"Mr. Chen ate too many rice dumplings yesterday, so his stomach must be uncomfortable, right?" Meiya said to Chen Qingxuan as she put the millet porridge on the table. "Let's eat something light today, millet porridge is the best for the stomach."
Chen Qingxuan looked at the bowl of steaming millet porridge, and his heart was so soft. He sat at the table and watched Mei Ya go into the kitchen again. This time she brought out a plate of porridge and placed it in front of him. She smiled and said, "Eat it quickly. There are four eggs in it. It must be delicious."
Chen Qingxuan looked at the greasy and soft dough on the plate. He was always well-versed in academics, but he couldn't find the right words to describe his feelings at the moment. He only knew that he felt a little dizzy, happy and comfortable.
"Where are you going?" Chen Qingxuan was lost in thought for a while as he stared at the steaming hot pot and millet porridge in front of him. He heard Meiya's footsteps. He suddenly came to his senses and saw Meiya standing up to leave, so he hurriedly stopped her. "You...you want to eat with me?"
"I'm not hungry. I'll eat with Grandma Chen later." Meiya said, turning around and walking towards the room. Meiya usually stayed in her room when she had nothing to do, and would not come out easily. But before she took two steps, Meiya stopped. She turned around a little embarrassedly and walked in front of Chen Qingxuan again. Then she asked in a low voice, "Mr. Chen, you will teach the children later, can I sit aside and listen?"
Mei Ya had wanted to learn to read for a long time, even when she was in the capital, but no one was willing to teach a crude palace maid to read. So she looked for opportunities to learn by herself, but she didn't know many words. Later, when she arrived in Ningguta and met Zhong Mingwei, she wanted to learn to read even more, especially when she didn't even know how to choose books when she went to buy them for Zhong Mingwei. But she was too embarrassed to ask Zhong Mingwei to teach her. At first, she was afraid that Zhong Mingwei would look down on her. Later, Zhong Mingwei didn't teach her well, and always took advantage of Mei Ya by teaching her to read. As a result, Mei Ya didn't learn many more words, but only knew the three more words "Zhong Mingwei" than before. Now that she had the opportunity, she naturally wanted to learn to read from Chen Qingxuan.
"Why not?" Chen Qingxuan agreed immediately. Seeing Meiya's embarrassed look, Chen Qingxuan was indescribably happy. He hurriedly added, "If there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me anytime, no matter when."
"Then I'd like to thank Mr. Chen first," Mei Ya was busy thanking Chen Qingxuan, and turned to walk into the room. Suddenly, she remembered that there was not much firewood in the kitchen, so she turned and walked out the door. As soon as she walked out the door, she ran into Pang Yi who was rushing over with two men. "Pang Yi, where have you been so early in the morning?"
Pang Yi was really scared. Following Zhong Mingwei's order, he went down the mountain to find a carpenter to make doors and repair windows, but he was worried that Mei Ya would be sad if she saw him, so he got up early and went down the mountain before dawn. He quickly found some help and hurried back, but he was still seen by Mei Ya.
Pang Yi's face froze immediately, and then he hurriedly forced a dry smile at Mei Ya: "The kang at home is broken, and my master asked me to find someone to fix it. There's nothing else to do, madam..."
"Brother, didn't you just say you were going to repair the doors and windows?" The carpenter behind him was not happy and interrupted Pang Yi with a frown, "We two are not going to repair the kang."
"Yes, yes, yes, it's none of your business. I have to go down the mountain to look for someone later. Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Pang Yi glared angrily, and at the same time he smiled at Mei Ya, "I still have things to do at home. I won't say any more to my wife. I'll go up first."
"Go." Mei Ya nodded, and watched Pang Yi and his men hurried away. Then Mei Ya picked up a bundle of firewood from the shed, frowned, and moved it into the room.
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Today we are not going to teach a new lesson, but review the "Hundred Family Surnames" that we learned before. Chen Qingxuan led a dozen children in the private school to recite "Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wang" with their heads shaking. Mei Ya sat in the last row, staring at the book in front of her. This was the "Hundred Family Surnames" that Chen Qingxuan gave her this morning, saying that all the surnames in the world can be found in it.
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