Daming Yinghua

Chapter 96
Han Xiying called Zheng Haizhu tenderly, but when the other party came up to her, she didn't dare to look directly at her. She quickly cast her gaze on Lu Xiangsheng's face, and then turned into a dodging posture. Behind him, he retreated.

Zheng Haizhu saw her contrived tone in her eyes, so she lost the appetite to take a second look, and just gave up half of her body openly to recommend Lu Xiangsheng to Shen.

Shen Shiyi was graceful and graceful, and said to Lu Xiangsheng with a benevolent face: "Mr. Lu is here to appreciate the honor, so don't worry. Azhu treats people well, not only from her in-laws, but our old lady is also full of praise. But your young brother, You can’t just read and teach, I’ll ask Shouqian to accompany you to Sheshan and other places.”

Lu Xiangsheng has been here for several days, and Zheng Haizhu has told him all kinds of public information about the Songjiang Mansion, such as the situation of the government officials, the relationship between the gentry group, etc., including of course the marriage between his master's family and the Gu Mansion.

Therefore, when Lu Xiangsheng heard the name of the second young master Gu, he hurriedly said: "Thank you for being careful, the younger generation also wants to visit and ask Brother Gu for advice on making art."

After he finished speaking, seeing that Mrs. Chen didn't have any more to say hello to, and seeing a shy girl hiding behind Mrs. Shen, he didn't want to stay any longer, so he hugged those "Shui Lei" teaching tools and said, "Junior." Let's go to the library first," then said goodbye and left Qingyuan.

Without the presence of outsiders, Shen's attitude became more and more cordial, pointing to Zheng Haizhu the boxes brought by the servants: "The old lady, don't worry too much about you. That day, Zhu Xiang said that she was looking at it on the street. Seeing that you were bargaining with the shopkeeper for pens, inks, papers and inkstones, the old lady immediately blamed herself, saying that what she promised to do for you, what honorary principal, how could she just wear it like a flower without doing anything, and make it up now Let me bring you these four treasures of the study."

After saying that, he embraced Han Xiying again: "I wanted to trouble Ximeng to lead me here today, but when I arrived at the mansion, I found out that she had gone with Second Grandma to worship Buddha, so I arrested this little girl."

Zheng Haizhu stared at Han Xiying: "Our third lady is the most enthusiastic person. In fact, she is also the first time here."

Before Zheng Haizhu introduced herself to Mr. Lu, Han Xiying was already full of anger.

It's not that she wants to get acquainted with that pale and rustic Mr. Lu, he sounds like a nerd from the Yixing countryside, not even worthy to carry Shouqian's brother's shoes, who cares about socializing with him.

What made Han Xiying angry was Zheng Haizhu's way of ignoring himself with a smile.

She was just a cunning and tolerant low-class woman, plus a few pieces of shit luck, she ran errands for high-ranking officials and worked hard, and she transformed into a woman who was favored by eunuchs and could deceive young men into paying for schools. Red man?
Can she, Han Xiying, the official lady of the Han family, be trampled under her feet like mud?

No wonder she was able to teach her elder sister Han Ximeng to like her. Both master and servant have the same temperament, bullying others with a hidden smile.

But the anger in Han Xiying's heart subsided in time before it was about to burn to her cheeks.

She remembered Grandma Shen's previous encouragement to herself: "Son, you are too honest. You shrink back when you see a savage woman like Zheng Yatou. You should meet her more often, not to win Talking to her and blocking her is not to save face like a child bickering, but to practice in front of her, no matter how she treats you, you will not be afraid of her, not annoyed by her, let alone be provoked by her I’m at a loss. You just do what you think, say what you want, do what you want, and it’s done.”

In Han Xiying's eyes, Grandma Shen, who is in charge of Gu's family, is not only smart and capable, but also a well-deserved leader of the Songjiang Celebrity Society. .

Ever since Grandma Shen felt more warmth than her mother last year, Han Xiying often lamented that it would be great if the second elder brother Gu was Grandma Shen's son, and the daughter-in-law that Grandma Shen wanted might be herself.

At this moment, Han Xiying, who was backed by Grandma Shen in her imagination, lived up to her boudoir name, but relying on the sense of hope that filled her mind, she stabilized her peaceful and noble airs in front of this grass chicken surnamed Zheng.

"Sister Azhu is right. It is indeed the first time for me to come here. Fortunately, this school has a great reputation in Songjiang, so it didn't lead Grandma Shen astray. Sister Azhu, I heard from my second uncle and aunt that my eldest sister In my dowry, there is a sewing shop, which is also placed in this school, can you show us how to look?"

No matter how much Zheng Haizhu hates Han Xiying, it's not good to lose courtesy in front of Gu's parents-in-law.

Seeing that Mrs. Shen was also nodding and showing some interest, Zheng Haizhu showed a happy look and led the two of them westward to the "Banana Garden".

According to Zheng Haizhu's vision, "Jiaoyuan" mainly teaches students embroidery, weaving, fabric dyeing, sewing and tailoring skills, and serves as a reserve talent base for exporting textile and clothing products in Songjiang.

Therefore, Zheng Haizhu simply moved to Jiaoyuan, the clothes shop that Master Han and his wife gave Han Ximeng as a dowry. Anyway, the main goal was to receive foreign trade orders through the Weaving Bureau or through Yan Siqi's channel, and not to compete with those local tailor shops in Songjiang.

When the three of them entered the room, Versace was cutting a piece of ivory-white cotton cloth on the large willow board table, while his daughter Fan Polu was discussing with the two women how to lock the beautiful and neat edges of the sleeves that are layered like fungus .

There are five or six young women embroidering purse-like objects on the other side by the window.

Except for the father and daughter of Versace, they were all employed by Hanfu Zhifang.

When everyone saw Mrs. Shen and her own third lady coming in, they all stood up and saluted.

Shen greeted kindly: "You are busy with your work, take advantage of the morning light to brighten the hall."

In the soft and thornless yellow grass frame in the center of the room, there are already a lot of ivory-white ready-made clothes piled up.

Mrs. Shen picked up one to look at, and asked in amazement: "Ah Zhu, this coat is so strange, which end is up and which end is down?"

Zheng Haizhu said: "Grandma, this is a trial production ordered by Eunuch Liu of the Weaving Bureau, and it will be sold to the Hongyi people."

Shen said "Oh", turned her head and saw Han Xiying standing under the window, and walked over.

Han Xiying asked one of the young girls softly, "Ah Zhen, what are you embroidering?"

The girl named "A Zhen" raised her face, but her eyelids were a little swollen, and there were still tears in her eyes, as if she had just cried.

Han Xiying was taken aback for a moment, but quickly saw the pattern on the purse.

At the same time, Ah Zhen looked at Zheng Haizhu timidly.

Zheng Haizhu walked over, and still told Shen calmly: "Grandma, this is also going to be sold to Fan Shang."

Shen said: "Oh? Is it also a job of the imperial court?"

Zheng Haizhu responded.

Shen boasted: "It's amazing. No wonder Ximeng's shop doesn't have to be located in a busy market, it's just like the imperial court's internal workshop. Hey, I really should invite the old lady to come and have a look today, she Didn't he work as an errand in the imperial court in the past."

He smiled and teased again: "Azhu, you are really the pioneer of our Songjiang style. The big families next to you, all the girls who marry their daughters are all women, maids, nurses, and second master Han. Fortunately, he married a female shopkeeper for the eldest lady." Come."

Zheng Haizhu hurriedly responded with modest words, but her judgment in her heart was the same as before. She always felt that the elder daughter-in-law of the Gu family had a kind of thoughtful gloom hidden in her bodhisattva-like eyes.

"Okay, Ah Zhu, I see that you are all so busy, I will go back with your third lady. Master Fan, sister of the Fan family, you have worked hard, everyone has worked hard. Cui Liu, where is the money for tea?"

When Mrs. Shen said goodbye, she actually gave each person five cents of silver, which was equivalent to a day and a half of workers' wages.

Zheng Haizhu thanked everyone and walked out the door with Mrs. Shen.

Han Xiying walked behind them, and quietly glanced at A Zhen under the window.

Ah Zhen was holding the money, and was also looking at her third young lady, like a wronged cat, looking at the old owner.

After the bearer carried the sedan chair for a few steps, Mrs. Shen patted Han Xiying on the back of the hand: "Ah Ying, this person surnamed Zheng is really disliked by people. In front of me today, she doesn't even know you are a servant." What are the proper rules, you can imagine how she and your sister bullied you two in the mansion."

Han Xiying didn't intend to show emotion, but blinked her eyes, and said with a strange excitement: "Grandma, the clothes those Thai and Western people wear are just fine, but the purses embroidered by Ah Zhen and the others are all the same. They are all patterns of the Japanese country! They are the same as those on the Japanese painting that Zheng Haizhu got for my elder sister."

(End of this chapter)