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

Qin Yunhe and Qin Si's houses have the same layout, with three main rooms and two east and west wing rooms. They were renovated when Qin's father and Qin's second uncle were still alive, and it has been more than ten years now.

In fact, both houses are in pretty good condition, except that the exterior walls are a bit old, with some rotten rafters on the roof, and the courtyard wall has several damages.

Qin Yunhe discussed the repair with his brother, and Qin Si originally didn't want Qin Yunhe to pay for the repair. Not to mention that Qin Si had already been adopted out, even if they were still a family, he didn't really want his brother to pay for the repair.

But in Qin's mother's view, her son treated her as an outsider.

"What's wrong with your brother's money? Your brother's money is mother's money. What's wrong with mother repairing the house for her own son? You treat mother as an outsider. You still blame mother for adopting you out. It's impossible for you to be close to mother..."

Mother Qin became sadder and sadder as she spoke, as if she had determined that her eldest son was just trying to distance himself from her, and she gradually began to cry.

Qin Si knew his mother's character. If he didn't agree, his mother would make a fuss every day. In the end, she had no choice but to agree, but he promised that he would return the money to his brother when he had it in the future.

Qin's mother loved her son, so as long as he agreed to repair the house, she would not care if he didn't pay back the money.

Now that you have decided to repair it, you need to start buying materials, making bricks, and hiring bricklayers.

As soon as the Qin family started buying materials, the villagers all knew that he was planning to repair the house, and they all volunteered to help. Naturally, Chen Er was the first to take the lead.

He had some experience in making adobe bricks and worked quickly and well, so when he arrived he led a few people to make adobe bricks.

It wasn't until three or four days into the work that Chen Er felt something was wrong as he looked at the bricks neatly arranged and waiting to dry.

"Ah Wen, how many adobe bricks do you want to make? This seems a bit too much. We won't need that much just to build the courtyard wall."

He knew which areas Qin Yunhe mainly wanted to repair. In fact, half a day's work would be enough, but the number Qin Yunhe wanted was far more than that.

"Make more. Other places will need it, so I want to prepare more." Qin Yunhe said vaguely.

Mother Qin also felt something was wrong: "Where do you need it? It's just for the fence. I think you bought too many rafters and beams. We don't have that many broken rafters. Do we need to replace the beams that are still in good condition?"

"Prepare it first, I need it."

Qin's mother now listened to Qin Yunhe very much. Seeing that his answers were always vague and he didn't say anything after being asked several times, she just followed her son.

Chen Er had nothing to say. If Qin Yunhe felt it was not enough, he could just do more.

Qin Si has been busy reviewing his lessons to prepare for the provincial examination these days. Qin Yunhe didn't want him to be affected so he told his brother to concentrate on preparing for the exam and not to worry about anything else.

The renovation process was proceeding in an orderly manner, including replacing rafters on the main house roof and the wing room roof, repairing and plastering the walls, and making adobe bricks to repair the walls.

The adults were busy as always, so Qin Yunhe had no time to watch over the repairs. As a result, Yu Ge'er's class time was naturally shortened a lot, and when he was not in class, he would take Ruyi out to play.

Although the family hired a cook to help cook for the workers, Yu Ru still had to help, so she didn't have much time to look after them.

That day, Yuru felt a little worried as she watched the two children running around between the adobe bricks and rafters.

"Yu Ge'er, Ruyi, the two of you should stop running around here. It's too dangerous. Be careful not to get bumped into."

After all, Yuger was two years older and very sensible. When he heard his master's wife's worry, he quickly coaxed Ruyi to go out and play with him.

"Don't run too far, just play nearby."

"Got it, Madam." The two children agreed and went out.

The two children usually played in the yard and rarely went out. Especially Ruyi, who was young and a girl, and had rarely left the village except when she went out with her parents.

Yu Ge'er wanted to take her to his home to play, Ruyi had never been there. But thinking of what Master's Wife said not to go far, they could only play in the village.

"Ruyi, let me take you hiking!"

"Climbing a mountain? Sure." Ruyi knew the mountain. The whole family had climbed it before. There were many flowers along the way, and many stalls selling toys and snacks.

The mountain that Yuger was talking about was naturally not as far away as Yunshan.

"Then let's go. I'll take you there. There are not only mountains over there, but also many flowers and wild grapes."

Having said that, Yuger took Ruyi's hand and set off.

For the two children, even the road to the village entrance seemed unusually long. The two children walked with difficulty. When they met villagers on the way and asked them where they were going, they firmly answered that they were going to climb the mountain outside the village.

"Brother Yu, it's so far and so hot, when can we get there?" It is almost July now, and Ruyi has already sweated a lot and feels a little tired before she even reaches the village entrance.

"We'll be there soon, just outside the village. There are lots of wild grapes there, which are so sweet, as well as sweet flowers and trees with holes. It's very cool inside." Yuger was determined to take Ruyi to see the place he liked most, and he kept coaxing Ruyi.

After leaving the village, Yu Ge'er pointed to a mound in the distance and said excitedly: "Ruyi, look, it's right there. Do you see that big tree? There is a big hole on it. It's really interesting."

Ruyi looked at the mound and fell into deep thought.

"Brother Yu, the mountains I saw before were not like this."

"What you see is another mountain. This is a small mountain."

Ruyi was skeptical, but finally happily accepted Yuger's statement.

The mound was in a field full of purple flowers, and there were many trees growing there. The trees were naturally grown, some straight and some crooked, which was quite interesting.

The mound is only two or three feet high, and it is not known whether it was man-made or naturally formed. In addition to the light purple flowers on the entire mound, there are also clumps of wild jujube trees on the top of the mound.

As soon as they arrived at the foot of the mound, Yu Ge'er happily pulled Ruyi to the largest tree beside the mound and said, "Ruyi, look, these are wild grapes. They were not ripe when I came last time, but they are ripe now."

Yuger picked a bunch and plucked one from the top and handed it to Ruyi: "Try it."

Ruyi ate one, it was sweet, she couldn't help but smile with eyes curved, she said happily: "Daddy gave it to me, it was delicious."

Two children sat in front of the tree hole, happily eating wild grapes and whispering to each other.

The wind blew through the trees, and the two of them finally cooled down.

"Ruyi, wait here. I'll go pick some dates."

As he spoke, Yuger went to the foot of the mound and climbed up using his hands and feet. After a while he reached the top. It was obvious that he came here often.

"Hey, where are Yu Ge'er and Ruyi? Why haven't they come back yet?"

The adults at home were busy, and it was not until mid-afternoon that they suddenly remembered why the two children had not come back.

"Ouch, did you go to the back?"

As they were talking, several adults called out Yuger and Ruyi's names through the wall, but there was no response from the two children. Instead, they heard Qin Si say from behind that the two children were not there.

Now the adults are a little anxious.

"Go to your eldest brother's place and see if he has gone there."

"Ah Wen, ask the villagers if anyone has seen it first. I'll go check with my brother."

He hurried to Qin Chong to ask and found out that the two children did not go there, which made him even more anxious.

But when she left, Qin Chong, Qin Li and others knew that the two children were missing, and they all ran out to help look for them.

Yuru was the most anxious and blamed herself for letting the two children go out to play.

"I told you to play nearby, don't go too far..."

"Don't worry, Yu'er is very sensible now and he won't go too far." Qin Yunhe comforted his wife.

The crowd dispersed and looked around to ask, and finally found someone who had seen the two children, who said they were walking out of the village to climb the mountain.

After that, he pointed in the direction of the village: "Walking towards the village entrance over there is not the direction to Yunshan either."

Yu Ru and Qin Yun He instantly understood what they were talking about and felt a little relieved.

When the two men found Yuger and Ruyi, the two children had already fallen asleep in a tree hole, with a lot of half-green dates and nightshade fruits scattered around them.

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief, feeling both angry and amused, and picked up their two children and went home.