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

During the days leading up to the Chinese New Year, Qin's mother and Yuru were busy preparing food, fruit offerings, firewood, etc. for the New Year, while Qin Yunhe was reviewing his lessons and writing Spring Festival couplets, blessing characters or calligraphy copies for his neighbors.

Qin Yunhe won the first place this year, and the villagers were more enthusiastic about asking him to write Spring Festival couplets, and there were far more people coming than in previous years.

Some neighbors also came to ask Qin Yunhe if he had opened a school to teach, wanting Qin Yunhe to accept their children as students.

Accepting Yu Ge'er had already taken up a lot of Qin Yunhe's time, so he naturally would not accept other students and had to politely decline them one by one.

Those who were rejected felt a little regretful. If they had known this would happen, they should have let their children become disciples in advance, so that they might have gained the upper hand.

Of course, there are also people who think that Qin Yunhe is snobbish and only accepts young masters from wealthy families.

But no matter what the idea is, the villagers no longer dare to say anything to their faces like before.

Chen passed away two years ago. Whenever he had time, he would come to see Qin Yunhe busy writing Spring Festival couplets, calligraphy copies and the like for others.

"Le...what, what, Chengshi..."

While Qin Yunhe was writing, Chen Er was reading along. As a result, he only got two out of five words right. Qin Yunhe was so amused that he couldn't help laughing.

Yu Ru just came in to add water for them. When she heard Chen Er's words, she burst out laughing: "That's 'The Joy of Tang and Yu's Prosperous Times'. Ah Wen read it when he was a child. Don't you remember it?"

Chen Er also laughed and scratched his head, "Ah? Did you teach me? Why don't I remember it? Haha."

Whenever Qin Yunhe learned something when he was a child, he would always talk to Yu Ru and Chen Er about it.

When they learn a new word, I teach them how to write it and what it means; when they learn a new sentence, I read it to them and explain it.

Yu Ru and Chen Er never had the chance to go to school, so they found all of this new and interesting, and really enjoyed listening to Qin Yunhe telling them about it.

The few words and poems that Yu Ru and Chen Er knew were all learned from Qin Yun He.

Chen Er didn't feel embarrassed about reading it wrong, and laughed: "When we were young, you learned faster than me. Haha, I forget everything I learned."

"I don't remember much either. I've forgotten a lot, and now I can remember even less."

The three of them haven't had time to chat together for a long time. Now when they talk about their childhood, they can't help but feel nostalgic and emotional.

Chen Er recalled the funny incident at that time: "I remember one time Ah Wen was teaching us a sentence with four words in total. You couldn't remember one, and I couldn't remember one either. We taught for an entire afternoon, and Ah Wen was so tired that he didn't want to talk to us anymore."

Qin Yunhe couldn't help laughing when he thought of this: "It's '日月盈仄', one of you couldn't remember '盈' and the other couldn't remember '仄'. At that time, I thought, it's so difficult to teach others, don't be a teacher in the future."

Yuru covered her mouth and laughed: "In the end, I became a gentleman."

As they spoke, all three of them started laughing again.

Amidst all the busyness, it’s New Year’s Eve again in the blink of an eye.

This year, Yu Ru and Lai Di are back, so it’s naturally a lot more lively than last year, and I feel a lot more relaxed too.

The family made dumplings and set up the altar. At night, they called Chen Er, who was alone, to stay up with them. Everyone talked and chatted together. Another New Year's Eve passed in a lively atmosphere.

The next step is to visit relatives and greet them during the New Year, and to receive relatives who come to greet them.

From the first to the fifteenth day of the lunar month, there are customs every day. Only after the fifteenth day, the Chinese New Year is finally over and the festive atmosphere subsides a little.

Yuger resumed his classes from the tenth day of the first lunar month.

Qin Yunhe will have to go to his teacher to prepare for the exam in a while, and he wants to teach Yuger more before he leaves.

Because the provincial examination would be held a few months after the imperial examination, and if one passed, the metropolitan examination would be held the following year. His schedule was almost packed, and if he did not teach more now while it was not too busy, he didn't know when he would have free time again.

Now that I have accepted this student, I cannot delay him no matter how busy I am.

He will take the exam in May and has agreed with his husband that he will go to the teacher in March to prepare for the exam.

Mr. Gu knows that he is no longer as playful as he used to be, and he has seen his progress over the past year.

Knowing that he would not waste time even when I was not around and would have no problem taking exams, I did not force him to come to my house to review.

Just let him not stop studying while taking lessons at home, and test him thoroughly when the time comes.

Time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye it was already February.

One day, Qin's mother said to Yuru again, "Let Lai Di sleep with me tonight."

Qin's mother has mentioned this to Yu Ru and her husband several times.

It’s not that Yu Ru didn’t want her daughter to sleep with her mother-in-law, but Lai Di was too attached to her, and she really didn’t want her daughter to cry before going to bed and cry again when she woke up because of this.

Yuru knew that her mother-in-law wanted them to have another grandson, but her daughter was too young to leave her alone, and she was also worried that Lai Di would be neglected if she gave birth to a son.

In fact, since she came back, Qin's mother's attitude towards her has improved a lot. She no longer makes indirect accusations and it seems that she has returned to the way she was before they got married.

She thought that maybe it was because Qin Yunhe passed the imperial examination that her mother-in-law was in a good mood.

But the more this happened, the more she didn't know how to refuse, and she had to explain for a long time in a nice and gentle manner every time.

That day, Qin's mother brought up the issue again. Seeing her daughter-in-law respond with the same words, she felt unhappy again. But she changed her mind and turned her attention to her granddaughter.

"Di'er, would you like to sleep with grandma at night?" Mother Qin coaxed her granddaughter.

"No, I'll sleep with mom." Lai Di refused without thinking and continued playing the jigsaw puzzle.

"Sleep with grandma. Grandma lives in the main room. The bed is big and comfortable. Don't you want to sleep on it?" Qin's mother coaxed him persistently.

Lai Di raised her head and thought for a while before saying, "No, I want to sleep with my mother."

"Why don't you sleep with grandma and let your mom and dad give you a little brother?"

"Mom!" Yuru quickly interrupted her mother-in-law and said, "Don't tell Di'er about this."

Mother Qin continued to hold Lai Di in her arms and said, "Okay, do you want a little brother?"

Lai Di said, "I want a little sister."

"You can't say you want a little sister, you should say you want a little brother. A little brother is so nice, isn't it?" Mother Qin said quickly, "Next time someone asks you, just say you want a little brother. Do you hear me?"

Lai Di didn't say anything and just lowered her head to play with her toys.

"Laidi? Did you hear that?"

Lai Di still ignored her and just continued playing with the jigsaw puzzle.

Qin Yunhe was tired from studying and came out to relax. He heard his mother teaching Lai Di this and quickly said, "Mom, don't teach Lai Di this. She doesn't know anything."

"You know what? Children are very good at talking. If she says she wants a brother, she can have one. You are the same. You said it's not difficult to have a brother. Why is it not possible?"

Lai Di suddenly looked up and said, "I don't want a brother, I want a sister. Sisters are pretty. My name means I want to have a sister."

Mother Qin was shocked by her granddaughter's words: "Who said that? Who said your name means you will have a younger sister and Lai Di means you will have a younger brother."

Lai Di also shouted confidently: "Brother Yu said that. Brother Yu said that elder sister calls younger sister 'Di'."