerchief, drawing and drawing, Zeng Rong noticed the strangeness around her, and a few pairs of eyes secretly looked at her, but when Zeng Rong looked over, these people quickly lowered their heads.

Zeng Rong wanted to ask the reason, but first, she was afraid of delaying other people's time, and second, on her first day of work, even if there was any hidden secret, these people would not tell her.

After figuring out this problem, she picked up the embroidered bandage and also devoted herself to embroidering the silk handkerchief.