The carriage drove past the lively market, and Tong Jiaqi kept lying by the window and lifted the curtain to look out.

"Where are we going?" She excitedly turned around and asked Tong Jiayan.

Tong Jiayan felt the need to say hello to her in advance.

"We're going to meet two people now, a mother and son who are preparing to go to Beijing to catch the exam. Don't make a fuss when you see them later, no matter what I say to them, don't interrupt me first, and I'll explain to you if there's any problem. ”

Tong Jiaqi lowered the curtain, turned around and sat down, frowning, and looked at her strangely.

The carriage soon drove to the inn where the mother and son of the Zhu family lived.

The guy at the inn still remembered Luwu, and when he saw her coming, he smiled and secretly waved to greet her.

"Mrs. Zhu and Mr. Zhu are not in the room?" Luwu walked over to him, grabbed a handful of pine nut candy from his small purse and stuffed it for the man to eat.

When the guy received the candy, he smiled so hard that he couldn't see his teeth, and hurriedly nodded and said, "Zhu Gongzi went out early in the morning, and Mrs. Zhu was still upstairs and didn't come out." Is my sister here to find Mrs. Zhu? I'll take you up. ”

Lu Wu smiled and thanked: "Then there is Brother Lao." ”

The guy blushed, scratched his head, and snorted embarrassedly: "No thanks, no thanks." ”

Tong Jiaqi followed Tong Jiayan to the second floor.

They stopped at the door of a guest room.

The guy knocked on the door twice: "Mrs. Zhu, I'm Xiao Gao, are you up?" ”

Soon, Mrs. Zhu's voice came from inside: "Get up, you wait a minute." ”

Immediately after, there was a sound of soft footsteps approaching.

The door opened, revealing Mrs. Zhu's slightly pale face.

Seeing a group of people standing behind Xiao Gao, Mrs. Zhu's face was full of surprise, but she quickly put away her expression, looked at Tong Jiayan, who she was most familiar with, with a smile, and said, "Miss Tong, why are you here?" Come in and sit inside. ”

A crowd of mermaids rushed in, and the already small room was quickly filled.

Mrs. Zhu was busy pouring tea for them, and the shopkeeper Xiao Gao volunteered to carry the teapot and ran out: "I'll make a pot of hot tea." Soon he was gone.

Tong Jiayan glanced at the furnishings in the room, there was only a table and a bed, and he heard Luwu mean that the mother and son of the Zhu family only opened one room here, which means that Zhu Wencai may have slept on the floor in the room.

There were a lot of books on the table by the window, as well as an inkstone and a pen.

Tong Jiaqi hasn't spoken since she came in.

When Mrs. Zhu saw her looking at the desk, she smiled and said, "Wencai went out to buy books, what is the matter with Miss Zhu's coming over today?" ”

Buying a book?

At a time when they were so struggling.

Tong Jiayan didn't think that Zhu Wencai would go out to buy books.

But she doesn't have a habit of talking.

She said: "I was in a hurry yesterday, and I don't know if your health is better, aunt, I happened to go out today, so I stopped by to see you." ”

Mrs. Zhu said: "The doctor prescribed medicine, I already feel much better after taking it, I still want to thank Miss Tong for your help." He smiled and said, "It's so embarrassing that you're still thinking about me." ”

The guy made a new hot tea and brought it up.

When Mrs. Zhu poured tea for Tong Jiaqi, she looked at her more.

"This is my third sister." Tong Jiayan took the initiative to introduce Tong Jiaqi to Mrs. Zhu, "She is usually quiet. ”

When talking about the word "quiet", Tong Jiayan deliberately glanced at Tong Jiaqi.

It turned out that she raised her eyebrows in surprise and looked at her.

Tong Jiayan couldn't help but smile in his heart.

Qingju was more direct, and turned his head to hold back a smile.

Miss is so naughty!

Mrs. Zhu smiled and said, "It's strange that I think this young lady is a little similar to Miss Zhu's eyebrows, it turns out that they are sisters." ”

Tong Jiayan smiled and smiled.

Tong Jiaqi pouted.

Who looks like her.

There was a gray cloth robe on the bed, Tong Jiayan seemed to see it unintentionally, and asked casually: "Auntie, were you making clothes in the room just now?" ”

Mrs. Zhu followed her line of sight and looked at the bed: "Yes, oops, look at me, everything has not been cleaned up, and the room is messy, which makes you laugh." ”

Tong Jiayan smiled lightly and shook his head: "Aunt doesn't need to see outside, as the saying goes: 'Once born, second ripe.'" Now we can be half acquaintances. ”

Mrs. Zhu saw that she spoke and treated people without the pretension of a young lady, and her words were sincere and kind, and she liked her more and more in her heart.

Tong Jiayan said again: "I see that my aunt's clothes are very delicate and beautiful, can you show me a look?" ”

"What's wrong with that."

Mrs. Zhu is also very bold, and after speaking, she took her clothes over and handed them to Tong Jiayan.

Without much ornate embroidery, the dress looks ordinary, but it is rare that the neckline, cuffs and armpits are easily worn and torn, and the stitches are particularly finely woven.

Tong Jiayan returned the clothes to Mrs. Zhu, and asked her again: "Auntie's embroidery work is so good, I know that this dress is very strong as a layman." ”

Mrs. Zhu said modestly: "It's just that I am more careful than others when embroidering clothes." ”

"Auntie, I have a reluctant request for your help." Tong Jiayan took the opportunity to talk about his intentions.

Mrs. Zhu was worried that she had no chance to repay Tong Jiayan's kindness, and when she heard the words, she hurriedly said, "You say, I will definitely help." ”

Tong Jiayan said with a smile: "I have a cloth shop called Ruyi Cloth Shop, which has been tepid. Recently, I want to change the business model again, and I need to recruit a few embroiderers with good embroidery skills. But this kind of embroidery girl is not easy to find, and I haven't been able to find a few now. As soon as I saw that the embroidery of your clothes was so simple and meticulous, I moved the idea of recruiting talents and wanted to invite you to work in my cloth shop. I will pay you monthly at the market price, do you think it's okay? ”

Mrs. Zhu had the intention of repaying her, and when she heard that there was still a reward to be paid, she hurriedly shook her head and refused: "I can go to Miss Tong's shop to help, but I can't ask for this money." ”

Tong Jiayan shook his head and said, "I'm embarrassed to ask you for help if you're like this." ”

Mrs. Zhu was embarrassed.

Tong Jiayan continued to add firewood to the fire: "I really want to ask you to help me, the Ruyi cloth shop is the dowry left to me by my mother, and I can't bear to watch it close silently like this." ”

Mrs. Zhu hesitated and said, "Then, then I'll go over and help first, and I'll pay for these...... You just look at it and give it a little bit. ”

Tong Jiayan immediately raised his face and smiled: "A word is a certainty!" ”

……

When he came out of the inn and got into the carriage again, Tong Jiaqi looked at him as if he had just known her.

"Is it pretty?" Tong Jiayan turned his head and smiled.

The breeze blew the curtain on one side, and a light came in, spilling on half of her face, gilding it with a golden glow.

Tong Jiaqi was stunned.

It took a long time to react to her words.

"Why are you so narcissistic!" She said with a wrinkled nose in disgust.