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

Qin Yunhe was relieved to see that Yuger was fine. He blinked and smiled at Yuger.

Uncle Li looked at Qin Yunhe in surprise, then looked at Manager Li inquiringly.

"Master, this is Mr. Qin who has come to copy books for us recently. Recently, Mr. Yu often goes to the study over there to play with Mr. Qin, and this Mr. Chen is also invited by him."

Uncle Li suddenly realized: "So you are the gentleman who came to help copy the book. Thank you so much today."

"You're welcome, it's just a small effort."

After a few polite words, Qin Yunhe and the others said goodbye.

When Manager Li sent them out, he gave some silver to Chen Er, but he was hurriedly rejected - in his opinion it was just a trivial matter.

Manager Li insisted several times, but seeing that Chen Er refused, he asked someone to prepare some dried fish, snacks, and honeyed fruits for Chen Er. Chen Er refused but had to accept it.

It was gradually getting dark. Qin Yunhe and Chen Er carried their things and walked back together.

"It's almost New Year's Day, how are you preparing?"

Ever since Chen Er's wife passed away the year before last, Chen Er has been the only one left in the family. With no one to take care of the family, his life always seems a bit lonely and perfunctory.

"I haven't prepared anything yet. I wanted to catch some fish, sell some and keep two for myself, but I didn't catch any. This is great, I have everything I need for the New Year."

Although he felt embarrassed when receiving the goods, Chen Er was still very happy when he thought that he had finally found a place to buy New Year's goods.

"Xiao Zhuzi, who told you that you can catch fish here? You can catch fish in winter?"

"I think I heard it from someone in the neighboring village, and it sounded very convincing. I've seen other people catch it before, but I guess there are too many people coming here these days so no one can catch it."

The two of them stepped on the snow, making a constant crunching sound.

"In fact, since you have this skill, why don't you consider making a living out of it?"

Chen Er was stunned for a moment: "What kind of craft?"

"It's for treating dislocations..."

Chen Er laughed: "What kind of skill is this? It's just a little trick. How can there be so many people with dislocated joints waiting for me to treat them?"

In fact, Chen Er had never learned osteopathy. The reason he knew the skill of repositioning dislocations was because his younger brother had been prone to dislocations since childhood.

Chen Er's family was poor and they didn't have money to hire a doctor, so Chen Er had no choice but to slowly figure out some tricks on his own. When his fellow villagers knew about it, they would go to him when someone dislocated their joint.

"How can it not be considered a skill? Look around here, there is no doctor who specializes in bone injuries. You can learn to reset a dislocation just by self-study. If you can learn from a master for a few more years, you can become a traumatologist."

Qin Yunhe had always thought that since Chen Er had some talent, why didn't he become his apprentice and learn some skills, and then start a business?

Chen Er smiled helplessly and said, "I'm clumsy and too old to be an apprentice. Which master would be willing to accept me?"

Qin Yunhe originally wanted to ask why he didn't become a disciple when he was younger, but then he thought of Chen Er's family's situation back then.

At that time, he was the only healthy child in the family. They relied on him to catch birds, catch fish, dig wild vegetables, help others collect firewood, and herd cattle to earn a few cents to make ends meet.

Without him, the whole family doesn't know how to live...

Qin Yunhe sighed for Chen Er in his heart, but Chen Er himself didn't take it seriously. Instead, he asked if he wanted to help Qin's mother clean the house.

"I plan to take half a day off tomorrow and clean the house. Yu Ru is not here this year, and my mother may not be able to handle it alone."

"Can you finish copying before the New Year? It's the same if I go to help Aunt Qin sweep."

"It's okay. I think we have enough time. Don't you want to clean your own house?"

"Hey, my house is just two and a half shabby rooms, there's nothing much to clean..."

……

The two walked and talked, and soon returned to the village.

"Take these back with you. I can't eat so much by myself."

Chen Er insisted on dividing the New Year's goods given by the Li family into two halves.

Qin Yunhe quickly declined, "No, we have prepared all the New Year's goods at home. You can keep them for yourself. They won't go bad in winter."

"After eating all those vegetable dumplings made by Aunt Qin, this little bit is nothing. You don't think it's too little, do you?"

"It's just a few vegetable dumplings..." Qin Yunhe laughed, not understanding why Chen Er always missed the vegetable dumplings he had eaten at his house.

"They are just a few vegetable dumplings... I don't care, stop pushing them. If you push me again, I will be unhappy."

Qin Yunhe couldn't refuse, so he had to take it. Suddenly he remembered that Chen Er was spending the New Year alone, so he said:

"Why don't you come to my house for dinner on New Year's Eve? Yu Rulai Di is not here this year, so my mother and I feel quite lonely."

"Okay!"

Last year, Chen Er spent the New Year alone, which was very lonely and boring. Now, when he heard Qin Yunhe invite him to spend the New Year together, he naturally agreed.

The next morning, Qin Yunhe and his mother had breakfast early and started cleaning the house.

In previous years, when sweeping the house, Qin Yunhe mainly helped to move things around, and at most he would go up to the corners to dust. He was not needed for sweeping the floor or wiping the table.

Since Yu Ru is not here this year, Qin Yunhe works extra hard, but his mother always stops him from doing anything.

"You don't know how to sweep the floor. Stop sweeping. I'll do it later..."

"Don't clean that cabinet, I'll do it later..."

Even so, Qin Yunhe is still full of energy. Things have been going smoothly recently, and he is really enthusiastic about everything he does.

The mother and daughter were busy until almost noon and still hadn't finished. Qin Yunhe even planned not to copy the books in the afternoon. At worst, he could just be more diligent and go early and come back late in the next few days.

It was not until Lianhua came over that Qin Yunhe gave up the idea.

"What are you painting?"

Qin Yunhe, who was wiping the cabinet vigorously, looked up in surprise: "Ah? I...was wiping the cabinet..."

"You can't clean the cabinet like this. Okay, stop making trouble, I'll do it."

Qin Yunhe felt that he had wiped it quite well...

Lianhua took the rag, rinsed it twice, wrung it dry, and then began to wipe it carefully.

"Sister-in-law, I have wiped this..."

"With your scribbles, you can't see the streaks now, but when it dries, you'll see streaks. That's enough, just forget about it."

Qin Yunhe: Another day I realize I am a waste...

"Sister-in-law, are you done cleaning up?"

Mother Qin, who was preparing lunch, came over when she heard the voice: "Lotus is here!"

"Yes, mother, I'm here. Asina and I are almost done cleaning up."

"Hey, take a rest after you finish cleaning. I'll tidy up again in the afternoon and it will be almost done."

Lotus kept working, saying, "Mom, don't worry about it. I'm not tired. You can take a rest."

Seeing that Lianhua insisted, Qin's mother said nothing.

After Qin's mother prepared the meal, the three of them ate together. Qin's mother and Lianhua planned to take a break before continuing to clean. After all, they were very tired after working all morning.

Qin Yunhe saw that it was time to go out and copy books, so he went back to his room to change his clothes.

At this time, a girl's voice was heard from the yard.

"Aunt~"

Mother Qin quickly stood up and responded: "Hey~ Ji Rui is here, come in quickly!"

Qin Yunhe just came out after changing clothes and said, "Ji Rui is here."

Qin Jirui snorted, looked straight past her cousin Qin Yunhe, and ran directly to the main room: "Aunt, my mother asked me to borrow noodles~"

Qin Yunhe's eyes twitched: This girl, is really... ah... why is she so angry.

Although he knew that Ji Rui had a good relationship with Yu Ru, he, as her cousin, also loved her very much.

Ugh--

Qin Yunhe sighed again as he walked on the road to Lijiaping.