The reason she made clothes for Rong Heng wasn't out of kindness, it was merely because there's an old saying: "Short favors make long friends." After accepting so much silver from others, it was only proper to compensate in certain areas.
As for Rong Heng himself, unlike some male leads with obsessions over cleanliness and all kinds of melodrama, he adapted well to local customs.
Mixing in the military camp, bathing once every two or three days and changing clothes once every three to five days was considered clean enough, after all, conditions in the camp weren't that great.
He never brought maids around him, simply because he found them troublesome. Sometimes, he was so busy that he didn't even have time to eat, let alone care about cleanliness.