Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

In fact, there was no need for Qin's mother to shout, because Feng Laosan next door had already heard the noise here.

"Aunt, is Awen back?" Feng Laosan asked across the courtyard wall.

"I'm back, I'm back. Come on. Call your big brother by the way."

"Hey, okay!"

Qin Yunhe had just ground the ink when Feng Laosan from next door came over with red paper.

"Awen, write something more festive."

Because they were close, Feng Laosan asked Qin Yunhe to write Spring Festival couplets every year. Qin Yunhe knew his preferences very well, so he said, "Okay."

"Heaven...what year..." He got stuck after just reading one word. Feng Laosan chuckled twice and simply stopped reading.

Feng Laosan is not very literate and he envies people who can read the most. He has always had a very good relationship with the Qin family.

Qin Yunhe finished writing and read it to him: "As time goes by, people live longer. Spring fills the world and brings blessings to the family."

When Feng Laosan heard that it meant both longevity and good fortune for the family, he was very satisfied. He took it and put it aside, waiting for Qin Yunhe to write another couplet.

At this moment, voices were heard outside, and soon another person came in, but he was a villager who did not come here often.

"Qin Xiaolang, I heard you're writing Spring Festival couplets here, I want one too."

"Oh, okay, uncle, please sit down and wait for a while."

"Awen, I'm here to ask for Spring Festival couplets too." Another person came.

Soon, people from the same village began to come in in groups of three or four, and soon there were quite a few people standing in Qin Yunhe's room.

Qin Yunhe, who was writing Spring Festival couplets, looked up at the people in the room and couldn't help wondering: Did so many people ask me to write couplets in previous years?

It seems that since my father passed away, only a few neighbors nearby come to visit. What happened this year?

Feng Laosan also noticed that there were a lot of people coming this year: "I haven't seen so many people in previous years. Why are you all here?"

There are two people who live at the entrance of the village, very far away, and they seldom come here on weekdays.

"I just went to Uncle Feng's place, and I heard that Qin Xiaolang was writing Spring Festival couplets here, so I came to join in the fun."

Just now, Feng Laosan asked his little grandson to inform his eldest brother, and he must have happened to run into him.

Another person also said: "I also heard that Qin Xiucai wrote Spring Festival couplets, and came here to ask for one."

Some of the neighbors came with red paper, so this must have attracted quite a few people along the way.

There were also people who came to Qin Yunhe for the first time to write Spring Festival couplets but did not bring red paper, so they borrowed it from others.

Suddenly, Qin Yunhe's little house became lively.

Although Qin Yunhe was puzzled, since they were all neighbors, he naturally would not refuse.

The villagers were waiting around with nothing to do, so they started chatting.

"Ah Wen, I heard that you are going to take the exam for the scholar degree after the New Year?"

"Yes, uncle, I plan to take part in the college entrance examination after the New Year."

"Hey! That's right. I think you should have taken the exam two years ago. It would be a shame if you didn't take it given your talent."

What kind of talent did he have? Qin Yunhe was a little speechless. In the past two years, it wasn't that he didn't want to take the exam, he just didn't study hard at all. He didn't even need to take the exam to know the result.

"Ah Wen, I heard that Auntie went to Dongyue's house a few days ago and wanted to arrange a marriage between you and Dongyue. Did Dongyue's mother not agree?"

Sure enough, I'm afraid that this matter will be told everywhere by Dongyue's mother as a joke these days.

"If it were you, I shouldn't have asked. Dong Yue's mother is so ignorant. She thinks that others are marrying up to her daughter, and she doesn't even consider whether her daughter is worthy enough."

In fact, whether in this life or the previous life, Qin Yunhe didn't care much about this matter.

Everyone has their own considerations, and whether a marriage is successful or not is not a grudge. Qin Yunhe didn't like what the other party said, but he didn't say anything, just lowered his head and wrote the Spring Festival couplets seriously.

The man continued, "I scolded her at the time for looking down on others. Qin Xiaolang has been studying hard these past two years and has not taken the exam. If he passes the exam next year, who would be interested in her daughter?"

"That's right. Ah Wen passed the imperial examination at the age of thirteen. He didn't want to take the exam before, but now it's easy for him to take it. I also want to marry my cousin to Ah Wen, but I'm afraid Ah Wen won't like her."

Everyone laughed.

Qin Yunhe was puzzled. Weren't these people the ones making fun of him a few days ago? How come the wind direction changed in just half a month?

If people had said this in the past, Qin Yunhe would have been overjoyed. Now, although he was somewhat confident, he would not be as conceited as before.

So he just smiled and said, "Marriage is something that should be agreed upon by both parties. There's no such thing as one looking down on the other."

Seeing Qin Yunhe say this, everyone quickly agreed: "Yes, yes, Ah Wen is still knowledgeable."

"Ah, this word is really good."

"Of course not, otherwise even Mr. Li would ask Ah Wen to copy books."

Someone else laughed and said, "You two can't read, what do you know?"

"You know..."

"Of course I know. I studied with Uncle Qin for several years. Ah Wen, this is called Wu style..."

Qin Yunhe listened to the discussions of the people around him. After hearing this, he thought that maybe it was because the Li family asked him to copy books that everyone felt that he did have some real talent and knowledge, so they changed their opinion?

Qin Yunhe suddenly thought that although the fact that he was rejected for marriage in this life was still spread by everyone, it seemed that no one made fun of him this time.

I originally thought that he was too busy, leaving early and returning late every day, so he had no chance to hear it. But thinking back, in his previous life, his mother was so angry that she started cursing at others because she heard a group of gossipy women gathered together to gossip and make fun of him.

In this life, his mother was only a little angry at being rejected at the time, and never mentioned the matter again afterwards.

Could it be that because everyone saw him copying books for the Li family, their attitude towards this matter changed?

People's thoughts are really hard to understand.

Qin Yunhe was busy for nearly an hour and finally finished writing the Spring Festival couplets for all the neighbors. Finally, he wrote a few for himself and Chen Er.

After seeing off the neighbors, Qin Yunhe went to find Chen Er with the Spring Festival couplets for him.

Yesterday was the 28th market, and Qin Yunhe asked Chen Er to help buy some fireworks and firecrackers, so he could pick them up today.

When I arrived at Chen Er's house, I happened to see him coming back carrying a bucket of water.

"Ah Wen, you are here to pick up the firecrackers, right? I was planning to deliver them to you later."

"I came to give you the Spring Festival couplets and pick up the firecrackers. What have you been doing?"

Chen Er said a little embarrassedly: "Xiao Zhuzi and I dug another ice hole on the river surface near our village to see if we can catch any fish..."

Looks like he didn't catch it...

Chen Er's family only had two and a half dilapidated houses, with thatched roofs that they had laid themselves. When his grandfather fled to Fengle Village with his family, he picked up this empty house, cleaned it up and moved in.

When he first moved in, he planned to renovate or even rebuild the house when times got better. However, he didn't expect that the family would suffer so many disasters since they moved in, and now only Chen Er is left.

Naturally, the house has never been rebuilt.

When they were young, they often visited each other when they played together. But at that time, they didn't know what was good or bad, they just felt that Chen Er's house was a little different from their own and seemed very mysterious.

Now when I come back again, I feel that the house is dilapidated, low and dim, which makes me sad.

Chen Er took a backpack from the corner and said, "I bought it according to your wishes. Do you think it is enough?"

"That's enough, please."

"What's the trouble? Let's go out and release two."

As he said this, Chen Er happily took two firecrackers, lit a stick of incense and walked out.

Although his life is so hard, Chen Er is always so open-minded and optimistic.

Qin Yunhe was infected by him and was eager to try it out, so he took one and followed him out.