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

Qin Yunhe felt relieved after solving the money issue, and after a hard day's work, he fell asleep soon after returning home.

He slept particularly soundly and contentedly, so when Chen Er banged on the door and called him, he woke up without any pain.

My body still aches, but I’m not as irritated as I was yesterday.

Qin Yunhe quickly got up, put on his clothes, and ran to open the door for Chen Er.

"Chen Er, I won't go to work today. Please tell the Li family's manager for me."

Chen Er couldn't help but laugh when he heard him say that: "I knew you couldn't hold on. I'll tell you, pounding rice is very hard. I find it incredible that you, with your thin arms and legs, could hold on for two days."

Qin Yunhe felt a little hot on his face when he heard his childhood friend say that: "It's not that I can't hold on. Someone wanted me to copy a book, and they were in a hurry. The remuneration was pretty good, so I didn't go."

"Tsk tsk, it's different after you've been educated. If you're tired of doing this, there's always another way to make money." Chen Er's tone was filled with sighs and envy: "Then you go back to sleep, I have to go."

"Okay, drive slowly."

Chen Er turned and left, and his sighs could still be heard until he closed the door.

Qin Yunhe couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He realized that he had not realized how to cherish his hard-earned academic achievements and the comfort that they brought him, and had wasted half his life.

范家

Fan Yuru set the breakfast aside, then busied herself with bringing her jumping little nephew to sit at the table, and finally held her daughter Lai Di and sat down at the table.

Feng watched her sister-in-law busy for a long time and finally sit down, and glanced at her with a look of watching the fun.

Yu Ru didn't know what her sister-in-law was going to do and just pretended not to see it.

But unexpectedly, Feng suddenly spoke with a gloating tone to her brother: "I heard from Aunt Lin that when Uncle Lin went to Lijiaping to deliver tofu to Master Li yesterday, he saw Qin Wen and said that he was there to work pounding rice."

As she spoke, Feng began to chuckle.

Yu Ru's heart trembled when she heard this.

Ah Wen went to pound rice for others?! Why did Ah Wen do such hard labor? Did something happen at home? Could Ah Wen, with his frail body, do such a hard job?

"Hmph! You are a hopeless case. You should have suffered a lot earlier." Yu Ru's brother Fan Zheng was angry: "Instead of focusing on your studies, you want to work for others. This is simply a disgrace to society!"

"After all, he has studied for a few years and even passed the imperial examination. He thought the job of a clerk that was found for him earlier was too far from home. He thought it was too troublesome to find a job as an accountant in town. He just felt that it was a waste of his time. Now he has been reduced to doing hard labor for others. Let's see if he can still have fun."

Fan Zheng kept scolding his ex-brother-in-law, while Fan Yuru sat at the dinner table holding her daughter Lai Di, feeling very anxious and restless.

Did something happen to Awen? Otherwise, with Awen's personality and his mother-in-law's love for him, how could she let him do such hard work as pounding rice?

The more Yu Ru thought about it, the more anxious she became. For a moment, she even forgot that she had divorced Qin Yunhe, and she also forgot to feed the porridge in the spoon to her daughter's mouth.

The daughter Lai Di sat in her mother's arms and waited for a long time but her mother didn't feed her food. She raised her head and looked at her mother with watery eyes in confusion.

Fan Zheng's five-year-old son was playing with toys while eating. When he heard his parents mention his uncle, he looked up and asked innocently, "What's wrong with my uncle?"

"What uncle? He is no longer your uncle." Fan Zheng angrily scolded his son, then turned to his sister and said, "Yuru, you are not allowed to go back with him! I don't agree! If you dare to go back with him secretly, this will no longer be your mother's home."

Qin Yunhe came to the house a few days ago. He admitted his mistakes to Yuru and tried to persuade her. He also swore to Fan Zheng that he would work hard and concentrate on his studies in the future and would never let Yuru suffer from him again. He only asked Fan Zheng to let Fan Yuru go back with him and live a good life.

Although he was surprised that Qin Yunhe, who had always been arrogant and conceited, would admit his mistake so humbly, Fan Zheng still did not agree to let his sister go back.

Qin Yunhe had a lot of problems. He was playful, lazy, and unmotivated. Fan Zheng had long been dissatisfied with him, but even so, he had never thought that his sister would go to the point of divorcing him.

Even before they got married, Fan's father wanted to cancel the engagement, and it was Fan Zheng's father who persuaded them to get married successfully.

A woman should obey her husband after marriage. Yuru has a gentle personality. If she marries a man she doesn't know anything about, she won't say anything when she is bullied, but will just shed tears silently and accept it.

No matter how many flaws Qin Yunhe had, there was at least one thing that reassured Fan Zheng: he and Yuru had known each other since childhood, and they had been childhood sweethearts and had been married since they were teenagers. He would definitely not do anything to hurt Yuru.

So even though he always knew that his sister had a hard time after marriage, at most he would just scold Qin Yunhe a few words and then comfort his sister.

But this time it was different, Qin Yunhe actually proposed a divorce!

Since Yu Ru got married, she has been taking care of her husband and children and working hard without complaint. How could she have done anything wrong to him? Why did he just ask for a divorce so easily?

Divorce is not a joke. It is called divorce by amicable consent, but in the eyes of others, what is the difference between it and divorce? Others will only see that Yu Ru was driven back to her parents' home.

How much gossip would a woman endure from her neighbors when she is driven back to her parents' home? How could Qin Yun so easily say divorce was the love between the couple since childhood? Did he ever think about Yu Ru's feelings?

After a few words, they say they want to divorce, and when they are relieved, they ask for reconciliation. Do you think marriage is just a game?

Qin Yunhe and his mother were very happy that they didn't have to work anymore. They had breakfast early and waited anxiously.

Yesterday, Manager Xu had agreed with him that he would go to receive a reply at the end of 9:00 p.m. today. However, Qin Yun arrived at Manager Xu's bookstore at 3:30 p.m.

He wanted to stand around first and then go over when he was almost there, but he didn't expect that Shopkeeper Xu was standing at the door and saw him at a glance.

"It's so early, Mr. Qin."

Qin Yunhe saw that he was discovered, so he walked over quickly and smiled embarrassedly: "Yes, nothing to do, come and wait. If it is settled, I can meet the manager. If it is not settled, I will go back quickly and think of other ways."

"Then wait inside. I'll pour you a cup of tea. You can drink while you wait."

"Okay, thank you very much."

Qin Yunhe followed Shopkeeper Xu to the counter, and the two sat down and chatted while waiting. Until the Si hour was almost over, the manager finally entered the store at the last drop of the leak at the Si hour.

Shopkeeper Xu had been keeping an eye on the door. When he saw the steward coming in, he hurried out to greet him and said, "Brother, here you are. Please come in."

The steward also bowed in return: "Sir, thank you for waiting."

The steward politely followed Manager Xu into the inner hall.

After entering the inner hall, the two of them didn't exchange any pleasantries. Manager Xu took out the calligraphy Qin Yunhe had written the day before and showed it to the steward.

Qin Yunhe didn't know whether he should talk or not, so he just stood a few steps away and waited.

The steward took one look and knew that this was a man with great writing skills, so he said, "Not bad, not bad. This scholar has learned the Wu style well."

"My master needs it urgently. I wonder when it would be convenient for me to invite this scholar to come and see him and make a decision on this matter."

"No need to bother next time. The scholar is in my shop now." Shopkeeper Xu said as he raised his hand and waved Qin Yunhe over.

Qin Yunhe was listening on the side, waiting for him to call. When he heard the call, he hurried over and bowed, saying, "Sir, you are so polite. This calligraphy was written by me."

The steward quickly returned the greeting.

The two men exchanged greetings, and the steward took a closer look and realized that he had seen him before, but he didn't know whether he was willing to recognize him, so he said, "This young man seems somewhat familiar, as if I have seen him somewhere before."

Qin Yunhe recognized him the moment he entered the store. When he heard him ask, he bowed and smiled, "My surname is Qin, my given name is Yunhe. I saw you two days ago when I was pounding rice in your place."

The steward saw that he was not ashamed to talk about pounding rice and his attitude was casual, so he showed more respect in his heart: "That's right. I saw that you are extraordinary before, and I heard that you passed the imperial examination. I didn't expect that we would have such a fate. I'm sorry."

Seeing that they were talking about speculation, Shopkeeper Xu also joined in the fun and said, "What a coincidence! Young Master Qin passed the imperial examination at the age of thirteen, and you can find no one better than him in the whole county for his Wu style calligraphy! His handwriting is fast and neat, so you can trust him with this matter. I guarantee you will be satisfied."

Now both sides had no more worries. With the witness of Shopkeeper Xu, both sides finalized the matter and paid a deposit of two taels of silver. It was agreed that Qin Yunhe would go to Lijiaping to copy books in the afternoon, and then they went their separate ways.