If you keep making noise, I won’t stand it anymore!

After breakfast that day, Meixiang called Liu Chengen, who had been clearly out of form in the past two days, and asked, "Did something happen at home? You seem absent-minded even when eating."

"Ah" Liu Chengen came back to his senses and exclaimed.

Mei Xiang glared at him fiercely: "If you have something to say, just say it. If you don't have anything to say, just work hard. What's the point of hesitating and procrastinating?"

Liu Chengen lowered his head and gritted his teeth, then raised his head and looked at Meixiang and blurted out: "Miss, can you not accept another person?"

"Get lost, why don't you learn something else but use Meiying's tricks again? Do you think I've been too easy to talk to lately?" Meixiang couldn't help but get angry when she heard the word "recruit someone". If she hadn't accepted Meiying out of weakness at that time, why would she have so many things to worry about now?

"Miss, don't be impatient and listen to me first." Liu Chengen shrank his neck and continued, "Gou Sheng'er is a poor child, but he is very smart and knows about herbs, so I told you about it."

When Meixiang heard the words "know herbal medicine", she opened her mouth slightly and stopped herself from saying no. The beautiful woman drinking tea at the table and others watched their conversation with a smile. Only at this time would Meixiang behave like a girl in her teens. Her usual manner of speaking and doing things was more mature than that of adults.

"Tell me what's going on. If you can't explain everything, I'll show you how I'm going to deal with you. Humph!" Meixiang muttered in a muffled voice.

Liu Chengen took the opportunity to introduce Gousheng'er's situation in detail: Gousheng'er is eleven years old this year, and he is from the same village as Liu Chengen. He was adopted since he was a child by a couple who made a living by digging and growing herbs and had no children of their own. He is also quite talented in herbal medicine, and his adoptive parents have focused on training him. The accident happened three years ago. His adoptive mother, who had been childless, became pregnant. In less than three years, the adoptive mother gave birth to two pairs of twins and four boys.

His adoptive father abandoned him three times, intentionally or unintentionally, but he found him each time. Later, even though he only ate leftovers once a day and worked hard, his adoptive parents still beat and scolded him, without any warmth or affection. He was heartbroken and finally left on his own.

"When did you get to know him?" Meixiang asked, staring at him while holding the tea bowl.

Liu Chengen scratched his head and thought for a while before replying, "Two days ago when I went home, he went back quietly to see if his adoptive parents had looked for him, but..." He then added, "I was walking so fast that I almost bumped into him when he was about to faint, and that's how we met."

"When you followed the fat boy and the others to bully others before, why didn't anyone see that you had such a kind heart?" Meixiang teased him with a little annoyance. This had caused her trouble again.

"Isn't this what I learned from you, Master? You are such a kind-hearted person, I can't be much worse than you, right? Didn't you say a few days ago that you were in need of someone who knows about herbs? I'm relieved now!"

"Oh, so it's still my fault! Look, they are framing me!" Meixiang gritted her teeth, jumped up, and raised her hand to hit Liu Chengen. Liu Chengen ran away at first, but then he became interested. The two of them fought a second round happily amid the cheers of the people in Liu's house.

The next day, Gousheng'er was brought into Liu's mansion by Liu Chengen and stood in front of Meixiang and others.

Meixiang and the others looked at the boy who was not much fatter than Meiying when they first met. When she saw the stubbornness and unyielding look in his eyes, Meixiang had already decided to keep him. Because she was too familiar with that look, as familiar as seeing herself before the catastrophe.

"Well, Gou, Sheng'er, right? Acheng should have told you about the situation in the Liu Mansion. Do you have any questions or requests?" Meixiang looked at Doctor Wang, then looked at the thin but straight-backed boy in front of her and asked.

Liu Chengen was stunned for a moment when he heard this, before he realized that the "A Cheng" was referring to him, and he liked this name.

Gou Sheng'er's eyes flashed with joy. This was the first time in these months of wandering that he felt at ease. "Miss, can you give me two taels of silver in advance?" Afraid that the people in Liu's house would misunderstand, he quickly explained: "I went to visit my parents secretly a few days ago... I overheard that my younger brother seemed to be sick and crying a lot. Although, although they don't want me anymore, I, I..."

Meixiang looked at the sad Gou Sheng'er and felt conflicted. She was worried about his indecision but also happy about his kindness. "Mother, what do you think?"

The beautiful woman had been observing the others. Seeing the tangle in her daughter's eyes, she sighed secretly again. Her daughter was still too soft-hearted, but wasn't she the same? "Just do what you want. I believe you can handle the consequences no matter how bad it is."

"Gou, Sheng'er, I'll give you five taels of silver and you can do with it, but you have to promise that this is the first and last time. I don't want my people to be entangled with a bunch of bad people and things in the future, which will ruin their reputation and the relationship between us. Otherwise, don't blame me for not saying it in advance. Acheng, Meiying, the same goes for you." Meixiang thought about it and decided to give the boy a chance, which could be regarded as fulfilling her original self.

Upon hearing this, Gousheng'er knelt on the ground with a plop and kowtowed three times. "Gousheng will always remember the great kindness of Madam and Miss. I am willing to serve as a slave in your mansion, and I will give you a lifelong contract."

"When you have thought it through, go back to Madam Liu to sign your name, and ask her for five taels of silver." Meixiang nodded and continued, "If you want to change your name, just follow Meiying and change it to Meishu. Meiying, arrange accommodation for him, and then take him to the medicine farm. Once he is familiar with it, you can hand over the affairs of the medicine farm to him. You can then free up to follow me to do other things."

Gou Sheng'er, who changed his name to Mei Shu, kowtowed three times to Mei Xiang, "Mei Shu, please give me the name, Miss."

"Yes, Miss." Mei Ying nodded when she heard that. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief that she could finally get rid of that medicinal field, which she was really not good at. She turned to Mei Shu and said, "Hello, Mei Shu, I'm Mei Ying. Let's go. I'll take you to find Nanny Chen to familiarize you with the environment."

"Thank you." The two of them bowed to everyone in the house and walked out of the house.

Meixiang smiled and called out to Liu Chengen, who was about to run away: "Liu Chengen, stop right there. Have you forgotten something? Do you want me to remind you?"

Liu Chengen carefully turned his head to look at the particularly creepy smile on Meixiang's face, and shrank his neck even more without saying anything.

"No matter how much you shrink your neck, you will never become a turtle. You have to deal with the problems you have caused yourself. If you let the fat guy and the others pester me about this matter, I will definitely kick you two out of the house."

Liu Chengen looked at Meixiang, whose expression had become somewhat ferocious, and then thought about the fat boy's unique skill of crying and making a fuss, and he was about to cry.