Chapter 2423: Chapter 14: Wei Qin and Chang Jiayi
Chapter 2423: Chapter 14: Wei Qin and Chang Jiayi
Mr. Huai’an and Mr. Hejiang would occasionally discuss together, and they couldn’t help but admire Meng Yunzheng’s talents. Even if he didn’t serve as the Mountain Master and truly joined the court as an official, he would still be a legendary figure.
Not to mention, with him at the Ministry of Revenue, the national treasury would be overflowing.
However, he wasn’t just focused on money. Once the academy had funds, he would also support some students in need, especially those with exceptional talent, as no one could bear to let their potential go to waste.
Moreover, both Meng Yunzheng and the two teachers encouraged students to go out and gain experience.
When they traveled, the academy would provide some of the expenses.
For example, this time, the capital was hosting a Scripture Reading event. Not mentioning the well-read scholars, certainly many literati would gather in the capital.
This was a rare opportunity, and Zhenglu Academy offered more than twenty slots, allowing students aged over fifteen without special circumstances to join the group through a draw and experience the grand event in the capital.
There will be many such opportunities in the future. Meng Yunzheng said, if they don’t get a chance this time, they’ll have another chance next time; eventually, everyone will get a turn.
Because of this, whether teachers or students, everyone in the academy held great respect and trust in Meng Yunzheng as the Mountain Master.
After talking with Mr. Hejiang for a while, Meng Yunzheng took Mianmian towards the back.
Over there stood Song Le, talking with his classmates.
“Where is your mother?” Meng Yunzheng asked.
Song Le, who was nine this year, stood out among classmates who averaged over fifteen. With his peers older than him rubbing his chubby cheeks, he looked quite helpless.
Seeing Meng Yunzheng approach, the other students immediately straightened up, and Song Le finally escaped from their hands, took the opportunity to step out of their circle, and looked up at Meng Yunzheng, saying, “My mother is over there comforting Xiao’e.”
Meng Yunzheng looked in the direction he was pointing, and sure enough, he saw Wei Qin being pulled by a seven or eight-year-old girl by the corner of her coat, saying something in a low voice.
Xiao’e was Chang Jiayi’s daughter. Chang Jiayi was one of the two child students recruited by Shu Yu when she substituted for Zhenglu Academy’s recruitment.
At that time, Xiao’e was only four years old, but after experiencing abandonment by her mother, abuse by a neighbor aunt, and being kidnapped by traffickers, her personality became timid and introverted.
Although in recent years she had been living in the academy with her father, Chang Jiayi, and the situation had somewhat improved, compared with others, she was still as shy as a kitten.
Song Le also had a previous experience of introversion, but later, with the care of his elder relatives, and under the care of his elder brothers, sisters, and friends, he almost forgot about the hardships he had faced before the age of two.
After his mother returned, he didn’t even have the slightest bit of inferiority or timidity left, and he became very outgoing.
When Xiao’e went through those things, she was already at an age to remember.
Because of this, when Song Le was in the academy, he patiently talked to her and guided her. While Xiao’e would hide when she saw other students approaching, she was not afraid when she saw Song Le.
Gradually, Song Le, Xiao’e, and Quanquan, who was inseparable from Song Le, became good friends.
As a result, Wei Qin and Chang Jiayi as the parents also got to know each other better.
However, both were single; one a widower, the other left by his wife, so to avoid suspicion, they scarcely spoke to each other.