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

“Ohhhhh—”

The loud crowing of a rooster was heard, causing Qin Yunhe, who was sleeping, to frown in annoyance.

“Ohhhh, ohh ...

Another rooster crowed and pierced my brain.

He must have forgotten to close the chicken coop door last night, so the big rooster in his house ran to his window and crowed early in the morning.

Qin Yunhe moved, which caused a needle-like pain in his waist and legs, which made him frown even more tightly.

The rooster crowed again, and Qin Yunhe closed his eyes even tighter.

No, sleep a little longer.

Qin Yunhe closed his eyes, pulled the quilt up to cover his head and continued to sleep.

I had just fallen asleep for a while when I heard someone outside shouting, "Awen! Awen! It's time to go!"

Qin Yunhe turned a deaf ear and continued to sleep.

But the shouting was persistent, accompanied by the sound of loud banging on the door: "Qin Wen! Hurry up, it will be late soon!"

Qin Yunhe, who was woken up a little by the noise, kicked the quilt angrily. At the same time, he felt pain all over his body, and at the same time, there was a sound of something falling to the ground.

Qin Yunhe was stunned. The pain in his body had not yet passed, but he no longer cared about the pain because he recognized that the sound was the sound of a rattle falling to the ground.

He silently raised his hand and slapped himself. His face didn't hurt much, but it touched the abrasions on his hands, which hurt terribly.

Qin Yunhe slowly sat up, took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, then calmed down and responded to the shouts outside: "Here they come! Wait a moment!"

He slowly got out of bed, walked to the foot of the bed, picked up the rattle that was missing a drumstick, and carefully placed it on the table.

It was just daybreak and the room was still dark. He didn't turn on the light, but just felt around for the clothes he had put away last night and put them on one by one.

Put on your clothes and fold the quilt carefully and put it away.

Then wash up and open the door.

Each of these movements made his whole body ache.

If it were in the past, if it were him in the previous life, he would have stayed in bed screaming and groaning, and would not have stopped until the end of time.

But now, in this life, he absolutely cannot live like that again.

As soon as Qin Yunhe opened the door, a gust of cold wind blew on his face, making him feel as if a layer of skin had fallen off. He smiled bitterly. When had he ever gotten up so early before?

There were sounds of footsteps and taking things coming from the main mother's room.

Last night, the mother and daughter had a big argument about Qin Yunhe going to work for others.

His mother felt that her son was a scholar and his hands were used to write, so how could he do hard labor for others? Wouldn't that be a joke?

Besides, although his family was not rich, they had no problem making ends meet. It was not like they were so poor that they had no rice to eat. How could they pound rice for others in the cold winter?

My son has passed the imperial examination and should study hard. Even if he passes the imperial examination and becomes a juren, it will bring honor to the family.

Qin Yunhe smiled bitterly in his heart: In his previous life, he just used the guise of studying for a degree to muddle through his life, and day by day he ended up with his wife and children leaving him and his family broken up.

How could he not know how hard the work was? He only worked for a day and his whole body felt like it had been torn into pieces and hastily put back together.

Of course, he also knew that his family didn't need him to work for others to earn money in the cold winter, but if he said that the money was for Yu Ru, would his mother give it to him?

Of course not.

Chen Er, who was waiting outside the door, was getting a little anxious and kept urging Qin Yunhe to go out quickly. Just as he opened the front door, the door to the main room opened.

"I heated up two vegetable dumplings for you to eat."

Even though they had just had a fight last night, Qin's mother still loves her son.

"No need, mother. Mr. Li's family provides breakfast and lunch."

As he said this, Qin's mother had already walked up to him and forced two wrapped vegetable dumplings into his hands: "It's such a long journey, if you eat it now, you'll be digested by the time you get there. If you can't finish it, give one to Chen Er."

Chen Er heard this from outside the door and said happily, "I love the vegetable dumplings made by Aunt Qin the most! Thank you, Auntie."

Seeing this, Qin Yunhe no longer insisted. He took it and said goodbye to his mother. Then he turned around, opened the cloth bag, and shared the vegetable dumplings with Chen Er, one each.

The two of them ate the vegetable dumplings and walked to the village entrance, where several people who were going to work together in Lijiaping were already standing. When they saw them, they greeted them and walked out of the village together, apparently waiting for them.

Qin Yunhe felt a little ashamed, as he thought he got up quite early.

"Hey, isn't this our village prodigy? Why is he working for others? Isn't he going to take the imperial examination?"

Someone had already teased Qin Yunhe yesterday, and this person just joined today.

Qin Yunhe passed the imperial examination at the age of thirteen, and his mother always boasted about it. Qin's mother was very confident that her son would definitely pass the imperial examination in the future.

In fact, in the Qin family, not only Qin Yunhe, but also Qin Yunhe’s father and several cousins ​​are scholars.

Although no one in the village except the Qin family had passed the imperial examination for decades, he was a member of the Qin family, so it was not surprising for him to pass the imperial examination.

What’s strange is that Qin Yunhe was only thirteen years old when he passed the imperial examination, so at first everyone in the village praised Qin Yunhe as a child prodigy.

But the title of this child prodigy came and went quickly.

Because he was soon stripped of his title of scholar.

Originally, this was nothing, since he was still young, he could still take the exam again. But he did not expect that he would never pass the exam again.

Although he never passed the imperial examination again, it did not stop his mother from thinking that her son was a genius, and she would often show off intentionally or unintentionally.

As time went on, some people in the village began to make fun of him behind his back.

Now seeing the "child prodigy" of that year working and earning money with a bunch of rough people, they couldn't help but make fun of him in person.

Qin Yunhe didn't care about these insignificant jokes.

Not to mention that these words did not contain much malice, even if there was malice, they could not cause him any substantial harm.

Facing his own predicament, admitting his own incompetence, and working hard to find a way to solve the current predicament is the right thing to do. This is the truth he figured out in the ten miserable years of his previous life.

Now he just wants to live a good life in this life.

While there's still time.

He didn't care, but Chen Er refused to do it.

"It is your honor to work with you, it is called sharing happiness with the people, don't you understand?"

Qin Yunhe laughed, Chen Er used idioms randomly again, such as "sharing happiness with the people". When others heard what Chen Er said, they made fun of him again.

Chen Er's full name was Dingmao. His two families lived not far from each other and were of similar age. They often played together when they were young and were considered childhood friends.

When they were little, Chen Er always liked to drag Qin Yunhe along with him whenever there was something going on. He was also the one who stood up for Qin Yunhe when someone bullied him. Therefore, although Qin Yunhe was weak since childhood, no child in the village dared to bully him.

Later, Qin Yunhe passed the imperial examination and became a scholar. Although he was soon stripped of his title, the people he continued to associate with were all scholars and students. Gradually, he and Chen Er, a commoner, had fewer and fewer common topics, and they interacted less and less.

In his previous life, when he was down and out, Chen Er often went to play with him and comfort him. His plan to starve himself to death was not carried out because of Chen Er.

After rebirth, Qin Yunhe was eager to make money. He asked many people but none of them had any idea how to make money. He remembered that Chen Er often did odd jobs for others in winter, so he gritted his teeth and went to find Chen Er.

Chen Er was still Chen Er. Although he was surprised that Qin Yunhe was going to work, he did not ask too many questions, nor did he make fun of him. He immediately promised to find him as soon as there was a job.

A few days later, someone came to him and said that Mr. Li from Lijiaping was looking for someone to pound rice and was very generous, but he didn't know whether he would be willing.

Knowing that his childhood friend had never suffered hardship, Chen Er specifically emphasized the hard work of pounding rice, how long it took, and how sore the back and waist would be after a day's work.

Qin Yun was so anxious to make money that he didn't care whether it was hard or not. When he heard that it was only one hundred cents a day, he agreed without hesitation.