Although the embroidery room of the Wu family is in the outer courtyard, because most of the embroidery girls are women, and they did not sell themselves to the Wu family, but only signed the deed of long-term work, so the embroidery room is placed in a quiet place near the inner courtyard, and two steps to the side is the west gate of the outer courtyard, which is convenient for the embroidery girls to go home from work.

Now that the spring clothes have been completed, and the summer clothes are not in a hurry, the embroidery girl is more relaxed, pinching the work in her hands, talking and laughing.

"It's strange to say, it's been a year now, why is the new third young lady in this mansion old and not making a sound, has anyone ever made her clothes? Anyway, I don't even know she's tall, short, fat and thin. ”

The fat woman who spoke was a long-tongued woman, and everyone called her Hai'er Niang, who liked to talk about her most on weekdays and inquire about the privacy of her masters. Although this habit is not pleasant, it can be boring and boring for a long time, and there must be such a person chattering next to it to be more lively.

Everyone shook their heads when they heard her words, and a slender embroidery girl pouted her lips and said, "Her maid brought a few pieces to be sewn, and as soon as they were sewn, they hurriedly took them away, as if we would steal them." ”

"Yo, look down on us like this?" Hai Er Niang wrapped the thread in her hand and said in a weird way.

The two gossiping people are also a master who pretends to be confused, if the green beads are not waiting for them to sew and mend them at that time, they will take it directly, these two clothes may be delayed to which year and month to be completed, worship high and step on low, is there still a lot of such a thing?

Hai Er Niang was sitting facing the door, and when she was speaking, she saw a slender and beautiful woman appear at the door, she pursed the corners of her mouth, as if she was smiling.

Although these embroidery girls have a pair of skillful hands, most of them are rough people in the market, where have they seen such a beautiful beauty, just like the immortals who turned out of the hibiscus pool, they were a little stunned for a while.

Until the slender-eyed embroidery lady saw a maid who came out behind her, she panicked and quickly knelt down and said, "Third young lady." ”

Zheng Lingyi followed her gaze and glanced at the green beads behind her, and the green beads stared angrily, just wanting to rush up and teach these embroidery girls with broken mouths a good lesson.

"Whoever you say will arrive, it can be seen that the old saying that if you don't talk about ghosts at night and people during the day, it's not a lie."

Zheng Lingyi said with a smile, Shi Shiran walked into the room, although she was relaxed and her voice was gentle, but the embroidery girls were so scared that they didn't even dare to come out.

Seeing the light-colored figure getting closer and closer, every step seemed to be stepping on Hai'er's mother's heart, which scared her soul away, and she just wanted to slap her two ear scrapers, why did she be so cheap!

Seeing a pair of smoke-pink embroidered shoes against her fingertips, Hai'er Niang's heart was cold, if she hurt her hand, she would not be able to do work for several days, she would not be able to pay her salary, and she would be beaten and scolded by her husband!

But the owner of the embroidered shoes only paused, and left without saying a word.

Hai Erniang's heart was extremely uneasy, as if a whip was raised high, but she didn't know when it would fall.

Zheng Lingyi glanced at the embroidery lady with slender eyes, and then glanced at Hai'er Niang, and said, "A few days ago, the embroidery room made two spring shirts for the third young master, and the craftsmanship is excellent. I'm a person who doesn't like to deal with those who only know how to chew the root of the tongue, but if you want to meet someone who is serious about things, you must reward it, otherwise in the future, you won't only have your tongue running around, but you don't know that you can make money with your hands, not your tongue. ”

Her words made Hai Erniang tremble, and secretly retracted her hand, and hid it tightly on her abdomen.

"Yes, the third young lady said very much, it is all because of the poor discipline of the old slaves, and I will beat them in the mouth." An embroidery girl who looked a little older said busily.

Zheng Lingyi glanced at her and saw that there was half an unfinished old pine on the embroidery frame in front of her, so he said: "You are the mother in charge of the embroidery room, and you are so diligent." ”

"The third young lady smiled, what is in charge of things, but he is older, and he is just a false name, and the salary is paid according to the number of jobs done, if you don't do it, where will the income come from."

The housekeeper's mother raised her head and glanced at Zheng Lingyi, then quickly lowered her head and said, "The two clothes that the third young lady said were sent by the second young lady, right?" I remember that it seemed to be made by Zhou Niang. ”

Before the housekeeper's mother said who Zhou Niang was, an embroidery girl in the corner trembled suddenly.

Zheng Lingyi glanced at Zhou Niang and walked towards her slowly.

Zhou Niang moved sideways and knelt directly from the pestle, never looking up at Zheng Lingyi, as if there was a ghost in her heart.

Zheng Lingyi gradually had a little speculation in her heart, she didn't say anything, just leaned over and took away a scarlet crane pattern shirt that was being sewn from Zhou Niang's arms.

"Look at this colored head, it should be the second brother." Zheng Lingyi seemed to be talking casually, but in fact, he was carefully figuring out the stitches and reeling threads.

"Yes." Zhou Niang replied briefly, her voice seemed weak.

The stitches are tightly fitted, and the suture head is also like that shirt, which is very carefully and properly hidden in the inner edging, exactly the same female red technique.

It's just that......

Zheng Lingyi raised his eyes and glanced at Zhou Niang quietly, and said in his heart, "I caught you." ’

"I was so busy a few days ago, and I made a double seam on the inside of the shirt you made, and I couldn't tear it off with a sturdy one, why have I been idle recently, but I only do a single seam?"

If it weren't for Zheng Changchang's mastery of female popularity, Zheng Lingyi probably wouldn't know the difference between this layer of techniques.

Even if Zhou Niang didn't look up, Zheng Lingyi seemed to be able to see a nervous aura coming out of her head.

"The third young lady is mistaken. This double sewing is very rare, and Zhou Niang will not. If you don't have some talent in your hands, it would take twice as long to make a double-sewn garment. The mother of the housekeeper of the embroidery room explained.

"Oh?" Zheng Lingyi seemed to be very curious and asked her, "What if you are familiar with someone who is used to it?" ”

The housekeeper's mother didn't know why she asked like this, but she honestly replied to her words and said: "It's naturally different when you're used to it, some people are used to doing double seams, and it's awkward to do single seams." ”

Seeing that the smile on Zheng Ling's face became more and more gentle, the housekeeper's mother was not so nervous, and said a few more words like gossip, "Coincidentally, Aunt Tong in the inner courtyard is Zhou Niang's sister now, and she is used to doing double seams." ”

Zheng Lingyi narrowed his eyes slightly, as if he was smiling and bent his eyes, and as if he had discovered something very interesting.

"Oh? I don't know. Zheng Lingyi said softly, and then looked at Zhou Niang and said, "Those two clothes are indeed made by you?" Could it be that I have memorized the technique of the clothes? ”

"Probably." The housekeeper's mother said.

Zhou Niang kept her head down, realizing that Zheng Lingyi's gaze always fell on her, so she had no choice but to nod her head and still didn't speak.

"Then you still have to be rewarded, come with me to the inner courtyard to receive the reward."

Zheng Lingyi threw down a sentence, Zhou Niang suddenly raised her head, and was about to say something, but saw Zheng Lingyi say to the steward: "Their clothes are good, and it is also because of their mother's effective discipline." ”

As soon as she said that, she waved her hand, and Lu Zhu took out a purse from her bosom and handed it to the housekeeper's mother.

The housekeeper's mother thought that she would be unlucky today, but she didn't expect that there would be a reward, she was surprised by the weight of the purse, and she was even more overjoyed and said: "Thank you, young lady." ”

Zheng Lingyi smiled lightly and walked out, and Luzhu said to Zhou Niang, who was still kneeling on the ground: "Still not to follow?" The housekeeper's mother was also urging.

"The villain is clumsy, and he deserves a reward from the young lady, so let's just leave it." Zhou Niang said a long sentence at this time, and her voice was trembling.

Zhou Niang's words made the silver in the hands of the housekeeper's mother hot, although she has a good temperament, but in the end, she is in charge, and the majesty of usually reprimanding a few words is still there.

"What a faint thing to say! What's wrong with you today! Don't hurry up and follow the young lady! The housekeeper's mother whispered and gritted her teeth.

Zheng Lingyi pretended not to hear, just walked slowly and leisurely, Zhou Niang had no choice but to get up, she was stiff all over, and after getting up, she shook a little, and she couldn't stand steadily.

Luzhu took advantage of the situation and grabbed her and said, "Yo, be careful." ”

Zhou Niang was helped by the green beads for a few steps, but after walking out of the embroidery room, the green beads still did not let go.

"Girl, I, I can walk by myself, I don't have to help me." Zhou Niang said with a winc.

"It's okay, I'm not tired." Luzhu grinned toothily and grabbed Zhou Niang's arm tightly.

The quiet place is remote, and there are no people to see after turning onto the path, and only Gao Man will pass by when he takes Sister Mei to walk on weekdays.

When Zhou Niang saw the two mother-in-law with thick arms and strong bodies standing at the door of Jingju, her legs suddenly became weak, and she fell into the courtyard as soon as she stepped over the steps, and Luzhu couldn't even catch her.

Zheng Lingyi turned around when he heard the sound, looked at Zhou Niang who collapsed on the ground, and said with some helplessness and contempt: "I haven't asked anything, and you scared yourself like this?" If so, why do bad things, wouldn't An Ansheng be a good person? ”

Although the mother-in-law didn't know the reason, they also knew that Zhou Niang must have done something unconscionable, so they were pulled back by Zheng Lingyi.

Mrs. Qiu also said: "Madam, do you need to close the door?" When she said this, it seemed that she was going to torture Zhou Niang behind closed doors.

Zhou Niang saw that these two mothers-in-law looked strange, and she was so frightened that she cried.

In her kitten-like sobs, Zheng Lingyi said calmly and ruthlessly: "No, just don't let everyone come in easily." Zhu Yu, take Zhou Niang to the side hall. ”

Zhu Yu is not as experienced as the two mothers-in-law, but she still knows how to do things when she is told, so she immediately led Zhou Niang's two wrists and pulled her all the way to the side hall.

Seeing that her master was back, Pei'er didn't care who she brought with her or what she was going to do next, she just lowered her head quickly, and Mali went to get hot tea.

Green Bead stood beside Zheng Lingyi, also with a straight face, since she knew what kind of catastrophe the paper stick hidden in her clothes would bring to Wu Punishment, her heart became like an iron beaten.

Fen Niang hid in the corner and probed her brain, and was discovered by Lu Zhu, she glanced at Fen Niang, and said loudly: "So curious? Do you want to stay with her? Or go to the Zhuangzi to accompany your wife? ”

This tone is really exactly the same as when Zheng Lingyi mocked others, and the mothers-in-law in the courtyard and even Zheng Lingyi himself were in a trance for a moment.

Seeing that Fen Niang had escaped, Lu Zhu went back to the house. Zhou Niang saw that she was so powerful, and she didn't even dare to look at her.