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

Chen Er's house was originally abandoned. The collapsed one had to be rebuilt, and the beams and rafters had to be replaced. The remaining two rooms were also in poor condition. The walls were severely damaged, and many of the roof rafters were broken.

"First, take down the roof and the demolished room, repair the whole thing, and finally repair the wall. The window of the collapsed room needs to be remade." Qin Yunhe talked about his plan while standing in front of Chen Er's house.

In fact, he had thought about how to renovate Chen Er's house before.

"Don't go to all that trouble. Just discard the collapsed room and repair the roofs and walls of the two good rooms here."

"How can we get married if we only build two rooms? We need at least three rooms. In fact, adobe bricks are enough. We can just pick out the rafters that can be used and keep them. It won't cost much material."

Chen Er felt helpless and eager at the same time. He didn't want Qin Yunhe to help him repair the house, but he did want a complete house that would not leak or be drafty.

"Awen, I will pay you back when I make money in the future." This was all he could promise in the end.

"Well, I know you will pay it back, so don't worry about it. Just repair it well. Then live a good life."

After the two men discussed it, the hired workers began to dismantle the structure.

After dismantling everything that needed to be dismantled, it was already getting late when I got home.

"Why are you still repairing Chen Er's house?"

Although Qin's mother had always been very caring towards Chen Er, she was still a little unhappy about her son's decision to build a house for Chen Er: "This is not just a meal or a name."

"Chen Er also helped us a lot. Anyway, there are still some materials left, and he said he would pay it back."

"I was wondering why you bought so many materials. You mean you want to build a house for Chen Er? No matter how close you two are, there's no reason to build a house for him. If you had known this, you would have expanded our house."

"Mom, don't you know that Chen Er will definitely pay it back?" Yu Ru knew Chen Er quite well.

Qin Yunhe was not very good at farm work, so Chen Er had done a lot of work for the Qin family over the years. In addition to their childhood friendship, a large part of the reason was probably because he often came to eat for free when he was a child.

Although he didn't say it, Yu Ru and Qin Yun He knew it.

Qin Yunhe continued to explain to his mother: "Mom, how can Chen Er be a person who takes advantage? He will definitely return it to me in the future. Since there are extra materials, why not give it to him to repair it? For all these years of kindness, we can just consider it as lending it to him.

I heard that Aunt Xu wants to find him a wife, and it will be easier for him to find a wife after the house is repaired. "

Although Qin's mother was still somewhat unhappy, her son now looked like an established family, and she was used to listening to him. In the end, she stopped talking and changed the subject.

"Who told you that Aunt Xu is proposing marriage to Chen Er?"

"Yuru heard from the cook who helped with the cooking that she was the daughter of a doctor."

"How can the doctor's daughter tell Chen Er?"

Yuru understood the situation better and explained to her mother-in-law, "It seems that she went home after a divorce. Her sister-in-law made a big fuss at home, so her parents wanted to find her a new family as soon as possible."

Mother Qin shook her head: "It sounds like this man's family isn't very good."

Although Chen Er was a little hesitant before the renovation, he was in high spirits since the renovation was decided. After all, he had been looking forward to it for so many years.

Every day, while watching the craftsmen work, I started making adobe bricks myself.

The previous adobe bricks were enough to repair the house, but the wall of his home had almost collapsed, so he planned to make more adobe bricks himself and repair the wall as well.

Qin Yunhe was thinking about his doors and windows.

Originally, he thought that the doors and windows of the two houses that had not collapsed could still be used, but after the roofs were removed and tidied up, Qin Yunhe looked carefully and found that the doors and windows of the two houses were also a little shaky.

The ancestors of the Qin family once planted some trees at the entrance of the village for their descendants to use in buying property and building houses. Now many of them have grown into timber.

Qin Yunhe found his brothers to discuss and decided to cut down a tree to make doors and windows for Chen Er.

Qin Chong and others actually didn't understand why Qin Yunhe was going through the trouble of repairing houses for others, but they didn't think too much about it. Anyway, these trees also belonged to Qin Yunhe, so he could use them if he wanted.

It was not until Qin Yunhe asked someone to cut down the trees and transport them back that Chen Er realized that Qin Yunhe had cut down the trees planted by his ancestors to make doors and windows for him. He was moved again.

While Qin Yunhe was busy helping Chen Er repair the house, it was already August and the day of the provincial examination was approaching.

During the last exam, Qin Si fell ill, and his mother was very distressed. This son had always been in good health and had a calm temperament, and she didn't have to worry about anything.

As a result, he fell ill but I was not around.

The family is now better off than before, and Qin's mother had already prepared ginseng slices for Qin Si, and Qin Yunhe asked a doctor to prepare some commonly used pills for his brother.

This time, Qin Si had no acquaintances to go to Zhending Prefecture with him to take the exam. The two brothers learned some knowledge in the county and then found two people. They agreed to hire an ox cart to go to the exam together.

On the day, the family sent Qin Si off. Qin's mother repeatedly told her son to take good care of himself, and only let her son go after a long time of earnest advice.

Qin Yunhe was not worried at all about his fourth brother's exam this time, because his brother had passed this exam in his previous life.

After seeing Qin Si off, he continued to renovate Chen Er's room.

The craftsmen were very skillful. The collapsed room had been rebuilt, and the beams and rafters of several rooms had been erected. All that was left was to lay the reed boards and tiles.

New doors and windows were also completed and installed.

Looking at the new house gradually taking shape, Chen Er's eyes were visibly filled with joy and hope, and he was full of enthusiasm for working.

People were busy that day when Aunt Xu came.

"Hey, Ding Mao, Chen Er."

Chen Er had made a lot of adobe bricks and was building a wall these days. When he heard Aunt Xu calling him, he ran over in a sweat.

"Auntie, what's the matter?"

"What's the matter? Good news." Aunt Xu gestured to the side and said, "The woman I told you about last time has come here on her own."

Chen Er looked towards Aunt Xu in confusion, and saw a young lady in her early twenties standing there.

The young lady had willow-shaped eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, and was dressed very neatly. She was not embarrassed to see him looking at her, and bowed gracefully.

"Meet Mr. Chen."

Chen Er hurriedly returned the greeting, led Aunt Xu to the side a few steps, and then asked in panic: "Aunt, why did you bring someone here? I am not..."

Chen Er didn't finish his words, thinking it would be bad for the woman to refuse.

Aunt Xu was obviously helpless: "I didn't bring her here, the young lady came here herself. She insisted on meeting you in person and asking you why you were not happy."

"Auntie, if you bring her here like this, it will be bad for her if it gets out. You just don't want to be happy. There's no reason for it." Chen Er was at a loss, not knowing what to say. He looked at the young lady not far away and felt a little overwhelmed.