"Sister-in-law, what does that girl look like?" Shen Heng was a little curious.
Xia thought for a moment and said, "She's a bit chubby, not particularly pretty, and not as tall as Ah Heng, but she must have been well-educated."
"Oh? That's rare." Nanny Feng was a little curious. The girls selling handkerchiefs were all ordinary people with the surname Qi. She didn't mean to look down on them, but the Qi families only cared about making a living and rarely paid attention to the education of their girls.
"A girl that Wu Xizi likes must have some good qualities." Chen Heng found it funny when she thought of how Wu Jin was often called a child by Meng Xuanlang. "Looks like we'll be able to have a wedding banquet soon."
"Meng Jizi and Wu Jizi haven't been to our house for a long time. Ah Jian, when will you invite them to dinner? Lord Lu..." Xia's expression darkened, and she felt uncomfortable thinking about Lord Lu. "How could Lord Lu be a spy? Ah Jian, has the court really investigated the matter thoroughly?"
Xie Jian nodded. Only he and Xuan Lang knew that the Master had taken Yuezhou. If he had not been worried that Xuan Lang's temper would cause trouble, he would not have wanted to tell him.
Just as the family was eating breakfast in a dull mood, Liu Gang came in and said, "Sir, there is a young man named Ouyang outside the door. He said he is your brother."
"Ouyang En?" Shen Heng asked curiously. The only person they knew with the surname Ouyang was the young man who was going to be a general, and he was on the battlefield.
Xie Jian's eyes moved: "Please invite him in."
After a while, Ouyang En came in, looking exhausted, and laughed loudly: "Thank you, brother, I'm here. Hello, sister-in-law, hello, hello, this nanny."
"Ouyang En, is it really you? Why are you here?" Chen Heng exclaimed.
Xia quickly asked Zhenzhu to prepare another seat: "You haven't had breakfast yet, sit down and eat something."
Ouyang En was not polite either, and sat beside Xie Jian casually: "Yes, I didn't eat, thank you, sister-in-law." Then he said to Shen Heng: "It's hard to explain in a few words, let's talk while we eat."
The whole family only then learned that during the past six months that Ouyang En had been a soldier, he had fought hard on the border, risked his life several times, and even survived a near-death experience. However, his military achievements were taken away five times. Frustrated and disheartened, he simply asked for a transfer order to the imperial city.
"Now I can't even stay in the Imperial Guard." Ouyang En said dejectedly, "I'll just continue to be a small yamen runner."
Looking at the devastated Ouyang En, Chen Heng truly felt that this boy was too unlucky. He had been a passionate young man when he joined the army, but less than a year later, he had become disheartened. "Is there no one to intervene? There are so many generals on the battlefield, and not a single one stood up to speak for you?"
"I'm just a small soldier. Who's willing to stand up for me? I can't even see the commander." Ouyang En finished his second bowl of porridge and said, "Besides, the commander wouldn't take a small soldier like me seriously."
Xie Jian drank only a small bowl of porridge, ate two eggs, and half a pancake, and then stopped eating: "If you want to be a general, you don't have to be on the battlefield."
"But only on the battlefield can military merits come quickly."
"Xuan Lang said he could let you join the Imperial Guard."
Ouyang En didn't feel happy at all: "I want to become a general based on my own strength."
Xie Jian: “…” You have connections but don’t use them. How stupid.
"Ouyang, don't be discouraged." Chen Heng encouraged the passionate young man: "Gold will always shine. You are loyal and chivalrous. Losing you would be a loss to the military camp. One day, you will definitely become a great general. We believe in you."
Ouyang En hadn't heard anyone say this about him in a long time. Although he still couldn't feel happy, he still had faith: "My sister-in-law is right. I will definitely become a great general."
"How about," Xia said, "Ouyang, why don't you go to Fengguo Temple to worship the Bodhisattva? The Bodhisattva there is very powerful."
"Okay." Ouyang En nodded.
"If the Bodhisattva could show his power, would there still be so many strange things in this world?" Xie Jian said calmly.
Seeing Ouyang En looking a little discouraged again, Chen Heng smiled and said, "Why do some Bodhisattvas work and some don't? They don't work because Bodhisattvas believe we can do it."
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