Chapter 109: Be pragmatic
It was already noon the next day when the group arrived in Yuzhou.
Qing Bo was waiting at the door early in the morning. When he saw his son coming home, he smiled happily and quickly told the servant to carry his things.
"Uncle Qing, does Chen Yuan still live here?" Meng Xuanlang looked at the tightly closed door next door. There was some grass growing on the corner of the door. It seemed that no one had lived here for a long time.
"I don't live there anymore. The house is being sold to someone else." Qing Bo shook his head. It was a pretty good family, who would have thought that she was just a concubine. If he had known that, he would not have let his son have any contact with the Shen family's concubine. It's not that he looked down on Shen Yuan, the child was still a good person, but their identities were different after all. Telling the truth would bring shame to his son.
Chen Heng and Xie Jian both glanced at the next door.
At this time, a maid from the Meng family came out of the Meng residence and walked up to Meng Xuanlang. She was about to report something, but when she saw Chen Heng and Xie Jian, she was stunned for a moment, then walked over excitedly: "Two benefactors?"
The maid in front of them was pretty and was looking at them with joy.
"Who are you?" Chen Heng had no impression of this girl, but the word "benefactor" brought back some memories.
"It's you?" Xie Jian recognized her.
"Yes. My benefactor, you have recognized me," the maid said to Chen Heng, "you forgot that you gave me a bowl of hot porridge during the snowstorm."
It really was her. Chen Heng looked at the completely different girl in front of her and said, "It's you. Why are you here?"
"Do you recognize him?" Meng Xuanlang asked curiously.
Mei Er choked up as she recounted her story: "If it weren't for the two benefactors before me, I wouldn't be able to serve you like this." She knelt before Chen Heng and Xie Jian and said, "Let me kowtow to you two benefactors."
Shen Heng quickly helped her up: "We didn't do anything."
"When you are in such a dangerous situation and can't take care of yourselves, you can still give outsiders some food. It's really rare." In the month of the snowstorm, the Wu family did their best to help the court fight the disaster. Wu Jin naturally knew the suffering of the people under this disaster.
"My dear." Mei Er wiped the tears from her eyes and looked at Meng Xuanlang and said, "I have a humble request. When you two benefactors come to the Meng family, I would like to serve you and repay your kindness."
Meng Xuanlang agreed without thinking: "Okay." Being grateful and repaying kindness is what a person should do.
Chen Heng was not used to being served by others. There was nothing good about her that needed to be served. Faced with the other person's enthusiasm and the desire to repay her that was obvious at a glance, it was indeed inappropriate to refuse at this time. She glanced at Xie Jian, wondering what he was thinking.
Xie Jian simply said, "That's fine. I'll be relieved to know someone will be with Ah Heng when I enter the examination hall."
After the group had lunch, the young men went back to the study.
Mei'er brought Chen Heng to the side room to rest.
"Madam Chen, please wash your face and hands first." Mei'er placed the wooden basin filled with water on the basin rack: "I have cleaned the room inside and out. If you are tired, you can take a rest."
"Thank you." Seeing Mei'er holding a clean sweater and waiting for her to wash her hands, Shen Heng was really not used to it: "How did you come to the Meng family? I didn't see you last time."
"I came here four months ago," Mei'er said. "The Meng family was looking for someone, so I decided to give it a try. Perhaps Uncle Qing took pity on me and took me in."
"The Meng family is a good family."
"Madam Shen is right." Seeing that Madam Shen had washed her hands, Mei'er quickly handed the sweat mask to her.
That night.
Chen Heng was checking some problematic accounts given to her by Qing Bo. How to check accounts is also a brain-intensive task. Some people do accounts and obviously have deficits, but they just make it impossible for you to see. They are very good at it.
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