Rebirth: Traveling To Ancient Times As A Companion Reading Chapter 20

Letter

Qiao Yunlan couldn’t wait for lunch, so she hurriedly left the building with Joey.

On the carriage, Qiao Yunlan looked at Joey nestled in her arms, touched his head, and sighed: “I shouldn’t have taken you to Lou’s house.”

Although Qiao Yunlan had been mentally prepared for the Lou family to choose a reading companion for the eldest son, she never expected that with so many children in the Qin family, the eldest son of the Lou family would fall in love with Joey at a glance.

If it were any other child of the Qin family, Qiao Yunlan would send it to them immediately.But Joey was the child Qiao Yunlan chose to raise after thinking about it all night. How could she send him to be a companion so easily?

What’s more, it’s not like Qiao Yunlan doesn’t know the reputation of Prince Lin’s son in the capital.

In this case, she didn’t want Joey to go to Prince Lin’s Mansion even more.

Thinking about what Lou Mengli said to her before Zeng Cai left, Qiao Yunlan lowered her head and asked, “Do you want to go to school in the capital?”

Joey immediately shook his head.

Qiao Yunlan: “That’s good. There are many schools in Jiangzhou, and they won’t be any worse than the Imperial College in Beijing. But when it comes to studying…” She lowered her head and looked at Joey, “It will be your eleventh birthday in two months, and it’s time for you to be enlightened. Mom, will you choose some gentlemen for you in a few days?”

Joey leaned on Qiao Yunlan’s shoulder and said “hmm” softly.

Qiao Yunlan patted Joey’s back and thought about which college teacher to invite. Naturally, the sooner the better. After all, she didn’t intend to simply celebrate Joey’s eleventh birthday.

The only son of the Qin family and the grandson of the Qiao family, she, Qiao Yunlan’s child, will naturally have a well-known and huge birthday party. Not only Jiangzhou, but people in the capital must also know that Joey will be her Qiao Yunlan’s child from now on.

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More than half a month later.

The weather gradually turns cooler after autumn in Jiangzhou.

The leaves of various trees planted in the yard are getting yellower and yellower, falling piece by piece in the wind.

What was different was that the osmanthus flowers on the osmanthus tree outside the window were blooming more and more. The fragrance of the flowers filled the entire Changchun Pavilion, and even the small kitchen was filled with the fragrance of osmanthus flowers.

Even people who are busy in the small kitchen can’t help but sigh, “The osmanthus flowers are blooming really well this year.”

“Who says it’s not the case? After Madam gave birth to a child this year, I feel that the atmosphere in Changchun Pavilion has become a lot more lively.”

“Isn’t that true… The young master has such a lively temperament. Why didn’t I find out that there was such a child in the house before? If I had known, the young master wouldn’t have had to suffer like that before.”

“But fortunately, Madam really loves the young master now. Not only does she go to the academy in person to invite Mr. Enlightenment back, but she also personally delivers meals to the school for the young master every day. Looking at the whole Jiangzhou, this is really unique.”

“Not just Jiangzhou, I’m afraid there is only one young master in Dayong.”

“The young master will be blessed in the future.”

“Look at what you said, as a master, there is no bad luck.”

“Stop talking and do things quickly. Counting the time, Madam will be here soon. If the young master is hungry, and we have nothing else to bear, it will be all punishment.”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the small kitchen was doing their own things, busy, but neat and orderly.

Almost at the same time that everyone stopped talking, in a corner that no one noticed, a black cat quietly rolled out of the window sill with a chicken leg in its mouth.

After the black cat left the kitchen, he ran straight towards Chengshu Garden on the opposite corner.

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“My lady’s friendship will last a lifetime…”

Listening to the hypnotic ancient prose passed down from the stage, Joey felt sleepy and bored and couldn’t help but yawn.

Joey was very sleepy and helpless, but he couldn’t sleep directly. He could only put one hand on the table and try his best to open his eyelids to prevent himself from falling asleep.But he still couldn’t help but his head was too drowsy. Joey’s head dropped bit by bit and he fell asleep directly.

“Crack!”

The sudden sound of a ruler slapping on the table startled Joey.Joey woke up instantly.He looked up in confusion, and met the teacher standing in front of him eye to eye.

“Little Master, what did I say before? Say it again.”

Joey looked at the teacher and couldn’t say anything for a while. He could only laugh at the teacher a few times, and then directly apologized: “I’m sorry, sir, Zeng Cai, I was really sleepy. I didn’t pay attention to what you were saying.”

The gentleman in charge of teaching ancient Chinese to Joey is a kind-hearted man in his fifties, whose surname is Cheng Mingwang. He is one of the most qualified teachers at Yuejiang Academy in Jiangzhou.

Listening to Joey’s answer, Cheng Wang helplessly shook his head, “You are very smart, but your mind is not on this at all.”

Joey was helpless and thought to himself: “Every morning I get up at 4 o’clock and rest at midnight. In addition to the ancient Chinese and arithmetic that I have to learn every day… I even have to learn riding and shooting. I was not so tired when I was in high school in my previous life, not to mention that I have to re-understand all these ancient words and meanings. No matter how smart I am, I can’t always maintain 100% high energy, right?”

Seeing Joey’s sleepy look, Cheng Wang figured that lunch time was coming soon, so he put down his ruler and said, “That’s it. That’s all for today’s class. Madam will be here soon. Let’s finish the class.”

The moment Cheng Wang turned around, a black shadow quickly jumped from the window onto Joey’s table.

Joey was startled, but after seeing what it was, he quickly hid it in his sleeve.

Cheng looked back when he heard Joey’s voice, “What’s wrong?”

Joey looked calm and pretended as if nothing had happened, “It’s okay. I was just too sleepy and hit my head on the table, which hurt a little.”

Cheng Wang had no doubt that he was there, so he turned around and continued walking forward, “You…the other gentlemen also say that you are very smart, but you just don’t like to spend time thinking. If you put more effort, even if your enlightenment is six or seven years later than others, you may not be able to compare with them in the future.”

Over the past few days, Joey has heard these words more than ten times, and almost every teacher has said the same thing to him.But he is not really a ten-year-old child. If he really cannot learn these things, then his more than twenty years in his previous life will be in vain.

But facing Cheng Wang, Joey still agreed obediently, “Yes, the students will work harder.”

After Cheng Wang left, Joey was the only one left in the whole room.

Joey took Heipa out of his arms and saw that it was still holding a chicken leg in its mouth. He was a little speechless. He lowered his head and checked whether his sleeves were stained with oil.After confirming that it was not there, he raised his head and said to Hei Pa: “Didn’t I tell you that you don’t have to go to the kitchen secretly to get food? Just tell me what you want to eat and just let me do it.”

“Meow.”

Joey: “Yes, yes, I don’t understand. Just like it.”

Joey held the black handkerchief, glanced around the room, and finally placed the black handkerchief in a corner.

“You just eat here secretly. Mother and the others will come over later. You must not let them discover your presence, otherwise I won’t be able to explain it.”

“Meow.”

Joey rubbed Hei Pa’s head and said, “Be good.”

Just as Joey placed the black handkerchief and stood up, Qiao Yunlan’s voice came from outside the door.

“How was your study of ancient Chinese this morning? Are you tired?”

Joey turned around and saw Qiao Yunlan walking in with Nanny Wu and several maids.He quickly walked a few steps closer to Qiao Yunlan, hugged Qiao Yunlan’s waist, and said coquettishly: “Mother, I’m so tired.”

Joey has been well-raised for more than half a month. He eats all kinds of supplements and good things in his mouth. His face has changed from the original skinny and brown face to the one he is now as fair as jade, round and dewy.A pair of big black eyes hang on the face, like two dazzling obsidian inlaid on white jade, which is very attractive.Not to mention that Joey was wearing a sapphire blue robe with a round neck and narrow sleeves today, which matched his snowy and tender skin and made people happy just to look at it.

Qiao Yunlan could not resist Joey’s cuteness and well-behaved nature, let alone the fact that he acted like a spoiled child in her arms.She hugged Joey and kissed her cheek, “When we are tired, let’s take a rest, and the afternoon riding and shooting lesson will be postponed for an hour.”

When Joey heard this, he smiled like a flower and said, “Thank you, mother. I know that mother is the best to me.”

“You…” Qiao Yunlan felt helpless and rubbed Joey’s head.It had only been more than half a month, and she was already used to Joey’s trick of acting coquettishly and asking for a break when he was tired.

At first, Qiao Yunlan was afraid that Joey would want to be lazy, but later she followed him after realizing that although Joey only rested for a while, he still had many courses, exercises and homework to complete every day.

Aunt Wu looked at mother and son with a smile on her face, and said while serving dishes: “Today, the little kitchen has made the young master’s favorite steamed chicken with lotus leaves and steamed pork with thousand-layer rice flour. Come and enjoy.”

“Wow! Thank you, mama!” Joey happily ran over and sat down, not forgetting to take Qiao Yunlan with him, “Mom, eat it too.”

Qiao Yunlan walked over and said, “Slow down. Don’t be in a hurry.”

Seeing Joey looking happy and enjoying the meal, Qiao Yunlan was in a good mood. While picking vegetables for Joey, he deboned various meats and didn’t even take a few bites himself.

“Mrs.”

Just when Joey was eating happily, someone suddenly came over and interrupted the two of them.

The smile on Qiao Yunlan’s lips faded a little. She turned her head and looked at the person who came to report the news, “What’s the matter?”

The man handed over an envelope.

Qiao Yunlan picked up the handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth slowly, thinking it was the same thing as before. She said a little impatiently: “Didn’t I say that? In the future, all posts sent by the Lou family will be rejected?”

“No, madam, this is a letter sent from the capital.”

“Capital?” Qiao Yunlan paused. She took the letter from the man’s hand, opened it, took out the letter paper inside, and started to read.

Although Joey was still eating, he kept paying attention to Qiao Yunlan’s expression.So Joey noticed the change in Qiao Yunlan’s expression at a glance.

Although Qiao Yunlan pretended to be calm when she saw the letter for the first time, the subtle expressions and emotions on her face could not be concealed at all, as if she had seen some shocking news, which was enough to shock her and make it difficult for her to calm down for a while.

Joey noticed something was wrong with Qiao Yunlan’s mood, so he tentatively asked, “Mom, what’s wrong?”

Hearing Joey’s voice, Qiao Yunlan seemed to have just come to her senses. She curled her lips and tried to return her expression to normal. She folded the letter a few times and said, “It’s nothing. It’s just that the Queen Mother is not in good health. She wrote to say that she hopes I can return to Beijing.”

Joey: “Then we want to go back to the capital?”

Qiao Yunlan: “Do you want to go?”

Joey: “I have never been to the capital. But isn’t the Queen Mother the same as my grandmother? Hasn’t my mother gone back to visit her for so many years?”

Qiao Yunlan looked at Joey’s innocent look, and she touched Joey’s head helplessly, “If it were possible, no one would want to leave home for so many years.”

“Huh?” Joey tilted his head in confusion.

Qiao Yunlan: “It’s okay. The imperial doctor in the palace is good at medical skills, and the Queen Mother will be fine. But although I can’t go back, I still have to go to the temple to chant sutras and pray for the Queen Mother for a few days. Then you can rest for a few days and accompany me.”

Of course Joey agreed without hesitation: “Okay.”

“Eat quickly.”

Qiao Yunlan watched Joey continue to eat obediently with his head down, his eyes full of love, but upon closer inspection, there was a bit of worry inside, and he didn’t know when he would be able to break free from this shackles.

If she could only live like this in her life, then she hoped that Joey could live a better life in her place.

Banxia novel, a lot of fun