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

"By the way, Awen, I want to discuss something with you." The two were picking autumn vegetables and chatting, and Chen Er suddenly spoke.

"Well, you said."

"After the New Year, I want to rent the few acres of land that your family used to own. I'll pay for the land."

"Rent land? Five acres of land is enough for you now. If you have more, you will have to hire people."

"I'm not growing crops, I'm growing herbs. Yunniang said she used to grow herbs at her parents' home, and the herbs she grew grew very well, and their efficacy was no worse than wild ones. But my few acres of riverside land are not suitable for growing herbs, and Yunniang said she wanted to rent a few acres of good quality land."

Qin Yunhe's admiration for Yunniang immediately increased: "Growing herbs by yourself? This is a good business. Good herbs are not cheap. Yunniang is really amazing."

Seeing the uncontrollable joy on Chen Er's face, Qin Yunhe couldn't help but tease him: "You asked me to pick autumn vegetables this time, right? It's not just to talk about renting land."

"No, no. Yunniang said she wanted to rent it, but she didn't say when she came to pick vegetables. But," Chen Er scratched his head again embarrassedly, "Yunniang did tell me not to always distance myself from you because of my status, or I would become estranged from you. That's why I wanted to ask you to come with me when I picked autumn vegetables."

Qin Yunhe was even happier, and then joked: "So you listen to your wife. I, your childhood friend, can't compare to your new wife. I'm really sad."

Chen Er knew he was joking, so he laughed too: "Of course, my wife is so nice. Not only can she grow herbs, but she's also good at sewing."

Qin Yunhe was also happy for Chen Er. Such a hasty marriage turned out to be so good. At the time, he was worried that it was too hasty, but he didn't expect that it would turn out to be a good marriage.

"Then you and Yunniang should live well, and your life will definitely get better and better."

"Yeah!" Seeing Chen Er grinning even more brightly.

The two of them picked for a while, and Chen Er thought of Qin Si again and asked, "Brother Si should be back in two days, right?"

"Well, I guess it will arrive the day after tomorrow."

"Then I will take Yunniang over there to get acquainted with the place. Before, I only went to your place and met Aunt Qin and Yuru."

"Well, I have to go get acquainted. If Fourth Brother knew that you've already gotten married after he's been away for half a month, he would be very surprised. Last year, we went out to take an exam, and Ji Rui got engaged. This time, he's gone out to take an exam, and you've already gotten married after he comes back."

As they talked, the two of them started laughing again.

Qin Yunhe was also thinking about how Chen Er was living in his newly renovated house.

"How's your room now? Is it still damp?"

"It's not damp anymore, it's been dried out. I just fixed the roof of the sleeping room, there's no problem at all. Thanks to you this time, otherwise even if Yunniang came, she wouldn't be comfortable living in that room, and she would be wronged."

"What a coincidence! Just listen to me."

……

Qin Yunhe was chatting with Chen Er here, and Fan Hong was talking to Yu Ge'er over there.

Only Ruyi squatted behind Yuger'er, working hard with her hands still moving. Her two hands were constantly pulling and throwing into Yuger'er's basket.

Fan Hong talked to Yuger for a while, and when he looked up, he saw Ruyi throwing a handful of wild grass with small flowers into Yuger's basket.

"Ruyi! You picked the wrong one, that's not autumn vegetable!"

When Yuger heard Fan Hong shouting, he turned around and saw Ruyi throwing flowers and plants into his basket, which was already filled with a bunch of flowers and plants.

The small basket belonging to Ruyi next to it was also filled with various flowers and plants.

"Haha, Ruyi, this vegetable is not edible. This is autumn vegetable." Yuger held up a piece of autumn vegetable he had just picked and showed it to Ruyi.

"It's edible. This is day lily." Ruyi was still picking it seriously.

"Is this day lily?" Yuger was also a little self-doubting.

Fan Hong understood better: "This is not a daylily. Daylilies don't look like this."

Qin Yunhe and Chen Er heard the discussion of several children not far away. Thinking of the days when Yu Ru went out to play with them when she was a child, they felt emotional and wanted to laugh.

The autumn vegetables are the most delicious at this time. Several people returned home with full loads, and Yuru made an autumn vegetable soup for lunch.

After lunch, Qin Yunhe called Fan Hong over.

"Have you passed the test, Brother Yu?"

"I passed the exam..."

Qin Yunhe saw that he was lowering his head and looked a little melancholy, and guessed that Yu Ge'er didn't answer well.

"Do you want to come to class with Brother Yu?"

Fan Hong was very hesitant.

Although Yu Ge'er said that he didn't remember it, not because his uncle taught him badly, but what if he learned from his uncle in the same way?

In fact, even if his uncle's teaching was not as good as the teacher in the school, he would rather learn from his uncle.

But he was also worried that his mother would scold even his uncle.

He didn’t understand anything before, but now that he is more sensible, he probably knows that his mother is somewhat... domineering.

I remember when I was a child and my aunt lived in my house, my mother actually cursed at me all the time, but I was just playing as a kid and didn't know what was going on.

Now that he is sensible, he even wonders if his uncle is unwilling to teach him because he is angry with his mother.

"Uncle, I don't know either. I want to take your lessons, no matter how good you are at teaching. But...but...I'm afraid of disappointing my parents' expectations."

Qin Yunhe knew that Fan Hong had become much more sensible in the past two years. In fact, he knew very well that only by studying hard would he have a better future, so he studied very hard.

In his two lives, Qin Yunhe has always liked his nephew Fan Hong.

Not to mention that when Yu Ru didn't come back before, every time he went to the Fan family, only Fan Hong welcomed him warmly as always.

Even in the previous life, until the very end, Fan Hong treated him as his uncle.

It was he who came to tell Qin Yun the news of He Yuru's death, and even when seen, he still called her "Uncle".

At that time, the cause of Yu Ru's death was kept a secret. People only knew that the aunt of the Fan family had died and her body was taken back to her parents' home for burial, but few people knew the reason.

It was Fan Hong who told Qin Yun the reason why He Yuru passed away.

Fan Hong was already a teenager at that time. He stood there alone, feeling so sad that he seemed to be broken.

"My aunt was... murdered. I asked my parents to report it to the police, but they refused. Wuwuwu... My aunt's body is covered with wounds... Wuwuwu... I don't know where Lai Di went..."

Because of these, Qin Yunhe has always been grateful to Fan Hong. It was also because of these that he was afraid that he would only focus on the exam and delay Fan Hong's studies.

Now seeing Fan Hong hesitating and struggling like this, he couldn't bear it anymore.

"Or this way, you can come to take classes with Brother Yu whenever you want, and go to the academy if you don't want to. The teachers in the academy have taught many students, so it will be no problem for them to lay a good foundation for you. If you don't understand the classics and policy essays later, come to your uncle, okay?"

Fan Hong, who was originally very conflicted, heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this: "Okay."

The next day, when Yu Ge'er came to class, Qin Yunhe suddenly remembered yesterday's question, so he said casually: "It is necessary to make the students know everything in the world - what is the next sentence?"

“Everyone will continue to explore the principles he already knows, in order to reach the ultimate. After a long period of effort, he will suddenly understand everything, and will be able to understand the inner and outer aspects of all things, the fine and the coarse, and the overall function of his mind will be clear.”

Unexpectedly, Yu Ge'er recited it all in one breath, and after he finished reciting it, he looked proud and waited for praise.

Qin Yunhe raised his eyebrows. In the previous times, he would recite it wrong every time he came to "to strive for the ultimate", but this time he actually recited it well.

"good."

Yuger breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had recited it carefully when he got home yesterday.

"Brother Hong tested you yesterday. Did you memorize it?"

Yu Ge'er froze: So it was the teacher who asked Brother Hong to test him? The truth is revealed...