Chapter 104 Ancient World: Stepmother (21)

Li Qingyue naturally didn't have a good impression of this stepmother.

In this life, there is no point of reconciliation between them. In fact, he still harbors hatred for his stepmother. Of course, if you were to ask who he hates the most, it would undoubtedly be Changqing. He discovered that things started going wrong for the whole family when Changqing refused to perform corvée labor.

If not him, then who is to blame?

"Li Changqing, wait until I become an official, and see how I deal with you!"

Li Qingyue gritted his teeth and studied even harder.

He got up earlier than the chickens and went to bed later than the dogs. He worked so hard that he finally fainted in class.

...

"Hahaha, I never thought that I, Li Qingyue, would return to this time."

Inside the clinic, Li Qingyue opened his eyes and burst into wild laughter.

He found himself reborn.

Then, he froze again, the memories that surfaced in his mind were different from those of his previous life.

He knew his father was dead; in his previous life, his father had also died young.

But my sister died too.

Wait, wasn't it Li Huanxi who married that bastard from the Wang family? How did it become his sister, Li Xiangling?!

"Li Changqing!"

Realizing what had happened, his face contorted with rage, and he was almost consumed by fury.

"I didn't expect you to be reborn as well, and even planned ahead, which harmed my little sister."

He murmured to himself.

But then he smiled confidently.

A peasant is just a peasant; even if he were reborn, he would only ever live in that village. But he was destined to rise to prominence and achieve great things.

In his previous life, he was a prince consort, but he couldn't truly enter the imperial court. Moreover, the princess was old and had a strange temper. In this life, he would make good use of his rebirth advantage to plan carefully and never repeat the mistakes of his previous life.

He even thought that the later turmoil in the court might give him a chance to ascend to that position.

Now!

The most important thing was the imperial examinations; only by becoming an official and entering the capital could one have such an opportunity.

What are the difficulties in scientific expeditions?

He even remembered the exam questions from his previous life.

Next time, he must be the top scholar in the imperial examination, and ideally, he should be among the top three! He was confident of this.

He also thought of Zhao Lianhua.

In their previous life, their adoptive mother was alright; she sacrificed a lot for their upbringing. But that was nothing compared to what happened in this life—she did absolutely nothing! They were better off without such an adoptive mother!

However, his reputation for filial piety was very useful, and he didn't mind using it.

So he returned to the village.

Just like in his previous life, he bought a lot of things, cooked a meal himself, kowtowed to Zhao Lianhua and called her "Mom," and even invited the clan elders to witness and promise that he would fulfill his filial duties in the future.

He tearfully recalled Zhao Lianhua's sacrifices over the years, saying that he had recently read the Classic of Filial Piety and was able to understand his mother's hardships. He also said that he had rented a house in town and wanted to bring Zhao Lianhua there to enjoy a better life.

This revived Zhao Lianhua's already dead heart.

It's good to be a scholar; you know more principles. You're much better than my two children who pretend not to know me when they see me.

She happily packed her things and left.

My heart is full of hope.

She didn't even object when Li Qingyue sold the old house.

Li Qingyue even took her to say goodbye to Changqing. He stared at Changqing for a long time, and finally let out a sneer.

"A peasant is a peasant."

Changqing: ?!

Goodness, is this kid really that brave?

Do you really think you can be like you were in your past life?

"Then, I wish you a loving mother and a filial son, and that you live a good life together."

He chuckled and offered his sincere blessings.

However, a few days later, he went out to visit Li Xiangling's in-laws, the Wang family whose leg had been broken by Li Qingyue.

I don't know what he said.

Not long after, Li Qingyue's brother-in-law came to him and, moreover, directly attacked him, breaking his leg.

"Heh, you want to take revenge on my Wang family after you become an official? I'll make sure you fail the imperial examination! Go ahead and sue me if you dare. You're the one who broke my leg. Today, we're even!"

The brother-in-law was arrogant and his words were like needles, making Li Qingyue tremble all over.

"I...I'm going to kill you!"

He roared and tried to get up, but he swayed and fell to the ground again.

People with disabilities cannot participate in scientific research.

His fame, his future, everything he has is about to be gone!

Watching the other person leave, he was so angry that he fainted on the street.

A month later, Li Qingyue returned to the village, pushed back by Zhao Lianhua on a cart. Unlike when he left, full of joy, both of them returned dejected.

With some money left over, they redeemed the old house at a high price and bought back several acres of land for a hefty sum, where they settled down.

They truly depend on each other for survival.

Changqing often heard people say that Li Qingyue smashed things at home, cried and made a scene, and even claimed that he was the emperor's son-in-law and made Zhao Lianhua kneel down to him.

"Your mother is quite pitiful too."

One day, Aunt Dongzhi said this.

Changqing felt a chill run down his spine.

Two days later, he bought the land and his family property, and left home with his sister.

Zhao Lianzhi is pitiful, but what does it have to do with him? The villagers don't know about her past life. They may sympathize with her, but they won't spend money to support her. In the end, they might even force him to take over.

It's time to run away!

Anyway, he had saved a lot of money, and his younger sister was very good at embroidery and was able to earn money as well.

Changqing took his sister directly to Beijing and bought a courtyard house in the suburbs to live in.

Later, because of her excellent embroidery skills, her younger sister gained some fame in the capital and fell in love with a scholar who was traveling to the capital for the imperial examinations. After some investigation, Changqing agreed to their marriage.

As for himself, he was not married.

In his words, getting married and raising children is too tiring, and he finds it troublesome.

Later, his brother-in-law passed the imperial examination and was appointed as an official in another region. He even followed his sister and brother-in-law to another place. His brother-in-law joked that he, as the older brother, was really like a guardian angel to his sister.

"Of course! I'm doing this to protect my sister from any bullying!"

Changqing was perfectly justified.

In this life, he lived a carefree life, only leaving after seeing his sister off.