"Thank you, Mengmeng, if it weren’t for you, Ruirui he..." still felt a lingering fear in her heart. If it weren’t for Mengmeng, by the time they realized something was wrong and started looking, Ruirui might have already become a pile of white bones.
The Luo family, especially Bai Qianruo and Luo Wenyu (Luo Jingrui’s wife and son), were endlessly grateful. Luo Wenyu knelt on the ground and deeply kowtowed three times to Yang Mengchen.
Luo Wenmin and Luo Wenjue (Luo Jingfan and Luo Jingyao’s sons), followed their big brother and knelt down to kowtow.
"Get up quickly. Big Brother Luo is my brother, and a family should support each other," said Yang Mengchen as she stepped forward to lift up the youngest, Luo Wenjue. Hua Tang and Lv Luo helped Luo Wenyu and Luo Wenmin to their feet: "Besides, it was Mo Mei and the soldiers who found Big Brother Luo and Nan Feng and brought them here in time for treatment."
Lady Luo continuously nodded, "We should all be thankful. Miss Mo Mei, please accept this humble gift as a token of our gratitude. And later, please let us know the names of those four soldiers, so we can thank them in person." She finished speaking and took a brocade box handed over by her daughter-in-law and gave it to Mo Mei.
Ruirui said that at the time, he and Nan Feng had already contracted smallpox, and the four soldiers had not been vaccinated yet. Without any hesitation, they carried them onto a stretcher and brought them to Mengchen. This act of kindness would never be forgotten by the Luo Mansion.
"I acted on the command of the princess; it is not worth the Duchess’s thanks," Mo Mei declined.
Lady Luo insisted that Mo Mei accept it.
Bai Qianruo joined in persuading her, "Even so, had it not been for Miss Mo Mei and the four soldiers discovering my husband, he might have..." Her tears could not help but cascade down every time she thought about how close her husband had been to leaving them forever, while they had been oblivious.
"Auntie, you’re with child; you shouldn’t shed tears," said Yang Mengchen softly, comforting Bai Qianruo. She teased Mo Mei, "Since Aunty Luo and the others are giving it, you should accept it; it can be part of your dowry in the future."
Mo Mei rolled her eyes. The princess was at it again. Didn’t she see Sister Jin trying to hold back a smile, and the expression of Hua Tang and the others trying not to look baffled? She quickly took the brocade box and stood behind Yang Mengchen with her head bowed.
"Is Miss Mo Mei engaged? That’s wonderful news," said Lady Luo as she and Bai Qianruo, who had stopped crying, along with the others joyfully looked at Yang Mengchen.
"Don’t get me started," said Yang Mengchen with a look of wistful annoyance. "They’re all getting up there in years, and I thought about finding them good matches, so they’d have someone caring by their side in the future. But they, one by one, steadfastly refuse to marry. It’s given me so many worries I’ve started to go gray."
Hua Tang and the others were simply speechless with their hands to their foreheads.
The Luo family was momentarily taken aback, then nodded in agreement: Mengmeng (Ninth Sister) is such a good master; it’s no wonder that the maids don’t want to leave her.
Then Luo Wenjue, nestled in Yang Mengchen’s arms, declared loudly, "It’s only the Founding Ancestor who has white hair; Auntie doesn’t have any, Auntie will always be beautiful!"
Yang Mengchen immediately beamed with joy and kissed Luo Wenjue’s rosy cheeks, "Wenjue is so good, Auntie really likes Wenjue."
"Wenjue likes Auntie very, very much too," he said, wrapping his arms around Yang Mengchen’s neck and planting a kiss on her face, his smile wide enough to hide his eyes.
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Everyone laughed heartily.
"Uncle Luo, please consider staying in The Capital after the New Year," said Yang Mengchen with a smile. "I’m preparing to develop vaccines to prevent various diseases, and your medical skill is extraordinary. Please stay and help me. Once the citizens are vaccinated, they won’t have to worry about diseases like chickenpox or pneumonia anymore."
Doctor Luo readily agreed. It was an opportunity both to learn medicine and to serve the nation and its people, leaving him deeply touched and grateful.
In the past, he was merely upholding his duty as a doctor to treat Mengchen, but she had since then treated him like a father, always considering him and the Luo family in her actions. Now she had saved Ruirui, sparing him the pain of an elder burying a younger one. Such fortune to have met the kind and filial Mengchen must have been accumulated over several lifetimes.
"But I must make it clear, this is for the benefit of the common people. We can only charge for the cost or vaccinate those in serious financial difficulty for free. Don’t worry about not making a profit," Yang Mengchen said playfully.
In her heart, Uncle Luo was like Grandpa Liang from her previous life. Although he never overtly did anything special for her, she was keenly aware that Uncle Luo and the Luo family had silently shielded her from numerous hardships and threats, even supporting her involvement in Imperial Court affairs, becoming her solid backing.
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